Novus Zodiac Weapons/Quest

Animus <<< IL 100

Novus Zodiac Weapons Item Level 110 Patch 2.28 Starting Location Jalzahn - Hyrstmill, North Shroud (X:30, Y:19) Notable NPCs Jalzahn - Hyrstmill, North Shroud (X:30, Y:19) Auriana - Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona (X:22, Y:6) Mutamix Bubblypots - The Bonfire, Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13) Hubairtin - The Bonfire, Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13) Brangwine - Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona (X:21, Y:6) Quests Celestial Radiance Star Light, Star Bright One Man's Trash Morbid Motivation Reward

Nexus >>> IL 115

Pre-Requisite

Before beginning to create your Novus Zodiac Weapons, you must have completed your Animus Zodiac Weapon. Through the course of the quest you will need:

• 3   Superior Enchanted Ink or at least  75 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics.
• Access to the Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons.
• The   Decipher and   Dig skills from Treasure Hunting.

This can be obtained from the quest Treasures and Tribulations from H'loonh in Wineport, Eastern La Noscea (X:21, Y:21).

• Possession of a large amount of materia (or substantial Gil to buy it off the Market Board).

Main Weapon Quest

Celestial Radiance

Starting NPC:

Jalzahn

Starting Location:

Hyrstmill, North Shroud (X:30, Y:19)

1. Speak with Jalzahn in Hyrstmill (X:30, Y:19) with your Animus Zodiac Weapon equipped. He will explain that it may be possible for your weapon to become stronger with materia but that conventional melding will not work due to the preclusive presence of soul energy.
2. Travel to Mutamix Bubblypots in The Bonfire, Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13).
3. Speak with Mutamix Bubblypots's new disciple Hubairtin in The Bonfire, Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13). His new technique involves converting the power of materia into a form of light energy. But for Hubairtin to apply the technique he needs some Superior Enchanted Ink.
4. Travel to Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona and speak to Rowena (X:21, Y:5), she will tell you to go to Auriana (X:22.7, Y:6.6) to purchase three bottles of Superior Enchanted Ink for 25 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics each ( 75 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics in total).
5. Return to Hubairtin and hand over the bottles of Superior Enchanted Ink and he will create a Sphere Scroll for your Animus Zodiac Weapon - which will serve as the blueprint for your Novus Zodiac Weapon.

Star Light, Star Bright

Starting NPC:

Hubairtin

Starting Location:

The Bonfire, Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13)

An example of a completed Thyrus Novus Sphere Scroll

Melding materia onto a Thyrus Novus Sphere Scroll

Jalzahn will then explain the task of building your Novus Zodiac Weapon using your Sphere Scroll. Unlike all other weapon or equipment in Eorzea you have the freedom to customize the secondary stats of your Novus Zodiac Weapon as you like. You need to successfully bind a total of 75 materia to complete your Sphere Scroll in order to create your weapon. Each materia requires a special reagent called Alexandrite. After speaking to Jalzahn, the quest will move to your "completed quest log". Once you have completed your scroll, return to Jalzahn (ensure that the relic you wish to enhance is placed in your Armoury Chest or inventory before speaking with Jalzahn) who will finalise and create your new Novus Zodiac Weapon.

Materia

The materia you bind directly affects the stat that is increased:

Stat	Materia
Direct Hit Rate	Heavens' Eye Materia
Skill Speed	Quickarm Materia
Critical Hit	Savage Aim Materia
Piety	Piety Materia
Determination	Savage Might Materia
Spell Speed	Quicktongue Materia
Tenacity	Battledance Materia

Notes:

• At the start, only level 1 materias can be used. As more of a particular stats / materia are added: the binding success rate decrease until you are forced to use a higher grade / level materia. Unsuccessful bindings will destroy the materia used, but never the Alexandrite.
• Each successful meld infuses the stat of materia into the scroll, granting it 1 point in the corresponding stat.
• You can only fuse materia of higher grades after completing a previous "tier". For stats that have a max of 44, a tier is 11 materia; the first 6 in the tier have a 100% chance of melding, followed by a 96% chance, 90% chance, 82% chance, 72% chance, and finally, a 60% chance. For example, you would need to have 11 successful infusions of a grade 1 materia before being able to start infusing grade 2 materia.
  • Expect to prepare around 20 materia of each grade, in case of fails.

Meld # (per grade)	Success rate
1-6	100%
7	96%
8	90%
9	82%
10	72%
11	60%

• There is a cap on the maximum points you can put in a secondary stat and depends on your class.
• The scroll can be infused with a maximum of 5 different secondary stats.
  • To save gil, it is recommended to focus on only 2-3 stats, using generally-undesired materia such as piety, skill speed, or spell speed, as these types tend to be priced the cheapest on the market board (but make sure to check prices on Universalis just in case!). This should minimize the amount of grade I and II materia required - those tend to be the most-expensive, since NPCs do not sell grades I-III, and spiritbonding to obtain them takes a long time.
• Your Novus Zodiac Weapon will only have the secondary stats that you put onto it - no secondary stats are transferred across from your Animus Zodiac Weapon. The only exception to this is with the healer's weapons Omnilex Novus and Thyrus Novus which get +9 Direct Hit Rate regardless.

Spiritbonding for free trial players

Zane Lionheart's grade I materia farming guide

For players on the free trial, the market board and trading are unavailable - meaning all materia must be obtained through spiritbonding.

• If leveling several combat classes but only intending to make one or two relics, the necessary materia might be obtained passively during the leveling process.
• For a more active grind: do lots of quick synthesis crafts with a high-level crafting class, using high-level tools, but low-level battle armor and accessories of  high quality, as well as using a  high-quality   Superior Spiritbond Potion.
  • Wearing the The Emperor's New Glamour Set also works very well for this approach. Since all of these items are item level 1, lower-level crafts can be used (such as   Table Salt, which is gil-neutral in cost beyond the shards used for the craft).

Alexandrite

See also: Mysterious Map

  Alexandrite is a special reagent used to convert and bind the materia to the Sphere Scroll, with 75   Alexandrite required for each individual weapon other than the paladin set, which requires 53 for Curtana Novus and 22 for the Holy Shield Novus. They can be gathered in three ways:

1. Completing FATEs with a Animus Zodiac Weapon equipped (as before).
2. Purchasing from a Hunt Billmaster in either Ul'dah, Gridania or Limsa Lominsa for  50 Allied Seals.
3. From treasure chests from   Mysterious Maps. You will obtain 5   Alexandrite per   Mysterious Map. These maps can be obtained through:
   • The daily quest Morbid Motivation which requires you to complete a Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons.
   • Purchase from Auriana in Revenant's Toll for  75 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics.

Mysterious Maps are similar to normal Timeworn Maps and requires the use of   Decipher and   Dig skills from Treasure Hunting. These can be obtained from the quest Treasures and Tribulations from H'loonh in Wineport, Eastern La Noscea (X:21, y21).

You will need to   Decipher the map, travel to the location shown in the map, and then   Dig to find a treasure chest. Upon trying to open a treasure chest, the mysterious map will be destroyed and monsters will spawn. You will need to kill all the monsters before you can open the chest.

Notes:

• Alexandrite will drop randomly from any FATE completed with at least a Gold Rating.
  • You must be equipped with a Animus Zodiac Weapon in order to get Alexandrite from FATEs; however this can be any Animus Zodiac Weapon / job.
• Allied Seals can be obtained by partaking in The Hunt, killing Elite Mark targets, or by participating in various Blue Mage activities, including The Masked Carnivale and the Blue Mage Log, both of which offer large amounts of weekly seals.
• You do not need to equip your Animus Zodiac Weapon whilst completing   Mysterious Maps.
  • Players can complete the Mysterious Map with the help of a party but only the owner of the map will receive the Alexandrite. Other party members will get some gil.
  • Mysterious Maps yield a fixed 5 pieces of Alexandrite per map, since patch 3.0.
  • Bystanders that are not in your party cannot attack the Mysterious Map monsters - but healers are still able to heal you.
  • A Chocobo Companion can be used to make the battle easier.
  • Maps have a "unique" tag on them, meaning you can only hold one at a time. However, there is a workaround to hold three: decipher one, put one undeciphered map in your Chocobo Saddlebag, and finally put one undeciphered map in your normal inventory.
• Alexandrite goes into your normal inventory rather than your Key Item inventory. Make sure you have free space in your inventory.

Mysterious Map Quests

One Man's Trash

Main article: One Man's Trash (Quest)

Morbid Motivation

Main article: Morbid Motivation

  Mysterious Maps

Main article: Mysterious Map

Novus Zodiac Weapons Stat Caps

With the exception of Paladin's Curtana Novus and Holy Shield Novus, each weapon can have a maximum of 75 secondary stat points added. The maximum for the Curtana Novus is 53 points and the Holy Shield Novus is 22 points. The weapon's 5 main stats (Vitality, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence and Mind) upgrade automatically. The Omnilex Novus and Thyrus Novus will receive a base +9 Direct Hit Rate automatically. Each secondary stat has its own cap which varies between stat and weapon / class. The table are the caps for each weapon with the level and number of materias required below the cap.

Disciples of War Novus Zodiac Weapons & Shields

Item	Icon	Direct Hit Rate				Skill Speed				Critical Hit				Piety				Determination				Spell Speed				Tenacity
Curtana Novus		31				31				31				17				22				31				31
		7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	0	5	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8
Holy Shield Novus		13				13				13				7				9				13				13
		3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	0	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	3
Sphairai Novus		44				44				44				??				31				??				??
		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bravura Novus		44				44				44				31				31				??				44
		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	-	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11
Gae Bolg Novus		44				44				44				??				44				??				??
		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artemis Bow Novus		44				44				44				??				44				??				??
		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yoshimitsu Novus		44				44				44				31				44				44				44
		11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	0	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Materia		Heavens' Eye				Quickarm				Savage Aim				Piety				Savage Might				Quicktongue				Battledance

Disciples of Magic Novus Zodiac Weapons

Item	Icon	Direct Hit Rate				Skill Speed				Critical Hit				Piety				Determination				Spell Speed				Tenacity
Stardust Rod Novus		44				??				44				23				31				44				??
		11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-
The Veil of Wiyu Novus		44				44				44				31				44				44				44
		11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	0	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Omnilex Novus		35				44				44				44				31				44				33
		2	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	9
Thyrus Novus		35				44				44				33				31				44				44
		2	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Materia		Heavens' Eye				Quickarm				Savage Aim				Piety				Savage Might				Quicktongue				Battledance

Altering Weapon Stats

Players can alter their stats after finishing the Novus Zodiac Weapon:

1. Obtain a new Sphere Scroll for your desired weapon.
2. Speak with Jalzahn in Hyrstmill (X:29, Y:19) with your Novus Zodiac Weapon equipped and select the option "Weapon Novus Modification"; Jalzahn will transfer all your current Weapon Novus stats to the clean scroll and make it full with 75 melds.
3. Speak to Hubairtin in The Bonfire (X:23, Y:13) for materia removal. He will remove 1 point of chosen stat per action from the Sphere Scroll.
4. Proceed as normal with materia and alexandrite to make your new melds.

Achievements

Novus Zodiac Weapons are associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
A Star Is Born	10	Obtain a relic weapon novus.	-	2.28

Upgrade To Nexus Zodiac Weapons

Main article: Nexus Zodiac Weapons

See also: Nexus Zodiac Weapons/Quest

After obtaining a Novus Zodiac Weapon (iLvl 110), it can be upgraded to a Nexus Zodiac Weapon (iLvl 115) by gathering light for your weapon in the quest Mmmmmm, Soulglazed Relics.