The Veil Weapon Tier List
No official stat sheet exists, so this tier list ranks by documented evidence only — patch notes, on-camera tests and creator build picks.
How this list is built: The Veil publishes no weapon stats and no DPS numbers, so this page refuses to invent an S-to-F ladder. Every entry is placed by official patch-note tuning, effects read out on camera, or named creator build picks. Single-source claims are marked; weapons with no verified data stay in Not yet ranked. It is an editorial ranking over sourced facts — the ability and rarity systems live on the weapons guide.
Top picks — with evidence
- Necronomical Skull (summon) — the September tuning's clearest winner: default summons went 2 → 3 and it can now spawn armored skeletons (official patch note).
- Deadlight (summon) — a Puppeteer drop that creator farm guides explicitly recommend. The same fight drops the legendary The Dice (effect undocumented).
- Nimbus Rod (summon, legendary) — spawns more than five clouds at once; drops from rain-event Angry Nimbus at a reported 1-in-25 (creator-sourced rate). Its existence is official — the developers named it in their item-void guidance.
- Blacksmith greatsword — about 100 silver in spawn town and called the strongest early purchase by walkthrough creators. The budget pick that carries first runs.
- Lost Recipe Book reward sword — a quest rare that regenerates health while equipped; creators call it badly underrated by its blue color. Proof that rarity colors undersell weapons here.
- Armageddon (legendary greatsword) — a three-stage skill set shown in a creator showcase (single source for the skills).
- Magical Harp — still the reference fast-hitting cast weapon: it was the test bed for the Divine Strike enchant (single creator, on-camera). Note it was tuned 7.5 → 6 in the September pass.
- Melting Pot — “insanely overpowered if you know how to aim it”: big damage plus fire application, dropped by the Smelter Demon (single creator).
- Weeping Sore (great axe) — kept for one skill: the B-slot Plague Swamp. Drops from The Festering Wound (single creator).
Hit by the September tuning
- Shadowbeam Staff — damage 13 → 9, a ~31% cut to one of the most-traded weapons since launch.
- Mourning Wake & Cursed Hammer (30 → 20) — both lost auto-tracking. Mourning Wake's full history.
- Imp Staff — max summons 3 → 2 and explosion damage 20 → 15; every summon item now defaults to 125 stamina.
- Mage weapons across the board — stamina costs up, and Water / Flare / Ice Bolt cooldowns moved 1.0s → 1.1s.
- Also trimmed: Catapult 10 → 8, Rot Polyp Wand 5 → 4, Extraterrestrial Transmitter 8 → 6, Shatterpoint's T ability 1.5 → 1.
Not yet ranked
Names verified, effects not — no guessed tiers: Heaven's Lament and Soul Ringer (the September 12 update's two new weapons, effects not documented), Storm Ruler (and its Enhanced variant), Biome Blade (a Broken → normal → True upgrade chain, single-source), Staff of the False Sun and Mindbreaker (player-stated tiers only, nothing on camera). The Convergence is the community's known Mythic — too rare to rank on any evidence so far.
How to use this list
- Early game: buy the blacksmith greatsword, then grab the Lost Recipe Book sword — both are cheap and cover the first hours.
- Mid game: summoners aim for Deadlight (Puppeteer) or the Nimbus Rod (rain events); casters check the Magical Harp class of weapons against your class kit on the classes hub.
- Before trading: re-read the patch section — the September and October tunings decided several tiers for you, and Mourning Wake is the cautionary tale.
- Rarity is not power: the blue Lost Recipe Book sword outvalues plenty of purples. Judge by abilities, not color.
FAQ
Common questions about this topic.
What is the best weapon in The Veil?
By documented evidence, the Necronomical Skull is the September tuning's clearest winner, with the Nimbus Rod and Deadlight as the recommended summon farms. There is no official tier list.
What did the September update change about weapons?
It nerfed Shadowbeam 13→9, removed Mourning Wake and Cursed Hammer auto-tracking, cut Imp Staff summons 3→2, and raised mage and summon stamina costs.
What weapon should I farm first in The Veil?
Start with the ~100-silver blacksmith greatsword, add the Lost Recipe Book quest sword, then farm a Puppeteer Deadlight or a rain-event Nimbus Rod.
Is there an official weapon tier list?
No — the developers publish no weapon stats. This tier list is an editorial ranking built on patch notes, on-camera tests and creator picks, with single-source items marked.