Blood Weapon

 

Blood Weapon

Acquired

DRK (actions)

Level

35

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

60s

Targeting

Self

Quest Req.

The Voice in the Abyss

Patch

3.0

“

Grants 3 stacks of Blood Weapon, each stack increasing Blood Gauge by 10 and restoring MP upon landing weaponskills or spells.
Duration: 15s
Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack.

— In-game description

Blood Weapon is an action unlocked by questing at level 35. It is available for Dark Knight.

Related traits

•   Enhanced Blackblood (Lv. 66) - Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of any weaponskill or spell while under the effect of Blood Weapon.
•   Blood Weapon Mastery (Lv. 68) - Upgrades Blood Weapon to Delirium.
  

Related actions

•   Delirium

Notes

• Recovers 600 MP per weaponskill or spell landed, for a total of 1800 MP.

History

• Patch 7.0 (2024-07-02): Number of stacks granted has been reduced from 5 to 3.
• Patch 6.5 (2023-10-03): Fixed an issue wherein stacks of the Blood Weapon status effect granted by the action were consumed even when executing certain actions that did not inflict damage on targets.
• Patch 6.1 (2022-04-12):
  • Now grants 5 stacks of the Blood Weapon effect.
  • Effect duration has been increased from 10 to 15 seconds.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Now acquired at level 35 (previously level 18).
  • Recast time has been increased from 40 to 60 seconds.
  • The effect "reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 10% and converts physical damage dealt into MP, while reducing weaponskill TP cost by 20%. Also increases Blood Gauge by 3 each time a physical attack lands" has been replaced with "Increases Blood Gauge by 10 and restores MP upon landing weaponskills or spells".
  • Duration has been reduced from 15 to 10 seconds.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20):
  • Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 40 seconds.
  • The effect increasing attack speed by 10% has been changed to reduce weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 10%.
  • The Blood Gauge will now increase by 3 each time a physical attack lands.
• Patch 3.07 (2015-08-25): Now applies an effect that reduces the TP cost of weaponskills by 20%.
• Patch 3.0 (2015-06-23): Added.