Zodiac Braves Weapons/Quest
Upgrading Nexus to Zodiac Braves
First complete Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac and One Man's Trash.
Next get the following items by completing the quests listed below. The quests can be active simultaneously, and completed in any order.
Book of Skylight: 
A Ponze of Flesh from Papana in Mor Dhona (22.9, 7.3)
Zodium: Labor of Love from Guiding Star in Mor Dhona (21, 6)
Flawless Alexandrite: A Treasured Mother from Brangwine in Mor Dhona (22.0, 6.7)
Zodiac Scroll: Method in His Malice from Adkin in Central Thanalan (23, 13)
Finally finish His Dark Materia.
All the Items Needed
To obtain all of the items, players need: at least 400k 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.
| Item | Class | Ingredient | Source Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Firewood (HQ) | Carpenter | Aged Spear Shaft | Aged Spear |
| Perfect Pestle (HQ) | Blacksmith | Aged Pestle Pieces | Aged Pestle |
| Perfect Mortar (HQ) | Armorer | Aged Mortar Pieces | Aged Mortar |
| Furnace Ring (HQ) | Goldsmith | Aged Eye of Fire | Aged Ring |
| Perfect Vellum (HQ) | Leatherworker | Aged Vellum | Aged Grimoire |
| Perfect Cloth (HQ) | Weaver | Stained Cloth | Aged Robe |
| Perfect Pounce (HQ) | Alchemist | Dried Ether | Aged Phial |
| Tailor-made Eel Pie (HQ) | 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 AK | Amdapor Keep |
| Lost Treasure PS | Pharos Sirius |
| Lost Treasure TTD | Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) |
| Lost Treasure SV | Stone Vigil (Hard) |