Hello,
Just a quick guide to help you to obtain the Anima Weapon (Heavensward weapons) aka the prettiest relic tier in the entire game. Just sharing the method I used to farm all the weapons.
This method is heavy-based in poetics, just a friendly alert.
Remember this is a quick guide, so there is no detail info here, use as a complementary help. Quest: Soul without Life (i170 weapon)With the quest active, go to the Heavensward maps and do any fate until you get one crystal:
- Sea of Clouds (for 1xWind Crystal)
- Azys Lla (for 1x Fire Crystal)
- Churning Mists (for 1x Lightning Crystal)
- Coerthas Western (for 1x Ice Crystal)
- Dravanian Forelands (for 1x Earth Crystal)
- Dravanian Hinterlands (for 1x Water Crystal)
Deliver the quest in Mor Dhona.
Toughening Up (i200) You need to do the dungeons in the following order:
1- Snowcloak
2- Sastasha (Hard)
3- Qarn (Hard)
4- Keeper of the Lake
5- Wanderer's Palace (Hard)
6- Amdapor Keep (Hard)
7- Dusk Vigil
8- Sohm Al
9- The Aery
10- The Vault
Important: If you want to, use a stronger weapon UNTIL exit the dungeon.
The dungeon will count for the quest only if you leave it with the relic equipped.
Deliver the quest for the next phase.
Coming Into Its Own (i210) Now the poetics tomestones comes to play (because unidentifiable items and next steps). There are other methods to obtain unidentifiable items but I think the poetics way is simple and good.
Basically you need this four (4) items:
[ ] Enchanted Rubber
[ ] Fast-Drying Carboncoat
[ ] Divine Water
[ ] Fast-Acting Allagan Catalyst
But, for obtain these 4 itens you'll need a mix between GC items (can be crafted as well) and unidentifiable.
Here is your checklist:
[ ] Enchanted Rubber
[] Unidentifiable Bone x10 (Poetics Exchange @ Idyllshire)
[] Adamantite Francesca x4 (Exchange with GC Seals, Marketboard or just craft it)
[ ] Fast-Drying Carboncoat
[] Unidentifiable Shell x10 (Poetics Exchange @Idyllshire)
[] Titanium Alloy Mirror x4 (Exchange with GC Seals, Marketboard or just craft it)
[ ] Divine Water
[] Unidentifiable Ore x10 (Poetics Exchange @Idyllshire)
[] Dispelling Arrow x4 (Exchange with GC Seals, Marketboard or just craft it)
[ ] Fast-Acting Allagan Catalyst
[] Unidentifiable Seeds x10 (Poetics Exchange @Idyllshire)
[] Kingcake x4 (Exchange with GC Seals, Marketboard or just craft it)
All good with the items, just deliver the quest.
Finding Your Voice (i230)You need to obtain 5x Aether Oil. You can get this item with a weekly quest in Mor Dhona for Crystal Tower or just buy it for 350 poetics each.
[ ] Aether Oil x5 (350 poetics)
Deliver and prepare your body...
A Dream Fulfilled (i240) It's the longer step. You'll need a lot of items here, you need in theory 80x umbrites and 80x crystal sands BUT there is a rng in between so generally the safe strat is aim for 75x.
- 75 Umbrites
- 75 Crystal Sands
How to obtain Umbrites? Poetics only.
How to obtain Crystal Sands? Several ways. Pick your poison but before I'll target the best ones:
~ Other Items I - The best option so far if you want to waste more poetics besides the necessary for umbrites.
~ Crafting Materials - The best option if you want to waste some gil and the prices are acceptable.
~ Rowena Tokens - The cheap option mainly if you want to gathering to farm scrips.
~ Amber-encased Vilekin - Your free and boring resource. Some levequest can spawn a chest that contains this item, for example the levequest [Show your Work] in Foundation. It's basically free crystal sand but idk, I don't think it's a good use of levequest in this game (mainly if you're farming achievement or delivering coffee biscuits).
Future Proof (i260) You'll need more poetics (great news!) but this time is a chill amount.
Also you can get some Singing Cluster with quests from that hyur teens in Idylshire as well.
[ ] Singing Cluster x50 (40 poetics each)
Born Again Anima (i270)You'll need to complete these dungeons (with or without the relic equipped, but you'll need to use the right job of your relic):
1- The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard)
2- The Great Gubal Library (Hard) (Hard)
3- Sohm Al (Hard)
Welcome to your light farm!
First double check if you have the item [Enhanced Anima Glass] in your inventory.
Do some A9S runs (Alexander - The Eyes of Creator - Savage) unsynced. This way you can farm the "Hardened" Light and sometimes Stalwart rng-based (the best light quality) Take less than 2min per run with a few folk, and remembering you'll need to equip the relic for this step. Join or create a party finder group for that one.
Some Assembly Required (Sub i270) You can do this in parallel with the light step (Born Again Anima). It's easy as always just poetics consuming, you'll need 15x Pneumites.
[ ] Pneumite x 15 (100 poetics OR 4000 Grand Company Seals, poetics recommended)
Best Friends Forever (i275) Also know as the "Victory Road", the final step to get your final weapon. You'll need to equip the relic before leaves the trial for count for the quest or just equip it, call some friends to help (or create a party finder team) and beat these trials (Hard Modes, EXTREME don't counts!)
Ifrit HM
Garuda HM
Titan HM
King Moogle HM
Leviathan HM
Ramuh HM
Shiva HM
Ravana HM
Bismark HM
Sephirot HM (Containment Bay S1T7)
Sophia HM (Containment Bay P1T6)
Zurvan HM (Containment Bay Z1T9)
And after all this, you'll need to waste some poetics again for this item:
[ ] Archaic Enchanted Ink x 1 (500 poetics)
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Congrats for you relic. Enjoy these beautiful weapons.
Feel free to comment.
