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Quintessence Blades

WeaponLegendaryDual Blades

Built to channel pure Aetherium, these weapons are among the most powerful ever created by godsmith Morsbranch. He believed that powerful weapons such as these could turn the tide. Unfortunately, these blades were lost when Macros seized the monolith.

Item level50Upgrade rank Improved (gold) Exact values

Primary trait

The Primary Trait is one of these 15, picked at random. Traits with a higher pick weight come up more often Datamined.

When this weapon drops, the game also picks one element at random (Physical, Fire, Water (item level 8+), Air (item level 10+), Earth (item level 5+) or Void (item level 13+), each equally likely) Datamined. Some traits below can only appear with a certain pick; the “Can appear” column says which.

Trait at this level	Pick weight	Can appear	At item level 50
4% chance to apply the Mark of Leeching whenever you hit an enemy	1000	Always	Yes
Gain 5–6% Weapon Technique charge whenever you hit a full-Health enemy	1000	Always	Yes
Gain 6–8% Weapon Technique charge whenever you Soulshatter an enemy	1000	Always	Yes
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, unleash a shockwave that deals 1498–2003 Fire damage	1000	Only if the drop picks Fire`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
While Inner Focus is active, you deal +40–49% damage and enemies deal +25% damage to you	1000	Always	Yes
Restore 202–266 Health whenever you defeat a Marked enemy	1000	Always	Yes
Gain 14–17% Weapon Technique charge whenever you defeat a Marked enemy	1000	Always	Yes
Gain 10–12% Polarity Attack charge whenever you perform a Critical Hit	1000	Always	Yes
Gain 10–13% Weapon Technique charge whenever you Soulshatter an enemy	1000	Always	Yes
While Inner Focus is active, apply Soulshatter Buildup to nearby enemies and all of your attacks deal Soulshatter Damage	1000	Always	Yes
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, unleash a shockwave that deals 2016–2695 Water damage and applies the Mark of Fragility	1000	Only if the drop picks Water (item level 8+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
Whenever you use your Northern Technique while the Inner Focus bar is near full charge, double the Soulshatter Buildup on nearby enemies	1000	Always	Yes
Whenever you hit an enemy with a Charged Heavy Attack, unleash a shockwave that deals 1647–2201 Air damage (Cooldown: 30 seconds)	1000	Only if the drop picks Air (item level 10+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
Gain 8–10% Weapon Technique charge whenever you inflict an Ailment. Polarity Attacks inflict Ailments.	1000	Always	Yes
Restore 237–312 Health to you and nearby allies whenever you inflict an Ailment. Weapon Techniques inflict Ailments.	1000	Always	Yes

Base stats

At item level 50.

Attack power: 213.48

The weapon's attack power at this level and rarity.Untested

Tooltip DPS: 426

The big DPS number on the tooltip: double the attack power, rounded down.Datamined Untested

Secondary traits

A Legendary item gets 1 Secondary Trait. 28 of 28 traits in the list can roll at item level 50.

Trait at this level	Pick weight	Can appear	At item level 50
+17–21% damage to Bleeding enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Physical`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+17–21% damage to Ignited enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Fire`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+17–21% damage to Chilled enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Water (item level 8+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+17–21% damage to Shocked enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Air (item level 10+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+17–21% damage to Poisoned enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Earth (item level 5+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+17–21% damage to Cursed enemies	4000	Only if the drop picks Void (item level 13+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Bleed	0	Only if the drop picks Physical`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Ignite	0	Only if the drop picks Fire`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Chill	0	Only if the drop picks Water (item level 8+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Shock	0	Only if the drop picks Air (item level 10+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Poison	0	Only if the drop picks Earth (item level 5+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Curse	0	Only if the drop picks Void (item level 13+)`ToT Dual Blades - Random Element`	Yes
+7–8% Weapon Technique charge speed	4000	Always	Yes
+20–24% Weakpoint damage	6000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Weapon Technique damage	4000	Always	Yes
+9–11% Soulshatter Buildup	6000	Always	Yes
+13–16% Timing Attack damage	4000	Always	Yes
+13–16% Rampage charge speed	2500	Always	Yes
+27–33% Rampage expiration time	2500	Always	Yes
+13–16% Rampage bonus damage	2500	Always	Yes
+7–8% Polarity Attack charge speed	2000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Polarity Attack damage	2000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Critical Hit damage	4000	Always	Yes
+5–6% Critical Hit chance	4000	Always	Yes
+13–16% Polarized duration	2000	Always	Yes
+13–16% Polarized bonus damage	2000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Ailment power	4000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Ailment duration	4000	Always	Yes

Masterwork traits

The Masterwork trait is chosen when the item reaches upgrade rank 5 Datamined and is always drawn in gold Datamined. One of these:

Trait at this level	Pick weight	Can appear	At item level 50
+5–6% Critical Hit chance	2000	Always	Yes
+7–8% Weapon Technique charge speed	2000	Always	Yes
+7–8% Polarity Attack charge speed	2000	Always	Yes
+13–16% Rampage charge speed	2000	Always	Yes
+20–25% Ailment power	2000	Always	Yes
+6–8% chance to inflict Ailments	0	Always	Yes

Trait slots

Every line this kind of item can have, and the rarity it needs. Greyed rows don't apply to this item's rarity.

Line	Needs rarity	Chance of a trait	On this item
Primary Trait 1`TraitSlot.Weapon.TripleTrait.1`	Legendary	100%	Yes
Primary Trait 2`TraitSlot.Weapon.TripleTrait.2`	Legendary	100%	Yes
Primary Trait 3`TraitSlot.Weapon.TripleTrait.3`	Legendary	100%	Yes
Secondary Trait 1`TraitSlot.Weapon.TripleTrait.4`	Legendary	100%	Yes
Masterwork Trait 1`TraitSlot.Weapon.TripleTrait.5`	Legendary	Added at upgrade rank 5 Datamined	Yes

Where it drops

The game can drop it at item level 1 and up, as Legendary. Which missions and enemies drop it hasn't been traced yet Unknown; so far only Methra's Star and Cololaba's Legacy are.pick weight 1000DropTag.TriplePrimary.WeaponDropTag.TriplePrimary.Weapon.DualBlades

History

No official patch notes have been added yet. When they are, each entry will quote the notes word for word, with the date and a link, marked Documented. Patch notes record changes over time; the values on this page come from the game version this wiki is built from.

Sources

Row: Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json → weapons → [128] Weapon.DualBlades.1H.Player.Silverthorn Datamined
Name: Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json → localization → Weapon.DualBlades.1H.Player.Silverthorn
Icon: Aperion/Content/Aperion/Blueprints/Weapons/Dual_Blades/_exp1/Silverthorn/BP_DualBlades_1H_Player_Silverthorn → T_Weapon_DualBlades_1H_Player_Silverthorn (the game's icon, packed by tools/build_wiki_art.py)
Trait pools: traitSlot → traitCategory → trait in Aperion/Content/Aperion/Data/Gameplay/SourceData/source_data.json
Roll windows: rule R1 on itemScaling Datamined