Choose Falx for higher attack and smite on a sweep-style Long Blade—take Stultin only if you prefer its moveset and are already farming Mockery drops. —...
Weapon overview
Falx
Long Blades · Courage · Uncommon
Falx is an Uncommon Sinecure arcblade (cleaver-style Long Blade) requiring 12 Courage, valued for its wide sweep attacks and solid 54 base ATK with 34 stagger and 5% smite chance. Farm fragments from Flayed Reaper (the primary target — drops both whole previews and fragments), or from The Organ world event when towers are active. Container drops include Barrels, Baskets, Crates, and Polearm Racks in Sinecure-controlled zones. Craft at Tuvalkane with Ode Graphite, Scrap Brass, and Ichor (10h). Purchase from Avakot for 220 Dracs. The Falx serves as the upgrade from Vetch and bridges to Marrow's Bane (Rare, 21 Courage) for dedicated Courage builds. Compared to Stultin (53 ATK, 16 Courage), Falx offers a lower virtue gate at 12 Courage with nearly identical damage output. The three spire studs on the blade — originally a manufacturing defect where molten metal seeped from injection points — became the weapon's signature strength. Effective against grouped enemies due to cleaver-style sweep pattern.
Stultin is an Uncommon cleaver-style Long Blade requiring 16 Courage, themed around the ancient Mockery lore. With 53 base ATK, 34 stagger, and 3% smite, it serves as a mid-game bridge before Marrow's Bane (21 Courage, 54 ATK). Farm fragments from Armoured Mockery or Thrice-bound Impidh (normal and Cogah variants). Dendrit Chests in the Glades and Deadwood Mockery encounters provide supplemental drop tables. Craft at Tuvalkane with Scrap Brass, Ichor, and Corrupt Onyx (10h). Purchase from Avakot for 235 Dracs. Stultin fills the Courage cleaver progression gap between Falx (12 Courage, 54 ATK) and Marrow's Bane (21 Courage, 54 ATK) — offering 16 Courage gate with 53 ATK, only 1 ATK less than both alternatives. The lore describes Stultin as a cut and rusted sword from an unremembered battle, filed flat in falchion style with a petrified wooden hilt. The glowing runes etched into settled rust suggest the blade's power persists beyond its physical decay. Effective in Crypt of the Circade content and against Mockery-type enemies where the ancient blade's resonance deals bonus damage. Pairs with Tethren melee builds for high-stagger cleaver combos.
