Blacksmith's Blues II is a side quest found in The Hideaway in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). Learn the starting location of and how to unlock Blacksmith's Blues II, a walkthrough of objectives, and a list of all rewards!

Blacksmith's Blues II Rewards and Unlock Condition

How to Unlock and Rewards

World Map Location	The Hideaway
Local Map Location	Clive's Chambers
Prerequisites	After completing the quest Letting Off Steam III and Blacksmith's Blues
Quest Giver	August (Reading Table)
Rewards	・ EXP: 900 ・ Ability Points: 0 ・ Gil: 0 ・ Renown: 30 ・ Meteorite (x1) ・ Excalibur Design Draft (x1) ・ Sundered Whetstone (x1)

You Need to Complete Preceding Blacksmith's Blues Quest

Blacksmith's Blues II is the second quest in this questline from August. To unlock Blacksmith's Blues II, you first have to complete the first quest from August aboard The Counter.

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Required to Craft the Excalibur Weapon

When you complete this quest, you'll get the Excalibur Design Draft, which you need to craft the Excalibur weapon in the Black Hammer.
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Blacksmith Blues II Location

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Blacksmith's Blues II is given by August through the Reading Table in the Hideaway, after completing the Out of the Shadow main quest.

To start Blacksmith's Blues II, read the missive with the title About Blackthorne.

Blacksmith's Blues II Walkthrough and Objectives

How to Complete Blacksmith's Blues II

Walkthrough
1	Speak with Blackthorne. After talking to August, go and speak to Blackthorne at The Black Hammer.
2	Speak with Charon. Talk to Charon, who's at her spot at the Charon's Toll.
3	Fast travel to the Dalimil Inn obelisk.
4	Find Ignac in Dalimil Go upstairs to the second floor of the inn to meet Ignac.
5	Go to the Bandit's Bed, located at the northeastern part of the Velkroy Desert.
6	Retrieve Ignac's stolen items from the bandits. Slay the bandits to retrieve and return the items to Ignac.
7	Deliver the sundered whetstone to Blackthorne. Fast travel back to the Hideaway and talk to Blackthorne to finish the quest.

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List of All Side Quests

Side Quest Walkthroughs

All Side Quests
Food for Thought	Make Do and Mend
A Place for Everyone	Moving Heaven and Earth
What a Bird Wants	False Friends
Crystalline Lifeline	Beast Against Beast
Needs of the Many	Welcoming Committee
Dying on the Vine	Red Letter Day
While the Cat's Away	The Want Beyond the Wall
Pride Comes Before a Fall	Friend of the People
Playthings	All Bark
Caulk and Bawl	The White-Winged Wonder
The Fruits of Her Labors	Blacksmith's Blues
A Culinary Pilgrimage	The Root of the Problem
Cut from the Cloth	Do No Harm
The Weight of Command	Carving Out a Niche
Hot Water	A Bone to Pick
Payback	Get Cart
Onward to Discovery	Live and Let Live
Weird Science	Use Your Loaf
Carved in Stone	On Balance
Not to Be Outdone	An Eye for an Eye
Smooth Like Butler	Bearer of Good News
For Great Justice II	Rekindling the Flame
Trading Places	Blacksmith's Blues II
Blacksmith's Blues III	Blacksmith's Blues IV
Skin Trade	Tears of Mercy
Please Sir, Can I Have Some Morbol	Self-Determination
Even Weirder Science	Under New Management
Rekindling the Flame II	Lines in the Sand
Trading Places II	Phoenix, Heal Thyself
Duty Undying	Laid to Rest
More than Words	A Tail to Tell
Litany of Errors	Aiming High
Trial and Error	Silver Linings
Nobody's Tool	Where There's a Will
Priceless	An Inconvenient Truth
Three's Company	Lines in the Sand II
Duty Undying II	Under New Management II