Weapons and Cursed Objects

No weapon triangle: six mechanics instead

Fortune's Weave removes the weapon triangle that has defined the series for decades. In its place, each of the six weapon types carries its own baseline mechanic, which changes how a team is assembled: a spear is not simply the answer to a sword, it is the answer to cavalry, and an axe is not the counter to a lance, it is a high-variance damage option with a floor under it.

Because the counter-relationships are now conditional rather than cyclic, the useful question when building a squad is not what counters what, but which of the six mechanics your current roster cannot produce. An army with no bow has no answer to fliers; an army with no spear hands every cavalry charge a free turn.

Cursed objects and the Blaze Art gauge

Cursed objects are a special item type found in Dagda, taking the form of weapons and accessories, and several are known as Drake's treasures after the pirate who originally owned them. What makes them more than curiosities is the interaction with Blaze Arts: possession appears to be what grants access to them at all, which means a cursed weapon is often the doorway to a whole build rather than an upgrade to one.

The gauge rules are asymmetric, and that asymmetry is the most useful thing on this page. Using a cursed weapon adds to the gauge of a unit with Underworld Blaze Arts, but depletes the gauge of a unit with Celestial Blaze Arts, while the gauge of Orchel is unaffected either way. The same weapon is therefore a resource for one unit and a running cost for another, and equipping it without checking which side of that line your unit sits on is how a build ends up fighting its own kit.

On top of that, using a cursed weapon or equipping a cursed accessory gives a chance to activate the Diadem of Duality. Cai and Theodora skip the chance entirely: their cursed objects are embedded in their bodies, so they hold it regardless of what they carry.

Every recorded named object

These are the 29 objects that have individual entries in the sources checked, grouped by category: items that act on the world, weapons, accessories, legendary weapons and Heroes Relics.

Chest objects that tie back to the dungeon list

Of the 29 objects above, 8 are recorded as coming out of a named dungeon, which turns the locations page into a shopping list. Those dungeons each carry a Renown gate and an expected enemy level, so the order to collect them in is a planning question rather than a preference.

• Veroquine - Masked Woods
• Muen - Cougar Woodlands
• Onoa - Giant's-Print Fort
• Velheit - Stoppered Shrine
• Gundogya - Sand-Shadow Fort
• Azaga's Bow - Valhalla Mine
• Turmoil Mask - Nowah's Cave
• Poisonbone Chain - Corroios Fort Ruins

What this page covers, and what it deliberately does not

A consolidated weapon and spell table lives on the weapons page, so this page covers what that table cannot: the six weapon-type mechanics and the named cursed objects with their wielders and sources. Where a field is not in the source, the row says so instead of being filled in, and Onoa is the one object here that two independent sources agree on, down to the dungeon it drops in.

Content that the sources themselves flag as a story reveal is left out entirely, so item entries describe what an object does and where it comes from rather than what it turns out to be.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a weapon triangle in this game?

No. Fortune Weave drops the weapon triangle and gives each weapon type its own baseline mechanic instead: spears break cavalry, bows break fliers, axes trade accuracy for power and a guaranteed damage floor, gauntlets trade damage for evasion, swords boost follow-up attacks, and magic punishes low resistance.

What are cursed objects and why do they matter?

Cursed objects are a special item type found in Dagda that show up as weapons and as accessories. Possession appears to be what grants access to Blaze Arts, which makes them build-defining rather than collectible trivia.

How do cursed weapons interact with Blaze Art gauges?

Using a cursed weapon adds to the gauge of a unit with Underworld Blaze Arts, while a unit with Celestial Blaze Arts has its gauge depleted instead. The gauge of Orchel is unaffected either way, so the same weapon is a resource for one build and a cost for another.

Where do the strongest items come from?

Partly from the story and partly from dungeon chests. Several cursed weapons and accessories are recorded as chest rewards in named dungeons, and the locations page carries those dungeons with their Renown gates and enemy levels.

Building a team around one of these objects? The characters page records who can be recruited on which path, and the class planner covers the certification climb that decides which weapon types a unit can actually carry.