LIKE A DRAGON: ISHIN! SPECIAL WEAPONS: EVERY SPEAR, ODACHI AND CANNON RECIPE
Special weapons use their own equipment slot. You also need the matching Knowledge ability before you can wield them: Spear is on the Wild Dancer grid, Odachi on Swordsman, and Cannons on Gunman. Cannon Knowledge becomes available through Cannon Coaching. Buy the ability with an orb, equip the weapon, switch to Brawler and select Brawler again to draw it. On a controller, that is down on the D-pad twice.
At Kurogane, each upgrade uses one copy of the base, the listed materials, a hammer and the fee. Dead-Eyed Man upgrades are marked separately below. The base is consumed. Fees are in mon before discounts, and 10,000 mon equals 1 ryo. Open means no variant gate; A, B and C refer to the smithy's unlocked recipe groups. The smithing guide explains levels and hammer grades.
STRAIGHT SPEAR
Buy Straight Spear at the Rakugai Arms Dealer for 1,000 mon. Thousands Spear divides into the Sturdy Spear and Cross Spear branches.
Thousands Spear
Base: Straight Spear. Gate: Open. Fee: 11,000 mon.
Materials: Crooked Magnet x1; Dead Branch x5.
Sturdy Spear
Base: Thousands Spear. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Obsidian Chunk x1; Solid Wood x10; Soft Lumber x5.
Cloudpiercer
Base: Sturdy Spear. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Killer's Handcuffs x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Otegine
Base: Cloudpiercer. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Ancient Amulet x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
Spirit of Japan
Base: Sturdy Spear. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Marksman's Fan x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Nihongo
Base: Spirit of Japan. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Golden Medicine Case x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
Cross Spear
Base: Thousands Spear. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Broken Awl x1; Solid Wood x10; Soft Lumber x5.
Lightning Needle
Base: Cross Spear. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Jet Black Belt x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Tonbokiri
Base: Lightning Needle. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Great Serpent Skin x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
Five Ring Crusher
Base: Cross Spear. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Ronin's Hair Tie x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
White Dragon
Base: Five Ring Crusher. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Dragon Fang x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
DOLL ON A STICK
The Mysterious Merchant and wandering goods merchant sell Doll on a Stick for 1,000 mon. Save five Great White Sharks for Giant Chikuwa instead of cooking or selling every catch.
Great Writing Brush
Base: Doll on a Stick. Gate: A. Fee: 121,000 mon.
Materials: Carved Wooden Bear x5; Soft Lumber x3; Sturdy Lumber x3.
Giant Chikuwa
Base: Great Writing Brush. Gate: B. Fee: 588,000 mon.
Materials: Great White Shark x5; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10.
ODACHI
Buy Odachi at the Mukurogai Arms Dealer for 1,000 mon. Nenekiri-maru is a Dead-Eyed Man upgrade; equip Jumbo Saw before speaking to him.
Centered Odachi
Base: Odachi. Gate: Open. Fee: 11,000 mon.
Materials: Picture of a Ghost x1; Dead Branch x5.
Horsechopper
Base: Centered Odachi. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Straw Effigy x1; Solid Wood x10; Soft Lumber x5.
Decorated Hagoita
Base: Horsechopper. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Water God Stone x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x10.
Bonbori Lantern
Base: Decorated Hagoita. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Crimson Bead x2; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x10.
Sledgehammer
Base: Horsechopper. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Flint Stone x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Demon Smasher
Base: Sledgehammer. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Godslayer's Talisman x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
Battle-axe
Base: Centered Odachi. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Carved Wooden Bear x1; Solid Wood x10; Soft Lumber x5.
Exorcism Greatsword
Base: Battle-axe. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Ronin's Hair Tie x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Haja-no-Ontachi
Base: Exorcism Greatsword. Gate: B. Fee: 1,294,000 mon.
Materials: Ancient Amulet x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
Jumbo Saw
Base: Battle-axe. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Straw Effigy x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Nenekiri-maru
Base: Jumbo Saw. Dead-Eyed Man upgrade. No smithy fee.
Materials: Charming Doll x1; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x10; Sacred Wood x5.
CANNON
The Mysterious Merchant sells the starting Cannon. It also enters the Mukurogai Arms Dealer stock from Chapter 5. Bronze Cannon splits into three branches, so you need three copies to finish the whole tree.
Bronze Cannon
Base: Cannon. Gate: Open. Fee: 25,000 mon.
Materials: Lime Powder x1; Solid Wood x5.
Mortar
Base: Bronze Cannon. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Obsidian Chunk x1; Soft Lumber x5.
Destroyer of Lands
Base: Mortar. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Marksman's Fan x1; Sturdy Lumber x10; Driftwood x5.
Karakuri Cannon
Base: Bronze Cannon. Gate: A. Fee: 121,000 mon.
Materials: Mechanical Parts x3; Sturdy Lumber x5.
Electromagnetic Cannon
Base: Karakuri Cannon. Gate: A. Fee: 267,000 mon.
Materials: Precise Machinery x1; Sturdy Lumber x1; Driftwood x1.
Pigeon Cannon
Base: Bronze Cannon. Gate: Open. Fee: 55,000 mon.
Materials: Carved Wooden Bear x3; Soft Lumber x1.
Phoenix Cannon
Base: Pigeon Cannon. Gate: B. Fee: 588,000 mon.
Materials: Phoenix Feather x10; Thousand-Year Tree Branch x1.
White Dragon is also the Wanted Men completion reward, and Phoenix Cannon is the Ultimate Challenges completion reward. Those can save you a purchase for combat purposes. For a crafting completion entry, follow the smithing record rather than assuming merely owning a reward fills it in.
LIKE A DRAGON: ISHIN! SPECIAL WEAPONS: EVERY SPEAR, ODACHI AND CANNON RECIPE
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