Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppCombat in Windrose is not just limited to the high seas. On land, you'll be facing off against angry pirates and inhospitable fauna alike. Your weapon choice is crucial: this tier list will help you find the right weapon for you!
There are 5 melee weapon types:
There are 3 ranged weapon types:
Here is our Windrose Weapon Tier List.
Weapons are rated factoring in both their moveset and their special effects.
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Plague Halberd
| Dealing Damage grants you a stacks of Plague Echoes effect. At 5 stacks, the special attack becomes available. Using the special attack instantly restores 35% of your maximum health. |
Dragon's Breath
| Dealing Damage has a 60% chance of triggering fire explosion around the target. |
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Reliable Blunderbuss
| At close range, shots have a small chance to knock enemies down. Shots consume less gunpowder. |
Arboris Saber
| Dealing Damage grants you a stack of Plague Echoes effect. At 5 stacks, the special [F] attack becomes available. Deals Crude Damage and scales with Strength. Attacks with this weapon are more effective at converting Temporal Health into Health. |
Soul Eater
| This weapon has a special attack [F] that drains Health from nearby enemies. Cooldown: 2 min. Special attack Damage additionally scales with Vitality. |
Plague Pistol
| Restores 40% of dealt Damage as Health. |
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Executioner
| Killing enemies grants stacks of Decimation effect. Each stack increases your Critical Hit Chance by 10%, up to 30%. While the Decimation effect is active, you gain Apathy effect granting 10% Damage Resistance. |
Rapier of Devastation
| Light Attacks apply up to 8 Plague marks. Heavy Attacks consume all accumulated marks, dealing bonus Damage for each. If a Heavy Attack consumes more than 5 marks, you restore 40% of your Maximum Health. |
Rapier of a Thousand Cuts
| Dealing Damage applies Bleeding. Stacks up to 5 times. Each stack deals 25 Damage per second. Bleed damage dealt while holding this weapon restores Temporal Health. |
Reliable Musket
| Reloads faster than other muskets. Increases Critical Damage by 20%. |
Blunderbuss
| - |
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Razor
| Increases base Critical Hit Chance by 10%. Increases the Perfect Block opportunity window. |
Sturdy Halberd
| Increases Critical Hit Chance by 10%. Base Damage of this item is 15 points higher. |
Stalwart Greatsword
| Increases Posture Points by 1. Increases Critical Damage by 20%. |
Dueling Greatsword
| Each successful Perfect Block applies Retaliation effect increasing your Melee Damage by 10%. Stacks up to 3 times. Taking Damage removes the effect. Perfect Blocks at maximum stacks restore 10% Health. |
Buccaneer's Friend
| While standing still, weapon spread is almost eliminated. Deals 15% bonus Damage to animals. |
Reliable Pistol
| Can fire 3 shots without reloading. Deals 15% bonus Damage to pirates, outlaws, and other cutthroats. |
Drake's Double Barreled Pistol
| Can fire two quick shots in succession. Shots apply Vulnerability effect to the target. All Damage dealt to affected targets is increased by 15%. |
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Cutlass
| Hits apply Take Aim! effect up to 9 stacks. Your next shot deals 10% bonus Damage per stack. Attacks consume 10% less Stamina. |
Dueling Saber
| Each successful Perfect Block applies Retaliation effect increasing your Damage by 8%. Stacks up to 3 times. Taking Damage removes the effect. Increases base Critical Hit Chance by 10%. |
Sturdy Rapier
| Increases the Perfect Block opportunity window. Critical Damage is increased by 20%. |
Sturdy Saber
| Increases Posture Points by 1. Attacks consume 20% less Stamina. |
Buccaneer's Friend
| While standing still, weapon spread is almost eliminated. Deals 15% bonus Damage to animals. |
Reliable Pistol
| Can fire 3 shots without reloading. Deals 15% bonus Damage to pirates, outlaws, and other cutthroats. |
Drake's Double Barreled Pistol
| Can fire two quick shots in succession. Shots apply Vulnerability effect to the target. All Damage dealt to affected targets is increased by 15%. |
Crusher
| Hits have a small chance to knock enemies down. The higher your Strength, the higher the chance. Deals 10% bonus Damage to pirates, outlaws, and other cutthroats. |
Bonebreaker
| The more Stamina you have, the more Damage the weapon deals. Increases Critical Hit Chance by 10%. |
Sturdy Mace
| Increases Posture Points by 1. Attacks consume 15% less Stamina. |
Smasher
| Hits have a small chance to knock enemies down. The higher your Strength, the higher the chance. |
Club
| - |
Halberd
| - |
Rapier
| - |
Greatsword
| - |
Saber
| - |
Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
Pistol
| - |
Musket
| - |
Infantry Musket
| Allows you to perform a special bayonet attack with [F]. This weapon’s Damage scales with Agility. Movement while aiming does not affect weapon spread. |
Broken Blade
| - |
Worn Out Pistol
| - |
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Overall the best melee weapon in the game. Its special ability is a high damage AoE and heals. Works in all scenarios - bosses, camps, boarding fights. Halberd has a good moveset with long range.
The best ranged weapon in the game. Special attack does massive AoE damage on top of the already high damage of Blunderbuss, which is the best ranged weapon type.
Another Blunderbuss which deals big damage. The knockback is at worst useful and at best extremely valuable versus certain enemies such as Plague Warriors.
Similar weapon effect to the Plague Halberd but smaller and doesn't heal. Scales with Strength so can use it alongside the Halberd if you wish.
Best greatsword in the game. Greatsword has a strong weapon moveset with wide cleaves and a long range poke. Ability has a long cooldown but it works well as a secondary/support weapon.
Pistols in general are not great, but the weapon effect is very strong as a secondary for healing. Also fires 2 times per reload which isn't mentioned in the tool tip.
A stacking up to 30% crit chance buff which lasts 1 minute is very strong. Great weapon for clearing camps
Great single target weapon. At full 8 stacks does huge damage with heavy attack. Best versus bosses, but Blunderbuss is simply better in these cases.
Has lower damage per hit than Rapier of Devastation, but bleed effect is very strong in single target.
Best Musket in the game with a faster reload and great accuracy compared to the others. While having lower damage than a Blunderbuss, this is still worth using while hitting enemies from range or hunting animals.
Even a regular Blunderbuss is still very strong and pumps out damage.
Simple effect of increased Crit Chance. Nothing special but still solid, especially early-mid game.
Same as Razor, another strong early-mid weapon.
Ability is unremarkable but Greatswords have great attack patterns so still decent.
Unreliable ability but saved by a strong attack pattern. If you are a god, this weapon gets a lot better.
Applies a stacking damage buff for Pistols. Pistols are generally not great and the best one, the Plague Pistol, is mostly used for its utility.
Gives extra damage when Perfect Blocking. This buff can be hard to stack up but more importantly does not last very long and is removed when you take damage. Using Razor is just better.
+1 Posture point is barely better than a green weapon
Same as Sturdy Rapier
Standard green weapons with no special effects. Use these to discover your preferred playstyle and attack patterns!
Slightly more accurate than the Reliable Musket but its slower reload makes it a worse option.
Firing 3 times before reload chews through ammo but makes it pump out better damage.
Very similar to the Reliable Pistol but less... reliable. Fires twice before needing to reload (though does reload faster), unfortunately sometimes fires twice in very quick succession hurting its consistency.
Every Mace special effect is underwhelming. The weapon attack pattern is also nothing special.
Poor accuracy for a musket. Has a melee attack that scales with Agility. Intended to be a good all round weapon, but is simply all round bad. Worse than green musket.
Just poor overall weapons. Severely lacking, especially compared to Blunderbuss.
These are your starter weapons. Replace them when you can!
