Arise Crossover: How to Unlock All Weapon Skills Fast (Boss Drops, Words Rune Targeting, Best Enchants): Farm each skill from its specific dungeon boss, use a Words Rune to convert any dungeon into the one that drops your target, and stack Drop Chance with Loot Aspect enchants to secure all eight skills quickly and reliably. This guide covers the exact boss sources, efficient server‑hop loops, and the enchants/build prep that let you equip two weapons for dual skills while keeping clear times low.
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How to Unlock All Weapon Skills in the Arise Crossover
What Weapon Skills are
Weapon Skills are powerful, auto‑activated abilities tied to your account once unlocked, meaning a single drop permanently adds that skill to your arsenal without further consumable charges. Each skill has a point cost that fills during combat, auto‑fires on full, and then resets the meter, letting you repeatedly leverage its damage multiplier during runs.
How to unlock All Weapon Skills
- Defeat the dungeon boss that drops the specific Weapon Skill; most skills come from boss drops, so your Drop Chance becomes a critical stat to maximize before you start farming them in earnest.
- Use a Words Rune to transform any dungeon into the one you need, which lets you target the correct boss without waiting for rotations or traveling across the map repeatedly.
- Example: Axe Rift is a beginner‑friendly drop at roughly a 10% rate even without buffs, deals about 190× weapon damage, requires 120 points to trigger, and drops from the Mage Dungeon boss according to skill breakdowns.
Farming strategy that works
Run higher‑tier dungeons and lean into efficient loop routing, because tougher runs drop better weapons and materials while you hunt skills, saving time by progressing gear and skills together. Stack Drop Chance from your build and enchants before boss killing sprees, since the “vast majority” of skills are boss drops and scale strongly with better drop odds. Use Words Rune targeting plus fast lobby resets to repeatedly fight the same boss, which is far more consistent than chasing random rotations.
Enchants and Drop Chance synergy
Enchanting weapons at the Enchants NPC adds passive boosts using Powder Dust, Gems, and occasionally Tickets, and the process is RNG‑based so plan multiple rolls for the outcome you want. Loot Aspect and Enchant Loot Aspect raise Dust/Item drop rates and are commonly recommended when chasing rare drops; Sharpness is a strong alternative if you need raw damage for faster clears while farming. Because enchants are wiped when a weapon is upgraded in some cases, it’s best to enchant a late‑game or high‑grade weapon to avoid wasting materials on gear you’ll replace soon.
Gear prep that accelerates unlocks
- Merge three duplicate weapons with Gems to rank up your favorite base and increase your clear speed, then use that power to speed‑farm bosses for skills; this is a core loop reinforced across beginner and meta guides.
- Dungeon farming yields Legendary Powder Dust and other materials that you can immediately reinvest into enchanting and shadow enhancement, creating a feedback loop of faster kills and more skill drops.
How many skills and how they behave
Guides show eight Weapon Skills in the current update wave, all of which are tied to dungeon boss drops, and once learned they’re reusable indefinitely without additional crafting or charges. Skills have unique point costs and damage multipliers, and equipping two weapons lets you run two different skills simultaneously to fit your build and content goals.
Step‑by‑step unlock loop
- Pick a target skill and confirm its dungeon boss source; if the target dungeon isn’t active, apply a Words Rune to turn any dungeon into the one that drops your skill.
- Maximize Drop Chance via enchants and build choices, then run the dungeon repeatedly until the skill drops, using lobby resets to chain boss kills back‑to‑back.
- Repeat for each of the remaining skills until you’ve completed the full set, swapping weapons and enchants as needed to balance clear speed with drop efficiency.
Practical example: first skill to farm
Axe Rift is widely cited as the easiest starting skill because of its generous drop rate, straightforward dungeon, and strong 190× multiplier that pays off immediately in clears while you pursue the harder drops next. Grab Axe Rift from the Mage Dungeon boss, then shift to higher‑value skills using the same Words Rune target‑farming method with stronger gear and enchants equipped.
Extra tips
- If your damage is low, prioritize Sharpness or Vorpal‑style enchants first so you can hit time checks in tougher boss fights while still keeping some Loot Aspect rolls for drop consistency.
- Farm higher‑level dungeons when possible because they drop better upgrade materials, speeding up both your weapon/Shadow progression and your skill acquisition curve.
Frequently asked questions
- Do Weapon Skills consume items when used? No, they auto‑activate on a full meter and can be used infinitely after the initial unlock, which is why the drop itself is the milestone that matters.
- Can two Weapon Skills run at once? Yes, equipping two weapons enables two different skills simultaneously, which is a major convenience noted in skill overviews.
- How do I target a specific skill quickly? Convert any dungeon to the required one with a Words Rune and stack Drop Chance to speed up the boss drop grind cycle.