i did those directions twice now and rito artisan quest did not unlock, is there more requirements? i got to chapter 4or 5 and it still didnt unlock.

I followed the directions for unlocking the Rito Artisan quest and unfortunately the quest failed to unlock. I have fought the story battle as well as the mentioned Rito challenge, and I think the only quest that unlocked from that challenge was Cross the Hebra Mountains.

Regarding weapon fusion - if you depress the "R" stick, you can cycle back and forth between the fusion result and the highlighted weapon to be fused. This way, you can see the buff as well as the % for each weapon without having to make a list.

Silly character limit... See image for useful details for those grinding to max the demo.

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