Special Weapons
There are many weapons in the game but some are more powerful than others. These swords are unique and are found only once in the game.
- Elemental Blades - These are found throughout the game and each one has its own unique ability. The Earth Blade is found in the Shadowmire, this can summon a pillar of stone from the ground and hit the enemy where it hurts the most. The Ice Blade can be found in Shiverbane, this can put an ice barrier around Rynn for a short time and any enemy within that barrier will eventually freeze. The Lightning Blade is in Kragmor and can shoot electricity from the hilt to all directions. Finally, the Fire Blade launches a ring of fire. This is found in the Desert of Tears but to get to it you must first place three stones on their correct altars.
- Mournbringer - Bought from the blacksmith when all four elemental blades are found. The single most powerful weapon in the game, can steal any health from the enemies to regenerate yours.
- Lestat's Blade - Similar to the Mournbringer, this blade, found in the City of the Damned, also drains the life of the enemies.
- Rynn's Dagger - The only weapon in the game that is unbreakable. It's also the weakest weapon in the game and the only one you can't sell. The only way to get rid of it is to not pick it up when you find your weapons again in Shiverbane.
- Clineschmidt's Blade - Found in the sealed water cave in Ravenshold.
- Character Weapons - A few weapons can be stolen from bosses. Bonegrinder's Staff can launch a lightning ring around Rynn. The Flamestrike Sword is found among the skeleton leader in the catacombs and has the same properties as the fire element blade. Snotmaw's Cleaver is a giant axe obtained when killing Snotmaw in Kragmor. In Shiverbane you can obtain Maulgak's Maul, a large hammer that can launch a ring of ice.
- Tempest - A purple sword shaped like a lightning bolt, doesn't really have any special properties.
- The Chicken - Probably the most unusual melee weapon in the game, as powerful as the Mournbringer but doesn't drain life. This is a random acquisition in the game, potentially found in any merchant's shop. If you hear a chicken squawk when you enter the merchant's inventory, look at the last slot available, and you should find the Chicken.
- Hoarfrost - A bow which shoots icicle-shaped "hoarfrost arrows" found in a grull cave in Ravenshold.
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