Blacksmith Blues Side Quest Walkthrough

Your not so friendly neighbourhood, blacksmith, Blackthorne will need your help at several points through the main story of FF16 Final Fantasy XVI. Will he ask for it himself? Probably not, but his best friend August will know when something is bothering him and you will be able to start every quest either from him or from your writing desk in The Hideaway.

All Blacksmith Blues quests start with a ‘+’ sign green quest marker as they are essential in unlocking the best gear. Without doing them you cannot unlock the best sword you can get for your first play through.

Here’s when, where, and how to do these quests:

Blacksmith Blues I

Main Quest: Here Be Monsters

Walkthrough:

• Pick up the quest from August.
• Talk to Blackthorne
• Talk to Charon
• They will ask you to hunt a Griffin known as Dozmare. You can check with Nektar at the hunt board for its location. We will want to head to Lostwing, within The Holy Empire of Sanbreque. From there it can be found south of Norvent Valley.

• Speak with the man Torgal spots in the area.
• Return to Blackthorne and complete the quest.

Rewards:

• 250xp
• 10 Renown
• Drakeslayer’s Belt Design Draft (Allows you to craft the Drakeslayer Belt if you have the materials)

Blacksmith Blues II

Main Quest: Out of the shadows after completing the sub-quest ‘Letting off Steam III’

Walkthrough:

• Pick up the quest at Clive’s reading table.
• Talk to Blackthorne
• Talk to Charon
• Fast travel to Dalimil and head into the Inn. Go upstairs and cutscene will play with your approach the third room down.
• You will be tasked with killing some bandits. Fast Travel to ‘The Velkroy Desert’ and head east and then north
• Kill the enemies and the game will kindly teleport you back to Dalimil with a cutscene.
• Return to the hideaway and speak to Blackthorne to complete the quest.

Rewards:

• 900xp
• 30 Renown
• Excalibur Design Draft (Allows you to craft the sword Excalibur if you have the materials)

Blacksmith Blues III

Main Quest: A Song of Hope after completing the sub-quest ‘Like Father, Like Daughter’

Walkthrough:

• Pick up the quest from August.
• Talk to Blackthorne
• It asks you to make for Dravozd which, unless you have done some exploring you may not have the fast travel point to go directly to. The closest is Tabor, head south-east out of town, take a right, then a right again and you should be able to follow the edge of the map on your right and you’ll hit Dravozd.
• Talk to the men outside the gate.
• Talk to a man called Zoltan.
• Talk to Blackthorne
• Head to the destination marker and slay the desert salamander.
• Talk to Blackthorne again.
• Talk to Blackthorne a final time in The Hideaway to finish the quest.

Rewards:

• 900xp
• 35 Renown
• 100 Bloody Hide
• Ouroboros Design Draft (Allows you to craft the belt Ouroboros if you have the materials)

Blacksmith Blues IV

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

Walkthrough:

• Pick up the quest from August.
• Fast Travel to Dravozd and talk to August again.
• Speak with August again and you’ll be taken to arena to slay some Akashic.
• There will be a couple of bigger enemies here including a Bighorn, Griffon, and Chimera. Fin fight, honestly.
• Once done you’ll be teleported back to the village and you’ll need to talk to Zoltan.
• Return to The Hideaway and speak to Blackthorne to complete the quest.

Rewards:

• 4800xp
• 50 Renown
• Gotterdammerung Design Draft (Allows you to craft the sword Gotterdammerung if you have the materials)
• Sword: Ragnarök (A great sword to use while you gather what you need for Gotterdammerung)