Last checked: August 16, 2026 — verified against the August 13, 2026 update (patch 3.2.18a)

Deepwoken Weapon Tier List – Best Weapons Ranked by Damage & Scaling

By Money Lord — Founder & Editor | Updated: August 16, 2026

A numbers-first Deepwoken weapon tier list: every pick is ranked on real base damage, scaling, posture damage, penetration, swing speed and stat requirement, re-checked against the current patch on August 16, 2026. Mantras and attunements follow further down. Full coverage lives on our Deepwoken hub.

Which Deepwoken Patch This List Covers

The current build is the August 13th, 2026 update (tag pv_AUG_13_04:19a), plus hotpatch 3.2.18a on August 14, 2026. Weapon-relevant changes: a new cestus (Steelscale Dusters), an Alloyed Falchion buff, and Bloodedge losing half its posture scaling (base 7 → 6) plus 0.1s endlag. For the earlier content drop, see our Deepwoken March 2026 update breakdown.

Deepwoken by the numbers

From the Roblox games API on August 16, 2026: 3,799 players in-game, 1.62 billion visits (1,617,546,763), 1,031,563 favourites, 411,100 likes to 64,727 dislikes (86.4% approval). Paid access at 400 Robux, published by Monad Studios East, live since October 12, 2019.

How Deepwoken Weapon Stats Actually Work

Weapons split into Light, Medium and Heavy, each tied to a trainable attribute — though scaling isn't: the Gran Sudaruska scales off Frostdraw and Heavy Weapon together, the Hero's Blade of Wind purely off Galebreathe. Five numbers decide a weapon: base damage, the scaling coefficient (damage per point invested), posture damage (how fast you break a guard), penetration (armour ignored) and swing speed (1x baseline). A 26-damage greataxe at 0.76x is not automatically better than a 20-damage katana at 1x with 30% penetration. Weapons also roll up to 3 quality stars, each worth +2% damage, +5% penetration or +4% weight.

S Tier — Best Weapons in Deepwoken

These five lead their categories. The Enforcer's Blade and Axe share a hyperarmour spin critical whose first hit guardbreaks, on a 7-second cooldown.

The Enforcer's Blade is the pick most tier lists get wrong. Lower base damage than the Axe (25.5 vs 26), but higher scaling (HVY 10 vs 9), higher posture (10 vs 8) and a faster swing (0.79x vs 0.76x). At high Heavy investment it out-damages the Axe; below that, the Axe's cheaper 75 HVY requirement wins. They are a pair, not a hierarchy.

The Shattered Katana is the strongest medium weapon and the highest-penetration melee option here at 30%, on a 1x swing. Two-handed it gains a 1.1x critical with innate Bleed (6s cooldown) whose delayed slashes ignore hitstun. Petra's Anchor matches the Axe's base damage with better posture (9) and penetration (15%), plus a 9-second critical that ragdolls on the rush (1x) into an overhead slam (1.2x). Imperator's Edge has the longest reach at 11 range, but 80 in three attributes is the priciest requirement on the page.

A Tier — Excellent Weapons

Kyrsieger is the value pick of the heavy class: 24 base damage and 9 posture for only 50 HVY and 15 CHA. Serpent's Edge beats Kyrsblade as a duelling medium because its three-slash critical (0.75x per hit, 10s cooldown) can be camera-aimed and feinted after the first slash.

The hybrids — Gran Sudaruska (Frostdraw), Boltcrusher (Thundercall), Crypt Blade (Shadowcast) — all scale harder off their attunement than off Heavy Weapon; Crypt Blade's SDW 9 is the highest single-attunement coefficient here for only 40 HVY. The Alloyed Falchion is the August 13 patch's winner: 16 → 18 base damage, MED 7 scaling and 20% penetration on the fastest medium swing here (1.06x).

B Tier — Good, Situational or Budget Weapons

The Sacred Hammer is the best budget weapon in the game: the Shattered Katana's MED 7 scaling plus 15% penetration for a requirement 25 points lower. Rangescraper is the standout light weapon — 18 base damage for just 35 LHT, the fastest swing here (1.3x) and pistol-class 11 range, though 2 posture damage means it never breaks a guard alone. Steelscale Dusters, new on August 13, 2026, carry the highest light-weapon coefficient on the page (LHT 10), held back by 14 base damage. Bloodfouler would rank higher if the same patch had not made its running critical jumpable.

C Tier — Outclassed for the Investment

Nothing here is unusable, just beaten by something cheaper in the same slot. Frostthorn asks 90 Light Weapon — the steepest light requirement on this page — for 14.5 base damage and LHT 8 / ICE 1 scaling, less than the Rangescraper delivers at 35 LHT. Deepspindle (14 base, LHT 4 / SDW 9) is outdamaged by the Crypt Blade on the same attunement. The base Falchion (16 damage, MED 6, 20 MED) is a stepping stone: buy one for 650 Notes and alloy it.

Pistols and Ranged Options

Pistols all key off Light Weapon and are a utility class, not a damage class: the value is range (10–12.5), not burst.

The Silversix is the quirk worth knowing: LHT 13, the highest pistol scaling coefficient in the game, at zero requirement, so the starter weapon stays relevant far longer than it should. Iron Requiem leads on damage (Saramaed Hollow) but locks you into 75 Ironsing, and Repeater is sold at Summer Isle for 200 Notes.

Attunements and Mantras to Pair With Them

Deepwoken has seven attunements, not four. Flamecharm, Frostdraw, Thundercall and Galebreathe are selectable at character creation; Shadowcast, Ironsing and Bloodrend are unlocked in-world and stay unlocked on every slot. Mantras upgrade at fixed thresholds — 1 point = Level 1, 20 = Level 2, 40 = Level 3, 60 = Level 4, 80 = Level 5 — and you equip six by default (3 Combat, 1 Support, 1 Mobility, 1 Wildcard), extendable with an Oath, Neuroplasticity (35 Mind) or Will O' Wisp.

Three Flamecharm mantras pair best with a weapon build. Fire Blade costs 60 Ether, needs only 1 Flamecharm, deals 18/21/24/27/30 by level with 2.75 scaling and 18 posture damage, and guardbreaks at Level 5. Burning Servants is 30 Ether for six hits of 4–5.6, 4 posture each plus 20 on the final strike. Ash Slam (50 Flamecharm, 20 Strength) hits twice for 10–26 then 6–15.6 on a 15-second cooldown.

Galebreathe is the attunement to be careful with: the August 13 patch halved Aftercut's damage buff, cut Pressure Break's bonus from 25% to 15%, dropped Astral Wind's posture from 12.5 to 8.5, and reduced Gale Punch posture by 25% and Wind Gun damage by 15%. Most Ironsing mantras now deal only Metal damage, and Jailer no longer acts as truestun. On the oath side, Starkindred no longer requires player kills to obtain, making it far more accessible for heavy builds alongside Dawnwalker.

How We Ranked These Weapons

Placement follows each weapon's published stat block — base damage, scaling, posture damage, penetration, swing speed and requirement — cross-checked against the current patch notes, then weighted by how much of your build the weapon eats. A weapon needing 80 in three attributes must beat one needing 50 in one by a wide margin, which is why Kyrsieger ranks near weapons with bigger raw numbers. Anything unverifiable was cut rather than guessed at, including drop locations earlier versions of this page listed incorrectly.

For how Deepwoken compares to other Roblox RPGs, see our Deepwoken vs Blox Fruits comparison or the Arcane Odyssey hub; the Blox Fruits tier list covers the gentler end.

More Deepwoken

• Deepwoken Hub — codes, guides and live stats.
• Deepwoken Codes — current code status.
• Deepwoken March 2026 Update — Cantrips, Crypt Blade, Etrea overhaul.
• Deepwoken Free Robux Guide — covering the 400 Robux entry cost.
• Deepwoken vs Blox Fruits — permadeath against grind-and-raid.
• Deepwoken vs Arcane Odyssey — the two most serious Roblox RPGs.
• Deepwoken vs Type Soul — combat depth versus faction progression.
• Depthless RPG vs Deepwoken — clone versus original.

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