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|Expansion=
|Start=House of the Hero, [[Windurst Walls]] (G-3)
|Description= A strange voice from within [[Carbuncle's Ruby]] is asking you to gather the seven colors of light...
|Fame=Windurst
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|Quest Reqs=
|Item Reqs=[[Carbuncle's Ruby]]
|Level=30+
|Repeatable=No
|Previous=
|Next=[[The Puppet Master]]
|Title=Rainbow Weaver
|Reward=* Ability to become a [[Summoner]].
* Ability to summon [[Carbuncle]].
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'''Optional''': Activate the [[Records of Eminence]] 15th Vana'versary IV objective ''Red Rover (W)'' while hunting for the [[Carbuncle's Ruby]], for sparks and experience.

== Walkthrough ==

* Obtain a [[Carbuncle's Ruby]] from a [[:Category:Leech|Leech]] mob.
**[[Poison Leech|Poison Leeches]] in [[Buburimu Peninsula]] are possibly the easiest ones to drop Rubies.
**Alternatively, [[Bloodsucker]]s in [[Toraimarai Canal]] may have the highest drop rate. However, the area is difficult to get to for newer players, and there are only two spawns - at H-9 and J-9 on Map 1.
**Successfully farmed in [[Qufim Island]] from [[Acrophies]] with only a few kills.
***The rate listed by FFXIDB is about 1% without TH, and 3%+ with TH3+.
**The drop rate is low, so if you're specifically looking for the ruby instead of having acquired it while doing something else, consider using [[THF]] for [[Treasure Hunter]] as the regular drop rate is very low (and you might get other potentially useful drops like coffer keys in the process), or if you haven't learned [[MP Drainkiss]] yet as [[BLU]] consider using that job to make the leech fights more useful.
* Go to [[Windurst Walls]] (G-3) and examine the door of the '''House of the Hero''' for a cutscene.  
* You will be instructed to experience 7 types of weather in '''outdoor areas'''. It seems '''only zones available in or before''' the [[Rise of Zilart]] Expansion will work.
** Note: The [[Carbuncle's Ruby]] must be in your inventory to receive the weather cutscene. You also can't simply idle in a zone - you must zone into an area while the weather is occuring to get the scene.
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| Red (Heat Waves)
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* [[Western Altepa Desert|Western]] / [[Eastern Altepa Desert|Eastern]] Altepa Desert (Rare, available all year)
* [[Cape Teriggan]] (Rare, available from March to early Nov.)
* [[Yuhtunga Jungle]] / [[Yhoator Jungle]] (Rare, available from late June to early Sept.)
* [[Valkurm Dunes]] (Very Rare)
* [[Meriphataud Mountains]] (Very Rare)
* [[Rolanberry Fields]] (Extremely Rare)
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| Orange (Clear Skies)
| Any outdoor area that isn't currently cloudy or overcast.
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| Yellow (Dust Storms)
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* [[Konschtat Highlands]] (Very Common)
* [[Tahrongi Canyon]] (Very Common)
* [[Meriphataud Mountains]] (Common)
* [[Valkurm Dunes]] (Common)
* [[Sauromugue Champaign]] (Common)
* [[Western Altepa Desert|Western]] / [[Eastern Altepa Desert|Eastern]] Altepa Desert (Very Common)
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| Green (High Winds)
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* [[La Theine Plateau]] (Common)
* [[Tahrongi Canyon]] (Common)
* [[Buburimu Peninsula]] (Common)
* [[Cape Teriggan]] (Common)
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| Blue (Rain)
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* [[La Theine Plateau]] (Common)
* [[Jugner Forest]] (Common)
* [[Pashhow Marshlands]] (Very Common)
* [[Buburimu Peninsula]] (Common)
* [[Yuhtunga Jungle]] (Common)
* [[Yhoator Jungle]] (Common)
* Since [[Carpenters' Landing]] was first released in [[Chains of Promathia|CoP]], it does not work
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| Indigo (Snow)
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* [[Batallia Downs]] (Extremely Rare)
* [[Beaucedine Glacier]] (Extremely Common)
* [[Xarcabard]] (Extremely Common)
* Since [[Uleguerand Range]] was first released in [[Chains of Promathia|CoP]], it does not work.
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| Violet (Thunderstorms)
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* [[Konschtat Highlands]] (Common)
* [[Jugner Forest]] (Common)
* [[Pashhow Marshlands]] (Very Common)
* [[Sauromugue Champaign]] (Somewhat Common)
* [[The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah]] (Very Common)
* Note: for whatever reason, [[Qufim Island]] and [[Behemoth's Dominion]] do not work.
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* To experience the weather of one of the seven colors, you must enter the area while the weather is active, you will receive a brief cutscene confirming the weather effect.
**To know the weather of the area you are in, check the top left corner of where your compass (above the day/time/pos in the bottom left of your screen - assuming you have it toggled-on by using /clock )
** The most difficult color to obtain is Red{{fire}}. Hot spells and heat waves are more frequent in the game's summer months, although random hot spells can pop up any time of the game year.
***You can check the in-game month by using the /clock command (identical to Menu -> Current Time). Note that the command is a toggle that shows/hides the compass, day, time, and pos in the lower left of the screen, so you'll want to use it twice to get back into the same state your client was in.
***Weather is the same across the zone, and sometimes identical in other zones nearby. 
****For example, [[Rabao]], [[Western Altepa Desert|Western]], & [[Eastern Altepa Desert]] all have identical weather, so checking one is the same as checking all. These groupings are known as "Areas" at a [[Weather Forecast]] NPC.
*****While you can't get the scene in [[Rabao]] due to it being a non-Field area, you can use Home Point #1 there as your warp destination to see it periodically first-hand. From here, you can walk outside the entrance or use the nearby survival guide to jump into one of the zones.
****Weather is not necessarily the same across the region as a whole, see [[Zulkheim]] having 3 distinct weathers. Also, weather patterns aren't necessarily bound by region lines either - see Elshimo [[Elshimo Uplands|Uplands]] & [[Elshimo Lowlands|Lowlands]] sharing their weather trends for [[Yhoator Jungle|Yhoator]] & [[Yuhtunga Jungle|Yuhtunga]] Jungles as well as [[Kazham]]. 
***It is worth noting that Red weather also tends to be more prevalent around midday (12:00 noon) in the relevant zone. So if you are having difficulty finding this weather, try in the middle of the day rather than checking during nighttime.
*** In addition to time of day and the season: A [[Firesday]] appears to make it more probable to encounter fire weather. Hence: checking zones on that day is advised. (Especially [[Eastern Altepa Desert]], [[Western Altepa Desert]] and [[Valkurm Dunes]])
*** The pre-Zilart field areas where fire weather & [[Fire Elemental]]s spawn were mainly used by Japanese players who didn't have the expansion pack, as [[SMN]] was released as a one-off job but not actually part of the Zilart expansion. In the modern game, almost all players will have the expansion (English players have had it since launch), but these areas might be still useful for any ambitious [[Free Trial]] players who can only visit Original areas from the base game.
** [[Scholar]]'s [[:Category:Storm|Storm Spells]] do not count for this quest.
** You can check the [[:Category:Weather Forecast|Weather Forecast]] for the current and next 2 game days.
*** Predictions for the future have mixed accuracy, but are said to be more accurate if double-weather is predicted.
** If you drop Carbuncle's Ruby before completing the quest, you do NOT lose progress; simply obtain another one.
* After Rain there is often Windy weather in [[La Theine Plateau]].
* Only expansive outdoor areas count as Field areas, places like [[Dangruf Wadi]], [[Davoi]], & [[Ifrit's Cauldron]] that feel a bit outdoorsy all count as dungeons. As a general rule of thumb, if you can't use a mount there, it won't count.
* You can see reminder as to which zones are '''"Original Areas"''' or '''"Zilart"''' by looking for region-related quests in your [[Records of Eminence]] quest log, or by setting your Home Point & Survival Guide lists to "Select by expansion" instead of "Select by region".


* Once you've experienced all 7 weather effects, you'll receive a cutscene with [[Carbuncle]] who requests you go to [[La Theine Plateau]].
* Go to [[La Theine Plateau]] (G-6) and trade the [[Carbuncle's Ruby]] to the '''???''' for a cutscene, and to complete the quest.
** Optional: look to the sky around the [[Crag of Holla]] for a rainbow which appears when someone unlocks the [[Summoner]] job. If it's raining, then the rainbow will appear when the rain stops.

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