Warriors in Essenia rely on powerful and diverse weaponry, each possessing unique features and opportunities for enhancement through runes and artifacts. Weapons can be one-handed or two-handed, and depending on the type, they may have various characteristics—ranging from high attack speed to devastating crushing blows. Warriors can choose their weapons based on their combat preferences: close combat, ranged attacks, armor destruction, and more.

One-Handed Weapons

One-handed weapons allow the warrior to use their other hand for a shield, giving them a balance between offense and defense.

1. One-Handed Swords
   • Royal Blade – A classic weapon of knights and soldiers, balanced in damage and speed. Can be enchanted with light or fire magic to increase damage.
   • Thunder Blade – A sword enchanted with air magic, creating lightning strikes upon impact, stunning enemies.
   • Frost Blade – A sword imbued with water magic, slowing enemies with each strike and potentially freezing them.
2. One-Handed Axes
   • Cleaving Axe – Used for rapidly breaking armor, can be enchanted with a rune of earth to increase physical strength.
   • Flame Axe – Enchanted with a fire rune, igniting enemies with each strike.
   • Shadow Axe – An enchanted axe that absorbs light, making strikes invisible, perfect for ambushing enemies.
3. One-Handed Maces
   • Hammer of Justice – A weapon with a heavy strike, ideal for breaking armor. Can be enchanted with a light rune to increase damage against dark creatures.
   • Thunder Hammer – Enchanted with an air rune, each strike releases a lightning burst, weakening enemies.
   • Bloody Moon Hammer – Enchanted with a rune of darkness, it deals magical damage and drains the energy from enemies with each strike.
4. One-Handed Spears and Pikes
   • Hunter’s Spear – A versatile weapon with a long range, perfect for countering riders and fast enemies.
   • Pike of Doom – A spear enchanted with earth magic, dealing piercing damage and able to penetrate multiple enemies at once.
   • Wind Pike – Enchanted with an air rune, it allows for lightning-fast attacks and keeps the warrior mobile in battle.

Two-Handed Weapons

Two-handed weapons are slower but deliver much greater damage and have a devastating effect on the opponent’s armor. Warriors wielding two-handed weapons focus on delivering powerful blows and holding off multiple enemies.

1. Two-Handed Swords
   • Great Sword – A classic hero’s weapon, a long sword that delivers crushing blows. Can be enchanted with fire or earth runes to increase damage.
   • Storm Sword – Enchanted with an air rune, each strike summons gusts of wind that can knock enemies back.
   • Moonshadow Sword – A two-handed sword designed to destroy creatures of darkness. Can absorb the power of light or shadow to increase damage.
2. Two-Handed Axes
   • War Axe – A heavy weapon designed for chopping through armor and shields. Can be enhanced with an earth rune to increase power.
   • Fiery Wrath Axe – Enchanted with a fire rune, creating fiery waves upon impact that can strike multiple enemies.
   • Executioner’s Axe – Perfect for finishing blows, it deals critical damage to weakened enemies.
3. Two-Handed Hammers
   • Storm Hammer – A heavy weapon enchanted with an air rune. Each blow generates a shockwave that knocks enemies to the ground.
   • Earth Hammer – A two-handed hammer enchanted with an earth rune, capable of creating earthquakes with each strike, shattering the environment and weakening enemy defenses.
   • Destroyer’s Hammer – Each collision with an opponent causes magical explosions, dealing area damage to everything around.
4. Two-Handed Spears and Halberds
   • Titan Halberd – A weapon that allows you to keep enemies at bay, enchanted with a rune of earth, increasing the power of each strike.
   • Spear of Doom – A spear enchanted with a rune of darkness, dealing magical damage and poisoning enemies with every thrust.
   • Windbreaker Halberd – A two-handed spear enchanted with an air rune, delivering swift strikes and increasing the warrior’s speed in combat.