How to get Grimalkin Hide in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16)

The hide isn't as grim as it sounds.

A large cat with spots roaring in the desert in Final Fantasy 16
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Notorious Marks, or Hunts, are an excellent way to get rare materials in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16), and one material you may want to get is the Grimalkin Hide.

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While it’s not hard to get, it can be used to craft one of the best and most notable weapons in mythology and Final Fantasy. Here’s everything you need to know about getting and using the Grimalkin Hide.

How to get Grimalkin Hide in Final Fantasy 16, explained

The Grimalkin Hide is dropped after defeating the C-rank Notorious Mark, Grimalkin. However, you can’t unlock this Notorious Mark on the Hunt Board until you’ve started the main campaign quest, Out of the Shadows.

A card with the Grimalkin Hide spotted print icon and details about the hide in Final Fantasy 16
The Grimalkin Hide is the only spoil from defeating Grimalkin. Screenshot by Dot Esports

How to find and defeat Grimalkin for the Grimalkin Hide in Final Fantasy 16

Once you’ve started the quest, you’ll find Grimalkin South of The Sickle in The Dhalmekian Republic. And the closest waypoint is The Dalimil Inn. Although you could teleport to The Jaw waypoint, I would avoid it unless you’d also like to encounter a tough A-rank Notorious Mark.

Red box outlining Grimalkin's location in Final Fantasy 16
Head South of The Dalimil Inn, and you’ll encounter Grimalkin and its pack. Screenshot by Dot Esports

To defeat Grimalkin, you must first take out its pack, which is very easy to do, and it’s just like killing mobs you encounter on your travels.

When you do fight Grimalkin, the only mechanic you need to be wary of is when it pounces at you, but this is easy to dodge—even for me, and I’m terrible at dodging. Otherwise, this is one of the easiest marks to cross off your list.

As soon as you’ve killed Grimalkin, you’ll be rewarded with the Grimalkin Hide, and you can craft one of the most famous weapons in mythology: Excalibur.

How to craft Excalibur using the Grimalkin Hide in Final Fantasy 16

List of ingredients to craft Excalibur in Final Fantasy 16
A few ingredients for an iconic weapon. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Like all the best weapons, you must meet a few requirements before you can begin crafting at the Blacksmith. With the Grimalkin Hide in your inventory, that’s one down, and Wyrrite can be purchased from Charon’s Toll.

You will also need Scarletite, which can be obtained from Dozmare, the Griffin, Fastitocalon, Ten of Clubs, or Holy Trumpitour—all of which are Notorious Marks. Or you can get one through the Hot Water quest.

And the final ingredient, Bomb Ember, can be obtained by completing the quest, Weird Science. This quest is a bit of a mystery, but you get it from your Missives after you’ve completed the third quest of Letting off Steam, a subquest of the main campaign quest, Out of the Shadows. To get the Bomb Ember, you’ll defeat the Bomb King, a Notorious Mark that only appears in this quest, and the one that drops the Bomb Ember.

The last requirement is to complete the second Blacksmith’s Blues quest, which you’ll also obtain from your Missives as you work through the Out of the Shadows main quest. As a reward for your troubles, you’ll get the blueprint for Excalibur. 

Card featuring Excalibur blueprint as a reward in Final Fantasy 16
Always check your Missives for important quests like this one. Screenshot by Dot Esports

As soon as you’ve completed those steps, you can visit the Blacksmith and craft Excalibur. We’ve included all the requirements, the recipe, and Excalibur’s stats in the table below.

Weapon nameRequirementsRecipeExcalibur’s Stats
ExcaliburBlacksmith’s Blues quest two
Weird Science quest
Notorious Marks, Dozmare, Fastitocalon, Ten of Clubs, or Holy Trumpitour
Notorious Mark Grimalkin
300 Wyrrite
One Grimalkin Hide
One Bomb Ember
One Scarletite
268 Attack Damage and 268 Stagger Damage

As soon as I got the blueprint for Excalibur, I immediately dropped every other quest just to be able to craft it because I love mythology. The fact there are various nods to it in Final Fantasy 16, like the weapon Ragnarok and Odin, whose Dominant is Barnabas Tharmr, just makes the whole thing even better too I think.

Related: All Final Fantasy 16 (FF16) Dominants

With the Grimalkin Hide being the easiest material to find and get, using it and other rare materials to craft Excalibur is worth the time and effort.

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Hayley Andrews is a staff writer for Dot Esports with a dual degree in business and human resource management. After discovering her passion for creative writing and gaming, she now writes about MOBAs, MMOs, and cozy games.