The FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE adamantite locations number 8, and each piece is the hardest upgrade material in the game. Each one is found once, none of them comes back, and all eight feed the same place: Aileen's forge on the airship, where one piece becomes one hero weapon.
FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE adamantite locations: all eight
| Piece | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oblivion Palace, 3-Star Chamber | Unlocks at 80 Tablet Shards |
| 2 | Oblivion Palace, 4-Star Chamber | Unlocks at 89 Tablet Shards |
| 3 | Gronoa, Rugged Mountain Path | A chest on the way through chapter 6 |
| 4 | Colosseum Fledgling Battle 2 | First win, recommended level 27 |
| 5 | Colosseum Brawler Battle 2 | First win, recommended level 41 |
| 6 | Colosseum Brawler Battle 3 | First win, recommended level 43 |
| 7 | Mysidia Radar hidden treasure 1 | Olderion Federation; needs the magi-tenna from Gaberada in chapter 6, then talk to Lid aboard the airship |
| 8 | Merchant ship on the open sea | One piece for 35,000 gil, from chapter 6 |
The two in the Oblivion Palace are the ones most players miss, because they only open once you have paid the princess that many shards. Everything here is missable-proof in the other direction: you can collect all eight at your own pace and come back to the Deck whenever you hold one.
The quest that opens Aileen's forge
Aileen is a Vision as well as a weaponsmith, and the forge stays shut until you recruit her. The quest is called Forger of Wills, it appears in chapter 5 once you have to find Mysidia, and the Gossiping Girl in Dilmagia starts it. The steps are:
- Search for the woman who led the rebellion in Dilmagia. She is at the Shipyard.
- Gather information on Aileen in each region: one person in Dilmagia, one in the Rebel Hideout and one in the Village of Kol, in any order.
- Find Aileen at the shipyard in Dilmagia and answer her questions. The answers she wants, in order, are "It's a tool of harm", then "A way to rebel against troubling times", then "Craft weapons that suit each of us well". A wrong answer only ends the talk, and you can try again.
The quest also adds one Magicite. Until chapter 6 begins she says she wants to see how you fight first; when the airship reaches Gronoa at the start of chapter 6 she is ready, and she stays on the Deck for the rest of the game. Her Mastery Rank plays no part in the forging — from then on one Adamantite is all she asks for.
If you want the side quest list itself, it is on the side quests page.
How the forge turns one piece into a weapon
Talk to Aileen with an Adamantite in your bag. She asks who the weapon is for and lists every hero who does not have theirs yet. Pick one, confirm, and one Adamantite becomes that hero's weapon on the spot. Change your mind before you confirm and nothing is spent. Each hero gets one weapon, and it leaves her list once made — none of the eight can be sold, so a weapon never comes back to the list either.
The eight weapons she makes
| Hero | Weapon | Type | Attack | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain | Save the Vermillion | Greatsword | 179 Phys. Atk. | Reduces damage taken from physical and magic attacks by 20% |
| Lasswell | Shisui | Katana | 197 Phys. Atk. | Grants Hone Senses and Placidity for 5 turns at the start of battle |
| Fina | Elysium | Bow | 162 Mag. Atk. | Increases the potency of healing magic by 20% |
| Lid | Mechabo Hammer SUPER | Hammer | 142 Phys. Atk. | — |
| Jake | Caelum Renatum | Gun | 222 Phys. Atk. | — |
| Nichol | Codex Providentiae | Grimoire | 181 Mag. Atk. | — |
| Sakura | Roselia | Rod | 204 Mag. Atk. | — |
| Dark Fina | Abyss | Whip | 178 Mag. Atk. | — |
Two trophies come out of it: The Weapon that Suits the User for the first weapon you make, and The Weaponsmith once all eight heroes have theirs.
The heroes themselves are listed on the characters list page, and each one's role and weapon type are there too.