What to Farm Guide

Last Update: September 22, 2023
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Introduction

This is a basic guide for which and how many weapons you need to farm to do most content in the game. This will not account for extreme edge cases or micro-optimizations. Generally, this will assume you're playing Magna, but some info will be included for Primal as well.

This guide won't cover one-off things you always have to get, such as Seraphics or Magna/Arcarum summons, it also won't cover Gold Moon weapons. Gold Moon weapons should not be considered for magna grids.

The Rank column shows the minimum rank at which any given weapon can be acquired, not including sequence breaking from event rewards, guild war uncap kits, or campaign giveaways. This does not necessarily mean you can reliably get the weapon at that rank (e.g. Scales of Dominion is technically available at Rank 40 but requires an established setup to farm).

Disclaimers

	Warning, please read me before continuing.

This guide is designed for players with a basic footing in the game already who are looking to progress further. At least a set of basic Magna 1 grids is recommended before you attempt to farm anything higher.

If you're a new player, start with Basic Grids.
For examples of how to use the weapons you farm, check out Advanced Grids.
For the theory behind grid building and how to build your own grids, check my Theoretical Grid Building Guide.

Time-limited event weapons are included in this guide. Even though not all are included, and some of them are categorized as "Niche", it is highly recommended you farm at least one of every weapon available in every non-story event, as you may need it in the future, or the meta may shift, and a previously useless weapon may become useful.

The various pages will contain Gacha weapons that are usable in Magna. Any gacha weapon uncap resources you have should go to building Primal grids, not just for Magna. They are included only as a reference in case you lucked into enough to make them, but are absolutely not required, and are usually just a marginal upgrade at best.

Except for some very specific exceptions, you should not spend bars on weapons for elements you don't want to make Primal builds of, and be wary of merging dupes, as multiple copies of weapons are often required to build Primal grids. Before merging or barring any Grand weapon, check its uses on Advanced Grids and the linked guides therein.
The main exception to this is the Pact Weapon series, which you can read about below.

Weapons that can receive Cages to good usage in Magna will also be listed. The same judgment on using bars applies, though if you have an abundance of cages, and the weapon is already at 4★ from other means, using cages is much less of a demerit than bars. Before using cages of an element, verify which other weapons in the element can receive them, and if any of them interest you.

	Stop Buying This Junk Recently, Cygames added the ability to exchange Valor Badge x200 for a Set including a Revans Weapon Extinction Blade Schrodinger Fang of the Dragonslayer Sette di Spade Symmetria Forbidden Agastia. You should not do this for the following reasons: The set includes 50x of the respective Revans Raid Material Extinction Vestige Automagod Plating Dragonslayer's Edge Remnants of the Star-Sea's Edge Arbitration Cloth Abominable Reminder. 4★ Uncapping the weapon and maxing its Awakening costs a total of 125x. Even if you buy the pack, you still have to do the raid. Revans weapons are essentially just stat sticks without Awakening. They are not substantial upgrades to your grids in any way. You need to be able to play the respective Raid to acquire the materials, and if you can do so already, the value of these packs is dubious at best. In general, Revans raids require the full raid to contribute to clear, so even if you can join or host them, it's very frowned upon to leech themAFK hosting Seofon is the main exception, as it's commonly accepted. Leeching a Seofon that isn't your host is likely to make the run fail.. Lastly, for weapons such as Schrodinger and Sette di Spade, these work on the compound effect of having multiple in your grid. Just buying one will not help you. For these reasons, these sets are essentially just a footgun, and it boggles the mind why Cygames thought 50 materials was a reasonable amount in any regard. If you're a player with copious amounts of Valor Badges to burn and just hates one Revans raid in particular, maybe. Otherwise, please don't.

Glossary

This is a small Glossary to explain the terms used in this guide. For more terminology, check the wiki's Glossary page.

OTK - One Turn Kill, setups that kill the enemy in one turn, generally for Guild War Extreme+.
XbYc (0b3c, 2b4c, etc) - X Buttons, Y Chain, a method of describing the efficiency of an OTK. A setup that only clicks Attack and does 3 Charge Attacks would be 0b3c, for 0 Buttons, 3 Chain. Relic Buster 1+2 + Attack would be 2b4c, for 2 Buttons, 4 Chain.
HL - High Level, or High Difficulty content, an umbrella term to describe challenging 6-man raids such as Beelzebub, Lucilius (Hard), Belial, etc.
Split-auto - Characters with normal attacks split in multiple hits, such as Poseidon or Grimnir (Valentine).
Unboosted Grid - Grids where neither main or friend summon are from the Omega or Optimus series, primarily 2x Huanglong or Beelzebub/ Qilin.

Pact Weapons

The Pact Weapon series is the set of weapons starting with Pain and Suffering characterized by their triad of Pact, Voltage II, and Quintessence skills. As of the time of writing, all Pact weapons are Grand, and most form the backbone of every single efficient grid in their respective elements, Magna, Primal, or Unboosted.

Important: Not every element has received a good Pact Weapon, and the bad ones are substantially less usable in the element's context. Unless otherwise mentioned, you can assume one is good.

There's no way to get around it: two copies of any element's good Pact Weapon is extremely core. The combination of a highly powerful EX mod, 50k flat Supplemental Damage, and additional damage cap is just too substantial to go without. Unfortunately, Cygames blessed multiple elements with the gift of their ideal Magna grids absolutely requiring two copies of a grand weapon. As it stands, any ideal grids with two of this will vastly outperform any without.

If sparking for weapons is in the cards for you, it's highly recommended you prioritize a pair of good Pact Weapons in any element you want to play efficiently, as having two, even at 0★ constitutes a massive power boost. When possible, uncapping the pair to 4★ provides a strong combined +14% general damage cap, and is also recommended as a priority. The third copy is highly niche, serving only to near-cap the Voltage skill in situations where running additional weapons of their type would be suboptimal, but that role can also be filled by a Militis weapon, sans the damage cap.

If you only own one copy of any given Pact Weapon, it's still recommended to be included in your grids, as the 50k supplemental more than makes up for the opportunity cost. In this situation, it's not worth building your grid around the Voltage skill requirements of the weapon.

Backlog

Weapons still pending to be added:

None right now!

Acknowledgements

	If you have any questions, or want to suggest an improvement, you can get in contact with me at the GBF Wiki Discord Server - my Discord username being vazkii.

Massive thank you to:

Tabibito/Belú for helping me with meta consulting and giving me lots of feedback while writing the guide.
Omnifury for allowing me to reference their own guide.
saxbot, Zemmy and No Laifu for reviewing my picks.
Julinya for fixing my terrible grammar.

Changelog

September 22, 2023

Added a very loud PSA to the frontpage for people to stop burning VB in revans kits

Previous Changelogs

September 11, 2023

Fire: Downgraded Colossus Cane Omega, Garnet Broadaxe, Marquesas, Ushumgal, Wrathfire Longblade to Niche
Fire: Fixed some awakening options being labeled as Attack Attack
Fire: Updated AES to not recommend under four
Fire: Updated note on Colossus Cane Omega and how it's not as used now
Fire: Upgraded Lord of Flames to Frequent
Water: Added Echo key as an option for the opus for Overtrance strats
Water: Added skill supp note to Wilhelm Militis and recommendation to keep two
Water: Added stacking note to Xuanwu Shellfists
Water: Downgraded Dante Alighieri to Niche
Water: Rewrote Exo Antaeus to reflect the stacking meta that has since emerged
Earth: Added note on Freyr Key + Caim Spear combo for OTK purposes
Earth: Added note to Caim on what Highlander means
Earth: Added note to Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Omega on using Fang of the Dragonslayer instead
Earth: Downgraded Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Omega to Frequent
Earth: Downgraded Zircon Edge to Niche
Earth: Fixed Baihu Claw Malus still saying 7% damage cap instead of 10%
Earth: Removed Heliogabalus Militis, no one runs this anymore
Earth: Updated Galleon's Jaw with info on the second copy for Sette teams
Wind: Added Awakened Parazonium/Mirror-Blade Shard as a Niche pick
Wind: Added note to Innocent Love on it not stacking with Auto key
Wind: Added recommendation for Majesty key on the opus
Wind: Changed Evanescence uncap to 0★+ and reorganized its text
Wind: Downgraded Innocent Love to Frequent
Wind: Split off count recommendations on Last Storm Harp to Rec 3, Niche 4
Wind: Updated Destiny Knuckles to refer to Molon Labe
Wind: Upgraded Ewiyar's Beak to Core
Light: Downgraded Rhongomyniad to Niche
Light: Changed count on Lu Woh's Horn to only 1x and rewrote the explanation
Light: Updated references to Tag Team with the Class Skill template
Dark: Added note on unboosted setup usage for Fediel's Spine
Dark: Added stacking note to Claws of Terror
Dark: Downgraded Celeste Claw Omega, Claws of Terror to Niche
Dark: Lowered Celeste Claw Omega amounts
Any Element: Added note on Earth using Freyr key often and recommended it as the optimal pick for off-element opus
Any Element: Tidied up the wording on Bahamut and Ultima Weapons
Any Element: Updated Key picks on Ultima Weapons
Eternals: De-emphasized the power of Uno burst as it's fallen off since

September 07, 2023

Added Exo Antaeus
Updated Leviathan Gaze with Street King offhand eligibility

July 22, 2023

References to Awakening have been changed to a more stylish look
Updated Nibelung Horn to potential 4x due to the GW Apsaras Build
Rewrote Tatjenen
Added several bits of info on Cage-compatible grands to the respective elements' pages

July 8, 2023

Added a new section for Sette di Spade in the "Any Element" tab
Added Exo Kshathra to Earth
Added note to Eternals page that level recommendations are context-less
Added Phantom Fangs and Symmetria to Light
Added SUBHL Sus info to Ished, Exo Australis, and Harseisis
Changed Sette di Spade in Wind to Honorable Mention
Clarified a bunch of minor examples around the place with more info on when each amount sees use
Downgraded Colossus Cane Omega to Niche 2x
Downgraded Fateless to Frequent
Downgraded Seofon to recommended level 100
Removed Black Dragon's Maw
Removed SUBHL Sus info from Compound Gadget Bow
Rewrote AX Skills guide with way better info and a reference on Meta Skills
Rewrote Landslide Scepter entry with more accurate recommendation on its modern usage
Rewrote Schrodinger description to better match its usage now
Updated AES with Niche 5x
Updated Baihu Claw Malus to reference the 5 star upgrade it's gotten since
Updated Benbenet with Recommended 1x
Updated Caim description on why you should not skip him
Updated Draconic Bow to mention Robin Hood is slow in Diaspora
Updated Fang of the Dragonslayer with 2x and 4x usage
Updated Fire Astral with echo stacking issues with Falsehood
Updated Fire Opus with Falsehood meta
Updated Mandjet with 3x usage
Updated Niyon's 130 description to mention Grand Ewiyar for FA only players
Updated Threo's 130 description to better reflect current meta
Updated Tweyen with note for House of Happiness
Updated Wilhelm Militis with 2x usage

May 7, 2023

Added Exo Australis
Fixed Wind tab not being colored

April 12, 2023

Downgraded Xeno Militis weapons to Niche, and updated their description to reflect how they're farmable now
Fixed NWF weapons showing as needing Rank 120 when they actually need Rank 150
Lower recommendation on Lord of Flames to max 2x (for magna)
Added Heat of The Sun
Added Binds of The Hanged Man
Added Pain of Death
Added note on Caim 5★
Added Damage Cap note on Scales of Dominion because people still try to force it into everything for some reason

March 29, 2023

Updated intro page with links to the wiki grid pages
Removed speculative info
Added Sette di Spade
Updated Extinction Blade to Frequent and a 2-of
Updated Fang of the Dragonslayer to Core and a 1-of
Updated Forbidden Agastia to Core
Updated Kanabos to Niche thanks to Manadiver
Updated gacha weapon disclaimers
Split off Arcarum and CCWs from the Misc Farmable section to their own
Moved Xeno weapons from the Event section to the Misc Farmable section
Renamed the High Difficulty section to High Level
Colored the weapon tables with the same colors weapon and character pages use

March 20, 2023

Added note to Bahamut weapons that 5★ can be used in Sandbox
Removed Bahamut 210 recommendation.

March 19, 2023

Updated note on Pact Weapons
Added Piercing Galewing
Added Imperious Fury
Added the Eternals section
Added some cute stickers around the place to make the guide livelier
Added a redirect to NoL's NWFGuide to the Evokers section
Renamed tabbers again

March 07, 2023

Renamed Misc to Any-element
Moved license note up
Made some space for Eternals and Evokers (coming soon)
Replaced all instances of MLB, FLB, ULB, with ★ numbers to be consistent with the rest of the wiki

February 23, 2023

Added Xeno Militis weapons
Added Marquesas
Added Forbidden Agastia
Updated Ushumgal and V.A.R.I.S. with ULB
Updated Harakhte to a recommended 2-of due to Agastia
Updated Schrodinger description with more in-depth info
Fixed incorrect Abyss Spine description

January 31, 2023

Added info on Pact Weapons to the frontpage
Added a Backlog to the front page
Updated the pact weapons in Fire, Light, and Dark to refer to the frontpage
Downgraded Colomba to Niche and updated its description
Added Claíomh Solais Díon to wind
Added Lion Khan Claw to light for Agastia
Added Manadiver references to Dagger weapons

January 19, 2023

Updated Water with True Glacial Dream Staff
Updated Dark with Eternal Signature
Upgraded Agonize to core, we all know it's true
Added note on Ereshkigal to the Katana of Repudation
Updated several "best in slot" recognitions with "non-Illustrious" (thanks KMR)

January 1, 2023

Updated PNS and Harmonia desc
Updated fire with Crimson Scale and Agito
Added some NWFs

Pact Weapon

Weapon	Usage	Description
Crimson Scale	Core	Minimum: 2x 0★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Fire's Pact Weapon. For more information, please read the Pact Weapons section in the main page. Fire has an easy time with its Voltage skill due to both its Dark Opus and Astral weapons being Axes, so there's little need to further adapt grids.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Ancient Ecke Sachs	Core	40	Recommended: 4x 4★ Niche: 5x 4★ Bread and butter weapon for Magna fire. Four is very common as a means to near-cap Critical Hit in non-burst setups with double Colossus Omega. Less than four doesn't tend to see any use nowadays. The 5th AES is a highly niche pick for Seofon HL for players lacking a second Crimson Scale or an Extinction Blade looking to burst the raid down.
Colossus Cane Omega	Niche	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Niche: 2x 5★ One sometimes see use in teams that don't have space for four Ancient Ecke Sachs, such as Kengo or Alanaan burst setups if good AX is present. Generally rare nowadays, and the second one is even more so.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Nilakantha	Core	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Niche: 2x 4★ The only non-Dark Opus source of Stamina in fire. One is seen in almost every grid, rarely two when additional HP is needed.
Scimitar of Brahman	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Exclusively used as an HP option, which is something fire lacks otherwise. One or two is commonly seen in general use grids potentially struggling for HP. Doesn't see much HL use due to low firepower when Nilakantha is available.
Al-Abad	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Premier weapon for OTK or Kengo builds. Two in Attack is the most common configuration, but when only using characters with Unworldly CA damage, such as Wilnas, one is often enough.
Benbenet	Niche	120	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 2x 4★ Often used in low-turn auto burst setups or 0b0c OTK. Doesn't see much other use. The timed skill does not self-stack, so unless you need the supplemental damage, one Attack is enough.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Scythe of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common picks being β Pendulum or γ Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength. When used as a mainhand, Chain of Falsehood is a core option for the fastest burst available in Fire, and the lynchpin of Seofon HL racing grids.
Sol Remnant	Frequent	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premier EX mod weapon at 5★. The Echo skill means it is used incredibly often with any characters that have high Triple Attack potential, and is only rarely overtaken by Sword of Pallas Militis in niche situations. Being an axe gives it further synergy with Crimson Scale. Do be aware that its Echo runs into several stacking issues, as it will not stack with Chain of Falsehood, as well as several character passives, such as Azazel (Halloween), but this is rarely relevant for more modern character picks.
Extinction Blade	Frequent	200	Recommended: 1-2x 4★ Sees use as a one-of in both Defense and Attack, respectively as a powerful defensive weapon for HL use (e.g. Seofon HL) or as a best-in-slot normal mod weapon, overtaking 5★ Bahamut weapons. can also be used to fully cap crit with four Ancient Ecke Sachs, while also providing 20k supplemental damage.
Draconic Harp	Niche	4★: 120 5★: 150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Niche defensive pick thanks to its charge attack's ability to give your team Mirror ImageNext one-to-one attack received will be ineffective (Effect removed on next all-foe all-ally attack) . Often used to Full Auto Tiamat Malice or as a last resort pick against harder hitting raids like Ra.
Wilnas's Finger	Niche	150	Niche: Up to 3x 4★ Niche burst weapon for use with Ancient Ecke Sachs and Zooey (Summer)'s Conjunction ability to deal high amounts of damage fast. Not seen very often nowadays thanks to faster setups available, but still worth noting.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Ray of Zhuque Malus	Frequent	-	Only one equippable, 1x 5★ Only usable if team can hit the Damage Cap on enemies, provides 10% Damage Cap up at 5★, which can be useless or invaluable depending on how hard you hit. The normal attack mod is nothing to write home about otherwise and not worth slotting in if you're not hitting cap.
Summer's Mirage	Frequent	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Core pick for OTK or Kengo builds. Premier Relic Buster OTK mainhand.
Ushumgal	Niche	3★: - 5★: 100	Recommended: 1x 5★ Premier off-hand weapon for the now mostly extinct Chrysaor charge attack burst. Only sees niche use otherwise for skill damage centric teams. Most often seen in Attack.
Marquesas	Niche	3★: - 5★: 100	Recommended: 1x 5★ Niche: 5x 5★ Premier mainhand weapon for any sort of Luchador burst. Most often seen in Attack. 5x are used to cap critical hit on Unboosted teams, but this is just a minmax strategy.
Garnet Broadaxe	Niche	3★: - 4★: 120	Only one available, 1x 4★ While the Progression mod on this weapon can be a solid pick for longer fights, Fire grids are often very tight, so it doesn't tend to see much use.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Sword of Pallas Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 0★ Niche: 2x 0★+ Sword Voltage II often makes this weapon a very powerful EX modifier for Fire due to the element's high reliance on swords such as Ancient Ecke Sachs and Scimitar of Brahman. Extremely valuable in Sandbox and EX Raids, but is weaker than Sol Remnant if fewer than 5 swords (itself included) are equipped.
Wrathfire Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Fire's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Similarly to the other weapons in the cycle, it mostly sees niche use as a flex defensive weapon for EX slots. Not being able to uncap beyond 3★ limits its maximum skill level to 10, which often leads to other weapons being better options unless you're desperate for the extra bulk. Doesn't see any use outside of the EX slots.
Heat of The Sun	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★+ Only Sees very common use in Seofon HL, as the most prevalent strategy for blue chest farming in that raid involves using the Chain of Falsehood to leverage Double Strike for massive damage. The Drain effect provided by this weapon helps sustain the boss's strong attacks, especially for magna. Note: New World Foundation weapons can be relatively hard to get due to the limited availability of New World Quartz and high arcarum resource cost, so plan accordingly for the order in which you want to get them, ideally starting with any elements you have primal builds for.

Class Champion Weapons

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Unsigned Kaneshige (Fire)	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 5★ With the advent of a powerful charge-attack based roster in fire, thanks to characters such as Luffy, Wilnas, Percival (Grand), or Silva (Yukata), with support from Izmir (Yukata), Mirin (Summer), Sylph or Anila, Kengo becomes a very viable strategy to deal heavy amounts of damage per turn and breaking free from the shackles of Ancient Ecke Sachs. If you have the characters that allow you to make this build, it's very much worth a try. Emblem of Devilry is the correct choice for this weapon, by far.
Sherwood Bow (Fire)	Niche	120	Niche:, 1x 5★ Fire has no usable bows for mainhand purposes. If you want to play Robin Hood, this weapon is required. Fire Robin Hood rarely sees play, but I decided to include this here as it really is the only decent free option (honorable mention to Medusiana Floatie, which saw some use during Fire GW 2023).

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Wrathfire Longblade	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Premier mainhand weapon for Chrysaor charge attack burst or Glorybringer 0b OTK. Also sees use as an extra katana for Shion builds.
Cosmic Sword	Niche	150	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche cap-up weapon for the same reasons as described above. Often hard to find space for it in the grid.
Hollowsky Spear	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★ Niche Apsaras mainhand pick, or supplemental damage source for Spear teams with characters such as Anila, Athena, or Kumbhira (Summer). Beware the 80% HP requirement, as the weapon becomes nigh unusable if you fall below it.
Fire of Prometheus	Niche	40	Niche: 1x 4★ Sees rare use as a strong Normal Mod source or a way to activate Kumbhira (Summer) or Alanaan's passives.
Four-Sky Blade Incendo	Niche	-	Niche: 1x 3★ Fire has no reasonably usable mainhand options for dagger-wielding classes such as Masquerade, Doctor, or Tormentor other than their respective class champion weapons, so it's worth keeping one of these because the charge attack has a very useful DATA buff. If not available, Sephira Emerald Dagger can fill the role as a last resort.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Lord of Flames	Frequent	Niche: 1x 0★, up to 2x 0★+ Fire doesn't have trouble reaching Lord of Flames' condition for its special buffs, so if you have one, it's absolutely worth slotting in grids that can take it. Slots very nicely into Ancient Ecke Sachs builds. Works at 0★, 4★ being just a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Ixaba	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Strong source of Normal Might and the more unique Normal Stamina at 4★. Sees less use now with the advent of 5★ Bahamut and Ultima weapons but may be worth a grid slot if you have it already made.
Kerak	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Sees very niche use as a Lumberjack mainhand for purposes of relaxed Full Auto. Doesn't see any other use in magna.
Benedia +4x Oxblood Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Attack Benedia can be a solid grid option for single-sided burst grids, due to a strong unboosted Normal Attack mod and a small sprinkle of damage cap. Fire grids tend to be very tight, so Benedia usually sees less success than other Attack-compatible Grands.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Ancient Auberon	Core	40	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 4x 4★ Bread and butter weapon for Magna Water. At least two are used in most setups, with three seeing common use to cap Critical Hit with other weapons such as Winter's Frostnettle, Spirit of Mana, or Wamdus's Cnidocyte. Four is the recommended amount, as Ancient Auberon is also Magna's premier HP source, and four is very often used in HL content.
Leviathan Gaze Omega	Niche	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Niche: 1x 5★ Rarely sees any use nowadays. Keep your free one anyway as a potential Street King offhand.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Tyros Zither	Core	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 3x 4★ Niche: 4x 4★ Core weapon for charge attack based builds. At least one is used in nearly every grid to round out offensive potential. Three is required to cap its skills with double Leviathan Omega, whereas four is used to cap with only one Levi (for use with Bonito). Setups using multiple Schrodinger or Chain of Glorification may only run two so as to not overcap.
Spirit of Mana	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 4★ Premier Luchador mainhand. Sees niche use in-grid for capping crit with Ancient Auberon in situations where enmity is desirable.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Staff of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common picks being β Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength or Chain of Glorification for charge attack builds. Additionally, Chain of Falsehood can be used as a mainhand option for Manadiver to enable several turn long full team Double StrikeAttacks twice each turn attacks via OvertranceGain OvertranceCharge bar isn't consumed when using charge attack or skills (Can't be removed / Can't be extended) Duration: 6 turns and Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%.. (Can't recast.).
Schrodinger	Core	200	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 4x 4★ Niche: 8x 4★ Schrodinger acts as a super flexible weapon for Water teams, being extremely potent as a charge attack oriented weapon, or just as a very powerful defensive pick. Due to the advent of Sette di Spade, using 'dinger in an-off element context has mostly been phased out, but it's still absolutely worth pursuing for Water. Some recommended setups are as follows: 2x 0★ for preliminary use with charge attack teams until you can uncap them. 2-4x 4★ in Defense as the best HP and defense option in Water. 2-4x 4★ in Attack, for offensive use with charge attack teams. 2x 4★ in Attack + 2x 4★ in Defense Defense as the recommended flexibility-oriented pick for most situations.
Fateless	Frequent	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Powerful EX Mod weapon at 5★, with a very relevant cap-up skill when an Ultima weapon isn't involved. Only rarely overtaken by Wilhelm Militis, and mostly seeing use as a Mainhand pick due to the Echo it provides.
Wamdus's Cnidocyte	Frequent	150	Recommented: 2x 4★ Core weapon for any sort of crit or auto based setup, especially with Poseidon. Note that this weapon brings no attack mods on its own, and as such, rarely sees use in HL content, and requires heavy character support such as Vajra or Cagliostro (Summer).
Colomba	Niche	120	Recommended: 2x 0★ Niche: Up to 3x 4★ Generally just a lower rank alternative to Schrodinger, can be used at 0★ or in situations where 'dinger might fall off due to HP loss. 3x 4★ is used rarely in order take advantage of its Bow Voltage skill. With Schrodinger existing, this weapon is mainly farmed as a placeholder for those who are too low rank to access Diaspora or lack a setup to do so efficiently
Kris of Hypnos	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 4★ Premier Doctor mainhand, especially for solo content. Malice is a pain to farm, so it's a decent pick for the yearly anniversary free weapon ticket, albeit lower priority than the dark Agonize or Majestas.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Xuanwu Mace Malus	Frequent	-	Only one equippable, 1x 5★ Only usable if your team can hit the Damage Cap on enemies, provides 10% Damage Cap up at 5★, which can be useless or invaluable depending on how hard you hit. The normal attack mod is nothing to write home about otherwise and not worth slotting if you can't cap.
Aquamarine Hatchet	Frequent	3★: - 4★: 120	Only one available, 1x 4★ Strong pick for longer fights, especially helpful as Magna Water has a distinct lack of weapon skills that directly boost your ATK stat.
Winter's Frostnettle	Niche	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Niche Masquerade mainhand, or used to cap crit with 3x Ancient Auberon in a more rounded manner, though generally Spirit of Mana is better for that purpose.
Xuanwu Shellfists	Niche	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Used exclusively for burst to feed Poseidon more Echos to exploit supplemental damage sources such as Wamdus's Cnidocyte or KeenSupplemental DMG to critical hits . Be careful as this doesn't stack with Chain of Falsehood.
Exo Antaeus	Niche	3★: - 4★: 120	Recommended: 1-2x 4★ Niche: Up to 5x 4★ Interesting weapon from the Exo Crucible event. It doesn't have any particularly special qualities in the grid when compared to other Exos, but as of its release, Water is in such a dire state for unboosted might that some players have begun stacking up to 4 Special in the grid for Relic Buster Blitz Raid spam setups. Due to its charge attack providing Flurry (2-hit)Normal attacks deal 2-hit DMG to random foes Duration: 1.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 1 turn remaining., it can be used as a "budget" Hraesvelgr alternative as well. Alas, like other Exo weapons, you should get at least one of each Attack and Special, prioritizing Attack if you can only get one.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Wilhelm Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1-2x 0★ Used often in situations where four Ancient Auberon are equipped and auto damage cap isn't required (or is provided by an Ultima weapon) as it overtakes Fateless in EX mod. Two can be used to cap Voltage in double Wamdus's Cnidocyte grids with 3x Auberon. The skill damage supplement on it can also be pretty strong when using characters like Kolulu (Summer) or Lancelot (Grand), so it's worth keeping two.
Glacial Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Water's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Similarly to the other weapons in the cycle, it mostly sees niche use as a flex defensive weapon for EX slots. Not being able to uncap beyond 3★ limits its maximum skill level to 10, which often leads to other weapons being better options unless you're desperate for the extra bulk. Doesn't see any use outside of the EX slots.
Bow of Sigurd Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Niche pick to help round out Voltage with Colomba or the regular Bow of Sigurd.

Class Champion Weapons

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Unsigned Kaneshige (Water)	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Thanks to Vajra's buffs and Haaselia's evoker swap skill, water Kengo is able to push 4+ chains every turn with ease, making it an optimal class choice if you have access to the team members. Emblem of Devilry is the correct choice for this weapon, by far.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Dante Alighieri	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Premier mainhand choice for Rising Force for both general use and 0b OTK.
True Glacial Dream Staff	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Solid Iatromantis mainhand for HL use due to the strong sustain provided by the charge attack.
Bow of Sigurd	Niche	40	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche pick for burst setups due to the large amount of Normal Might it brings for the first few turns.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Calamitous Aquashade	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★+ max A very strong pick even for Magna in setups with deep HP pools, usually starting to become usable at over 60k HP, often requiring multiple defensive Schrodinger. Magna can't reliably make use of more than one in the grid, and the 4★ upgrade is marginal and not required.
Murgleis +4x Cyan Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Attack Murgleis can be a solid grid option for single-sided burst grids, due to a strong unboosted Normal Attack mod and a small sprinkle of damage cap. Water grids tend to be very tight, so Murgleis usually sees less success than other Attack-compatible Grands. Water can easily stack HP or defense via Schrodinger, so the Defense option isn't often seen.
Blue Sphere +4x Cyan Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Functionally equal alternative to Murgleis, as seen above. Also a usable mainhand if Mirror ImageNext one-to-one attack received will be ineffective (Effect removed on next all-foe all-ally attack) is required.

Caim

Character	Usage	Rank	Description
Caim	Core	120	Thanks to his backline skill, Caim is the linchpin of the Caim HighlanderThe term "Highlander" comes from the movie of the same name, which contains the popular quote "There can only be one." - hence, only one of each weapon. grid archetype, which still stands tall as the strongest earth Magna grid you can build. As such, it's highly recommended you prioritize getting him as your first Evoker. Unlocking any Evoker at all allows access to the "Here be Swords" areas in Replicard Sandbox, which highly expedites the process of getting more. Caim can, in theory, be skipped if you own three copies of Landslide Scepter, but in Magna this is generally not viable, and should not be considered. 5★ Caim is a substantial upgrade, especially for burst, but it's outside of the scope of this guide. At least 4★ remains essential.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Ancient Perseus	Core	40	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 2x 4★ Core weapon for both Caim and non-Caim grids due to the very strong Omega Might skills and incidental HP. The multiattack debuff can be offset by Autumn's Transformation. Non-Caim grids may run two.
Yggdrasil Dewbranch Omega	Frequent	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Common HL pick due to the high HP mod with little downside other than the opportunity cost.
Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Omega	Frequent	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ One copy of this weapon sees very common use in Caim grids due to the strong Omega Might skill and its ability to hold AX skills. High level players often phase this out for Fang of the Dragonslayer, but for players who don't have access to it yet, this weapon can be considered Core.
Perseus	Frequent	40	Recommended: 1x 4★ Frequently used weapon for Caim grids due to the very strong Normal Might skills and incidental HP, not as core as the Ancient variant, but still very frequently seen. The multiattack debuff can likewise be offset by Autumn's Transformation, even when using both versions in the same grid.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Nibelung Horn	Core	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 3-4x 4★ Core weapon for both Caim and non-Caim grids, in different quantities. Caim grids want to run one, as it's the primary non-opus source of the Stamina mod. Non-Caim grids want to run two alongside a Autumn's Transformation to cap Critical Hit. Landslide Scepter grids may wish to run up to three to cap crit and enable Axe Voltage synergies with Solomon's Axe Militis, but this is a very niche use. The 4th copy is used in a highly specialized single-sided Apsaras setup with Exo Kshathra for OTK that saw some use in July 2023 Guild War.
Nibelung Klinge	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 4★ Common HL pick due to the high HP mod if still needed after slotting in Yggdrasil Dewbranch Omega.
Ished	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ One in Attack sees common use in Caim grids as an offensive slot-in due to its supplemental damage and strong unboosted Normal Might mod. Three sees niche use for auto attack burst with Cucouroux (Halloween), even overtaking Caim. Due to Awakening being element-agnostic, it's the best Earth pick for SUBHL Dark Nighthound builds that want to pretend to be a different element for Tenet clearing purposes.
Godsworn Edge	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche mainhand pick for Chrysaor or Viking, sometimes seen in auto-attack based strategies for Diaspora.
Tatjenen	Niche	120	Niche: 1x or 2x 4★ Strong HL and FA grid pick as a Manadiver mainhand, in Attack, due to being able to provide echo. Honorable Mention: While Magna can not do this, Primal can make use of up to three of these alongside multiple copies of Jackknife to enable fast enmity burst, so it's worth stashing additional copies.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Harp of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common picks being β Pendulum or γ Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength or Chain of Glorification for charge attack builds.
Yggdrasil's Bough	Core	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premier EX mod weapon at 5★, with a very relevant cap-up skill, nearly universally used in every grid. Also sees niche use as a Monk mainhand.
Fang of the Dragonslayer	Core	200	Recommended: 1-2x 4★ Niche: Up to 4x 4★ Fang of the Dragonslayer is an incredibly powerful upgrade to earth Magna setups. Having both Magna and Primal mods in it, with the addition of an unboosted attack mod from Attack Awakening effectively turns it into a Luminiera Sword Omega on steroids. One in Attack is all that Caim magna really needs, but two does see use with Landslide Scepter. Additional niche picks such as one Defense and one Special may also be procured for situations such as Diaspora low-turn bursting where a bit of HP needs to be squeezed, or for Guild War 95-150 burst where the extra bit of damage cap may be required.
Galleon's Jaw	Frequent	150	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 2-3x 4★ Core weapon for OTK or any sort of charge attack setup, generally only one sees use to fit within Caim restrictions. For setups that can get their CA buffs elsewhere (e.g. Sette di Spade stacking grids), two is very common as well. Up to three can be used as a niche pick for OTK or Landslide Scepter setups.
Draconic Bow	Niche	4★: 120 5★: 150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Best in slot Robin Hood mainhand pick for Diaspora Robin Hood that doesn't cost 100 Gold Moons. Robin Hood is a somewhat outdated strategy due to the current speed of the raid, but if it's still viable if you have crewmates willing to wait. Sees little use otherwise as earth already gets built-in defense from Caim.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Autumn's Transformation	Frequent	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Core weapon for non-Caim grids, and still pretty good in Caim. For non-Caim grids, it caps crit with two Nibelung Horn, while allowing for two Ancient Perseus to be used. For non-CA Caim grids, it offsets the multiattack debuff from Ancient Perseus and Perseus, allowing you to run both in your grid safely.
Baihu Claw Malus	Frequent	-	Only one equippable, 1x 5★ Very common Luchador mainhand, otherwise only usable if your team can hit the Damage Cap on enemies, provides 10% Damage Cap up at 5★, which can be useless or invaluable depending on how hard you hit. The normal attack mod is nothing to write home about otherwise and not worth slotting in if you can't cap.
Zircon Edge	Niche	3★: - 4★: 120	Only one available, 1x 4★ Strong pick for longer fights, if you can find space for it in the grid. Caim grids for longer fights love it, but that's becoming an extinct setup.
Daggerpeak	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche mainhand pick for 0b OTK in Sandbox, Strike Time, or with Illnott (Summer) due to the extra nuke. Doesn't see much use outside of that.
Exo Kshathra	Niche	3★: - 4★: 120	Niche: 2x 4★ Niche weapon from the Exo Crucible event. Pretty solid mainhand pick for Apsaras and Iatromantis, especially for 0b OTK for players without Belial (Summer). One of each Attack and Special is a solid all-around setup. If one is to be prioritized, make Attack first.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Solomon's Axe Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Sees niche use with axe-based grids as described previously. In situations where multiple are desired to cap the Voltage skill, Caim grids may use Toothache and Suffering (ideal), Pain and Suffering or Vynateya Militis as the second.
Tribunal Lyre Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Earth's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Similarly to the other weapons in the cycle, it mostly sees niche use as a flex defensive weapon for EX slots. Not being able to uncap beyond 3★ limits its maximum skill level to 10, which often leads to other weapons being better options unless you're desperate for the extra bulk. Doesn't see any use outside of the EX slots.
Binds of The Hanged Man	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★+ Only Extremely powerful sustain weapon for teams that can consistently manage the 12 buff requirement, especially for EX slot raids such as Diaspora. Especially valuable when playing Kengo, or using 5★ Caim, due to the ease of reaching 12 buffs with those. Can also be an incredibly powerful mainhand pick for Illnott (Summer) teams due to the CA specs when under Chain of Temptation. Note: New World Foundation weapons can be relatively hard to get due to the limited availability of New World Quartz and high arcarum resource cost, so plan accordingly for the order in which you want to get them, ideally starting with any elements you have primal builds for.

Class Champion Weapons

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Unsigned Kaneshige (Earth)	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Thanks to the powerhouse that is Eahta and earth's fantastic support options in Monika (Valentine) and Satyr (Earth), earth Kengo is one the strongest builds in the game in terms of sheer damage-per-turn output. If you have these characters, it's absolutely worth making. Emblem of Devilry is the correct choice for this weapon, by far.

Misc Farmable

Weapon

Usage

Rank

Description

Scales of Dominion

Core

40

Recommended: 1x 4★

Since Caim already forces you to run only one of each weapon in your grid, Scales tends to be core for any situation where you can hit damage cap. Sees universal use in all setups that can cap, but is often set aside for HL.

Important Note: Scales is, in nearly all circumstances, a damage downgrade. You only use it when you're already hitting Damage Cap, as Scales increases said cap. If your current setup does not manage to hit damage cap without Scales, adding it to your grid will reduce your output. You can see some examples of how this works by clicking the button below.
As a rule of thumb, Scales should not be used in grids lacking a 5★ Dark Opus weapon.

Using Scales?	Damage (in theory)	Damage Cap	Actual Damage Dealt
No	500,000	440,000	440,000
Yes	480,000	484,000	480,000
No	300,000	440,000	300,000
Yes	280,000	484,000	280,000

* these numbers are purely an example to demonstrate when Scales should be used, and do not reflect actual in-game values

Last Sahrivar

Niche

4★:
-
5★: 120

Niche: 1x 5★

Common HL

Paladin mainhand pick for Lucilius (Hard), sometimes sees in-grid use as an HP option.

True Judgement Lyre

Niche

4★:
-
5★: 120

Niche: 1x 5★

Niche

Lumberjack mainhand pick for relaxed Full Auto, sometimes sees in-grid use as an HP option.

Compound Gadget Bow

Niche

-

Only one available, 1x 3★

Niche pick for skill cap reasons. It's a free weapon from a side story, so don't reduce it.

All-Might Spear

Niche

40

Niche: 1x 4★

Niche pick for Caim OTK builds to help push up the charge attack damage cap.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Landslide Scepter	Frequent	Recommended: 2x 0★+ Niche: 3x 0★+ Landslide Scepter sees use at 1x, 2x, and even 3x in select Magna grids, namely burst. The advent of 5★ Caim and desire to run him in the front has massively increased the usability for the weapon in lower counts. In situations where 3x aren't used, it tends to be paired up with 3 copies of Nibelung Horn, Ished, and rarely Fang of the Dragonslayer. The third copy in Magna is rarer, and usually reserved for Gorilla friend setups for Guild War that can make good use of the cap up.
Ichigo Hitofuri	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Strong source of Normal Might and the more unique Normal Stamina at 4★. Less used now with the advent of 5★ Bahamut and Ultima weapons but may be worth a grid slot if you have it already made.
Mirror-Blade Shard +4x Sepia Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Attack MBS can be a very strong grid option for single-sided or unboosted grids, due to a strong unboosted Normal Attack mod and a small sprinkle of damage cap.
AK-4A +4x Sepia Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max A Defense AK-4A can provide reasonable bulk for situations where grid space is tight and the bulk is necessary to survive. Not often seen outside of very constrained HL grids.

Pact Weapon

Weapon	Usage	Description
Piercing Galewing	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★ or 4★ Wind's Pact Weapon, which is unfortunately, one of the bad ones. For more information, please read the Pact Weapons section in the main page. This is a bit of a predicament for the element, as Daggers do not synergize with anything Magna Wind wants to do, and any attempt at making them do so will substantially harm a grid's overall output. As it stands, it may be difficult to find space for one of these in a grid in a way that would actually constitute an improvement. Alas, it's worth noting the inherent synergy between a Pact Weapon and Split-Auto, namely Grimnir (Valentine), so it may be worth slotting one if you use him and manage to cap damage otherwise. You'll have to test this in your grid to figure out if it's higher value than Mandjet for this purpose, unfortunately.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Tiamat Bolt Omega	Core	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Minimum: 2x 5★ Recommended: 3x 5★ Niche: 4x 5★ One or two is commonly used as a means to introduce enmity into a grid. Three sees use in HL, and four sees use in enmity burst. Is also a desirable mainhand for Cavalier 0b OTK due to its high stats and the capability to hold AX skills, competing with V.A.R.I.S. depending on the team composition.
Ancient Nalakuvara	Frequent	40	Recommended: 1x 4★ Best in slot Omega Might source for low-turn burst setups. The turn based damage skill does not self-stack, and as such, using more than one of this weapon is fruitless.
Tiamat Gauntlet Omega	Niche	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Niche: 1x 5★ Niche mainhand pick for Luchador when using double Tiamat Omega, especially with good AX skills.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Last Storm Harp	Core	120	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 3x 4★ Niche: 4x 4★ Bread and butter weapon for wind grids. The quintessential configuration is a set of three with double Tiamat Omega, as this caps Critical Hit. The third one is often replaced with a Coruscant Crozier as a statistical upgrade. Four is used for the same purpose in single Tiamat Omega setups.
Coruscant Crozier	Core	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Colloquially named the "Spoon", the first copy of this weapon is a statistical upgrade to the third Last Storm Harp, leading to the meta configuration of two harps and one spoon. Three spoons and one harp sees niche use in situations where HP is valuable.
Mandjet	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Common weapon in Attack due to the supplemental damage source. Scales up in power with the amount of hits your team can put out, being highly valuable if using Grimnir (Valentine). Third copy is very hard to fit in the grid, and should only be considered for V-Grimnir burst reasons.
Abu Simbel	Niche	120	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 2x 4★ Premier mainhand for Luchador in Attack due to being a very strong Normal Mod source. Two is sometimes seen in enmity burst setups for supplemental damage.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Spear of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common pick being β Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength or Chain of Restoration. The choice between Stamina and Majesty depends on which content you're running and how many copies of Last Storm Harp you run for it, as you run the risk of saturating the Stamina mod.
Ewiyar's Beak	Core	150	Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 5x 4★ Extremely potent supplemental damage source for teams with skill damage output, catapulting the likes of Catura, Grimnir (Valentine), Lich (Halloween), Enyo, and multiple others to meta relevance. 2x 4★ caps its supplemental damage skill against every relevant enemy, generally being the most you'll ever need. Five is an incredibly niche pick for Beelzebub lackers, seen only for manual Arcarum play, as it allows killing every encounter with a single press of Decimate5-hit, 100% superior elemental damage to a foe (Damage cap: ~81,000 per hit). When an auxiliary weaponA class specialty weapon of the same element as the main weapon, equipped in the top-left slot of the sub weapon section is equipped: Number of hits doubles to 10. with a dual wielding class. This setup is mostly meme-tier, since calling Bubs is faster, and most people farm Arcarum mats in Sandbox, but still worth mentioning if you're insane.
Innocent Love	Frequent	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Solid EX mod weapon at 5★, with a very relevant cap-up skill, nearly universally used in every grid before a 5★ Ultima Weapon is available. After a 5★ Ultima is procured, Innocent Love very quickly falls off, as the cap-up doesn't stack with Gauph Key α.
Sette di Spade	H.M.	200	Honorable Mention on the context of Wind specifically, as despite being a Wind element weapon, its skills are entirely element agnostic. Sette di Spade rarely sees any use in wind Magna for the average player, due to the element's weak charge attack character support. Please see the Any Element section for its off-element usage.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Qinglong Spear Malus	Frequent	-	Only one equippable, 1x 5★ Only usable if your team can hit the Damage Cap on enemies, provides 10% Damage Cap up at 5★, which can be useless or invaluable depending on how hard you hit. The normal attack mod is nothing to write home about otherwise and not worth slotting in if you can't cap. Decent off-hand pick for Iatromantis.
Peridot Crossbow	Frequent	3★: - 4★: 120	Only one available, 1x 4★ Core pick for longer fights if you can find space for it in the grid.
Spring's Whisperings	Niche	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Niche pick as an HP source in a pinch. Sees no use otherwise.
Windhose	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Niche: Up to 2x 5★ Niche pick for OTK in Attack or Special, depending on your needs. One is usually enough but two may be used if you can find space.
Daur da Blao	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Niche: 1x 5★ Very niche pick to optimize skill-based setups, usually set to Special.
Exo Australis	Niche	3★: - 4★: 120	Niche: 1-2x 4★ Niche weapon from the Exo Crucible event. So far it doesn't appear to have much use for Wind, but it very well might in the future with new Row V or Ultimate Mastery updates. One of Attack and Special type should be all you need, but prioritize Attack if one must be chosen. Due to Awakening being element-agnostic, it's the best Wind pick for SUBHL Dark Nighthound builds that want to pretend to be a different element for Tenet clearing purposes.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Heliogabalus Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Niche EX mod source for grids with five or more harps (including itself), overtaking Innocent Love when auto attack cap isn't relevant. Functionally equivalent to Harmonia for this purpose.
Arkab Prior Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Wind's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Similarly to the other weapons in the cycle, it mostly sees niche use as a flex defensive weapon for EX slots. Not being able to uncap beyond 3★ limits its maximum skill level to 10, which often leads to other weapons being better options unless you're desperate for the extra bulk. Doesn't see any use outside of the EX slots.
Theater of Temperance	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★+ Only Very powerful weapon for V2 raids where guarding is relevant, namely SUBHL or Siegfried. The assassin upon guard skill at 4★ allows for regaining any lost damage during guard turns in the next one, highly increasing your overall damage output assuming guards are used. Note: New World Foundation weapons can be relatively hard to get due to the limited availability of New World Quartz and high arcarum resource cost, so plan accordingly for the order in which you want to get them, ideally starting with any elements you have primal builds for.

Class Champion Weapons

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Kanabo (Wind)	Niche	120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Thanks to Ewiyar's Beak and other skill support options in the element such as Catura, Monk with Kanabo becomes a powerhouse and is sometimes seen as a strong DPS class. Do be aware that Monk is a selfish attacking class, and tends to require support from the rest of the team for debuffs and sustain. Kanabo sees slightly less usage nowadays thanks to Manadiver mostly filling the same role, but is still worth mentioning for setups that want to have charge attack on.
Sherwood Bow (Wind)	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 5★ Robin Hood is also a very strong skill-based wind pick, with lower damage output than Monk, but with fantastic support potential, making it a better pick if the rest of your roster isn't up to par. While wind does have other bows, such as Ring of Wandergale, Sherwood Bow is often the best one due to its dispel and ability to proc further nukes when dodging.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
V.A.R.I.S.	Frequent	-	Recommended, 1x 5★ Best in slot Gun for Wind due to its charge attack providing Echo to the whole party at 5★. Due to a recent restock, multiple copies can be acquired in case you reduced yours previously.
True Conviction Flashspear	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Niche: 1x 5★ Decent Paladin mainhand pick for Lucilius (Hard). Doesn't see use otherwise.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Evanescence	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★+ max Evanescence is often used as a strong mainhand for auto-attack based classes such as Viking, which does not require uncapping at all. If you're interested in playing wind, you'll likely have one of these eventually, as it's the unlock weapon for Narmaya (Grand). 4★ is a marginal upgrade, and its grid slot is best given to an additional Mandjet instead.
Claíomh Solais Díon	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Can slot in nicely into some grids if you have access to it and the grid is already well rounded. Note that its own skills count for it, so you only need 13 Boosts before adding it to enable its special skill. Given the requirement, and the fact wind grids are already fairly tight, one copy is probably more than enough. Works at 0★, 4★ being a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Destiny Knuckles	Niche	Niche: 1-2x 0★+ only When using two of these, the Bloodshed ability enables dropping your HP to a low enough value at the start of battle to burst effectively with enmity sources like Tiamat Bolt Omega. Spartan can get away with running only one for usage with Molon LabeAll allies gain 20% Bonus DMGDeals bonus DMG for one-foe one-ally attacks Strength: 20%Duration: 3 turns, JammedATK is greatly boosted based on how low HP is Strength: 30%-90%Duration: 8 turns, Lethal Attack Dodged (1 time)Can withstand lethal DMG (Leaves 1 HP) Duration: Indefinite, and Shield (3000)Next ATK received will be ineffective for a fixed amount Strength: 3000Duration: Indefinite. (Consumes 40% of each ally's current HP.). Since Bloodshed is available from the start, uncaps are not required. Primal can make use of three, but magna does not have the space.
Creepy Claws	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ only Best in slot mainhand for Luchador if planning to use charge attacks, requiring 4★. Not viable in Magna if strictly doing autos, but may be worth barring for efficient burst if you already have all the other pieces.
Love Eternal +4x Fern Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max A Defense Love Eternal can provide reasonable bulk for situations where grid space is tight and the bulk is necessary to survive. Not often seen outside of very constrained HL grids.
Parazonium +4x Nightshade Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max As Awakening is element-agnostic, an Attack Parazonium can be used alongside Piercing Galewing on single-sided or unboosted burst setups to provide solid damage and 5% damage cap in one slot. This falls off heavily on dual-sided setups, however. Attack Mirror-Blade Shard is functionally equivalent for this purpose, but has slightly lower stats.

Pact Weapon

Weapon	Usage	Description
Harmonia	Core	Minimum: 2x 0★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Light's Pact Weapon. For more information, please read the Pact Weapons section in the main page. Importantly, the DelayReduce a foe's filled charge diamonds by 1 on Charge Attack provided by 4★ Harmonia is very relevant, making it a best-in-slot mainhand pick for both Belial and Agastia grids. Because of this, barring one should take higher priority over other Pact weapons - especially if one wants to farm Forbidden Agastia.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Luminiera Sword Omega	Core	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Minimum: 3x 5★ Recommended: 5x 5★ Niche: 6x 5★ Light's classic bread and butter weapon - thanks to the combination of both a Magna and Primal mod, this weapon is often used with numerous copies in nearly every standard light grid, from burst to HL. 5x is the usual stopping point for farming these, as at that point, a Cosmic Sword tends to have more value, but some niche situations prefer the 6th for additional HP.
Luminiera Harp Omega	Core*	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 2x 5★ Niche: 3x 5★ When using two Harmonia, two of these become core in grids to power up the Voltage skill. A third one can be used in niche situations to fully cap it when other harps (such as Cosmic Harp or Harp of Everlore aren't used). This weapon sees absolutely no use without Harmonia in the grid, but is worth stashing in case you get them later.
Ancient Bow of Artemis	Niche	40	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche pick as the only reasonably usable source of Magna Enmity in light.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Pillar of Flame	Frequent	120	Recommended: 2-3x 4★ The most common source of both Stamina and Critical Hit in Magna light. Two of these plus a Mittron's Bow, or just three of these, caps crit with a decent Stamina mod, providing an alternative setup to stacking Luminiera Sword Omega, though usually just a sidegrade.
Mittron's Bow	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 4★ It's recommended to keep one bow to finish the setup with Pillar of Flame, or just as a grid option to provide Magna Stamina. Also serves as a defensive mainhand option for bow classes such as Robin Hood. Additional bows don't serve any real purpose.
Harakhte	Frequent	120	Recommended: 2x 4★ Core weapon for any sort of charge attack based setups. Only one is necessary to cap the charge attack supplemental when used alongside Heliogabalus Militis, generally in Attack. A second one is useful if you lack the harp or if you intend to fight Agastia, due to the heavy damage that raid does.
Harsiesis	Niche	120	Niche: Up to 2x 4★ Niche supplemental damage pick, generally in Attack, but usually superseded entirely by Harmonia. Harmonia lackers may use up to two for supplemental damage with setups that deal high hit counts. Also a solid Robin Hood mainhand. Due to Awakening being element-agnostic, it's the best Light pick for SUBHL Dark Nighthound builds that want to pretend to be a different element for Tenet clearing purposes.
Mittron's Treasured Blade	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche dagger mainhand for Masquerade, Doctor and especially Manadiver. Doesn't really see any other use.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Sword of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common picks being β Pendulum or γ Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength or Chain of Glorification for charge attack builds.
Rhongomyniad	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Due to the high EX mod present in Harmonia and the prevalence of True Purity Sunblade as a mainhand weapon, the light astral weapon doesn't see much use. Harmonia lackers may use it as a strong EX pick for non-sword classes, and it also sees use to boost heavy skill damage setups such as Io Cannon.
Lu Woh's Horn	Niche	150	Niche:1x 4★ Niche weapon used to boost auto attack based burst setups when Harmonia isn't present. Sometimes sees use as a budget Viking mainhand or offhand pick. Harmonia lackers may use one to round off their supplemental damage, but due to the lack of any damage mods, Harsiesis usually serves this purpose better.
Symmetria	Niche	200	Niche: 1x 4★ Due to Magna Light already having easy access to good Normal Might and HP, Symmetria isn't a particularly great pick in most situations. Alas, if you really want one, a Defense copy might be usable to quickly pad out HP in grids that otherwise might be lacking, but I fail to see any other potential use.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Huanglong Spear	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premiere Cavalier mainhand pick for 0b OTK due to the increase in charge attack specs it provides.
Huanglong Gauntlet	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Only one available, 1x 5★ Solid Luchador mainhand pick for Tag TeamAll allies instantly perform a normal attack without using up a turn. based burst, usually superseded by Phantom Fangs when any sort of skill damage is added to the mix, but much easier to get since Rise of the Beasts comes around a lot more often than any given Proven Grounds.
Phantom Fangs	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Recommended: 1x 4★ Solid Luchador mainhand pick for Tag TeamAll allies instantly perform a normal attack without using up a turn. based burst when any skill damage is present.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Sword of Pallas Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 0★ Due to light often stacking many swords in the form of its Dark Opus and many Luminiera Sword Omega, Sword Voltage often becomes the best in slot EX mod option. Do note that all Voltage skills share the same cap of 80%, and as such, using this alongside Harmonia may be counterproductive.
Heliogabalus Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 0★ Core pick for charge attack based grids, as its supplemental damage skill caps out alongside one Harakhte. Also sees use in non-charge attack setups to near-cap Voltage alongside two Harmonia in a compact manner.
Sacred Flame Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Light's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring a more offensive kit when compared to its mainwheel counterparts. Due to the requirement of being a Main or Auxiliary weapon to provide its boost, and the fact magna Light would much prefer to use it's non-Militis version True Purity Sunblade as a mainhand, this weapon is only effective as an off-hand pick for Viking or Chrysaor when a second Militis weapon exists in the grid.
Shooting of The Star	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★+ Only Very strong weapon for both HL and burst setups, due to its skill at 4★ enabling free echoes upon calling The Star. Should be considered with high priority if one wants to use Florence (Halloween) burst setups, or Makura based Agastia setups. Note: New World Foundation weapons can be relatively hard to get due to the limited availability of New World Quartz and high arcarum resource cost, so plan accordingly for the order in which you want to get them, ideally starting with any elements you have primal builds for.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
True Purity Sunblade	Frequent	4★: - 5★: 120	Minimum: 1x 5★ When used as a mainhand, provides a Normal Stamina buff to everyone in the team, which is normally unique in Magna light, sans what is provided by Ultima weapons - because of this, it's often the premiere mainhand pick for any sword class, such as Relic Buster, Viking, Paladin, etc. Does not see use in the grid itself.
Cosmic Sword	Frequent	150	Recommended: 1x 4★ Common slot-in to high sword count grids with Luminiera Sword Omega to increase damage cap. Generally slotted when five or more swords exist in the grid.
Cosmic Harp	Frequent	150	Recommended: 1x 4★ Common slot-in to high harp count grids with Harmonia to increase damage cap. Generally used when five or more harps exist in the grid. Note that if the two Harmonia are 4★, this weapon can only provide up to 6% damage cap, and as such, is only effective up to the sixth harp.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Ivory Ark	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Even without cages, it's the best in slot non-Illustrious main hand weapon for Masquerade or Manadiver at 4★, due to providing additional Echo stacks.
Imperious Fury	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★, up to 2x 0★+ A clone of water's Calamitous Aquashade, now in Light. Can be a solid slot-in for grids stacking Luminiera Sword Omega, which usually have reasonably high HP. Around 60k, and ideally over 70k is the point at which this weapon starts becoming useful. Works at 0★, 4★ being a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Certificus +4x Sulfur Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Attack Certificus can be a solid grid option for single-sided grids, due to a strong unboosted Normal Attack mod and a small sprinkle of damage cap. Grids stacking Luminiera Sword Omega might see less benefit from this, due to the Sword already providing a significant bit of Normal Attack. Even without cages, it's a Viking mainhand at 4★ to help improve the team's overall DATA and defense, especially worth mentioning due to the lack of usable axes in light. Highly niche but worth considering for the dual-wield synergy as well if you have it.
Gambanteinn +4x Sulfur Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max When caged, functionally equal alternative to Certificus, as seen above.
Lion Khan Claw	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★+ Used exclusively for its ability to DelayReduce a foe's filled charge diamonds by 1 on Charge Attack for fighting Agastia. This weapon can be bought with both Gold or Silver Moons, and doesn't need to be uncapped, but should only ever be considered in Magna if one absolutely wishes to farm Forbidden Agastia and has no way to get Harmonia. This is not a recommended purchase, but if you have one handy from SSR tickets, it's worth keeping.

Pact Weapon

Weapon	Usage	Description
Pain and Suffering	Core	Minimum: 2x 0★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Dark's Pact Weapon. For more information, please read the Pact Weapons section in the main page. Often abbreviated as "PNS". Editor Julinya's note: Never have I encountered a more aptly named item in a gacha game. Pain and suffering? You got that right!

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Celeste Zaghnal Omega	Core*	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 2x 5★ Niche: 3x 5★ When using two Pain and Suffering, two of these become core to power up the Voltage skill. A third one can be used in niche situations to fully cap it when other axes (such as Scythe of Darkherald) aren't used. This weapon sees absolutely no use without PNS in the grid, but is worth stashing in case you get them later.
Celeste Claw Omega	Niche	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Minimum: 1x 5★ Recommended: 2x 5★ Niche: 3x 5★ With dark having received more powerful tools recently, enmity has fallen out of favor as the premiere dark strategy. If you want to build it anyway, up to three can be used in setups that are able to take damage such as in HL if no better grid options are available, but usually no more than two.

Magna 2

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Abyss Spine	Core	120	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 3x 4★ Niche: 4x 4★ Bread and butter weapon in dark Magna due to the highly efficient mod spread, even for non-charge attack setups. Up to 3 is often used in charge attack builds, and the 4th is a niche HL pick when the additional bulk is necessary.
Zechariah	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Only good non-Dark Opus source of Magna Stamina, thus slotted into many grids for the unique mod when there's space for it. Also serves as a very decent Lumberjack or Rising Force mainhand. Sees less use in Pain and Suffering setups due to lack of space.
Bigeh and Edfu	Niche	120	Niche: Up to 2x 4★ Niche pick for HL, often in Defense to provide additional bulk and low-HP support when needed. May be used alongside, or substitute Fediel's Spine in situations where being at low HP is expected, such as SUBHL.
Abydos	Niche	120	Niche: Up to 3x 4★ Niche supplemental damage pick, generally in Attack, but usually superseded entirely by Pain and Suffering. PNS lackers may use up to three for supplemental damage with setups that deal high hit counts. Also a solid Masquerade or Doctor mainhand.

High Level

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Katana of Renunciation	Core	4★: 120 5★: 170	Only one available, 1x 5★ Every setup wants a Dark Opus weapon. Key choice depends on your team, with the most common picks being β Pendulum or γ Pendulum alongside Pendulum of Strength, Pendulum of Strife for enmity burst or HL, or Chain of Glorification for charge attack builds.
Forbidden Agastia	Core	200	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Niche: 4x 4★ Due to a combination of strong Magna and unboosted Normal mod, at least one copy of this weapon is likely to find its way into nearly every magna Dark grid as a statistical powerhouse. One instance of Bloodshed isn't exactly dangerous, but the second is enough to push it out of HL teams, leaving it reserved only for safer fights. Four copies of this weapon sees niche use as a best in slot double Celeste Omega configuration for burst damage due to the incredibly powerful mods and capping crit.
Agonize	Core	120	Recommended: 2x 4★ Agonize toes the line between "Core" and "Frequent". At the time of writing, Dark's meta strategy revolves around characters with high-hit count skills, namely Lich and Fediel, but also Magisa (Summer) and Bowman, which this weapon supercharges. Fedilich setups are made incredibly stronger by the presence of two Agonize in the grid, to the point where this weapon becomes Core to any havers. However, for team compositions with little skill damage output, Agonize is middling at best. Worth noting that going Primal will not save you from farming two Agonize, as Skeletal Eclipse is only an upgrade when boosted by double Hades. You'll still want two Agonize for situations where you can only use one, such as sandbox, or crossing with Beelzebub or Qilin.
Fediel's Spine	Frequent	150	Recommended: 2x 4★ Core weapon for any charge attack based setups due to its supplemental damage skill. Since charge attack supplement is capped at 1,000,000, more than two is not required. Also often used as a source of Normal Stamina in unboosted teams.
Claws of Terror	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Due to the high EX mod present in Pain and Suffering or Ramsund Militis, the dark astral weapon doesn't see much use. PNS lackers may use it as a strong EX pick otherwise, especially for auto burst before having access to a 5★ Ultima Weapon, as its cap-up skill does not stack with Gauph Key α.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Qilin Bow	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Only one available, 1x 5★ Niche cap up weapon for Pain and Suffering lackers, generally used for burst setups only when PNS isn't available. Be wary of the HP down in this weapon, as it singlehandedly makes it unusable for HL. The normal attack mod is nothing to write home about either, and a Bahamut Weapon is recommended instead for that reason.
Bismarck	Niche	3★: - 5★: 100	Niche: 1x 5★ One in Attack sees niche use as a strong offensive pick for unboosted grids, namely those with skill damage output. Also makes for a very good Cavalier mainhand for 0b OTK.

Arcarum

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Vynateya Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Used exclusively to near-cap Voltage with Pain and Suffering in a compact manner. A third PNS or a Solomon's Axe Militis also serves the same purpose.
Ramsund Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Niche pick as a best in slot EX mod weapon for grids without Pain and Suffering that stack Abyss Spine. With five staves in the grid (itself included), it overtakes Claws of Terror.
Advocatus Diaboli Militis	Niche	120	Recommended:, 2x 0★ Dark's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring a more offensive kit when compared to its mainwheel counterparts. If you somehow already run a Militis weapon in your grid, or you manage to get your hands on two of these (for Iatromantis main+auxiliary), this weapon becomes the strongest Magna mod source in the game, at a ridiculous boostable 46% - otherwise, its heavily restricted nature ensures it doesn't get any viable usage.
Pain of Death	Niche	150	Only one available, 1x 4★+ Only Powerful weapon for burst situations where one intends to call Death (SSR), or in SUBHL where intentional sacrifices are part of the Dark gameplay, as the attack buff it provides is very significant. Has gained more relevance in magna recently after the release of Ilsa (Yukata) due to her natural synergy with it. Note: New World Foundation weapons can be relatively hard to get due to the limited availability of New World Quartz and high arcarum resource cost, so plan accordingly for the order in which you want to get them, ideally starting with any elements you have primal builds for.

Class Champion Weapons

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Kanabo (Dark)	Niche	120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Thanks to Pain and Suffering and Agonize providing an incredibly strong core for multihit skill spam, Monk with Kanabo becomes a DPS powerhouse and is often seen. Do be aware that Monk is a selfish attacking class, and tends to require support from the rest of the team for debuffs and sustain, though Fediel and Lich provide this in spades. Kanabo sees slightly less usage nowadays thanks to Manadiver mostly filling the same role, but is still worth mentioning for setups that want to have charge attack on.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Katana of Repudiation	Niche	170	Niche: 1x 5★ The Primal Opus weapon for dark is specifically mentioned here as the linchpin of the Runeslayer Gold Brick farming setup for Akasha. This set up makes use of Chain of Falsehood and the + combo to give the main character Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%., bypassing the chain's downside and giving the entire party double strike and echo for massive burst damage. Further explaining this setup falls outside this guide's scope, but if you choose to make it, it's probably a good choice to make the extra Opus just for it, so you don't have to constantly swap keys. With the advent of Ereshkigal, this is a slightly suboptimal setup, thanks to needing additional button presses for the same result, but fortunately, does not cost 150 Gold Moons.
Advocatus Diaboli	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Niche: 1x 5★ Decent Paladin mainhand pick for Lucilius (Hard). Doesn't see use otherwise.
Majestas	H.M.	120	Honorable Mention, as Magna can not make use of this weapon, but it is very important for HL in Primal dark. If you got some extra time on your hands and can see yourself switching to Hades, it's worth farming an 4★ or two and stashing them for the future. Also provides nice synergy with Ramsund Militis.

Gacha Weapons

	Warning, please read the disclaimer in the Intro tab before investing into any of these.

Weapon	Usage	Description
Eternal Signature	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★, up to 2x 0★+ A clone of fire's Lord of Flames, now in Dark. Dagger isn't a very useful weapon type for dark grids, unfortunately, which relegates this in magna use as a flex slot for PNS grids, which already incidentally carry four axes. Other setups incidentally carrying four of the same weapon type may also find use for it, but it's not worth to meld your grid around to fit it. Works at 0★, 4★ being a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Parazonium +4x Nightshade Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Attack Parazonium can be a very strong grid option for single-sided or unboosted grids, due to a strong unboosted Normal Attack mod and a small sprinkle of damage cap. Even without cages, it's the best in slot non-Illustrious main hand weapon for Masquerade or Manadiver at 4★, due to providing additional Echo stacks. Sees extensive use in Cosmos as the go-to pick for Chaos Ruler.
Blutgang +4x Nightshade Cage	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max A Defense Blutgang can provide reasonable bulk for dark teams that need it in a pinch. This is rarely ever seen, as dark can easily compensate for defense needs using Fediel's The Black's EncroachmentThe field is engulfed in the Malice of DespairAll foes' and allies' DEF is lowered / Take DMG every turn Duration: IndefiniteField effect Local status effect. (Can't recast.).
Eleventh Fang of the Pack	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Very powerful Kengo mainhand, competing with Unsigned Kaneshige (Dark) for its ability to enable degenerate multi-CA combos and hardcap increase when using high CA damage characters.

Element Agnostic

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Dagger of Bahamut Coda	Core	130	5★ Bahamut Weapons: 1x 5★ per needed pairing "Attack type" 5★ Bahamut Weapons Sword of Bahamut Coda Dagger of Bahamut Coda Spear of Bahamut Coda Axe of Bahamut Coda Staff of Bahamut Coda Pistol of Bahamut Coda often provide the best-in-slot unboosted Normal Might mod in the game, and as such, become a core pick for any Magna grids that can match their race requirements. Generally, every Magna grid will benefit from a 5★ Bahamut weapon, niche exceptions being when your grid already has high normal mod in it from its other weapons (e.g. Luminiera Sword Omega, or Ewiyar's Beak), or if you just do not have any space for it because of the other core picks. 4★ and lower Bahamut Weapons are okay, and may be worth slotting in sometimes based on the damage prediction, but the 5★ skill is a very significant upgrade and worth prioritizing. As a bonus, 5★ enables slotting in Extra slots, for Replicard Sandbox or Extra slot enabled Raids.
Ultima Sword	Core*Essentially core once obtained, but low priority in the grand scheme of things, especially as it requires you to clear Super Ultimate Bahamut multiple times for each one.	200	5★ Ultima Weapons: Up to 7x 5★ Thanks to Gauph Key Tria, 5★ Ultima Weapons are able to replace Seraphic weapons in every element, allowing you to use a much stronger weapon in that slot, should your team match its weapon requirements. Once you have access to these, Seraphics are very rarely used. Key Choices Slot 1 generally is taken by Gauph Key of Strength. Sometimes Gauph Key of Zeal for enmity setups or Gauph Key of Strife when the DA/TA is absolutely needed for a highly optimized setup. Slot 2 more often than not tends to be Gauph Key α, but realistically can be any key depending on your needs. This key affects every member, even those that don't match the weapon. Slot 3 is reserved for Gauph Key Tria in most situations, the other three being usually reserved for niche optimization. It also affects every member. The order in which you should make these will entirely depend on your roster and favored compositions. Note that the 7th Ultima Weapon you make requires you to purchase an Ultima Core using a Cloud Commendation, so make sure you save one for it. 4★ and lower Ultima Weapons do not replace the Seraphic slot, and as such, are niche at best and very rarely see use outside of mono-weapon teams or Relic Buster Blitz RaidAttack without using up a turn. (Consumes 1 Machine CellConsumed upon normal attacks and using skills (Can't be removed / Max: 5) .) spam builds, but can be a strong inclusion in that situation.
Harp of Repudiation	Niche	170	Any 7th Opus for Freyr Key: 1x 5★ This entry refers not to the specific Earth opus, but to having any additional 7th 5★ Dark Opus weapon made with the purpose of holding a Chain of Temptation in its third slot. This is often called the "Freyr Key", as it provides the same buffs Freyr (Summon) does automatically at the start of battle. Earth tends to be the element that makes the best use of it, due to having access to Gorilla and buff synergy with Golden Knight and Binds of The Hanged Man, thus being the recommended element if you're unsure which to make. The Freyr Key buffs are so potent that they generally outvalue any other Opus weapon for the turns they're available - even if the weapon holding the key is off-element. As such, having a Freyr Key always on hand for OTK or burst setups is highly valuable, albeit still a much lower priority than finishing the rest of the grid. Worth noting that some of the buffs the Freyr Key provides can be obsolete based on your character picks - for example, Mugen (Halloween) provides 15% DMG Cap UpMaximum amount of DMG that can be dealt per hit is boosted Strength: 15%Duration: 5 turns, which overwrites the buff from Freyr.
Hollowsky Staff	Niche	150	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche pick, used exclusively for Semi-Auto slimeblasting with Nekomancer nowadays, sometimes alongside a split-auto character such as Grimnir (Valentine). Still worth making for that specific use, as it saves a lot of time grinding up EXP for transcended eternals or rank points.

Sette Di Spade

Config	Usage
Sette di Spade	Sette di Spade is an interesting anomaly when it comes to weapons in this game - it contains absolutely no restrictions on any of its skills. This means, despite the weapon technically being Wind element, it'll always boost every member of your team in any situation. Combine this with the ability to add Awakening to it, and you have undoubtedly the most versatile weapon in the game. Sette especially shines in Unboosted Grids, where its lack of any summon requirements can be put to the best use. Worth noting that for setups that don't Charge Attack, Sette is functionally identical to Schrodinger, and the choice of which is better is entirely based on which other weapons are in the grid. As an example, a CA Off team with multiple Katanas that's in desperate need of HP might prefer a Defense 'dinger instead of a Sette. Below are a few popular configurations that Sette sees use in. This list is non-exhaustive, but you can use it to establish your own priorities for farming in function of your playstyle and preferences.
Attack x5	The Bread and Butter setup. Without any additional Swords in the grid, 5 Attack Settes can cap out its C.A. Damage and Cap mods. This is most commonly seen in EX+ or other quick charge attack burst setups, especially unboosted ones with Huanglong or Kaguya.
Attack x4 + Special	A variation of the previous setup for the same uses, seen only in niche situations where additional damage cap is necessary to land the kill.
Attack x6	6x Attack Settes fully cap all Sword-based mods Sette provides at the cost of grid space. This is nearly exclusively seen as the best possible grid for rainbow GOHL FA Gold Bar farming teams alongside a Cosmic Sword for extra damage cap.
Defense x2	2x Defense Sette is a common "splash" setup onto other grids that need the emergency bit of HP - this is most often seen in HL grids such as those for Agastia or in Guild War NM200.
Defense x3-5	Additional Defense Settes tend to fall in the space of HL solo play, especially for teams that like to charge attack often. The amount you'll need entirely depends on which boss you want to solo, and what your desired team looks like, so it's worth doing research before investing. These grids will often run a total of 5-6 Settes, with others in different Awakenings based on needs.

AX Skills

AX Skills, or "Affix Skills", are additional boosts that some weapons can get when dropped from specific contexts. Most AX skills do not provide significant boosts to your grid, and serve as just a small bonus, except for AX Stamina or Enmity, which provide unique modifiers that can't be found elsewhere and are highly desirable.

Make sure you farm AX skills for all applicable weapons in your grid, even if they're not great. By not having any, you're just leaving damage on the table in slots that could get it easily.

AX for Omega series weapons can be found in Replicard Sandbox "Here Be Staves"
AX for Primal and Olden Primal series weapons can be found in Replicard Sandbox "Here Be Swords"
AX for "Tier 2" Primal series weapons can be found in Replicard Sandbox "Genesis Creationis"

	For more info on how to efficiently farm Replicard Sandbox, check out my Sandbox Starter Guide.

Best AX Skills

For prioritization, unless you're specifically seeking a particular skill:

Overall, high Stamina > all - this is what you're going to be going for 99% of the time
For any weapon used exclusively in enmity burst, high Enmity is prefered
The first skill is less important than Stamina/Enmity, and generally not particularly relevant
Generally speaking, first skill priority is Atk/Def > HP > CA > MA

Meta AX Skills

Primal series weapons from Replicard Sandbox may also drop with EXP Gain or Rupie Gain AX. Here's a quick reference as to what to do with them:

Rupie Gain is entirely useless and never worth using
EXP Gain can go up to 10%, and caps at 30% in the grid
- This means it's worth keeping up to 3 EXP Gain weapons with the highest values you can find for Slime or CEQ farming
The EXP Gain bonus is separate from other sources such as Anemoi Silver Lyre and will stack for even higher EXP values

Thresholds

Shield of Eternal Splendor	Recruiting every Eternal unlocks this Wonder. It is highly recommended you recruit them all before beginning the uncap process, as the shield provides a 10% charge bar buff at start of battle, which enables 0b3c OTK. Doing this also awards you with 3 Eternity Sand, the ability to begin Path to Supremacy to unlock the Conqueror of the Eternals skin, and the ability to pick New World Quartz from Unite and Fight event boxes.
Guider to the Eternal Edge	Uncapping every Eternal to 5★ is a requirement to Transcend any Eternal to 140 or beyond. Furthermore, unlocking the fourth skill on every Eternal will award you with 3 additional Eternity Sand and the ability to continue Path to Supremacy to unlock the Guider to the Eternal Edge skin, if you're a masochist, that is.

Eternals

	For the sake of brevity, only the transcendence levels relevant to each character's current usage are shown. Level recommendations are generic and context-less, and may change based on your playstyle and needs.

Character	Recommended Level	Description
Anre	110	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter if needed, but sees no other use at this level. 100 The addition of StrengthATK is greatly boosted based on how high HP is Strength: 20%-10%Duration: 3.5 turnsStacking: TeamwideApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. to its charge attack solidifies it as the go-to 0b3c starter in Water. Furthermore, its Fleeting SparkATK is boosted by Fleeting Spark Strength: 280%Multiplier: AssassinDuration: 1 turn buff enables a powerful burst strategy when combined with Lucio (Summer) and optionally Erika. Despite being designed as a defensive unit, Anre exclusively sees use for burst. 110 Usually done for the 10% damage cap upgrade, which can make the difference when bursting with a damage target (eg. NM95). Also increases the damage cap on the charge attack, which may be relevant if you have a different target for 0b3c than EX+. 140 Additional damage cap. Given the Lapis Merit cost, it's not worth taking unless you intend to go all the way to 150. 150 Provides 10% NA Amplify. If you truly want to burst hard in Water, and can't afford a Hraesvelgr it's very powerful, but otherwise it's hard to justify the investment.
Tweyen	100	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter if needed. Only use worth mentioning is for Gilbert Proud. 100 Providing 100% / 50% Critical Hit Rate UpAttacks made with elemental superiority have a chance to deal boosted DMG Strength: 100% chance of dealing 50% more damage.Duration: 3.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 3 turns remaining. on charge attack makes her the best 0b3c starter in the element. Aside from that, since everything nowadays is immune to ParalyzedCan't attack , she only ever sees any use in House of Happiness since her attacks hit all enemies. (pls rebal cygam) 110 Exclusively for trophy or waifu reasons, or if you're absolutely struggling to kill and need that extra damage cap. 150 Core to SUBHL solo with Light. If you're reading this, this is not relevant to you.
Threo	150	80 If you lack Beelzebub, Threo should be your first recruited eternal, purely for how much Ground Zero trivializes all earlygame content, especially Arcarum runs - besides that, at this level she sees no use, so just recruit for Shield. 100 Realistically only worth uncapping if you want to transcend her or go for 140+ on some other eternal. 130 Gaining access to Triple StrikeAttacks 3 times each turn Duration: 1 turn upon Ground Zero, as well as guaranteed triple attacks and echos turn her into a burst damage machine. If you intend to auto-attack based burst in Earth, she's a very high priority pick, especially if you lack other choices like Pholia (Yukata) or 5★ Caim. 140 Additional damage cap for bursting. Since her utility is enabled with the use of a Lapis Merit already, this is a worthwhile upgrade if you can find the time to grind it. Not worth unlocking the 140+ gate for if you haven't yet, though. 150 10% NA Amplify further increases her damage output. Furthermore, this level gives full debuff immunity and a cap on Water damage taken, massively improving her survivability and usability on any situations that last more than a few turns.
Feower	100	80 Recruit for Shield, sees no use at this level. 100 Can be used as part of Mugen teams for players who want to farm it and lack Wamdus. At least 110 is recommended for this purpose, 100 being the minimum for it being functional. Sees no other notable use. 110 110 adds Echo to his charge attack, which allows for more mainhand flexibility in Mugen thanks to not being locked to Fateless as your mainhand. That raid is painful enough, save yourself the pain of going in at 100. 130 This level is relevant for Vajra lacking Water players. Vajra's buffs are generally the lynchpin of the element's weak magna grid, so for anyone lacking her, Feower at this point may be a worthwhile substitute. 150 Not necessarily a substantial upgrade for magna, but the autonuke provided at 150 turns him into a very powerful skill damage setup enabler for Varuna players with Knight of Ice.
Fif	100	80 Recruit for Shield, sees no use at this level. 100 Uncap for collection purposes or to unlock the 140+ transcendence gate. Sees no use. 110 Can be used as a last resort option for farming Agastia due to the delay on charge attack, if Harmonia or Lion Khan Claw are off the table. Sees no use otherwise.
Seox	150	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter if needed, but sees no other use at this level. 100 King of Dark. While not the insane powerhouse it used to be, at 100 it can still somewhat hold its own against the element's power creep - though the real power comes in later stages. The damage jump between 80 and 100 is incredibly noticeable, and is still highly recommended as a priority uncap, especially for OTK purposes or if you intend to transcend him. 110 The increase to damage cap and stacking of Heavenly HowlATK, DMG cap, and triple attack rate are boosted (Can't be removed) Multiplier: PerpetuityDuration: Indefinite upon charge attack can substantially improve ramp-up time, and is highly recommended as a priority transcendence. 130 The ability to start with 3 stacks of Heavenly HowlATK, DMG cap, and triple attack rate are boosted (Can't be removed) Multiplier: PerpetuityDuration: Indefinite as well as gain Double StrikeAttacks twice each turn (Can't be removed) Duration: 1 turn at 6 stacks catapults his damage output, also a high priority transcendence for any player interested in having any investment in dark. 150 Potentially the strongest 140 to 150 upgrade in the game, adding a multi-hit skill counter in the element of Agonize further catapults his damage, turning him into one of the best damage dealers in the element. If anything would warrant opening the 140+ transcendence gate, it's this uncap.
Seofon	100	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter if needed, but sees no other use at this level. 100 Uncap if you need the additional firepower for 0b3c or to unlock the 140+ transcendence gate, sees no use at this level otherwise. 110 Substantial power up for OTK or charge attack based teams thanks to the addition of team-wide 15% DMG Cap UpMaximum amount of DMG that can be dealt per hit is boosted Strength: 15%Duration: 2.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining. to the charge attack. Not really worth doing unless you need the firepower for those specific situations. 150 Potentially worth for highly dedicated wind players who want to run charge attack setups. The investment required is not proportional to the output, but the ability to omnibreak omens does make him very fun to use in SUBHL. Unfortunately, due to the fight requirements, he does not see use in Siegfried.
Eahta	130	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter or as a 2b5c enabler for weaker grids. 100 Given Eahta's damage is almost exclusively provided by charge attacks, any upgrade to that is welcome. If you run charge attack based teams (such as the popular Kengo, Monika (Valentine) and Satyr (Earth) party), this is a very high priority uncap. 100 is also the minimum recommended level for usage in hosting Diaspora. If those situations aren't considered, it serves only to increase OTK output. 110 Very important transcendence, not only because of the increased damage output for charge attack setups, but because the addition of 20% Water CutWater DMG is cut 20% Duration: 2.5 turnsWater Damage Cut.Applied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 2 turns remaining. substantially increases the safety and ease of hosting Diaspora. Should be considered with peak priority for Earth Kengo players. 120 Worth getting for charge attack based teams as a substantial damage increase thanks to the hardcap break. 130 The combination of a 30% hardcap break as well as the ability to quickly lower cooldowns massively increases Eahta's damage output, making 130 a high priority usage of Lapis Merit if you were already using him previously. 150 Very powerful uncap for usage in high difficulty raids (such as SUBHL) when you can enable permanent 100% Debuff Res. UpDebuff resistance is boosted Strength: 100%Duration: 0.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 0 turns remaining. and Dispel CancelEffects that remove buffs will be nullified (1 time) Duration: 0.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase. On the next turn, it'll have 0 turns remaining.. Not worth it if you don't intend to bring him to HL, but extremely valuable if you do.
Niyon	150	80 Recruit for Shield. Can be used as a 0b3c starter if needed, but sees no other use at this level. 100 Essentially just a stepping stone for the incredible powerful 130 upgrade. If you don't intend on uncapping her to 130, 100 is only worth to to unlock the 140+ transcendence gate. My danchou really likes her too. 130 One quick look at the improvement in Defendu this level brings should tell you enough. 130 turns Niyon into the element's premier buffer, and is absolutely worth going for to make up for the lackluster grids its dealt. Even at 130, she sees use in every type of wind content, from 0b3c OTK, luchador burst with Narmaya (Grand), Full Auto, and High Difficulty, including Siegfried. Priority slightly lowers for Full Auto only players who own Ewiyar (Grand), as the cat tends to equal or surpass Niyon for low-stress situations. 150 Competing with Seox for the most powerful 150 upgrade, Niyon gets an unconditional permanent Dispel Cancel and 10% Damage Cap increase to your whole team. If you have her at 130 and can afford it, this is substantially high priority, but it's debatable whether it alone (for magna) makes it worth opening the 140+ transcendence gate.
Tien	130	80 Recruit with high priority for backrow drop rate up, which will facilitate recruiting the other eternals, given that most of the grind is from world quests with variable drop rates. Can be used as a 0b3c starter as well if needed, but sees no other frontline use at this level. 100 The level 100 uncap unlocks Tien's ability to be used in burst teams, thanks to Stardust giving echo and guaranteed TA. Worth noting that this skill combination does not function in Full Auto, as she'll press the assassin button before, thus spending it with the skill. Aside from that, it's only worth getting for 0b3c, or potentially if you intend to farm drop-rate bound items such as Agonize. 130 Substantial upgrade for both High Difficulty usage and burst, thanks to undispellable unique debuffs Intense Intense Bullet gains and the fact that skill damage no longer kills her assassin. At this level, she becomes a very strong pick for fire SUBHL setups, and also pretty good in Full Auto GOHL gold bar farming. 150 Substantially increases her damage output in long fights, only really worth for HL fire players due to the substantial investment needed.

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