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This is the first Bard Artifact Armor quest - otherwise known as AF1
Start NPC: Mertaire - Lower Jeuno (I-8)
Requirements: Bard 40+
Items Needed: None
Title: None
Repeatable: Yes, by erasing AF memory
Reward: Paper Knife
Previous Quest: Path of the Bard
Next Quest: The Requiem
Walkthrough
* Talk to Mertaire inside the Merry Minstrel's Meadhouse to activate the quest and receive Mertaire's Bracelet (key item).
* Head to Ranguemont Pass and proceed into the room with the large stone door and the guards.
* Go to E-5 in the north-western corner of the map.
* Click on the "Waters of Oblivion" to spawn Tros.
* Kill Tros and click again on the "Waters of Oblivion" for a cutscene to complete the quest. You will receive your Paper Knife at the end of the cutscene.
* NOTE: You do not have to fight Tros as a Bard. Simply talk to Mertaire as a Bard and then change jobs before going to Ranguemont Pass.
Notes
* Duo'd as 62BLU/NIN and 42BRD/WHM with ease.
* Duo'd as 51WHM/BLM and 51DRG/WAR with some ease.
* Soloed as 75WHM/BLM easily.
* Soloable by a 60DNC/BLM without using Trance
* Duo'd by 61WHM/BLM and THF60/RNG.
The Requiem
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This is the second Bard Artifact Armor quest - otherwise known as AF2.
Start NPC: Bki Tbujhja - Lower Jeuno (H-8)
Requirements: Bard 50+
Items Needed: Holy Water
Title: None
Repeatable: Yes, by erasing AF memory
Reward: Choral Slippers
Previous Quest: Painful Memory
Next Quest: The Circle of Time and Borghertz's Harmonious Hands
Walkthrough
* You must be on BRD to activate the cutscene.
* Talk to Bki Tbujhja who asks for a vial of Holy Water.
* Trade Bki Tbujhja the Holy Water and she will inform you that you need to pay your respects to the Bard of yesteryear. She returns the Holy Water and directs you to pour the flask onto a sarcophagus in The Eldieme Necropolis.
* You can speak to Mataligeat for a little more information about this bard, and how he came to a horrible end.
* Head to Beaucedine Glacier then to Batallia Downs. Once there, enter the Eldieme Necropolis via the entrance at F-5.
* Thanks to WotG, it is now possible to get up the ledge by talking to the Lycopodium (NPC) in the past and then trading an appropriate flower to the sparkling lights to instantly move up the ledge.
* Make your way to the dead-end room filled with five sarcophagi at D-4. Clear the room and when ready, trade the vial of Holy Water to one of the sarcophagi to spawn three Skeleton Notorious Monsters (Owl Guardian, Dog Guardian, and Yum Kimil).
* The sarcophagus you need to trade to is random.
* If you want to sleep the mob, you need a High-Level bard for sleep. The NM Yum Kimil can not be slept.
* It used to be possible to pull one at a time if spawned while sneaked. Now they all start to attack you as soon as they spawn. But if you run away and get KO'd after popping them, the rest of your party can pull one at a time.
* It isn't necessary to kill all three NMs. If you pull one NM and then wait for the other two to despawn before killing it, you only need to fight one.
* If the NMs despawn while you aren't fighting one, or if you are defeated, immediately touching the Sarcophagus will result in "Nothing Happens". Wait a few minutes and when you touch it again the NMs will respawn. Even if you return the next real life day touching the sarcophagus will respawn them without having to trade any more Holy Water.
* If you are defeated but party members kill the NMs, you will not have to redo the fight. You can claim the key item when you are raised.
* It is possible to leave the zone and return to reset aggro. After doing so, you will be able to pull whichever one of the three is closest.
* Once they have been defeated, re-investigate the same sarcophagus onto which you poured the Holy Water for a cutscene and to receive the Star Ring (Key Item).
* Head back to Lower Jeuno and talk with Bki Tbujhja to complete the quest.
Notes
* Yum Kimil has approximately 8000 HP.
* Owl Guardian has approximately 5800 HP.
* Dog Guardian has approximately 6000 HP.
* Yum Kimil can be silenced.
Owl and Dog Guardians are extremely easy to sleep with sleep song.
~ Soloable by a 75 Nin/Dnc. Fought all 3 at the same time.
~ Easily Soloable by a 75 Mnk/Dnc. But I did it as 75 Whm/Blm to help my friend 75 Mnk/Dnc with Paralyna and Silence Yum Kimil. Very easy fight. Reraise up to be sure.
The Circle of Time
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This is the third Bard Artifact Armor quest - otherwise known as AF3.
Start NPC: Imasuke - Port Jeuno (E-6)
Requirements: Bard 50+
Items Needed: None
Title: Paragon of Bard Excellence
Repeatable: Yes, by erasing AF memory
Reward: Choral Justaucorps
Previous Quest: The Requiem
Next Quest: None
Walkthrough
* Mertaire tells you to take the Star Ring obtained from The Requiem to an antique collector, namely Imasuke near the entrance to Qufim Island.
o Note: You must be bard to get the cutscene with Imasuke.
* Imasuke says he can't read it and that you should bury it in Perennial Snow. The snow in question is located at (I-10) in Xarcabard. Bury it there and wait for the next real-life day (midnight in Japan.)
* After digging the ring up, return to Imasuke, who tells you the language is old San d'Orian and that you should find someone that can read it.
* Talk to Chalvatot (F-7) in Chateau d'Oraguille.
* Chalvatot gives you a Moon Ring and sends you to the Monastic Cavern. Head to (I-8) in the caverns. Clear the room and examine the altar to pop the NM Bugaboo.
o The Orcish Warlord spawns in the same room and has True Sight.
o You can simply pull the Orcish Warlord to the nearby zone so all other mobs despawn, then kill the Orc. Go back into the altar room and spawn and kill the Bugaboo.
* After you defeat Bugaboo, check the altar again and go back to talk to Chalvatot to complete the quest.
Borghertz's Harmonious Hands
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Start NPC: Guslam - Upper Jeuno (H-8)
Requirements: Bard 50+ Must have started The Requiem quest
Items Needed: Zvahl Coffer Key, Oztroja Coffer Key, Nest Coffer Key
Title: None
Repeatable:Yes, by erasing AF memory
Reward: Choral Cuffs, Choral Cannions, Choral Roundlet
Previous Quest: The Requiem
Next Quest: None
Walkthrough
* Speak to Guslam at H-8 in Upper Jeuno in the Durable Shields shop and accept the quest.
The Hands
* You'll need to head to Castle Zvahl Baileys and open a coffer there, so either:
* Obtain a Zvahl Coffer Key; or Come as a thief and bring along tools to pick the lock (see Picking your Coffers and Chests).
* Open a coffer in Castle Zvahl Baileys and obtain the Old Gauntlets (key item).
* If you are reacquiring AF or getting AF for another job, skip this portion and proceed to the next step. If this is your first job, do the following:
* Head back to Upper Jeuno and talk to Guslam again, who will tell you he lacks the skill to repair them.
* Deadly Minnow, behind the counter in the same shop as Guslam, will tell you to find a Mithra at the Tenshodo for more information.
* Go to Lower Jeuno and go into the Tenshodo to talk to Yin Pocanakhu at J-8. Pay her 1,000 gil to hear her story.
* Head to Port Jeuno and go downstairs into the Auction House area, and find a ??? on some crates outside the Jeuno Duty-Free shop (H-8).
* Click on the ??? for a cutscene and ask to have the gloves repaired.
* Go to F-8 in Castle Zvahl Baileys and touch one of the torches to spawn Dark Spark.
* Kill Dark Spark.
* Touch the torch again (make sure you touch the same torch you used to spawn him) to receive the Shadow Flames (key item).
* If other players in the party also need this key item, they can touch the torch as well - you don't have to fight him for each person.
* Head back to Port Jeuno and click on the the ??? at the toolbox for a cutscene. This complete the quest.
The Rest
* Guslam mentions something about armor scattered about Vana'diel. You can find two more pieces of armor by simply opening coffers in the following zones:
* Castle Oztroja: Choral Cannions
* Crawlers' Nest: Choral Roundlet
* You must farm for the appropriate keys to open the coffers; you need to open these on Bard.
Notes
* You must have started The Requiem (AF2) before you can start this quest.
* If you have any other Borghertz's Hands quest active you will need to complete that one before you can get this quest.
* After starting the quest, you can obtain the rewards in any order.
* The quest is marked complete upon obtaining the gloves.
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