Awoken Weapons/Quest

Animated <<< IL 170

Awoken Weapons Item Level 200 Patch 3.15 Starting Location Ardashir - Azys Lla, Alpha Quadrant (x7,y11) Notable NPCs Ardashir - Azys Lla, Alpha Quadrant (x7,y11) Quests Toughening Up Reward

Anima >>> IL 210

Toughening Up

Starting NPC:

Ardashir

Starting Location:

Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x7,y11)

Reward:

868 gil, Awoken Weapon depending on job

This stage requires you to complete 10 dungeons with your new relic. You only need your Animated Weapon equipped AS YOU EXIT, and all 10 dungeons can be done unsynced.

You must complete these dungeons in the order listed below.

1. Speak to Ardashir (x7,y11) in Azys Lla.
2. Complete Snowcloak
3. Complete Sastasha (Hard) (unlocked by It's Definitely Pirates)
4. Complete The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard) (unlocked by The Wrath of Qarn)
5. Speak to Ardashir (x25,y12) in Southern Thanalan. (You should automatically be teleported here.)
6. Complete The Keeper of the Lake
7. Complete The Wanderer's Palace (Hard) (unlocked by Not Easy Being Green)
8. Complete Amdapor Keep (Hard) (unlocked by For Keep's Sake)
9. Speak to Ardashir (x25,y24) in South Shroud. (You should automatically be teleported here.)
10. Complete The Dusk Vigil (unlocked by For All the Nights to Come)
11. Complete Sohm Al
12. Complete The Aery
13. Complete The Vault
14. Speak to Ardashir (x10.8,y8.2) in The Pillars. (You should automatically be teleported here.)
15. Travel to Alpha Quadrant in Azys Lla to speak with Ardashir (x7,y11) with the Animated Weapon in your inventory (not equipped, as you will be handing it in). This means you will need to equip a different weapon for the same job in order to turn in the quest.

Notes:

• The first three dungeons in this quest overlap with the dungeons required in the Zodiac Braves step of Zodiac Weapons. Consider having both steps active to save some time.
• The boss of The Aery has an attack that will trap and then kill you if playing solo, unless you have enough damage to skip it.
• You can save some gil at the end by getting to Azys Lla for free. After talking to Ardashir at The Pillars, use the nearby Aethernet Shard to go to the Athenaeum Astrologicum (the Astrologian guild). Run south to the Airship Landing, and talk to Notrelchamps to be ferried to Azys Lla at no cost.