Minecraft Dungeons II Weapons Tier List

Every hero in Minecraft Dungeons II holds one melee weapon and one ranged weapon at the same time. That is already a tier-list rule: you are not choosing a class, you are choosing a pair. The names below are the ones official media actually used. If a favourite from 2020 is missing, it is missing because Mojang has not shown it, not because it is D-tier.

Read this beside starter builds and the Blacksmith page. Power cap beats rarity frame.

Melee

Tornado Blade — A for packs. Coverage described 60% weapon damage on every swing and 30% extra to secondary targets. That is a hallway cleaner for Overworld roads and Sift bridges. Less good if a boss is a single copper torso.

War Hammer — A for control. Heavy tremors. Use it when royal guards and ravagers clump. Slow against a kiting Copper Monstrosity unless you only swing after dashes.

Battlestaff — A for The Sift. Trailer close-up, long reach, the weapon you want when cute mouth-critters and sprouts sit behind a frontline. Pair with jump.

Pride of the Plains — A as a canvas. Named in the August gameplay trailer with Frost Crescent II stamped on it. The sword is the example, not the god roll. If you find it, Enchantsmith it; do not vendor it because a list said “example item.”

Dual Daggers / Sickles — B until proven. Fast dual-wield. Fun in open plains. Risky in dash arenas and Warden pits where a miss is a boom. Keep a slower backup.

Sword / pickaxe / shovel — B as familiar tools. They exist in the sequel’s footage as Minecraft-shaped comfort weapons. They are not jokes. They are also not automatically unique. Upgrade the one with the verb you like.

Ranged

Charged bow — S for copper lightning. Gamescom’s successful Monstrosity build was ranged DPS. A bow you can fire while stepping off floor sparks is the boss weapon of the preview cycle.

Crossbow — A for volume. Continuous fire when you cannot afford a charge. Better for spider rooms and illager ravines than for a single tank.

Trickbow — A for weirdness. Named in recaps as part of the expanded bow family. Until we have numbers, treat it as a ranged slot with a gimmick — keep it if the gimmick is a verb (bounce, split, poison), vendor it if the gimmick is a particle.

Arrows-on-dodge setups — S as a system. Not a bow name. An Enchantsmith stamp. If you find the book, the bow you put it on becomes the rank. This is the most important ranged “weapon” in the preview cycle and it is technically an enchant.

Pairing rules

• Copper Monstrosity: charged bow + any melee you only use after dashes. See the boss guide.
• Twisted Warden: a melee you can swing in a cave plus a pet, not a sniper fantasy. See the Warden guide.
• The Sift: Battlestaff or other reach melee plus a moving bow. See The Sift.
• Couch co-op: give the new player the fat melee. Give the veteran the charge bow. Shared cameras hate tiny daggers.

What not to do with this list

Do not vendor a unique because it is missing from S. The Blacksmith exists. Do not run four trickbows in a four-player group because a letter grade is shiny. Do not invent drop rates. When launch logs exist, this page will grow rows. Until then, rank the pair you can play, then stamp books on it.

For armor slots that support these weapons, use the armor and talismans list. For a full six-tile kit, use the loadout planner.