There are over 160 weapons in No Rest For The Wicked, but only about a third of them are heavily used in the current meta. This guide will provide you with a tier list of the best weapons in the game, including both one-handed (1H) and two-handed (2H) variants.
Top Weapons Tier List for No Rest For The Wicked
Tiers
Weapons
S+
Wind of Death (1H Katana), Fetid Club (2H Great Club), Corpse Smeared Blade (2H Great Sword), Cinder & Stone (2H Great Hammer), Falling Sky (2H Staff)
S
Falstead’s Fury (1H Straight Sword), Lacquered Bow (Bow), Proud Lance (1H Spear), Sinew (1H Rapier), Midnight Blade (1H Knife), Bleeder’s Delight (Dual Wielding Double Dagger), The Dawn Never Comes (Dual Wielding Gauntlet), Tarnished Wand (1H Wand)
Woodland Protector (1H Bow), Blister (2H Great Sword), Sieger (2H Great Sword), Festering Earth (2H Great Sword), Tongue Splitter (1H Axe), Climber’s Pick (1H Hammer)
C
A Singular Purpose (1H Knife), All is Known (1H Wand), Hunter’s Knife (1H Knife), Jackknife (1H Knife), Harvester’s Bonesaw (1H Club), Ogre’s Club (1H Club)
Grants a massive damage bonus of up to 60% based on missing HP, with fast, low-stamina attacks and Dexterity scaling that uses the Plague Whirl rune.
Fetid Club
Delivers huge poise break and stagger damage, and scales with equipped weight for tank builds for high raw power Faith builds.
Corpse Smeared Blade
Deals strong charged attacks with built-in Plague status, lifesteal chance, and stamina regen on hit.
Cinder & Stone
Easily clears clusters of enemies due to Strength scaling with excellent poise damage, AoE shockwaves, Heat on parry, and stagger resistance.
Falling Sky
Powerful focus-scaling ice nuke weapon with high ranged DPS for Intelligence mages that use perma-freeze effects.
S-Tier Weapons
Weapons
Features
Falstead’s Fury
Boss-melter with a versatile moveset and damage bonuses against large enemies due to Strength scaling and parry DMG bonus.
Lacquered Bow
Top ranged DPS bow with elemental rune arrows, damage stacks, and versatile elements for some safe distance hunting that requires Dexterity scaling.
Proud Lance
Excellent poker lance for knockdowns, defense, HP buffs, good damage, and a combined Strength and Dexterity scaling, which is also shield-compatible.
Sinew
Use this rapier for up to 25-26% lifesteal with Focus-heal rune, bonus damage against low-HP enemies, fast pokes for stun-locks that scales with Faith.
Midnight Blade
Fast multi-attacks enable lightning rune and backstabs with Focus gain that deal extra damage to cold-afflicted enemies.
Bleeder’s Delight
Here’s a great choice for fast bleed and frenzy clears that has 25% bonus stagger chance and 17% attack speed post-kill chance for no stamina runs.
The Dawn Never Comes
Fun weapon for brawler playstyle with speed buffs and Breach updates that add extra damage in close-combat scenarios.
Tarnished Wand
Provides consistent DPS with frequent casts, and it has an extra rune slot for buffs, which can be used in top Intelligence caster builds.
A-Tier Weapons
Weapons
Features
Gnarled Saw
Solid midgame option for Strength-focused play that has a slow two-handed moveset, limiting your mobility and dodge ability, as well as bringing high stamina drain.
Governor’s Sword
Reliable midgame damage that pairs well with shields, but it lacks unique passives for burst damage and sustain.
Cerulean Blade
Offers good flurry potential against groups of enemies, but note that its cursed affixes introduce negatives.
Coral Piercer
Slashing heavy spear for solid damage that, unfortunately, has a weaker poise break than clubs and maces.
Etched Yatagan
Fast curved sword with low base damage, which gets really fragile in heavy tank metas.
Cleric’s Mace
Delivers strong stagger and poise breaks with the Thrust rune, but it has short range and scales poorly in the late game.
Nail-Laden Club
Rapid poise-damage striker with the Crushing Flurry rune that has low reach and high Focus cost.
