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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment

Best Weapons

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Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment - Best Weapons
The best weapons in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment are the ones with the highest base power. Check out this best weapons tier list as well as the strongest weapons for each weapon type!

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Mighty Zonaite Weapons

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Mighty Zonaite Sword Mighty Zonaite Sword Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Mighty Zonaite Longsword Mighty Zonaite Longsword Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Mighty Zonaite Spear Mighty Zonaite Spear

The Mighty Zonaite weapons are the strongest weapons in the game, with a base power of 23 for all weapon types. However, these are very hard to come by.

These Mighty Zonaite weapons can be obtained as a reward from Lenalia's Sketch quests in the post-game.

Elite Guard Weapons

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Elite Guard Elite Guard's Sword Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Elite Guard Elite Guard's Claymore Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Elite Guard Elite Guard's Spear

The Elite Guard weapons have a base power of 22, which can be further increased by enhancing them at the Weapons Research Base.

Elite Guard weapons can be obtained from Lenalia's Sketch quests in the post-game and have a random but small chance of being rewarded at the end of a battle.

Forest Dweller's Blade

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Forest Dweller Forest Dweller's Blade

The Forest Dweller's Blade is another weapon with a base power of 22. This is the only weapon from the Forest Dweller's set that does not have a base power of 14.

This weapon can be obtained from one of Calamo's Aside Quests.

Regional Weapons

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Moonlight Scimitar Moonlight Scimitar Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Stone Smasher Stone Smasher Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Silverscale Spear Silverscale Spear

The region-specific non-unique weapons are also some of the best weapons you can get in the game, with a base power of 21 for each of them.

These weapons are a little more common compared to the other high-powered weapons, and they can be easily obtained from Aside Quests as well as the post-game Lenalia's Sketches.

Gnarled Weapons

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Gnarled Wooden Stick Gnarled Wooden Stick Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Gnarled Thick Stick Gnarled Thick Stick Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment - Gnarled Long Stick Gnarled Long Stick

The Gnarled weapons each have a base power of 20, making them the fourth strongest weapon group in the game. These are primarily obtained through Aside Quests, but they also have a random chance of being rewarded at the end of battles.

Best One-Handed Weapons

Strongest One-Handed Weapons

Weapon Base Stat
23
22
22
21
20

There are five one-handed weapons that stand out from the rest. The Forest Dweller's Blade and Gnarled Wooden Stick can be obtained as rewards from Aside Quests. The Mighty Zonaite Sword and Elite Guard's Sword are obtained from the post-game Lenalia's Sketches. The Moonlight Scimitar can be obtained from both. Although, all of these weapons also have a random chance of being rewarded in battles.

Oddly, the Forest Dweller's Blade is the only weapon from the Forest Dweller series that has a high base power. Other Forest Dweller weapons have a base power of 14.

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One-Handed Weapon Wielders

Mysterious Construct ImageMysterious Construct Typhan ImageTyphan Vence ImageVence
Lago ImageLago Sholani ImageSholani -

These one-handed weapons can be equipped onto the Knight Construct, Typhan, Vence, Lago, and Sholani.

Although Zelda, Mineru, Calamo, and Ardi also wield one-handed weapons, they can only use their unique weapons and cannot change their equipped weapon.

Best Two-Handed Weapons

Strongest Two-Handed Weapons

Weapon Base Stat
23
22
21
20

There are four two-handed weapons that have a base power of 20 or above. These can be obtained either through the post-game Lenalia's Sketch quests, Aside Quests, or as random battle rewards.

List of All Two-Handed Weapons

Two-Handed Weapon Wielders

Mysterious Construct ImageMysterious Construct Quino ImageQuino Ronza ImageRonza Pastos ImagePastos

Two-handed weapons can be equiped onto the Knight Construct, Quino, Ronza, and Pastos.

Agraston is another character that uses a two-handed weapon. However, he cannot change weapons and is stuck using his Boulder Breaker.

Best Spears

Strongest Spears

Weapon Base Stat
23
22
21
20

Similar to the two-handed weapons, there are also four spears with a base power of 20 or above. Other than the Gnarled Long Stick, all of them can be obtained from Lenalia's Sketch quests.

The Gnarled Long Stick can be obtained from Braton's Aside Quest. However, all of these weapons also have a chance to be a random weapon reward from battles.

List of All Spears

Spear Wielders

Mysterious Construct ImageMysterious Construct Pinnec ImagePinnec Cadlan ImageCadlan Braton ImageBraton

Spears can be equipped by the Knight Construct, Pinnec, Cadlan, and Braton.

Rauru and Qia are also spear wielders, but they do not have the ability to change their weapons.

Best Bows

Only One Bow in the Game

Weapon Base Stat
15

The Great Eagle Bow is currently the only Bow in the game. However, this weapon is exclusive to Raphica. No other character can wield this Bow.

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