Final Fantasy Resonance has 12 Legendary Arm Locations. Finding all Legendary Arms unlocks the Legendary Arms trophy & achievement.
Legendary Arms are special weapons, armor and accessories that are some of the strongest in the game, both in terms of stats and attributes they give you. To actually unlock them, you need to go through a few steps first. The first is to gain access to the airship at the start of Chapter 5, which will allow you to access the Chamber of Arms on the mountainous island between Dirnado and Gronoa. Land your airship and enter, then follow the corridor and step through a portal to enter the Legendary Arms chamber, where you’ll see all 12 of them crystallized on pedestals.
Interacting with each one will give you a hint to its location, although you can find the Legendary Arms without interacting with its pedestal first, or even entering the Chamber of Arms.
The next step is to collect an Arm, which will be in its ‘Ancient’ state, such as ‘Ancient Whip’. This will be extremely weak and next to useless. To power it up, return to the Chamber of Arms and interact with that Arm’s pedestal (which will now be glowing) and you will face a ‘trial’, which is a two-stage battle again a Level 50 enemy. These can be quite tough, so it’s recommended to come back later in the game when you are stronger. Nothing is missable and can be collected in free-roam.
After defeating the enemy, you will obtain the Legendary Arm and its name will change. Note that after finding all 12 Legendary Arms (and obtaining the Legendary Arms trophy & achievement), you can undergo another trial where you can fight a Level 75 enemy for each pedestal to receive a ‘+’ version of each Arm, but this isn’t needed for trophies.
The Legendary Arms are listed below as if the pedestals are a clock face, starting at 12 o’clock and going clockwise, but they can be collected at different parts of the game.
Collectibles Overview:
Legendary Arms
1. Ancient Whip
How to obtain: Return 84 Tablet Shards to the Enigmatic Princess at Oblivion Palace. This is in Chest VI of Treasure Room 3.
Enemy: Nunki
Legendary Arm received: Fire Birch
2. Ancient Cloak
How to obtain: Obtained from a Merchant Trader in Chapter 8 for 40k gil. These are random ships that are sailing around the World Map and sell you powerful items. If you roam around the map on your airship, you should see them spawn quickly and you can interact with them with 
by hovering above them. If you don’t have enough money, they will reappear shortly afterwards.
3. Ancient Accessory
How to obtain: Located inside a treasure chest in Quarry Cave on the island off the west coast of Zoldaad Empire Territory. Airship required to reach it.
Enemy: Brachum
Legendary Arm received: Gold Hairpin
4. Ancient Garment
How to obtain: Before you can find this one, you will need to obtain the upgraded treasure radar. For this, you need to first head to Gaberada, the Undertown in Gronoa, the Shuttered Land (available in Chapter 6). Directly behind the inn, there is a hidden path which will take you down some stairs to the west, where you will find an NPC and a treasure chest on a ledge next to the water. He’ll give you the radar, which will allow you to search for hidden treasures around the map by pinging with 
, with Lid providing ‘hot and cold’ clues to how close you are.
Once you have the radar, the Ancient Garment can be found in a cove on the east coast of Gronoa.
Enemy: Vindemiatrix
Legendary Arm received: Mirage Vest
5. Ancient Katana
How to obtain: Located in a chest in the Crystal Tower (Chapter 8), just west of a Save Point where the airship entrance to the Middle Reach part of the tower is.
Enemy: Aldhafera
Legendary Arm received: Sasuke’s Blade
6. Ancient Hammer
How to obtain: Firstly, you need to obtain the treasure radar described in #4 Ancient Garment. Then, you need to find a further upgrade called the High-Power Generator, which can be found in a chest directly on the story path in Mt. Reizan in Chapter 7:
Then, use the airship’s treasure scanner with on the World Map to find the Ancient Hammer in the cove on the west coast of Dirnado, the Continent of Wind.
Enemy: Tegmine
Legendary Arm received: Thor’s Hammer
7. Ancient Firearm
How to obtain: Return 76 Tablet Shards to the Enigmatic Princess at Oblivion Palace. This is in Chest IV of Treasure Room 3.
Enemy: Alhena
Legendary Arm received: Arcturus
8. Ancient Tome
How to obtain: Obtained from a Merchant Trader in Chapter 8 for 45k gil. These are random ships that are sailing around the World Map and sell you powerful items. If you roam around the map on your airship, you should see them spawn quickly and you can interact with them with by hovering above them. If you don’t have enough money, they will reappear shortly afterwards.
Enemy: Elnath
Legendary Arm received: Last Resort
9. Ancient Rod
How to obtain: Firstly, check the Abandoned Cabin in the northeast of the Kingdom of Pharm, which will be locked.
After that, head south to the Town of Sian and speak to the man in the northwest of town, standing in front of the inn. He will give you the key to the cabin (you must have tried to visit the cabin first to get this dialogue).
Head back to the Abandoned Cabin, unlock it with the key and find the chest inside with the Ancient Rod.
Enemy: Sheratan
Legendary Arm received: Wizard’s Rod
10. Ancient Greatsword
How to obtain: Prize for winning Fledgling Battle 3 in the Colosseum.
Enemy: Alpherg
Legendary Arm received: Ragnarok
11. Ancient Cuirass
How to obtain: Prize for winning Brawler Battle 5 in the Colosseum.
Enemy: Sadalsuud
Legendary Arm received: Tatenashi Armour
12. Ancient Bow
How to obtain: To obtain the Ancient Bow, you’ll need to speak to an NPC named Chloe (who you meet early in the story) twice once you get the airship in Chapter 5. For the fist meeting, head to the Town of Felicitas in the Kingdom of Grandshelt, then head north into the Item Shop and speak to her.
She will then appear in the Chamber of Arms (where all the pedestals are). Simply speak to her again and she’ll give you the bow.
Enemy: Dabih
Legendary Arm received: Artemis Bow
For all other collectible types refer to the Final Fantasy Resonance Collectible Guide.
Leave a Reply