Final Fantasy XIV ARR Zodiac Relic Weapon Guide!

[@AlbertMarli]

so far this is the best guide zodiac relic weapon i found on youtube, now its time to heavensward guide.

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks! Im working on the 2 videos right now, one is the Heavensward Relic guide.=) Guides for all the relics will be coming down the line!

[@tristment2020]

Make sure you get all the tomestones for heavensward

[@PrinceSarah1]

I'm on the book stage right now- the most tiring part of them is the fact that I'm repeating so much for each book. Would be nice if they went back and just asked for the total poetics and gave you a list to work through of all the dungeons/level 45-50 fates etc rather than making you run back and forth through the areas so many times. I know the relic steps are supposed to be hard, but the HW and SB grinds have been far more interesting!

[@Jrocks26]

Yeah, the books are definitely very repetitive

[@arcanadawn]

This was *definitely* an experimental stage in relic weapon history, much like the current Endwalker ones are.

[@deadweakness1467]

12:40 for those on free trial I found an easy way to get the material is to get on a crafter and equip the spirit ring, equip some other jewelry that would give battle material, and just quick synth a lot of stuff.

[@_Magnuss_]

I love this grind i think most ppl begin this grind with the wrong mind set of doing the relic at once. For me it was something fun to do between down time of other things. I do a book a day or a book a week so i don't get burn out . like that i did until now finish 6 arr relics more or less passively.

[@Jrocks26]

I agree, I enjoyed the grind also, its nice spending extra time getting to know the ARR maps and monsters

[@BurningBridgeStudios]

Like a lot of other people said this was honestly the best zodiac guide out of the couple I looked at. Helped a LOT with getting my lilith rod.

[@Jrocks26]

@@BurningBridgeStudios Thanks! I'm glad it helped!

[@mapapoindapants]

Xbox Sprout here currently on Novus step. This guide was incredibly helpful. Thank you for making it easy to digest!

[@Jrocks26]

Glad it's helping!

[@cormeaga]

This is a good guide that is helping me through the grind. I just completed the light grind by running Vale. I got EXTREMELY lucky that Vale had gained bonus light on my second run through, so I completed that step just under an hour.

[@Jrocks26]

Nice Job!

[@extinctbaryonyx]

I love the guide! It makes the grind less intimidating with preparations and your guide. Zodiac Weapons is my least fave because of how grindy it is compared to other relics, but I might try doing this.

[@Jrocks26]

Awesome! It's not too bad actually when you knock it out in parts between other activities

[@Kojengod]

This guide is amazing. Simple, to the point. Doesn't go off on random tangents and is very easy to follow. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Please do the ones for the Expansions!! (Please?)

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks I appreciate it! I am actually working on 2 videos right now, one is the Anima Relic - I will definitely be doing guides for every relic!👍

[@henryhunter9643]

A few little hints for people crazy enough to be doing multiple relics (like me). You can gather the 12 Atmas on any job, so long as you have an appropriate level relic equipped. There are 10 ARR relics so that's 120 Atmas you'll need to get, but you can get them all at once if you wish. I just did it with Bard as the ranged attacks make it a lot easier on lower level FATEs. If you have a relic on the light farm or Mahatma farm stage, you can use these relics while doing Alexandrite maps, doing FATEs while trying to get the specific FATEs you might need for the books, or the dungeons you have to do for the Zodiac materials. This can save a fair amount of time if you're planning to do multiple relics. BONUS TIP: you have a chance for Alexandrite to drop from doing FATEs if you're using a relic in the Light farm stage (maybe later stages too?). It's absolutely not an efficient way to farm Alexandrite, but if you're doing FATEs to spawn a specific FATE for books and need to farm Light for another weapon, and need Alexandrite for yet another weapon, it's something to keep in mind. Not mentioned in the video (likely because it's much less efficient) is that Brangwin will offer a repeatable daily quest to run the 50/60/70/80 (at the time of writing) roulette in exchange for one Mysterious Map. If you're doing that roulette anyway, it doesn't hurt to pick up this quest. ALSO: if you're doing Heavensward Anima relics, one of the later steps requires you to gather Singing Clusters. One of the methods (Jrocks mentions this in his Anima relics video) to obtain these is a daily repeatable quest to run the 50/50/70/80 roulette. So if you're doing both relics, you can gain a tiny bit of efficiency by having both of these quests active then doing the roulette. Bonus tip: make sure you're doing the right activity for the right stage! I screwed up and used a Sphere Scroll, with 75 materia when I didn't need to as I got confused over which relic was on which step.

[@draconic5849]

Thank you so much for the guide, today I finally got my ARR Zodiak weapon!

[@Jrocks26]

@@draconic5849 Awesome!

[@Jsolid110]

thanks for this guide, very in depth and covers the whole process in detail

[@Jrocks26]

Hey, I appreciate it!

[@alexacutie]

Such a great guide! Clear, concise, and easy! Got me grinding my relics before DawnTrail!

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks! Glad its helpful!

[@OhSnapItzSam]

I already have my arr relic weapon, BUT I think this is an incredible video! Also welcome to the game!

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks!

[@Jeezes718]

Farming the light made me quit this quest for a while. I wanted it done as fast as possible, so i ran Arum Vale 40 times. That combined with the books burned me out and made me not want to continue. I eventually did, but after that, i swore i was never repeating this one.

[@Jrocks26]

I hear ya 🤣. Personally I didn't think it was as bad as some grinds in other games, but definitely a decent grind nonetheless!

[@gardenstateboss]

foreal it's not worth it at all, my rule for any game if i'm not enjoying the gameplay why bother doing something you don't like for a Achievement/Trophy/(fill in whatever else here). However, many others may like that type of reward but to me it's pointless & a huge waste of time. I rather spend my game time doing something fun I play games for entertainment not for work LOL

[@Jrocks26]

@@gardenstateboss I totally agree with you, it's definitely not for everyone. I personally have a long history of completing these type of long, grindy epic/legendary weapons in MMOs, but I enjoy the sense of accomplishment from it - not everyone does though👍

[@ZeusFr]

after 3 months of doing this grind and multiple points where i almost stopped. without this video i couldnt have done it. it makes it seem possible the way this video is edited lmao, all in all great video

[@chrism.2126]

Another tip for the Fate section of the books step. If a fate you are waiting for is just not appearing, go to your home crystal and use the visit another world system. Theres 8 worlds to choose from that you can quickly go peak to see if the fate you need is currently active on one of those worlds.

[@Jrocks26]

Good tip!

[@AshesOfKaos]

if you happen to do a lot of hunts you can get the alexandrite for allied seals

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks for the Tip!

[@acehealer4212]

You explained things very well! Thank you! I'll come back to this when I try grinding for a relic!

[@Jrocks26]

Your welcome! The Anima Relic guide should be up this week!

[@FantasyofReality10]

OMG this helped me soooo much I thought I was done with Gerolt! I would've been sad. Thanks friend :)

[@Jrocks26]

You are welcome 😊!

[@mas8705]

Part of me was tempted to try and get all the weapons for all 10 classes, but now I feel like I might need to focus down one for the time being after seeing all the steps. Still... Part of me does feel like there could be a touch of overlapping depending on how it is approached. Might not be fully optimal but as someone who is barely starting Shadowbringers at the time of this comment, I feel like there's lots of time to not only get to the newly released Dawntrail, but to also balance that out with working on the Zodiacs (or at least to some extent). Still, this is probably the most straightforward guide I've found and I'll probably be referring back to this video a good number of times. Overall, I like to think I made decent progress (getting all Zehiths thus far). Not perfect, but depending on how deep my sanity goes before shaping, I'll definitely figure out how to multitask everything. It won't be smooth, but it will be a fun challenge regardless. Thank you for the video.

[@Jrocks26]

Tou are welcome! Good luck with the grind!

[@doublelizard767]

Thanks for this guide! I just unlocked my paladin animus weapons and I'm halfway to the novus weapons

[@Jrocks26]

Awesome job!

[@sheilaavery8584]

Excellent video!

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks

[@AjaniGoldmaneFFXIV]

Love the guide! I recently just did one though and I never want to do one again. But great guide haha 😂

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks! Lol yeah, it was pretty fun to do ONCE! 😆 🤣

[@arcanadawn]

@@Jrocks26 My hubby and I must be certifiable then, because we're (sloooooowly) working on our second ones from ARR. XD

[@ssjmatt8424]

I finally got my zodiac weapon being excalibur. I had to redo the bombcores, because in me not paying attention I threw away them, and also the stuff for the excalibur and aegis shield cost me a little more, but it was worth it

[@Jrocks26]

Nice job!

[@ssjmatt8424]

@@Jrocks26 Thanks so much. But, never again. Hah.

[@imajail5997]

Cool video! it wanted me to start doing my own relics :D how long did the whole process for this relic took for you?

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks! Took me probably about 20 ish hours. There's a lot of dungeons to run, so you can save a lot of time if you do them and the trials unsynced.

[@cattysplat]

ARR Relic: Long epic quest spanning the world and loads of different content. Endwalker Relic: Farm tomestones and watch Manderville lol.

[@Jrocks26]

I actually enjoyed the ARR quest, I felt it lets you get more intimately involved with the ARR zones

[@MagWizz]

Best guide out there! Was super helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@Jrocks26]

Your very welcome!

[@jamesw8698]

finally finished the book step on my first ARR relic, on the light step for my HW relic, most other relics im done with a lot of them, but these first 2 are kinda rough

[@Jrocks26]

Good job! Yeah, these two are a little involved. Fun though!

[@Sky_Ler2000]

A little note for the atma crystals step. You can farm multiple crystals to ease future zodiac quests if you desire.

[@Jrocks26]

That is true!

[@ThatOneGuy___]

Doing 1 drained my soul, I'm not gonna go through that suffering again. I'm getting my Ragnarok Zeta and I'm never going back.

[@bradleyjones8842]

Good explanations not just go here do that. Epic job bro!

[@Jrocks26]

Thanks!

[@artthatsnotart]

Thank you so much for this guide!!!

[@Jrocks26]

You got it!

[@NeoGraena]

for Free Trial players on the Materia bit: -get Meteor Survivor Ring (sidequest reward from Upper La Noscea) for +3 Spiritbond Boost, and get another from Calamity Salvager for a total of +6. -get Patriot Choker & Bracelet from GC Shop for +2 Spiritbond (+1 per Accessory) -get Spiritbond Potion (the lowest available from GC Shop gives +3, however if you die even once, you lose the effect) & that Crowned Pie from Talan (gives +2, doesn't get removed upon death) -get Gambler's Crown (affix 5 Materia on 1 equip for the first time, gives +1 Spiritbond) these alone give you... a whopping +14 Spiritbond Boost, which you can increase further with the addition of the GC Accessories you get for completing GC Achievements (specifically the Earring & Bracelet, which give you a +2 boost (GC Bracelet replaces Patriot Bracelet)), higher tier Spiritbond Potions, and that buff thing you get from Squadrons as reward. also wear Aetherial OR HQ Gear since those get Spiritbond 20% faster.

[@bladeninja7495]

Grinding all 10 of each atma at once is torture, I’m currently doing all ARR relics and at this point I’m excited for the book step

[@Jrocks26]

Good luck!

[@animaleye7716]

How is the grind going?

[@bladeninja7495]

@@animaleye7716 still terrible

[@hannahchew1503]

Thank you for this ❤

[@Jrocks26]

You are most welcome!

[@lynxace1602]

I know it's not the topic of the vid but I'd love to know what glam you used for the armour. it looks so nice!

[@krissb.2553]

This week... I should be done with all 10 of them... ... ... Honestly, this is killing your sanity... (or whatever is left of it) The worst time gate part was to do the Book... more specific, the leves... (in 24 hours, you get 6 leves)

[@Jrocks26]

Yeah the books are definitely repetitive and grindy. I usually just knocked out a book a day in between MSQ and other activities - made it seem not as bad 🤷‍♂

[@krissb.2553]

@@Jrocks26 That is what I did... I must say they have been on my back burner for the last 9-10 years... procrastination it is called?

[@Jrocks26]

@@krissb.2553 lol, I hear ya! Hang in there, your almost done! 🤣

[@krissb.2553]

@@Jrocks26An important note you might want to add: Once completed, do NOT throw away the weapon since you need to start the HW relic to have access to the replica... learned that the hard way (so, technically, I did them 11 times)

[@Jrocks26]

Interesting, they might have changed it? I had access to the replicas before I started the Heavensward relic@@krissb.2553

[@bingeworthy9025]

Relics are a hard one to get right I feel. People complain about art being too grindy, endwalker not grindy enough. Heavensward felt grindy with the light steps to me. Stormsblood was ok, but shadowbringers is the one I never even finished one relic because it included stuff you could not queue for but still had to get a group which is a no no for my social anxiety

[@LinguistGR]

Hey there, is it sure that for the Nexus weapon part (where we need to gather light) PvP counts too? I can't find it on any other written guide and did one but it didn't mention that I got any light.

[@Jrocks26]

@@LinguistGR it's only certain pvp duties that count. When the relic original lly came out the pvp duties available at the time counted, but many newer ones did not. It is possible that the currently available PvP duties don't give light

[@shillingd86]

Hmmm, that dancer in there looks mighty familiar XD

[@Jrocks26]

Why she looks so 🔥tho??

[@shillingd86]

@@Jrocks26 I made her that way, lol

[@pumpkingamebox]

I did this when flying wasn't in ARR area's yet. Was always too scared to grind for another weapon. Maybe this time it won't be that bad. dies in the process anyway

[@Jrocks26]

I personally didn't think the grind was that bad, but I've done a lot of longer grinds in other MMOs🤷‍♂️

[@pumpkingamebox]

@@Jrocks26 You have a bias of misery then XD

[@Jrocks26]

You could be right @@pumpkingamebox 🤣

[@thomasb6747]

Zeta light farm is coil 3-4 so much better. 16 light without bonus and only 10-13 sec each run

[@magnusprime27]

After all the work that goes I to it. And co sidering lv 100 stuff..is it even worth it? What's the final item lv?

[@Jrocks26]

Its for the glam only, whether its worth it or not is up to you. It is a decent amount of work for a glam, I enjoyed it though and thought it was worth it - others may not 🤷‍♀

[@magnusprime27]

@@Jrocks26 I've done pld and drg up to atma and that was about it.

[@ramstab]

Do you need to do this for all classes??

[@Jrocks26]

Yes, unfortunately you have to repeat this for each class

[@ramstab]

@@Jrocks26 I see! Thanks for replying! I can see you take the time to reply to most of us, really appreciated.

[@Jrocks26]

@@ramstab no problem!

[@evileangel1]

So I just reached the Sphere scroll step, how much of each type of materia do you recommend? I know if you'd have 100% luck it'd just be 75 materia, but i don't fully get the quantities How many Materia 1s do I need, materia 2, etc Materia 1 is often relatively pricey at 1000 in most places that Universalis mentions about Chaos, and I haven't checked how much others cost since you mention it has to be slotted in sequentially, so idk how many Materia 4 I'd need for example. Any estimate for "any type of materia 1, etc" would be nice :3 Since I'm still in the process of farming Alexandrite to test out any hypothesis

[@JrocksAndDevinity]

For stats that have a max of 44, a tier is 11 materia; the first 6 in the tier have a 100% chance of melding, followed by a 96% chance, 90% chance, 82% chance, 72% chance, and finally, a 60% chance. For example, you would need to have 8 successful infusions of a grade 1 materia before being able to start infusing grade 2 materia.

[@evileangel1]

@@JrocksAndDevinity Thank you so much! That clears it up. A follow up question, the tier 2 has to be the same as the tier 1, right? So if I managed to get 11 tier 1 quicktongue in, tier 2 and further until it reaches 44 has to be quicktongue?

[@Alex-nk7hv]

Im new to thd gsme only been playing a few weeks can you get a zodiac weapon for all your classes or csn you only get it for 1 class? Coz ive done a relic reborn as my maruader buf ive switched too a summoner

[@Jrocks26]

You can do them on all classes, they all look great!

[@elekbatoczki]

What armour set is that? Only set I found to go well with the relic weapon for paladin is the raid set from Aglaia.

[@KikiBeefy]

How many hours in total give or take would you say from start to finish? I’m not worried about queue times.

[@Jrocks26]

I did it in parts over 2 weeks, probably 20-30 hours total

[@kaselfuruta5255]

Did I somehow mess the quest up? I have my Animus weapon and 3 Superior Enchanted Ink. I talk to Hubairtin and he just says 'Have you procured the three bottles of superior enchanted ink? Without it, we cannot proceed.' The last time I've touched this quest is about a year ago so I don't really remember what I did last

[@Jrocks26]

Did you talk to Rowen, then Auriana first? It's an actual quest step that has to happen before returning to huburtain with the inks.

[@kaselfuruta5255]

@@Jrocks26 Ah! It seems like I missed the step where I had to talk to Rowena. I didn't realize that this was an actual step. Thank you so much for the quick reply!

[@Jrocks26]

No problem!

[@wapol731]

i just finished the first zenith weapon, i want to get other for my alts, but when i get to those locations where the broken relics suppose to, there is none.

[@Jrocks26]

You have to do one job at a time unfortunately

[@wapol731]

@@Jrocks26 if i abandon the quest, can i do another for a different weapon?

[@Jrocks26]

You can only complete the zodiac Relic for the job you started the quest series for, then you can start one for a different job

[@wapol731]

I see, thanks man

[@DICEBOY22]

Doing this for two characters and it is painful. 1 character is pre-HW so it's more painful thier.

[@odstzero22]

kinda stuck and cant seem to find anything on google, but i am at the part where i have the sphere scroll completely finished but when i go back to jalzahn there is no option to upgrade it again. i have had it unquiped in my armory and then in my inventory. the only options i have are for the atma and the zenith enhancement and when i choose those options nothing happens.

[@Jrocks26]

I tried looking in to it, I'm not really sure what's going on in your case =(

[@odstzero22]

@Jrocks26 I was able to figure it out and I don't know why I had to do this. But after I finished with the materia, i had to go back to hubartin and accept the quest star light, star bright. Then i went back to jalzahn and I could then continue to the next step. I just retraced my steps and started talking to every npc that I had previously accepted quests from as when I tried to look into it I could find nothing. But thank you for replying. Hopefully it helps someone out.

[@chensuming]

how can we know when the light is level up i can't even saw it try to spam Thornmach(extreme) already

[@Jrocks26]

There's an item the quest gives you called the zodiac glass. You can use it to see your light level

[@chensuming]

@@Jrocks26 ty!!

[@Jrocks26]

@@chensuming Welcome!

[@koawarrior2352]

How bout samurai sword

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

1st thing youre gunna need- TIME

[@ramstab]

Market? Laughs in Free Trial

[@Jrocks26]

Lol, sorry

[@ramstab]

@@Jrocks26 No worries! i loved the video, I’ll start grinding it once I sub. liked and subbed!

[@KikiBeefy]

I’m pretty frustrated. I have all prerequisites me to receive this quest…and it isn’t offered! WTH DO I DO?!!?

[@Jrocks26]

Did you check with Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay?

[@KikiBeefy]

@@Jrocks26 sure did. I even made sure all my AAR scholar quests were caught up.

[@Jrocks26]

Check with Gerolt then, maybe you already completed that one time quest

[@KikiBeefy]

@@Jrocks26 i did. Also checked Rowena.

[@Jrocks26]

Check your quest journal, it's possible one of the early steps was already picked up and sitting in your journal