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Final Fantasy 14 has relic weapons and special glowing weapons for each job. The Shadowbringer’s expansion relic weapons are all connected to Bozja and the Blades of Gunnhildr.
In this Final Fantasy 14 Shadowbringers relic weapon guide, we’ll describe how to get that beautiful endgame weapon.
Relic Weapons, Explained
Relic weapons are specialty weapons that look attractive and typically have a unique glowing animation. After upgrading the weapon several times, you’ll have the best weapon in Shadowbringers as a trophy for your reliable work. However, the amount of work you’ll require to put forth is huge. Perform the steps over a longer timespan, rather than trying to do it fast and burning out.
Almost all of the weapon upgrading efforts involve participating in The Bozjan Southern Front, the instanced Shadowbringers area with a unique battle system. While there are alternative methods to get the weapon upgrade materials for lots of these steps, you’ll have to rank up in Bozja to upgrade your weapon past a certain point, so be ready for that.
There are many efforts to get the most powerful weapon in the expansion. For each weapon you want, you’ll have to begin from the beginning and repeat most of the steps.
How To Make Resistance Weapons
These are the weapons with 485 object levels and they were released in patch 5.25.
To get your first weapon:
- Completing the “Shadowbringers” main scenario quest.
- Finalize the side quest “The City of Lost Angels.”
- Finalize the quests “Hail to the Queen,” “Path to the Past,” “The Bozja Incident,” and “Fire in the Forge.”
For every further weapon after this, finish the quest “Resistance is (Not) Futile” as the job you want the weapon for. You require to turn in four ThavnairianScalepowders to Zlatan. These are purchasable from the Tomestone NPC vendors, similar to Auriana in Revenant’s Toll and Hismena in Idyllshire, for 250 AllaganTomestones of Poetics each.
How To Augment Your Resistance Weapons
The next step concerns upgrading your Resistance weapon, boosting its stats and item level up to 500. This stage was added in patch 5.35.
To acquire the augmented version of any of your weapons:
- End the “Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty” main scenario quest.
- Terminate the side quests “A Sober Proposal” and “Where Eagles Nest.”
- Have your Resistance weapon from stage one ready.
- Enter Zlatan in Gangos and accept the repeatable quest “For Want of a Memory.”
- Reach and turn in 20 Tortured Memories of the Dying, 20 Sorrowful Memories of the Dying, and 20 Harrowing Memories of the Dying.
You can reach all 60 memories as random drops from Skirmishes and Critical Engagements in The Bozjan Southern Front.
If you hate Bozja, you can also make these from doing FATEs in Heavensward zones. The yellow Tortured Memory of the Dying is a bonus for finishing FATEs in Coerthas Western Highlands and the Sea of Clouds. The blue Sorrowful Memory of Dying is a reward for completing FATEs in the Dravanian Forelands and the Churning Mists. The red Harrowing Memory of the Dying is a reward for completing FATEs in the Dravanian Hinterlands and Azys Ila.
The job you want the weapon for does not require you to earn memories. For example, if you want the White Mage cane, you do not require to be playing as White Mage until it’s time to turn in the quest items.
How To Make Recollection Weapons
The third step shows your relic weapon its iconic glow, though the item level stays at 500. This was added in patch 5.35.
To get your Recollection weapon:
- Complete the previous steps listed above.
- Begin the repeatable “The Will to Resist” quest from Zlatan in Gangos.
- Turn in six Heartbreaking Memories of the Dying.
The green Bitter Memories of the Dying are rewards from achieving level 60 dungeons and as drops from enemies in Bozja. You can also get one Bitter Memory of the Dying a day from performing Leveling Roulette in the Duty Finder. Completing level 60 dungeons with an unsynced level does not reward memories.
Just like the earlier step, you do not need to be playing the job you want the weapon for in order to get the memories.
How To Get Law’s Order Weapons
Upgrading your weapon to a Law’s Order weapon will promote its item level to 510. This action was added in patch 5.45.
To get your next relic:
- Complete the steps above.
- Hit Resistance Rank 10 in Bozja.
- Complete the Bozja dungeon, Castrum LacusLitore.
- Finalize the side quests “A Sign of What’s to Come”, “Fit for a Queen”, and “In the Queen’s Image.”
- Bring the repeatable quest “Change of Arms” from Zlatan in Gangos.
- Accept and turn in 15 Loathsome Memories of the Dying to Zlatan.
The gray Loathsome Memories of the Dying are rewards for defeating the final boss in Castrum LacusLitore, clearing any Crystal Tower alliance raid, and completing critical engagements in Bozja. Beating the Castrum LacusLitore boss rewards 5 memories.
Similar to the previous steps, you do not need to earn these memories while playing the job you want the weapon for.
FAQ
Where to find the Thavnairian Scale powder?
As far as the making of a Thavnairian Scale powder is concerned, it is the second-most powerful resistance weapon relic. But the acquirement of this weapon requires Poetics, in a large amount. The weapons come into the category of more traditional weapons. The procurement of this weapon isn’t a herculean task. So, don’t fret you will get it easily.
As soon as you get the 1,000 Poetics, go to the Auriana which is present in the Revenant’s toll situated at Idyllshire. It is used to replace your tombestones of yours for the available quantity of Thavnarian Scale powder.