Overview
The Kuku Spear is a long polearm that excels at keeping enemies at a distance. It is classified as a two-handed weapon in Crimson Desert. Unlike most polearms, it is not a standard world drop or vendor pickup: the Kuku Spear is a craftable weapon produced through the Kuku Pot crafting system, and it also is a required base component for every upgraded Kuku spear variant.
The Kuku Spear occupies both hand slots, preventing the use of an off-hand item. In exchange, two-handed weapons generally provide higher raw damage output. Players can further customize its performance through the Refining System and by socketing Abyss Cores into its available slots.
How to Unlock the Recipe
The Kuku Spear recipe is tied to the Witch of Wisdom faction questline, led by Elowen. Elowen is first encountered through the Chapter 5 main quest "The Missing Seal," which introduces her near the Witchwoods southwest of Castle Hernand. After hearing her request, players are tasked with cleansing four sanctums scattered across Hernand Territory.
The specific sanctum that unlocks this weapon is the Sanctum of Absolution, located far to the southwest in Hernand Territory. Cleansing this sanctum rewards two recipes at once:
The Kuku Spear recipe itself.
The Enhanced Kuku Pot recipe, which upgrades the base Kuku Pot for higher-tier crafting.
Cleansing the sanctum involves defeating the enemies guarding it and then collecting the two Reactor Cores and returning them to the central reactor using Axiom Force and Force Palm. The cores can be temporarily sealed inside the Kuku Pot if needed to transport them. Once the reactor is powered, speaking with Elowen completes the quest step and adds the Kuku Spear blueprint to the crafting list.
Blinding Flash Reactor Puzzle
After the sanctum is cleansed, players should not fast travel away. Using Blinding Flash on the dial-like panel at the front of the reactor triggers a rhythm puzzle: the central gem must be pulsed so that its light flashes only when the square gems along the panel's perimeter pass beneath the small circular gem at the top. Solving it dispenses the Core of Absolution, one of the most important Kuku crafting materials in the game and a component used in several high-tier Kuku recipes.
How to Craft
Crafting the Kuku Spear requires the Kuku Pot crafting service provided by Grimnir at the Kilnden Workshop. Grimnir's shop hosts every Kuku Pot crafting recipe once it has been unlocked, and the Kuku Spear appears in the weapon section after the Sanctum of Absolution has been cleansed.
The base Kuku Pot itself uses Iron and Timber, both of which are easy to gather with a logging axe and a pickaxe. Kuku-crafted weapons then consume that pot along with additional mechanical and abyssal components depending on the recipe tier. For the base Kuku Spear, the standard Kuku Pot plus the ingredient set shown in the crafting menu is enough; the weapon does not require a Sanctum Core of its own, unlike higher-tier spear variants.
Characteristics
Kuku-forged weapons share a set of properties that make them mechanically distinct from normal weapons picked up in the world:
No durability loss. Kuku weapons do not have a durability bar and cannot break from repeated use. The same rule applies to the upgraded Kuku Bismuth Spear, which the guide source explicitly confirms as not losing durability.
Upgradeable. The Kuku Spear can be further upgraded into higher-tier variants using additional Kuku Pot recipes. This makes the base Kuku Spear a reusable stepping stone rather than a one-off weapon.
is a crafting component. Many of the stronger Kuku polearms (Bismuth, Lightning, Laser, Disruptor, Propeller, Flame) require a completed Kuku Spear as one of their inputs, which means keeping at least one spare on hand is valuable for late-game crafting runs.
Stats
Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Weapon Type | |
Slot Use | Two-handed |
Base Attack Power | 1 |
Durability | None (Kuku weapons do not break) |
Upgradeable | Yes, into higher-tier Kuku spear variants |
Related Kuku Spears
The Kuku Spear is the entry point to a broader family of polearms, each unlocked by cleansing a different Sanctum or completing a specific research institute task. The table below lists the major variants and where their recipes come from, based on the Kuku Pot crafting guide.
Variant | Recipe Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Sanctum of Solace (Witch of Kindness, Pailune) | Requires a standard Bismuth Spear from the Well of Enlightenment. Regarded as one of the strongest weapons in the game when fully upgraded. | |
Dewhaven Keep research (Electric Tool Design) | Requires Small Batteries and Electrical Components dropped by mech enemies in Delesyia. | |
Sanctum of Veneration (Witch of Humility, Delesyia) | Unlocked together with the Kuku Gardening Pack recipe. | |
Urdavah research institute | Crafted via dispatch mission after the Chapter 9 main quest leading to Urdavah. | |
Zargan Tankworks research (Gorthak Ironworks) | Also unlocks dispatch missions for the Flamespitter and A.T.A.G. arm attachments. | |
Delesyian Institute research (Chapter 11) | Crafted at Marni's Masterium via dispatch mission. | |
Delesyian Institute research (Chapter 11) | Dispatched from Marni's Steel Armory once the location is liberated. |
Tips
The Kuku Spear relies on high base damage to justify its two-handed slot commitment. Without secondary stat bonuses, consider socketing Abyss Cores that provide Attack Speed or Critical Rate to round out its combat performance. Time your swings carefully, as two-handed weapons leave openings between attacks.
Because the Kuku Spear is consumed when crafting upgraded variants, plan ahead and craft at least one extra whenever resources allow. Cleansing every Sanctum tied to the four Witch questlines unlocks new spear recipes and yields the unique Sanctum Cores needed for the strongest Kuku weapons.