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How to get a Dawntrail (Phantom) relic weapon in FFXIV
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV has expanded its Dawntrail relic weapon line, known as the Phantom relic, with new upgrade steps added in patch 7.55. Polygon has updated its guide to cover the process of obtaining the first-tier Phantom Penumbrae weapon and progressing through subsequent upgrade stages, including the newly added Phantom Eclipticum and Phantom Occultum tiers, reflecting the game's ongoing pattern of releasing relic content gradually across patches.
Players must first complete the main Dawntrail scenario and the Occult Crescent field-operation questline up to "Unfamiliar Territory", then begin the "Arcane Artistry" quest to collect demiatma items, which drop from FATEs and critical encounters in the Occult Crescent or Dawntrail zones. Eighteen demiatma of six varieties must be turned in, followed by purchasing and trading Arcanite bought with Allagan Tomestones of Heliometry, to forge the item level 745 starting weapon; later upgrades require repeating only the Arcanite purchase and trade steps, without further demiatma grinding. Polygon notes the drop rate for demiatma is notably low and says it will continue updating the guide as remaining steps, including those for the Phantom Occultum weapon, are confirmed.
In short
- FFXIV's Dawntrail Phantom relic weapon guide updated for patch 7.55
- New steps added for Phantom Eclipticum and Phantom Occultum tiers
- Process involves grinding demiatma items and Arcanite via Occult Crescent
Explained simply
Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game where players complete quests and challenges to progress and customise their characters. Within the game, special items called relic weapons are particularly desirable and require players to complete extended sequences of tasks and upgrades to obtain them.
The Dawntrail expansion introduced a new line of relic weapons called the Phantom relic, which players can begin pursuing after completing the expansion's main storyline and certain questlines. The game's developers recently added new upgrade tiers for these weapons, expanding the path that players can follow to make their weapons progressively more powerful.
Obtaining a Phantom relic weapon requires players to gather materials from in-game activities and then use in-game currency to purchase and craft components for their first weapon. Later upgrades follow a simpler process that does not require gathering the initial materials again, though the final steps remain to be officially confirmed.