What is BLoD, and why get it?
The Blinding Light of Destiny (BLoD) questline is one of the earliest merge-style weapon grinds in the game, unlocked once you’ve made some progress through Doomwood. Unlike its member counterpart Sepulchure’s DoomKnight Armor, this entire questline is completely free to play.
The 
Before starting the questline you need to make sure to have some of the prerequisites, check the list below to make sure you have all you need before starting.
Doomwood Part 1 completed
After obtaining the prerequisites you can start the questline by speaking to
Part 1 - Reforging the Blinding Light
Reforging the Blinding Light
Required items:
Reward:
Progress toward the questline 
Secret Order of Undead Slayers
Required items:
Reward:
Progress toward the questline
Essential Essences
Required items:
Undead Essence x25, from undead in the first room of
Reward:
Spirit Orb progress
Bust Some Dust
Required items:
Bone Dust x40, from undead in the first room of
Reward:
Spirit Orb progress
A Loyal Follower
Required items:
Spirit Orb x100, from repeating Essential Essences and Bust Some Dust.
Reward:
Loyal Spirit Orb x1
Part 2 - The Spirit Orb Grind
For this part of the questline you need to reach 10,515 Spirit Orbs total - this is the longest part of the entire farm. While working on this, also complete the Mine Crafting daily from Artix every day, collecting the Copper, Barium and Silver metals for later.
Soul Searching
Required items:
Defeat each boss in
❗️This is the main and fastest way to earn Spirit Orbs - takes some active play but can shorten the grind to a few hours.
Reward:
Spirit Orbs
❗️Alternatively, with a strong group you can farm x40 Bone Dust per kill and can be faster if your group kills him quickly.
Part 3 - Metal Enchantments
Once you have all 10,515 Spirit Orbs and the 3 metals from Mine Crafting, you can begin Artix’s Metal Enchantment quests. Every metal enchantment quest shares the same requirements.
Celestial Copper / Sanctified Silver / Blessed Barium Enchantment
Required items:
Undead Energy x25, from the
Spirit Orb x5 (prefarmed).
Paladaffodil x25, from Marsh Trees in
Copper, from the Mine Crafting daily.
Reward:
Celestial Copper / Sanctified Silver / Blessed Barium
Craft 2x Bright Auras and 5x Loyal Spirit Orbs from Artix’s Light Merge in
Celestial Copper of Destiny
Required items:
Forge Key, from an
❗️Speak to
Reward:
Celestial Copper of Destiny
Part 4 - Weapon Kits
This quest needs to be completed x3.
Basic Weapon Kit Construction
Required items:
Stone Hammer, from a Zardman Grunt at
Ply Wrap, stolen from mummies at
From Golden Scarabs, also at
Noob Blade Oil, from a Horc Noob at
Bronze Brush, from a Bronze Draconian at
Rocks, from
Defeat the Scarecrow at
Reward:
Basic Weapon Kit
This quest also needs to be completed x3.
Advanced Weapon Kit Construction
Required items:
Wolf Claw Hammer, from a Chaos Lycan at
Superior Blade Oil, from a Dai Tengu at
Leather, from a Leatherwing at
Silver Brush, from Vampire Knights at
Brass Awl, from a Cyclops Raider at
Defeat the Lich of the Stone at
Shining Lacquer Finish, from a Lightning Ball at
Defeat the Tomb Robber at
Reward:
Advanced Weapon Kit
Needs to be finished x4 bare minimum (x1 is needed for the BLoD itself). This becomes your main source of Spirit Orbs and Loyal Spirit Orbs when working toward the other Blinding weapons too, so do extras if your stacks come up short later.
Ultimate Weapon Kit Construction
Required items:
Great Ornate Hammer, from an Earth Elemental at
Blade Oil, from a Kitsune at
Defeat the Greenguard Dragon at
Gold Brush, from the Chaos Sphinx at
Sharpener, from Rock Roc at
Blinding Lacquer Finish, from the Grand Inquisitor at
Non-abrasive Powder, from the ProtoSartorium at
Suede Travel Case, from a Harpy at
Reward:
Ultimate Weapon Kit
Part 5 - Merging the Blinding Weapons
Head to Artix’s Light Merge and create the 
Blinding Mace of Destiny first. You will need the following:
Bright Aura x2
Spirit Orb x20
Loyal Spirit Orb x1
Undead Energy x7
Celestial Copper of Destiny x1
Basic Weapon Kit x1
Advanced Weapon Kit x1
Ultimate Weapon Kit x1
Once merged, create the Blinding Blade of Destiny and the 
Blinding Bow of Destiny also. You’ll need to repeat the Ultimate Weapon Kit Construction quest until you have enough Spirit Orbs and Loyal Spirit Orbs for these. Create the Blessed Barium of Destiny and the Sanctified Silver of Destiny from Geopetal’s forge at
❗️Optimal crafting order is Blinding Mace > Blinding Blade > Blinding Bow, since the Blade’s fragment quest gives both Spirit Orbs and Loyal Spirit Orbs.
Part 6 - Fragment Farming
Once you’ve created a Blinding weapon, use its matching fragment quest to keep farming the materials you’ll need for the final quest.
Finding Fragments with the Blinding Mace
Required items:
Blinding Fragments, from mobs at the
Reward:
Brilliant Aura
Finding Fragments with the Blinding Blade
Required items:
Blinding Fragments, from mobs at the
Reward:
Spirit Orb and Loyal Spirit Orb
Finding Fragments with the Blinding Bow
Required items:
Blinding Fragments, from mobs at the
Reward:
Bright Aura
Part 7 - Obtaining the BLoD
Congratulations on making it to the end! Once you have enough of each material below, all that’s left is the final quest.
The Blinding Light of Destiny
Required items:
Bright Aura x125, from Finding Fragments with the Blinding Bow.
Brilliant Aura x75, from Finding Fragments with the Blinding Mace.
Blinding Aura x1, drops from any of the Blinding Weapon fragment quests, or guaranteed from crafting the 
Blinding Scythe of Destiny via Mine Crafting (requires Iron).
Spirit Orb x500, from Finding Fragments with the Blinding Blade.
Loyal Spirit Orb x250, from Finding Fragments with the Blinding Blade.
Ultimate Weapon Kit x1 (prefarmed).
Reward:
Access to the Blinding Light of Destiny shop