If you happen to’ve caught your self twiddling your thumbs in Remaining Fantasy 14 between patches and also you need some cool gear to glamour over your weapons, you may make a Heavensward relic weapon. Referred to as an Anima weapon, these flashy weapons don’t have any trendy use for stats, however they do look fairly good.
As standard with relic weapons, there’s a lengthy grind forward of you if you need the finished weapon, however the Anima relic grind isn’t too unhealthy. A number of it’s simply shoving Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm Seals at NPCs to get supplies, so an Anima weapon is a good way to dump further currencies you’ve sitting round.
You really want a ton of Poetics to complete this weapon, so should you wished to min-max your relic expertise, you could possibly do that whereas additionally making your Stormblood (Eureka) relic weapon. Eureka offers tons of Poetics, so if you need a Stormblood weapon anyway… y’know.
Under, we clarify make your individual FFXIV Heavensward Anima relic weapon, and farm Tomestones of Poetics and GC Seals should you’re seeking to pace up the method.
Heavensward Anima relic weapons, defined
As soon as upon a time, these Anima weapons had been the best-in-slot, however now they’re solely good for one factor: glamour. If you happen to love the way in which these glowy particular weapons look, you’ll want to finish the steps to get the weapon you need.
So as to get the finished Lux Anima weapons, you’ll want to finish all of the steps under, however should you similar to the look of the Reconditioned weapon or an earlier type, you’ll be able to simply do it up till there and cease everytime you need.
As anticipated with this previous weapon, you’ll be able to solely make Anima relic weapons for jobs that had been obtainable when Heavensward got here out: Paladin, Warrior, Darkish Knight, White Mage, Scholar, Astrologian, Monk, Ninja, Bard, Machinist, Black Mage, and Summoner.
You’ll additionally should be cautious to by no means discard your weapon. You can not get the weapon again with out having to redo your complete course of. If you would like a model of your weapon for glam, you should buy degree 1 replicas from the Restoration Node in Azys Lla in entrance of Gerolt. You may’t put the precise weapons into your glamour dresser, so you will have to purchase replicas if you wish to use them in glamour plates.
You are able to do this relic course of on the free trial with none main issues.
A number of this grind is simply forex dumping your Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm seals, however I’d actually advocate doing this grind on a job you’ve maxed out. You do must run a handful of particular duties, and it’s simpler and quicker to only run them unsynced and overgeared. That being mentioned, should you don’t have the gear or ranges, you’ll be able to at all times ask a leveled-up good friend to escort you thru the duties.
I additionally advocate that you just’re Second Lieutenant rank or increased in your Grand Firm to be able to make a number of the obligatory purchases for this weapon. You may get round this by crafting and another alternate options, nevertheless it’s a lot simpler to only purchase the stuff for seals.
Step 1: Easy methods to get your Animated weapon
So as to begin the Heavensward relic in any respect, you’ll should be no less than degree 60 within the job you need the weapon for and also you’ll have to clear the primary state of affairs quest “Heavensward.”
When you’ve accomplished that, you simply have to do the next:
- Discuss to Rowena in Idyllshire contained in the Heart for Cultural Promotion to begin and full the search “An Sudden Proposal.” You don’t have to repeat this quest for subsequent weapons.
- Head to Azys Lla and discuss to Ardashir in Helix to begin the search “Soul with out Life” because the job you need the relic for. (If you happen to’re having a tough time discovering Syndony in the course of the quest, she’s on a balcony outdoors of Rowena’s Home of Splendors. You may fly as much as her from outdoors.)
- Both convey Syndony a accomplished A Realm Reborn Zodiac weapon or convey her one among every crystal farmed from FATEs in Heavensward zones (extra on that under).
- Give the astral and umbral nodules that you just get from Syndony to Ardashir again in Azys Lla to get your Animated weapon.
If you happen to don’t have an ARR weapon otherwise you don’t need to give yours up (regardless of which you can purchase replicas for it, so that you don’t actually want it), you’ll have to get one Luminous Crystal from every Heavensward zone. You’ll want to finish a FATE with a gold ranking to ensure that these to drop, they usually’re not assured to drop, so you could have to finish a number of FATEs earlier than you get one. You may also do the FATEs as any job, so long as you’ve the search energetic.
The places and crystals are as follows:
- The Sea of Clouds: Luminous Wind Crystal
- The Churning Mists: Luminous Lightning Crystal
- Coerthas Western Highlands: Luminous Ice Crystal
- The Dravanian Foreland: Luminous Earth Crystal
- The Dravanian Hinterlands: Luminous Water Crystal
- Azys Lla: Luminous Hearth Crystal
Step 2: Easy methods to get your Awoken weapon
So as to full the following quest, there’s fairly just a few dungeons that you’ll want to unlock:
When you’ve accomplished that, you may make your Awoken weapon by doing the next:
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your Animated weapon outfitted to begin the search “Toughening Up.”
- The search will ask you to run by 10 totally different dungeons. You are able to do this with a unique weapon outfitted for a similar job, however it’s a must to have your Animated weapon outfitted as you depart the dungeon to get credit score.
- When you end the ten dungeons, unequip your Animated weapon and discuss to Ardashir to get your Awoken weapon.
This one is fairly easy, particularly since you are able to do the dungeons unsynced. If you happen to’re not excessive sufficient degree to blast by these rapidly, you’ll be able to at all times ask a good friend to escort you thru.
Non-obligatory: Easy methods to farm Poetics and Grand Firm seals
The steps forward are largely forex dumps, they usually’re all a lot simpler if in case you have numerous Poetics readily available. Whereas I don’t advocate grinding for both of those currencies, as they are going to fall into your lap over time from doing roulettes and standard content material, should you’re speeding to get your weapon accomplished, right here’s farm some of these items rapidly.
For Poetics, there are just a few methods to grind the forex:
- Be a part of hunt trains to take down A-rank monsters (You should use the Faloop Discord to get notifications about these hunt trains, as they’re organized by gamers and run at specific-ish instances.)
- Take down Infamous Monsters in Eureka (which is a part of the Stormblood relic weapon course of, so you’ll be able to type of double dip the weapon processes should you’re feeling bold)
- Run Foremost State of affairs, Regular Raid, and Alliance Raid roulettes
- Assist new gamers run duties (or simply do the opposite each day roulettes) because you get a hefty chunk of Poetics for any first-timers clearing the responsibility you’re in
For Grand Firm Seals, one of the simplest ways to farm them outdoors of working FATEs is through the use of the “skilled supply” choice to flip in any gear you accumulate from dungeons. Roll greed for every little thing in any responsibility you do and fork it over to your respective Personnel Officer. Excessive-leveled gear will internet you a bit below 2,000 seals, so this could add up quick. You will want to be Second Lieutenant to have the ability to unlock this feature, however (as beforehand talked about) you need to be Second Lieutenant to purchase loads of the objects you’ll want to your relic anyway.
Step 3: Easy methods to get your Anima weapon
So as to get the following weapon improve, you’ll have to do the next:
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “Coming into Its Personal.”
- After you find yourself in entrance of Cristiana in Mor Dhona, you’ll be able to discuss to her to alternate items. Gerolt wants all 4 of the products she sells, however you’ll have to get the opposite objects she needs to alternate them together with her (see under).
- After getting the Enchanted Rubber, Quick-drying Carboncoat, Divine Water, and Quick-acting Allagan Catalyst, discuss to Gerolt in Azys Lla with the weapon in your stock to improve it to an Anima weapon.
At this level, the best option to get these things is to purchase them with Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm seals.
You should buy the next from Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah for Poetics. You probably have tribe quest forex sitting round, you may as well use a few of these to get these things. You’ll want:
- 10 Unidentifiable Bone (150 Poetics, 3 Amalj’aa tokens, 6 Vanu Vanu tokens, 6 Vath tokens, or 18 Moogle tokens every)
- 10 Unidentifiable Shell (150 Poetics, 3 Sahagin tokens, 6 Vanu Vanu tokens, 6 Vath tokens, or 18 Moogle tokens every)
- 10 Unidentifiable Ore (150 Poetics, 3 Kobold tokens, 6 Vanu Vanu tokens, 6 Vath tokens, or 18 Moogle tokens every)
- 10 Unidentifiable Seeds (150 Poetics, 3 Sylph tokens, 6 Vanu Vanu tokens, 6 Vath tokens, or 18 Moogle tokens every)
You may also commerce in drops from Alexander raids, nevertheless it’s simpler to only passively purchase these whenever you discover your Poetic pile is filling up. You may also seize the shells and ore from Wyvernskin and Dragonskin maps, respectively. Unidentifiable Bone and Seeds might be bought for 300 Allied Seals out of your GC Hunt Billmaster, too.
You may get the next out of your GC Quartermaster, so long as you’re a Second Lieutenant:
- 4 Adamantite Francesca (5,000 GC seals every)
- 4 Titanium Alloy Mirror (5,000 GC seals every)
- 4 Dispelling Arrow (5,000 GC seals every)
- 4 Kingcake (5,000 GC seals every)
You may also craft these, if in case you have a leveled up crafter.
Step 4: Easy methods to get your Hyperconductive weapon
This step is simply one other small forex dump! You should buy the merchandise earlier than you even begin the relic quest.
To get your Hyperconductive weapon, you’ll have to do the next:
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “Discovering Your Voice.”
- Purchase 5 Aether Oils for 350 Poetics every from Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah.
- Discuss to Ardashir once more to show within the Aether Oils and get your Hyperconductive weapon.
That’s all there’s to it for this step!
Step 5: Easy methods to get your Reconditioned weapon
This half is one other useful resource dump, however you’ll want at least 3,750 Poetics to finish this step.
To get your Reconditioned weapon, you’ll have to do the next:
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “A Dream Fulfilled.”
- Ulan gives you two objects to enter your key merchandise stock: Ulan’s Observe and Anima Glass. Discuss to Ulan along with your relic outfitted to commerce in objects for Crystal Sand. (The Ulan’s Observe merchandise is only a grocery checklist, you’ll be able to’t really commerce with it.)
- Purchase 50-60 Umbrite from Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah for 75 Poetics every.
- Discuss to Ulan along with your weapon outfitted and choose to improve your weapon to be able to commerce in Umbrite and Crystal Sand to get Handled Crystal Sand. Every Handled Crystal Sand you get offers you 3-6 substat factors to allocate into your weapon. You want 180 factors whole to finish this step. That being mentioned, you’ll want to accumulate at most 60 Crystal Sand and Umbrite since there’s an RNG ingredient connected to it. (It value me 56 Umbrite and Crystal Sand to get the complete 180 Handled Crystal Sand.)
- Allocate the factors by speaking to Ulan (on the identical display you employ to get the Handled Crystal Sand). The stats you decide don’t matter as this weapon is now not used for fight and it’s solely used for glamour.
- Discuss to Ardashir along with your relic weapon unequipped and in your stock to get your Reconditioned weapon.
The easiest way to get Crystal Sand is by buying and selling in White Crafters/Gatherers’ Scrips for Blue Crafters’/Gatherers’ Scrip Tokens. With a bit below 4,000 Crafters’ Scrips, I used to be capable of get all of the Crystal Sand I wanted. These are simple to seize from finishing issues like customized deliveries or simply from crafting objects and turning them into scrip appraisers. Gatherers’ Scrips will also be earned rapidly by ocean fishing.
If you happen to don’t have any crafters or gatherers leveled up, the second finest methodology goes to be by shopping for Superior Enchanted Ink and Thavnairian Mist for 25 and 20 Poetics every, respectively.
Step 6: Easy methods to get your Sharpened weapon
This step is one other forex dump, requiring you to seize 2,000 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics whole, should you’re not eager on doing roulettes.
To get your Sharpened weapon, you’ll have to do the next.
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Future Proof.”
- Receive 50 Singing Clusters by both shopping for them for 40 Poetics every from Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah. You may also get them from doing the each day quests “Lower from a Completely different Material” or the weekly quest “In search of Inspiration.”
- Flip within the Singing Clusters to Blamprest.
- Discuss to Ardashir once more along with your relic unequipped to get your Sharpened weapon.
“Lower from a Completely different Material” requires you to do the extent 50/60/70/80 dungeon roulette in alternate for one cluster and “In search of Inspiration” requires you to do three leveling roulettes inside the week to get 18 clusters. The latter is price it should you’re working leveling roulette each day anyway.
Step 7: Easy methods to get your Full weapon
If you happen to made an A Realm Reborn Zodiac weapon, this step might be fairly acquainted to you, as you’ll be tasked with gathering power through finishing a bunch of duties.
You will want to unlock these elective dungeons to be able to end this step, so that you would possibly as properly do this earlier than beginning:
To get your Full weapon, you’ll have to do the next:
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Born Once more Anima.”
- Full the three dungeons along with your weapon both outfitted or in your stock: “Misplaced Metropolis of Amdapor (Exhausting)”, “Nice Gubal Library (Exhausting)”, and “Sohm Al (Exhausting).” You must do the dungeons because the job you’re making the relic for.
- Give the loot you bought from the dungeons to Gerolt, who’s hanging out subsequent to Ardashir.
- Discuss to the nodes as requested as a part of the search.
- Utilizing the Enhanced Anima Glass in your key objects, you’ll be able to observe how a lot aetheric density your weapon has. Whereas the values are invisible to you, eager gamers have labored out that you just’ll want 2,000 density whole to complete your weapon. You may earn various quantities of density by taking part in particular Heavensward duties. You’ll want to ensure that your Anima weapon is provided when you kill the ultimate boss in every responsibility to be able to get density. (Extra on that under.)
- Discuss to the Processing Node to begin the search “Some Meeting Required.”
- Get 15 Pneumite by both paying 100 Poetics to Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah. You may also commerce 4,000 GC seals to your Grand Firm Quartermaster every or get them from Timeworn Archaeoskin, Dragonskin, or Wyvernskin Maps. (Doing the GC Seals or Poetics goes to be your finest wager.)
- Give the Pneumite to the Processing Node to get a New child Soulstone.
- Flip within the soulstone and your weapon to Gerolt as soon as it’s crammed with aetheric density to get your Full weapon.
This step is probably probably the most annoying, relying on how rapidly you’re capable of farm aetheric density.
Easy methods to farm aetheric density
Identical to the ARR relic weapon’s gentle farm, you’ll have to farm density from working particular duties. In contrast to the time-based bonus that Zodiac weapons had, the Anima weapon will get a bonus utterly randomly when finishing the responsibility. The duties give aetheric density as follows, in keeping with the Final Fantasy XIV Online Wiki:
FFXIV Heavensward relic weapon aetheric density per responsibility
Density given | Density given with bonus | Responsibility |
---|---|---|
Density given | Density given with bonus | Responsibility |
Obscure (4) | Meager (8) | Heavensward zone FATEs |
Meager (8) | Vigorous (16) | The Limitless Blue and Thok ast Thok (Exhausting and Excessive) |
Vigorous (16) | Strong (32) | Containment Bay S1T7 (Excessive), The Minstrel’s Ballad: Nidhogg’s Rage, Alexander raids |
Strong (32) | Sturdy (64) | Heavensward dungeons, A Realm Reborn degree 50 dungeons (excluding Castrum Meridianum and The Praetorium), Alexander raids 1-4 (Savage), Containment Bay Z1T9 (Excessive) |
Sturdy (64) | Hardened (96) | Heavensward alliance raids |
Hardened (96) | Stalwart (128) | Alexander raids 9-12 (Savage) |
Checking the Enhanced Anima Glass gives you a touch as to how far you might be in ending your weapon. The extra glowing glyphs circle across the sprite, the nearer you might be.
The quickest option to farm aetheric density is to run “Alexander – The Eyes of the Creator (Savage)” unsynced. This may be accomplished should you’re equipped at degree 90, however should you’re not, you may as well staff up with one other good friend that will help you clear this rapidly. At most, this can take 21 runs to finish your weapon, should you by no means get a bonus. You probably have not unlocked any Alexander raids, you can begin doing so with the search “Disarmed” from Slowfix in Idyllshire.
Enormous textual content will hit the display that claims “Aetherial Condensation Full!” when you end your weapon, so that you don’t really want to concentrate to the Anima Glass very a lot.
Step 8: Easy methods to get your Lux weapon
Earlier than you get began, you’ll have to be sure to have the elective Warring Triad bosses unlocked (Sephirot, Sophia, and Zurvan). If you happen to don’t have them unlocked, you can begin that quest line with “Gods of Eld” by speaking to Torsefers in Ishgard.
To complete off your Anima weapon, upgrading it to Lux, you’ll have to do the next:
- Full the search “Physique and Soul,” given by the Automation NPC close to Gerolt and Ardashir in Azys Lla. You don’t must repeat this quest for subsequent weapons.
- After ending that quest, full the search “Phrases of Knowledge” from Ardashir in Asyz Lla. Once more, you gained’t have to do that quest once more for any extra weapons you need to make.
- Discuss to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Greatest Buddies Perpetually.”
- Full the trials listed in recreation along with your weapon outfitted. You are able to do all of those unsynced.
- After you end taking down all these bosses, purchase one Archaic Enchanted Ink for 500 Poetics from Auriana in Mor Dhona, Hismena in Idyllshire, or the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul’dah.
- Flip in your weapon and the ink to Ardashir to get your finalized Lux weapon!
And that’s it! You’re all accomplished along with your Heavensward relic. You can begin the method once more if you need one other weapon, or perhaps you need to transfer on and make a Stormblood relic weapon? Or a Shadowbringers relic weapon? Or perhaps you simply need to take an extended nap, as a result of that’s what I wished to do as soon as I completed.
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