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Darksteel Ore

Statistics

Chunk of darksteel ore

This ore contains the metal darksteel.

Stackable: 12

Other Uses

Used in Quest: The Darksmith

Used to Spawn: Phantom Worm

Resale Price: 475~486 gil

Guild Resale Price: ~712 gil (Blacksmiths' Guild)*

Used in Recipes

• ^52,53 Darksteel Ingot

• ⁷⁴ Dark Bronze Ingot

• ⁸⁶ Dark Adaman

• ^89-93 Kunwu Iron

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Materials > Smithing
Can be obtained as a random reward from the Gobbie Mystery Box Special Dial and similar sources.

Merchants

Price: 7,000 gil
Name	Location	Type
Lucretia	Northern San d'Oria (E-6) Blacksmiths' Guild	Blacksmiths' Guild Journeyman rank required.

Quests

• Inside the Belly

Chocobo Digging

Zone	Abundance
Eastern Altepa Desert ●	Very Rare
Western Altepa Desert	Rare
North Gustaberg	Very Rare
Meriphataud Mountains ●	Very Rare
Wajaom Woodlands ●	Very Rare
● = Requires Burrow  ● = Requires Egg Helm ● = Requires Bore  ● = Obtainable only at Night

Mining

Zone	Abundance
Gusgen Mines	Rare
Marjami Ravine	Rare
Ifrit's Cauldron	Very Rare
Yughott Grotto	Very Rare
Newton Movalpolos	Extremely Rare
Oldton Movalpolos	Extremely Rare
Zeruhn Mines	Extremely Rare

Dropped From

Name	Level	Zone
Morion Worm (NM)	30-32	Korroloka Tunnel
Centurio X-I (NM)	56-58	Quicksand Caves
Sagittarius X-XIII (NM)	58	Quicksand Caves
Tribunus VII-I (NM)	60	Quicksand Caves
Antican Triarius	62-72	Quicksand Caves
Antican Antesignanus	62-72	Quicksand Caves
Phantom Worm (NM)	70-72	Kuftal Tunnel
Proconsul XII (NM)	72	Quicksand Caves
Triarius X-XV (NM)	72-74	Quicksand Caves
Antican Praetor (NM)	72-74	Quicksand Caves
Antican Legatus (NM)	72-74	Quicksand Caves
Antican Consul (NM)	75	Quicksand Caves
Chukwa (NM)	75	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Gancanagh (NM)	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Manananggal (NM)	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Minhocao (NM)	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi

BCNM

Name	Zone	Level	Time	Members
Birds of a Feather	Waughroon Shrine	30	15 minutes	3
Creeping Doom	Balga's Dais	30	15 minutes	3
Petrifying Pair	Ghelsba Outpost	30	15 minutes	3
The Scarlet King	Chamber of Oracles	75	30 minutes	6
Copycat	Waughroon Shrine	75	30 minutes	6
Double Dragonian	Horlais Peak	75	30 minutes	6

ISNM

Name	Level Cap	Zone
Making a Mockery	(Level 60, 30 minutes, 6 members)	Jade Sepulcher

ANNM

NM Name	Level Cap	Zone
Scythefang Liger	75	Batallia Downs (S)

Tenshodo Coffer

Key	Mission
Crimson Key	Trade Seedspall Lux, Seedspall Luna, and Seedspall Astrum to Squintrox Dryeyes
Amber Key	Gatherer of Light (II)
Azure Key	Those Who Lurk in Shadows (II)
Ebon Key	Ode of Life Bestowing
White coral key	Trade Orcish Armor Plate, Quadav Backscale, and Yagudo Caulk to Squintrox Dryeyes
Peach coral key	An Errand! The Professor's Price
Black coral key	Dig up and trade Moldy, worm-eaten chest to Squintrox Dryeyes

Treasure casket

• Cape Teriggan (Treasure Casket)
• Valley of Sorrows (Treasure Casket)
• Ro'Maeve (Treasure Casket)

Campaign Unions

Obtained randomly through lot in Campaign Unions

• Crawlers' Nest (S)
• Xarcabard (S)
• Vunkerl Inlet (S): Dhole Union

Moblin Maze Mongers

Name	Voucher
Babalu Aye	Maze Voucher 09 Revitalization Team

Source entry: Darksteel Ore. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.