Weapon

General Information

Weapons are the most vital pieces of equipment in Albion Online and the primary factor in a player character's style of combat; they are effectively the closest thing to "character classes" in Albion.

There are 18 distinct weapon families within Albion Online, each belonging to one of three basic archetypes, as seen in the Destiny Board:

• Warrior weapons are crafted at a Warrior's Forge of the appropriate level
• Hunter weapons are crafted at a Hunter's Lodge of the appropriate level
• Mage weapons are crafted at a Mage's Tower of the appropriate level

Each weapon family shares a defining set of active (first and second slots) and passive (fourth slot) abilities to choose from, and each specific weapon in that family has a unique third slot ability (bound to the E key by default) that makes it further stand out.

Weapons may be one- or two-handed, the former allowing use of a shield or other off-hand items, which provide a variety of stat modifiers. One-handed weapons cannot be dual-wielded, but certain two-handed weapons fill that role, such as Dagger Pair and Dual Swords.

Unlocking Weapons

In order to access a weapon family, sufficient Destiny Board progress must be made within its particular archetype -- players initially have access to only the "basic" weapon of each archetype and must "move up" to the specific weapon they want.

• New Warriors are limited to Swords
• New Hunters are limited to Bows
• New Mages are limited to Fire Staffs

Similarly to unlocking Armor, characters must defeat enemies while wielding the proper weapon in order to earn fame towards an archetype and/or towards a specific weapon type, eventually unlocking a new perk.

All Weapon Types

Warrior Weapons

Building	Weapon Family	Standard			Rune	Soul	Relic
Warrior's Forge	Swords	Broadsword One-Handed	Claymore Two-Handed	Dual Swords Two-Handed	Clarent Blade One-Handed	Carving Sword Two-Handed	Galatine Pair Two-Handed
	Axes	Battleaxe One-Handed	Greataxe Two-Handed	Halberd Two-Handed	Carrioncaller Two-Handed	Infernal Scythe Two-Handed	Bear Paws Two-Handed
	Maces	Mace One-Handed	Heavy Mace Two-Handed	Morning Star Two-Handed	Bedrock Mace One-Handed	Incubus Mace One-Handed	Camlann Mace Two-Handed
	Hammers	Hammer One-Handed	Polehammer Two-Handed	Great Hammer Two-Handed	Tombhammer Two-Handed	Forge Hammers Two-Handed	Grovekeeper Two-Handed
	Crossbows	Crossbow Two-Handed	Heavy Crossbow Two-Handed	Light Crossbow One-Handed	Weeping Repeater Two-Handed	Boltcasters Two-Handed	Siegebow Two-Handed
	Shields	Shield Off-Hand			Sarcophagus Off-Hand	Caitiff Shield Off-Hand	Facebreaker Off-Hand

Hunter Weapons

Building	Weapon Family	Standard			Rune	Soul	Relic
Hunter's Lodge	Bows	Bow Two-Handed	Warbow Two-Handed	Longbow Two-Handed	Whispering Bow Two-Handed	Wailing Bow Two-Handed	Bow of Badon Two-Handed
	Spears	Spear One-Handed	Pike Two-Handed	Glaive Two-Handed	Heron Spear One-Handed	Spirithunter Two-Handed	Trinity Spear Two-Handed
	Nature Staves	Nature Staff One-Handed	Great Nature Staff Two-Handed	Wild Staff Two-Handed	Druidic Staff One-Handed	Blight Staff Two-Handed	Rampant Staff Two-Handed
	Daggers	Dagger One-Handed	Dagger Pair Two-Handed	Claws Two-Handed	Bloodletter One-Handed	Black Hands Two-Handed	Deathgivers Two-Handed
	Quarterstaves	Quarterstaff Two-Handed	Iron-Clad Staff Two-Handed	Double Bladed Staff Two-Handed	Black Monk Stave Two-Handed	Soulscythe Two-Handed	Staff of Balance Two-Handed
	Torches	Torch Off-Hand			Mistcaller Off-Hand	Leering Cane Off-Hand	Cryptcandle Off-Hand

Mage Weapons

Building	Weapon Family	Standard			Rune	Soul	Relic
Mage's Tower	Fire Staves	Fire Staff One-Handed	Great Fire Staff Two-Handed	Infernal Staff Two-Handed	Wildfire Staff One-Handed	Brimstone Staff Two-Handed	Blazing Staff Two-Handed
	Holy Staves	Holy Staff One-Handed	Great Holy Staff Two-Handed	Divine Staff Two-Handed	Lifetouch Staff One-Handed	Fallen Staff Two-Handed	Redemption Staff Two-Handed
	Arcane Staves	Arcane Staff One-Handed	Great Arcane Staff Two-Handed	Enigmatic Staff Two-Handed	Witchwork Staff One-Handed	Occult Staff Two-Handed	Malevolent Locus Two-Handed
	Frost Staves	Frost Staff One-Handed	Great Frost Staff Two-Handed	Glacial Staff Two-Handed	Hoarfrost Staff One-Handed	Icicle Staff Two-Handed	Permafrost Prism Two-Handed
	Cursed Staves	Cursed Staff One-Handed	Great Cursed Staff Two-Handed	Demonic Staff Two-Handed	Lifecurse Staff One-Handed	Cursed Skull Two-Handed	Damnation Staff Two-Handed
	Tomes	Tome of Spells Off-Hand			Eye of Secrets Off-Hand	Muisak Off-Hand	Taproot Off-Hand

You can see what every weapon looks like in-game on the Albion Weaponry page, courtesy of Community Manager Elsa. Warning for limited data connections: Albion Weaponry loads a huge number of high quality images all at once.