Monster Survivors:
Weapons Database & Guide
From basic starting swords to area-clearing legendary plasma guns. Explore the complete arsenal available in FreezeNova's roguelike survival hit.
Are you looking for the Hidden Weapon Evolutions?
The database below only shows base items. If you want the cheat-code level combinations (like the Level 8 Blood Sword), you must view the classified recipes.
How Weapons & Upgrades Work
At the start of every run, you will select a primary weapon (often dictated by your Hero, such as the Knight's Short Sword or the Mage's Magic Staff). As you collect experience crystals from defeated enemies, you will level up and be offered a choice of random weapons and passive abilities.
Weapons improve exponentially with their rarity. As a weapon increases in level (stepping up to Legendary tier), its base damage, frequency of attack, and area of effect increase drastically. Furthermore, certain weapons have hidden synergies or evolutionary paths when combined during a run.
Melee Weapons
Steel Sword / Short Sword
A traditional starting option. Slices directly in front of the player. Requires you to step into danger, but rewards you with high base damage and critical scaling. Excellent base component for evolutionary builds.
Axe
Swirls actively around the player in a growing orbit. At legendary rarity, multiple axes rotate simultaneously, forming a virtually impenetrable shield against swarming minor enemies.
Fist
A heavy, blunt collision weapon. Excellent at stunning elite enemies and bosses when they get uncomfortably close, providing brief but critical breathing room.
Magic Weapons
Wooden Wand / Wand
The foundational magic weapon (and Arcanix's signature). Shoots guided or straight-line projectiles. At high rarity, its firing frequency and DPS scale enormously, making it one of the most reliable sources of constant damage.
Plasma Gun / Beam
A mandatory choice for pushing late-game waves. The Plasma Gun generates massive area-of-effect damage, completely erasing dense packs of enemies and eating chunk damage from Bosses.
Magic Staff
A ranged weapon utilizing piercing magical bolts. It guarantees value against lines of enemies following the player, making it an excellent early-mid game clearer.
Chain Lightning & Ring
Strikes an enemy and automatically jumps to nearby foes. Unparalleled for early game crowd control when stats are too low to physically bash through mobs.
Ranged Physical Weapons
Shotgun
Delivers immense burst damage directly in front of the player. Perfect for blasting open escape routes when backed into a corner by aggressive Crab or Pumpkin spawns.
Rocket Launcher
Creates large explosions upon impact. Excellent knockback properties against dense, slow-moving mobs, stalling them completely.
Crossbow & Throwing Knife
Fast projectiles associated with high base critical-hit chances. Though somewhat weak in early rarities, they become machine-gun-like shredders against bosses once pushing past Legendary tier.
Utility & Evolving Weapons
Frostbite (Ice Dagger)
Trading raw damage for unparalleled crowd control, this weapon freezes aggressive enemies in their tracks. Essential for buying time and repositioning during chaotic late-game boss encounters.
Holy Cross (Holy Sword)
The Holy Cross provides fantastic rotational coverage around the map. Crucially, when strategically combined with base sword weapons, it allows permutations like the evolved Holy Sword.
Holy Book & Fire Wand
While the Holy Book generates a close-proximity physical protective barrier, the Fire Wand casts area denial zones (Damage over Time) on the ground, punishing enemies that chase you.
Stop Guessing, Start Dominating
Knowing what the weapons do is just the beginning. The real power is knowing which weapons belong in an S-Tier build.