How to obtain and utilize Grade 8 Dark Matter in FFXIV
If you're fed up with the Mender fees in Final Fantasy XIV, it's high time to acquire some Grade 8 Dark Matter and start fixing your own gear. This not only saves a considerable amount of Gil but also a lot of effort. Plus, you'll be the friend who always comes through with the gear repair.
Locating Grade 8 Dark Matter
Some vendors offer Grade 8 Dark Matter for 280 Gil each. FFXIV crafters need one piece of Grade 8 Dark Matter for each item they repair. You can either ask friends to repair or do it yourself - either way, it's beneficial to buy a bunch so you don't have to constantly search for Mender NPCs for a quick repair. We'll point out these helpful NPCs and their locations below.
Grand Companies
Each Grand Company has its own Quartermaster, who trades 600 Grand Company Seals for Grade 8 Dark
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Storm Quartermaster Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (X13.1, Y12.7)
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Serpent Quartermaster New Gridania (X9.8, Y11.0)
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Flame Quartermaster Ul’dah – Steps of Nald (X8.3, Y9.0）
Wolves' Den Pier
Don't forget about your stash of 20,000 Wolf Marks, as you can also buy Grade 8 Dark Matter from the Mark Quartermaster at Wolves' Den Pier (X 4.4 Y6.0) for 100 Wolf Marks each.
Merchants selling Grade 8 Dark Matter:
| Vendor | Location(s) |
| Alaric | Old Gridania (X14.3 Y8.8) |
| Andia | The Crystarium (X9.3 Y12.3) |
| Apartment Merchant | Kobai Goten Apartment Lobby (X6.1 Y6.0) Lily Hills Apartment Lobby (X6.1 Y6.0) Sultana’s Breath Apartment Lobby (X6.1 Y6.0) Topmast Apartment Lobby (X6.1 Y6.0) Ingleside Apartment Lobby (X6.1 Y6.0) |
| Arms Supplier | Lakeland (X5.8 Y16.9) |
| Arms Supplier & Mender | Landland (X18.7 Y18.8) |
| Blessed Merchant | The Fringes (X27.0 Y19.8) |
| Bureau Provisioner | The Tempest (X21.7 Y26.3) |
| Dadden | Eulmore (X11.7 Y11.4) |
| Diana | The Firmament (X9.7 Y8.3) |
| Dotharli Merchant & Mender | The Azim Steppe (X11.8 Y33.5) |
| Eilonwy | The Firmament (X12.2 Y14.2) |
| Enclave Merchant | The Ruby Sea (X21.0 Y20.4) |
| Fahruvvet | Radz-at-Han (X11.9 Y9.7) |
| Haneko Burneko | The Waking Sands (X6.2 Y5.0) |
| Hingan Merchant & Mender | The Ruby Sea (X38.8 Y37.7) |
| Independent Merchant | The Peaks (X24.5 Y5.7) The Peaks (X16.5 Y36.5) The Ruby Sea (X23.5 Y9.2) The Lochs (X10.6 Y21.2) Rhalgr’s Reach (X12.6 Y11.0) Yanxia (X24.9 Y13.0) |
| Jasfort | The Crystarium (X9.7 Y9.4) |
| Junkmonger | Labyrinthos (X6.2 Y27.4) Labyrinthos (X22.0 Y20.0) Labyrinthos (X29.8 Y12.8) Labyrinthos (X21.0 Y6.7) Mare Lamentorum (X21.0 Y12.2) Garlemald (X12.9 Y30.4) Garlemald (X31.3 Y17.4) Idyllshire (X6.1 Y7.2) Thavnair (X10.3 Y23.2) Thavnair (X24.8 Y34.1) Eplis (X9.5 Y32.3) |
| Junkmonger Nonoroon | Upper La Noscea (X11.8 Y24.7) |
| Local Merchant | The Rak’tika Greatwood (X27.7 Y18.0) Kholusia (X34.5 Y27.4) Kholusia (X15.3 Y28.8) The Lochs (X34.0 Y34.3) |
| Mender | The Diadem (X8.7 Y18.7) |
| Merchant & Mender | Ultima Thule (X30.8 Y27.9) The Peaks (X19.6 Y11.0) The Peaks (X27.7 Y29.0) The Peaks (X27.0 Y36.7) Lakeland (X18.8 Y35.5) Lakeland (X35.7 Y20.5) Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X3.3 Y12.9) The Ruby Sea (X31.4 Y36.6) Amh Araeng (X10.8 Y16.8) Yanxia (X15.7 Y31.2) |
| Mol Merchant & Mender | The Azim Steppe (X31.2 Y11.3) |
| Mord Junkmonger | Amh Araeng (X12.8 Y9.8) |
| Nanabe | Ul’dah – Steps of Thal (X14.2 Y11.0) |
| Oroniri Merchant | The Azim Steppe (X23.4 Y21.9) |
| Pillar of Industry | Mare Lamentorum (X12.9 Y32.7) |
| Pixie Hoarder | Il Mheg (X14.8 Y32.2) |
| Provisions Node | Ultima Thule (X14.1 Y33.7) |
| Resistance Provisioner | The Bozjan Southern Front (X14.6 Y30.6) Zadnor (X35.7 Y34.3) |
| Shan San | Amh Araeng (X27.0 Y15.8) |
| Synnove | Old Sharlayan (X12.7 Y10.3) |
| Tholl Junkmonger | Kholusia (X11.8 Y8.8) |
| Tokohana | Kugane (X12.9 Y12.2) |
| Traveling Merchant | The Azim Steppe (X32.5 Y28.9) |
| Tribe Merchant | The Fringes (X30.6 Y25.9) |
| Unskynwyb | Old Sharlayan (X4.9 Y9.3) |
| Unsynrael | Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X6.0 Y12.3) |
| Village Merchant | Yanxia (X30.2 Y18.1) |
| Village Merchant & Mender | The Ruby Sea (X5.9 Y11.4) |
| Ys Gyuf | Il Mheg (X19.7 Y4.1) |
There exist several merchants scattered across Eorzea and its surroundings who offer Grade 8 Dark Matter for sale, but only upon the completion of a related quest. These vendors are linked with Custom Deliveries, Tribal Quests, and Skysteel Tools.
| Vendor | Location | Required Quest | Quest type |
| Aenc Ose | Il Mheg (X16.5 Y33.8) | “That’s So Anden” | Custom Deliveries (Anden) |
| Anna | The Firmament (X14.2 X12.6) | “Oh Crafter, My Crafter” | Custom Deliveries (Ehll Tou) |
| R’dhyanki | Labyrinthos (X20.0 Y20.0) | “A Request of One’s Own” | Custom Deliveries (Margrat) |
| Coiningway | Mare Lamentorum (X17.4 Y15.8) | “Way to Go I” | Tribal (Lopporits) |
| Ghanta | Thavnair (X20.4 Y28.4) | “Hasty Hasty Hippos I” | Tribal (Arkasodara) |
| Mizutt | Lakeland (X9.4 Y13.0) | “Dwarven Crafts I” | Tribal (Dwarves) |
| N-0598 | Ultima Thule (X27.7 Y24.7) | “Voices of a Distant Server I” | Tribal (Omicron) |
| Yuqurl Manl | The Raktika Greatwood (X37.2 Y17.2) | “With My Compliments I” | Tribal (Qitari) |
| Spanner | The Firmament (X9.8 Y14.6) | “Oddness in the End” | Skysteel Tools |
| Denys | The Firmament (X8.0 Y10.0) | “Mislaid Plans” | Skysteel Tools |
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