Qadim the Relicweaver

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Qadim the Relicweaver
Role Relic binder
Location The Dunes East (house with a shard on the table)
Services Binds a Relic to earned gear for 5 Gold · Rerolls a woven Relic for 5 Gold

Qadim the Relicweaver lives in a house in The Dunes East with a shard on the table. He says every item carries a hidden thread — bring him something you earned and 5 Gold, and he will bind it to something greater.

Choose carefully. A Relic can never be moved to another item — though Qadim will now replace one with a fresh roll, for a price. Full details are on Update:Relics.

Dialogue

When he was first placed in the Dunes (before the weave opened), Qadim said:

"The relics are restless yet. Come back when the sand has settled."

Now that the weave is open, he greets visitors with:

"Every item carries a hidden thread. For 5 Gold, I can bind it to something greater. Choose carefully — once woven, a Relic can never be undone."

Official v5.3 copy also described him as drawing relics out of the sand. (Server Update v5.3)

Services

Service Cost Notes
Relic weave 5 Gold The shard decides which of the 20 Relics in the item's own category binds to it — a tool draws only tool Relics, and so on. The Relic stays with the item.
Relic reroll 5 Gold Bring an already-woven item back and Qadim replaces its Relic with a fresh roll. Each item can be rerolled at most 10 times; after the tenth it is locked with whatever it holds. The item, its durability and its identity are unchanged — only the Relic is replaced.

Qadim takes a drag from carried inventory, the hotbar, or the worn Armor row only — never from the bank.

The weave

  • 60 Relics — 20 for tools, 20 for weapons, 20 for armor — across five rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary, and Mythic. The three Mythics are of Qadim's own making: Qadim's Fortune, Qadim's Wrath, and Qadim's Embrace.
  • Rarity odds per weave: Common 60%, Uncommon 25%, Rare 10%, Legendary 4%, Mythic 1%.
  • Relics belong to the item, not the player. Sell it and the Relic goes with the Marketplace listing; buy it back and the Relic returns with it.
  • A Relic cannot be moved to another item or detached — but a woven item can be rerolled (see above), and an item can be destroyed with its Relic: drag it onto the Trash slot in your inventory. The game warns "Destroy item AND its relic?" — the Relic is destroyed with the item and can never be recovered.

What he will take

Earned gear only — the free trainer kit is not eligible.

What Relics do

  • Tools — faster swings, bigger hauls, better odds on the rare finds, more XP
  • Weapons — heavier hits, follow-through strikes, poisons, life drawn back out of a kill
  • Armor — damage turned aside, venom blunted, a deeper health pool, and one that pulls you back from a death you should not have walked away from

Caps: armor stats ±10%, follow-up strikes 15 damage, deepest health pool 110.

Location

Qadim's house is in The Dunes East. Look for the shard on the table.

Page Why it matters
Update:Relics Full Relics update notes.
The Dunes East His house / realm map.
The Dunes Parent zone overview.
Update:Dunes v5.3 tease that first placed him in-world.
Gold Currency for each weave and reroll.
Fire-Resistant Fishing Rod Eligible special rod.
Marketplace Relic travels with sold items.
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