Cid Sophiar, Master Mechanic Guide and Rewards

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Quest	Initial Weapon	Upgrade Part Required	Reward
A Better Engine Blade	Acquired from the start	Rusted Bit: common collectible	Engine Blade II, 800 Exp, available immediately
A Better Engine Blade II	Obtained when upgrading the Engine Blade	Glass Gemstone: common collectible	Engine Blade III, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt
A Better Engine Blade III	Obtained when upprading the Engine Blade II	Sturdy Helixhorn: Enemy drop (break appendage): Leukorn (75%, Old Lestallum Hunt: Scrap it Now!), Spiracorn (75%, Old LEstallum Hunt: The Last Spiracorns)	Ultima Blade, 1,000 Exp, available after completing three quests or hunts
A Better Drain Lance	Final Battle of Chapter 1	Metal Scrap: common collectible	Drain Lance II, 500 Exp, available immediately
A Better Drain Lance II	Obtained when upgrading the Drain Lance	Coeurl Whiskers: Enemy Drop: Coeurl (50%, Duscae, Southwest Region), Elder Coeurl (100%, Taelpar Rest Area Hunt: Old Denizens of the Woods)	Drain Lance III, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt
A Better Auto Crossbow	Collectible inside Keycatrich Trench	[[Perpetouss Keep, Northwest of Hammerhead, North of Longwythe, East of Steyliff Grove, North of Fort Vaullerey)	Auto Crossbow Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Bioblaster	Collectible outside of Keycatrich Trench	Dynamo: Collectible (Callatein's Plunge, outside Glacial Grotto), Enemy Drop: MA-Veles (50%, Main Quest: Engaging the Empire), MA-Veles-Bis (60%), MA-Hoplomachus (95%, sidequest: Formouth Garrison)	Bioblaster Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Circular Saw	Obtained from MA-X Cuirass (final battle Chapter 2 against Loqi)	Sky Gemstone: sidequest reward: A Feline Feast	Circular Saw Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Gravity Well	Collectible in Aracheole Stronghold	Hydraulic Cylinder: Collectible (North of Fort Vaullerey); Enemy Drop: MA-X Patria (97%, Dropped by landing crafts in random encounters on world map from Chapter 5 onward)	Gravity Well Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Noiseblaster	Collectible in Fort Vaullerey	Magnetron: Collectible (Gralea), Enemy Drop: MA-Hoplomachus (5%, sidequest: Formouth Garrison)	Noiseblaster Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Drillbreaker	Collectible in Formouth Garrison	Magitek Core: Collectible (Gralea), Enemy Drop: MA-X Dux (100%, sidequest: Formouth Garrison), MA-Patria (3%, sidequest: Formouth Garrison)	Drillbreaker Plus, 2,000 Exp, available after completing two quests or hunts
A Better Force Stealer	Available from Tony in Cape Caem by trading Caem Carrots	Monster Claw: Enemey Drop: Bandersnatch (100%, Malmalam Thicket)	Force Stealer II, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt
A Better Pair of Plunderers	Available from Tony in Cape Caem by trading Caem Carrots	Barbed Scythe: Enemy Drop: Wasp (75%, Malmalam Thicket)	Plunderers II, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt
A Better Valiant	Available from Tony in Cape Caem by trading Caem Carrots	Earth Gemstone: common collectible	Valiant II, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt
A Better Absorb Shield	Available from Tony in Cape Caem by trading Caem Carrots	Spiked Armor: Enemy Drop (break appendage): Skarnbulette (75%, Cauthess Rest Area Hunt: Hammer the Cannibals)	Absorb Shield II, 800 Exp, available after completing one quest or hunt