Weapon

In Kid Icarus: Uprising, players can access a large arsenal of weapons, from which one can be chosen before each stage or match. Every weapon has melee and ranged attacks, as well as charged and rapid fire attacks. Individual weapons also have different values and bonuses. Players can find more powerful weapons by playing the single player mode on higher difficulties. In addition, each weapon has a special attack that can clear the screen of most enemies, although they can only be used during flight. These attacks are represented by blue orbs at the bottom left of the touchscreen. Overall, there are 108 weapons across the 9 different types.

A selection of weapons during the "Fuse Weapons" option

Categories

• Blade - A balanced, user-friendly weapon.
• Staff - Fire shots that are ideal for sniping.
• Claws - Move faster but with limited reach.
• Bow - Fire guided arrows at high speed.
• Palm - Fire homing shots from the palm of your hand.
• Club - Fire powerful charged shots instead of continuous fire.
• Cannon - Envelop enemies in explosive rounds.
• Orbitars - Fire two separate shots designed for ranged attacks.
• Arm - Improve melee performance but limit attack range.

Acquiring Weapons

Players start the game with only a First Blade. Other weapons can be acquired through the following methods:

• Rewards in Solo Mode
• Rewards in Together Mode
• Purchased in the Arms Altar
• Fusing two existing weapons
• Fusing two weapon gems
• Converting one weapon gem
• Completing certain Treasure Hunt challenges

Unlocking Weapons

Most weapons are unlocked from the start, but others must be unlocked through one of the following means:

• Completing chapters in Solo Mode
• Discovering Zodiac Weapons in their respective chambers
• Completing certain Treasure Hunt challenges

Fusion

A fusion chart for the general class of a weapon

The fusion grid in game

Players can fuse two different weapons to form a new weapon. Gems can also be fused for the same purpose. Melee strength, ranged strength, and weapon modifiers are determined by the parent weapons, although not all will necessarily be preserved. The chart on the right is a simple reference to which types of weapons create what.

The resulting weapon type can be determined by adding the index of each parent weapon, and subtracting 12 if that value is greater than 12. The resulting weapon will have that value as its index, and be of the category shown by the chart to the right.

	Blade	Staff	Claws	Bow	Palm	Club	Cannon	Orbitar	Arm
1	First	Insight	Tiger	Fortune	Violet	Ore	EZ	Standard	Crusher	1
2	Burst	Orb	Wolf	Silver	Burning	Babel	Ball	Guardian	Compact	2
3	Viper	Rose	Bear	Meteor	Needle	Skyscraper	Predator	Shock	Electroshock	3
4	Crusader	Knuckle	Brawler	Divine	Midnight	Atlas	Poseidon	Eyetrack	Volcano	4
5	Royal	Ancient	Stealth	Darkness	Cursed	Earthmaul	Fireworks	Fairy	Drill	5
6	Optical	Lancer	Hedgehog	Crystal	Cutter	Ogre	Rail	Paw Pad	Bomber	6
7	Samurai	Flintlock	Raptor	Angel	Pudgy	Halo	Dynamo	Jetstream	Bowl	7
8	Bullet	Somewhat	Artillery	Hawkeye	Ninja	Black	Doom	Boom	End-All	8
9	Aquarius	Scorpio	Cancer	Sagittarius	Virgo	Capricorn	Leo	Gemini	Taurus	9
10	Aurum	Laser	Beam	Aurum	Aurum	Aurum	Sonic	Aurum	Upperdash	10
11	Palutena	Dark Pit	Viridi	Palutena	Viridi	Hewdraw	Twinbellows	Centurion	Kraken	11
12	Gaol	Thanatos	Pandora	Phosphora	Great Reaper	Magnus	Cragalanche	Arlon	Phoenix	12

Exceptions

Certain exceptions to the above rules exist:

Weapon 1	Weapon 2	Actual Result	Expected Result
First Blade	Centurion Orbitars	Palutena Bow	Great Reaper Palm
Samurai Blade	Earthmaul Club	Arlon Orbitars	Thanatos Staff
Rose Staff	Eyetrack Orbitars	Samurai Blade	Halo Club
Knuckle Staff	End-All Arm	Gaol Blade	Arlon Orbitars
Somewhat Staff	Virgo Palm	Upperdash Arm	Fireworks Cannon
Dark Pit Staff	Fortune Bow	Palutena Blade	Phoenix Arm
Stealth Claws	Violet Palm	Rail Cannon	Bomber Arm
Hedgehog Claws	Ogre Club	Great Reaper Palm	Phosphora Bow
Angel Bow	Phosphora Bow	Viridi Palm	Dynamo Cannon
Angel Bow	Drill Arm	Centurion Orbitars	Gaol Blade
Cursed Palm	Ball Cannon	Black Club	Samurai Blade
Pudgy Palm	Fireworks Cannon	Phoenix Arm	Gaol Blade
Ogre Club	Rail Cannon	Dark Pit Staff	Arlon Orbitars
Shock Orbitars	Volcano Arm	Dynamo Cannon	Pudgy Palm

Gems

A collection of gems

Weapons gems are an alternative method of acquiring weapons. After creating a gem, they can be swapped with another player through Streetpass. Gems can be converted into the weapon displayed or they can be converted into Hearts, though converting a gem into a weapon will cost Hearts. The amount of Hearts needed to convert a gem into a weapon depends on the weapon value, and the color of the gem is also determined by the value.

Players could also receive gems through Spotpass, given by a Mii named Palutena, from the launch of Kid Icarus: Uprising until the service ended on March 31st, 2013.