Zelda · Analysis · 51 weapons, 2 games
How much weaker are your weapons in Tears of the Kingdom?
51 weapons are in both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. We set every one side by side: its attack and durability in each game, its decayed and pristine copies, and which kinds of weapon lost the most.
Key findings
01 · Weapon by weapon
41 of 51 returning weapons hit for less. Not one lasts longer.
Add up the base attack of the 51 weapons in both games: 1018 in Breath of the Wild, 577 in Tears of the Kingdom, 43% less. The median weapon went from 15 to 6. Eightfold Longblade kept the smallest share, 25%. Of the other 10, 7 didn't change and 3 got stronger: the Bokoblin, Lizalfos and Moblin arms. Durability fell for 33 and stayed the same for 18. Hover or tap a weapon for its numbers.
Base attack, then and now
The 51 weapons in both games, biggest cut first
02 · Decayed or pristine
A pristine copy wins back most of it. 8 beat Breath of the Wild.
29 of the 51 returning weapons also come in a pristine version. Decayed, they hit for 40% of their Breath of the Wild attack. Pristine, 78%. Forest Dweller's Spear, Gerudo Scimitar, Knight's Halberd, Soldier's Spear, Throwing Spear, Traveler's Spear, Traveler's Sword and Zora Spear hit harder pristine than they did in Breath of the Wild, and 23 of the 29 get their full durability back.
Attack: Breath of the Wild, decayed, pristine
The 29 returning weapons with a pristine copy
03 · By kind of weapon
Two-handed weapons took the deepest cut.
The median two-handed weapon kept 44% of its attack. The median one-handed weapon kept 75%. Durability held up better everywhere: the median weapon of every kind kept at least 73% of it.
What the median weapon kept, by kind
Tears of the Kingdom as a % of Breath of the Wild
About this data
Download CSV ↓The 51 weapons are the ones with the same name in Zelda Wiki's weapon tables for both games. Attack and durability are base numbers: before Trials of the Sword, with nothing fused. Breath of the Wild's table sorts weapons into one-handed, two-handed and spears; Tears of the Kingdom's doesn't, so a weapon keeps its Breath of the Wild kind. A pristine copy is the Tears of the Kingdom row Zelda Wiki marks ✨.
Sources: Zelda Wiki, Weapons in Breath of the Wild and Weapons in Tears of the Kingdom. Data as of October 15, 2026.
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