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What to Farm Guide

Last Update: March 20, 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).

Disclaimer

	Warning, please read me before continuing.

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. The main exception to this is the Pact Weapon series, which you can read about below.

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:

• Whatever Seofon HL's weapon ends up being. I won't be home when it releases for about a week.

Acknowledgements

	If you got a question or want to suggest an improvement, you can get in contact with me at the GBF wiki discord (Vazkii#0999).

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

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	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 4x 4★ Bread and butter weapon for Magna fire. At least two are used in most cases, but four is very common as a means to near-cap Critical Hit in non-burst setups with double Colossus Omega.
Colossus Cane Omega	Frequent	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Minimum: 1x 5★ Recommended: 2x 5★ Niche: 3x 5★ Two often see use in teams that don't have space for four Ancient Ecke Sachs, such as Kengo or Alanaan burst setups. Third one very rarely sees use.

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.
Scimitar of Brahman	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Exclusively used as an HP option, which is something fire lacks otherwise. One is commonly seen in general use grids, or two for HL.
Al-Abad	Frequent	120	Minimum: 1x 4★ Recommended: 2x 4★ Premier weapon for OTK or Kengo builds. Two in Attack Awakening is the most common configuration, but when only using characters with Unworldly CA damage, such as Wilnas, one is often enough.
Benbenet	Niche	120	Niche: Up to 2x 4★ Often used in low-turn auto burst setups or 0b0c OTK. Doesn't see much other use.

High Difficulty

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.
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 does not stack with several characters' passives, such as Azazel (Halloween), but this is rarely relevant for more modern picks.
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.
Extinction Blade	Niche	200	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche HL defensive pick on Defense Awakening, can also be used to fully cap crit with four Ancient Ecke Sachs, providing 20k supplemental damage.
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 in magna, but sees use at 3x with Black Dragon's Maw.

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.
Garnet Broadaxe	Frequent	3★: - 4★: 120	Only one available, 1x 4★ Core pick for longer fights if you can find space for it in the grid.
Summer's Mirage	Frequent	-	Only one available, 1x 4★ Core pick for OTK or Kengo builds. Premier Relic Buster OTK mainhand.
Ushumgal	Frequent	3★: - 5★: 100	Recommended: 1x 5★ Premier off-hand weapon for Chrysaor charge attack burst. Only sees niche use otherwise for skill damage centric teams. Most often seen in Attack Awakening.
Marquesas	Frequent	3★: - 5★: 100	Recommended: 1x 5★ Niche: 5x 5★ Premier mainhand weapon for any sort of Luchador burst. Most often seen in Attack Awakening. 5x are used to cap critical hit on Unboosted teams, but this is just a minmax strategy.
Wrathfire Longblade	Frequent	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.

Gacha Weapons

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

Weapon	Usage	Description
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. Not worth barring nowadays.
Kerak	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ max Sees niche use as a Lumberjack mainhand for purposes of relaxed Full Auto. Doesn't see any other use and is not worth barring.
Lord of Flames	Niche	Niche: 1x 0★, up to 3x 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★ is a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Black Dragon's Maw	Niche	Niche: 2x 4★ only Used exclusively for fast burst with 3x Wilnas's Finger at 4★, due to the Bloodshed skill lowering HP enough to enable high supplement. This setup is technically not magna, but also uses Beelzebub/ Shiva (Summon) so it's also not primal. Mostly a suboptimal tactic nowadays due to the advent of Crimson Scale, but still worth mentioning if you have the pieces handy. Not worth barring.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Sword of Pallas Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 0★ Niche: 2x 0★+ Sword Voltage II often makes this weapon the strongest EX modifier available 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	Frequent	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Fire's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Absolutely worth using in any situation where the extra bulk is valuable, but isn't actively farmable and thus not a priority. Unfortunately, Xeno Ifrit Militis has Gold Brick instead of Sephira Evolite as its rare drop, which drastically lowers this weapon's desirability due to the opportunity cost of not acquiring additional Evolites.
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.
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.
Sherwood Bow (Fire)	Niche	120	Niche:, 1x 5★ Fire has no bows. 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 option.

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 just in case.

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 Difficulty

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.
Fateless	Core	150	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premier EX Mod weapon at 5★, with a very relevant cap-up skill. Only rarely overtaken by Wilhelm Militis.
Schrodinger	Core	200	Minimum: 2x 4★ Recommended: 4x 4★ Niche: way too many Schrodinger is a very complex weapon due to all the situations it sees use in, but due to the massive power and versatility of its configurations, it's listed as Core. In order to keep this brief, here's a few configurations you may wish to pursue: 2x 0★ for preliminary use with charge attack teams until you can uncap them. 2x 4★ in Defense Awakening as the best HP and defense option in any element. This should be the priority for anyone who intends to pursue any further HL content, as Defense Schrodinger sees use even off-element due to the massive element-agnostic bulk it provides. 2-3x 4★ in Attack Awakening, for offensive use with charge attack teams. 2x 4★ in Attack Awakening + 2x 4★ in Defense Awakening, to allow the previous usage plus defensive picks for HL or Guild War. 4x 4★ in Defense Awakening sees niche use as a defensive pick for HL solos in other elements. 6x 4★ in Attack Awakening, for GOHL Full Auto Gold Brick farming teams. Many many more niche uses, to the point where you can have over a dozen of these things and still need more. I won't cover them all here.
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.
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.
Dante Alighieri	Frequent	4★: - 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ Premier mainhand choice for Rising Force for both general use and 0b OTK.
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.
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.
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 .

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.

Misc Farmable

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.
Glacial Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Water's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Absolutely worth using in any situation where the extra bulk is valuable, but isn't actively farmable and thus not a priority.
Wilhelm Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended: 1x 0★ Used often in situations where four Ancient Auberon are equipped and auto damage cap isn't required as it overtakes Fateless in EX mod.
Bow of Sigurd Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Niche pick to help round out Voltage with Colomba or the regular Bow of Sigurd.
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.

Caim

Character	Usage	Rank	Description
Caim	Core	120	Thanks to his backline skill, Caim is the linchpin of the Caim Highlander 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 be skipped if you own three copies of Landslide Scepter, but in Magna this serves as more of a sidegrade than an upgrade, and is not recommended.

Magna 1

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Omega	Core	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Recommended: 1x 5★ One copy of this weapon sees near-universal use in Caim grids due to the strong Omega Might skill and its ability to hold AX skills.
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.
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: 3x 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.
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 Awakening 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.
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★ Niche HL grid pick to enable supplemental damage at low HP, usually set to Defense Awakening, also a very strong Masquerade and Manadiver mainhand, in which case it should be set to Attack. Honorable Mention: While Magna can not do this, Primal can make use of up to two of these alongside multiple copies of Jackknife to enable fast enmity burst, so it's worth stashing additional copies.

High Difficulty

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.
Galleon's Jaw	Frequent	150	Recommended: 1x 4★ Niche: 3x 4★ Core weapon for OTK or any sort of charge attack setup, generally only one sees use to fit within Caim restrictions, but up to three can be used to overtake 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 that doesn't cost 100 Gold Moons. Sees little use otherwise as earth already gets built-in defense from Caim.
Fang of the Dragonslayer	Frequent	200	Recommended: 1-2x 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 or HP mod from awakening effectively turns it into a Luminiera Sword Omega on steroids. One Attack and one Defense Awakening is the recommended configuration for flexibility, as this weapon ends up as a best in slot pick for both offense or defense depending on the awakening choice. Naturally, you'll only run one per grid. It's worth noting that the self damage skill is based on HP percentage, and as such, will hurt more the deeper your HP pool is. It may also see niche use as a defensive Doctor mainhand.

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 4★ Very common Luchador mainhand, otherwise only usable if your team can hit the Damage Cap on enemies, provides 7% Damage Cap up at 4★, 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. Currently the only Malus weapon without a 5★ available.
Zircon Edge	Frequent	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 love it.
Daggerpeak	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche weapon for 0b OTK in Sandbox, Strike Time, or with Illnott (Summer). Doesn't see much use outside of that.
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.

Gacha Weapons

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

Weapon	Usage	Description
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. Not worth barring nowadays.
Landslide Scepter	Niche	Niche: 3x 0★ Three copies of this weapon serve as a sidegrade to Caim when additional versatility in weapon count is desired, such as multiple Galleon's Jaw or Ished. For Magna, any fewer than three isn't usable, and upgrading to 4★ is marginal. Not really a set worth pursuing, but can be fun to play around with if you luck into them.

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.
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.
Tribunal Lyre Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Earth's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Absolutely worth using in any situation where the extra bulk is valuable, but isn't actively farmable and thus not a priority.
Compound Gadget Bow	Niche	-	Only one available, 1x 3★ Niche pick for skill cap reasons. Sometimes sees use in SUBHL as a mainhand for Dark Nighthound builds. 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.
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.
Heliogabalus Militis	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 0★ Linchpin weapon for a niche, alternative Harp-based Caim grid alongside Ancient Perseus, Perseus, Harp of Renunciation, True Judgement Lyre, and Cosmic Harp. Functionally equivalent to Harmonia for this purpose.

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 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 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: 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★ Niche: 2x 4★ Common weapon in Attack Awakening 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).
Abu Simbel	Niche	120	Niche: Up to 2x 4★ Premier mainhand for Luchador in Attack Awakening due to being a very strong Normal Mod source. Two is often seen in enmity burst setups for supplemental damage.

High Difficulty

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 Pendulum of Strife.
Innocent Love	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, though on high end setups it sometimes sees itself phased out in favor of 5★ Ultima Weapons with the same cap skill.
Ewiyar's Beak	Frequent	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 a 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 highly niche, since calling Bubs is faster.

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.
Windhose	Niche	3★: - 4★: 100	Niche: Up to 2x 5★ Niche pick for OTK in Attack Awakening. 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 Awakening.
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 4★ max Provides effectively unconditional 20k supplemental damage as a grid piece in crit builds, requiring 4★. 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 slot can be given to an additional Mandjet as a budget pick.
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★ is a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Destiny Knuckles	Niche	Niche: 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. 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.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Arkab Prior Militis	Frequent	120	Recommended:, 1x 0★ Wind's Xeno Militis weapon, featuring Majesty III and a Defensive Voltage-like skill. Absolutely worth using in any situation where the extra bulk is valuable, but isn't actively farmable and thus not a priority. Unfortunately, Xeno Sagittarius Militis has Gold Brick instead of Sephira Evolite as its rare drop, which drastically lowers this weapon's desirability due to the opportunity cost of not acquiring additional Evolites.
Kanabo (Wind)	Frequent	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 DPS powerhouse and is very commonly 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.
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.
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.
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.
Theater of Temperance	Niche	120	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. 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.

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 Awakening. 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 Awakening, 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.
Mittron's Treasured Blade	Niche	120	Niche: 1x 4★ Niche dagger mainhand for Masquerade or Doctor. Doesn't really see any other use.

High Difficulty

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	Frequent	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: Up to 2x 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. Single Harmonia users may use one to round off their supplemental damage, whereas Harmonia lackers can use up to two.

Event

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.
Huanglong Spear	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premiere Cavalier mainhand pick for 0b OTK.
Huanglong Gauntlet	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Only one available, 1x 5★ Premiere Luchador mainhand pick for Tag Team based burst.

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★ Best in slot non-Illustrious main hand weapon for Masquerade or Manadiver at 4★ if you have it, due to providing additional Echo stacks.
Certificus	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Potent Viking mainhand to help improve the team's overall DATA and defense, specifically worth mentioning due to the lack of usable axes in light. Highly niche but worth considering if you have it.
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★ is a very marginal upgrade for magna.
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.

Misc Farmable

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.
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.
Shooting of The Star	Niche	120	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. 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.
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. Even more unfortunately for this wapon, both Xeno Ifrit Militis and Xeno Saggitarius Militis have Gold Brick instead of Sephira Evolite as their rare drop, which further lowers this weapon's desirability due to the opportunity cost of not acquiring additional Evolites.

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	Frequent	3★: 30 4★: 100 5★: 120	Minimum: 1x 5★ Recommended: 3x 5★ Niche: 4x 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. Setups with four are reserved for enmity burst with Zooey (Summer).

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 Awakening 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 Awakening, 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 Difficulty

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. Some notes: 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. Farming malice raids sucks, so this is probably a top pick for your anniversary weapon ticket.
Claws of Terror	Frequent	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, thanks to its cap up skill.
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.

Event

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Advocatus Diaboli	Niche	4★: - 5★: 120	Niche: 1x 5★ Decent Paladin mainhand pick for Lucilius (Hard). Doesn't see use otherwise.
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★: - 4★: 100	Niche: 1x 5★ One in Attack Awakening 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.

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★ is a very marginal upgrade for magna.
Parazonium	Niche	Niche: 1x 4★ Best in slot non-Illustrious main hand weapon for Masquerade or Manadiver at 4★ if you have it, due to providing additional Echo stacks.
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.

Misc Farmable

Weapon	Usage	Rank	Description
Kanabo (Dark)	Frequent	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 very commonly 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.
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.
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.
Majestas	Niche	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.

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 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. * Sword of Bahamut Coda, Dagger of Bahamut Coda, Spear of Bahamut Coda, Axe of Bahamut Coda, Staff of Bahamut Coda, and Pistol of Bahamut Coda.
Ultima Sword	Core*	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. Slot 2 realistically can be any key based on your needs. Note that whatever you slot here does not stack with the same key on your Dark Opus weapon. This key affects all team members, not just those matching the weapon type. 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, but can be a strong inclusion in that situation. * 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.
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. 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.

AX Skills

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"

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

• For any weapon used in enmity burst, high Enmity > all
• For any other weapon, high Stamina > all
• Generally speaking, first skill priority is Atk/Def > HP > CA > MA
• First skill is less important than Stamina/Enmity, as those AX are unique modifiers within your grid

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.

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 one of the element's most powerful burst strategies 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 sees no use. (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. 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 any efficient auto-attack based burst in Earth, she's a must get. 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 its 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	110	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. 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. 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. Speculation: May be good in Seofon HL, we'll have to see when the boss releases. 150 Substantially increases her damage output in long fights, only really worth for HL fire players due to the substantial investment needed.

Evokers

	There was originally going to be an Evoker guide here, but my friend and crewmate No Laifu has written one much better than anything I could fit in this section given this grid's format, so I recommend you visit NWFGuide for all your Evoker and NWF needs.