Exotic Arsenal - Weapon DLC

Description

Welcome to Exotic Arsenal! This is a DLC mod which adds 55 bladed weapons to the game which can be located in chests and shops throughout the world. Diagrams for the weapons can also be obtained which allow more powerful versions to be crafted.

There are currently 28 steel and 27 silver weapons which cover a broad range of categories such as daggers, polearms and practical fantasy. Each category of weapon comes with it's own themed stats and abilities, designed in some cases to influence a specific combat style.

Loot

Auto leveled weapons can be found in chests scattered throughout No Man's Land (Velen & White Orchard), Novigrad and Skellige. They typically appear in mid tier chests in addition to vanilla loot. When found, auto leveled weapons will appear in one of the four qualities: common, master, magic and relic. These add to the weapon's basic stats in different ways.

Shops

Blacksmiths' stock both auto leveled weapons and diagrams, what items appear is based on regional drop lists so you'll have to do a bit of traveling to find certain weapons. Diagrams can be spotted easily in stores as they have a green (Witcher) icon background, take note however that they tend to be costly.

Crafting

Diagrams are obtained via purchase but can also be obtained by dismantling auto leveled weapons both found and bought. Once learnt, diagrams can be used to craft a superior versions of the weapons which are Witcher quality, have enhanced stats, 3 rune slots and are tailored to your current level.

Weapons + Gameplay

All weapons have been categorized and given stats and abilities that (hopefully) influence a specific combat style. The following section details each of them.

Daggers

Daggers deal very little upfront damage, however critical strikes do extreme damage. As such, daggers are most effective in combat when backstabbing your opponents. Whilst this is difficult to pull off against groups of enemies, one versus one duels are where daggers shine. Being lightweight weapons, daggers also provide a very high stamina regeneration bonus.

Some daggers have stats which aid in reaching your opponents' backs.

Weapons in this category:

Shortswords

Shortswords are weighted to deal more damage from light attacks, however heavy attacks deal less. Shortswords also provide a small stamina regeneration bonus.

Some shortswords posses powerful enchantments.

Weapons in this cat