Core Drop

A Core Drop refers to a special weapon enemies may only drop on certain maps.

They typically roll with higher stat bonuses than common/generic weapons and some have unique descriptions. But unlike map- and challenge-exclusive rewards, their item quality tier is retained in the weapon's name.

Most core drops are exclusive to the four shard maps (Mistymire, Moraggo, Aquanos and Sky City). The elemental damage stat on some of the staves scale with Hero Damage. Since weapons in general gain more Additional Elemental Damage per upgrade than their Base Damage, these staves can become viable DPS weapons, even against the boss of CR 2.

List of Core Weapon Drops

Moraggo Desert Town

Name(s)	Class	Scalable Elemental Damage	Map/Challenge Reward Counterpart(s)
Bloodshot Staff, All-Seeing Staff	Apprentice	Poison	Oculus of the Genie King
Crystal Shard Staff, Genie's Magic Staff	Apprentice	Lightning	Genie King's Shardstaff
Bone Staff, Bent Desert Staff	Apprentice	Fire	Undying Rod
Sand Blade, Stone Cutter	Squire		Ebon Falchion
Bent Knife, Shiny Poker	Squire		Crysknife of the Efreet
Sand Bow, Twisted Desert Crossbow	Huntress		Samiel the Flayer
Sand Devil, Desert Screamer	Huntress	Fire	Shaitan of a Thousand Winds
Sand Worm, Dune Bug	Huntress		Shai Hulud
Desert Scimitar Sandstorm Scimitar	Monk		Shimmerblade Scimitar
Desert Sand Saber, Switchback Saber	Monk		Junbao's Sun-kissed Saber

Aquanos

Name(s)	Class	Scalable Elemental Damage	Map/Challenge Reward Counterpart(s)
Hydrostaff Dowsing Staff	Apprentice	Lightning	Xilent's Rhythm Staff
Tidal Staff, Rod of the Seas	Apprentice	Lightning	Arronax
Gear Hammer Shell Cracker	Squire		Aquanian Cog-Maul
Tidal Blade, Sea Sword	Squire		Triton's War Glaive
Sea Shocker Eel Zapper	Huntress		Pressurized Energy Core
Wave Starter	Huntress	Fire	The Depth Charge
Hydrospear Aqua Lance	Monk		Kelp Harvester
Sea Spear, Barnacled Pike	Monk		Lemurian Halberd

Sky City

Name(s)	Class	Scalable Elemental Damage	Map/Challenge Reward Counterpart(s)
Demonic Staff, Watchful Staff	Apprentice		Gargoyle Staff
Staffinet, Music Maker Staff	Apprentice		Staffaphone
Clockwork Sword, Grinding Slasher	Squire		Cog Sword
Steam Cutter, Steel-Toothed Cutting Machine	Squire		Steam Saw
Vapor Gun, Steam Thrower	Huntress		The Grasser
Sonoblaster, Phonographic Gun	Huntress		Krytykal Stryke
Grinding Poker	Monk		Clockwork Spear
Gasket Tightener, Trusty Spanner	Monk		Monk Wrench

Other

Name(s)	Class	Locations	Map/Challenge Reward Counterpart(s)

Notes and Tips

• The best way to farm core weapon drops is through Nightmare Hardcore Survival. To target-farm the staves, everyone has to be an Apprentice or Adept during combat and when opening treasure chests.
• Unlike armor, there is no hard cap to the Survival quality multiplier on the core weapon drops.