RSE

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What Is RSE?

RSE, or "Race Specific Equipment", is a set of level 27-33 armor from twenty years ago. However, a limited-time recurring event was recently introduced that lets you reforge it to item level 119. This reforged RSE is specifically intended for new players as an "on ramp" piece of gear to get new level 99s up to speed.

  • To check whether the event is currently running, see Strange Happenings in Vana'diel or check the "Ongoing and Upcoming Events" section of the wiki's main page.
  • As of June 2026, you cannot get the relevant endgame items when the event is not running. If someone linked you here and it's not running, sorry! You're out of luck for now.

The Original RSE

The original RSE can be obtained in either an easy (but expensive) way and a cheap (but tedious) way:

  • It can be purchased from the Curio Vendor Moogle for 100,000 gil per piece with Key Item "Rhapsody in Umber".
  • It can be obtained, one piece at a time, from the quest The Goblin Tailor.
    • This quest is available for every race/sex combo about twice every real-life week for 8 hours and requires hunting down a Treasure Chest in a dungeon.
    • Do it if this sounds fun to you, but don't if it sounds tedious. The items are on the Moogle for a reason.
    • You can't pick a piece that you've already chosen as a reward from this quest a second time. Similarly, if you do this quest four times, then pay for a race change, you can't do it again. This isn't super relevant to most people, but I'm mentioning it for the one person reading this who would otherwise run into it!

The original RSE looks like this:

Race Armor Race Armor
Hume ♂ Hume ♀
Elvaan ♂ Elvaan ♀
Galka Mithra
Tarutaru

Reforging to Item Level 119

Obviously, RSE is useless when you're level 99. That's where Strange Happenings in Vana'diel comes in.

  • While the event is on, alternate versions of Kirin, Fafnir, and Alexander will spawn in Ru'Aun Gardens, The Boyahda Tree, and Alzadaal Undersea Ruins.
  • After these NMs are defeated, they will leave behind a Treasure Chest that can be opened by any number of players for the next 10 minutes before it vanishes. After the Chest vanishes, the NM will respawn 45 minutes later.
    • You do not need to participate in the fight to receive the rewards! Just examine the Treasure Chest.
  • Each Treasure Chest contains a guaranteed piece of loot - Kirin's mane, Fafnir's Scale, or Iron Giant Shard respectively - that is used along with an original piece of RSE in a Synergy recipe to create a piece of i119 RSE.
i119 RSE Equipment
Hume ♂ Hume ♀ Elvaan ♂ Elvaan ♀
Tarutaru Mithra Galka

Why Use RSE +1?

RSE +1 is useful for brand new level 99 players for a few reasons:

  • RSE +1 pieces have substantially more -Damage Taken% than other early i119 gear options. This will increase your survivability until you get something beyond Ambuscade Armor +2.
    • Fresh 99s who are having issues with survivability should beeline RSE +1, then pick up the guaranteed Limbus accessory rewards ( Murky Ring and Alabaster Earring) for a total of -41% DT (and then you're already nearly at the -50% cap!)
  • Each RSE +1 piece has 35 Magic Atk. Bonus, which makes it good for Magical or Hybrid Weaponskills until you get something better.
    • Along the same lines, its 40 Magic Accuracy per piece is not totally embarrassing either.
  • It looks hideous, so you learn about Lockstyles sooner rather than later.
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