How to get a Dawntrail (Phantom) relic weapon in FFXIV

The solar is shining and the Dawntrail subject operation and relic weapon is right here, as of patch 7.25. For these eager to get a soar on the relic grind, we acquired your again, as we element how you can get the Phantom relic weapon in FFXIV under.

Similar to different relics, the Phantom relic isn’t any joke and it requires fairly a little bit of play both within the Occult Crescent (the Dawntrail subject operation) or some FATE grinding within the growth’s zones.

Beneath we clarify what FFXIV relic weapons are and how you can begin your Dawntrail relic weapon.

Relic weapons, defined

Relic weapons are distinctive weapons for every job that have to be upgraded by following a collection of quests. The tip end result? The most effective weapon within the Dawntrail growth — although since all of the steps aren’t out but, you gained’t be capable of get there simply fairly but.

If that is your first relic weapon, know that you’ve got fairly the grind forward of you, but in addition these items drops in patches, so you are able to do it because it releases to reduce the grind. (Or perhaps you’re studying this information years sooner or later and also you’re gonna do it unexpectedly!)

This weapon collection entails the Occult Crescent, the sector operation obligation for Dawntrail, although you may full your weapon by different means, should you hate subject ops.

Step 1: Easy methods to get your Phantom Penumbrae weapon

This primary step was added in patch 7.25 and the weapon is merchandise stage 745. All of those weapons are fairly distinctive in design, so should you don’t know which one you need to make, right here’s a fairly good video exhibiting off all of the weapons.

To get your first weapon:

Full the “Dawntrail” primary situation quest.

Unlock the Occult Crescent hub by finishing the search line that begins with “One Final Hurrah” in Tulliyolal.

Hold finishing the quests till you end “Unfamiliar Territory.” (You’ll be able to go additional than this, as persevering with this quest will likely be required to take part within the Occult Crescent, however you don’t need to do greater than this for the relic weapon.)

Discuss to Lydirceil within the Phantom Village to begin the search “Arcane Artistry.”

Get hold of three of every of the six several types of demiatma — obtained both by finishing FATEs and demanding encounters within the Occult Crescent or by finishing FATEs within the Dawntrail zones.

Flip within the 18 demiatma to Gerolt.

Settle for the search “Forging the Phantasmal” because the job you need the weapon for.

Purchase three Arcanite for 500 Allagan Tomestones of Heliometry every from Ermina within the Phantom Village (1,500 tomes whole).

Flip within the Arcanite to Dodokkuli.

It takes fairly a couple of important encounters to get a single demiatma drop, so don’t count on to simply get one from every you full. You’ll know if you get one as a pop-up will seem in your display screen noting that you just acquired a demiatma. After doing round 20 important encounters, I walked away with about three demiatma, so it has a fairly brutal drop price.

For subsequent weapons, you’ll solely have to successfully repeat step eight and 9. You should purchase three extra Arcanite and commerce them straight to Dodokkuli as a service provider — there’s no quest to take action. You’ll not have to grind out any extra demiatmas, thank Hydaelyn.

The demiatma drops from particular areas within the Occult Crescent and from particular maps. Primarily based on our expertise, in addition to some crowdsourced data, right here’s the place to search out the precise demiatma:

Be aware that within the aforementioned crowdsourced information, there are a couple of gamers noting that it’s potential to get different colours of demiatma from exterior of their “native” space listed above. We didn’t have this occur for us, however we’re not ruling out that risk.

Step 2: Improve to a Phantom Umbrae weapon

This step was added in patch 7.31 and it augments your Phantom weapon in order that it glows, has increased stats, and improves its merchandise stage to 760. To supe up your relic, you will have to do the next:

Full the above steps.

Discuss to Lydirceil within the Phantom Village and begin the search “Retaining the Previous Methods Alive.”

Flip within the following 5 objects to Gerolt. Be aware that this stuff will be purchased from the marketboard as effectively, which would be the required technique if you do not have leveled up crafters with the twelfth mastery recipe guide or gatherers with the related regional folklore books:

Rroneek glue, purchased from Goplu in Tuliyollal (13.1, 12.7) for 300,000 gil.

Ut’ohmu siderite, purchased from Rral Wuruq in Yak T’el (13.8, 12.7) for 600 bicolor gems.

Artificial darkish matter alpha, crafted by blacksmiths, armorers, or goldsmiths utilizing eight octahedrite, 4 uncooked rhodochrosite, and two levinchrome aethersand.

Artificial darkish matter beta, crafted by carpenters, leatherworkers, or weavers utilizing 4 cordia logs, 4 cochineal pigment, 4 Shaaloani espresso, and two levinchrome aethersand.

Artificial darkish matter gamma, crafted by alchemists or culinarians utilizing 4 filgurite, 4 Shaaloani espresso, and two levinchrome aethersand.

When you flip in these objects to finish the above quest, discuss to Lydirceil to begin the search “Aether, Aether, In all places.”

Fill within the 4 aetherwells within the Aetherwell Array by finishing obligation roulettes. There’s an aetherwell for 4 forms of roulettes: high-level dungeons, trials, alliance raids, and regular raids. Every effectively requires 10,000 aether. The primary time you run any of those roulettes per day, you will additionally get a bonus quantity of aether. With the each day bonus, you will get wherever from round 450-850 aether per roulette. With out the each day bonus, you will get a lot much less, particularly from trials and regular raids.

Flip in your filled-up Aetherwell Array to Gerolt.

Discuss to Lydircceil to begin the search “Wrought by Fingers Phantasmal,” because the job you need the weapon improve for.

Purchase three Waxing Arcanite for 500 Allagan Tomestones of Heliometry every (1,500 whole) from Ermina (the identical vendor in the 1st step who offered you the tomestone supplies).

Flip them into Gerolt to improve your Phantom Penumbrae weapon to a Phantom Umbrae weapon.

Know that the Aetherwell Array portion is the prolonged grinding portion of this relic step, however you’ll solely have to do this step as soon as, even if you would like additional weapons. You’ll be able to sit and spam roulettes to grind this out rapidly, however seeing how we cannot get extra relic steps for fairly some time, it must be positive to take your time. It ought to take round two weeks of each day roulettes to complete this step.

If you would like extra Phantom Umbrae weapons, you will solely want to purchase extra Waxing Arcanite and switch them in to Dodokkuli, as long as you’ve got already executed the Phantom Penumbrae step for the weapon you need.

After you end this step, you can even purchase replicas for any of the Phantom Penumbrae weapons you’ve got accomplished to make use of as glamour, should you choose the non-glowing variations. The NPC that sells the replicas is the Expedition Metallurgist subsequent to Ermina within the Phantom Village.

Step 3: Easy methods to get your Phantom Obscurum weapon

This step was added in patch 7.41 and supplies you with a brand-new merchandise stage 775 weapon. To get it, you will have to do the next:

Full the above steps.

Discuss to Lydirceil within the Phantom Village to begin the search, “Timeworn Strategies.”

Discuss to the NPCs after which flip within the following 4 objects to Gerolt. Be aware that similar to within the final step, the crafts will be purchased from the marketboard, in any other case you will want Grasp Recipes 12 to make them, in addition to excessive gathering stats to seize the supplies:

Umbral clay, purchased from Goplu in Tuliyollal (13.1, 12.7) for 500,000 gil

Aspected aether agglomerate, crafted by carpenters, leatherworkers, or weavers utilizing 4 fulgurpine logs, 4 carnauba leaves, 4 Urqopacha flax, and two levinchrome aethersand

Aspected aetheroconductor, crafted by goldsmiths, armorers, or blacksmiths utilizing eight dense aluminum ore, 4 rose garnet ores, and two levinchrome aethersand

Aspected aetherocatalyst, crafted by alchemists or culinarians utilizing 4 windspath water, 4 carnauba leaves, and two levinchrome aethersand

Discuss to Lydirceil to begin “In Pursuit of Perfection.”

Get hold of 100 crystal paste by finishing particular roulettes, Occult Crescent Vital Engagements, the Pilgrim’s Traverse Deep Dungeon, The Closing Verse (Quantum), Heavyweight Tier raids (Regular or Savage), or Hell on Rails (Excessive). Flip the paste into Gerolt.

Get hold of 200 extra crystal paste (by doing the identical factor as above) and switch it into Gerolt.

Get hold of 300 extra crystal paste and switch it into Gerolt.

Get hold of a whopping 600 extra crystal paste and switch it into Gerolt.

Discuss to Lydirceil to begin “A Phantom Reborn.”

Purchase three chunks of Waning Arcanite from Ermina for 500 Tomestones of Mathmetics every (1,500 tomes whole).

Flip within the arcanite to get your Phantom Obscurum weapon.

If you would like extra Phantom Obscurum weapons, you will solely want to purchase extra Waning Arcanite and switch them in to Dodokkuli, as long as you’ve got already executed the opposite steps for the weapon you need.

The above data is courtesy of Garland Instruments’ datamines. We’re nonetheless figuring out the steps for this, grinding out the weapon for ourselves. We’ll replace this information with extra context as we trudge by way of the grind.

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Easy methods to farm crystal paste

Several types of content material offer you completely different quantities of paste. Relying on how briskly you need to grind this weapon out, you could need to social gathering up, decrease your gear merchandise stage, and spam leveling roulette in hopes of a fast A Realm Reborn obligation, otherwise you may simply go for doing a couple of roulettes each day, sprinkling in your typical raid clears in. Farming crystal paste is the “grindy” a part of this step, so remember the fact that it is probably not meant to be executed inside a few days. Take your time!

Here is a breakdown of how a lot paste you get from a number of the numerous duties, in keeping with this crowdsourced submit on Reddit by Phruck:

If that didn’t fulfill your itch, now we have guides on how you can make the earlier relic weapons, too: Resistance (Shadowbringers), Eureka (Stormblood), Anima (Heavensward), and Zodiac (A Realm Reborn). We even have a information for the Manderville (Endwalker) relic, however that’s actually only a tome dump alongside a straight-forward quest, so that will not scratch the grinding itch you bought.