Phantom Weapons Umbrae/Quest
| Penumbrae <<< IL 745 |
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Obscurum >>> IL 775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites
Before beginning to create a Phantom Weapon Umbrae, players must:
- complete a Phantom Weapon Penumbrae from the quest
Forging the Phantasmal - reach level 100 for your chosen job as a Disciple of War or Disciple of Magic.
The three quests for the second stage of the Phantom Weapons, which require farming certain Duty Roulettes to obtain enough aether, have to be completed only once. After that, all weapons umbrae can be bought from a vendor with the corresponding weapon penumbrae and three pieces of 
Waxing Arcanite, which cost 
500 Allagan Tomestones of Mathematics each, totaling 1,500 per weapon.
- Express your /doubt to Gerolt.
- Deliver the requested items to Gerolt.
- Obtain a block of
Rroneek Glue. - Obtain a chunk of
Ut'ohmu Siderite. - Obtain a pinch of
Synthetic Dark Matter Alpha. - Obtain a pinch of
Synthetic Dark Matter Beta. - Obtain a pinch of
Synthetic Dark Matter Gamma. - Wait for Dodokkuli to finish his preparations.
- Rroneek Glue is purchased from Goplu in Tuliyollal (13.1, 12.7) for
300,000 gil. - Ut'ohmu Siderite is purchased from Rral Wuruq in Iq Br'aax at Yak T'el (13.8, 12.7) for
600 Bicolor Gemstones.
The Dark Matter items are level 100 crafts, with the recipes requiring Master Recipe Tomes XII.
- All recipes require
Levinchrome Aethersand, which can be bought with 
Orange Gatherers' Scrips or 
Cosmocredits, or obtained through 
Aetherial Reduction. - The remaining materials come from timed nodes that require Tomes of Regional Folklore. All 3 of Botanist's books are needed, while Miner only needs its Xak Tural and Yok Tural books (Miner's Alexandria book is not needed). These items require at least 4,740 Perception to gather them.
- Synthetic Dark Matter Alpha is made by
Blacksmith, 
Armorer, or 
Goldsmith. - Synthetic Dark Matter Beta is made by
Carpenter, 
Leatherworker, or 
Weaver. - Synthetic Dark Matter Gamma is made by
Alchemist or 
Culinarian. - Even though there is no High-quality version of these crafts, they must be completed with a nearly full quality bar (at least 12700/12716 quality), or else the craft will fail.
- 5380 Craftsmanship and 4650 Control are required in order to attempt to craft the items.
- Teamcraft's 7.2 budget meld set (5,264 Craftsmanshop, 4,667 Control, 616 CP) plus high-quality
Ceviche should be enough to consistently macro these crafts with a macro from Raphael.
Alternatively, since all of the required items are tradable, they can be bought off the Market Board.
- Fill the aetherwells before speaking with Gerolt.
Gerolt needs 10,000 each of four kinds of aether, or 40,000 aether total. Duty Roulettes are the only option you have for this farm, and specifically:
Green aether: 
Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons (note: this is not Level Cap Dungeons or Expert Roulette)
Blue aether: Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids
Red aether: Duty Roulette: Trials
Yellow aether: Duty Roulette: Normal Raids
You can collect aether without needing to equip the relic, queue as a level 100 job, or use the same job that accepted the quest.
Each roulette gives a daily amount of aether, tied to the daily roulette bonus.
| Duty | Daily Bonus Aether |
|---|---|
| Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons |
376 |
| Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids |
101 |
| Duty Roulette: Trials |
614 |
| Duty Roulette: Normal Raids |
614 |
Each duty also grants an amount of aether when it is encountered via roulette, separate from the daily bonus. The amount given seems to depend on the average clear time for the duty, with longer duties typically granting more aether. As of patch 7.4, each duty grants the following aether[1]:
| Alliance Raid | Blue Aether
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|---|---|
 The Labyrinth of the Ancients |
374 |
| Syrcus Tower |
356 |
| The World of Darkness |
459 |
| The Void Ark |
492 |
| The Weeping City of Mhach |
655 |
| Dun Scaith |
692 |
| The Royal City of Rabanastre |
627 |
| The Ridorana Lighthouse |
726 |
| The Orbonne Monastery |
860 |
| The Copied Factory |
844 |
| The Puppets' Bunker |
822 |
| The Tower at Paradigm's Breach |
999 |
| Aglaia |
575 |
| Euphrosyne |
626 |
| Thaleia |
830 |
| Jeuno: The First Walk |
753 |
| San d'Oria: The Second Walk |
753 |
It is unknown whether these values will be updated in future patches and how aether granted by new duties added to the roulettes will be handled.
Players can only earn aether if they queue for the roulettes themselves; queuing for specific duties will not reward aether.
Once players finish one color, they will receive the system message: "The [color] aetherwell emits a radiant glow!" When all four are full, players will receive the system message: "All four aetherwells shine with a brilliant luster!"
When adding in the daily roulette bonus, each duty completed rewards approximately 769-770 points of aether on average for its corresponding color (assuming the associated duty is randomly selected from the entire list). This means that if a player does one of each roulette per day (with the daily bonus), all four aetherwells will be filled in approximately 13-14 days.
- Note: Depending on one's data center and time of queuing, the level 50 Crystal Tower alliance raids tend to be over-represented in Alliance Roulette. These provide less aether than higher level alliance raids. Therefore, in practice, players will often find that their blue aether will lag behind the other aetherwells if they only queue for each roulette once per day. In worst-case, it can take up to 22 days of daily bonus to finish the blue aetherwell.
Players can also choose to repeatedly queue for roulettes after obtaining the daily bonus if they want to progress faster, although this will require more duties and time playing invested overall.
- Purchase 3 Waxing Arcanite from Ermina in Phantom Village (X:6.9, Y:7.3). Each costs 500 Allagan Tomestones of Mathematics, or 1,500 tomestones total.
- With the [Corresponding Phantom Weapon Penumbrae] in your inventory or Armoury Chest, deliver the chunks of waxing arcanite to Dodokkuli.
This quest consists only of buying the Waxing Arcanite and trading those for the desired Phantom Weapon Umbrae. Unlike the previous tomestone exchange for arcanite, players also need to exchange the corresponding Phantom Weapon Penumbrae. All other weapons can thereafter be acquired in the same way, without needing to accept a repeatable quest.
Achievements
Phantom Weapons Umbrae are associated with the following achievements:
Images
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A filled Aetherwell Array
Trivia
- In Aether, Aether, Everywhere, the lore explanation for why the player is unable to gather aether by participating in Occult Crescent activities is due to the aether on the island being too unstable.
- The names of the achievements may reference The Phantom of the Opera, both the 1986 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux on which it is based.
References
- ↑ "Aetherwell Array Findings" spreadsheet - by Selene Amaris (Omega) and Ragna Vel (Cerberus).
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