The Final Fantasy XIV quest to forge the long-lost Manderville Weapons has finally begun. After Patch 6.25 introduced them, players are desperate to recreate the Hildibrand-themed weapons.
In the beginning, there are very few steps to forge your weapons. The 6.25 update only provided the first step in the weapon’s creation, so you will want to get every job’s weapon while you wait for the next patch to provide more steps.
Typically, Relic weapons are a grind, but they’re fairly easy to get at the start. This is no different from the beginning of the Manderville Relic Weapons, but there are a few things you need to do before you can start forging epic Manderville-themed weapons.
Unlocking FFXIV Manderville Relic Weapon quests
To unlock the ability to make the weapons, first catch up on your Hildibrand quests. Once you are caught up to Patch 6.25, which means you’ve completed the quest “An Imperfect Gentleman,” you can begin gathering the required materials to forge the Relic Weapons.
After you’ve finished the Hildibrand quests, you’ll be placed at Radz-at-Han, or if you took a break, you can find the beginning of the questline right near the Aetheryte there. Following the steps will eventually bring you to the first requirement for crafting the weapons.
If you are coming to the quests well after the first few steps, you will generally do one step at a time for all of your weapons instead of doing each weapon individually, cutting down on time spent grinding each step.
Make It a Manderville — Step one
The first step is Make It a Manderville. This step is quite easy, but it requires a bit of time to get all of the versions of the Relic Weapon. In this step, spend Allegan Tomestones of Causality to get Manderium Meteorite. This resource is not sellable on the marketplace, so you need to farm up tomes to buy them.
You need 1,500 Allegan Tomestones of Causality per weapon to craft it. Head to Jubrunnah near the Radz-at-Han Aetheryte to trade 500 Tomestones for one Manderium Meteorite. You will need three, for a total of 1,500 per weapon.
Since the cap for Allegan Tomestones of Causality is 2,000 tomes, you have to complete trials, dungeons, or raids to get them. The quickest way to get these Tomestones is to do your daily roulettes, which give 720 per day if you do all the roulettes that award them. Make sure you spend your Tomestones as you get them to ensure you never reach the cap.
- Manderium Meteorite required per weapon: Three
- Manderium Meteorite required for all weapons: 51
The weapon you’ll get has an item level of 615. You can see the weapons for a DPS, tank, and healer below.
Well-oiled — Step two
Step two is exactly the same as step one. Some players are disappointed in step two, considering it’s a grind for Causality Tomestones, but at least you can choose how you earn them. As listed above, the fastest way to get these items is to do your daily roulettes.
In the same spot you got the item for step one, you’ll now find chondrite. They still cost 500 Causality Tomestones, so you can get all three you need before you hit the cap. But if you’re going for multiple weapons, make sure you don’t hit the cap to maximize your use of Causality Tomes.
The weapon crafted will be called Amazing Manderville. It will have an item level of 630 and will get a glow effect added.
If you gathered Tomestones of Astronomy before they were discontinued, you can trade 2,000 of them for 500 Tomestones of Causality by speaking to Auriana in Mor Dhona (X: 22.7, Y: 6.7).
In Need of Adjustment — Step three
The third step of Manderville Relic Weapons is started with the In Need of Adjustment quest, which was added to the game with Patch 6.45 on July 18, 2023. It will grant you upgrades to get Majestic Manderville Relic weapons.
There’s no surprise for this other step since you’ll need Tomestones of Causality once again, with the same way of obtention, to get Amplifying Achondrites.
It’s also the exact same amount required as for both previous steps, traded to the same NPC and after completing a few more story quests: By Agents Unknown and Not from Around Here.
Once again, you’ll have to trade 1,500 Tomestones of Causality to get the materials needed to craft a Majestic Manderville weapon. It will feature an item level of 645. This time, the overall design of the weapon will change.
Gentlemen at Heart — Step four
The fourth step of Manderville Relic Weapons is the last in the Endwalker expansion. It was introduced with Patch 6.55 and brought quests you need to complete to finish your Manderville weapons: Of Duplicity and Duplication and Gentlemen at Heart.
This step won’t change much compared to the previous ones, however. You’ll need to collect Tomestones of Causality to buy a unique material and upgrade them to Mandervillous weapons. This time, it’s called Cosmic Crystallite, and each costs 500 tomes. Once again, you can choose three attributes to favor with your weapon based on the job you use.
It’ll cost you 1,500 tomes to get three of them and upgrade your weapon. If you’re brave and want to upgrade all of them ahead of Dawntrail‘s release, it’ will cost a total of 28,500 Tomestones of Causality.
