NieR Replicant (2021) Weapon Locations & Upgrades Guide

Welcome to the NieR Replicant Remaster (ver.1.22474487139) Weapons Guide. This guide gives all locations for obtaining the 33 weapons in the game, required for the following trophies:

• Weapons Collector
• Thank You
• Something Very Special
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It also includes the required materials for all weapons, the number required, and farming/purchase locations for every material, which you need to obtain for the following trophies:

• Upgrade Apprentice
• Reform Specialist
• Forging Master

Upgrading all weapons is the longest grind in the game, and takes an extra 10 – 20 hours at least on top of everything else due to the number of items and how rare some are to find.

Related Guides:

• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 – Side Quests Guide
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 – Flower Growing Guide
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 – Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Weapon Locations

Below are listed all weapons and the locations they are found. In Part One you only find/use one-handed swords for story reasons, then the other types can be found in Part Two. All weapons from Part One can still be obtained in Part Two, so you can’t completely miss any of them.  The last one-handed sword is obtained after completing Ending E.

Part One

1. Nameless Blade – Starting weapon
2. Lily-Leaf Sword – 2,400 gold from shop in Nier’s Village
3. Beastbain – 16,800 gold from shop in Nier’s Village
4. Nirvana Dagger – Located in a breakable box midway up the Lost Shrine.
5. Moonrise – Help the villager being attacked by shades in the southern plains area.
6. Earth Wyrm’s Claw – 8,400 gold from shop in Facade
7. Rebirth – Obtained automatically during the story when you rescue the prince of Facade
8. Faith – Obtained from the Mayor in the Forest of Myth if you release the other two villagers from the Deathdream (can be purchased in The Aerie in part 2 if you miss it here, before obtaining Sacrifice key fragment)
9. Blade of Treachery – Found inside a box in the Manor while helping Emil

Part Two

One Hand Swords

1. Phoenix Dagger – Available from the Weapon Shop in Seafront for 36,200 gold
2. Ancient Overlord – Obtained automatically during the story from the King of Facade
3. Labyrinth Whisper – Drops from the Shade you need to kill during the side quest “The Bridge in Peril”
4. Iron Pipe – Found in Nier’s Dream (the location you are transported to when you complete “The Magical Stone”) OR automatically given when you complete Ending B
5. Fool’s Embrace – Obtained during the first door of the World of the Recycled Vessel
6.  XXXXX’s Sword – Obtained after completing Ending E

Two-Handed Swords

1. Kusanagi – Starting two-handed sword in Part Two of the story
2. Axe of Beheading – Available from the Weapon Shop in Nier’s Village for 19,200 gold
3. Fang of the Twins – Found on the first floor of the Manor Basement at the start of Part Two, hidden in a box in the first room with all the boxes (if you miss it you can go back down there later in the same way)
4. Vile Axe – Available from the Weapon Shop in Seafront for 21,600 gold
5. Beastlord – Found just outside the door to the boss room when you return to the Lost Shrine in Part Two
6. Iron Will – Automatically obtained during the story when you get the item from the Junk Heap for the Weaponsmith
7. Labyrinth’s Song – Obtained at the end of the quest “Disturbing the Sleep of Kings”.
8. Phoenix Sword – Found in the first room of the Shadowlord’s Castle, in a box to the left of the doors you progress through
9. Fool’s Lament – Obtained during the second door of the World of the Recycled Vessel

Spears

1. Transience – Starting spear in Part Two of the story
2. Sunrise – Available from the Weapon Shop in Nier’s Village for 21,600 gold
3. Spear of the Usurper – Available from the Weapon Shop in Seafront for 19,200 gold
4. Captain’s Holy Spear – Available from the Weapon Shop in Facade for 30,000 gold
5. Phoenix Spear – Available from the Weapon Shop in Facade for 37,400 gold
6. The Devil Queen – Inside a box when entering the Lost Shrine from the boat entrance, just before the second ladder
7. Beastcurse – Inside a box just before you drop down to the boss room in the Junk Heap
8. Labyrinth’s Shout – Obtained at the end of the quest “The Damaged Map”.
9. Dragoon Lance – Inside a box in the Shadowlord’s Castle 2nd room, immediately after you escape from the Boar shade into the large stairwell, the first box immediately on the right. If you’ve started up the stairs already you’ve missed it
10. Fool’s Accord – Obtained during the third door of the World of the Recycled Vessel

 

Weapon Upgrade Requirements

Below are listed the required materials for each weapon to upgrade it to Level 4 (maximum level). Weapons require different materials plus 1000 gold per level to be upgraded.  Weapons are listed in the order that they appear in the upgrade/pause menu.

Note that the NieR Automata weapons that are included in the “4 YoRHa” costume DLC count towards the weapon upgrade trophy if upgraded. They are listed at the bottom of the list.

One Hand Swords

1. Nameless Blade – Titanium Alloy (4), Stripped Bolt (10), Broken Arm (3), Dented Metal Bat (1), Simple Machine (1)
2. Lily-Leaf Sword – Titanium Alloy (7), Broken Antenna (7), Forlorn Necklace (2), Large Gear (1), Pyrite (1)
3. Nirvana Dagger – Titanium Alloy (3), Rusty Kitchen Knife (2), Broken Arm (3), Gold Ore (2), Mysterious Switch (3), Pyrite (1)
4. Moonrise – Titanium Alloy (3), Broken Saw (2), Broken Lens (2), Rusty Kitchen Knife (2), Pyrite (1)
5. Rebirth – Iron Ore (34), Twisted Ring (1), Large Gear (1), Broken Battery (1), Broken Wristwatch (3), Amber (1)
6. Earth Wyrm’s Claw – Iron Ore (26), Scorpion Claw (10), Clay (18), Broken Pottery (2), Amber (1)
7. Blade of Treachery – Copper Ore (45), Simple Machine (1), Machine Oil (2), Rusted Clump (2), Pyrite (1)
8. Beastbain – Iron Ore (47), Complex Machine (2), Machine Oil (1), Pyrite (2), Crystal (1)
9. Faith – Silver Ore (12), Broken Antenna (30), Elaborate Machine (1), Natural Rubber (1), Moldavite (1), Titanium Alloy (4)
10. Ancient Overlord – Silver Ore (15), Broken Motor (10), Broken Wristwatch (3), Crystal (2), Moldavite (1), Memory Alloy (2)
11. Phoenix Dagger – Silver Ore (18), Giant Egg (2), Eagle Egg (1), Broken Earring (2), Black Pearl (5), Amber (2)
12. Labyrinth Whisper – Fluorite (6)
13. Fool’s Embrace – Damascus Steel (3)
14. Iron Pipe – Dented Metal bat (19), Broken Arm (43), Rusty Bucket (10), Rusted Clump (5)
15.  XXXXX’s Sword – Iron Ore (60), Rusted Clump (1), Broken Saw (1)

Two-Handed Swords

1. Kusanagi – Iron Ore (48), Broken Battery (5), Forlorn Necklace (1), Broken Earring (1), Moldavite (1)
2. Axe of Beheading – Copper Ore (43), Rusty Kitchen Knife (3), Subdued Bracelet (1), Stopped Clock (2), Meteorite (1)
3. Fang of the Twins – Silver Ore (18), Elaborate Machine (1), Broken Wristwatch (2), Stopped Clock (1), Mysterious Switch (3), Meteorite (1)
4. Vile Axe – Silver Ore (24), Simple Machine (1), Broken Lens (2), Twisted Ring (1), Broken Saw (2), Amber (1)
5. Beastlord – Gold Ore (5), Complex Machine (2), Machine Oil (1), Amber (1), Simple Machine (2)
6. Iron Will – Memory Alloy (5), Rusted Clump (2), Dented Metal Bat (1), Pyrite (1), Elaborate Machine (2)
7. Phoenix Sword – Gold Ore (7), Giant Egg (2), Eagle Egg (2), Complex Machine (1), Black Pearl (5), Moldavite (1)
8. Labyrinth’s Song – Fluorite (6)
9. Fool’s Lament – Damascus Steel (3)

Spears

1. Transience – Iron Ore (8), Twisted Ring (3), Metal Piercing (1), Crystal (2), Pyrite (1)
2. Spear of the Usurper – Iron Ore (8), Subdued Bracelet (1), Broken Lens (2), Pyrite (1)
3. The Devil Queen – Iron Ore (28), Crystal (3), Metal Piercing (3), Broken Motor (1), Moldavite (1)
4. Sunrise – Silver Ore (6), Large Gear (2), Rusty Kitchen Knife (2), Forlorn Necklace (1), Subdued Bracelet (1), Pyrite (1)
5. Beastcurse – Silver Ore (6), Complex Machine (2), Machine Oil (1), Moldavite (1), Elaborate Machine (1)
6. Captain’s Holy Spear – Silver Ore (10), Broken Wristwatch (2), Mysterious Switch (3), Broken Earring (1), Moldavite (1), Complex Machine (1)
7. Dragoon Lance – Silver Ore (12), Pyrite (4), Pearl (1), Meteorite (3), Simple Machine (1)
8. Phoenix Spear – Gold Ore (6), Giant Egg (2), Eagle Egg (1), Broken Wristwatch (1), Black Pearl (5), Moldavite (1)
9. Labyrinth’s Shout – Fluorite (6)
10. Fool’s Accord – Damascus Steel (3)

4 YoRHa (NieR Automata) DLC Weapons

1. Virtuous Contract (One-Handed Sword) – Rusted Clump (1), Goat Hide (1), Crystal (2), Dented Metal Board (3), Titanium Alloy (1), Amber (2), Memory Alloy (2), Severed Cable (5), Moldavite (1)
2. Cruel Oath (One-Handed Sword) – Rusted Clump (1), Goat Hide (1), Crystal (2), Iron Ore (4), Silver Ore (3), Amber (2), Gold Ore (2), Large Gear (1), Moldavite (1)
3. Virtuous Treaty (Two-Handed Sword) – Same as Virtuous Contract
4. Virtuous Dignity (Spear) – Same as Virtuous Contract

Material Count and Locations

Below are listed the total number of each material required for ALL  main game weapons (excluding the 4 YoRHa DLC weapons), along with locations for where and how to obtain them in the best manner.

If you decide to do material grinding after Ending E and use that 34th weapon in place of another, it would be recommended you don’t upgrade the Phoenix Sword, which then means you can reduce the number required of the items it uses, most notably saving yourself grinding some of the two Egg types and a third of the total Black Pearls.

If you decide to use the 4 YoRHa DLC weapons you should also not upgrade Iron Will, then grind 1 extra Memory Alloy instead (Iron Will uses 5 Memory Alloy, get 1 more and that’s enough for the 3 YorHa weapons that use it).

Any items in the “raw materials” section of the inventory that isn’t listed here can generally be sold to vendors for money.

1. Amber (6) –  Recycled Vessel box room, Junk Heap floor B2 box room, Material Shop in Facade for 6000 gold
2. Black Pearl (15) – Gather spots on Beach in Seafront (NOTE: In Part Two of the story items don’t appear on the beach until after the ship is gone)
3. Broken Antenna (37) – Common drop from ground robots in Junk Heap
4. Broken Arm (49) – Common drop from ground robots in Junk Heap
5. Broken Battery (5) – Common drop from flying robots in Junk Heap
6. Broken Earring (4) – Rare drop from “Shaman” shades
7. Broken Lens (5) –  Drop from ground robots in Junk Heap, Two Brothers Weaponry for 900 gold
8. Broken Motor (11) – Common drop from flying robots in Junk Heap
9. Broken Pottery (2) – Rare pickup from gathering points in Northern Plains/Aerie
10. Broken Saw (5) – Rare drop from small armored shades in Northern Plains
11. Broken Wristwatch (11) – Rare drop from large armored shades in Southern Plains (largest number appear during sunny weather)
12. Clay (18) – Material Shop in Facade for 800 gold
13. Complex Machine (8) – Random drop from any “boss” shade
14. Copper Ore (88) – Two Brothers Weaponry for 480 gold
15. Crystal (8) – Recycled Vessel box room, Material Shop in Facade for 2400 gold
16. Damascus Steel (9) – Recycled Vessel box room, Junk Heap floor B2 box room
17. Dented Metal Bat (21) – Rare drop from small shades in Northern Plains OR Underground Laboratory in the Manor
18. Eagle Egg (4) – Recycled Vessel box room, Rare pickup from gathering points in the Aerie
19. Elaborate Machine (5) – Random drop from any “boss” shade
20. Fluorite (18) – Recycled Vessel box room, Junk Heap floor B2 box room, gather points in Barren Temple
21. Forlorn Necklace (4) – Rare drop from “Shaman” shades
22. Giant Egg (6) – Rare pickup from gathering point around Nier’s Village
23. Gold Ore (22) – Recycled Vessel box room, rare pickup from gathering points in Desert, Barren Temple, or Aerie
24. Iron Ore (259) – Random pickup from any basically any gathering point, Two Brothers Weaponry for 1000 gold
25. Large Gear (6) – Rare drop from ground robots in Junk Heap
26. Machine Oil (5) – Rare drop from flying robots in Junk Heap
27. Memory Alloy (8) – Rare drop from boss robots in Junk Heap
28. Metal Piercing (4) – Rare drop from flying shades in Desert (must obtain Facade key fragment before they start spawning)
29. Meteorite (5) – Recycled Vessel box room, rare pickup from gathering points in Desert or Barren Temple
30. Moldavite (8) – Rare pickup from gathering points in Desert or Barren Temple, Material Shop in Seafront for 8000 gold
31. Mysterious Switch (9) – Somewhat rare drop from ground robots in Junk Heap
32. Natural Rubber (1) – Material Shop in Seafront for 700 gold
33. Pearl (1) – Gather spots on Beach in Seafront, Material Shop in Seafront for 3000 gold
34. Pyrite (14) – Recycled Vessel box room, rare pickup from gathering points in Desert and Barren Temple
35. Rusted Clump (10) – Recycled Vessel box room, caught while fishing
36. Rusty Bucket (10) – Found while fishing. Can be commonly caught using a normal lure at the northern sand river in the Desert
37. Rusty Kitchen Knife (9) – Common drop in Part One, Rare drop from small shades in Northern Plains, dropped from enemies in Nier’s Dream
38. Scorpion Claw (10) – Common pickup from scorpions in the Desert. You can spot scorpion locations on the minimap, going near them makes them jump out and attack you (don’t appear while there are wolves in the Desert).
39. Silver Ore (121) – Rare pickup from gathering points, Two Brothers Weaponry for 1500 gold
40. Simple Machine (6) – Random drop from any “boss” shade
41. Stopped Clock (3) – Rare drop from sword shades in Underground Laboratory in the Manor
42. Stripped Bolt (10) – Common drop from ground robots in Junk Heap, Two Brothers Weaponry for 900 gold
43. Subdued Bracelet (3) – Rare drop from flying shades in Desert (must obtain Facade key fragment before they start spawning)
44. Titanium Alloy (24) – Recycled Vessel box room, very rare drop from ground robots in Junk Heap, common drop from boss robots in Junk Heap
45. Twisted Ring (5) – Rare drop from Armored Shades in The Lost Shrine at the end of Part Two of story

Specific Material Farming Methods

Below are different methods for farming specific materials as efficiently as possible.

“Item Drop Rate Up” Words

You can get words in the “Mah” type that increase the drop rate for items from enemies. You can farm the +30% drop rate word “Mahzarken” from the Armored Melee Shades in the Lost Shrine right at the end of the story (a good spot is the same roof route you do for Forlorn Necklaces).

Black Pearl

NOTE: Items don’t spawn on the beach in Part Two of the story until the beached ship is gone, so when farming these you need to do it basically before the ending (or during Part One of the story).

Black Pearls only spawn from gather points on the beach in Seafront (the large beach on the path leading to the lighthouse).  While farming for them the method is to save at the mailbox by the post office, then run over to the beach and grab all items. If you find any Black Pearls run back and save again, then load the save to refresh the gather points. If you don’t find any, load your save from the beach instead of running back.

You can also find 1 Black Pearl in the back room of the post office per playthrough, so if you make sure to grab these you can get a free 2 – 4 depending on how many times you complete the story ending.

Broken Wristwatches

Broken Wristwatches drop off random shades early in the game, then from the large fully armored shield-wielding shades in Part Two. If you need to farm specifically for these you want to do it in the Southern Plains during sunny weather. Go in and out of Seafront until the weather in the area is sunny, then there will be 16 of these shades spawned throughout the area. Kill them all, then run in and out of Nier’s Village to reset the area without changing the weather (weather normally doesn’t change when entering Nier’s Village).

Complex/Elaborate/Simple Machines

The Machine items are only dropped from the respawning boss types shades. There are a few places you can farm these, some easier than others.

If you’ve not yet completed the side-quests “A Shade Entombed” and “Disturbing the Sleep of Kings” you can farm these very fast in one of the challenge rooms. The third room on the right side of the area has the rule of no using magic, and spawns a boss shade along with a handful of others. You can kill the boss shade so that it drops one of the items, then use magic to immediately reset the room and spawn the boss. Farm this boss until you have enough machines for all weapons (which one it drops is random, but it drops all types at varying frequency).

If you have already completed those side quests and still need them, the next best route is going to be just going up the Lost Shrine over and over at the end of the story. Two of the floors spawn a boss shade that you can take out, then go through the door at the top and come back in to respawn the enemies. Jump down from the top and make your way back up again.

Damascus Steel

Damascus Steel can be found in either the Junk Heap or Recycled Vessel box rooms. It seems to be more common in the Junk Heap though so that’s a better location to try for it. If you’ve finished every other Junk Heap material and just need Damascus Steel you can run through the box room to see if you get any as a drop, and if you don’t just continually jump in the holes in the floor to game over, and it’ll put you back outside the room immediately with all the boxes back. If you pick up any go back to the elevator to reset the floor.

Forlorn Necklace

Forlorn Necklaces are dropped by Shaman Shades (human-sized ones that shoot orbs) that appear in the second part of the game. You can find 6 at a time during sunny weather in the Northern Plains, but they take quite a while to move between so it’s better time-wise to farm the two that are on top of the Lost Shrine once you have all key fragments. Get to the save point before Gretel’s boss room, then enter and exit the door to respawn the enemies. Take the left ladder up to get to the prior area, then follow the path to the boss room to fight two groups of shades, which each have one Armored Shaman Shade in them. These also drop Broken Earrings, and unless you have incredible luck you’re almost certain to get enough Broken Earrings before the Forlorn Necklaces.

Giants Eggs

Giants Eggs only spawn rarely at gather points in Nier’s Village. There isn’t a really particular way to try for these, just make sure to check any gather points you see when running through the village.

Goat Hide

If you are upgrading the YoRHa weapons they each need 1 Goat Hide. If you are in Part Two of the story already then goats only spawn on the Eastern Road (4 at a time).

Memory Alloy

Memory Alloy is ONLY obtained from the large boss robots located on floor B2 of the Junk Heap. Moving between the areas of the Junk Heap doesn’t respawn these like the other enemies, they only respawn when you actually leave the Junk Heap. So if you’re farming them to try and get Memory Alloy you normally can only fight 4 per time entering the Junk Heap.  The three locations you can find these enemies are one in the room after the box room in the first part of B2, one in the first room that you enter going into the second part of B2, and a pair in the southern room through the breakable wall in the second part of B2.

You can somewhat cheese the drops for this by suiciding during the fights. In the second and third locations where the bosses spawn you can kill the bosses to see what the drops are and if you don’t get Memory Alloy, you can let the other enemies that spawn in the area after the bosses kill you. This is best done on hard difficulty so you die faster, then when you continue after you will be just outside the room where the bosses are and can try again. When you actually get Memory Alloy as a drop you will need to then continue out of the Junk Heap and reenter, because it doesn’t save material pickups when you continue from a game over in this manner in the Junk Heap.

Pyrite

Pyrite can be a rare pickup from the boxes in the Recycled Vessel box rooms, so you may end up with enough from that. If you need to specifically farm Pyrite it’s best done in the Barren Temple. An old method to do this is to suicide off the bridge at the very end of the area, but that doesn’t seem to work the same in this version of the game and it’s faster to just enter and exit the Barren Temple, checking the spot on the blocked staircase to the left, then looking into each of the rooms on the sides to see if there’s gather points at the far ends of the rooms.

Subdued Bracelet/Metal Piercing

These are potentially the two worst items to try and get because they only drop from the Flying Shades that appear in the Desert after you get the Facade key fragment near the end of the story. There are only 3 of them that appear at a time: one directly west of the entrance to Facade, one east of the stairwell leading to the boat dock, and one that appears in the sandstorm area to the north (this one is normally spawned already so you can see it on the minimap ahead of time). They almost always have magic resistance shields up, so shooting them with Dark Lance is the quickest way to deal with them.

Alternatively, if you feel like doing another playthrough of the ending there will also be around 15 of these Shades that spawn in the ballroom in the Shadowlord’s Castle that you could try for drops from, but you would then need to play through the story again for another couple hours to be able to upgrade weapons again.

Nier’s Dream Farming

To unlock the ability to go to Nier’s Dream you need to complete the side quest “The Magical Stone” which is available from a woman in the Forest of Myth when you have all 5 key fragments before going to the Shadowlord’s Castle in Part Two. After completing the quest you can talk to her any time to be transported to the location from the prologue again to fight a series of enemy waves. This is good because these enemies drop Rusty Kitchen Knives and occasionally Dented Metal Bats, Broken Wristwatches, and Broken Saws. If you didn’t get enough Rusty Kitchen Knives from early in the game this is the best place to farm for them, because the enemies spawned here have a much higher chance of dropping than normal shades in Part Two of the story.

Recycled Vessel Farming

In the third room of the third door of the Recycled Vessel you are running through the underground lab, and can find a series of boxes. These boxes can contain: Copper Ore, Iron Ore, Silver Ore, Gold Ore, Amber, Crystals, Fluorite, Pyrite, Moldavite, Meteorite, Rusted Clumps, Titanium Alloy, Eagle Eggs, and Damascus Steel. The ones in bold are what’s most helpful to get here, and Damascus Steel is found an okay amount, but the Junk Heap box room is better for that if you only need that. When farming this if you don’t need/care about the completion reward of 50,000 gold/10,000 xp for finishing the door you can grab all the items from the boxes, then jump off the bridge until you die to exit the Recycled Vessel without needing to complete the last two rooms, but get to keep all your obtained up items.

Underground Laboratory Farming

The underground lab is good for farming Stopped Clocks and Dented Metal Bats. While working on the Stopped Clocks go to the final room of floor B1 and continually kill the enemies in the room with the 9 pillars while going up and down the stairs to reset the room. If you get the required Stopped Clocks but still need more Dented Metal Bats, go down to B2 and in the second room will spawn a few waves of the small shades that drop the bats, you can reset by going back up to floor B2.

 

That’s all of the Weapons and Weapon Upgrades in NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.