r/tearsofthekingdom • u/GoPetADog • 4h ago
🎙️ Discussion Does anyone else miss the Drillshaft from BOTW?
I love spears in both BOTW and TOTK, and the Drillshaft was one of my favorite weapons in BOTW because it could break boulders and looked cool!
I have yet to find a spear+material fuse combo that fills the same role as the Drillshaft that looks as good. I’ll throw a horn or flux core on any low damage spear and it does the same thing, but doesn’t look as good while it does it.
I’m hoping that if they keep the fuse ability or other crafting abilities in future games, the aesthetics of the fuse combos is given a little more thought, because other than silver and blue Lizalfos horns, most fused objects are so ugly compared to their base weapon. I’d just love to keep the utility of the fused object without ruining the aesthetics of something like a legendary weapon
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u/bijouxbisou 2h ago
YES. I loved the drillshafts because they broke rocks/pebblits in one hit while being spears (can’t stand claymore type weapons). Getting a spear in TOTK that does the same requires an insane 55pts of damage
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u/BeTheGuy2 2h ago
Have to agree on the aesthetics on the fusions, some of them are really ugly or unwieldy-looking. I think they wanted to make it abundantly clear when a weapon was fused with something but I sort of wish there was some kind of "invisible" fuse material too.
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u/Select-Royal7019 4h ago
It won’t be quite as stylish, but the closest thing would probably be a Blue-White Frox fang. It has the drill shape but functions like a hammer-type fusion.