I’ve hit a point where all the weapons I have have too low damage. I need to find better base parts. Decayed royal weapons are no longer as good as they used to.

Where can I get a good base weapon that is not the biggoron sword?

For the record, I know royal guard has good damage but I need something that lasts more than 3 hits

  • Jimbob0i0@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    If you haven’t travelled to Gerudo Valley yet it is worth popping over there.

    The gerudo weapons, though they don’t have a huge base, have a multiplier to whatever they are fused to do you can get large overall damage with minimal fusion, and without the duration limitation of the Royal weapons.

    • Mythril
      1·
      1 year ago

      I actually like the Zora weapons more. They only get a multiplier when they get wet, but once you’ve gotten a certain ability, you can always use that to trigger the multiplier. And they have higher durability than the Gerudo weapons.

      • Jim P.@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        There is no danger on the surface of Death Mountain in TOTK. You only need protection in caves and in the depths around the mountain. There are tons of Rock Octoroks around in the clear that are easy to hit for upgrades every blood moon.

        There are two very close to

        spoiler

        Momosik Shrine on the East side of Death Mountain

  • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    1 year ago

    Pristine weapons in the depths. If you don’t like the bonus roll then just drop it and come back next blood moon to see if the weapon/roll is better. If the weapon is good, but not the roll then you can take it to a Rock Ocktorok to suck up and reroll a bonus roll. They also repair weapons. Make sure you pick up the pristine weapons and drop them or else they won’t change in the depths.

    Gerudo weapons give bonus fuses.

    I heard forrest dweller weapons are good to fuse plant stuff like puffshrooms, fire fruit, muddlebud. It’s supposed to make you hot multiple times on the weapon without coming off.

    If you have a construct weapon make sure you fuse it with a construct part. Those rollers after you kill the big block mini bosses work well. There are bonuses in this game that is eluded to in some item descriptions.

    • unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one
      2·
      1 year ago

      They don’t seem to like repairing my bad ass zora trident. I even did suggestions like fusing other shit weapons to it but it didn’t work.

      • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        1 year ago

        Don’t fuse shit weapons to your Zora trident for repairs. Fuse your Zora trident to other weapons then repair (Rock Ocktorok). Then break the Zora trident off using the Tarrey Town break it down.

        Then you can start the cycle anew but fusing something to the Zora trident until you get a weapon is damaged message.

  • oneofthemladygoats@lemmy.ca
    3·
    1 year ago

    tbh I’ve found the opposite approach to be a lot more successful- the base weapon doesn’t matter as much as the monster parts I use. Once you start getting a couple of silver bokoblin horns to fuse with, the weapons system “experience”, so to speak, improved a ton. The higher-level monsters become a bit easier to tackle, so it becomes a positive feedback loop after that for better monster parts.

    • kil@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      I just wish the silver bokoblin horns didn’t look so ridiculous, they work fine, but they definitely don’t look the part.

      • parlaptie@feddit.de
        0·
        1 year ago

        There comes a point where you can just waltz around with silver lynel horns and those look really good.

        • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          Cool I’m not there yet tho. Even blue lynels are super hard. The fact they have armour isn’t helping tho. All my weapons are sharp

  • gi1242@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Im still in early game. Best weapons ive found are boko arms which do 20 dmg and have really low durability…

    • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      You got of the sky island? If not I’d recommend you leave this thread, wouldn’t want to spoil the game

      • gi1242@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 year ago

        I did the first regional phenomenon, and then started exploring depths. I found an armored lynel, and teied him with my shit weapons. after dying 20 times i realised Sword plus spiked metal ball does well against armored enemies…

        Havent found anything with base dmg unfused more than 20…

        • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          1 year ago

          I started the zora one. Not finished yet. But I did the second koga fight. That combined with white lynels made me notice I need more damage

          • gi1242@lemmy.ml
            2·
            1 year ago

            I ran into a flux construct in the deapths. My weapons did very little damage to it. Idk if theres a certain type of weapon that works better for them or not …

        • Zink@pawb.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          Base points aren’t what matter. From an endgame player, I use zora weapons (~12 dmg base I think) and fuse them with silver lynel horns, which are worth 55 and carry the weapons.

          The most important part of using weapons is knowing their modifiers. With Zora weapons (Water Warrior), the weapon doubles in damage if link is near water or wet (throwing chuchu or other stuff works for that), bringing damage up to the 120s or so.

          In conclusion, the totk system is not about strong damage base items, but instead making use of the item’s properties and fusing strong items to your weapons. It may be easier for you to always be at 1 heart for knights weapons, for example, or maybe you dodge a lot and therefore prefer royal weapons. And if all else fails, don’t forget your damage boosting armors too.

          • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
            1·
            1 year ago

            From an endgame perspective would you say the gloom weapons are good till I can beat silver and white lynels?

            • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
              1·
              1 year ago

              I’ve had pretty good luck with the gloom weapons if you have a few extra hearts to spare. they have high damage, especially if you fuse something decent to them and they only take away a few hearts from my experience, and if you are above ground the hearts don’t stay gloomed. Probably not the best in the long run, but not bad.

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think options better than royal weapons are pretty limited. You can find undecayed knight weapons in some areas of the depths which are decent. But it’s mostly about what you fuse to them. Mighty zonaite weapons can also be OK if you fuse powerful zonaite things to them, like the flux core 3 or captain IV horn.

    You can also try to get tricky with special effects, like using the zora weapons and splash fruit, or getting armor with bone proficiency and fusing a bone.

    That said I haven’t finished the game yet so there may be more I haven’t discovered yet!

    • Bicyclejohn@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Where van I get a cap 4 horn. I heard of something late game sounding called the gloom sword, am I aiming too high? I need something with a base better than 20

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        Captain construct 4 drops them. If you kill enough monsters they will evolve into those. Or I heard there might be one or two on the islands leading up to the water temple.

        I think gloom sword has the best attack power in the game but it also afflicts you with gloom when you hit stuff with it. It can have some niche uses but I wouldn’t make it my main weapon. Also you have to kill phantom ganon to get it so depends how you feel about that.

          • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
            1·
            1 year ago

            One thing you can do is use the weapon while riding a lynel. Those don’t count as real hits and don’t drain hearts but they still do damage.

          • PinkOwls@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            One approach would be to find the bargainer statues and get the Depths(?) armor set (the armor set with Gloom resistance). Additionally/alternatively use gloom resistance potion/food.

  • Kirk72@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 year ago

    Buy (or clone) a couple of Amiibos and you’ll get some decent weapon drops every day.

      • CupDock@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Buy some cheap nfc tags and you can use an Android phone with Tagmo to write Amiibos to them. Can get like 50 “Amiibos” for $15 that way. It’s possible to do it with an iPhone, but more difficult/expensive as all things tend to be on iPhone.

        Alternatively, spend $200 on a Flipper Zero and you can emulate all amiibos whenever you want, plus open Tesla charge doors.

  • Seigest@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 year ago

    I was using undecayed royal guard gear for awhile. A real pain to find but if you have the time they are down there somewhere. And they often don’t move too far from wherever you find them. I could never actually find a royal guard claymore but the broadsword is usually under the Gerudo highlands. I occasionally found the the spear on the outskirts of the area under death mountain

    I found a more consistent option was the undecayed Gerudo claymore. Pretty easy to find one or 2 near Mines under the city.

  • citizensv@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    Fuse a Igneo Talus Heart to a good base weapon and you will get a weapon that inflicts somewhat high damage.