The term Weapon (also called Primary Weapon, Base Weapon, or Standard Weapon) usually refers to the main weapon held in a playable character's hand that attacks in front of said character, is assigned a single button press and does not consume resources such as Hearts or MP.
There are several different types of weapons that can be equipped:
- Whip
- Dagger
- Short Sword
- Sword
- Great Sword
- Katana
- Rapier (or "Foil")
- Snake Sword
- Throwing Sword
- Cudgel (or "Club")
- Cestus (or "Fist")
- Axe
- Tome
- Glyph
- Lance (or "Spear" or "Polearm")
- Staff
- Firearm
- Sub-Weapon (or "Miscellaneous")
It should be noted that in many games where equippable weapons can be removed, the player character will always attack with their fist by default if no weapon is equipped in a hand.
Game specific information[]
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls[]
- Main article: Weapon/Grimoire of Souls
Each character has access to one type of weapon in Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls. Alucard can wields Swords, Simon Belmont can use Whips, Charlotte Aulin can use Tomes, Maria Renard can utilize Birds, and Shanoa can use Glyphs. Each Alter Art character has one weapon that they can use.