Spears
Spears in NieR: Automata are powerful weapons with long reach and a unique moveset. They are slower than small swords, but their sweeping attacks provide excellent maneuverability of crowds. There are a total of 9 Spears.
Weapon |
Attack |
Combo |
Special Abilities |
Location |
Beastcurse |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Endurance Up (Increases DEF) Beast's Roar (Increases attack range) |
[Route B] Forest Castle. At the very top section of the castle library. The weapon is inside of a locked chest only openable via hacking. |
Dragoon Lance |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Endurance Up (Increases DEF) Dragon Wings (Increases aerial attack damage) |
[Route A,B] Forest Zone. In a cave near the ravine. |
Phoenix Lance |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
ATK Speed Up Phoenix Flash (Sometimes restore HP when attacks hit) |
[Route A,B,C] Hidden in Desert: Center and requires using the Pod Scanner (available on route A after Submerged City main quest). The Lance is found on the edge East side of the brighter circle (save-able zone) of the Desert: Center, you should be North of a line pipes shown on the mini-map on the edge of the non-granulated clearer save-zone. |
Type-4O Lance |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Stun Up Energy Charge (Increase damage while on standby) |
[Route A, B] Obtained from completing the YoRHa Betrayers sidequest. |
Type-3 Lance |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Endurance Up Finish Blast (Adds an additional attack after finishing a combo) |
[Route A,B] Found in the Flooded City on an isolated building near a waterfall. Starting from the edge of a building that's collapsed on its side: jump, air dash, jump, pod sling and then glide over to where the chest is. [✕, R2, ✕, (R1+✕), hold ✕] Alternatively, you can remote control one of the worm machines via hacking. Once controlled, use the worm's dash move followed by their jump to slowly glide over to the building. Self-destruct the controlled machine once there, and your character will spawn in their place, allowing you to open the chest. |
Spear of the Usurper |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Critical+ Turncoat (Chance to subjugate enemies when attacking them) |
[Route A,B,C/D] Complete the Heritage of the Past side quest. |
Virtuous Dignity |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
ATK Speed Up Holy Blessing (Increases ATK when HP is full) |
[Route A,B,C,D] In the sewers that lead between City Ruins and Amusement Park you must find a false dead end. By progressing through the false dead end you can find a hidden ladder. Go up the ladder to find the weapon inside a large hollowed-out tree. |
Cruel Arrogance |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
ATK Speed Up Dark Impulse (Increases ATK when HP is Critical) |
[Route C/D] Underground (cult) section of the Abandoned Factory. Requires hacking open a door. |
Machine Spear |
LV1: LV4: |
LV1: LV4: |
Robot Discount (30% off on all items sold by robots) Machine Brand (Increase damage in proportion to defeated enemies) |
[Route A,B] Sold by Machine Village Weapon Shop for 15,000 G. |
- Anonymous
27 Jan 2021 21:11
"go east of the save point"
Yeah cool. Using cardinal directions in a game WITH NO ESTABLISHED DIRECTIONS!
Go east could literally mean any direction
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20 Apr 2017 23:33
Type-3 Lance at the flooded city you can actually mash dash and jump while pressing to the isolated building and climb to the chests there
- Anonymous
18 Mar 2017 12:39
Dragoon Lance is found in the Forest, inside a little cave that has a Luna Tear in it.
08 Mar 2021 20:16
I really don't why Fextralife is the first search result for any game when you Google it - the info is inaccurate, missing info, poorly laid out (the weapons in the tables don't appear in the order they appear in-game, for example).
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