Stardust Rod
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Stardust Rod
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Stardust Rod Novus
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Stardust Rod Zenith
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Unfinished Stardust Rod
Unfinished Stardust Rod Replica
UNIQUE UNTRADABLE UNSELLABLE
- Requires
- Type
- Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm
- Repair
GSM (Lv. 40)- Weapon Set
- Base Zodiac Weapons
- Level
- 50
- Item Level
- 80
- Rarity
- Relic
- Vendor Cost
- 1,000
- Patch
- 2.0
- Links
- EDB GT TC
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Physical Damage Magic Damage 60 Auto-attack Delay DPS 68.80 3.44 20 +25 Vitality+27 Intelligence+23 Determination+33 Spell Speed— In-game description
Stardust Rod is an item level 80 Two-handed Thaumaturge's Arm and can be used by Black Mage. It requires being at least level 50 to be equipped.
Acquisition
Quests
| Quest | Type | Level | Quest Giver | Required Items | Unlocks | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Relic Reborn (Stardust Rod) | 
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50 | Gerolt (ARR) | 1  Timeworn Stardust Rod1  Sanguine Scepter2  Savage Might Materia III1  Alumina Salts1  Amdapor Glyph1 Unfinished Stardust Rod1  On Verdant Pond1  White-Hot Ember1  Howling Gale1  Hyperfused Ore1  Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil |
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1  Stardust Rod |
Purchase
| Vendor | Location / Coordinates | Section | Cost | Unlock req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calamity Salvager | Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.4, 14.4) | Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools | 1,000
|
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| Calamity Salvager | Old Gridania (10, 8.4) | Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools | 1,000
|
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| Calamity Salvager | Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (12.6, 13.1) | Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools | 1,000
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| Journeyman Salvager | Player Housing (–, –) | Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools | 1,000
|
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Used For
Exchange
| Item | Vendor | Location / Coordinates | Section | Cost | Unlock req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stardust Rod Zenith
|
Furnace | North Shroud (30, 20) | General | 1 +  3
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Lore
“What? A relic weapon for...black magic, the arcane art of destruction? Sorry, lad, but that's a new one on me. Hm? What's that ye say?
Uh-huh... So this Ququruka bloke had a rod what looked like a comet, did he?
Well, that could only be a Stardust Rod─assumin' yer admirably vivid description was accurate. A number o' these were made, accordin' to tomes datin' back to the Fifth Astral Era.
Ages ago, there lived a female mage of no small repute who was known by all sorts of unsavory epithets. “Death's Handmaiden” was one, “The Black Witch” was another...an' the proper half-wits called her “She-Devil.” Her name was, er...Shantotto. Or was it Shatoto? Ah, right─Shatotto. Aye, that's the one.
The woman's credited with devisin' countless destructive magicks, an' for a pastime indulged in creatin' enchanted arms, the most famous among 'em bein' the Stardust Rod.
This goes without sayin', but none save their creator knows how they were made. Lucky for us, though, I have an inklin' as to where we might find one of the actual relics. An' once I've got one in me hands, I doubt it'll take me long to unravel its secrets.
Some years ago, a Stardust Rod was put up for sale at a Lominsan auction for plundered goods.
No one knew for sure if it was the genuine article, but it didn't take long for the various bidders to talk 'emselves into thinkin' it was, an' a proper scramble looked to be in the offin'.
Ah, but ye'll never guess what happened: scarcely a bell afore the auction was due to start, kobolds attacked the pirates' storehouse an' plundered all the plunder. Irony at its finest, eh!?
Anyroad, in all likelihood, the rod now rests inside U'Ghamaro Mines, collectin' dust. So that's where ye'll need to take yerself.
— Gerolt, when asked to restore a weapon for a Black Mage.
“But what's done is done...or in this case, not done. Anyroad, let's talk about that text ye brought. It contains endless anecdotes of Shatotto's spine-chillin' endeavors.
As ye likely know, the woman was unsurpassed in her gift for destructive magicks. What ye might not know is that she was also prone to fits of boredom─a fine recipe for mayhem.
Durin' one of her many bouts of ennui, Shatotto thought it'd be a jolly jape to cast Meteor, the ancient spell used to bring down a star. An' cast it she did...
When even that didn't cure her bloody boredom, she decided to forge a rod usin' fragments of the fallen star─which is how the Stardust Rod came to be born.
If we're to do a proper job of restorin' the rod, we're gonna need fragments of a star. But even assumin' we could bring one down, I ain't sure we should─like as not the bloody thing would fall on our heads.
Ah, but don't despair, 'cause the text goes on to reveal more. It says that the star what fell shattered into a million pieces, each of which merged with whatever it touched. Aye, ye guessed it─dark matter.
'Course, I used plain ol' metal to patch the rod up, which is clearly where I went wrong.
— Gerolt, regarding literature on Shatotto.