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  • A Notation About Anima Weapons Earlier You Begin
  • Complete The Quest 'An Unexpected Proposal'
  • Consummate The Quest 'Soul Without Life'
  • Complete The Quest 'Toughening Upwardly'
  • Consummate 'Coming Into Its Ain'
  • Complete 'Finding Your Voice'
  • Consummate 'A Dream Fulfilled'
  • Complete 'Futurity Proof'
  • Complete 'Born Once again Anima'
  • Complete 'Body And Soul'
  • Consummate 'Words of Wisdom'
  • Consummate 'All-time Friends Forever'

Terminal Fantasy XIV'due south showtime expansion, Heavensward, introduced the Anima Weapon Quest. This long questline was originally updated periodically through the course of the expansion and had yous slowly upgrading an incredibly stiff and impressive-looking weapon. Although there are bigger and better weapons to piece of work towards now, you'll nevertheless want to eventually craft your ain Anima Weapon, even if only for the epic design. Allow's take a await at each quest in the chain, and what yous take to practise to complete your Anima Weapon.

A Notation Almost Anima Weapons Before You Begin

Earlier y'all start the questline, permit's become over some baseline information that will help down the road. First, crafting an Anima Weapon is non for the faint of heart. This quest volition involve grinding and investing tons of time and materials into the process.

Additionally, the weapon you receive and upgrade will exist level 60. Currently, these weapons are outdated, and should only be used for cosmetic purposes. This weapon will also be task-specific, and each step will have to exist repeated if yous want to arts and crafts an Anima Weapon for a second job.

Complete The Quest 'An Unexpected Proposal'

Rowena in Mor Dhona for Crafting and Gathering Collectibles

Your Anima Weapon journeying will brainstorm with the quest An Unexpected Proposal. Note that this quest does non take to be repeated for boosted Anima Weapons.

  • Pre-requisites:
    • Complete the Chief Scenario Quest 'Heavensward',
    • Reach level 60 for the job you volition be undertaking the quest every bit.
  • NPC Location:
    • Rowena Dravania, Idyllshire (x:v.vii, y:5.5)

To complete this quest, just talk to Rowena in Idyllshire, then travel to the Alpha Quadrant in Azys Lla and speak to Ardashir.

Complete The Quest 'Soul Without Life'

Azys Lla
  • NPC Location:
    • Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:vii, y:xi)

This follow-on quest volition task you with gathering an Astral and Umbral Nodule.

Tip: You lot can skip this quest by trading in a competed Zodiac Zeta Weapon for both Nodules.

If y'all followed the Relic Questline from A Realm Reborn, the Zodiac Zeta Weapon is the last, completed relic. If you don't merchandise a Zodiac Zeta Weapon in, you will have to gather elemental crystals from Heavensward zones (levels 51-lx). Here'due south where you tin can find them:

Where To Discover The Crystals For The Astral Nodule

Crystal Location
Luminous Wind Crystal The Sea of Clouds
Luminous Fire Crystal Azys Lla
Luminous Lightning Crystal The Churning Mists

Where To Find The Crystals For The Umbral Nodule

Crystal Location
Luminous Water ice Crystal Coerthas Western Highlands
Luminous Earth Crystal The Dravanian Forelands
Luminous H2o Crystal The Dravanian Hinterlands

In order to get a crystal to drib from a Fate, you will need to receive a gold rating. This step is RNG dependant, so expect to invest some time into grinding Fates if the drops aren't in your favor.

Afterward y'all have gathered one crystal of each element, return to Ardashir in Azys Lla (x7, y11).

Rewards

  • 1447 gil
  • Animated Weapon

Complete The Quest 'Toughening Upwards'

Snowcloak dungeon for Toughening Up Anima Weapon Quest
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (10:vii, y:eleven)

This quest volition require you to complete a full of ten dungeons with your Animated Weapon equipped. The dungeons must exist completed in the post-obit order:

  1. Snowcloak
  2. Sastasha (Hard)
  3. The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
  4. Keeper of the Lake
  5. Wanderer's Palace (Hard)
  6. Amdapor Keep (Hard)
  7. Sunset Acuity
  8. Sohm Al
  9. The Aery
  10. The Vault

After completing The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Difficult), Amdapor Keep, and The Vault, yous will have to talk to Ardashir. He volition appear next to y'all after yous exit the dungeon the first two times. Later on you consummate the tenth dungeon, you will have to go back to the Alpha Quadrant and speak to him again.

These dungeons can exist completed in an undersized political party. This means you can enter at your current level, and on your own if you wish, which volition be particularly useful if y'all are playing a DPS course and then you don't accept to wait for long queue times. If you're level 70 or in a higher place, you shouldn't accept likewise much trouble doing these dungeons solo.

Additionally, while this quest requires you to equip your Animated Weapon to complete it, yous simply take to equip the weapon as you leave each dungeon. This means you can quickly run through the dungeon with your best weapon, then switch before y'all leave the dungeon.

Rewards

  • 868 gil
  • Awoken Weapon

Complete 'Coming Into Its Own'

Moogle Beast Tribe Daily Quests NPC
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:seven, y:11)

For this quest, you lot will be required to collect four items. Each of these items will require two tokens that you volition combine into the concluding detail. Y'all will need x of each of the outset token and iv of each of the 2nd token. Hither'southward a breakdown:

Material First Token Second Token
Enchanted Rubber 10x Unidentifiable Bone 4x Adamantite Francesca
Fast-drying Carboncoat 10x Unidentifiable Shell 4x Titanium Alloy Mirror
Divine Water 10x Unidentifiable Ore 4x Dispelling Arrow
Fast-interim Allagan Catalyst 10x Unidentifiable Seeds 4x Kingcake

You tin can obtain the Unidentifiable Materials in the following means:

Unidentifiable Textile Method 1 Method 2 Method 3 Method 4
Unidentifiable Bone 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • 3 Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • half-dozen Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • six Vath Tribe Tokens
  • xviii Moogle Tribe Tokens
iii Precision Gordian Commodities 300 Allied Seals
Unidentifiable Shell 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • 3 Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • six Vath Tribe Tokens
  • 18 Moogle Tribe Tokens
3 Precision Gordian Lens Timeworn Wyvernskin Map
Unidentifiable Ore 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • 3 Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vath Tribe Tokens
  • 18 Moogle Tribe Tokens
three Precision Gordian Bound Timeworn Dragonskin Map
Unidentifiable Seeds 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • iii Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vath Tribe Tokens
  • eighteen Moogle Tribe Tokens
iii Precision Gordian Shaft 300 Centrolineal Seals

The 2nd Tokens can be obtained in the following ways:

Second Token Method 1 Method 2
Adamantite Francesca Arts and crafts as Blacksmith 5000 Visitor Seals
Titanium Blend Mirror Arts and crafts every bit Alchemist 5000 Company Seals
Dispelling Arrow Craft as Carpenter 5000 Visitor Seals
Kingcake Craft as Culinarian 5000 Visitor Seals

Afterward yous accept gathered both tokens, take them to Cristiana in Mor Dhona to trade them for the Weapon Material. Later yous've traded each material, return to the Alpha Quadrant and give them to Gerolt (x7, y11). This is the first quest in the questline that will take some grinding.

Tip: For subsequent Anima Weapons, you can get together these items in advance by diligently doing your Beast Tribe Quests and stocking upward on Tomestones of Poetics.

Rewards

  • 1512 gil
  • Anima Weapon

Complete 'Finding Your Vocalization'

The Crystal Tower at night in Mor Dhona
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (ten:7, y:11)

For this quest, yous simply need to get together five Aether Oils, which can be washed in ii ways.

  1. Complete the weekly quest The Gift of the Archmagus for one Aether Oil
  2. Purchase for 350 Tomestone of Poetics to Hismena in Idyllshire(loc)

The quest Gift of the Archmagus requires you to consummate all three Crystal Belfry series raids, then evangelize the Pearls you get from each raid to Koh Rapntah in Revenant's Toll (x21, y8).

You can gather the five Aether Oils using both methods. If you don't want to spend your tomestones, the weekly quest is the better option. Or, if you want to become this quest over with as soon as possible, you tin can simply buy them for a full of 1750 Tomestones of Poetics.

Rewards

  • 518 gil
  • Hyperconductive Anima Weapon
  • Access to replica Awoken and Anima Weapons from the Restoration Node

Complete 'A Dream Fulfilled'

Idyllshire in the Dravanian Hinterlands
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:11)

For this quest, you volition be sent to Idyllshire to meet with Ulan, who volition ask you to gather Crystal Sand and Umbrite. These items can be obtained in various methods, which we will outline below. After obtaining both, you will combine them into Treated Crystal Sand past talking to Ulan. It costs one Crystal Sand and i Umbrite to receive three Treated Crystal Sand.

You volition use Treated Crystal Sand to raise the attributes of your Hyperconductive Anima Weapon, up to a maximum of 240 points. After you accomplish 120 points, there is a chance yous will gain bonus Treated Crystal Sand when converting it from Crystal Sand and Umbrite, upwardly to a maximum of half dozen at a time. The basic steps for this quest are equally follows:

  1. Obtain Crystal Sand by trading with Ulan for various items
  2. Obtain Umbrite by purchasing for 75 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.viii, y5.i)
  3. Combine these two materials into Treated Crystal Sand
  4. Allocate Treated Crystal Sand into your weapon to increase its stats

After yous accept allocated a total of 240 points, you will finish this step.

Below is a list of how you lot can obtain Crystal Sand. Each required item on the left will grant you i Crystal Sand.

Required Detail How to Obtain
5 Rowena's Token (Blue Crafters' Scrip) 25 Yellow Crafters' Scrip (125 in total)
5 Rowena's Token (Blue Gatherers' Scrip) 25 Yellow Gatherers' Scrip (125 in total)
  • 1 Garlond Steel
  • 1 Celestine
  • 1 High Allagan Chimera Leather
  • Crafted past Blacksmith/Armorer
  • Crafted by Goldsmith
  • Crafted by Leatherworker
1 Amber-encased Vilekin Heavensward Levequests
  • 1 Fire Materia IV
  • ane Current of air Materia Four
  • 1 Lightning Materia IV
Purchase from Marketplace Board
  • one Ice Materia IV
  • 1 World Materia IV
  • ane Water Materia 4
Buy from Market place Board
  • iii Battlecraft Demimateria I
  • 2 Battlecraft Demimateria Two
  • 3 Fieldcraft Demimateria I
  • two Fieldcraft Demimateria 2
Desynthesis
5 Moonstone
  • 4000 One thousand Company Seals (20000 total)
  • Treasure Maps
  • Ixali Daily Quest Deliverance
  • 1 Inferno Horn
  • ane Crag Heart
  • 1 Diamond Tear
  • Ifrit (Farthermost)
  • Titan (Extreme)
  • Shiva (Farthermost)
  • 1 Vortex Feather
  • 1 Barb of the Whorl
  • 1 Large Levin Orb
  • Garuda (Extreme)
  • Leviathan (Extreme)
  • Ramuh (Extreme)
  • v Superior Enchanted Ink
  • v Thavnarian Mist
  • 25 Tomestone of Poetics (125 total)
  • 20 Tomestone of Poetics (100 total)
  • two Mhachi Farthing
  • five Allagan Goad
  • No longer obtainable
  • Labyrinth of the Ancients, Syrcus Tower, The Gift of the Archmagus weekly quest
  • i Unidentifiable Bone
  • one Unidentifiable Crush
  • ane Unidentifiable Ore
  • one Unidentifiable Seed
Any of the methods listed in Coming Into Its Own Step

You can evangelize any of the items on the left to obtain the Crystal Sands yous demand. If you accept a lot of Leve Allowances piled up, you can undertake Heavensward Levequests to try to get Amber-encased Vilekin. The method is simple, just follow the steps below:

  1. Have the levequest and get to the location
  2. Start the levequest
  3. Fly around and await for a breast
    1. If y'all find a breast, open it for i Amber-encased Vilekin
    2. If you don't observe a breast, proceed to step four
  4. Abandon the levequest
  5. Echo steps ii to four

Using this method, you can quickly find Amber-encased Vilekins to turn into Crystal Sand.

The best method for obtaining Crystal Sands is to grind Yellowish Crafters' Scrips and trade them for Rowena'south Tokens. Still, this only works if you have a crafter leveled to at least level 50.

Rewards

  • 488 gil
  • Reconditioned Anima Weapon

Complete 'Future Proof'

Seeking Inspiration quest for singing clusters for Anima Weapon
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:11)

For this quest, yous will need to get together 50 Singing Clusters. There are three options for gathering this item that can be completed in conjunction

  • Complete the weekly quest 'Seeking Inspiration'
    • Complete Duty Roulette: Leveling three times.
    • Rewards 18 Singing Clusters
  • Complete the daily quest 'Cutting From a Different Cloth'
    • Complete Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/seventy Dungeons
    • Rewards ane Singing Cluster
  • Purchase for 40 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.8, y5.three)

If you lot don't purchase Singing Clusters using Tomestones, it volition take at least ii weeks to assemble enough. Nosotros recommend doing both quests, then buying the remainder with Tomestones of Poetics if you lot want to finish this stride every bit soon every bit possible.

Rewards

Sharpened Anima Weapon

Consummate 'Born Again Anima'

Sohm Al (Hard) Dungeon in Dravania for Born Again Anima Weapon quest
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:seven, y:11)

This quest will start with Ardashir asking you to complete 3 dungeons equally the job you are currently making the Anima Weapon for. These dungeons are equally follows:

  1. Sohm Al (Difficult)
  2. The Corking Gubal Library (Hard)
  3. The Lost Urban center of Amdapor (Hard)

After completing these dungeons, you will need to speak to two NPCs in either order

  • Speak to the Processing Node and complete the quest 'Some Assembly Required'
  • Speak to the Verification Node and gather Aetheric Density for your weapon

Some Assembly Required

To complete this subquest, yous will demand to gather fifteen pneumite. This item tin can be obtained in the following ways:

  • Purchase for 100 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.8, y5.3)
  • Purchase for 4000 K Company Seals from your Grand Visitor'southward HQ
  • Obtain through a random chest drib from a Timeworn Dragonskin Map

After completing this quest, you will be rewarded with the Newborn Soulstone, which you will demand afterwards yous finish gathering Aetheric Density.

Aetheric Density

Gathering aetheric density for Sharpened Axe of the Blood Emperor

Gathering Aetheric Density will involve you filling up a special meter with points that are obtained from diverse duties. You volition need to take your Anima Weapon equipped when completing all of the activities below in order to receive Aetheric Density. You can undertake any of the following to fill the meter:

  • Heavensward Fates, Hard and Extreme Trials, Dungeons, and Raids (eight and 24-player)
  • A Realm Reborn Dungeons (level 50)

The best manner to finish this stride is to join a farming grouping and complete Alexander Barbarous Raids. Ordinarily, people choose to do A1S or A9S, equally they are the fastest with an undersized party.

If you don't desire to do this step in a grouping, you can always run level 50 dungeons like Huakke Manor (Hard), Amdapor Keep (Difficult), or Brayflox Longstop (Hard). Of form, you tin can run these in an undersized political party every bit a level fourscore solo thespian. One time you lot become the hang of running these dungeons, you should be able to clear them in around five minutes. Merely be sure to accept your Anima Weapon equipped by the end or y'all won't gain Aetheric Density.

Rewards

  • 615 gil
  • Complete Anima Weapon

Consummate 'Body And Soul'

Mor Dhona Aetheryte Crystal
  • NPC Location: Automaton - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x7, y12)

Thankfully, this is a simple quest that will only involve you going to Idyllshire, speaking to Rowena, so heading back to Azys Lla to talk to Ardashir.

Rewards

  • 1559 gil
  • Anima minion

Complete 'Words of Wisdom'

Rowena in Mor Dhona for Crafting and Gathering Collectibles
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:vii, y:11)

This is another elementary quest. Ardashir will ship you to speak with Rowena in Idyllshire, then y'all have to head dorsum to Azys Lla and speak to Ardashir once more.

Rewards

  • 1526 gil

Complete 'All-time Friends Forever'

Ifrit fight in Bowl of Embers
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Blastoff Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:vii, y:11)

This is the last stride in the Anima Weapon questline. You tin can think of this quest every bit a sort of "victory lap", every bit information technology will take you through every level 50-sixty Hard trial. You will take to practice these trials with your Anima Weapon equipped, and they must be completed in the post-obit gild:

  1. Bowl of Embers (Hard)
  2. Howling Middle (Hard)
  3. The Naval (Hard)
  4. Thornmarch (Difficult)
  5. Whorleater (Hard)
  6. Striking Tree (Hard)
  7. Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Difficult)
  8. Thok ast Thok (Hard)
  9. The Limitless Blue (Difficult)
  10. Containment Bay S1T7
  11. Containment Bay P1T6
  12. Containment Bay Z1T9

Afterwards you accept completed these trials, return to and speak with Ardashir in Azys Lla. He will and then ask y'all to deliver an Archaic Enchanted Ink, which you can obtain for 500 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.viii, y5.3)

After delivering the Ink to Ardashir, your Anima Weapon volition be complete!

Rewards

  • Lux Anima Weapon

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