FFXIV Anima Weapon Quest Guide

In Final Fantasy XIV, you can unlock all the Anima Weapons by completing the Heavensward quest. This quest consists of all Main Scenario Quests that was released in the Pathc 3.0 as part of the Heavensward expansion.

If you really want to unlock all the Anima Weapons in Final Fantasy XIV, you will need to learn all the steps for each quest. Thankfully, this post will show you the guide to complete all the Heavensward quests in hopes you will easily unlock all the Anima Weapons in Final Fantasy XIV.

Here’s the step-by-step to complete the Heavensward quests to unlock Anima weapons:

Stage 1: Complete ‘An Unexpected Proposal’ Quest

You can begin your journey to unlock Anima Weapons by completing ‘An Unexpected Proposal’ quest. To complete this quest, you will have to visit to Rowena in Idyllshire and speak with. Then, you need to travel to the Alpha Quadrant in Azys Lla and talk to Ardashir.

Before go on completing this quest, you need to complete the Main Scenario Quest and achieve level 60 for the job that you will be undertaking the quest as.

Stage 2: Complete ‘Soul Without Life’ Quest

This quest will allow you to collect an Astral and Umbral Nodule that you can find in different locations. To complete this quest, you need to visit Ardashir in in Azys Lla.

To gain a crystal to drop from a fate, you have to gain a gold rating. Once you have collected one crystal of each element, you need to return to Ardashir in Azys Lla. After completing this quest, you will get the following rewards:

• • 1447 gil
  • Animated Weapon

Stage 3: Complete the ‘Toughening Up’ quest

To complete this quest, you will need to visit Ardashir in Azys Lla and this NPC will ask you to complete a total of ten dungeons including Snowcloak, Sastasha (Hard), Sunken Temple of Qarn, The Keeper of the Lake, Wanderer’s Palace (Hard), Amdapor Keep (Hard), Dusk Vigil, Sohm Al, The Aery and The Vault.

To pass each dungeon in this quest, you will have to equip your Animated Weapon that will give you more speed when going through the dungeons. Once completing this quest, you will earn the following rewards:

• • 868 gil
  • Awoken Weapon

Stage 4: Complete the ‘Coming Into Its Own’ Quest

To complete this quest, you will need to visit Ardashir in Azys Lla who will ask you to collect four items including bone, shell, ore and seeds. After you have collected them, you can take them to Christiana in Mor Dhona and you can use it to trade for the Weapon Material.

Once you have traded each material, you can return to the Alpha Quadrant and grant them to Gerolt. Here are the rewards that you will get after completing this quest:

• • 1512 gil
  • Anima Weapon

Stage 5: Complete the ‘Finding Your Voice’ Quest

You need to visit Ardashir in Azys Lla to begin completing this quest who will ask you to collect 5 Aether Oils that can be obtained by the following ways:

• • Complete the weekly quest called The Gift of the Archmagus
  • Buy for 350 Tomestones of Poetics to Hismena in Idyllshire

Once completing this quest, you will get the following rewards:

• • 518 gil
  • Hyperconductive Anima Weapon
  • Get access to replica Awoken and receive Anima Weapons from the Restoration Node

Stage 6: Complete the ‘A Dream Fulfilled’ Quest

To start completing this quest, you will have to visit Ardashir in Azys Lla who will ask you to collect Crystal Sand and Umbrite. You can get the items in a variety of methods. Once you gain both, you will combine them into Treated Crystal Sand by speaking with Ulan.

Here are some tasks that you have to do to complete this quest:

• • Get Crystal Sand by trading with Ulan in a variety of items
  • Get Umbrite by buying for 75 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire
  • Combine those two materials into Treated Crystal Sand
  • Allocate Treated Crystal Sand into your weapon to raise its stats

Once you’ve allocated a total of 240 points, you will complete this step. After completing this quest, you will earn the following rewards:

• • 488 gil
  • Reconditioned Anima Weapon

Stage 7: Complete the ‘Future Proof’ Quest

This quest will allow you to collect 50 Singing Clusters that you can get from various of ways, including:

• • Complete the weekly quest called ‘Seeking Inspiration’
  • Complete the daily quest called ‘Cut From a Different Cloth’
  • Buy for 40 Tomestone of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire.

The reward you will get after completing this guide is Sharpened Anima Weapon.

Stage 8: Complete the ‘Born Again Anima’ Quest

To start completing this quest, you will need to talk to Ardashir that you can find in Azys Lla. This NPC will ask you to complete three dungeons to unlock the Anima weapons. The dungeons you need to go through include:

• • Sohm Al (Hard)
  • The Great Gubal Library (Hard)
  • The Lost City of Amdapor (Hard)

Once completing those dungeons, you have to speak with two NPCs, they are Processing Node who will ask you to complete ‘Some Assembly Required’  quest and Verification Node who will ask you to collect Aetheric Density for your weapon.

After completing this quest, you will get the following rewards:

• • 615 gil
  • Complete Anima Weapon

Stage 9: Complete the ‘Body and Soul’ Quest

To complete this quest, you will have to speak with Automaton in Azys Lla who will ask you to go to Idyllshire. Then, speak to Rowena. After that, you need to go back to Azys Lla to speak with Ardashir.

Here are the rewards you will get after completing this quest:

• • 1559 gil
  • Anima minion

Stage 10: Complete the ‘Words of Wisdom’ Quest

This is also another simple quest that will allow you to visit Ardashir in Azys Lla. Then, this NPC will ask you to talk to Rowena in Idyllshire. You can then go back to Ardashir. Here are the rewards you will get after completing this quest:

• • 1526 gil

Stage 11: Complete the ‘Best Friends Forever’ Quest

In this final step, you will need to speak with Arshadir in Azys Lla. This quest will take you through every level 50 – 60 Hard Trial. However, you will need to do those trials with your Anima Weapon equipped. The weapons should be completed in the following order:

• • Bowl of Embers (Hard)
  • Howling Eye (Hard)
  • The Naval (Hard)
  • Thornmarch (Hard)
  • Whorleater (Hard)
  • Striking Tree (Hard)
  • Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)
  • Thok ast Thok (Hard)
  • The Limitless Blue (Hard)
  • Containment Bay S1T7
  • Containment Bay P1T6
  • Containment Bay Z1T9

Once you’ve completed those trials, you can go back and talk to Ardashir in Azys Lla. After that, he will ask you to give an Archaic Enchanted Ink that you can get for 500 Tomestones of Poetics from Hismena in Idyllshire.

Once giving it to Ardashir, your Anima Weapon will be complete. Well, the rewards you will get after completing this quest is Lux Anima Weapon.

Okay, those are all the stages that you need to complete in order to unlock all the Anima Weapons. Make sure to follow those stages until you get the Anima Weapons. Good Luck!!!