Phantom Weapons
Introduced in patch 7.25, Phantom Weapons act as Dawntrail’s combat relic weapons. These quests (as of writing) include two one time grinds followed by a repeatable 1500 tomestone purchase in between each grind.
7.25: Penumbrae Weapons
Section titled “7.25: Penumbrae Weapons”To start the questline for the Phantom Weapons you must first
- Complete Dawntrail MSQ (finish the MSQ quest “Dawntrail”)
- Complete the Occult Crescent questline up to Unfamiliar Territory From this point you can speak to Lydirceil in the Phantom Village to begin your first one-time grind.
One-Time Grind: Demiatmas
Section titled “One-Time Grind: Demiatmas”To complete this quest you need to gather three of each of six different Demiatmas types. These Demiarmas can be earned by completing FATEs with a gold rating in certain Dawntrail zones or from FATEs and Critical Encounters (CEs) inside the South Horn. Each region of the South Horn provides a different type of Demiatma to obtain.
Here is a map showing which region of South Horn will grant what Demiatma and all the FATEs/CEs included in said region.
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If you want to farm Demiatmas outside of the Occult Crescent you can get each type of Demiatma type based on what zone you’re in. Refer to the table below to see which zone drops what Demiatma.
| Demiatma | Zone |
|---|---|
| Azurite | Urqopacha |
| Verdigris | Kozama’uka |
| Malachite | Yak T’el |
| Realgar | Shaaloani |
| Caput Mortuum | Heritage Found |
| Orpiment | Living Memory |
One you have obtains three of each type of the six demiatma, return to the Phantom Village and speak with Gerolt. From there the player can trade 500 uncapped level 100 tomestones for one Arcanite; three (1500 tomes total) of which are required to exchanged for you shiny new Penumbrae weapon. In total this step costs 31,500 tomes for all 21 weapons.
7.31: Umbrae Weapons
Section titled “7.31: Umbrae Weapons”To start this quest return to the Phantom Village and talk to Gerolt. They will task you with obtaining a handful of items from various places in Dawntrail zones. Specifically:
- Rroneek Glue Block from a vendor in Tuliyollal at (13.1, 12.7). It costs 300,000 gil.
- Ut’ohmu Siderite from the Bicolor Gem vendor in Yak T’el or either one in Tuliyollal/Solution 9 for 600 Bicolor Gems (38 FATEs w/ no bonus)
- One Synthetic Dark Matter Alpha, Beta, AND Gamma each. These need to be crafted by you or a friend.
Once all items are gathered, return to the Phantom Village to start the Aether, Aether Everywhere quest. This will begin the next lengthy one-time grind.
One-Time Grind: The Aetherwells
Section titled “One-Time Grind: The Aetherwells”This step requires you to fill up Aetherwells to 10,000 points per each. There are four wells in total: Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow. Each well is filled by completing a specific Duty Roulette type in Duty Finder.
- Green: High-level Dungeons
- Blue: Alliance Raids
- Red: Trials
- Yellow: Normal Raids
When finishing a duty in the roulette, each duty will give you an amount of points based on which duty was completed for that Aetherwell. The point value of each duty was documented and can be found on the crowd sourced spreadsheet linked here.
When the Aetherwells step is completed, return to the Phantom Village and speak to Gerolt. From there the player can trade 500 uncapped level 100 tomestones for one Waxing Arcanite; three of which (1500 tomes total), along with your Penumbrae weapon of choice, are required to exchanged for you shiny new Umbrae weapon. In total this step costs 31,500 tomes for all 21 weapons.
7.41: Obscurum Weapons
Section titled “7.41: Obscurum Weapons”Starts in the Phantom Village at the forge with the quest “Timeworn Techniques”. They will task you with obtaining a handful of items from various places in Dawntrail zones. Specifically:
- Umbral Clay from a vendor in Tuliyollal at (13.1, 12.7). It costs 500,000 gil.
- 3 Craftable Items - Items can also be bought off the marketboards.
After you have gathered the 4 items, return to Gerolt to start “In Pursuit of Perfection”
One-Time Grind: Crystal Paste
Section titled “One-Time Grind: Crystal Paste”Talking with Gerolt again after finishing “Timeworn Techniques” you will be tasked with gathering Crystal Paste to help improve Gerolt’s tools.
Crystal Paste can be earned by doing various duties around Eorzea. You can see which duties are eligable to recieve Crystal Paste by looking through the newly obtained “Phantom Glass” in your Key Items section of your inventory. Among these include:
- Critical Encounters in Occult Crescent (Forked Tower: Blood is excluded)
- This is just for CEs, FATEs do not reward Crystal Paste.
- Roulettes
- Leveling
- Level Cap
- Expert
- Arcadion Heavyweight Raids
- Normal or Savage counts!
- Pilgrim’s Traverse
- The amount of paste earned increasing with higher floor sets.
- The Final Verse (Quantum)
- Dawntrail Overworld FATEs
- Variant and Criterion Dungeons
- Merchant’s Tale Variant
- Merchant’s Tale (Advanced)
- Another Merchant’s Tale
Each category/duty rewarding a different amount of Crystal Paste upon completion. You can find the amount of Crystal Paste each duty rewards in this image
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In total you will need 1,200 Crystal Paste and at various paste milestones (100, 300, 600, and 1200 total paste), you will be asked to return to Gerolt for some cutscenes and story.
When the Crystal Paste step is completed, return to the Phantom Village and speak to Gerolt. From there the player can trade 500 uncapped level 100 tomestones for one Waning Arcanite; three of which (1500 tomes total), along with your Umbrae weapon of choice, are required to exchanged for you shiny new Obscurum weapon. In total this step costs 31,500 tomes for all 21 weapons.