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Pursuit of Mastery

Pursuit of Mastery is the quest-book group for weapon types. Each of its twelve chapters is a tree of weapons from the first wooden or iron version to the end-game uniques, and each quest asks for one weapon. The trees double as an upgrade guide: later weapons depend on the earlier weapons of the same type. Two chapters, Magic Academy and Archery Armory, have real rewards; the ten melee chapters are checklists with almost none.

Chapters#

Chapter Weapons Quests Starts Rewards
Magic Academy Spellbooks, staves and the spell crafting stations 73 The Arcane Path (Act I) Gems, runes, upgrade orbs, scrolls
Archery Armory Bows, crossbows and archery curios 43 The Ranger's Path (Act I) XP levels and gems, up to 35 XP levels and a Perfect Gem
Path of the Samurai Tachis and katanas, up to the YAMATO and HF-MURASAMA 43 Bokken (no requirement) None
Demonic Implements Sickles and scythes 28 Ice Sickle None
Heavy Load Axes, greataxes, hammers and clubs 58 Rotten Hammer, Iron Axe, Wooden Club, Wooden Bat Almost none
Way of the Dancing Blades Staves, battlestaves, warglaives, chakrams and twinblades 37 Wooden staff, Big Stick None
Blood Bath Greatswords and claymores 62 Wooden Greatsword None
Assassin’s Armoury Knives, daggers, sais, cutlasses and short swords 50 Flint Knife None
Hopping the Fence Rapiers and florets 19 Sword on a Stick None
Bulwark and Brawl Shields, fists, knuckles and claws 27 Wooden Shield, Frozen Fist Almost none
Kings of the Battlefield Spears, glaives and halberds 52 Wooden Spear, Primordial Limestone Spear Almost none
Bladesworn Battallion Swords, messers and light greatswords 50 Wooden Sword Almost none

The melee chapters’ first quests have no requirements, so they can be followed from the first day.

A few weapons need quests from other chapters:

  • Zweiender (Path of the Samurai) needs Blessing of Mortusest, the last quest of Act V.
  • Glove (Bulwark and Brawl) needs Frozen Fist and the Prologue’s Epic Combat.
  • Herrscher (Bladesworn Battallion) needs the Neptunium Sword, Oath, Dread Thrall’s Sword and Gesetz from Bulwark and Brawl. Its quest says the two are counterparts.

Magic Academy#

Magic Academy (“Back To School”) covers Iron’s Spellbooks spellcasting: the Inscription Table, the Scroll Forge (whose quest gives school ingredients such as a Blaze Rod and a Blood Vial), the Arcane Anvil, and dozens of spellbooks and staves, including the three Dragon Priest staves and the Pyrium Staff. Armor, runes and curios for mages are in Magic Equipment.

A Wizard's First Spell (Magic Academy)

Magic is very imporant for a wizard and still very helpful for those that only dabble in magic. Magic is great for damaging or utility spell such as teleport.

Archery Armory#

Archery Armory (“Way too many bows!”, “A questline for true archers, expanding your arsenal with 30+ legendary bows!”) starts with a Wooden Bow and covers the Too Many Bows bows, archery curios such as the Sharpshot Ring and Dead Eyes Pendant, and boss bows like the Cursed Bow and Wrath of the Desert from Maledictus.