I Can Hear a Rainbow

Start NPC	House of the Hero - Windurst Walls (G-3)
Requirements	Level 30+
Items Needed	Carbuncle's Ruby
Title Granted	Rainbow Weaver
Repeatable	No
Reward	Unlocks Summoner

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Walkthrough

• Obtain Carbuncle's Ruby.
  • This is a Rare/Exclusive item that may be obtained from nearly any type of Leech-type mob, though drop rate is known to be incredibly low overall.
  • The drop rate can be improved if you have Thief main/support job, with Treasure Hunter job trait active.
• When the Ruby is in your inventory, go to the House of the Hero at (G-3) in Windurst Walls (fastest to exit Windurst Waters and go East/North). Check the front door, and you will receive a cutscene, where you will be asked to find "the seven colors".
• The "seven colors" that are required correspond to the colors of a rainbow. They are obtained by zoning into an outdoor, enemy-populated area while one of six weather effects is active—the seventh is obtained by zoning into an outdoor, enemy-populated area with no weather effect at all.
  • To clarify: "Outdoor" means that you may not zone into a cave or dungeon area to obtain a color.
  • To clarify: "Enemy-Populated" means that you may not zone into a town or city to obtain a color.
  • Cannot obtain weather effects by having Scholar cast them on you.
• Zoning into an area with the above requirements (that you have not yet obtained) and with the ruby in your inventory (or Mog Satchel) will trigger a short cutscene upon entering the area, where Carbuncle will remark on the color of light that you have found. (You will not see the same cutscene again.)
  • This can be done by logging out and back into the zone.
  • This can be done while riding a chocobo.
  • This can be done by using an outpost teleport into the zone.
  • This can be done by teleporting into the zone (Teleport-Dem, etc).
  • Weather Checker NPCs in each town or city can help predict when and where the weather you will be looking for will be in effect. Bear in mind, however, that these Weather Checkers will not be completely accurate; some weather effects may occur on days they are not predicted to be on, and vice-versa.
  • This can be done with the carbuncle ruby inside your mog satchel.

• Locations of areas meeting the requirements for Carbuncle's "colors of light" are as follows:

Color	Element	Weather Type	Possible Areas
Red	Fire	Heat Wave	Valkurm Dunes, Cape Teriggan, Rolanberry Fields, Eastern Altepa Desert, Western Altepa Desert, Meriphataud Mountains, Yuhtunga Jungle, Yhoator Jungle
Orange	(None)	Clear Skies	All Matching Areas
Yellow	Earth	Dust Storms	Tahrongi Canyon, Sauromugue Champaign, Konschtat Highlands, Valkurm Dunes, Batallia Downs, Eastern Altepa Desert, Western Altepa Desert, Meriphataud Mountains
Green	Wind	High Winds	Tahrongi Canyon, Buburimu Peninsula, La Theine Plateau, Cape Teriggan, Valley of Sorrows
Blue	Water	Rain	La Theine Plateau, Jugner Forest, Pashhow Marshlands, Rolanberry Fields, Buburimu Peninsula, Yuhtunga Jungle, Yhoator Jungle, Sanctuary of Zi'Tah
Indigo	Ice	Snow	Beaucedine Glacier, Batallia Downs, Xarcabard, Beaucedine Glacier (S), Xarcabard (S)
Violet	Lightning	Thunderstorms	Konschtat Highlands, Sauromugue Champaign, Pashhow Marshlands, Jugner Forest, Sanctuary of Zi'Tah

• When all seven colors are obtained, you will receive an additional cutscene where Carbuncle will fly off to La Theine Plateau. Head there and go to the stone circle at (G-6).
• Trade Carbuncle's Ruby to the ??? at the center of the circle. You will receive a final cutscene, after which the Summoner job will become available to you.

• • It is worth noting that, for each time that a player completes this quest, a rainbow (the same one as seen in the cutscene) will appear over the Crag of Holla on the next Vana'diel Day (so long as the weather is not Rain). Should it be rainy weather, the rainbow should appear shortly after the rainy weather stops if it is before 18:00 in-game.

EDIT: The Rainbow will appear the same Vana'diel day if you complete the summoner mission early enough in the game day.

Notes

• Even if a possible weather is not predicted by a Weather Reporter, there is still a slight chance that it can may occur, if the day corresponds to that weather.
• Vana'diel has Seasons which affect the weather. If you are having trouble finding weather it may be the wrong time of year.
• Outdoor, enemy-populated areas, that have the weather elements but will not react to the quest:

Qufim Island

Lufaise Meadows

Attohwa Chasm

Misareaux Coast

Ship bound for Selbina

Not verified but did not work for me (Exiodus):

East Sarutabaruta

EDIT: I tried this location yesterday and it worked fine for me, granting Orange light (clear skies). --Kyuuketuki 11:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

EDIT: I, also confirmed this. It gave me Orange light (clear skies). -- User:Exconvictriddick 10:56, 11 September 2009 (EST)

West Sarutabaruta

EDIT: First Try in West Sarutabaruta worked for me (Darknessfallz)

EDIT: West Saru gave me Orange light on 1st try --Missangie 05:08, January 12, 2010 (UTC)

Not verified but did not work for me (Scryebloodstone):

East Ronfaure

West Ronfaure

North Gustaberg

South Gustaberg

Not verified but DID work for me (scouseybizzle):

West Ronfaure

EDIT: I tried this location first and gave me the orange light straight away.

EDIT: tried it first and did not get anything.

EDIT: I tried this location first, and gave me the orange light.

Verified: The Carbuncle's Ruby can be in your Mog Satchel and you will still receive the effects as if it was in your backpack.

• Player information and testimonials at the Talk Page

Game Description

Client

House of the Hero (House of the Hero, Windurst Walls)

Summary

A strange voice from within Carbuncle's Ruby is asking you to gather the seven colors of light...