Prototype Archaic

Prototype Archaic is a forgeable 4-Star claymore. It is part of the Prototype Series.

Ascensions and Stats[]

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Ascension Phase	Level	Base ATK	2nd Stat (ATK)
0✦	1/20	44	6%
	20/20	119	10.6%
Ascension Cost (0 → 1) 5,000 3 3 2
1✦	20/40	144	10.6%
	40/40	226	15.5%
Ascension Cost (1 → 2) 15,000 3 12 8
2✦	40/50	252	15.5%
	50/50	293	17.9%
Ascension Cost (2 → 3) 20,000 6 6 6
3✦	50/60	319	17.9%
	60/60	361	20.3%
Ascension Cost (3 → 4) 30,000 3 12 9
4✦	60/70	387	20.3%
	70/70	429	22.7%
Ascension Cost (4 → 5) 35,000 6 9 6
5✦	70/80	455	22.7%
	80/80	497	25.1%
Ascension Cost (5 → 6) 45,000 4 18 12
6✦	80/90	523	25.1%
	90/90	565	27.6%

Total Cost (0 → 6)

150,000 Mora

3 Grain of Aerosiderite

9 Piece of Aerosiderite

9 Bit of Aerosiderite

4 Chunk of Aerosiderite

15 Fragile Bone Shard

18 Sturdy Bone Shard

27 Fossilized Bone Shard

10 Damaged Mask

15 Stained Mask

18 Ominous Mask

Recipe[]

Forging for 10 seconds

1 North­lan­der Clay­more Bil­let

50 Crystal Chunk

50 White Iron Chunk

500 Mora

1 Pro­to­type Ar­cha­ic

Gameplay Notes[]

• Crush will first apply the AoE, then the damage.
• Crush deals Physical DMG, hence is affected by Physical RES and Physical DMG Bonus.

Description[]

An ancient prototype greatsword from Liyue's arsenal. The batch number has faded and no records exist to confirm the date of production.
Weighing in at close to forty pounds, this weapon's hilt is made from a rare ore, while the blade is forged from the finest steel. All you will see when it is swung are blinding flashes of light, powerful enough to devour the clouds and blot out the moon.

After the great disaster, the Yun family forge joined forces with the master craftsman Han Wu to find a way to push past the constraints of contemporary blade design and revolutionize their craft.
Thus was born a new series of weapon models, simply named "the prototypes." The first greatsword built using the new design was unusually understated in its final appearance. The underwhelming sight of dull, blotchy gold masked the weapon's true strength. While not much to look at, any who cared to try it would discover that it was weighty but not unwieldy.

Han Wu, the master craftsman who forged the weapon, traveled north through the night to hand the sword over to a martial artist who followed the chivalric code.
The martial artist inspected the blade closely before trialing it. The blade howled like the wind and in an instant decimated the entire bamboo forest. It was a rare sight to behold.

The martial artist said to Han Wu, "This blade is endowed with the elegance of antiquity. It is of equal value both as a weapon and an ornament."
"Such a fine creation possessed of both scale and subtlety is worthy of a name like no other. May it be known as Archaic."^{[Note 1]}
Due to its unparalleled strength, this sword subsequently became the model for thousands of greatswords in Liyue.

Preview[]

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Gallery[]

Full Weapon

2nd Ascension Phase Full Weapon

Availability[]

• Forging

Trivia[]

• The unnamed martial artist may be Guhua, the wielder of the claymore Rainslasher. Alternatively, either the sword or the person was named after the other.

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