Ew relic quest

[Vahlnir]

You technically do need to complete Castrum Lacus Litore at least to complete the Bozja weapons. As for Eureka, you need to get to a certain level to get the drops from each boss, meaning you need to be at least level 59 before getting Provenance Watcher's scales (unless... can you buy those with the fate items now?) So you'd be contributing to some numbers anyway.

Here's hoping they don't do that to the Manderville Quests and you only need to unlock it through those quests.
Otherwise we'll never hear the end of it...

I went through Eureka again not long after EW launch for the SMN relic. I can confirm that Crystalline Scales still can't be purchased from a vendor. People still need to spawn and fight that boss for that item.