Weapons

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Weapons are the equipment heroes carry in their primary and/or secondary equipment slots. They serve as the primary method for dealing damage to enemies.

General Information

All weapons are either one-handed or two-handed. One-handed weapons include: crossbows, daggers, dueling swords, swords, axes, maces, and wands. Two-handed weapons include: bows, greataxes, greatspears, greatswords, hammers, and staves. If a hero loses arm(s) or undergoes some transformation, some of these weapons may not be equipped.

Like all equipment, weapons cannot be transferred or traded among heroes after being assigned.

Generally, a hero can only hold/equip one weapon at a time, but an extra weapon can be stored on the back. Switching to it in combat is an unlimited free action.

Weapon Qualities

Weapons can be basic quality (i.e. the randomly generated weapons that you come across during your play), elemental quality (a stunt effect is added to the weapon), or artifact quality (named weapons that have set descriptions and stats/abilities). All weapons, regardless of quality, additionally come in tiers representing their general power, usually spanning from Tier 1 (the weakest) to Tier 3 (the full capability of the weapon). An additional bottom tier, Tier 0, is present for certain categories of generic weapons. Weapons of all qualities can be upgraded to higher tiers through the crafting system.

Basic Weapons

Basic weapons are the most widely available. They are often obtained through random loot, but they can also be crafted with the correct resources or using legacy points. Basic weapons typically come with a randomly generated name, but do not offer any additional bonuses beyond what might be normal for a weapon of their type.

Tier 0 weapons are the basic weapons that heroes normally start the game with. Unless otherwise specified, all Tier 0 weapons have a range of 1.6 and stunt damage of 1.

Tier 0 Weapons
Item Image Description Type Stats
Old Sword image A notched old thing that's seen better days, it belonged to a relation, once upon a time. Sword Damage:
Pitchfork image A wood shaft affixed with an iron fork for shoveling hay, it's effective and traditional. Greatspear Damage: 4
Range: 2.1
Frying Pan image A roughly made mace. Mace Damage: 4
Knockback: 1.6
Root Club image Hacked from the foot of an uprooted tree, it's heavy and dangerous in the right hands. Mace Damage:
Pick Axe image Normally used against rocks and tree roots, it can do some damage if you can connect. Axe Damage: 4
Shred: 1
Shovel image "This shovel will dig... your grave!" Spear Damage:
Farm Bow image "A bit of pliable wood and some horsehair makes a fine weapon to warn off wolves with." Bow Damage: 3
Range: 1.9–7.6
Soupspoon Soupspoon.png Good at serving people soup. I don't know why you think you can cast a spell with it. Wand Damage: 1
Spell Damage: 1
Warding +1
Walking Staff image Isn't this literally just a gnarled branch you picked up when you were out hiking?. Staff Damage:

Elemental Weapons

Every once in a while your party might encounter an elemental spirit during a mission (See Spirit Captured for an example). This spirit will vanish in four turns and run away from your party, ignoring obstacles like doors while doing so. If you complete all objectives of the mission while the spirit hasn't been caught or hasn't vanished yet, you still get the opportunity to catch the spirit before it vanishes and the mission completes.

Every elemental spirit can enchant one of the currently wielded weapons of the hero who catches it. Catching a spirit is done automatically while moving adjacent to it. This can be done mid movement or when ending your turn. A spirit can be caught from all eight tiles next to it.

Every element gives a different bonus when a hero stunts.

Fire Damages up to three nearby enemies.
Water Refunds one action point. (Can only occur once per turn)
Leaf Grants two temporary hit points. (This effect can stack)
Stone Shreds 1 Armour of all enemies in a two tile radius.

Enchanting a weapon replaces that weapon with a weapon of the same type and Tier with the enchantment. An exception being Tier 0 weapons who get replaced by a Tier 1 weapon of the same type.

Enchanting a weapon type unlocks all Tiers for that weapon to craft. For example, enchanting a Tier 1 sword with Fire allows you to craft up to Tier 3 swords with the Fire enchantment.

Whenever an enchantment is unlocked for a weapon type you can craft that weapon type with the enchantment in future campaigns without having to catch the spirit in that campaign. Salvaging a weapon while you do not have its enchantment unlocked yet does not give you access to crafting it in the future.

Artifact Weapons

Artifact weapons are most notable for their unique bonuses, visual appearances, and the fact that they carry over with a legacy hero into their next story or campaign (rather than being lost as most equipment is). Many are obtained through random drops, but some are available through specific events or moments in the main campaigns. They are never available to be crafted from scratch, but an already obtained artifact quality weapon can have its tier improved using the crafting system.

Artifact Weapons
Name Image Weapon Type Effect Obtained
Antler Bow
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Bow Deals bonus damage to Gorgons, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Avenger (Sword)
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Sword +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Fire Event
Bolt-thrower
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Crossbow More accuracy than a normal Crossbow, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Bone Bow
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Bow +1/2/3 Potency, -10 Charisma Event
Bone Spear
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Spear +1/2/3 Potency, -10 Charisma Event
Clockstopper
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Greataxe Shreds more armor than a normal axe, +1 Stunt Damage. The Enduring War
Cyclone Fork
Item spear cyclonefork.png
Greatspear +1 Speed, +1 Stunt Damage. Random Drop
Dreadscythe
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Greatspear On attack, deals 1 damage to all enemies within range, +1 Stunt Damage. Random Drop
Elgorn Pike
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Greatspear Deals more damage than a normal Greatspear Random Drop
Empowered Bone Bow
Item bowBone2 t3.png
Bow +2/3/4 Potency, -10 Charisma, Stunt Effect: Stone Event
Empowered Bone Spear
Item spear1Bone2 t3.png
Spear +2/3/4 Potency, -10 Charisma, Stunt Effect: Stone Event
Fang Axe
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Axe Bonus damage to Drauven, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Fatetracer
FatetracerT3.png
Dueling Sword Bonus Damage on Enemy Turn, +1 Stunt Damage Unknown
Flare-axe
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Axe On attack, deals 1 damage to all enemies within range, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Grimblade
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Sword Heal on kill, but no Sword block bonus. Event
Halehammer
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Mace Stuns enemy on Stunt, +1 Stunt Damage. Random Drop
Lockbreaker
Item axe2Lockbreaker t3.png
Greataxe Deals bonus damage to Morthagi, +1 Stunt Damage. Random Drop
Minotaur Axe
Item axe2Minotaur t3.png
Greataxe Deals bonus damage to Deepists, +1 Stunt Damage. Random Drop
Moonspear
MoonspearT3.png
Greatspear Deals bonus damage to Thrixl, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Night Shard
Nightshard t3.png
Sword +5/10/15 dodge, +1 Stunt Damage Event
Oakenbrand
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Staff +Knockback, +1 Stunt Damage, No spell damage bonus All the Bones of Summer
Oath of Oldwane
Item dagger oldwane.png
Dagger +2 Warding, +4 Potency Event
Petriglass Seaspear
Item spear gorgon.png
Greatspear +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Water Age of Ulstryx
Petriglass Wand
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Wand Stunt Effect: Water Gorgon Story
Quakebaker
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Hammer +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Stone Random Drop (Unconfirmed)
Queen Axe
Queenaxet3.png
Axe Bonus damage to single-tile enemies, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Sharktooth Axe
SharktoothAxeT3.png
Greataxe +2 Shred, but -1 Damage compared to a normal Greataxe. Random Drop
Starseed Staff
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Staff Gain "Starseed" ability, +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Fire Event
Starseed Wand
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Wand +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Fire Event
Strongbow
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Bow Deals more damage than a normal Bow Unknown
Swan Scepter
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Wand Interfusion is a free action Random Drop (Rare)
Sylvan Axe
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Axe +1 Stunt Damage, Stunt Effect: Leaf Event
Thanefeller
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Axe Bonus damage to large (4+ tile) enemies, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
The Orphan Sword
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Greatsword Deals more damage than a normal Greatsword All the Bones of Summer (Currently Unobtainable)
Thorn of the Fens
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Spear x2 Damage when Flanking All the Bones of Summer
Titan's Fist
Item mace titansfist.png
Hammer Bonus Knockback, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Vigilkeeper
Item bowVigilkeeper t3.png
Bow +1 Range, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Vost
Vostt3.png
Bow +Knockback, Stunt Effect: Stone Monarchs Under the Mountain
Vracsel's Staff
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Staff Stunt Effect: Fire Drauven Story
Will of the Forest
Item spear2Forest t3.png
Greatspear Spawns trees on kill, +1/2/3 Potency Event
Wingknife
WingknifeT3.png
Dagger Can attack diagonally with this Dagger, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Wintershard
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Greataxe Hobbles enemies on attack, +1 Stunt Damage Random Drop
Wyverntail
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Greatspear Poisonous Random Drop