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Staff Trials

Staff Trials are divided into several categories:

  • Physical/Empyrean Trials reward either with a completed Empyrean weapon or weapons with specialized augments that improve their physical damage.
  • Elemental Trials reward weapons aligned to certain element/attribute pairs (fire yields str/attack, etc).
  • Weapon Skill Trials augment weapons specifically to improve the potency of weapon skills.
  • Mythic/Relic Trials upgrade Relic Weapons and Mythic Weapons past their level 75 forms to more powerful versions suitable to higher level content.

To begin a physical or empyrean trial, pick up a Crook from the Splintery Chest in Ru'Lude Gardens (H-5) and trade it to the Magian Moogle to start the trials. If all you want is to learn Myrkr via Kupofried's Staff Moogle Magic, pick up a Paikea -1, instead. To begin Weapon Skill Trials, pick up a Sedikutchi from the same chest.

To begin a Relic trial, trade that weapon to the Magian Moogle.

All monsters are required to give experience points to count towards trial completion (excluding Notorious Monsters). You must be within experience point range to receive credit for the kill.

Physical/Empyrean Trials

Empyrean weapon and physical augment trials begin by obtaining a 19382 CrookCrook from the Splintery Chest in Ru'Lude Gardens (H-5). The paths branch between a Level 99 19816 Hvergelmir (99) AugmentedRareExclusiveHvergelmir (99), a 19911 Paikea AugmentedRareExclusivePaikea (designed to grant the Empyrean Weapon Skill Myrkr), or one of three augment paths for a 19939 Muruga AugmentedRareExclusiveMuruga:

  • +DMG, Occasionally attacks twice
  • Occasionally attacks 2~4 times
  • +DMG, Occasionally deals double damage

The November 2013 Version Update introduced a shortcut to a completed Paikea which completely eliminates the VwNM grind otherwise required to reach that branch. A 21187 Paikea -1 RareExclusivePaikea -1 is available from the Splintery Chest, cutting a 14-step trial grind down to three to permanently learn Myrkr.

There are two trials that apply Afterglow to the Hvergelmir, one from its level 99 form and one from its item level 119 form and they are listed here for the sake of completeness. The much cheaper way to get afterglow on your weapon is to have Oboro upgrade the 21143 Hvergelmir (119) RareExclusiveHvergelmir (119) to 22064 Hvergelmir (119-3) RareExclusiveHvergelmir (119-3) by trading him 10,000 Riftborn Boulders.

Elemental Trials

You start elemental trials the same way as Physical/Empyrean trials, but your path takes you through Trial 790 to obtain a 19386 Teiwaz AugmentedExclusiveTeiwaz. Elemental trials split into eight elemental routes. Each elemental route further splits into a myriad of endpoints, specializing the weapon to empower some part of your offense or defense. Each elemental path also features Affinity specializations that can reduce casting time, recast time, or strengthen summoned Avatars of their corresponding element. Light elemental staves have a bonus specialization path for Cure potency.

  • Fire: STR/Attack, STR/Pet: Attack/Ranged Attack, or Additional Effect: Weakens Attack.
  • Wind: AGI/Evasion, AGI/Pet: Evasion. Additional Effect: Impairs Evasion
  • Lightning: DEX, Accuracy or Pet: Accuracy/Ranged Accuracy. Additional Effect: Lowers Accuracy
  • Light: CHR, Magic Evasion or Pet: Magic Evasion. Additional Effect: Lowers Magic Evasion
  • Ice: INT, Magic Attack Bonus or Pet: Magic Attack Bonus. Additional Effect: Lowers Magic Attack
  • Earth: VIT, Physical damage taken- or Pet: Physical damage taken-. Additional Effect: Weakens defense
  • Water: MND, Magic Defense Bonus or Pet: Magic Defense Bonus. Additional Effect: Lowers Magic Defense
  • Dark: MP, Magic Accuracy or Pet: Magic Accuracy. Additional Effect: Lowers Magic Accuracy

For ease of reading, the 8 paths are split into Light/Dark affiliated elements

Any player controlled pet in your party can count towards credit for "Pet killing blow vs." trial objectives.

Light-Aligned Path

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bottled Pixies must be traded to the Fay Spring in Grauberg (S) (F-6)

Dark-Aligned Path

Source entry: Staff Trials. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.

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