All the best weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign for every character

The best Elden Ring Nightreign weapons are all laid out here, based on all character's stat scaling, so you know exactly what's deadliest in each character's hands. Of course, you'll still have to work within the random loot pools that the game provides, but we can explain what general weapons each character is best with, as well as what weapons you should absolutely prioritize if they come up.

Best Nightreign weapons based on character scaling

The best weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign vary depending on your chosen character and their Relics, so what's good for one won't be good for all. Below we've covered the best weapons to look out for, split by character, but here's a quick summary so you know what to keep an eye out for:

• Wylder
  • Blasphemous Blade (Greatsword)
  • Golden Order Greatsword (Greatsword)
• Guardian
  • Bolt of Gransax (Legendary Spear)
  • Commander's Standard (Epic Halberd)
  • Ant's Skull Plate (Epic Greatshield)
• Ironeye
  • Serpent Bow (Epic Bow)
  • Black Bow (Epic Bow)
• Duchess
  • Glintstone Kris (Epic Dagger)
  • Scorpion's Sting (Epic Dagger)
  • Carian Regal Scepter (Legendary Glintstone Staff)
• Raider
  • Grafted Blade Greatsword (Legendary Colossal Sword)
  • Devourer's Scepter (Legendary Great Hammer)
  • Axe of Godfrey (Legendary Colossal Weapon)
• Revenant
  • Dragon Communion Seal (Epic Sacred Seal)
• Recluse
  • Carian Regal Scepter (Legendary Glintstone Staff)
  • Erdtree Seal (Epic Sacred Seal)
• Executor
  • Hand of Malenia (Legendary Katana)
  • Rivers of Blood (Epic Katana)
• Undertaker
  • Marika's Hammer (Legendary Hammer)
  • Erdtree Seal (Epic Sacred Seal)
• Scholar
  • Bloody Helice (Epic Heavy Thrusting Sword)
  • Antspur Rapier (Epic Thrusting Sword)
  • Morgott's Cursed Sword (Legendary Curved Greatsword)

Best Wylder weapons

The Wylder is the all-rounder among the Elden Ring Nightreign characters, specced for non-magical combat. While a solid Dexterity score means he can handle ranged and nimble weapons, he’s better leaning into Strength. His unique Relics and weaponry play into Greatswords specifically, but a small shield also works, depending on the threat.

• Best Stats: Strength (A), Dexterity (B)
• Ideal Weapon: Greatswords
• Combat Style: Versatile, but leans towards non-magical melee
• Best weapons:
  • Blasphemous Blade (Legendary Greatsword): Wylder has many powers that spec to Greatswords in particular, and while there are five different legendary greatswords, the best is the Blasphemous Blade, which specs well to Wylder's stats and restores health on every kill.
  • Golden Order Greatsword (Legendary Greatsword): Decent scaling offset slightly by a reliance on Faith (which is not a strong point for Wylder) is countered by the effect that charge attacks heal all the user's ailments and dispel all effects, which is amazing in certain boss fights.

Best Guardian weapons

The Guardian is a tank who plays defensively from behind large shields, and ideally you have a weapon to match that playstyle, able to prod foes from behind walls of protection. The Guardian is best when pairing a Greatshield and Halberd in Elden Ring Nightreign, though you'll struggle to find high-level versions of both in a single run. This is a character who isn't great for offense, but has incredibly high health and stamina to compensate, which makes him great against the first boss of the game, the Nightreign Tricephalos.

• Best Stats: Strength (B)
• Ideal Weapon: Halberds/Greatshields
• Combat Style: Stalwart, frontline tank playing defensively with shields
• Best weapons:
  • Bolt of Gransax (Legendary Spear): Guardian has several abilities for Halberds, but there are no legendary Halberds in the game. With that in mind, the closest option that fits the cautious, shield-heavy style is the Gransax spear, which adds lightning strikes on charged attacks.
  • Commander's Standard (Epic Halberd): If you've got Halberd-specific buffs and want to invest in Guardian's expertise, O'Neil's Halberd is the best choice. It has no particularly unique effects, it's just the best damage on a generic halberd.
  • Ant's Skull Plate (Epic Greatshield): This heavy-duty shield also inflicts Poison damage as a bonus effect, and scales well with strength.

Best Ironeye weapons

Ironeye is obviously an archer – he starts with a bow and his abilities play into precise ranged shots, as does his high dexterity score. Ironeye can use other Dex-dependant melee weapons, but ideally you should have a regular bow (not a Greatbow) equipped for the majority of a run. I'd also avoid crossbows, as they don't scale to dexterity at all and have fixed damage. This is also probably the best class for the Elden Ring Nightreign Gaping Jaw boss, assuming you can get some Poison bows.

• Best Stats: Dexterity (A), Arcane (B)
• Ideal Weapon: Bows
• Combat Style: Precision ranged shots
• Best weapons:
  • Serpent Bow (Epic Bow): This versatile, powerful bow also has poison inherent to its attacks, as well as an A-tier dexterity scaling.
  • Black Bow (Epic Bow): This functions with the speed of a light bow, but hits harder and features S-tier scaling. Pure damage output without sacrificing control.

Best Duchess weapons

The Elden Ring Nightreign Duchess seems like a solely dexterity-focused character at first glance, but actually has an incredibly high intelligence score too. This is a character who's best with quick weapons like daggers, especially those that apply status effects, such as Bleed and Frostbite, that can then be doubled up on with Restage. When forced to back away, fire off some sorceries for ranged offense, as you won't lose any offensive power for it.

• Best Stats: Intelligence (A), Dexterity (B)
• Ideal Weapon: Daggers
• Combat Style: Mobile and evasive with dagger strikes and occasional sorceries
• Best weapons:
  • Glintstone Kris (Epic Dagger): A dagger that also scales to intelligence for added Magic damage, the Kris is quick and rapid and capable of slicing up foes easily enough.
  • Scorpion's Sting (Epic Dagger): A dagger with S-tier scaling that inflicts Scarlet Rot, combining this with the Restage character skill can rapidly trigger the effect on foes in a flash.
  • Carian Regal Scepter (Legendary Glintstone Staff): This staff has S-scaling for Intelligence, and casting with it dispels any incoming spells and turns them into Glintblades that fly back at the caster!

Best Raider weapons

It is most definitely hammer time with the Raider, who specialises in massive weapons and high strength scaling, as well as buffs for Colossal Weapon types. As a barbarian tank, the Raider soaks up damage for the sake of crushing foes and various Elden Ring Nightreign bosses with huge, slow strikes. This is about as simple as characters get – hit the enemy hard, and if in doubt, hit them even harder.

• Best Stats: Strength (S)
• Ideal Weapon: Colossal Weapons/Greataxes/Great Hammers
• Combat Style: Huge weapons that break through enemy defenses
• Best weapons:
  • Grafted Blade Greatsword (Legendary Colossal Sword): This giant weapon has A-scaling on Strength, great for the Raider, but also has a unique stacking effect that buffs your stats across the board when you kill an enemy.
  • Devourer's Scepter (Legendary Great Hammer): A-scaling strength and fire damage is good, but on top of that players can also get the health-steal through killing enemies that the Blasphemous Blade offers.
  • Axe of Godfrey (Legendary Colossal Weapon): S-scaling strength makes this one of the most powerful weapons in the game, and charge attacks boost its attack power even further. If you can land a wind-up attack with this, you'll shatter enemies like glass.

Best Revenant weapons

The Elden Ring Nightreign Revenant is a necromancer summoner who, despite seeming pretty unholy by nature, has an incredibly high Faith score and serves as Nightreign's cleric class. This is a character who shouldn't be anywhere near the frontline; instead have her hold back and send in her summons while firing Incantations from behind their assault.

• Best Stats: Faith (S), Arcane (B), Intelligence (B)
• Ideal Weapon: Seals and Faith Incantations
• Combat Style: Summoner, ranged spellcaster and white mage
• Best weapons:
  • Dragon Communion Seal (Epic Sacred Seal): An S-scale in Faith means that this focus for incantations can really do heavy damage, and the Revenant's high Arcane score lends itself to the Dragon spells.

Best Recluse weapons

Recluse is the other major spellcaster class, and while the Duchess has mastered intelligence and the Revenant mastered faith, Recluse has mastered both, meaning she’s perfect for magic… And nothing else, having terrible strength and dexterity. You should also keep in mind that she has a low Arcane score, so avoid the few spells that scale to that.

• Best Stats: Intelligence (S), Faith (S)
• Ideal Weapon: Glintstone Staves/Seals
• Combat Style: Ranged magical combat of all kinds
• Best weapons:
  • Carian Regal Scepter (Legendary Glintstone Staff): Being a spellcaster means that the best possible scaling for your spells is essential, and the Regal Scepter is unmatched (as well as its ability to counter incoming spells.
  • Erdtree Seal (Epic Sacred Seal): The best Seal for general Faith magic, S-scaling should allow you to heal and buff with this as much as you do damage with your Glintstone staff.

Best Executor weapons

Executor is the samurai-like fighter who requires a lot of skill and risk, playing aggressively with a barrage of swipes, as well as laying on certain status effects with his incredibly high Arcane score. Katanas are the Executor's bread and butter, and he receives a lot of relic buffs that play into these weapons.

• Best Stats: Dexterity (S), Arcane (S)
• Ideal Weapon: Katanas
• Combat Style: Aggressive, applying bleed and Scarlet Rot while avoiding enemy strikes
• Best weapons:
  • Hand of Malenia (Legendary Katana): The legendary Malenia's blade has the highest possible Dexterity Scaling and it deals powerful bleed damage. Not only that, it restores health if you damage opponents quickly after getting hit, Bloodborne-style.
  • Rivers of Blood (Epic Katana): Downplaying the Dex-scaling to an A in exchange for increased Arcane scaling for better bleed effects also works incredibly well, to the extent where this is arguably as good as the Hand of Malenia.

Best Undertaker weapons

The Undertaker is a melee fighter with strong Faith, dependant on quick reactions and speed, as well as aggressive play. This is a character that's big on stunning opponents and staggering them with continuous hammer hammer blows, then diving away to heal before running back in to fight. Though high strength might tempt you towards Colossal weapons, the Nightreign Undertaker is better when she has the freedom to move faster, hence choosing hammers over anything bigger.

• Best Stats: Strength (A), Faith (A)
• Ideal Weapon: Hammers
• Combat Style: Highly aggressive melee and evasion, staggering opponents
• Best weapons:
  • Marika's Hammer (Legendary Hammer): Good Strength and Faith Scaling, as well as matching the aggressive playstyle and preferred weapon of the Undertaker makes Marika's personal hammer the best option.
  • Erdtree Seal (Epic Sacred Seal): High Faith means that incantations are important to this class, usually to buff or heal the Undteraker between melee encounters. The Erdtree Seal and Golden Order Seal are best for this purpose.

Best Scholar weapons

The best Scholar weapons are those that scale to Arcane - their only good stat - and apply status effects like Rot, Bleed or Frostbite. With their Ultimate Art sharing damage across groups, you can hit a whole team with Scarlet Rot by just targeting a single foe, which is very good against groups like the Nightreign Balancers. Thrusting Swords are the bread and butter of the Nightreign Scholar class, as the stabbing attacks can drive opponents back quickly and keep them at a distance.

• Best Stats: Arcane (S), Dexterity (C), Faith (C), Intelligence (C)
• Ideal Weapon: Thrusting Swords
• Combat Style: Weakening enemies from a distance then targeting particular opponents
• Best weapons:
  • Bloody Helice (Epic Heavy Thrusting Sword): A slower but more impactful option, the Bloody Helice applies Bleed in a major way, and can drive back enemies who are getting too close. Just make sure you're aware of its slower, heavier nature.
  • Antspur Rapier (Epic Thrusting Sword): Though it doesn't scale to Arcane, the Scarlet Rot effect is great in how quickly it can be applied through a series of rapid strikes.
  • Morgott's Cursed Sword (Legendary Curved Greatsword): It's a little more of an outside choice, but the good Arcane scaling and bleed power, as well as the empowered critical hits, make Morgott's trademark weapon a very powerful choice.

How to get Legendary weapons in Nightreign

The best tier of Elden Ring Nightreign weapons are legendary weapons, which do massive damage and generally have fixed, powerful effects, rather than the more common randomized weapons. Here are all the ways we've worked out to obtain legendary weapons in Nightreign:

• Defeat high-level world or evergaol bosses for a small chance at a Legendary weapon being dropped.
• Defeat the Fallingstar Beasts in the Crater Shifting Earth even for a smithing table that upgrades one weapon in your inventory to legendary status.
• Do a deal for a legendary armament with Libra either before the fight begins or if you find them out in Limveld.

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