Best Weapons in Everwind: Tier List and Recommendations

Weapon Categories Overview

Everwind offers nine distinct weapon categories: Daggers, Bludgeons, Hatchets, Swords (one-hand), Long Swords (two-hand), Long Hammers, Long Axes, Bows, Magic Staves, and Spell Books. Each category occupies a niche in the combat system: Daggers excel at stealth backstab builds, Bows provide safe ranged damage, Long Swords deal the highest melee damage per hit, and Magic Staves deliver the strongest single-target spell damage. Understanding category strengths before investing in a weapon type prevents mismatched build investments.

Weapons exist at every material tier from Wood through Mechanical and Unique. Higher material tiers provide higher base damage, better durability, and occasionally special properties. However, a lower-tier weapon with strong rune socketing can outperform a higher-tier weapon without runes in specific scenarios. Optimizing your weapon includes both choosing the right material tier and selecting the best rune combination for your build.

Unique weapons are exceptional items that drop from bosses or specific world events and cannot be crafted. They have special properties that no crafted weapon at any material tier can replicate. Grove Murmur from the Forest Ent and the Wraith Lord set weapons from the Wraith Lord boss are the most sought-after unique weapons. When a unique weapon drops, evaluate its properties against your current best crafted weapon rather than assuming it is an automatic upgrade.

Best One-Handed Swords

The Wardstreet Watch is the best craftable one-handed sword in the mid-to-late game. It is crafted from Steel Bars at an upgraded Smithing station and features higher base damage than equivalent Iron Swords plus a slightly extended reach. The Wardstreet Watch is the ideal sword for Warrior Tank builds using a shield in the off-hand, providing strong damage output without sacrificing the defense of the shield slot. Pair it with a Rune of Strength socketed in the first slot for maximum DPS.

The Mechanical Sword produced at the Fabricator from Mechanical-tier materials is the crafted pinnacle of the one-handed sword category in the current game version. Its damage output surpasses the Wardstreet Watch significantly, and it accepts three rune slots compared to the Wardstreet Watch's two. For endgame one-handed sword builds, upgrading from Wardstreet Watch to Mechanical Sword at the Upgrade Station is the final weapon progression step before Unique items.

For rune recommendations on one-handed swords: socket Life Steal in slot 1 for self-sustain during prolonged fights, Rune of Strength in slot 2 for flat damage increase, and if you have the Rune of Elements from the Wraith Lord, it goes in slot 3 for the multi-elemental proc bonus. This three-rune combination on a Mechanical Sword creates one of the most well-rounded weapon setups in the game, suitable for both dungeon clearing and boss fights.

Best Two-Handed Weapons

The Mechanical Long Sword is the best craftable two-handed weapon. Two-handed Long Swords deal the highest per-hit damage of any melee weapon category, at the cost of attack speed and the inability to use a shield. The Mechanical Long Sword at the Upgrade Station with full upgrades reaches a damage ceiling that makes it the recommended weapon for Warrior builds without a tank requirement. Focus builds using the Focus Tier 4 Warrior skill combined with a Mechanical Long Sword produce devastating critical hits.

Long Hammers and Long Axes are alternative two-handed options. Long Hammers deal bonus damage against armored enemies and have a knockback property useful for creating space against aggressive enemies. Long Axes have a cleave attack that hits multiple enemies in front of the player, making them strong for clearing Grimverd tribal groups and Steamer clusters. Neither reaches the raw single-target DPS of the Mechanical Long Sword, but their utility properties make them worth considering for specific content types.

For dungeon boss fights where maximum single-target damage is the priority, the Mechanical Long Sword wins decisively. For open-world biome clearing where multiple enemies are common, a Long Axe or Long Hammer provides better practical throughput. Many players keep both types in their inventory and swap based on the encounter: Long Sword for bosses and elites, Long Axe or Long Hammer for packs of regular enemies.

Best Bows

The Bronze Reinforced Bow is the best bow available to players in the mid-game (Zone 2 progression). It is crafted at the Smithing station from Bronze components reinforced with specific crafted parts from the Carpenter station. Compared to lower-tier bows, the Bronze Reinforced Bow has noticeably higher arrow velocity and base damage, making it effective at the longer engagement ranges that Archer builds rely on. Combine it with the Advanced Bows and Master Bows Warrior skills for maximum output.

In Zone 3, the Mechanical Long Bow becomes available through Fabricator crafting. It significantly outperforms the Bronze Reinforced Bow and should be the priority upgrade target for dedicated Archer builds. The Mechanical Long Bow also has additional rune slots compared to the Bronze Reinforced Bow, allowing for more comprehensive rune optimization. A Mechanical Long Bow with Rune of Swiftness in the chestplate and Life Steal socketed in the bow itself creates a surprisingly self-sustaining Archer build.

For rune recommendations on bows: Rune of Strength in slot 1 for flat damage, and Doom in slot 2 for farming regular enemies quickly (Doom applies a debuff that causes the target to explode on death, dealing AoE damage useful for chain-killing grouped enemies). The Multi-Arrow Tier 6 Warrior skill turns the Mechanical Long Bow into an AoE weapon in its own right, firing three arrows simultaneously in a cone and benefiting from all bow runes on each arrow.

Best Magic Staves and Spell Books

The Shock Staff is one of the two best endgame staves. Its Lightning elemental damage chains between nearby enemies, making it highly effective against groups in addition to single-target damage. With Lightning Mastery from the Arcanist tree and Rod Specialist plus Master Rods from Tier 5 and 6, the Shock Staff's chain hits deal massive AoE damage on each cast. The Shock Staff is the recommended weapon for Rotten Island Dungeon runs where Steamer constructs cluster together.

The Flames Staff is the single-target fire damage alternative. Against bosses without fire resistance, the Flames Staff with Fire Mastery, Devastation, and Pure Power active produces the highest burst damage of any weapon in the game. The Massive Golem Boss in the Desert Dungeon has no meaningful fire resistance, making the Flames Staff the optimal choice for that encounter. Socket the Rune of Elements from the Wraith Lord into the Flames Staff for additional elemental proc damage on top of the base fire output.

For Spell Books, the best option depends on your preferred AoE range. The Ice Book with Ice Mastery applies slowing effects in a wide cone, giving it the best crowd control of any weapon. The Lightning Book with Lightning Mastery chains AoE hits similarly to the Shock Staff but in a larger area. The Fire Book deals persistent AoE burning damage. Carry one book and one staff and swap between them based on encounter type: book for groups, staff for single targets. Both benefit from Rune Specialist and should have a Rune of Elements socketed for maximum output.

Unique Weapons and Special Drops

Grove Murmur is the signature unique weapon drop from the Forest Ent world boss. It has a nature-aligned damage type that deals bonus damage against undead enemies, making it exceptionally powerful in Mortivar-themed content including the Forest Dungeon and any area with Mortivar warrior patrols. The Grove Murmur also has a special on-hit effect that has a small chance to proc a healing root around the player. Despite being obtainable in Zone 1 to Zone 2 transition content, its unique damage type keeps it relevant into Zone 2.

The Wraith Lord set weapons are dropped from the Wraith Lord boss in the Rotten Island Dungeon. These weapons have built-in spectral damage that deals bonus damage to magical and spectral enemies. In the Underground Cities, which are populated by partially spectral enemies, Wraith Lord set weapons outperform equivalent crafted material tier weapons. The spectral damage is not affected by elemental resistance, making these weapons reliable against enemies with heavy elemental damage reduction.

The best overall approach to weapon management in Everwind is to maintain a diverse kit: one primary crafted weapon optimized for your build's damage type, one unique weapon for situations where its special properties are relevant, and a backup weapon of a different type for enemy types that resist your primary. The inventory system in Everwind has enough capacity for a three-weapon loadout without sacrificing meaningful carrying capacity, and having the right tool for each encounter type is the hallmark of experienced play.