Choose Gathannan for Garren Rood / Tethren Courage polearm endgame—pick Juniper only on Sirin Grace bow routes. — Soulframe weapon comparison.
Weapon overview
Gathannan
Polearms · Courage · Rare
Rare Garren Rood trident polearm requiring 19 Courage, with Courage and Spirit attunement. Post-Preludes 15: 69 ATK, 138 charged, 52 stagger, and 4% smite for heavy pressure on large foes. Requires 2 fragments from Vadagar Stag; the reported night-only corruption pools north of Mines of Borro route remains verify in-client rather than a confirmed fixed spawn rule. Craft at Tuvalkane with Scrap Brass×20, Sappheline×8, and Moranite×8 (10h, 2500 Dracs). Wares of Zenith offers a fragment for 230 Arcs. Choose it for committed late-game Courage polearm progression, with its secondary Spirit attunement supporting hybrid builds.
Juniper is an Uncommon Sirin hybrid bow requiring 5 Spirit and 7 Grace, making it the earliest accessible dual-virtue ranged weapon for Spirit-invested Sirin builds in Preludes 15. With 45 base ATK, 24 stagger, and an impressive 6% smite chance, it punches above its Uncommon tier. The primary farm method is unique: Juniper Echo Stones at three map locations — pond NE of Curlail, Rivernest woods, and Pensives orchard — grant a fully-built bow on interaction (known as Music Shrines on the wiki). This makes Juniper one of the few weapons obtainable without fragment crafting. Legacy Envoys with pre-P15 fragments can still craft 3 fragments at Tuvalkane. Occasional whole drops from Collector Crates and Hark The Collector operations supplement the Echo Stone route. In P15, ground previews can be dismantled at Nightfold and Refined at Tuvalkane with Chordstones. The lore describes Juniper as Grandfather's bow, hewn from a sacred tree, with living wood that grows arrows and Salz Agate stones bridging realms between man and Fey. Compare Maestro (13 Spirit) for higher Spirit-gated Sirin routes.
