Relic Weapons: Going Forward

[HaelseMikiro]

Why would a quest take a lvl 50 weapon and upgrade it to a lvl 60 one? Why not just give players a fresh one?

Also, as I understand it, the zodiac weapon is supposed to be the fully upgraded version of the relic weapon. It isn't a new weapon. Just one that is completed the total upgrade process.

Nope, Zodiac is actually a new weapon. You go through the entire process of gathering materials to create a new base host. Crafting Zodiac is akin to killing the Chimera and the hardmode primals to get crafting materials just to start the weapon off. Relic weapon gets busted down into materia for the crafting process.

As for how we could go about converting the zodiac to level 60, I expect it will either simply level with the job, or a quest that becomes available after we complete our level 60 job quest. Since SE just came out with new weapon designs and names for the zodiacs, I highly doubt they're going to immediately brush them aside without a lengthy upgrade quest line.