I Can Hear a Rainbow

• Obtain Carbuncle's Ruby.
  • This is a Rare/Exclusive item that may be obtained from nearly any Leech-type mob, though drop rate is incredibly low overall.
    • Since the Escutcheon introduction, the Carbuncle's Ruby drop rate seems to have been increased quite a bit. Recommended places to farm: Bostaunieux Oubliette or Toraimarai Canal - Bloodsucker and Bouncing Ball.
  • The drop rate can be improved if you have Thief main/support job, with Treasure Hunter job trait.
  • Carbuncle's Ruby cannot be delivered to other same Square Enix/PlayOnline account characters and therefore must be obtained on the character that needs the drop.
  • Optional: Activate Records of Eminence 15th Vana'versary IV objective Red Rover (W) for sparks and experience.
• With the Ruby in your inventory, go to the House of the Hero at (G-3) in Windurst Walls (fastest to take Home Point #1 warp; if you don't have this, then exit Windurst Waters and go East/North). Check the front door for a cutscene, where you will be asked to find "the seven colors".
• The "seven colors" that are required correspond to the colors of the rainbow. They are obtained by zoning into an outdoor, enemy-populated area while one of six weather effects is active—the seventh is obtained by zoning into an outdoor, enemy-populated area with no weather effect at all.
  • To clarify: "Outdoor" means that you may not zone into a cave or dungeon area to obtain a color.
  • To clarify: "Enemy-Populated" means that you may not zone into a town or city to obtain a color.
  • Cannot obtain weather effects by having a Scholar cast them on you.
  • Cannot obtain weather effects from Wings of the Goddess zones.
• Zoning into an area with the above requirements (that you have not yet obtained) and with the ruby in either your Inventory, Mog Satchel, Mog Sack or Mog Case triggers a short cutscene upon entering the area, where Carbuncle will remark on the color of light that you have found. Note that you will not see the same cutscene again.
  • This can be done by logging out and back into the zone.
  • This can be done while riding a chocobo or mount.
  • This can be done by using an outpost teleport into the zone.
  • This can be done by using the Survival Guide teleport into the zone.
  • This can be done by teleporting into the zone (Teleport-Dem, Nexus Cape, etc).
  • This can be done by traveling into the zone using a Cavernous Maw.
  • You can zone into an area under Monstrosity and still receive the weather cutscene and credit. See Odyssean Passage for a list of applicable areas.
  • Weather Checker NPCs in each town or city can help predict when and where the weather for which you are looking will be in effect. Bear in mind, however, that these Weather Checkers are not completely accurate; some weather effects may occur on days they are not forecasted, and vice-versa.
  • After receiving the cutscene to start the quest, the weathers can be obtained on jobs lower than level 30.

• Locations of areas meeting the requirements for Carbuncle's "colors of light" are as follows:

Color	Element	Weather Type	Possible Areas
Red	Fire	Heat Wave	Valkurm Dunes, Cape Teriggan, Rolanberry Fields, Eastern Altepa Desert, Western Altepa Desert, Meriphataud Mountains, Yuhtunga Jungle, Yhoator Jungle
Orange	(None)	Clear Skies	West Sarutabaruta, East Sarutabaruta, Buburimu Peninsula, Yuhtunga Jungle, Yhoator Jungle, Eastern Altepa Desert, North Gustaberg, Valkurm Dunes
Yellow	Earth	Dust Storms	Tahrongi Canyon, Sauromugue Champaign, Konschtat Highlands, Valkurm Dunes, Batallia Downs, Eastern Altepa Desert, Western Altepa Desert, Meriphataud Mountains
Green	Wind	High Winds	Tahrongi Canyon, Buburimu Peninsula, La Theine Plateau, Cape Teriggan, Valley of Sorrows
Blue	Water	Rain	La Theine Plateau, Jugner Forest, Pashhow Marshlands, Rolanberry Fields, Buburimu Peninsula, Yuhtunga Jungle, Yhoator Jungle, Sanctuary of Zi'Tah
Indigo	Ice	Snow	Beaucedine Glacier, Batallia Downs, Xarcabard
Violet	Lightning	Thunderstorms	Konschtat Highlands, Sauromugue Champaign, Pashhow Marshlands, Jugner Forest, Sanctuary of Zi'Tah

Note: Both Qufim Island and Behemoth's Dominion do NOT work for this quest, regardless of where you zone in from.

• When all seven colors are obtained, you will receive an additional cutscene where Carbuncle will fly off to La Theine Plateau. Head there and go to the stone circle at (G-6).
  • A fast way to get there is to Unity warp to La Theine Plateau ("Level 99 and below" category).
• Trade Carbuncle's Ruby to the ??? at the center of the circle. After a final cutscene, the Summoner job, the avatar Carbuncle, and Job Gesture: Summoner will be available to you.

  

  • Each time that a player completes this quest, a rainbow (the same one as seen in the cutscene) appears over the Crag of Holla on the next Vana'diel day (so long as the weather is not rain). Should it be rainy weather, the rainbow should appear shortly after the rainy weather stops if it is before 18:00 in-game. The rainbow will appear the same Vana'diel day if you complete the summoner quest early enough in the game day. It will NOT appear if there is windy weather when you trade, even if it clears up.

• Even if a possible weather is not predicted by a Weather Reporter, there is still a slight chance that it can occur, if the day corresponds to that weather.
• Vana'diel has Seasons which affect the weather. If you are having trouble finding weather it may be the wrong time of year. You can check the Vana'diel month under Current Time (the month is the first number).
• Outdoor, enemy-populated areas, that have the weather elements but will not react to the quest:
  • Attohwa Chasm
  • Lufaise Meadows
  • Misareaux Coast
  • Ro'Maeve
  • Ship bound for Mhaura/Selbina
  • Qufim Island
  • Behemoth's Dominion

Client

House of the Hero (House of the Hero, Windurst Walls)

Summary

A strange voice from within Carbuncle's Ruby is asking you to gather the seven colors of light...

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