Bloodstained: RotN 100% Weapon Guide

Bloodstained: RotN 100% Weapon Guide

Introduction

Within Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (RotN) there are 126 weapons across 11 different categories. Suffice to say, there’s a lot to choose from. You can find lots of weapons within the castle, but most of your weaponry will be crafted. Weapon recipes are learned by finding their respective gear recipe books throughout the castle. This weapon guide will not be going over where to find those books. You should be able to come across them in your exploration. However, this guide will give a list of every single weapon, how to find/make them, along with their stats and a brief overview of each type. Additionally, weapons that require another weapon or piece of gear to craft them will be bolded. Tables will follow an order of Name, Stats, and Components/Where to Find, reading left to right.

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Boots

Boots are generally fast and have the limited range of how far Miriam can kick. Most boots you’ll find carry the Strike element. While boots aren’t impressive on their own, there’s a handy technique you can learn with them that can let you reach places you aren’t meant to early on.

Special item of note are the Toy Shoes, simply for the fact that they squeak when you run in them. Aint that cute?

Daggers

Daggers are the fastest weapon type, with roughly the same damage spread as boots. However, they have a much more limited range. Daggers can be useful if you want to poke and dash, avoiding damage wherever possible. There is a technique that allows Miriam to throw her equipped dagger, giving her some added range. However, it’d probably be better to stick to directional shards, since either option will cost you MP. Daggers universally use the Thrust damage attribute.

Although it’s not listed in its stats, the Main Gauche actually does increase defense by 10 points.

Rapiers

Excluding the special swords, Rapiers are the least represented weapon type in Bloodstained: RotN. They have a similar damage spread to swords, though they feature the Thrust damage type, rather than Slash. They also feature a similar range to swords. Rapiers do have one of the easiest techniques to execute, done by simply hitting attack 3 times. Though, while it’s easy to do, it’s easy to accidentally do as well.

With the rapid attack technique and Stinger or Kazikli, it’s easy to apply poison or curse, respectively, to an enemy. Of course you get the most use out of this method by attacking enemies with a high health pool. No point in poisoning a bat. A fun technique you can do with the Joyeuse and Misericorde is what amounts to three attacks done at once, leaving behind a Z, like Zorro. One of Bloodstained‘s many references.

Swords

Excluding special swords and 8-bit weapons, the sword type has the most representatives. A rather standard weapon, swords are a middle ground between the faster boots and daggers, and the heavy hitting weapons like great swords and katanas. All swords feature the Slash attribute. You won’t be lacking for choice in this category, and chances are you’ll be sporting several of these weapons throughout your playthrough.

As you can tell, the Hofud blade is good for a lot of crafting. And those weapons made from Hofud can be crafted into one of two blades. Blue Rose could be argued to be Miriam’s canon sword, as it’s the same sword seen in a lot of official art. Don’t be fooled by Ridill’s low base damage. The sword actually hits 3 times with each swing, so that 20 is more like 60, making it slightly stronger than blue rose. This makes it a good weapon to use in tandem with crit boosting equipment.

Bloodbringer has a variable damage, being based on how much your Bloodbringer familiar has leveled up. At level 37, my Bloodbringer had a base damage of 35. Though it hasn’t been testing personally, it could theoretically be the strongest sword in the game, if you level it up enough. Valkyrie Sword is special in that it’s part of the Valkyrie set, and can only be found late in the game. It also comes with a hidden technique, once you’ve mastered all other techniques.

Clubs

Clubs are basically swords with Strike damage. There’s really not much else to say about them. However, a lot of them do come with extra elemental damage.

The most important club on this list is the Ayamur. Ayamur can drop from the water horses in the Forbidden Underground Waterway. What makes this special is Ayamur can be broken down into gold ore. Gold ore cannot be obtained except through deconstruction and rarely in blue chests in the Forbidden Desert. For this reason, many suggest you farm Ayamur as a means to get gold ore (and gold currency if you want to sell it).

Special Swords

Though the game labels these as swords, they were separated from swords in the archives. Likely, this is due to the swords not behaving like other swords, or any weapon for that matter. These can be hard to find, but extremely powerful when you do.

Flying Edge and Oracle Blade attack by having the sword be thrown out directly in front of Miriam. The blades have a considerable range to them, and while this does lower their attack speed considerably, they offer a great deal of safety to Miriam. 

Rhava Bural and Rhava Velar are two weapons you’ve likely seen mentioned in many forums and videos. The weapons attack by creating rapid swipes in front of Miriam, attacking many times in quick succession. Furthermore, Miriam can actually move while attacking; something exclusive to the Rhava weapons.

Great Swords

The heavy hitters of Bloodstained: RotN. These weapons hit hard, but have the slowest attack speed. However, with Optimizer and/or Great Sword Expertise shards, the speed can be easily offset. Great Swords also attack in an arc, allowing Miriam to hit enemies directly above her. Like swords, this weapon type uses the Slash attribute.

Like the Rhava blades and Rudill, the Spiral Sword’s base damage is deceptive. Rather than striking once, the Spiral Sword hits several times on hit, and can remain spinning inside the enemy. This can really rack up the damage, just be careful you don’t get greedy. Gram is the Hofud of the great sword weapon type. It’s a component in several weapons, which themselves are also components of stronger weapons.

Eternal Blue is basically the great sword version of Blue Rose. It sports a similar design pattern, and has the highest base damage of any other weapon its in weapon type (excluding 8-bit weapons). Unlike Blue Rose, it has an elemental type, Ice. This means that demons resistant to ice will take less damage from it. However, Eternal Blue’s damage is so high that it shouldn’t make much of a difference.

Katanas

Katanas as a weapon type are similar to swords in its damage, though slightly slower. They do sport a good selection of powerful techniques, however. So if techniques are what you’re interested in, Katanas might be the weapon type for you.

As you probably noticed, there is one katana left a mystery. That’s because it’s identity and method of obtaining it could be seen as spoilers. You may be able to guess what it is, but just to be safe. Don’t worry about missing out on it, you’ll find it eventually as it’s part of progression.

Spears

Obviously, spears have the best range of any of the weapon types in Bloodstained: RotN. Nearly all of them feature the Thrust damage type. Speed and damage wise they’re similar to swords and clubs. As you may have guessed, the main difference between swords, clubs, and spears is their damage attribute (strike, slash, and thrust).

Of note, many of the high tier weapons in the spears list don’t require another weapon to craft them. Rather, Areadbhar, Niflheim, and Gungnir only need rings as their gear component. Furthermore, rings are easy to craft themselves, requiring only a few, easy to find, parts.

Whips

Whips are probably the most unique weapon type Miriam can find. They have a considerable range, but seem to attack in front of Miriam as well as slightly toward the ground. The biggest downside to whips is the delay you incur after attacking. This can be offset by jumping and then attacking before hitting the ground. Though they don’t attack like the classic style whips of Castlevania, they are nonetheless a staple of the franchise, and its spirital successor Bloodstained.

Like spears, whips have only two weapons that require other crafted gear to make. They do, however, seem to require a wider variety of materials than most other weapons.

Guns

Supposed to be a specialty weapon in Bloodstained: RotN, guns are ranged weapons that require ammunition to use. While Miriam has the Infinite Rounds option should she run out of other kinds of ammo, it will drastically affect your damage output. Guns are best suited for bosses that are giving you a hard time. All guns use the Strike attribute and no other elemental bonus. Your elemental bonuses will come from different ammo types.

Don’t be fooled by the base damage for these guns. Their main source of damage will come from the bullets you load them with. With diamond bullets, the stronger guns will have the highest base damage of any other weapon in the game. It’s just a matter of the ammo consumption that stops their usefulness. However, get the Recycle Hat from the food side quest chain, and you’ll never have to spend another bullet!

Of special note is Adrasteia. In addition to having the highest base damage for a gun (excluding Renee’s Requiem), Adrasteia also shoots homing bullets! It fires a red beam that darts toward the nearest prey, like Darkseid’s Omega Beams. It can be tricky to use when enemies are above Miriam, as the bullets don’t travel in a 90 degree angle, but it’s still very useful.

8-Bit Weapons

Here is a list of special weapons in Bloodstained: RotN. These weapons are all crafted initially with an 8-bit coin. You’ll only find one 8-bit coin in the game, and all subsequent ones must be bought from Dominique for 4,000 gold! These weapons get more unique in that they can be upgraded, twice; first with the 16-bit coin, and then with the 32-bit coin plus the 8-bit Nightmare. A single 16-bit coin can be found by completing course one of the Boss Rush mode. A 32-bit coin is granted for doing course 2. These coins can also be bought in game for 24,000 and 64,000 gold, respectively. The 8-bit nightmare is found on the Demon Overlord in the 8-Bit realm.

Because all the weapons are crafted in the same way, the third column will not feature components, but instead any special properties the weapons might have, as well as their weapon type. Also, base damage is listed as: first tier, second tier, third tier. Each tier of course being their crafted level.

A few things to unpack here. As you can see, many of the weapons don’t have a special property. It’s possible these weapons do have a special trait of some kind, it’s just none that I’ve managed to find for myself. Several of the weapons are also tied, or are at the top, for highest damage weapon of their respective type. This makes 8-bit weapons very valuable, assuming you picked the right one.

As you get the 8-bit coin very early, many ask: which 8-bit weapon is best to get first? Deathbringer has a great starting damage, especially for that early in the game, and can carry you for awhile. Encrypted Orchid’s Lightning damage means you can stun enemies momentarily, allowing for safer strikes. Redbeast’s Edge can pack a major wallop, but its limited range means you’ll be put in danger more often than not. Finally, the Shield Weapon can offer easy and early protection.

Conclusion

So there you have it, folks, the entire list of weapons in Bloodstained: RotN, along with all their stats and how to make them. Remember, many of these weapons can be found within the castle, so if you can’t make a weapon, you may just find it along the way. If you don’t see a weapon on this list within your available crafts, you’re likely missing a recipe book, so keep looking. I hope you found our Bloodstained: RotN 100% weapon guide helpful. If you have any questions about where to find certain ingredients, or you have some of your own tips about weapon types, please leave a comment below!