Weapon evolutions in Rogue: Genesia are a complex process. There’s a large number of weapons; not all of them have evolutions, and some have more than one. The process for unlocking them is more than simply finding the ingredients, so it’s possible to win several runs without encountering a single evolved weapon.
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However, the power that evolutions offer is hard to pass up once you know how to access it, and they can be obtained with some consistency when you know what you’re doing. This guide will cover how to unlock the evolutions and the full list of unique options.
How To Evolve Weapons
Most evolved weapons have to be unlocked similar to normal soul-cards. Almost all evolutions are tied to an achievement for limit-breaking the component weapon. This means using meditation events or a blacksmith shop to push a weapon one level above its normal limit.
Once the achievement popup for limit-breaking the weapon appears, you’ll be able to evolve it even during the same run.
- The weapon needs to be upgraded to level seven (you’ll have already done this in the limit-breaking process).
- A second (or more) component needs to be in your inventory. These don’t need to be levelled up.
- The evolved weapon will be added to the pool of new soul cards when you level up or enter a shop. Blacksmiths will reliably offer you evolutions if you meet the conditions.
- The evolved weapon will banish any weapon components but other soul cards will remain in your inventory.
If both components are weapons, they both need to be levelled up to seven before evolving. The limit break achievement will be tied to only one weapon, however.
The initial drop rate of the evolved weapon is higher than most cards, so it is liable to appear quickly once you’ve met the conditions. Rarity rerolls don’t appear to produce evolved weapons, since they count as their own tier. Using a rarity reroll on an evolved weapon produced heroic cards in testing.
All Standard Weapon Evolutions
The majority of weapon evolutions can be used on all standard avatars. However, the gunslinger and summoner don’t use the regular pool of weapons, so they can’t access the same evolutions.
If you’re looking to get a certain evolved weapon, you’ll typically want to equip an active talent that gives you at least one component. Non-weapon components will typically turn up at some point in a run, made easier if you have access to rerolls.
If a recipe requires multiple weapons, you’ll want to play an avatar with plenty of weapon slots. Both the duelist and lagrog are capped to four weapons, making it difficult to make a recipe that uses three specific weapons.
|
Evolution |
Ingredients |
Unlock Condition |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Angelic Prism |
Ice Nova, Arcane Beam, Explosive Vial |
Limit break the Ice Nova. |
All three ingredients are weapons. |
|
Balista |
Crossbow, Throwing Knife |
Limit break the Crossbow. |
Both ingredients are weapons. Applies a debuff on moving that requires you to change your playstyle. |
|
Arcanist’s Staff |
Shaman Staff, Magic Wand |
None. |
Buffs all other weapons with a magic tag. |
|
Artificer’s Katana |
Katana, Fire Spirit |
Limit break the Katana. |
|
|
Fuuma Shuriken |
Shuriken, Kunai |
None. |
Both ingredients are weapons. |
|
Interdimensional Rose |
Thorn, Rift |
Teleport a cactus using the rift card. |
Deals damage as a fraction of enemy HP. |
|
Singularity Gland |
Worm Gland, Void Spirit |
Limit break the Worm Gland. |
The black holes restrict enemy movement. |
|
Sola’s Lance |
Spear, Light Spirit |
Limit break the Spear. |
|
|
Staff Of Storms |
Thunder Staff, Thunder Spirit |
Limit break the Thunder Staff. |
The Thunder Spirit weapon modification doesn’t have to remain equipped to the Staff of Storms. |
|
Sun Sword |
Crystal Sword, Cleaver, Fire Spirit, Light Spirit |
Limit break the Crystal Sword. |
Two weapon components. Gives bonus experience from slain enemies. |
|
Thunder Vial |
Explosive Vial, Thunder Staff |
Limit break the Explosive Vial. |
Both ingredients are weapons. |
|
Void Wisp |
Magic Wisp, Void Spirit. |
Limit break the Magic Wisp. |
Removes the projectile limitation from the base weapon. |
|
Arcanic Lance |
Pike, Light Spirit, Arcane Beam |
Limit break the Pike. |
Two weapon components. Deals bonus damage against elites. |
|
Silph’s Blade |
Wind’s Blade, Katana |
Limit break the Wind’s Blade. |
Both ingredients are weapons. |
|
Explosive Bow |
Explosive Vial, Bow |
Limit break the Bow. |
Both ingredients are weapons. |
|
Jaald’s Amulet |
Death Aura, Fire Ring |
Limit break the Death Aura. |
Both ingredients are weapons. |
|
Death Scythe |
Cleaver, Swordrang, Divine Smite |
Limit break the Swordrang. |
Two weapon components. Divine Smite is a synergy of two items: Absolute Focus and Analysis. |
Summoner Weapon Evolutions
The unique weapon pool of the summoner has its own set of evolutions. The unlock conditions are largely the same, limit breaking various summoner weapons. Most summoner evolutions require biome-specific items, encouraging you to take a specific path for the ingredients.
|
Weapon Evolution |
Ingredients |
Unlock Condition |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Giant Worm’s Heart |
Wind’s Feather, Hard Leather, Gigantification |
Limit break the Pharaoh’s Mask. |
Gigantification only drops in the Behemoth Graveyard. |
|
Necromancer Staff |
Weightless Crystal, Red Skull, Necrotic Bone |
Limit break the Weightless Crystal. |
|
|
Corrupted Shaman Staff |
Goblin’s Hand, Goblin’s Ear, Fairy in a Bottle. |
Limit break the Goblin’s Hand. |
Fairy in a Bottle is only found in the dawn forest. |
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