As we progress in Clive’s adventure we are getting better swords in chests, completing missions and using the hideout forge, but there is one of them with a much greater power than the others. We are talking about Gotterdammerung, the best weapon we can find in Final Fantasy XVI and in this guide we will tell you how to get its design and what you have to do to forge it. This also unlocks the trophy legendary swordsman.
As a curiosity we will tell you that this sword takes its name from Twilight of the GodsRichard Wagner’s opera about Ragnarok —the end of the world in Norse mythology— with which the cycle of The ring of the Nibelung. If they have five hours available, You can listen to it here performed by the Vienna Opera.
We also invite you to read our game review and our guides on how to ride chocobos y find all notable enemies on the hunt board.
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How to get the Ragnarok sword and Gotterdammerung skin
Before you can get the best weapon of Final Fantasy XVI
- The Blacksmith’s Lament I is available on the terrace of the hideout during the main quest Here are monsters. We must talk to August, who will ask us to talk to Blackthorne about something that worries him. After talking with everyone involved, we must visit the hunting board so that he tells us where to find dozmare the griffin and defeat him. After completing the mission and receiving the leather we must return to Blackthorne to obtain the design for the belt of the dragon slayer.
You can find this notable enemy at the west gate of Norvent Hold, south of Lostwing.
- Later in the game, after completing the optional quest cooling engines III, we will receive a letter from August in Clive’s room. Reading it will activate the optional quest The Blacksmith’s Lament II. If we follow all the indicators, it will eventually lead us to the Dalimil inn to talk to a nobleman who asks us to recover his belongings from some desert bandits and will end up giving us a whetstone that we have to deliver to Blackthorne. the reward is Excalibur sword design.
- the optional mission The Blacksmith’s Lament III will be available after completing the main quest Like father Like Son and only if we have completed the previous two in the chain. To activate it we have to talk to Augustus on the terrace of the hideout and then with Blackthorne. This will open access to a new town called Dravozd north of the Corava fields in Dhalmekia. After advancing in the mission they will ask us to hunt a Salamander, which is just south of the town. Finally we got a piece of coal that we must deliver to Blackthorne at the hideout.
- The quest chain ends with The Blacksmith’s Lament IVavailable after completing the previous ones and the main quest across the strait. Here we must talk to Augustus on the terrace and travel with him to Dravozd to defend the town from several waves of monster attacks including a tap y a chimera.
When you finish this quest and talk to Blackthorne and Zoltan in the hideout we will receive the Ragnarok sword and the Gotterdammerung sword designthe guide to forge the best weapon of Final Fantasy XVI.
How to get the materials to forge the best sword of Final Fantasy XVI: Gotterdamerung
The materials indicated in the design are:
- Ragnarok x1
- Oricalco x3
- Dark Steel x2
- Primitive Battle Horn x1
The sword Ragnarok It is obtained together with the Gotterdamerung design and we already explained how to obtain it in the last section of this same guide Final Fantasy XVI. Let’s see how to get the other materials.
Keep in mind that these are high difficulty enemies. We recommend being at least level 40 to face them. Also make sure they appear on the hideout hunting board. If they’re not there, you won’t see them in the right places.
How to get Orichalcum
We can obtain this material as a reward by defeating some notable enemies on the hunting board: Atlas, Svarog, Gorgimera and the Behemoth King. The first three are unlocked by advancing normally in the story. The latter also requires completing the optional quest ‘Nobody’s Puppet’.
We can find the Atlas the worldbreaker in Cressida, east of Marta’s Rest in Rosaria. Svarog the Ruins Reborn He awaits us in Penabroma, south of the East Gate of Norven’s Hold in Sanbreque. If they are looking for Gorguimera, you will find it west of the Velkroy desert in Dhalmekia. Finally there is the Rey Bégimo in the middle of Virdagraes, Waloed.
It can also be obtained by completing some optional quests like Renewed leadership II.
How to get Dark Steel
This material as a reward for defeating some notable enemies on the hunting board: Thanatos and the Prince of the Dead.
Thanatos the guide of the underworld appears on the Titan’s Stela in Dhalmekia and the prince of death at Cape Orsiere in Sanbreque but only after completing the optional quest ‘Renewed Leadership II’.
How to get the Primitive Battle Horn
This is the reward for defeating the duende Gobermouch, which is located in the abandoned town of Eistla in Waloed. He will only appear after we defeat Odin.
Forjando Gotterdammerung
With all the materials in our possession, we only have to return with Blackthorne to the hideout and select the legendary sword from the list of weapons to forge. By doing so we will also unlock the trophy legendary swordsman.
Gotterdammerung is a rarity 5 sword with 375 attack and 375 stun. By the time we got it, Final Fantasy XVI it’s almost over. We can take advantage of it while we complete the optional missions that we are missing or in the New Game + mode.
We hope that this guide to get the materials and forge the Gotterdammerung sword, the best weapon in Final Fantasy XVI, has been useful to you.
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