Final Fantasy XIV: How to unlock Dawntrail Relic Weapons (Phantom Weapons)

The chain quest for the Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail’s Relic Weapons (Phantom Weapons) is now available. As with all Relic Weapons, unlocking them is a multi-step, multi-patch ordeal, so take your time and go do it at your own pace. This article will be updated as more steps to make the weapons accessible are unveiled. Right now, players have the capacity to unlock the Atma Weapons, which they can do early into their time in the Occult Crescent in patch 7.25.

As the rest of the patches for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail come to light, we’ll update this article accordingly. Unlocking the Relic Weapons will take time, but they'll be worth acquiring, as all Relic Weapons inevitably are. Right now, in patch 7.25, we’re only at step one of the process, but more is to come.

Note: This article is a work in progress. As more steps are added to the game, we'll update accordingly.

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How to begin the Dawntrail Relic Weapon process in Final Fantasy XIV

The first step is to have unlocked the Occult Crescent, at least to the point where the first Phantom Jobs are accessible. When you’re ready, leave the Southern Horn, return to the Phantom Village, and speak to Lydirceil (6.6, 7.1) to pick up the quest Arcane Artistry. A weaponsmith is missing, and your help is needed to find him.

In the Phantom Village, predictably, you start the Phantom Weapon quest (Image via Square Enix)

Search for the very familiar weaponsmith in the nearby circled area — he’s very easy to spot. Speak with him, and after the cutscene, return to Lydirceil. This begins a new cutscene, which then kicks off the Dawntrail Relic Weapons (Phantom Weapons) quest.

You need to bring back the demiatma to Gerolt to claim the Final Fantasy XIV Phantom Weapons. It can obtained from FATES and Critical encounters on the Occult Crescent’s South Horn.

If you played during Heavensward, you know the score — grind those FATEs (Image via Square Enix)

However, you can also gain it from completing FATES in Urqopacha, Kozama’uka, Yak T’el, Shaaloani, Heritage Found, and Living Memory, so you aren’t bound to just grinding the Occult Crescent. You need three pieces of six unique varieties of demiatma. That means three from Urqopacha, three from Kozama'uka, etc. Once you have all of the required materials, return to the Phantom Village and turn them in.

So far, we’ve found the Azurite Demiatma from Urqopacha, but each zone has its own. When we get all the appropriate demiatma, we’ll update this article with what you need to do next.

Thankfully, we have learned that when you've completed your Phase 1 Weapon, you can purchase weapons for additional jobs for 1,500 Tomes of Heliometry. That's something to keep in mind, depending on which grind you prefer.

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