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  • A Note Almost Anima Weapons Before You Begin
  • Consummate The Quest 'An Unexpected Proposal'
  • Consummate The Quest 'Soul Without Life'
  • Consummate The Quest 'Toughening Up'
  • Complete 'Coming Into Its Own'
  • Complete 'Finding Your Voice'
  • Complete 'A Dream Fulfilled'
  • Complete 'Future Proof'
  • Complete 'Built-in Once more Anima'
  • Complete 'Body And Soul'
  • Complete 'Words of Wisdom'
  • Complete 'All-time Friends Forever'

Concluding Fantasy XIV's first expansion, Heavensward, introduced the Anima Weapon Quest. This long questline was originally updated periodically through the course of the expansion and had you lot slowly upgrading an incredibly stiff and impressive-looking weapon. Although there are bigger and better weapons to work towards now, you'll still desire to eventually craft your own Anima Weapon, even if only for the epic design. Let's take a look at each quest in the chain, and what you lot have to do to complete your Anima Weapon.

A Annotation Well-nigh Anima Weapons Before You Brainstorm

Earlier yous start the questline, let'southward go over some baseline information that will aid down the route. First, crafting an Anima Weapon is not for the faint of eye. This quest will involve grinding and investing tons of time and materials into the process.

Additionally, the weapon you lot receive and upgrade volition be level 60. Currently, these weapons are outdated, and should only be used for cosmetic purposes. This weapon will besides be job-specific, and each step will have to exist repeated if you desire to craft an Anima Weapon for a 2nd chore.

Consummate The Quest 'An Unexpected Proposal'

Rowena in Mor Dhona for Crafting and Gathering Collectibles

Your Anima Weapon journey will begin with the quest An Unexpected Proposal. Note that this quest does non take to be repeated for additional Anima Weapons.

  • Pre-requisites:
    • Complete the Chief Scenario Quest 'Heavensward',
    • Reach level threescore for the job yous volition be undertaking the quest as.
  • NPC Location:
    • Rowena Dravania, Idyllshire (x:5.7, y:5.5)

To complete this quest, simply 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:7, y:11)

This follow-on quest will task y'all with gathering an Astral and Umbral Nodule.

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

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

Where To Find The Crystals For The Astral Nodule

Crystal Location
Luminous Wind Crystal The Ocean 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 Ice Crystal Coerthas Western Highlands
Luminous Globe Crystal The Dravanian Forelands
Luminous Water Crystal The Dravanian Hinterlands

In guild to get a crystal to drop from a Fate, you will demand 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.

After you lot have gathered i crystal of each element, render to Ardashir in Azys Lla (x7, y11).

Rewards

  • 1447 gil
  • Blithe Weapon

Consummate The Quest 'Toughening Up'

Snowcloak dungeon for Toughening Up Anima Weapon Quest
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Blastoff Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:eleven)

This quest will require you to complete a total of x dungeons with your Animated Weapon equipped. The dungeons must be completed in the post-obit order:

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

After completing The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard), Amdapor Go along, and The Vault, you will have to talk to Ardashir. He will appear next to you after you lot exit the dungeon the first ii times. Subsequently you complete the tenth dungeon, you lot volition take to get back to the Blastoff Quadrant and speak to him again.

These dungeons can be completed in an undersized political party. This ways you can enter at your current level, and on your ain if you wish, which volition exist especially useful if you are playing a DPS course so you don't have to await for long queue times. If you're level 70 or to a higher place, you shouldn't have too much problem doing these dungeons solo.

Additionally, while this quest requires you to equip your Animated Weapon to complete it, you only have to equip the weapon equally you leave each dungeon. This means yous can apace run through the dungeon with your best weapon, then switch before you go out 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:7, y:11)

For this quest, you lot will be required to collect four items. Each of these items volition require two tokens that you will combine into the final detail. You lot will need ten of each of the first token and four of each of the second token. Hither'due south a breakdown:

Cloth Showtime Token Second Token
Enchanted Condom 10x Unidentifiable Os 4x Adamantite Francesca
Fast-drying Carboncoat 10x Unidentifiable Shell 4x Titanium Alloy Mirror
Divine Water 10x Unidentifiable Ore 4x Dispelling Arrow
Fast-acting Allagan Catalyst 10x Unidentifiable Seeds 4x Kingcake

You can obtain the Unidentifiable Materials in the following ways:

Unidentifiable Fabric Method i Method 2 Method 3 Method 4
Unidentifiable Bone 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • 3 Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • vi Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • six Vath Tribe Tokens
  • 18 Moogle Tribe Tokens
3 Precision Gordian Bolt 300 Allied Seals
Unidentifiable Shell 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • 3 Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vath Tribe Tokens
  • xviii 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
  • six Vath Tribe Tokens
  • 18 Moogle Tribe Tokens
3 Precision Gordian Spring Timeworn Dragonskin Map
Unidentifiable Seeds 150 Tomestone of Poetics
  • three Amalj'aa Tribe Tokens
  • 6 Vanu Vanu Tribe Tokens
  • half dozen Vath Tribe Tokens
  • 18 Moogle Tribe Tokens
iii Precision Gordian Shaft 300 Centrolineal Seals

The second Tokens can be obtained in the post-obit ways:

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

Afterwards you lot have gathered both tokens, take them to Cristiana in Mor Dhona to trade them for the Weapon Fabric. After you've traded each material, render to the Alpha Quadrant and give them to Gerolt (x7, y11). This is the starting time quest in the questline that will take some grinding.

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

Rewards

  • 1512 gil
  • Anima Weapon

Complete 'Finding Your Phonation'

The Crystal Tower at night in Mor Dhona
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Blastoff Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:eleven)

For this quest, you simply need to get together five Aether Oils, which can be done in two 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 complete all three Crystal Tower series raids, then deliver the Pearls you get from each raid to Koh Rapntah in Revenant's Price (x21, y8).

You can assemble the v Aether Oils using both methods. If yous don't desire to spend your tomestones, the weekly quest is the better choice. Or, if you want to get this quest over with as soon as possible, you can simply purchase 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

Consummate 'A Dream Fulfilled'

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

For this quest, you will exist sent to Idyllshire to meet with Ulan, who will ask you to gather Crystal Sand and Umbrite. These items can be obtained in various methods, which we will outline below. Afterward obtaining both, you will combine them into Treated Crystal Sand by talking to Ulan. It costs one Crystal Sand and 1 Umbrite to receive three Treated Crystal Sand.

You will use Treated Crystal Sand to heighten the attributes of your Hyperconductive Anima Weapon, upwardly to a maximum of 240 points. After you attain 120 points, there is a chance you volition gain bonus Treated Crystal Sand when converting it from Crystal Sand and Umbrite, upwards to a maximum of six at a fourth dimension. The basic steps for this quest are as follows:

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

After you have allocated a full of 240 points, y'all will finish this stride.

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

Required Item 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 Yellowish Gatherers' Scrip (125 in total)
  • ane Garlond Steel
  • 1 Celestine
  • 1 High Allagan Chimera Leather
  • Crafted by Blacksmith/Armorer
  • Crafted by Goldsmith
  • Crafted by Leatherworker
1 Amber-encased Vilekin Heavensward Levequests
  • 1 Fire Materia IV
  • 1 Wind Materia IV
  • 1 Lightning Materia Iv
Buy from Market Board
  • 1 Ice Materia IV
  • i World Materia IV
  • 1 H2o Materia IV
Purchase from Market place Lath
  • 3 Battlecraft Demimateria I
  • 2 Battlecraft Demimateria Two
  • three Fieldcraft Demimateria I
  • ii Fieldcraft Demimateria II
Desynthesis
5 Moonstone
  • 4000 K Visitor Seals (20000 total)
  • Treasure Maps
  • Ixali Daily Quest Deliverance
  • ane Inferno Horn
  • 1 Crag Eye
  • i Diamond Tear
  • Ifrit (Farthermost)
  • Titan (Extreme)
  • Shiva (Extreme)
  • 1 Vortex Feather
  • 1 Barb of the Whorl
  • i Large Levin Orb
  • Garuda (Extreme)
  • Leviathan (Extreme)
  • Ramuh (Extreme)
  • 5 Superior Enchanted Ink
  • v Thavnarian Mist
  • 25 Tomestone of Poetics (125 total)
  • 20 Tomestone of Poetics (100 total)
  • two Mhachi Farthing
  • 5 Allagan Catalyst
  • No longer obtainable
  • Labyrinth of the Ancients, Syrcus Tower, The Souvenir of the Archmagus weekly quest
  • 1 Unidentifiable Bone
  • 1 Unidentifiable Shell
  • 1 Unidentifiable Ore
  • 1 Unidentifiable Seed
Any of the methods listed in Coming Into Its Ain Step

You can evangelize any of the items on the left to obtain the Crystal Sands you need. If y'all have a lot of Leve Allowances piled up, you lot can undertake Heavensward Levequests to try to become Bister-encased Vilekin. The method is uncomplicated, just follow the steps below:

  1. Have the levequest and get to the location
  2. Start the levequest
  3. Fly effectually and expect for a breast
    1. If you find a chest, open up it for one Amber-encased Vilekin
    2. If y'all don't notice a chest, continue to step four
  4. Abandon the levequest
  5. Repeat steps two to four

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

The all-time method for obtaining Crystal Sands is to grind Yellow Crafters' Scrips and trade them for Rowena's Tokens. However, 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, you lot will need to assemble 50 Singing Clusters. There are iii options for gathering this item that tin can exist completed in conjunction

  • Complete the weekly quest 'Seeking Inspiration'
    • Complete Duty Roulette: Leveling iii times.
    • Rewards 18 Singing Clusters
  • Complete the daily quest 'Cut From a Unlike Material'
    • Complete Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/seventy Dungeons
    • Rewards one Singing Cluster
  • Purchase for twoscore Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.8, y5.3)

If you don't buy Singing Clusters using Tomestones, it volition take at least 2 weeks to gather plenty. Nosotros recommend doing both quests, then buying the balance with Tomestones of Poetics if you lot want to terminate this step every bit soon equally possible.

Rewards

Sharpened Anima Weapon

Consummate 'Built-in Once again Anima'

Sohm Al (Hard) Dungeon in Dravania for Born Again Anima Weapon quest
  • NPC Location: Ardashir - Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:11)

This quest will start with Ardashir request y'all to consummate three dungeons as the task yous are currently making the Anima Weapon for. These dungeons are every bit follows:

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

Later completing these dungeons, yous volition demand to speak to 2 NPCs in either club

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

Some Assembly Required

To complete this subquest, you will demand to gather 15 pneumite. This detail can be obtained in the post-obit means:

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

Later completing this quest, you will be rewarded with the Newborn Soulstone, which you will need after you end gathering Aetheric Density.

Aetheric Density

Gathering aetheric density for Sharpened Axe of the Blood Emperor

Gathering Aetheric Density volition involve yous filling upwardly a special meter with points that are obtained from various duties. You will demand to have your Anima Weapon equipped when completing all of the activities below in club to receive Aetheric Density. You can undertake any of the following to make full the meter:

  • Heavensward Fates, Hard and Extreme Trials, Dungeons, and Raids (viii and 24-role player)
  • A Realm Reborn Dungeons (level l)

The best mode to stop this step is to bring together a farming group and complete Alexander Savage Raids. Commonly, people cull to exercise A1S or A9S, as they are the fastest with an undersized party.

If you don't want to do this footstep in a group, you can always run level l dungeons like Huakke Estate (Difficult), Amdapor Continue (Hard), or Brayflox Longstop (Difficult). Of course, you lot tin run these in an undersized party as a level fourscore solo player. Once you lot become the hang of running these dungeons, you should be able to articulate them in around five minutes. Simply be sure to have your Anima Weapon equipped by the end or yous won't gain Aetheric Density.

Rewards

  • 615 gil
  • Consummate Anima Weapon

Consummate 'Torso And Soul'

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

Thankfully, this is a simple quest that will just involve yous going to Idyllshire, speaking to Rowena, then 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 - Blastoff Quadrant, Azys Lla (x:7, y:xi)

This is another uncomplicated quest. Ardashir volition ship y'all to speak with Rowena in Idyllshire, and then you have to head back to Azys Lla and speak to Ardashir again.

Rewards

  • 1526 gil

Complete 'Best Friends Forever'

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

This is the final step in the Anima Weapon questline. Yous can remember of this quest as a sort of "victory lap", every bit information technology will take you lot through every level 50-sixty Difficult trial. You will have to do these trials with your Anima Weapon equipped, and they must exist completed in the following order:

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

Afterwards you have completed these trials, render to and speak with Ardashir in Azys Lla. He volition and so ask you to deliver an Archaic Enchanted Ink, which you can obtain for 500 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire (x5.8, y5.three)

Later delivering the Ink to Ardashir, your Anima Weapon will be consummate!

Rewards

  • Lux Anima Weapon

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