Chain Blades

The Chain Blades are a slashing weapon type in Dauntless.

Summary

Fast hitting dual blades with S+ mobility. Swing the blades from their chains to slash from a distance, or pull yourself in for an up-close assault.

Weapons

Icon	Name	Power	Element	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
	Recruit's Chain Blades	10	Neutral	None	None	None
	Raging Teeth	20	Neutral	+1 Ragehunter	Finesse Insight	Periodically enter a rage, dealing +15% damage and gaining immunity to stagger. Taking damage causes you to enrage more quickly.
	Quillshot's Bonehooks	20	Neutral	+1 Acidic	Finesse Fortitude	None
	Ember Blades	20	Blaze	+1 Evasive Fury	Finesse Alacrity	The ninth hit in quick succession deals 250 bonus part damage
	Destiny of Boreus	20	Frost	+1 Conditioning	Brutality Fortitude	After using your Special, generate 3 Frost Sprites that grant your next attack +60 damage and minor frost damage (Max 4 Sprites)
	Thundering Cutters	20	Shock	+1 Aetheric Attunement	Finesse Brutality	+30% damage vs Behemoth Tails
	Skarn's Malice	20	Terra	+1 Weighted Strikes	Finesse Fortitude	After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 250 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Flight of the Shrike	40	Neutral	+1 Conditioning	Finesse Alacrity	After dodging, your next attack deals +100 bonus damage and part damage
	Charred Blades	40	Blaze	+1 Aetherhunter	Finesse Fortitude	After spending 150 stamina, next attack emits a cone of flame that deals +200 blaze damage to each unique target within the cone
	Pangar's Claws	40	Frost	+1 Weighted Strikes	Finesse Fortitude	Once charged, your next attack places a frost brand that deals 2,500 frost damage after 30 seconds. Slayers can destroy the brand, prematurely detonating it for 50% increased damage. Charges every 90 seconds.
	Nayzaga's Reach	40	Shock	+1 Barbed	Finesse Insight	When Behemoth part is broken, heal for 200
	Kharabak's Wings	40	Terra	+1 Bladestorm	Finesse Alacrity	Once charged, your next attack unleashes whirling blades that deal 75 terra damage. Additional attacks speed up the blades, which explode at the end of the duration and deal damage based on blade speed
	Frostwülf's Skinners	60	Frost	+2 Galvanized	Insight Fortitude	After using your Lantern ability, create a geyser that frequently deals 65 frost damage. Any Slayer moving through the geyser for the first time is granted a stackable 125 health shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
	Winter Winds	60	Frost	+2 Nimble	Finesse Alacrity	After dodging, drop 3 Ice Mines around you on a 30 second cooldown that deal 300 damage.
	Sahvyt's Pincers	60	Shock	+2 Pulse	Finesse Finesse	Once charged, your next weapon swing/shot unleashes a boomerang projectile that frequently deals 325 shock damage to any target hit. Dodging through an attack reduces charge cooldown.
	Fenroar's Thistles	60	Terra	+2 Parasitic	Finesse Brutality	On jumping create a platform of stone in the air ahead of you that lasts up to three seconds. Up to two jumps in a row can be performed before ability must be recharged. Activating Lantern refreshes the two jumps. Shortly after forming, the platform falls, dealing 250 terra damage, and interrupting behemoths.
	Sovereign's Lash	60	Terra	+2 Sharpened	Brutality Insight	After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 6 attacks deal +50% damage
	Valomyr's Revenge	60	Radiant	+2 Aetherhunter	Brutality Insight	Once charged, your next attack deals +700 radiant damage - charge rate increases with higher current health
	Stalker's Trap	60	Umbral	+2 Assassin's Frenzy	Finesse Insight	On chance after dealing damage, generate Shadow Orbs that grant +2.25% damage for 5 seconds - At 5+ Orbs, the bonus doubles
	Inferno's Fangs	80	Blaze	+2 Overpower	Brutality Brutality	The fifteenth hit in a row deals +200 damage and inflicts major blaze status buildup.
	Talons of the Firebird	80	Blaze	+2 Aetheric Evasion	Insight Alacrity	Attack a Behemoth part to lock onto it and load a homing missile. Missile deals 175 damage and increases the damage of every other missile in the volley by 175. Deal damage to load up to a maximum of 3 additional missiles. Dodging fires all loaded missiles on the locked-on part. 45 second cooldown.
	Storm Blades	80	Shock	+2 Energized	Finesse Alacrity	After dodging through an attack, your next attacks gain 100% bonus meter for +3 seconds
	Circuit Breakers	80	Shock	+2 Aetheric Evasion	Brutality Finesse	+30% damage vs Behemoth Tails
	Glyph Weaver Blades	80	Radiant	+2 Aetheric Attunement	Brutality Fortitude	On lantern use, spawn a glyph based on your active glyph type that charges after three seconds. Once charged, the glyph will activate when a Behemoth makes contact. Red Glyph: Deals 750 radiant damage in a radius. Blue Glyph: Grants 150 stacking shields that expire after 25s to slayers in a large radius(max 600 shields). Jump to change the active glyph type. Glyph expire after 10s.
	Fangs of Dawn	80	Radiant	+2 Cunning	Finesse Brutality	+12% chance for attacks to hit twice
	Eyes of Night	80	Umbral	+2 Cunning	Finesse Insight	When under 20% health, deal +50% damage

Legendaries

Facing the final Boss in Escalation will unlock blueprints for all of its legendary weapons. These high-powered weapons aren't easy to craft, but the perks are worth the extra effort.

Icon	Name	Power	Element	Perk	Cell Slots	Unique Effect
	Scorching Agonies	100	Blaze	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to enter a rage, gaining new attacks for 15 seconds. Deal +25% damage when the target is below 50% health. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
	Blizzard's Teeth	100	Frost	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to create a Frost Shield that blocks hostile projectiles for 6 seconds. Damages and chills Behemoths that contact it (can interrupt). Resets on Behemoth kill or after 3.5 minutes.
	Electric Cruelties	100	Shock	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to teleport to a Behemoth, dealing shock damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.
	Death Blossoms	100	Terra	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to revive all Slayers in a large radius, granting them healing over time and immunity to stagger. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 5 minutes.
	The Weeping Hours	100	Radiant	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to rewind to your position 3 seconds prior to reactivation. Restores health and stamina lost in that time, and removes debuffs. Become invulnerable and gain increased move speed for 6 seconds. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
	Night Terrors	100	Umbral	Bond	Prismatic Prismatic	Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to deal umbral damage to nearby enemies and teleport high into the sky. Then choose a spot to slam down on to, dealing additional umbral damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.

Chain Blades Specials

	Name	Description	Obtained From
	Reaper's Dance	From afar: Pull to targets and grant a stack of Reaper's Dance. While close: Push off targets, then use primary or secondary attacks to perform a followup. Primary followup grants a stack of Reaper's Dance. Secondary followup expends stacks to deal +40% damage per stack.	Available from the start.
	Cruel Riftstrike	Use to teleport forward and strike, dealing 75 damage that always critically strikes. Can teleport through Behemoths.	Chain Blades Mastery level 8
	Insatible Dance	From afar: Pull to targets and grant a stack of Insatiable Dance. While close: Push off targets, then use primary or secondary attacks to perform a followup. Primary followup grants a stack of Insatiable Dance. Secondary followup expends stacks and creates a 50 health healing orb per stack.	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 500 Steel Marks.

Chain Blades Mods

	Name	Description	Obtained From
	Lightweight Chain	Dashing towards a Behemoth reduces stamina cost of the dash by 50%.	Chain Blades Mastery level 6
	Hurricane Blades	Using Blade Spin grants stacking on-next hit damage that is consumed when using other attacks.	Chain Blades Mastery level 10
	Serrated Blades	Bladed attacks have a chance to cause your next swinging blades to be a critical strike.	Chain Blades Mastery level 16
	Momentum Blades	After using a special, your next special use within 4 seconds is free.	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks.
	Demolition Blades	After using a special, deal +100% damage to objects created by Behemoths for 6 seconds.	Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks

Weapon Skins

The following weapon skins can be used with the Chain Blades:

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  Adamant Vipers

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  Alchemancer's Injectors

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  Archonic Vivisectors

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  Archonite Chain Blades

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  Arcslayer Chain Blades

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  Bitter and Biter

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  Blades of the Warlord

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  Bloodshot Barbs

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  Butcher's Blades

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  Champion's Chain Blades

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  Cold Archonite Blades

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  Corsair's Hooks

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  Divided Destinies

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  Emerald Steel Blades

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  Eye Teeth

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  Favourite Sweethearts

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  Frostfall Chainblades

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  Frostform Blaedenin

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  Frostwarden Karvar

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  Heartfire's Whispers

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  Heartgem Blades

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  Infiltrator's Shades

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  Instructive Graces

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  Keeper's Laminus

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  Krolach Kill-Jacks

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  Lightsworn Graces

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  Mortality's Bite

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  Ostian Chain Blades

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  Ostian Chain Blades (Model P)

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  Overseer Taskblades

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  Paragon's Wings

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  Pufflecroppers

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  Raging Trailblazers

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  Ranger's Whims

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  Ravening Parasites

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  Rites of Spring

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  Royal Steel Blades

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  Skraevwings

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  Skymetal Blades

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  SM-CB4 "Hatchet Job" Chain Blades

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  Steel Chain Blades

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  Sublime Vipers

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  Swift Kestrels

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  The Black Pirayas

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  The Karanen, Ancient Blades

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  The Pirayas

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  Timeshifters

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  Treasured Blades

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  Twilight Terror

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  Victorious Chain Blades

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  Vulpine Jaws

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  Warlord's Wails

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  Watcher's Hookblades

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  Wax & Wane

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  Weird Impossibilities

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  Wild Strike

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  Witch's Tears

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  ZAC-42 "Sparrowhawks"

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  ZTC-49 "Songbirds"

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  ZVC-47 "Greenjays"

Chain Blades Mastery Card

Objective	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8
Break [x] parts with any Chain Blades	5	10	25	50	250	500	1,000	2,500
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any neutral Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any blaze Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any frost Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any shock Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any radiant Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any umbral Chain Blades	50,000	100,000	250,000	500,000	2,500,000	5,000,000	10,000,000	50,000,000
Hunt [x] Behemoths with any Chain Blades	2	10	20	50	100	200	500	1,000

Controls

• PC Controls
• Xbox One Controller
• PlayStation 4 Controller
• Nintendo Switch

Moves

Bladed Attacks
Blindingly fast, close-range bladed attacks

Chain Throws
Hurl your blades from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Chain Swipes
+ Swing your blades horizontally from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Dodge Throw
> Hurl your blades forward at maximum distance

Chain Pull
(at range) Rapidly pull yourself towards the foe

Chain Push
(close) Push off your foe and escape to safety. Deals damage when meter is full.

Combos

Bladed Edge
> > > >

Chain Fling
> >

Swinging Blades
> > >

Blade Spin

> > > (Hold) >

Moves

Bladed Attacks
Blindingly fast, close-range bladed attacks

Chain Throws
Hurl your blades at from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Chain Swipes
+ (Forward) Swing your blades horizontally from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Dodge Throw
> Hurl your blades forward at maximum distance

Chain Pull
(at range) Rapidly pull yourself towards the foe

Chain Push
(close) Push off your foe and escape to safety. Deals damage when Meter is full.

Combos

Bladed Edge
> > > >

Chain Fling
> >

Swinging Blades
> > >

Blade Spin

> > > (Hold) >

Moves

Bladed Attacks
Blindingly fast, close-range bladed attacks

Chain Throws
Hurl your blades at from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Chain Swipes
+ (Forward) Swing your blades horizontally from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Dodge Throw
> Hurl your blades forward at maximum distance

Chain Pull
(at range) Rapidly pull yourself towards the foe

Chain Push
(close) Push off your foe and escape to safety. Deals damage when Meter is full.

Combos

Bladed Edge
> > > >

Chain Fling
> >

Swinging Blades
> > >

Blade Spin

> > > (Hold) >

Moves

Bladed Attacks
Blindingly fast, close-range bladed attacks

Chain Throws
Hurl your blades at from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Chain Swipes
+ (Forward) Swing your blades horizontally from a safe distance (consumes stamina)

Dodge Throw
> Hurl your blades forward at maximum distance

Chain Pull
(at range) Rapidly pull yourself towards the foe

Chain Push
(close) Push off your foe and escape to safety. Deals damage when Meter is full.

Combos

Bladed Edge
> > > >

Chain Fling
> >

Swinging Blades
> > >

Blade Spin

> > > (Hold) >

Gallery

Images

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  Concept Art

Notes

This weapon was first seen in the Announcement Trailer being wielded by a Slayer.