The Executioner is a Rare melee halberd in Windrose that rewards aggressive play with escalating Critical Hit Chance. It deals Crude damage, scales with Strength, and becomes increasingly deadly the more enemies you cut down in quick succession. You can craft it yourself at a Weaponsmith Workshop once you have the right materials.
Quick answer: Craft the Executioner at a Weaponsmith Workshop using 7 Copper Ingots and 10 Wood.
Executioner stats and passive effect
The Executioner is classified as a halberd-type melee weapon with 100 ATK and 335 Crude damage at its base Rare rarity. It scales with Strength (C scaling at Rare, B at Epic). Its signature passive grants stacks of the Rage effect every time you kill an enemy. Each Rage stack increases your Critical Hit Chance by 10%, stacking up to three times for a maximum 30% bonus. This makes the weapon particularly effective when you're fighting groups of enemies in quick succession, since each kill feeds the next with higher crit potential.
An Epic-rarity version of the Executioner also exists. It keeps the same Rage mechanic but adds a second passive: while Rage is active, you gain the Ward effect, granting 15% Damage Resistance. That defensive layer turns the Executioner from a pure offense weapon into something that also rewards you for staying in the fight.
Crafting materials for the Executioner
You need two resources to craft the Rare version of the Executioner at a Weaponsmith Workshop:
| Material | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Copper Ingot | 7 |
| Wood | 10 |
Wood is straightforward — chop trees on any island. Copper Ingots require a bit more setup. You first need to mine Copper Ore from Copper Deposits, then smelt the ore into ingots at a Smelting Furnace. Building the Smelting Furnace itself requires Clay, which can be tricky to find early on. Clay deposits appear as dark, muddy patches near the center of the starting island, roughly between the Ancient Ruins and the Copper Deposit. You'll need a Stone Pickaxe to harvest it.
Setting up the Weaponsmith Workshop
Step 1: Build a Workbench using 5 Wood if you haven't already. This is the first crafting station you'll unlock and is required to make basic tools.
Step 2: Craft a Stone Pickaxe at the Workbench (3 Wood, 3 Stone). You'll need this to mine both Clay and Copper Ore.
Step 3: Gather Clay from the muddy ground patches in the island interior, then build a Smelting Furnace. You'll also want a Charcoal Kiln to produce fuel for smelting.
Step 4: Mine Copper Ore and smelt it into Copper Ingots at the Smelting Furnace. You need at least 7 ingots for the Executioner.
Step 5: Build the Weaponsmith Workshop once it becomes available through the Islander questline progression. Interact with it, select the Executioner from the halberd recipes, and craft it with your 7 Copper Ingots and 10 Wood.
The weapon will appear in your inventory once crafting is complete. Equip it from your weapon slots to start using it.
How Rage stacks work in practice
Rage stacks are granted on kill, not on hit. This means the passive does nothing during a one-on-one fight until the target actually dies. Against groups, however, the Executioner shines. Kill one enemy, gain a 10% crit boost. Kill a second, and you're at 20%. By the third kill, you're sitting at the 30% cap, which dramatically increases your damage output against whatever's left standing.
The stacks are temporary, so you need to keep the pressure up. In dungeons and pirate camp raids — where enemies cluster together — the Executioner's Rage mechanic can snowball fights in your favor quickly. It pairs well with a Strength-focused build since the weapon's damage scaling benefits from that stat directly.
Executioner vs. other halberds
Windrose currently features three halberd variants at Rare and Epic rarity, each with a distinct identity. The Sturdy Halberd offers the highest raw Crude damage (345 at Rare) and simply adds 15 flat bonus base damage, making it the most straightforward option. The Plague Halberd trades raw damage for a Corruption mechanic that unlocks a special [F] attack after landing enough hits — the Epic version of which restores 35% of your max Health.
The Executioner sits between these two in base damage at 335 Crude but offers the most offensive scaling through its crit stacking. If you're confident in your ability to chain kills without taking too much damage, the Executioner's Rage passive will outdamage both alternatives over the course of a multi-enemy encounter. For tougher solo fights against bosses, the Sturdy Halberd's consistent damage or the Plague Halberd's sustain might serve you better.
The Executioner is one of the more satisfying weapons to use in Windrose's demo, especially once you start chaining kills and watching your crit chance climb. Getting the Copper Ingot pipeline running is the main bottleneck, but once your Smelting Furnace is operational, you're only a short gathering trip away from forging it.