Weapons

Weapons in Sands of Aura serve as primary method to defeating enemies and bosses. Together with Armor Sets they form the player character's gear.

They consist of four separate modifiers of which three are freely changeable throughout the game - Weapon Heads, Pommels and Codices. Fighting Styles cannot be changed and are permanent once the weapon has been constructed. The fighting style can be chosen upon the very first weapon choice during character creation and when forging an entirely new weapon at the Forge.

Two weapons can be equipped at all times to the main- and offhand. While the weapon slot itself does not affect a weapon's damage or stats, only the passive modifiers of the main hand will be active. Using the Talismans of Attunement and Blade Dancer can activate modifiers of the passive offhand weapon.

Weapons do not possess Rune Slots. During combat, Spellblade may be applied to enhance normal attacks with elemental effects. Spellblade damage is not affected by the damage or rank of the weapon. A weapon's normal attack damage may be increased by Armor Penetration but is likewise susceptible to an enemy's armor value.

Weapons may be enhanced to rank 20 at the forge using Glint and a variety of Sacrumite upgrade materials. Similar to armor sets, there are thresholds to which weapons can be upgraded to, before it becomes necessary to upgrade the forge itself. Weapons do not need to be repaired or otherwise cared for.

Weapon upgrades and values

Upgrading weapons

Compared to armor sets, weapons are not found or awarded in the open world or through quests. Every available kind of weapon, based on its modifiers, can freely be crafted using the forge as long as said modifiers have been unlocked.

(All materials provided are part of the Sacrumite family of upgrade materials)

Materials	to +2	to +3	to +4	to +5	to +6	to +7	to +8	to +9	to +10	to +11	to +12	to +13	to +14	to+15	to +16	to +17	to +18	to +19	to +20
Sacrumite	Dust 2x	Dust 4x	Dust 8x	Flakes 1x	Flakes 2x	Flakes 4x	Flakes 8x	Sliver 1x	Sliver 2x	Sliver 4x	Sliver 8x	Shard 1x	Shard 2x	Shard 4x	Shard 8x	Chunk 2x	Chunk 4x	Chunk 8x	Ingot 4x
	500	1000	1500	2000	2500	3000	3500	4000	4500	5000	5500	6000	6500	7000	7500	8000	8500	9000	15000

Weapon attack values

While all three passive modifiers (Weaponhead, Codex and Pommel) have a significant impact on combat performance, the Fighting Style determines a weapon's raw attack power the most. Every weapon has a natural +- 5% damage deviation. The seventh Unarmed fighting style has no active damage scaling and is generally not a viable play style, unless the Betrayer Armor Set has been equipped.

Style	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11	+12	+13	+14	+15	+16	+17	+18	+19	+20
	20	25	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200
	15	20	25	30	37.5	45	52.5	60	67.5	75	82.5	90	97.5	105	112.5	120	127.5	135	142.5	150
	30	40	50	60	75	90	105	120	135	150	165	180	195	210	225	240	255	270	285	300
	24	33	41.5	49	55	67.5	78.75	90	101.25	112.5	123.75	135	146.25	157.5	168.75	180	191.25	202.5	213.75	225
	12	15	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120
	12	15	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120

Nomenclature of Weapons

A weapon's name is determined by the specific combination of all four modifiers based on the order Pommel + Codex + Fighting Style + Weapon Head - both pommels and codices count as optional modifiers and are therefore not necessary for baseline naming conventions.

Resulting name of weapons may be inferred when crafting and modifying weapons at the forge.

1.0+ naming convention

	Slashing Axe	Slashing Sword	Slashing Mace	Slashing Great Sword	Slashing Dagger
	Fencing Axe	Fencing Sword	Fencing Mace	Fencing Great Sword	Fencing Dagger
	Cleaving Axe	Cleaving Sword	Cleaving Mace	Cleaving Great Sword	Cleaving Dagger
	Thrusting Axe	Thrusting Sword	Thrusting Mace	Thrusting Great Sword	Thrusting Dagger
	Dual Axe	Dual Sword	Dual Mace	Dual Great Sword	Dual Dagger
	Twin Axe	Twin Sword	Twin Mace	Twin Great Sword	Twin Dagger

Legacy naming convention

	Hatchet	Saber	Mallet	Bastard	Tanto
	Kukri	Rapier	Bludgeon	Svardstav	Dirk
	Halberd	Odachi	Warhammer	Zweihander	Falx
	Pike	Yari	Kanabo	Lance	Spear
	Battle Axes	Scimitars	Tonfas	Khopshi	Sais
	Bardiche	Naginata	Maul	Fanblade	Cleaver