The breakable weapons from Zelda Breath of the Wild are still here in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, but by playing smart with the bonuses provided by certain types of tools and the dozens of materials you’ll collect during your journey, there are still ways to make this mechanic (a little) less frustrating for those it affects. In this new guide, we will see all the tips necessary to craft the best weapons in the game.
How to get the best weapons?
To get the most powerful weapon possible, you will actually need to hunt for two different items. A weapon that will serve as a base and handle, to print its moveset to your instrument of death and a monster material, the most powerful and rare possible.
- To get excellent basic weapons, there are several ways : The ghost soldiers of the depths regularly give new weapons of very good quality and with special effects always very useful. There is also the side boss of the Ghost of Ganon who will give you the excellent miasmatic saber with 40 attack.
- For the best monster materials, there are also several methods : Raid all types of enemies to encounter their most powerful variants. The vast majority of bosses also give very good quality materials, whether it’s the Golemax, the Lithorok or the excellent lynel and their variants. But the most powerful remain the Griock, these hydras for which you will need preparation.
Remarks
- If you want to separate the two objects from an amalgam, head to the Akkala region and the village of Euzéro. Inside, a Goron villager offers his dismantling services for 20 rubies per weapon.
- The power of your bow determines the power of your bombs and other amalgam materials to put on the arrows.
The best weapons are not necessarily those that do the most damage.
Thanks to its particularly fun physics engine, it is possible to burn enemy camps without necessarily having an arsenal worthy of the greatest knights. As you progress, you will realize that in certain situations, the ability to push your enemies is much more profitable. For example, apart from the lizalfos, all enemies drown directly if you push them to a certain water point. Also, once you have enough weapons thanks to Noia and her korogu nuts, try to always keep on you a spring lance (lance + mushroom) or a weapon that makes wind, like the katana of some yigas.
Affixes and Special Skills
There are different types of weapon bonuses that you need to consider when you are doing a blending session.
- Weapons with a small star to the right of their name are those that have a statistical bonus. : it can be raw damage, but also elemental or slightly funkier effects.
- Read the blue lines of the objects you pick up carefully. : Each set of weapons, corresponding to all the peoples of Hyrule, have special traits. Korok weapons make amalgam fruits indestructible, or soneau weapons amplify the effects of the artifacts attached to them.
Further improve your attack power
If you’re really into fighting, we recommend checking out Lambda’s Treasures. Among the many outfits they offer, there’s the complete Barbarian set, already present in the Zelda BotW labyrinths. By equipping it and going to the great fairies to improve it twice, you’ll start to see the difference in the damage inflicted.
Octorok tip to improve the quality of your weapon
By throwing your weapon on the ground, near these enemies, they will suck it up to spit it out as good as new, and with a statistical bonus as a gift. This was already there in the previous game, but given the rarity of clean weapons in Zelda TotK because of the miasma, this little trick takes on a whole new dimension in this sequel. To optimize all this, Don’t hesitate to go to the castle to collect soldier weapons and give them to the octoroks hanging around the volcano to renovate.
Prodigy Tunic and Invisible Stats
Between durability, damage points and life gauges, it’s hard to find your way around, especially since the new Prodigy Tunic has completely lost its power. In Breath of the Wild, Once the latter was equipped, you could display the life points of your targets. And it’s still impossible to determine the durability of a weapon, those who were frustrated by the mechanics may be frustrated again here: a weapon ready to break simply flashes red. And remember, every attack made when a weapon breaks is systematically a critical hit.
Legendary Sword, the indestructible blade: one of the best weapons?
Very useful against miasma monsters and virtually indestructiblethe Legendary Sword is also one of the best weapons in the game, contrary to what we initially thought. As naholyr told us in the comments, the base value of the handle has an attack power of 30a stat that is completely invisible in the game menus. You can cast amalgam on it and its attack power will stack up until its energy runs out. It also remains an important step in the main quest, so you’re bound to end up having it in your inventory one of these days.
