Zodiac Braves Weapons/Quest

(Lv. 50) Zodiac Weapons: Base () → Zenith () → Atma () → Animus () → Novus () → Nexus () → Zodiac () → Zeta () (Lv. 60) Anima Weapons: Animated () → Awoken () → Anima () → Hyperconductive () → Reconditioned () → Sharpened () → Complete () → Lux () (Lv. 70) Eurekan Weapons: Antiquated → Base () → Base +1 → Base +2 → Anemos → Pagos () → Pagos +1 → Elemental → Elemental +1 () → Elemental +2 → Pyros → Hydatos () → Hydatos +1 → Base Eureka → Eureka → Physeos () (Lv. 80) Resistance Weapons: Resistance () → Augmented Resistance () → Recollection () → Law's Order () → Augmented Law's Order () → Blade's () (Lv. 90) Manderville Weapons: Manderville () → Amazing Manderville () → Majestic Manderville () → Mandervillous () (Lv. 70) Eurekan Armor: Antiquated Artifact → Base Relic → Base +1 → Base +2 → Anemos • Elemental → Elemental +1 → Elemental +2 (Lv. 80) Resistance Armor: Resistance → Augmented Resistance → Law's Order → Augmented Law's Order • Blade's (Lv. 50) Mastercraft Tools: Mastercraft () → Supra Tools → Lucis Tools (Lv. 80) Skysteel Tools: Skysteel () → Skysteel +1 () → Dragonsung () → Augmented () → Skysung () → Skybuilders' ( ) (Lv. 90) Splendorous Tools: Splendorous () → Augmented Splendorous () → Crystalline () → Chora-Zoi's Crystalline () → Brilliant () → Vrandtic Visionary's ( ) → Lodestar ( )

Upgrading Nexus to Zodiac Braves

First complete Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac and One Man's Trash (Quest).

Next Complete the following quests using a combination of items from the "Purchased", "Crafted", and "Dungeon" Item lists to get the special quest items. The quests can be active simultaneously, and completed in any order. The "Dungeon" items can only be obtained once a quest has been started and the initial "Purchased" and "Crafted" items have been exchanged.

• A Ponze of Flesh from Papana in Mor Dhona (22.9, 7.3):   Book of Skylight
• Labor of Love from Guiding Star in Mor Dhona (21, 6):   Zodium
• A Treasured Mother from Brangwine in Mor Dhona (22.0, 6.7):   Flawless Alexandrite
• Method in His Malice from Adkin in Central Thanalan (23, 13):   Zodiac Scroll

Afterwards do His Dark Materia from Gerolt in Hyrstmill, North Shroud (x30,y20).

Finally, talk to Jalzahn and select Zodiac Weapon Recreation. While the dialogue tells you that the process only has a 1.4% chance of success, and that the relic will be lost if it fails, the process is guaranteed to succeed, 100%.

All the Items Needed

To obtain all of the items, players need: at least  400,000 gil, 80k Company Seals,  800 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics, drops from 16 dungeons, and 8 3-star HQ crafted items. Certain items are not available until you have begun the quest associated with that item.

• Since patch 3.0, some requirements have been severely lightened and acquisition rates are much higher.

Purchased Items

Item	Cost	Where
4   Bombard Core	80,000 Company Seals (20,000 each)	Serpent Quartermaster in New Gridania, Maelstrom Quartermaster in Limsa Lominsa, or Flame Quartermaster in Ul'dah (requires Second Lieutenant rank)
4   Sacred Spring Water	800 Allagan Tomestone of Poetics (200 each)	Auriana in Mor Dhona (x22,y6)
1   Bronze Lake Crystal	100,000 Gil	Junkmonger at Jijiroon's Trading Post in Upper La Noscea (x26,y26)
1   Allagan Resin	100,000 Gil	Merchant & Mender in Forgotten Springs in Southern Thanalan (x15,y29)
1   Furite Sand	100,000 Gil	Merchant & Mender in Whitebrim Front in Coerthas Central Highlands (x13,y16)
1   Brass Kettle	100,000 Gil	Tool Supplier & Mender in Hyrstmill in North Shroud (x29,y19)

Crafted Items

The following items may be crafted or purchased from another player. The recipes are unlocked by the corresponding Master Recipes (1) book. Each recipe requires an ingredient that comes from desynthesizing a specific item sold by the Merchant and Mender in Silver Bazaar in Western Thanalan (x15,y29) for  3,000 gil. You do not need a high desynth level to get the items, the RNG is the same regardless of desynth level, however, having a desynth level of 55 or higher gives you a chance of getting a HQ drop

Item	Class	Ingredient	Source Item
Perfect Firewood	Carpenter	Aged Spear Shaft	Aged Spear
Perfect Pestle	Blacksmith	Aged Pestle Pieces	Aged Pestle
Perfect Mortar	Armorer	Aged Mortar Pieces	Aged Mortar
Furnace Ring	Goldsmith	Aged Eye of Fire	Aged Ring
Perfect Vellum	Leatherworker	Aged Vellum	Aged Grimoire
Perfect Cloth	Weaver	Stained Cloth	Aged Robe
Perfect Pounce	Alchemist	Dried Ether	Aged Phial
Tailor-made Eel Pie	Culinarian	Vintage Cooking Sherry	Aged Decanter

Dungeon Items

The following items may only be gathered once the requisite quests have been started and the items are asked for as a quest objective. The items are rewarded upon leaving the dungeon. The dungeons do not need to be completed with the class that accepted the quests and do not need a relic weapon equipped to be rewarded the item. The dungeons can also be completed unsynced with an undersized group.

Item	Where
Horn of the Beast	Dzemael Darkhold
Gobmachine Bangplate	Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)
Narasimha Hide	Halatali (Hard)
Sickle Fang	Snowcloak
Vale Bubo	Aurum Vale
Voidweave	Haukke Manor (Hard)
Amdapor Vellum	The Lost City of Amdapor
Indigo Pearl	Sastasha (Hard)
Tonberry King Blood	The Wanderer's Palace
Royal Gigant Blood	Copperbell Mines (Hard)
Kraken Blood	Hullbreaker Isle
Vicegerent Blood	The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
Lost Treasure of Amdapor	Amdapor Keep
Lost Treasure of Pharos Sirius	Pharos Sirius
Lost Treasure of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft	Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)
Lost Treasure of the Stone Vigil	Stone Vigil (Hard)