The Beyond the Dawn expansion for Tales of Arise brings with it a bunch of new and returning weapons. However, those hoping to get the best weapons in Beyond the Dawn will need to wait quite a while, as they don't become available until players are nearing the end of the DLC expansion' main story.
Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn - Iron Pipe Location
Players will need to find the Iron Pipe to craft the Realm Unifier for Alphen, but its location in Beyond the Dawn is different than in the base game.
What's more, players will need to find a weaker form of each weapon before they can even think about crafting them. After that, they'll have to get their hands on a special crafting component that can only be obtained in the game's final dungeon. Only then can players craft Beyond the Dawn's best weapons and unlock the Arms Master achievement.
How to Get the Best Weapons in Beyond the Dawn
The first step toward crafting the best weapons in Beyond the Dawn is to acquire the Novus Aetas (Alphen), the Initium Lucis (Shionne), the Black Book of Disaster and Dawn (Rinwell), the Divine Hand Armor (Law), the Supreme Shield Aegis (Kisara), and the Ending Rod Bucks (Dohalim). All six of these weapons can be found in the Mausoleum of the Jungle in areas that are guarded by powerful Gigant Zeugles.
Tales of Arise players will find Kisara and Dohalim's weapons in the Convection Control Layer area in a room guarded by a level 83 Megawrecker. To unlock the room, players will simply need to operate the control panel in the room next door. After beating the Gigant Zeugle and claiming their Astral Flower, they'll find the Supreme Shield Aegis in the red chest on the left and the Ending Rod Bucks in the chest on the right.
A little later on, players will find themselves in the Lower Central Stabilization Layer area, where they'll find the room containing the next few weapons. However, they won't be able to open it just yet and so should continue on into the Limestone Cavern: Innermost Area. If they take the central exit on the west side of the area, they'll find themselves in the Upper Central Stabilization Layer. Here, they'll find the terminal needed to unlock the room, after which they can drop down and defeat the level 83 Ghoulish Arms. Upon doing so, they'll be free to claim the Black Book of Disaster and Dawn from the chest on the left and the Divine Hand Armor from the one on the right.
The last two weapons are in the Control Compartment area. To bring down the forcefield, players should pass through Nazamil's bedroom and then head straight when they come to the crossroads. They should then find the terminal in a small room on their left, after which, they can return to the now unlocked room and take on the level 83 Nimus Juggernaut Gigant Zeugle that awaits them there. Upon defeating it, players will find the Novus Aetas in the chest on the left and the Initum Lucis in the one on the right.
Upon completing the second Mausoleum, the crafting recipes for each character's best weapon will be added to the blacksmith menu. Unfortunately, however, players will still be missing a key crafting ingredient at this point: Ryugola Core Fragments. These can only be obtained by defeating unmissable bosses found in the game's final dungeon, meaning that players will need to visit the Keystone before crafting the best weapons in Tales of Arise. They'll be able to get two Ryugola Core Fragments for each of the three Nazamil Nether encounters for a total of six fragments.
Once they have all six base weapons and six Ryugola Core Fragments in their possession, players will be able to craft each character's best weapon by visiting any of the game's blacksmiths. They'll also need about 150,000 Gald, though, by this point in the game, they should have more than enough saved up. If not, they can always sell some of their other gear or components or head out and do a spot of grinding. After they've crafted the last of the six weapons, players will unlock the Arms Master trophy / Achievement.
How to Get the Devil's Arms in Beyond the Dawn
Strictly speaking, the craftable weapons detailed above are not actually the best weapons in Beyond the Dawn. Just like in the base version of the game, that honor goes to the six Devil's Arms found in Tales of Arise. However, the strength of a character's Devil's Arm is determined by the number of enemies that they've killed so far. As such, for most players, there's a good chance that only Alphen will have racked up a high enough body count to make equipping a Devil's Arm worthwhile.
In order to get each party member's Devil's Arm, players will simply need to remove all six seals on their way to the final showdown with Nazamil. There's a seal in each palace and the huge pillars of light make them very difficult to miss. Upon removing them all, players will be able to return to the entrance of the Keystone and open up the now-unlocked door, through which they'll find seven red chests. The one in the center contains five Astral Flowers, while the other six contain the Devil's Arm for each playable character in Tales of Arise.
Tales of Arise
- Released
- September 10, 2021
- Developer(s)
- Bandai Namco Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Bandai Namco Studios
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG