How to get a Heavensward (Anima) relic weapon in FFXIV

Should you’ve caught your self twiddling your thumbs in Ultimate Fantasy 14 between patches and also you need some cool gear to glamour over your weapons, you can also 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 regular 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. Lots of it’s simply shoving Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm Seals at NPCs to get supplies, so an Anima weapon is an effective way to dump further currencies you’ve sitting round.

You really need a ton of Poetics to complete this weapon, so for those who wished to min-max your relic expertise, you may 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 the right way to make your personal FFXIV Heavensward Anima relic weapon, and the right way to farm Tomestones of Poetics and GC Seals for those who’re trying to pace up the method.

Heavensward Anima relic weapons, defined

As soon as upon a time, these Anima weapons have been the best-in-slot, however now they’re solely good for one factor: glamour. Should you love the way in which these glowy particular weapons look, you’ll want to finish the steps to get the weapon you need.

As a way to get the finished Lux Anima weapons, you’ll want to finish all of the steps under, however for those who identical to the look of the Reconditioned weapon or an earlier type, you may simply do it up till there and cease everytime you need.

As anticipated with this outdated weapon, you may solely make Anima relic weapons for jobs that have been out there when Heavensward got here out: Paladin, Warrior, Darkish Knight, White Mage,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’t get the weapon again with out having to redo your entire course of. If you would like a model of your weapon for glam, you should purchase stage 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 want 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.

Lots of this grind is simply foreign money dumping your Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm seals, however I’d actually suggest doing this grind on a job you’ve maxed out. You do need to run a handful of particular duties, and it’s simpler and sooner to simply run them unsynced and overgeared. That being mentioned, for those who don’t have the gear or ranges, you may all the time ask a leveled-up pal to escort you thru the duties.

I additionally suggest that you simply’re Second Lieutenant rank or increased in your Grand Firm with a purpose to make a number of the essential purchases for this weapon. You may get round this by crafting and another options, however it’s a lot simpler to simply purchase the stuff for seals.

Step 1: Tips on how to get your Animated weapon

As a way to begin the Heavensward relic in any respect, you’ll should be not less than stage 60 within the job you need the weapon for and also you’ll have to clear the principle situation quest “Heavensward.”

When you’ve carried out that, you simply have to do the next:

1. Speak 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.
2. 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. (Should you’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.)
3. Both carry Syndony a accomplished A Realm Reborn Zodiac weapon or carry her certainly one of every crystal farmed from FATEs in Heavensward zones (extra on that under).
4. Give the astral and umbral nodules that you simply get from Syndony to Ardashir again in Azys Lla to get your Animated weapon.

Should you don’t have an ARR weapon otherwise you don’t need to give yours up (regardless of 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, and so they’re not assured to drop, so you’ll 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 areas 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 Fireplace Crystal

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Step 2: Tips on how to get your Awoken weapon

As a way to full the subsequent quest, there’s fairly a number of dungeons that you should unlock:

When you’ve carried out that, you can also make your Awoken weapon by doing the next:

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your Animated weapon outfitted to begin the search “Toughening Up.”
2. The hunt will ask you to run by way of 10 totally different dungeons. You are able to do this with a distinct weapon outfitted for a similar job, however you need to have your Animated weapon outfitted as you go away the dungeon to get credit score.
3. 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. Should you’re not excessive sufficient stage to blast by way of these rapidly, you may all the time ask a pal to escort you thru.

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Optionally available: Tips on how to farm Poetics and Grand Firm seals

The steps forward are largely foreign money dumps, and so they’re all a lot simpler in case you have plenty of Poetics readily available. Whereas I don’t suggest grinding for both of those currencies, as they may fall into your lap over time from doing roulettes and regular content material, for those who’re speeding to get your weapon carried out, right here’s the right way to farm some of these things rapidly.

For Poetics, there are a number of methods to grind the foreign money:

• Be part of hunt trains to take down A-rank monsters (You should utilize 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 may type of double dip the weapon processes for those who’re feeling bold)
• Run Most important 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 obligation you’re in

For Grand Firm Seals, the easiest way to farm them outdoors of working FATEs is by utilizing the “professional supply” choice to flip in any gear you accumulate from dungeons. Roll greed for all the pieces in any obligation you do and fork it over to your respective Personnel Officer. Excessive-leveled gear will internet you a bit of beneath 2,000 seals, so this may add up quick. You will have to be Second Lieutenant to have the ability to unlock this selection, however (as beforehand talked about) you need to be Second Lieutenant to purchase a number of the objects you’ll want to your relic anyway.

Step 3: Tips on how to get your Anima weapon

As a way to get the subsequent weapon improve, you’ll have to do the next:

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “Coming into Its Personal.”
2. After you find yourself in entrance of Cristiana in Mor Dhona, you may discuss to her to change items. Gerolt wants all 4 of the products she sells, however you’ll have to get the opposite objects she needs to change them together with her (see under).
3. After you have 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 simplest method to get this stuff is to purchase them with Allagan Tomestones of Poetics and Grand Firm seals.

You should purchase 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. When you have tribe quest foreign money sitting round, you may as well use a few of these to get this stuff. 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, however it’s simpler to simply 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, in case you have a leveled up crafter.

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Step 4: Tips on how to get your Hyperconductive weapon

This step is simply one other small foreign money dump! You should purchase the merchandise earlier than you even begin the relic quest.

To get your Hyperconductive weapon, you’ll have to do the next:

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “Discovering Your Voice.”
2. 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.
3. Speak to Ardashir once more to show within the Aether Oils and get your Hyperconductive weapon.

That’s all there may be to it for this step!

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Step 5: Tips on how 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:

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin the search “A Dream Fulfilled.”
2. Ulan offers you two objects to enter your key merchandise stock: Ulan’s Notice and Anima Glass. Speak to Ulan along with your relic outfitted to commerce in objects for Crystal Sand. (The Ulan’s Notice merchandise is only a grocery listing, you may’t truly commerce with it.)
3. 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.
4. Speak to Ulan along with your weapon outfitted and choose to improve your weapon with a purpose 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 complete to finish this step. That being mentioned, you should accumulate at most 60 Crystal Sand and Umbrite since there’s an RNG ingredient hooked up to it. (It price me 56 Umbrite and Crystal Sand to get the complete 180 Handled Crystal Sand.)
5. Allocate the factors by speaking to Ulan (on the identical display screen you utilize to get the Handled Crystal Sand). The stats you decide don’t matter as this weapon is not used for fight and it’s solely used for glamour.
6. Speak to Ardashir along with your relic weapon unequipped and in your stock to get your Reconditioned weapon.

One of the best ways to get Crystal Sand is by buying and selling in White Crafters/Gatherers’ Scrips for Blue Crafters’/Gatherers’ Scrip Tokens. With a bit of beneath 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 may also be earned rapidly by way of ocean fishing.

Should you 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.

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Step 6: Tips on how to get your Sharpened weapon

This step is one other foreign money dump, requiring you to seize 2,000 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics complete, for those who’re not eager on doing roulettes.

To get your Sharpened weapon, you’ll have to do the next.

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Future Proof.”
2. 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.”
3. Flip within the Singing Clusters to Blamprest.
4. Speak 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 change 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 for those who’re working leveling roulette each day anyway.

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Step 7: Tips on how to get your Full weapon

Should you made an A Realm Reborn Zodiac weapon, this step shall be fairly acquainted to you, as you’ll be tasked with gathering vitality through finishing a bunch of duties.

You will have to unlock these elective dungeons with a purpose to end this step, so that you may as nicely try this earlier than beginning:

To get your Full weapon, you’ll have to do the next:

1. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Born Once more Anima.”
2. Full the three dungeons along with your weapon both outfitted or in your stock: “Misplaced Metropolis of Amdapor (Arduous)”, “Nice Gubal Library (Arduous)”, and “Sohm Al (Arduous).” You need to do the dungeons because the job you’re making the relic for.
3. Give the loot you bought from the dungeons to Gerolt, who’s hanging out subsequent to Ardashir.
4. Speak to the nodes as requested as a part of the search.
5. Utilizing the Enhanced Anima Glass in your key objects, you may observe how a lot aetheric density your weapon has. Whereas the values are invisible to you, eager gamers have labored out that you simply’ll want 2,000 density complete to complete your weapon. You may earn various quantities of density by taking part in particular Heavensward duties. It is advisable ensure your Anima weapon is provided whilst you kill the ultimate boss in every obligation with a purpose to get density. (Extra on that under.)
6. Speak to the Processing Node to begin the search “Some Meeting Required.”
7. 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 guess.)
8. Give the Pneumite to the Processing Node to get a New child Soulstone.
9. 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.

Tips on how to farm aetheric density

Similar to the ARR relic weapon’s mild farm, you’ll have to farm density from working particular duties. Not like the time-based bonus that Zodiac weapons had, the Anima weapon will get a bonus utterly randomly when finishing the obligation. The duties give aetheric density as follows, in response to the Ultimate Fantasy XIV On-line Wiki:

Checking the Enhanced Anima Glass offers you a touch as to how far you’re in ending your weapon. The extra glowing glyphs circle across the sprite, the nearer you’re.

The quickest method to farm aetheric density is to run “Alexander – The Eyes of the Creator (Savage)” unsynced. This may be carried out for those who’re equipped at stage 90, however for those who’re not, you may as well group up with one other pal that will help you clear this rapidly. At most, this can take 21 runs to finish your weapon, for those who by no means get a bonus. When you 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 screen 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.

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Step 8: Tips on how to get your Lux weapon

Earlier than you get began, you’ll have to ensure you have the elective Warring Triad bosses unlocked (Sephirot, Sophia, and Zurvan). Should you 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:

1. Full the search “Physique and Soul,” given by the Automation NPC close to Gerolt and Ardashir in Azys Lla. You don’t need to repeat this quest for subsequent weapons.
2. 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.
3. Speak to Ardashir in Azys Lla along with your relic outfitted to begin the search “Greatest Buddies Endlessly.”
4. Full the trials listed in sport along with your weapon outfitted. You are able to do all of those unsynced.
5. 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.
6. Flip in your weapon and the ink to Ardashir to get your finalized Lux weapon!

And that’s it! You’re all carried out along with your Heavensward relic. You can begin the method once more if you need one other weapon, or possibly you need to transfer on and make a Stormblood relic weapon? Or a Shadowbringers relic weapon? Or possibly 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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