Are there any guides on making duals that someone can post a link to? Or just give me some basic rules? I just restarted playing after a while, and I have some cash left over from before, and am thinking of buying 2 swords to pair up for close-in combat as part of my template. All I know is I need to go to the blacksmith, and he will combine any (Random) 2 melee weapons in my inventory of similar type (2 swords, 2 daggers, 2 hand weapons, whatever)
Any help would be appreciated, thanks :)
Only swords can be made into dual weapons, and I think pretty much any two can be combined together. If you want a full list of the possible duals go to The Library tab on this site and then click on Items & Equipment and check under the Duals tab, there will be a full listing.
Keep in mind that combining two swords of the same grade may create duals that are of a higher grade and thus unusable by your character. Also, the Gladiator and Bladedancer classes are the only two classes who have dual weapon masteries, so beyond level 40 duals are useless to most physical attackers.
Duals tend to have a higher patk. For a dwarf, the skill masteries in blunt/pole dont' really make up for it until 52+
Right now I would say a 2 handed sword is much better for a dwarf then duals and in C5 2 handed blunts will be much much better then duals.
To the OP: When you have chosen the pair of duals you want to make (you should choose your duals on their patk + the Special Ability they get when you enchant them to +4 and then the look) you also have to get Crystals and gemstones of the grade of the resulting duals and a cash fee to dual them.
I believe this differs at A grade though when you have to get a dual stamp, but I'm not experienced in that.
Thanks for your help everyone :) Here is what I learned from all of you, and from making a set of duals.
1) They need to start out as 1 handed swords, no Dualing 2 handed behemoths.
2) They need to be at least D-Class, no dualing no-grade weapons (That I can find) and they cannot be "Magical" weapons, like Sword of Mystic.
3)you need A number of crystals appropriate to the class and power level of the items you are combining. Low level D weapons might only need 250 D-Class crystals, while Elven Long Swords might need several hundred.
4) When you combine the weapons, they might go up a class level. I think this has to do with the P-ATK value on the new dual weapons, but I am not sure. So if you get the 2 top D weapons, and you combine them, expect them to become class C duals.
Now I have a set of +4 Dual bastard swords. Not what I was hoping, but still pretty cool :) (I wanted to get dual Sword of Mystic's)
hehe i can't get enough of duals, wat with my lvl 46 gladi on gustin, and a soon to be lvl 40 PK(going bladedancer) it seems no matter where i go im drawn to em :P their just so cool :P