19 Best Weapons In Divinity Original Sin 2

Divinity: Original Sin 2 boasts a diverse arsenal, with optimal weapon choices depending on party composition, skills, and strategy. This guide highlights some of the most potent weapons, categorized for easier navigation. Updated January 13, 2025.

Top Tier Weapons:

1. Falone Scythe: (Image: ) This Arx Cathedral treasure boasts incredible critical hit potential (20% chance, 260% damage boost), enhanced by +3 Strength and +1 Two-Handed. Its unique abilities, "Living on the Edge" (temporary death immunity) and "All In" (powerful heavy attack), solidify its top spot. Inflicts Decay for two turns (25% chance).

2. Swornbreaker: (Image: ) Found in the Vault of Linder Kemm or crafted, this weapon offers +3 Strength, +3 Intelligence, +2 Necromancy, 20% accuracy, and a 20% critical hit chance with a 165% damage boost. Its unique "Swornbreaker" ability allows pact-breaking with the God King without penalty. Note: It's unrepairable.

3. Domoh Dumora: (Image: ) This Arx dagger excels with high physical damage, fire damage, and the ability to inflict Burning and Bleeding. "Terrifying Cruelty" adds 110% damage, three turns of Bleeding, and one turn of Terrified. Backstabbing is also possible.

4. Lucian’s Divine Staff: (Image: ) Stolen from the Arx Cathedral, this staff provides substantial water damage, a 155% critical damage boost, and significant stat boosts (+3 Intelligence, +2 Constitution, +2 Wits, +2 Hydrophist, +6 Initiative). It grants the "Healing Ritual" and "Staff of Magus" abilities.

5. Vord Emver: (Image: ) This crossbow, obtained during the "Past Mistakes" quest, delivers massive physical and water damage (208/125 base). It includes +3 Finesse, +2 Huntsman, +1 Ranged, a 20% chance to freeze, 20% life steal, and the "Cryotherapy" skill.

Powerful Mid-Game and Act 3 Options:

6. The Reckoning: (Image: ) A powerful two-handed mace with a 150% critical damage boost and stat bonuses (+2 Strength, +2 Intelligence, +2 Necromancy), ideal for strength/critical builds and battlemages.

7. Voor D’Aravel: (Image: ) A tank-focused sword found in the Lizard Consulate’s Garden, boasting the "Guardian Angel" skill (damage redirection), high base damage, poison, and a taunt ability.

8. Loic’s Discipline: (Image: ) This wand, obtained from Loic the Immaculate, offers +160% critical damage, significant Intelligence and Memory boosts, and summons Cursed Fire.

9. Harrowblade: (Image: ) A life steal focused two-handed sword from Quartermistress Anna, perfect for sustaining tanks with its high critical damage, chance to inflict Burning and Suffocating, and 14% life steal.

10. Chamore Doran: (Image: ) A unique wand from Trader Ovis, offering a chance to put enemies to sleep, along with critical damage and stat boosts beneficial to spellcasters.

Early and Act 1-2 Weapons:

11. Executor Ninyan’s Axe: (Image: ) Dropped by Executor Ninyan if she's killed, this axe provides solid damage, critical hit chance, and chances to inflict Frozen, Crippled, and Chilled.

12. Deiseis Riveil: (Image: ) A powerful bow purchased from Trader Non, dealing high physical damage with a significant critical hit chance and inflicting Bleeding. "Glitter Dust" prevents invisibility.

13. Dumora Lam: (Image: ) A powerful wand found in Dramahlihk's home plane, offering Intelligence boosts, poison manipulation, and the "Siphon Poison" skill.

14. The Illuminator: (Image: ) A mace dropped by Scapor, inflicting fire and physical damage with a high critical damage chance and Necrofire.

15. Hanal Lechet: (Image: ) This Act 2 weapon, found in an overturned carriage, offers Frozen and Chilled effects, making it useful for crowd control.

16. Lohar’s Two-Handed Source Hammer: (Image: ) A strong hammer obtained after completing the "Shadow Over Driftwood" quest, featuring high critical hit rate and useful skills.

17. Eternal Stormblade: (Image: ) A decent Act 3 sword found in the Murky Cave, offering various status effects.

18. Morning’s Light: (Image: ) A decent bow obtained from Corbin Day, providing strong damage and helpful perks.

19. Fang Of The Winter Dragon: (Image: ) This early-game weapon is obtained by killing Slane the Chained Winter Dragon, offering various damage types and the Chilled effect.

Remember to consider your party's strengths and weaknesses when selecting weapons. This list provides a starting point for your quest for powerful armaments in Divinity: Original Sin 2.