Weapons Directory

Weapons are dropped periodically throughout Dead Cells by enemies. These weapons have their own specific skills, damage bonuses, and combo durations. Weapons with multiple skills are also added. The types of weapons listed in this wiki are:

Melee Weapons

Assassin's Dagger
Character slashing a red sword

A swift downwards stab and an upwards slash in quick succession

This is a dagger-type melee weapon that deals critical damage when hitting enemies from behind.

  • Deals 3x damage -- 300 base crit DPS -- when it strikes an enemy from the back.
  • Breach Bonus: -0.25/0
    • Base Breach Damage: 15/30
    • Base Breach DPS: 90
  • Combo Duration is 0.5 seconds.
Blood Sword
Character slashing a white sword with a red glow

A series of 2 rapid, upwards slashes

This is a sword-type melee weapon that inflicts bleeding on enemies.

  • Causes bleeding when an enemy is hit (3.5 base bleeding DPS)
  • Breach Bonus: -0.4/-0.3
    • Base Breach Damage: 15/17.5
    • Base Breach DPS: 79
  • Combo Duration is 0.41 seconds.
Twin Daggars
Character slashing two yellow swords

Two overhead slashes, followed by a third slash crossing the blades.

These sword-type weapons deal a critical hit on the third strike of a combo when hitting an enemy.

  • Always deals a critical hit on the third strike of a combo.
  • Breach Bonus: 0/0.8/1.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 30/81/450
    • Base Breach DPS: 314
  • Combo Duration is 1.07 seconds.
Broad Sword
Character using a large yellow sword to hit the ground.

Three slashes, with the second and third dealing critical hit damage.

This melee-type weapon has a longer combo duration but deals critical hits on the second and third hits of every combo.

  • Always deals a critical hit on the second and third strike of a combo.
  • Breach Bonus: 1/0.25/-0.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 160/169/200
    • Base Breach DPS: 166
  • Combo Duration is 2.25 seconds. First hit is 0.6, second hit is 0.75 and third hit is 0.9 seconds.
Hattori's Katana
Character running through three enemies while slashing them with a katana

A dash through enemies, dealing critical hits.

The katana has a special attack that is charged if the attack button is held down while using it.

  • Attacks with a three hit combo that has a special attack if the attack button is held down while performing the combo.
  • Breach Bonus: 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.4 / 0.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 63/77/91/570
    • Base Breach DPS: 272
  • Combo Duration is 3.1 seconds. 0.3, 0.5, 0.9 and 1.4 seconds respectively for each hit.
Giantkiller
Character jumping and cutting a sword through the air. They stab forward sharply upon landing back on the ground.

A series of slashes, followed by a stab.

The Giantkiller is a melee-style weapon that always deals critical hits to Elites and Bosses.

  • Attacks with a four hit combo.
  • Breach Bonus: 1/1/1/1
    • Base Breach Damage: 50/70/200/300
    • Base Breach DPS:253
  • Combo Duration is 2.45 seconds. 0.45, 0.45, 0.8 and 0.75 seconds respectively for each hit.

Ranged Weapons

War Javelin
Character throwing a javelin damaging enemies in its path

The War Javelin knocks back all enemies in its path when it is thrown.

  • When this weapon is thrown, it has to be retrieved to be used again. It deals knockback damage and pierces all enemies it hits.
  • Breach Bonus: 0.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 82.5
    • Base Breach DPS: 103
  • Attack Duration is 0.5 seconds.
    • Charge takes 0.2 seconds, locking onto enemies and cooldown take 0.3 seconds.

The weapon can be used to teleport to a location where it is thrown as well. When the Javelin is thrown, the attack key can be pressed again to teleport the player to the weapon. This weapon is exclusive to the Rise of the Giant DLC.

Explosive Crossbow
Character using a crossbow that explodes an enemy in front of them
Character using a crossbow as an axe to hit an enemy in front of them

The Explosive Crossbow has both a ranged and melee attack.

  • Explosive Crossbow
  • Breach Bonus: -0.7
    • Base Breach Damage: 30
    • Base Breach DPS: 43
  • Attack Duration is 0.7 seconds.
  • Cross Hit
  • Breach Bonus: 0.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 45
    • Base Breach DPS: 82
  • Attack Duration is 0.55 seconds.
Repeater Crossbow
Character using a rapid-fire crossbow
Character shooting yellow sparks out of a crossbow

The Repeater Crossbow has two different attacks with two equipment slots.

  • Repeater Crossbow
  • Breach Bonus: -1
    • Base Breach Damage: 0
    • Base Breach DPS: 0
  • Attack Duration is 0.13 seconds.
  • Quiver of Bolts
  • Breach Bonus: 0.5
    • Base Breach Damage: 7.5
    • Base Breach DPS: 111
  • Attack Duration is 1.35 seconds.
Hayabusa Gauntlets
Character throwing punches

These gauntlets deal critical damage to enemies under 40% health.

  • When this weapon is thrown, it has to be retrieved to be used again. It deals knockback damage and pierces all enemies it hits.
  • Breach Bonus: 1
    • Base Breach Damage: 40 / 60 / 60 / 60 / 80 / 80
    • Base Breach DPS: 248
  • Combo Duration is 2.13 seconds.

Shields

Rampart
An aura surrounds the game character, protecting them from enemy attack.

The Rampart Shield has a higher damage reduction on block than most other shields.

  • Base Absorbed Damage: 85%
  • Base Breach Damage: 20
  • Base Breach DPS: 54
Ice Shield
Character summons snow that covers the enemy.

Parrying an attack freezes nearby enemies.

  • Base Absorbed Damage: 75%
  • Breach Bonus: 0
    • Base Breach Damage: 20
    • Base Breach DPS: 54