Lineage Piece Best Weapons Tier List
Last updated: 2026-08-18
Every sword in Lineage Piece with where to get it and what it costs — from the 2,500-coin starter Katana to Mythical questline blades. Costs and materials are from the official Trello; rankings reflect the current patch.
S Tier
| Name | Role | Why |
| Solemn Lament | Mythical | Solemn Lament NPC: Grief for the Dead + Lament for the Living + 5 Fusion Cores + 100 Soulweaver Butterflies + 250 Boss's Souls + 30M coins & 45K gems. |
| Saber Alter | Mythical | Saber Alter NPC: Corrupted Holy Sword, 3 Dark Mana Cores, 5 Servant Covenants, 10 Dragon Blood, 750 Grail Mud + 20M coins. All farmed in Ryuudo Cave. |
| Shadow Daggers | Mythical | Nine-quest chain (Tower floor 50, both Demon King Daggers, 2B dagger damage) then 1 Monarch's Soul + 2 Cores of Shadow + 10 Gate Fragments + 10M coins. |
A Tier
| Name | Role | Why |
| Miyabi | Mythical | Banner gacha exclusive — pull from the character banner rather than an NPC. Pairs with Frost Kitsune race. |
| Kokushibo | Mythical | Kokushibo NPC: Demon race + Nichirin Blueprint + 4 Broken Flutes + 6 Upper One Eyes + 10M coins & 10K gems. |
| Raiden Shogun | Mythical | Raiden Shogun NPC: Archon race + 40 Celestial Steel + 5 Shards of Calamity + 5 Tears of Eternity + 2 Puppet Cores + Electro Vision + 7.5M coins. |
| Shadow | Mythical | Shadow NPC questline (Stylish Bandit Slayer kills + Cid's Castle clears) then 100 Black Slime + 6 Shadow Fragments + 12 Shadow Orbs + 2 Atomic Cores + 7.5M coins. |
B Tier
| Name | Role | Why |
| Excalibur | Legendary | Saber NPC: Sword Technique Book + Avalon + 5 Goblets + 650K coins & 3.5K gems. Both materials drop from the Saber boss. |
| Player's Dagger | Legendary | Sung Jin Woo NPC: Sword Technique Book + 5 System Cores + Venom Fang + Knight Killer + 1M coins & 7.5K gems. |
| Tensa Zangetsu | Legendary | Tensa Zangetsu NPC: own Zangetsu, kill Ichigo (Bankai) 50 times, then 1 Hollow Mask + 600K coins & 2K gems. |
C Tier
| Name | Role | Why |
| Zangetsu | Epic | Ichigo NPC: 500K coins & 1K gems. The Shinigami starter path and a Tensa prerequisite. |
| Yoru | Rare | Dark Blade Seller: 200K coins & 500 gems. Best pure-coin blade of the early tiers. |
| Gryphon | Rare | Gryphon NPC on Deeproot Jungle: 750K coins & 100 gems. |
D Tier
| Name | Role | Why |
| Frost Katana Tsuba | Material | Not a weapon you swing — a 3% Miyabi-boss material used in Frost Kitsune crafting. Listed here because everyone searches for it. |
| Stylish Bandit Slayer | Uncommon | Cid's quest reward (find 2 Crowbars, tank 5M damage). Required for the Shadow questline, so don't skip it. |
| Dual Katana | Uncommon | Deeproot Jungle: 30K coins. |
| Katana | Common | Dawnwind Village starter: 2,500 coins. |
Not sure which class to build around? Check the class tier list first.