about the swords of dalamud

[Alberel]

I don't actually think the locations we see in Coil are the swords/spears. The craters at each of the Coil entrances (there are two others already in the game if you look closely) are made by actual chunks of the outer shell. The swords/spears are much much larger and few are actually anywhere near playable regions at the moment... only one I can think of off the top of my head is the one just on the edge of Mor Dhona.

I have a feeling the objects impaled through Dalamud will serve a greater purpose later on, especially since they seem to be directly linked to the Twelve (there are twelve of them and each represents one of the 'gods' as shown in the End of an Era video).

[Catapult]

I don't actually think the locations we see in Coil are the swords/spears. The craters at each of the Coil entrances (there are two others already in the game if you look closely) are made by actual chunks of the outer shell. The swords/spears are much much larger and few are actually anywhere near playable regions at the moment... only one I can think of off the top of my head is the one just on the edge of Mor Dhona.

Places I can think of:

• The Saltstrand, Lower La Noscea
• Agelyss Wise, Castrum Occidiens (obviously)
• Boulder Downs, Coerthas
• Finder's Bluff, North Shroud
• Dalamud's Talons, Northern Thanalan
• The Burning Wall, Eastern Thanalan

Not counting Pharos Sirius, which is a little different.

[Alberel]

Places I can think of:

• The Saltstrand, Lower La Noscea
• Agelyss Wise, Castrum Occidiens (obviously)
• Boulder Downs, Coerthas
• Finder's Bluff, North Shroud
• Dalamud's Talons, Northern Thanalan
• The Burning Wall, Eastern Thanalan

Not counting Pharos Sirius, which is a little different.

I think you misunderstood me.

The locations you describe are not 'sword' impact sites, they're simply where pieces of rubble landed. The burning wall, boulder downs, etc. were just created by very large pieces of Dalamud's shell. The swords themselves are all intact and all have a very similar design with that electric blue magitek running through the middle. The one off the edge of Mor Dhona is instantly recognisable as it matches the ones we see in the End of an Era video. It also stands very very tall above the ground (much larger than the rubble in the impact sites for the Binding Coil entrances). That's why I'm quite sure that the coil dungeons aren't taking place inside those swords but rather just inside small fragments of Dalamud itself.