🗡️ Devlog #3 — Weapon Armory & Boss Raid
1 day until launch · May 19
Hello, this is the developer.
Last time we covered Hidden Awakenings — the fusions you discover mid-run.
This is the final devlog before launch, so let's cover the two things that frame an entire run: where your discoveries go, and what you're climbing toward.
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🗡️ The Armory
Every weapon you unlock lives in the Armory.
You start with one. By the end, there are 32 — swords, daggers, two-handers, and the trees that come with them. Each one changes how a run opens, which Awakenings show up, and which builds are even possible.
The Armory isn't a shop. It's a record of what you've found.
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🔓 How weapons unlock
Here's the part that ties it all together.
You don't buy weapons — you earn them two ways:
1. Discover a Hidden Awakening for the first time → the next weapon unlocks.
2. Defeat the final boss and see a weapon's ending → the next weapon unlocks.
One rewards discovery mid-run. The other rewards seeing a build all the way through. Either way, the thing you do in a run becomes a permanent option for every run after.
So a run is never just a run. Even a failed one can leave you with progress you didn't have an hour ago.
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⚔️ Boss & Raid
While the Armory grows between runs, the Raid is what you climb during one.
20 boss stages. Each boss has its own patterns and weak points — even in a game where the blade fights on its own, a boss is the moment you lean in, position carefully, and watch the build you've assembled get tested.
Clear a stage, move up. The deeper you go, the more the run demands of your build.
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👁️ And one more at the top
Reach the end of the Raid, and there's one final boss waiting — a hidden one.
No hints on this devlog. You'll know it when you get there.
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📅 What's Next
That's everything.
Tomorrow — May 19, 1:00 AM KST — Re:Blade launches.
60 Awakening effects. 32 Hidden fusions. 32 weapons. 20 boss stages and one secret.
Thank you for following along through these devlogs. See you at launch.
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— STAGE Games