Best Weapons and How to Get Battle Tested Weapons

This page covers all of the best weapons players can equip for their characters in Octopath Traveler 2. Read on to check out our list of all the best weapons in the game and how to unlock them!

List of All Best Weapons and How to Unlock

Battle-Tested Weapons Are the Best in the Game

Weapon	Information
Battle-Tested Blade	Phys. Attack: 400 Critical: 120 Bonus Attribute: ・Equip effect: Raises potency of physical skills by 30%. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on Bandelham the Reaper at the Crackridge Harbor: Anchorage, Wildlands. Requirements: ・Complete Hikari Chapter 5.
Battle-Tested Spear	Phys. Attack: 390 Critical: 120 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to blind target for 5 turns. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on Benkei at Ku, Hinoeuma. Requirements: ・Complete Hikari Chapter 5.
Battle-Tested Dagger	Phys. Attack: 380 Evasion: 120 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to reduce target's accuracy. How to Get: ・Obtained as a drop from defeating the Elderly Man at the Tavern balcony with Provoke or Challenge at the Clockbank, Brightlands. ※Has a drop rate of 2%.
Battle-Tested Axe	Phys. Attack: 400 Elem. Attack: 250 Bonus Attribute: ・Equip effect: Raises potency of lightning and ice-based attacks. How to Get: ・Obtained as a drop from defeating the Villager standing outside the tavern with Provoke or Challenge in Cape Cold, Winterlands. ※Has a drop rate of 2%.
Battle-Tested Bow	Phys. Attack: 390 Critical: 120 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to reduce target's physical defense. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on the Village Chief at the Beasting Village, Toto'haha. Requirements: ・Complete Ochette Chapter 3.
Battle Tested Staff	Phys. Attack: 200 Elem. Attack: 400 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to reduce target's speed. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on the Vice President in Oresrush, Wildlands. Requirements: ・Complete Partitio Chapter 4.

These weapons are considered to be the best weapons in the game due to their incredible stat and bonus attributes like the Battle-Tested Blade, for example, due to its attribute that raises the potency of physical attack skills.

However, getting all of the equipment requires the player to finish through most of the cast's story or grind for hours on end to get that 2% drop rate. But if you're able to collect all of the Battle-Tested weapons, the game will reward you with the achievement Battle-Tested Gear.

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Legendary Weapons are a Good Alternative

Weapon	Information
Forbidden Blade	Phys. Attack: 322 Speed: 77 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to raise the target's physical attack. How to Get: ・Found in a chest in the Forsaken Graveyard, Crestland, accessed by defeating the Devourer of Dreams boss.
Fire Dragon's Glaive	Phys. Attack: 318 Evasion: 95 Bonus Attribute: ・Effect: Raises potency of fire-based attacks.. How to Get: ・Found in a chest at the Decaying Temple, Hinoeuma. To get inside the temple, remove all of your party members except one over at the Tavern.
Mooneater Dagger	Phys. Attack: 285 Elem. Attack: 349 Bonus Attribute: ・Effect: Raises potency of fire-and ice-based attacks. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on the Ruined Vessel at the entrance to the Lost Seed in Brightlands. Requirements: ・Complete Throne Chapter 4
Double Tomahawk	Phys. Attack: 230 Elem. Attack: 264 Bonus Attribute: ・Effect: Deal 1 additional attack. How to Get: ・Found in a treasure chest floating in the southwest of The Sundering Sea. Requirements: ・Complete Partitio's Scent of Commerce Quest in Tropu'hopu.
Exorcising Bow	Phys. Attack: 339 Speed: 110 Bonus Attribute: ・Attack effect: Slim chance to reduce target's elemental attack. How to Get: ・Use Path Actions on the Elderly Soldier, west of the castle square in Timberain, Leaflands.
Sunshadow Staff	Phys. Attack: 171 Elem. Attack: 335 Bonus Attribute: ・Effect: Raises potency of light- and dark-based attacks. How to Get: ・Use Temenos' Path Action on the boy that will appear walking from the town towards a cliff at night in Western Gravell Wilds.

Even if you have all the Battle-Tested Weapons, that wouldn't be enough to fill every single weapon slot for your characters. The Legendary Weapons are a good alternative with decent stats and bonus effects.

All Legendary Arms and Weapon Locations

Use Divine Weapons When Starting Out

Weapon	Information
Conqueror's Sword	Phys. Attack: +200 Bonus Attribute: ・Raise Physical Attack by 250 against broken foes.
Warlord's Spear	Phys. Attack: +310 Bonus Attribute: ・Recover BP when defeating an enemy.
Dancer's Blade	Phys. Attack: +300 Bonus Attribute: ・Slim chance to afflict target with poison, blindess, confusion or sleep.
Hunter's Bow	Phys. Attack: +312 Bonus Attribute: ・Slim chance to reduce a random attribute.
Lionheart's Axe	Phys. Attack: +320 Bonus Attribute: ・Raises max HP during battle
Spiritlord's Staff	Phys. Attack: +160 Elem. Attack: +320 ・Bonus Attribute: Recover SP equivalent to 1% of damage dealt.

While not as powerful as the Battle-Tested weapons, these Divine Weapons are a good alternative when you're just starting to get to mid-game since they are significantly easier to get.

Collecting all of the Divine Weapon will also let you unlock the Job Skills for the Armsmaster, a secret job that lets you equip all of the weapon type available in the game.

All Divine and Rusty Weapon Locations

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