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How to Upgrade your Weapons and Armor


   A good reason why people hunt is because they want to upgrade their tomestone weapons and armor. Hunters can collect currencies such as nuts to purchase upgrade items from vendors to get that extra boost to help clear those raids and new content. Clearing savage tier raids you can also obtain the items needed to upgrade your tomestone gear as well. Upgrading items got better much better 6.0. Instead of two pieces of random gear dropping from two coffers, players receive 3 specific gear coffers, upgrade items, and books. These coffers are of specific types, such as rings, weapons, chest piece etc. When you use the coffer they become their corresponding armor, accessory, or weapon based on the class you are on, so be careful when you open them. The drops for upgrade items in the savage dungeons have changed as well. The second fight of each tier drops upgrades for accessories, and the third drop upgrades for armor and weapons. There are four fights for each tier of Savage Raids. The 7.0 raid is "Arcadion", refered to as M1 through M12. Each time a new raid tier gets introduced; a new item level cap for gear becomes available. 2.0 Turn's 1 through 5 (this is the exception to the rule) max i-level was 90; 2.0's top i-level was 120, 3.0's top tier was 270, 4.0's top tier was 400, and now 5.0's top tier for gear is 530. The earliest and primary source for upgrading your tomestone gear is getting the upgrade items or enough books from the savage raids. The secondary source is hunt currency. This becomes available at a later patch after some time has passed, typically when the 24-man raids become available where you can also obtain a coin, the third source of upgrading gear, that can be exchanged for upgrade items.

Dawntrail Zones
Endwalker Zones
Shadowbringers Zones
Stormblood Zones
Heavensward Zones
A Realm Reborn Zones
7.0 Dawntrail Gear

Historia Gear (item level 760)


The base 750 weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestone of Mathmatics plus a Unviversal Tomestone 2.0 from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).

The base 750 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 375 to 825 x Tomestone of Mathmatics from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).

Historia gear can be upgraded from 750 to 760 from Theone in Solution Nine (X:8.5 Y:13.6).

Quetzalli Gear (item level 730)


The base 720 weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestones of Heliometry plus a Universal Tomestone from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).

The base 720 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 375-825 x Tomestones of Heliometry from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).

Quetzalli gear can be upgraded from 720 to 730 with the corresponding upgrade item from Theone in Solution Nine (X:8.5 Y:13.6).
6.0 Endwalker Gear

Credendum Gear (item level 660)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsAgora MerchantOld Sharlayan (11.6, 11.2)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsCihantiRadz-At-Han (10.8, 10.4)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
KhaldeenRadz-At-Han (10.9, 10.4)

Lunar Envoy Gear (item level 630)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsAgora MerchantOld Sharlayan (11.6, 11.2)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsCihantiRadz-At-Han (10.8, 10.4)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
KhaldeenRadz-At-Han (10.9, 10.4)

Radiant Gear (item level 600)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
55 - 140Sacks of NutsJ'lakshaiOld Sharlayan (11.8, 13.2)
55 - 140Sacks of NutsWilmettaRadz-at-Han (10.9, 10.4)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
KhaldeenRadz-At-Han (10.9, 10.4)

5.0 Shadowbringers Gear

Cryptlurker (item level 530)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsAymarkEulmore (10.2, 11.8)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsMowen's MerchantThe Crystarium (10.1, 11.8)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
Shee-TatchEulmore (10.3, 11.9)

Crystarium (item level 500)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsAymarkEulmore (10.2, 11.8)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsMowen's MerchantThe Crystarium (10.1, 11.8)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
Shee-TatchEulmore (10.3, 11.9)

Deepshadow (item level 470)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
55 - 140Sacks of NutsIllfroyEulmore (11, 10.8)
55 - 140Sacks of NutsXylleThe Crystarium (9.4, 9.5)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
Shee-TatchEulmore (10.3, 11.9)

4.0 Stormblood Gear

Scaevan Gear (item level 400)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeKugane (12.2, 10.8)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsEnnaRhalgr's Reach (13.9, 11.6)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
E'bolaffRhalgr's Reach (13.6, 12.2)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerLimsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.4, 14.4)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerOld Gridania (10, 8.4)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerUl'dah - Steps of Thal (12.6, 13.1)

Ryumyaku Gear (item level 370)

280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeKugane (12.2, 10.8)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsEnnaRhalgr's Reach (13.9, 11.6)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
E'bolaffRhalgr's Reach (13.6, 12.2)

Lost Allagan Gear (item level 340)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
55 - 140Centurio SealsBillebautRhalgr's Reach (13, 11.7)
55 - 140Centurio SealsSatsuyaKugane (10.4, 10.2)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
E'bolaffRhalgr's Reach (13.6, 12.2)

3.0 Heavensward Gear

Shire gear (item level 270)

QTYItemExchange NPCLocation
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsHismenaIdyllshire (5.7, 5.2)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeFoundation (10.5, 11.8)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
SeikaIdyllshire (6.7, 7.4)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerLimsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.4, 14.4)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerOld Gridania (10, 8.4)
5Silver Chocobo FeathersCalamity SalvagerUl'dah - Steps of Thal (12.6, 13.1)

Eikonic gear (item level 240)

280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsHismenaIdyllshire (5.7, 5.2)
280 - 600 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeFoundation (10.5, 11.8)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
SeikaIdyllshire (6.7, 7.4)

Fabled gear (item level 210)

55 - 140Centurio SealsYolaineFoundation (13.1, 11.9)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
SeikaIdyllshire (6.7, 7.4)

2.0 A Realm Reborn Gear

Ironworks gear (item level 130)

280 - 510 Tomestone of PoeticsAurianaMor Dhona (22.7, 6.6)
280 - 510 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeLimsa Lominsa Lower Decks (9.1, 11.1)
280 - 510 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeNew Gridania (11.9, 12.3)
280 - 510 Tomestone of PoeticsRowena's RepresentativeUl'dah - Steps of Nald (9.1, 8.3)
100Tomestone of Poetics
Plus coresponding UNAUGMENTED gear
DrakeNorth Shroud (30.3, 20.1)