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Overview

The Flame Spear is a two-handed weapon in Crimson Desert and the most powerful craftable spear available in terms of raw damage. With 27 Attack Power, it hits harder than every other standard spear by a wide margin. It carries a Fire Affinity, meaning its attacks deal fire-based elemental damage on every hit. It also comes with a Critical Rate Lv.1 bonus for a chance to land critical hits.

The Flame Spear is obtained through the research system at Gorthak Ironworks, a late-game research institute in northwestern Delesyia. Completing the Weapon Heat-Treatment Research project unlocks a dispatch mission that lets the player craft the Flame Spear at a blacksmith. Because of this, the weapon is not available until the player has progressed deep enough into the main story to access the Ironworks and completed the prerequisite research chain.

At 27 Attack Power, the Flame Spear outclasses other standard spears by a significant margin. Combined with fire elemental damage and a crit bonus, this is an endgame-caliber weapon that can tear through enemies and bosses alike. The fire affinity is particularly effective against enemies vulnerable to elemental damage, making the Flame Spear one of the best choices for players who favor the spear playstyle in the late game.

Weapon Stats

QuestLog Stats

The following stats are sourced from QuestLog database records for Flame Spear.

How to Obtain

The Flame Spear is crafted through the research and dispatch mission system. It cannot be found as a world drop, purchased from a merchant, or looted from a chest. The player must follow a specific research chain at Gorthak Ironworks to unlock the ability to craft it.

Step 1: Unlock Gorthak Ironworks

Gorthak Ironworks is located in the northwestern part of Delesyia, near the Demeniss border. Access to the institute is gated behind main story progression. Once the relevant story objectives are completed, the player can visit the lead researcher and pay the initial fee of 5x Gunpowder to unlock the research menu.

Step 2: Complete Prerequisite Research

The Weapon Heat-Treatment Research sits in Row 2 of the Gorthak Ironworks research tree (project 2A). Before it becomes available, the player must complete the Row 1 prerequisite project in the same column: Basic Smelting. The Basic Smelting project costs 1.30x Silver and takes 2 hours to complete. It awards a Flame Spear Blueprint and a Sustained Supply Cannon Shell upon completion.

Step 3: Weapon Heat-Treatment Research

The Weapon Heat-Treatment Research costs 12x Silver and takes 7 hours to complete. Once finished, it unlocks dispatch missions that allow the player to craft the Flame Spear, the Electromagnetic Flame Spitter, and the Shotgun Shield. These dispatch missions are carried out through the game's dispatch system and require the player to send crew members on the crafting assignment.

Step 4: Craft at a Blacksmith

After the dispatch mission is complete, the Flame Spear recipe becomes available at any blacksmith. The first blacksmith most players encounter is Turnali in Hernand. The exact crafting materials for the Flame Spear have not been fully documented by the community, but given its high stats and fire affinity, it likely requires higher-tier ores beyond the standard Iron Ore and Copper Ore used for basic weapons.

Fire Affinity

The Flame Spear is one of the few weapons in Crimson Desert that carries an innate elemental affinity. Fire damage adds a layer of effectiveness beyond raw attack numbers. Enemies with elemental weaknesses take extra damage from fire attacks, and certain boss encounters become significantly easier when the player brings the right element.

Fire damage may also apply burning effects or additional damage-over-time depending on the enemy type and encounter. Against standard enemies, the sheer Attack Power of 27 is usually enough to finish fights quickly regardless of elemental bonuses. Where the fire affinity truly shines is against late-game bosses and elite enemies that have specific elemental vulnerabilities, where the added fire damage can reduce kill times noticeably.

The Flame Spear's fire affinity is distinct from the Flame Elemental Imbuement skill, which is a temporary buff that can be applied to any weapon. The Flame Spear carries its fire damage permanently as a built-in property, meaning the player does not need to activate or maintain a buff to benefit from it. This frees up skill slots for other abilities during combat.

Refinement and Upgrade Path

Like all standard (non-unique) weapons, the Flame Spear can be refined at a blacksmith to increase its base Attack stat. The weapon has a maximum refinement capacity of 10 levels, with each level providing roughly +2 to +3 additional Attack Power. Fully refining the Flame Spear pushes it well past 30 Attack Power, making it one of the strongest weapons in the entire game at max refinement.

Refinement Material Tiers

Many experienced players recommend stopping weapon refinement at level 4 and saving Abyss Artifacts for skills and core stat upgrades, since those investments often provide a bigger overall power boost than incremental gear upgrades. However, because the Flame Spear is already the strongest craftable spear at base level, investing Abyss Artifacts into pushing it past level 5 can be worthwhile for players who have already unlocked their essential survival and combat skills.

An alternative to gathering raw materials is to use a duplicate weapon as refinement fodder. If the player crafts a second Flame Spear, it can be consumed at the blacksmith to pay the refinement cost for the first one, bypassing the need for individual ore and artifact materials.

Abyss Core Loadout

The Flame Spear has 5 core slots available for customization. The choice of cores depends on the player's build and priorities, but several loadout strategies pair well with the weapon's built-in strengths.

For most players, the Critical Burst loadout is the most effective pairing with the Flame Spear. The weapon already has high base Attack Power and built-in fire damage, so stacking crit chance and crit damage lets it reach extremely high per-hit damage spikes. Over a sustained boss fight, those random critical hits at 27+ base Attack Power can remove large portions of a boss health bar.

Combat Tips

With the highest base Attack Power of any craftable two-handed weapon, the Flame Spear turns every swing into a heavy hit. The spear's natural reach advantage keeps enemies at a distance, and the fire affinity adds damage that standard weapons cannot match. Spears in Crimson Desert shine in both single-target and group encounters, and the Flame Spear amplifies those strengths further.

Key Spear Moves

Evasive Slash is the defining spear skill, unlocked at Armed Combat level 3. It activates a counter stance that blocks attacks that regular guards cannot handle. When the counter triggers, the follow-up thrust deals heavy damage. On the Flame Spear, that counter-thrust benefits from both the 27 base Attack Power and the fire affinity, often resulting in devastating single hits. Evasive Slash is significantly safer than a standard parry, making it the go-to defensive option when wielding any spear.

Turning Slash (R1 + R2 or RB + RT) is the spear's primary crowd control tool. After leveling it up, it triggers almost instantly when chained from any other skill, dealing high damage and pushing enemies back. On the Flame Spear, the fire element spreads through the sweeping motion, hitting multiple targets in a group.

Basic Attacks and Critical Strikes

The spear's basic R1 attack is a quick triple thrust that pressures guarding enemies. Chaining it into the Stab skill (R1 + Triangle or RB + Y) with correct timing unleashes a rapid six-thrust assault. Each of those six hits carries the Flame Spear's fire damage, stacking elemental pressure rapidly.

The Critical Rate Lv.1 bonus means some of those already-powerful attacks will randomly deal even more damage. Over a long boss fight, a few well-timed critical hits with 27 base Attack Power can shave off significant chunks of a health bar. Pair the Flame Spear with critical-oriented Abyss Cores in the 5 available slots to push critical hit frequency higher and the weapon becomes one of the most damaging options in the game for sustained fights.

Comparison to Other Spears

The Flame Spear and the Soul Spear share the highest base Attack Power among all spears at 27, but they fill very different roles. The Soul Spear is a unique weapon found at the Antumbra Ritual Grounds that cannot be refined, has zero core slots, and cannot be upgraded in any way. It trades customization for a unique passive ability that fires soul projectiles after killing an enemy (with a 10-second cooldown). The Flame Spear, by contrast, can be refined up to level 10, has 5 core slots for Abyss Gear, and carries permanent fire elemental damage. For sustained endgame combat, the Flame Spear's upgrade potential makes it the stronger long-term investment.

The Sydmon Spear at 21 Attack Power is the next closest standard spear, but it lacks any elemental affinity and has 6 fewer base Attack Power. The Bamboo Spear offers dual secondary bonuses (Attack Speed and Critical Rate) but only 10 base Attack Power, making it an early-game option rather than a competitor to the Flame Spear. For players who have access to the Flame Spear through the Gorthak Ironworks research chain, it is the clear top choice for spear-focused builds.

Best Situations for the Flame Spear

The Flame Spear excels in specific combat scenarios where its combination of high Attack Power, fire damage, and reach create advantages that other weapons cannot replicate.

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