There are 24 weapons in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, plus 5 DLC weapons. Finding all base game weapon locations unlocks the Legendary Collector trophy & achievement. DLC weapons are not required. There are 5 weapon categories, each category has 5 weapons, except Longswords which only have 4 weapons.
There are 4 Longswords, 5 Dual Blades, 5 Spears, 5 Axes, 5 One-Handed Swords.
They appear as yellow items in the world, dropped by bosses, from NPC questline rewards, and bought from merchants.
Everything is missable. The first region becomes unavailable after talking to the Storyteller in Region 3: Mt. Zhenwu – Zhenwu Altar. If missing an NPC interaction for a required questlines you’ll miss out on a reward. The weapons do carry over into New Game+.
The relevant NPC questlines for weapons are: Nian Suichang, Li Dingo & Sun Kewang, Tao Qing.
To get all collectible types and trophies in one playthrough, follow our guide by area:
- Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Collectible Guide
Worship’s Rise – Reverent Temple
Weapon #1: Cloudfrost’s Edge (Longsword)
Automatically obtained as your first weapon, after leaving the cave at the start of the game. After the cutscene it will be in your inventory.
Weapon #2: Halberd (Axe)
After talking to Boatman NPC (story-related), you can go through the open door on the right of the area. Then you find this as a yellow sparkling item on a corpse on the ground directly on your path. Will be in plain sight.
Worship’s Rise – Buddha Cliffs
Weapon #3: Red-Tasseled Spear (Spear)
After the room where you fight Tang Palace Maid boss, leave the boss room through the exit at the top. Turn right, go down the slope and enter the little enemy camp on the right. You will encounter two new enemy types here for the first time, they move faster and dodge. Defeat them, then loot the corpse in the back of the camp.
Worship’s Rise – Lightzen Temple
Weapon #4: Darkfrost Edge (One-Handed Sword)
To the right of the shrine, there will be a group of enemies sitting between oil jars. On the table next to them pick up the yellow item.
Weapon #5: Steampowered Spear (Spear) / NPC: Panda (Merchant)
Bought from Panda merchant for 1 Bamboo Shoot (obtained from Bamboozlings). He appears in different areas throughout the game. The first location is in the cave where you find the Storyteller. After defeating the boss at Lightzen Temple, you get the key to open the gate leading out of the area. Follow the path and go over a river. When you reach a staircase, don’t go up, instead follow the path right before the village (past the house where Child in the Jar NPC is). Keep going straight (past a stone bridge), to reach the cave. Panda sits upstairs. You can defeat the Bamboozling just before the cave entrance to get the Bamboo Shoot. If it runs away can rest at shrine for it to respawn.
Weapon #6: Un-Equilibrium Blades (Dual Blades)
From the last location, backtrack to the village area where Child in the Jar is. This time, take the path up the staircase, go forward to the end of the path to encounter a strong red-eyed enemy (drops Ming armor set). To the left of the red-eyed enemy are ladders going up to the roofs and an invisible bridge over the river, indicated by a yellow/green orb. Go over the invisible bridge where the yellow/green orb floats in the air, then go left, down the path along the river. Where you see a wooden cart parked in front of a house, a big enemy will smash through the door. In front of the door is a yellow glowing item, that’s the weapon. Alternatively, you can also buy this weapon later after upgrading Wu Gang’s shop at Shu Sanctum shrine.
Weapon #7: Empyrean Greataxe (Axe)
From the above weapon, keep following that same path along the river to enter a bamboo forest. There take the path to the right leading uphill to a bigger village. Proceed until a big enemy rolls a rock at you. To the right of that enemy go on the roof and climb up the ladder. Cross the rooftop, on the other side climb down to find a strong fire bird enemy. Directly above the fire bird enemy on the rooftop, pick up the yellow item. Go up the path to the right of the fire bird, enter the last house to go upstairs and climb the ladder to the roof.
Worship’s Rise – Shu Sanctum
Weapon #8: Firearm Blades (Dual Blades)
After opening the locked door to the right of the Shu Sanctum shrine, follow the path there in the village to the end to find it. Where you encounter lots of the small enemies with pickaxes. The door opens from the other side, on the path where you find the side boss “Gluttonous Monstrosity – Lu Hongliu”.
Worship’s Rise – Mercury Workshop
Weapon #9: Lashing Whip (Longsword)
From the shrine, go over the red tree on the left, then take the first exit on the right where 2 small enemies shoot guns at you. Between these enemies pick up the yellow item.
Worship’s Rise – Bandit Cave
Weapon #10: Astral Blade (One-Handed Sword)
Dropped by Boss: Blightweaver – Great Centipede.
Cloudspire – Cloudspire Outskirts
Weapon #11: Gunpowder Spear (Spear)
From Cloudspire Outskirts shrine, turn around and enter the tall building on the right. Behind this building (outside) climb the ladders, on top of the roof it’s in a small chest.
Weapon #12: Twin Bandits (Dual Blades)
From Cloudspire Outskirts shrine, turn around 180° and go forward, then take the snowy path on the right leading uphill. At the end of the area you can enter a small house and climb the short ladder to the second corruption pillar (rock that spawns explosive enenmies). Here take the right path, then go right again to open a big gate. Keep to the right and there is a red-eyed enemy behind some boxes, with this weapon in a small chest behind him.
Cloudspire – Rebel Camp
Weapon #13: Flamebringer (Longsword)
Dropped by Boss: General of the North – Ai Nengqi.
Cloudspire – Snowfall Palace
Weapon #14: Boreal Abyss (One-Handed Sword)
From Snowfall Palace shrine, go up the big staircase in the middle of the area. Then take the right path and go through the building until you reach a room with an archer enemy. This room has an elevator that’s activated via a pressure plate on the floor. There’s a secret area below the elevator. First, make the elevator go up. Then make the elevator go down by standing on the pressure plate in the middle of the elevator. This will transport you into a secret treasure room below. In the corner you find a little chest that contains a weapon, and an inner demon will spawn in the same place.
Cloudspire – Bride’s Boudoir
Weapon #15: Bitter Severance (Dual Blades)
Dropped by Boss: Perfect Bride – Fang Ling/Chimera – Fang Ling.
Mt. Zhenwu – Zhenwu Antechamber
Weapon #16: Thunder’s Call (Dual Blades)
Dropped by Boss: South General – Liu Wenxiu.
Weapon #17: Cloudpiercer (Spear)
After defeating boss South General – Liu Wenxiu, follow the scaffolding up until you enter a temple building. Instead of going upstairs, stay on this floor to find a staircase leading down, from there climb down the long ladder to the bottom. There are two bird enemies and a small white glowing chest, it contains the weapon.
Mt. Zhenwu – Pavilion of Knowledge
Weapon #18: Cinder Dragoncoil (Axe)
From the shrine go upstairs and turn left to find a little chest at the end of the corridor, it contains the weapon. Still inside the cave, before going back outside.
Mt. Zhenwu – Ferry Overlook
Weapon #19: Serpent Fang (Longsword)
If you talked to Li Dingo & Sun Kewang in Cloudspire – Hillswatch (they were drinking there together at end of the village), you can find them again on the docks after Ferry Overlook shrine. They will stand on the left dock. Exhaust their dialogues, rest at the shrine, then go back to where Li Dingo was standing, he left behind a yellow item which is this weapon. Basically a reward for completing all his interactions.
Mt. Zhenwu – Rivulet
Weapon #20: Li Jiao’s Fang (Axe)
After defeating Monstrous Toddler – Bai Kru, go back to the Ferry Overlook and speak with the Boatman again at the dock by the boat. He gives the Li Jiao’s Fang weapon.
Worship’s Rise in Ruins – Shu Sanctum
Weapon #21: Zhanlu Sword (One-Handed Sword) / NPC: Nian Suichang
For this you must have completed all Nian Suichang interactions throughout the game at every opportunity, without missing any. Then he will spawn in the 4th region Worship’s Rise in Ruins. From Shu Sanctum shrine, go upstairs and leave over the roof. Follow the right path uphill past an enemy rolling a rock at you. At the top if you completed all prior interactions Nian Suichang will appear. He will either spawn as a red enemy, in which case defeat him and he’ll drop his weapon. Or he will be sitting at the cliffs non-hostile, in which case pick up the purple item behind him and talk to him, then rest at a shrine and come back to find his weapon as a purple item where he was sitting. Either way you get the highly missable weapon Zhanlu Sword, the Champions armor set, and the Sword of Judgment. If you failed his questline he won’t be here, you won’t get the weapon and will need another playthrough in New Game+ to do all his interactions.
Weapon #22: Scorn Greataxe (Axe)
From Shu Sanctum shrine, go upstairs and leave over the roof. Follow the right path uphill past an enemy rolling a rock at you. Then take the right path down the wooden platforms the lower level. In the wooden hut on the right before the tunnel you can find a small chest with this weapon.
Bo Capital – The Forbidden Lands
5th region will be revealed soon.
DLC Weapons:
These are not required for the Legendary Collector trophy/achievement.
- Vermillion War Club (Axe) – Pre-Order Bonus
- Watcher’s Gaze (Sword) – Deluxe Edition Bonus
- Dragoncoil Lance (Spear) – Deluxe Edition Bonus
- Eternal Sovereignty (Dual Blades) – Deluxe Edition Bonus
- Moonlight Dragon (Sword) – Deluxe Edition Bonus
That’s all of the weapons. The Legendary Collector trophy/achievement unlocks after getting the 24 base game weapons.
For all other collectibles by type and by area refer to Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Collectible Guide.
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