Choosing a weapon in Conan Exiles means more than picking the strongest gear, as your weapon needs to suit your survival style. Exiles aiming to control the battlefield need the right tool for the job, so it's a very important decision. With that, here we'll cover the top best Conan Exiles weapons so you can find the best fit for you!

Top 10 Best Weapons in Conan Exiles Tier List

This tier list highlights ten of the best and most lethal weapons in Conan Exiles. Use these as proven starting points, but ultimately pick a weapon that fits your playstyle and lets you build your legend.

10. Voidforge Gladius

• Weapon Type: One-Handed Sword
• Damage Type: Agility Weapon
• Grade: Epic
• How to Get: Use 1x Weapon Handle and 17x Eldarium at the Improved Blacksmith’s Bench, Campaign Blacksmith’s Bench, or Garrison Blacksmith’s Bench
• Repair Costs: 1x Weapon Handle and 3x Eldarium

Forged from the otherworldly Eldarium, the first entry on this list of the best weapons in Conan Exiles is the Voidforge Gladius. This one-handed short sword rubs salt in wounds, as each hit inflicts bleed and poison, making it a sadistic choice for attrition warfare. For its stats, it boasts exceptional base damage, especially when compared to other options in the same weapon type. However, the hard-to-get Eldarium makes this weapon especially difficult to acquire, particularly for new players.

Stats

No Thrall

• Light Attack Damage: 54
• Heavy Attack Damage: 59
• Armor Penetration: 14.4%
• Durability: 675
• Weight: 3.28
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 1

• Light Attack Damage: 56
• Heavy Attack Damage: 61
• Armor Penetration: 14.7%
• Durability: 695.3
• Weight: 3.15
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 2

• Light Attack Damage: 56
• Heavy Attack Damage: 62
• Armor Penetration: 14.9%
• Durability: 714.2
• Weight: 3.01
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 3

• Light Attack Damage: 58
• Heavy Attack Damage: 63
• Armor Penetration: 15.3%
• Durability: 733.7
• Weight: 2.87
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 4: Edgesmith

• Light Attack Damage: 58
• Heavy Attack Damage: 63
• Armor Penetration: 17.6%
• Durability: 880.9
• Weight: 2.87
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 4: Bladesmith

• Light Attack Damage: 66
• Heavy Attack Damage: 73
• Armor Penetration: 15.3%
• Durability: 880.9
• Weight: 2.87
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

Tier 4: Tempersmith

• Light Attack Damage: 61
• Heavy Attack Damage: 66
• Armor Penetration: 16%
• Durability: 872
• Weight: 2.87
• Effects: Bleed and Poisoned

9. Black Dragon Pike

• Weapon Type: Two-Handed Spear
• Damage Type: Agility Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from Legendary Chests or from various NPCs, including Skald, Freke the Wild, and the White General

Embodying the elite militaristic doctrine of Aquilonia is the Black Dragon Pike, a legendary two-handed spear made for those wanting to get drunk with victory. Tacticians and PvP duelists would do well in using this weapon in various combat scenarios, especially in PvE Conflict Servers. For instance, use its superior reach to keep even the fiercest enemies at bay. Then, take advantage of its crippling effects, such as bleed, to ensure your target’s health bar continues to tick down even when on the defensive. But be warned: this legendary weapon can’t be repaired once broken, which means you must find it again if its durability reaches zero.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 65
• Heavy Attack Damage: 78
• Armor Penetration: 7.2%
• Durability: 1,120
• Weight: 4.81
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Reach

8. Annihilator

• Weapon Type: Two-Handed Sword
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from various NPCs, namely the Blood Defiler, He-Who-Walks-Below, The Lone Wanderer, and Risen Bones

Annihilate enemies left and right with the Annihilator, a two-handed greatsword built to destroy the hopes, dreams, and skulls of anyone who wishes to stand in its way. Weakened enemies, particularly those with 10% health or lower, are instantly slain with a single hit from this weapon. Still, its fairly slow attack speed means some wielders might be missing out on extra DPS, especially when you’re used to faster weapons. Nonetheless, consider switching to this weapon on the fly if you want a flashy finish for a foe’s end, perfect for those theatrical clinchers in PvP Conan Exiles servers.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 75
• Heavy Attack Damage: 90
• Armor Penetration: 33.75%
• Durability: 3,600
• Weight: 5.25
• Effects: Cripple and Execution: Deals 10,000 additional damage to an enemy with less than 10% health. Killing an enemy this way won’t yield experience points (XPs).

7. Ancient Lemurian Axe

• Weapon Type: One Handed Axe
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Epic
• How to Get: Craft using 1x Weapon Handle and 38x Star Metal Bar at an Improved Blacksmith’s Bench, Campaign Blacksmith’s Bench, and Garrison Blacksmith’s Bench
• Repair Costs: 1x Weapon Handle and 29x Star Metal Bar

Once thought to be a relic of a sunken civilization, the Ancient Lemurian Axe joins this list of the best weapons in Conan Exiles with its raw power. It proves that a weapon need not rely on RNG to hit like a freight train. In particular, this weapon’s armor penetration is higher than that of other options, including some legendary options like the Black Dragon Pike. It’s also relatively cheap to craft, and repair possibilities are indefinite. Travel to the Sunken City to learn the recipe for this weapon, especially when transitioning from mid- to late-game content.

Stats

No Thrall

• Light Attack Damage: 48
• Heavy Attack Damage: 53
• Armor Penetration: 13.5%
• Durability: 1,350
• Weight: 2.82
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 1

• Light Attack Damage: 49
• Heavy Attack Damage: 55
• Armor Penetration: 13.8%
• Durability: 1,390.5
• Weight: 2.71
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 2

• Light Attack Damage: 50
• Heavy Attack Damage: 55
• Armor Penetration: 14%
• Durability: 1,428.3
• Weight: 2.59
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 3

• Light Attack Damage: 51
• Heavy Attack Damage: 56
• Armor Penetration: 14.3%
• Durability: 1,467.5
• Weight: 2.47
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 4: Edgesmith

• Light Attack Damage: 51
• Heavy Attack Damage: 56
• Armor Penetration: 16.5%
• Durability: 1,761.8
• Weight: 2.47
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 4: Bladesmith

• Light Attack Damage: 59
• Heavy Attack Damage: 65
• Armor Penetration: 14.3%
• Durability: 1,761.8
• Weight: 2.47
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

Tier 4: Tempersmith

• Light Attack Damage: 54
• Heavy Attack Damage: 59
• Armor Penetration: 15%
• Durability: 1,944
• Weight: 2.47
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

6. Yog’s Touch

• Weapon Type: One Handed Axe
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from various NPCs, including the Forlorn Soul, Reanimated Giant King, and Servant of the Priest King

What if a cannibal god descends into the mortal realm as a tool for killing? That would be Yog’s Touch, a legendary one-handed axe with devastating force. Although highly usable in PvE, it can strike fear in the eyes of enemies in PvP combat with its combination of obscene armor penetration and raw power. Additionally, each swing bleeds, corrupts, and cripples enemies, allowing it to kill heavily-armored players in a few hits. However, you must hope for the best that it drops from the ashes of fallen powerful enemies to get it.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 60
• Heavy Attack Damage: 66
• Armor Penetration: 28.35%
• Durability: 3,300
• Weight: 4.55
• Effects: Bleed, Corrupted, Cripple, and Shieldsmash

5. Nortis

• Weapon Type: One Handed Mace
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from Risen Bones, the Warmaker’s Adjutant, or the Reanimated Giant King

Take the Nortis from the hands of the Warmaker’s Adjutant, and this legendary one-handed mace will serve you well. Apart from corrupting and penetrating enemy armor, holding this weapon grants an invisible shield that protects the user from such effects. Additionally, each hit applies Sunder, further shredding enemy armor and amplifying all subsequent damage. Still, like most legendary weapons in Conan Exiles, it’s impossible to repair the Nortis. Nonetheless, consider it for its effects, particularly when dealing with bosses.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 67
• Heavy Attack Damage: 73
• Armor Penetration: 27.0%
• Durability: 3,300
• Weight: 4.55
• Effects: Corrupted, Sunder, and Shieldsmash

4. Sword of Crom

• Weapon Type: Two-Handed Sword
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from various enemies, namely the Watcher, Gravewalker, Undead Commander, and Guardian of the Flame

A blade worthy of the grim god who cares for no man, the Sword of Crom is a legendary two-handed sword that offers massive damage per swing. However, it comes with a high cost – one successful blow from this weapon drains 100% of your stamina. This massive drawback makes the Sword of Crom an ideal choice for niche builds. Additionally, it deals minuscule damage (if any) when given to a thrall, despite its high damage stats. Nonetheless, expert exiles who can master this sword can create amazing one-shot montages.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 78
• Heavy Attack Damage: 94
• Armor Penetration: 20.25%
• Durability: 450
• Weight: 5.25
• Effects: Cripple

3. Momentum

• Weapon Type: One Handed Mace
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from Legendary Chests or from various NPCs, including the Aesir Veteran, Black Dragon Commander, and White General

The Momentum is a one-handed physics tool turned into a weapon. Each swing creates a bone-breaking force that matches the output of certain two-handed weapons. In particular, the Momentum possesses the highest average base damage of any one-handed weapon in the game. It also applies Sunder and Shieldsmash, easily mowing down defenses. Still, its +50% stamina drain requires more strategic use as opposed to randomly swinging it around the battlefield. It’s also extremely heavy, weighing 9.10. Nonetheless, strength-based solo fighters may find this weapon to be their best-in-slot (BiS).

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 85
• Heavy Attack Damage: 94
• Armor Penetration: 27.0%
• Durability: 3,300
• Weight: 9.10
• Effects: Sunder and Shieldsmash

2. Axe of the Lion

• Weapon Type: One Handed Axe
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from Legendary Chests, killing the Risen Bones, or by using a Gravedigger on the left of L-9 of the Isle of Siptah

Anyone seeing the stats of the Axe of the Lion will see it as a unique weapon, even when compared to the likes of other options in this list of the best weapons in Conan Exiles. Hit enemies with a heavy attack with it, and you’ll deal a measly 1 damage. On the other hand, the Axe of the Lion’s light attacks are weighty, dealing more damage than normal. Simply holding this weapon also grants the “Predatory” effect, increasing the wearer’s Strength by 5. So, if you’re looking for a stylish, high-speed alternative to one-handed maces like the Momentum, the Axe of the Lion might be the perfect choice.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 103
• Heavy Attack Damage: 1
• Armor Penetration:
• Durability: 2,700
• Weight: 4.03
• Effects: Bleed, Cripple, Predatory, and Shieldsmash

1. The Predatory Blade

• Weapon Type: One-Handed Sword
• Damage Type: Strength Weapon
• Grade: Legendary
• How to Get: Loot from The Brute at the Unnamed City

Sitting at the pinnacle of the best weapon in Conan Exiles is the Predatory Blade. Despite it having a similar effect to the Axe of the Lion, it has a higher base damage than its one-handed axe cousin. Turn yourself into a high-speed tank with this legendary one-handed sword, as you wield it with one hand and a good shield in the other. Prepare yourself for some grinding, as the only way to get it is by defeating The Brute at the Unnamed City, a harsh, corruption-filled wasteland. If lucky, exiles looking for raw, unfiltered damage will do well with this definitive instrument of death.

Stats

• Light Attack Damage: 108
• Heavy Attack Damage: 1
• Armor Penetration: 9.0%
• Durability: 2,700
• Weight: 3.50
• Effects: Cripple and Predatory