4.25 Patch Notes are Up

[BillyKaplan]

Is this actually even a Relic? It keeps being referred to as “Eureka Weapon”.

The only weapons that were really called Relic were the few first stages of the ARR weapons. They became Zodiac weapons with the Relic weapons as base, but the name as used by the community continued to be used.

[Rufalus]

Is this actually even a Relic? It keeps being referred to as “Eureka Weapon”.

The only weapons that were really called Relic were the few first stages of the ARR weapons. They became Zodiac weapons with the Relic weapons as base, but the name as used by the community continued to be used.

Yeah that's always bothered me a little. Only the first stages of ARR weapons are relics because they were using the word literally, they were old worn relics we found and restored. If people know the definition of the word, any purple-rarity weapons that followed were not relics. Like anima is just anima, it's a new item that was created, not a relic.

So yeah it's correct that the new weapons are not referred to as relics in the game and official notes, but they are what you think they are, upgradable weapons you work on across many patches which eventually catch up to the item level of raid weapons.