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 The Voracious Resurgence |
 
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| Prime Weapons • Ultimate Weapons • Ultimate Augments • Abjurations iL119 • JSE Necks • Divergence Augments • Escutcheons | |
| Reforged Armor Artifact: +1 • iL109 • iL119/+2/+3/+4 Relic: +1/+2 • iL109 • iL119/+2/+3/+4 Empyrean: +1/+2 • iL109 • iL119/+2/+3 |
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Old Wounds
From FFXI Wiki
| Old Wounds | |
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| Required Fame | San d'Oria Fame Level: Unknown |
| Level Restriction: | None |
| Starting NPC | Curilla - Chateau d'Oraguille (I-9) |
| Pack | Rise of the Zilart |
| Title | None |
| Repeatable | No |
| Description | Curilla has agreed to help you polish your single-handed sword skills for the upcoming tourneys. |
| Previous Quest | Next Quest |
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| None | None |
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Note: You cannot start this quest if you have another Weapon Skill Quest active. You must return to the person that gave said quest and quit to start another.
Walkthrough
- Speaking with Curilla will grant you the
Weapon training guide as well as the 
Sapara of Trials. You will need to break the latent on the Sapara of Trials before completing the rest of the Quest.
Breaking the Latent
- With the Sapara of Trials equipped in your Main hand, fight experience-yielding mobs ("Incredibly Easy Prey" or higher) and perform Weapon Skills or close Skillchains to accumulate 300 "Trial Points".
| Skillchain Level | Points |
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| No Skillchain | 5 |
| Level 1 | 7 |
| Level 2 | 9 |
| Level 3 | 11 |
- You know you have enough points when the latent breaks. You will know it is done when the weapon's elemental resistances disappear from your active resistances (colored dots below the gear grid, but above the selected item description). The item's description text will never change.
- The Bight Uragnite at (K-8) in Ceizak Battlegrounds are a great enemy to break the latent with if you are lv 99+.
- Trade the Sapara of Trials back to Curilla. This will give you the Map to the Annals of Truth.
- You will be instructed to travel to Quicksand Caves.
- Before you go, you will need to speak to Lokpix in Eastern Altepa Desert at (G-7) and complete the Quest Open Sesame to acquire the Loadstone. This allows you to use the weight-activated switches without needing multiple people.
- Before you go, you will need to speak to Lokpix in Eastern Altepa Desert at (G-7) and complete the Quest Open Sesame to acquire the
- Take
Echo Drops and 
Silent Oil with you. - Head to Western Altepa Desert. You will now need to open the Altepa Gate.
- See the Altepa Gate page for instructions on opening it.
- Once you open the Altepa Gate, it will remain open for 15-30 minutes. It is advisable to either get help lowering the colored columns or have a mule behind the gate.
- Once you are behind the Altepa Gate, follow the path to the intersection and go north into the large room. You may need to clear this room of the Antica that live in it. The ??? to spawn the NM is at the northern tip of this room at (I-6).
- This fight is against Girtablulu, a scorpion. It is weak to Ice and Light attacks.
- Once you kill it, re-examine the ??? to receive the Annals of Truth.
- Go back and speak with Curilla to receive your reward.
