Splendorous Tools Guide for FFXIV

Splendorous Tools are relics for Crafting and Gathering classes in FFXIV with which have special bonuses that can still be relevant at level 100. These tools also have a unique glow exclusive to the series.

This page serves as a guide on how to unlock your Splendorous Tools as well as a hub page for each stage which you can refer to as you unlock each new stage.

The effects of the Splendorous Tools are:

• Crafting Relics: Increase the value gained on the 'Good' condition from 1.5x to 1.75x. This is amazing for expert crafting.
• Mining and Botany Relics: Increase your chance to trigger Collector's Intuition by 20%. This allows you more items while farming collectables.
• Fishing Relic: Reduces your GP cost of Powerful Hookset and Precision Hookset by 50%. This has approximately a 20% chance of occurring.

The effects of these tools do not change when upgraded and will always remain at these chances.

For Crafting classes, Splendorous Tools are entirely cosmetic due to their unique effects not being useful at endgame. Fishers however can benefit from their tool in any situation where Patience II is used making the tool optimal for Ocean Fishing. Mining and Botany classes can still benefit from these tools with collectables.

More specifically, as of 7.1 these tools are optimal in collectable gathering for every collectable that currently exists in-game when using the right meldsets. This is because they hit all breakpoints so easily that you do not lose anything by using a lower level tool.

The requirements to unlock this quest-chain are very simple. Finish the MSQ up to Endwalker, unlock Crystarium Deliveries and access the Botique of Splendors by speaking to Mowen in Eulmore (X: 11.4, Y: 10.7).

From there, your first quest becomes available. Speak to Chora-Zoi in the Crystarium (X: 7.8, Y: 11.4) to accept the quest An Original Improvement. This will then begin the quest chain for your tool, your first one will even be given for free in the form of a Splendorous Coffer. When used, it will provide you the relevant Splendorous Tool for your class.

Additional tools for other classes can be then purchased for 1500 White Scrips each when you speak to Quinnana in The Crystarium(X: 10.4, Y: 7.8). She will also be the vendor for crafting materials and where you exchange collectables for upgrade materials.

5.

Gallery of All Splendorous, Brilliant and Lodestar Tools Crafting and Gathering

Below you will find examples of each tool in their upgraded forms and glow to help you make a decision on what tools you want to aim for.

Crystalline Weapons Brilliant Weapons Lodestar Weapons

Carpenter Blacksmith Armorer Goldsmith Leatherworker Weaver Alchemist Culinarian Miner Botanist Fisher

Carpenter Blacksmith Armorer Goldsmith Leatherworker Weaver Alchemist Culinarian Miner Botanist Fisher

Carpenter Blacksmith Armorer Goldsmith Leatherworker Weaver Alchemist Culinarian Miner Botanist Fisher

5.1.

Crystalline Saw

5.2.

Crystalline CrossPein Hammer

5.3.

Crystalline Raising Hammer

5.4.

Crystalline Mallet

5.5.

Crystalline Round Knife

5.6.

Crystalline Needle

5.7.

Crystalline Alembic

5.8.

Crystalline Frypan

5.9.

Crystalline Pickaxe

5.10.

Crystalline Hatchet

5.11.

Crystalline Fishing Rod

5.12.

Brilliant Saw

5.13.

Brilliant CrossPein Hammer

5.14.

Brilliant Raising Hammer

5.15.

Brilliant Mallet

5.16.

Brilliant Round Knife

5.17.

Brilliant Needle

5.18.

Brilliant Alembic

5.19.

Brilliant Frypan

5.20.

Brilliant Pickaxe

5.21.

Brilliant Hatchet

5.22.

Brilliant Fishing Rod

5.23.

Lodestar Saw

5.24.

Lodestar CrossPein Hammer

5.25.

Lodestar Raising Hammer

5.26.

Lodestar Mallet

5.27.

Lodestar Round Knife

5.28.

Lodestar Needle

5.29.

Lodestar Alembic

5.30.

Lodestar Frypan

5.31.

Lodestar Pickaxe

5.32.

Lodestar Hatchet

5.33.

Lodestar Fishing Rod

For your first upgrade to your equipment, you will be tasked with crafting and gathering a range of collectables. Each collectable you exchange will give you components towards augmenting your tool.

In the second upgrade for your Splendorous Relic you will be upgrading to a Crystalline Tool. Similarly to the previous stage you will be tasked with crafting and gathering collectables and obtaining more components. The Crystalline Tool however provides a unique glow and glamour as well as new unique bonuses specifically while using those main-hands.

In the third stage of upgrading your equipment, you will advance your Crystalline Tool to a Chora-Zoi Tool. Once again, you will need to craft and gather collectables to progress. In this stage, gathering classes gain the ability to perform aetherial reduction, opening up new possibilities for resource acquisition and utilization.

The fourth stage of enhancement involves upgrading your Chora-Zoi Tool to Brilliant Tools. This transformation grants your tools a stunning new look and a radiant glow. Through this upgrade, you will continue to obtain collectables and aetherial reduce gatherable materials/fish.

The penultimate stage in your crafting relic journey involves upgrading the Brilliant Tools to Vrandtic Visionary tools. These offer a brand new model and design while further increasing your stats. In this stage you will begin Expert Crafting collectables to exchange for more components.

The final stage of your splendorous tools will end with a Lodestar tool. Through further Expert Crafting you will obtain the materials to upgrade your Vrandtic tool to an i640 crafting tool with better stats and a new glow!