How to Farm Melee Weapons in Nioh 3

Rick Aqua February 4, 2026

Page 3 many features the choice of weaponswith many options within different types of weapons for Samurai and Ninja Style sports a set the ability to do nothingnearby skills are randomly assigned which can be used to define the structure of your character.

Among this selection of weapons are Sharp weapons. These amazing weapons are hard to find while playing the game normally, but there is an easy way to do it they failed in the first game.

be a King of Arms: here where you can farm Crucible Weaponsagain why should to unlock Takechiyo’s full fighting power.

How to Cultivate Sharp Weapons

Cultivation of Dangerous Weapons in the middle Page 3 it’s surprising simple. These special weapons, identified in the menus by a red skull iconcan be found as loot drop from enemies fighting within Crucibles again Small Crucibles.

Although easy to access, you cannot replay Lesser Crucibles (at least not during your first playthrough), and the only way to use them would be to farm Crucible Weapons lose on purpose before defeating the last enemy. As you are they are returned to the nearest holy place upon defeat, the weapons of cultivation in this way far from correctas there is plenty of rest time between each run.

Thanks to Battle Scrolls mechanicshowever, you are free replay through the story journey as many times as you want, including trips placed inside Crucibles. This helps you with the best job of farming these special weapons: the first work of the Crucible.

To farm Crucible Weapons, you must:

The game's menu screen titled 'Battle Scroll' shows an objective called 'Crucible Manifested' for the purpose of proceeding — *The Battle Scroll mechanics provide the best opportunity to farm Crucible Weapons in the early game*

The 1572 CE game map in 'Warring Nations' shows an area called 'Hamamatsu Castle Town - Clan Estate' with an option — *The Battle Scroll mechanics provide the best opportunity to farm Crucible Weapons in the early game*

Star i Crucible Shown mission via the Battle Scrolls menu at the Shrine
Play with the machines (or speed up) until you reach it the second image of the Bodhisattva (Clan Estate), located behind one yokai of Ippon-Datara. Approach the statue to open the checkpoint.
Fight and win Ippon-Datara. This enemy has chance to drop Crucible Weapons upon defeat.
Since you are near the Bodhisattva Statue checkpoint, you can Defeat the Ippon-Datara Yokai and regenerate it by praying in a short time. This ensures that you can defeating the enemy in quick successionremoves the low amount of drop rate for Melee Weapons to make faster farming possible.

Why Farm Crucible Weapons?

While cultivating Crucible Weapons it is not necessary in any way to win many battles before Takechiyo, getting these weapons is necessary fully unlock the skill tree for each weapon typeas some Martial Arts can only be learned by increasing the knowledge of Crucible Weapons.

Even if you’re looking for powerful weapons, and you’ve already passed the Crucible Manifested mission, farming Crucible Weapons this way is still very rewarding. Although the base level of weapons farmed by Ippon-Datara will often be low compared to other gear you have, you can. easily increase their levels with Soul Matching by speaking with the Iron Worker in the Eternal Rift.

And if, by luck, you last farming a lot of weapons you don’t really needyou can’t Separate into useful materials used to make other gears, or for use Taking out the Soul to get the Soul Ores needed to upgrade the gear with Soul Match.

This concludes ours King of Arms guide, where we go deeper Page 3 system weapons to achieve mastery of their mechanics. For more help, visit our Page 3: Complete Travel and Guides Hub.