
Gigasteel lance
A souped-up steel lance with superior penetrative potential.
The essentials
- Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Steel lance ×1 + Iron ore ×2 + Hephaestus' flame ×1.
- Sells for 2,100 G.
- Attack +50: 18th of 24 spears; top: Red-hot poker (+176).
“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.
Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Paladin
Effects: ×1.1 against beast
Style: Vanity 24 · Aloof 20 · Chic 19 · Allure 15 · Naive 15 · Casual 10
Alchemy Read in the code
- Steel lance ×1 + Iron ore ×2 + Hephaestus' flame ×1
- Recipe in the book “An Encyclopaedia of Gigasteel Weapons” (The Plumbed Depths – Interior - B1 Room)
Crafting tree
Quantities for 1 Gigasteel lance. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.
Gigasteel lance×1
Iron ore×2
Hephaestus' flame×1or make it
To gather: 4 raw materials, 2 uses of the Krak Pot.
| Raw material | Simplest way to get it |
|---|---|
Iron lance×1 | Buy it, 450 G (Stornway – Weapon Shop, Coffinwell – Weapon & Armour Shop). |
Iron ore×3 | Pick it up, Western Coffinwell (60 min, 1-3). |
Lava lump×1 | Pick it up, Newid Isle (timer and amount depend on your group). |
Hephaestus' flame×1 | From a monster, Flamin' drayman (1/64). |
Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!
Best attack in the category, by vocation
- Warrior: Red-hot poker (+176)
- Priest: Red-hot poker (+176)
- Paladin: Red-hot poker (+176)
Under the hood
Internal item number: 20505; record no. 1041 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 2100; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.
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