The Stalwart Greatsword is a heavy two-handed melee weapon in Windrose that trades attack speed for reach and crowd-clearing power. It scales with Agility, adds a Posture Point for blocking, and can be ascended from rare to epic for a critical damage bonus. Before crafting it at the Weaponsmith Workshop, you need to physically loot one from a chest in the world.
How to unlock the Stalwart Greatsword recipe
Windrose locks weapon crafting behind looting. You cannot craft the Stalwart Greatsword until your character has picked up at least one copy from a chest. The drop is randomized, so there is no fixed location or quest reward tied to it.
Chests that can roll the weapon include Treasure, Supply, Shipwreck, and Ancient containers spread across the open world. The earliest realistic shot is the Pirate Remains wreck near your spawn beach, which holds one randomized weapon per character. By the time you reach The Bitter Pill questline, most players have seen it drop at least once.
Two important rules about looting:
- Picking up the weapon into your inventory is what registers the recipe. Trading it to another player who has not held it will not unlock crafting for them until they personally place it in their inventory.
- Once a character has opened a specific chest, that chest is empty for them in every world. Hopping seeds with the same character will not reset the roll.
If you want to reroll the Pirate Remains chest specifically, the workaround is to create new characters on the same seed. Each fresh character gets their own chest instance and can deposit the loot in shared storage for your main to pick up.
Crafting requirements
Crafting happens at the Weaponsmith Workshop. The rare base version is cheap enough to make as soon as you have basic copper smelting and have skinned a few animals.
| Variant | Materials | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rare (base craft) | 10 Copper Ingot + 2 Rough Hide | Requires a looted Stalwart Greatsword to unlock |
| Epic (ascension) | 1 Stalwart Greatsword + 9 Tumbaga Ingot | Consumes the rare weapon during ascension |
Copper Ingots come from smelting copper ore, which is widely available in early biomes. Rough Hide drops from common wildlife you can hunt with any starter weapon. Tumbaga Ingot is a mid-tier alloy gated behind later progression, which is why the epic upgrade is not an immediate craft.
Stats and combat profile
The rare Stalwart Greatsword puts out 310 Slash damage with a 100 Attack rating and scales off Agility. It also grants +1 Posture Point, letting you absorb one extra hit on your guard before breaking. The wide swing arc is the main draw, since it lets you hit multiple drowned or undead enemies at once when you get cornered.
Ascending to the epic version preserves the base stats and adds a flat +20% critical damage modifier. Pairing the ascended weapon with the Major Necklace of Mastery stacks well for an Agility-based crit build.
Confirming the craft worked
You will know the recipe is unlocked when the Stalwart Greatsword appears as a craftable entry at any Weaponsmith Workshop you interact with. If it is missing from the menu, the most common reason is that the weapon was traded to you rather than personally looted. Drop it on the ground, pick it back up into your own inventory, and the recipe will register.
For the ascension, the workshop consumes the rare Stalwart Greatsword and the Tumbaga Ingots, replacing them with the epic version in your inventory. The crit damage buff is visible on the weapon's tooltip after the craft completes.