Weapon Recommendations
Many Neopets players ask the question: "Which weapons are worth wielding to wallop my opponents?" Whether you're looking to simply farm your daily drops from your challenger of choice, prepare for a plot, or just to test the limits of you and your Neopet, the weapons you choose to use can be the difference between sweet victory and agonizing defeat.
This guide is written with 1-Player battling in mind. If you're looking to get into 2-Player battling, check out our League 54 Home!
This guide's pages are roughly divided by budget and how strong your pet is expected to be given that budget. Outliers will be noted when they appear.
Advanced
Welcome to the world of power bordering on gratuitous. I'm not just saying that either: if you're just looking to farm your daily drops, you probably don't need to pony up the dough for these items. If your pet isn't yet at the maximum strength boost (850 strength or more), you should strongly consider putting your money towards training before dropping millions on one of the more expensive items listed here. On the other hand, if you're looking to push your pet to the limit, or you really just want to finally play with the Hidden Tower's treasures, you're in the right place!
We aren't quite assuming an unlimited budget yet, though: the weapons on this page all have price tags of up to roughly 15 million Neopoints (the approximate price of a Fan of Swords). Your pet should have enough maximum HP by now that the healers listed here will heal more than 50 HP. If they don't, you should be looking at the healers on the other pages... and at spending some of that money on training instead of weapon upgrades!
Weapons
Constant Attackers
Before you continue: if you participated in The Wraith Resurgence plot back in 2017-2018, check to see if you have any of these two constants. These two weapons pack even more raw power than a Sword of Skardsen, but they're no-trade, so if you don't have them, you can't get them. If you've got them, you'll be using these until you're ready to upgrade them each to a Fan of Swords—which cost eight figures!
If you don't have Blazing Embers or Sword of Malum, you may want to consider these fine weapons:
Kept low in price by the rerelease of many bigger and flashier things, Void Blade is still good. In terms of raw damage output, these are the strongest constant attackers out there that are still cheaper than an Anagram Sword.
Sword of Reif is a standin for all of The Anagram Swords—so-called because their names are anagrams of the icon type they deal. Because Sword of Reif was released as a prize in The Void Within's prize shop, it is now by far the cheapest of the Anagram Swords. You could try seeing if you could grab a Sword of Skardsen or Kelpbeards Trident for a similarly-low price, but at that point you're probably better off buying one of the other weapons on this list instead.
Celebratory Confetti Cannon is also a stand-in for the three 20 icon constant attackers in the Hidden Tower, because Fyora made it the cheapest at only 10m... but on the Trading Post, they're usually closer to 4m, because they were mass-released. While you're there, you should also make sure that none of the following weapons are on the listed for less either, because they all pack a noticeable amount of extra punch over this.
Skarls Sword was once bafflingly rare and eye-wateringly expensive, but one quick Quest Log release later and it's now a real cost-effective option! Skarls Sword is like a mini-Wand of the Dark Faerie: the attack is slightly weaker at 22.75 average attacking icons versus 25.4, it doesn't multiheal, and the 100% light block is usually worse than the wand's 75% light reflection. Accordingly, the sword is cheaper by a fair bit too!
Grapes of Wrath, the mighty Pea-level menace, has been brought to a mere 7 million Neopoints in price at the time of this writing. Since these Grapes pack a whopping 24 constant icons into every attack, they outmuscle even the best Fyora has to offer! These might get even cheaper once The Void Within returns, so keep an eye out for that... or just make sure you buy yours from the prize shop when you have a chance.
Wand of the Dark Faerie is here for the same reason Grapes of Wrath is: it crashed in price after being released as a prize in The Void Within's prize shop. While it loses some consistency compared to the Grapes because it has a chance of doing less damage, on average it will do slightly more, and it also reflects and can heal your pet when its HP is low. It's currently selling for a bit more than the Grapes are as a result, but this could still be a worthwhile pickup, be it from the Trading Post or from the prize shop.
Healers
Have you heard the good news (from the previous section)? Leaded Elemental Vial is not just buyable now, but downright cheap! If you haven't been lucky enough to win it from a The Void Within hospital volunteer shift, just do yourself a favor and buy one already.
Be careful - Leaded Elemental Vial is a consumable potion that can be used on your pet if you are not careful! Always be sure to equip it from the Battledome Neopet Status page instead of from your inventory. You will save yourself from some serious heartache (and bank-account-ache) that way!
Because they can currently be equipped with other healers, Flowers of Inner Healing are listed here as well. If the idea of having a backup 50% healer (or three) sounds appealing to you, or you just want something cheap but still reasonable to use as filler for your set, these will do the trick. Be careful—since TNT has never clarified if they're meant to be equippable with other healers, this multi-equippability may change in the future.
Bombs
Believe it or not, the now-humble Jhudoras Potion still does more average damage (at 20.83 icons) than some of the constants on this page. It may be worth holding on to yours until you've upgraded your constants into some combination of Grapes of Wrath or Wand of the Dark Faerie.
Varia is the Bomb does one icon for each tile a fully charged bomb would destroy when you're using Varia in Neopets—Faerie's Hope (now Neopets: Faerie Fragments): 25. It's a constant 25 icons, instead of the 21-30 range of Ghostkerbomb and insanely overpriced Maractite Bomb. This matters because it can cheaply allow you to deal 40 icons in one turn as long as your other weapon does at least 15 icons—exactly enough for a pet with at least 850 Strength to beat Giant Space Fungus on Mighty in one turn with Lens Flare. For as long as it's cheaper than a Ghostkerbomb, it deserves the title of Best Unbuyable Bomb for your (Neo)Buck. The only catch? You're limited to one Varia is the Bomb per set.
You might be wondering where Ghostkerbomb went—unfortunately for it, Grapes of Wrath is a bit too cheap for the classic bomb to be a good buy these days. If the Grapes inflate, it will be allowed back on this list—but currently, unless you can convince yourself you really need that chance at higher damage, I would suggest just buying a Grapes of Wrath instead, as it's usually going to be better for the price point.
Freezers
You've finally made it to the price bracket where you're no longer making compromises with the reliability of your freezer or dealing with keeping your pet a specific species! Your first unbuyable weapon should almost certainly be a good 100% freezer. Generally, among these, the best one to get is the one you can get the most cheaply.
Sleep Ray has gone from an overpriced novelty to one of the most affordable and widely-available freezers in the game thanks to its status as a weekly prize in the Daily Quest Log as of Fall 2023. 4 icons may not be a lot, but it does make a difference in a couple of 1P farming scenarios! Chances are it's cheaper than 100% freezer alternatives like H4000 Helmet, Magical Marbles of Mystery, or Freezing Potion, but you can shop around just in case if you wish.
Defensive Options
Are you tired of seeing Downsize! in these lists yet? Too bad, because it's still pretty good even at this price bracket!
Since Thyoras Tear is still a bit out of the price range for this section of the guide, Thick Smoke Bomb remains as a way to get a taste of its power, but you will have to replace it with every use.
The Mystical Tablet's full dark and physical block is a powerful effect that is great no matter what your pet's defence stat is, and its multiheal is very good for newer battle pets up against weaker opponents that don't do enough damage to overcome it very easily. While its 9 icon attack wouldn't be good on its own, it's 9 more than most shields do! It's far from mandatory, but it may be a good pick for some.
About the Hidden Tower Shields
You can pick up one of the Hidden Tower shields if you really want to, but we would not recommend them for regular single-player Battledome play as they all have two very fundamental problems:
- They don't help get your opponent's HP down to zero, which makes them unnecessary against weaker opponents that will easily succumb to your Lens Flare + Warlock's Rage + Freezer turns.
- Since your defence is capped at 16 damage blocked per defensive icon, but the strongest of 1P challengers have boosts that go well beyond 16 damage per icon, any block that isn't a percentage-based block is not useful against very strong 1P opponents.
The Hidden Tower shields are great in 2-Player battling formats that allow them, but for the 1-Player battler there are better places to park your Neopoints.
Reflectors
If you're wondering how you might be able to beat some of those super-difficult challengers with thousands of HP and monstrously-high attack boosts, reflection is one of the keys! The reflectors listed here all reflect at least 75% of an icon.
Superior Reflection Shield and Combo Battle Mirror both reflect light, but Superior Reflection Shield is better as it reflects 100% of light and 25% of water, while the Combo Battle Mirror only reflects 75% of light. Superior Reflection Shield will usually be more expensive as a result.
Triple Turbo Dryer and Ultra Dual Shovel reflect air and earth, respectively. At 75% reflection each, they're actually the best reflectors of their types in the game!
Ultimate Dark Reflectorb is a 75% dark reflector; so is Crystal Plateau Dacardian Shield. You can only get the Shield by playing Neopets: Island Builders and completing all the quests concerning the purple Crystal Plateau area; it's no-trade otherwise, so if you can't stomach the game, you'll have to pony up for an Ultimate Dark Reflectorb or skip the dark reflector. The Shield also blocks 7 physical icons, but that's really just a bonus.
Flame Reflectozap and Mega U-Bend reflect 75% of fire and water, respectively. They both have very expensive retired Hidden Tower upgrades that reflect 81-100% of their respective icon, but the 75% reflection offered here may still be good enough depending on the opponent.
Sample Sets
Advanced Set 1
This set is just Intermediate Set #2 with a few changes: a Varia is the Bomb for that very noticeable burst of extra damage, and slightly upgraded constant attackers.
Varia is the Bomb + Jhudoras Potion is the most damage you can do in a turn with this set, but with two Swords of Reif, you won't be lacking offense if the battle lasts longer than those two bombs do.
Sword of Reif is most likely to be the cheapest Anagram-level constant now due to being a prize in the Void Within prize shop, but you could use any of them here in its place if they're cheaper. Be careful not to spend more on any of these than you would on a Skarls Sword, which does more damage than an Anagram-level constant.
Sleep Ray happens to be the cheapest freezer as of Summer 2025, but it's always worth checking to be sure—any freezer will be acceptable in its slot. If you have a Thunder Sticks from the Void Within prize shop, you should use them instead.
Advanced Set 2
Skarls Sword is a noticeable damage increase over Sword of Reif. Sure, dual-wielding them means the full light block is redundant, but that hardly matters if you're using Lens Flare anyway.
Advanced Set 3
This is just about as expensive as you can make a set at this level. Grapes of Wrath provides the strongest constant attacking punch of the weapons listed here. Wand of the Dark Faerie is less consistent but stronger on average while providing some defensive utility. Varia is the Bomb is only 1 icon stronger than Grapes, but can provide extra consistency over a Wand of the Dark Faerie or a Skarls Sword if you can only afford one Grapes.
This article was written by: macosten
