Dying Light The Beast Legendary Weapons: All Locations

Dying Light: The Beast has two top weapon tiers. Legendary is the gold rarity at the top of the original ladder (common, rare, epic, legendary), and it comes three ways: secret pickups in the open world, random trader stock, or a blueprint upgraded to Legendary at a workbench. Iconic is a newer tier introduced by Update 1.4 (27 November 2025) and earned on the Legend Level reward track once you pass Level 15.

Counts vary with what you include. GameSpot found 15 legendaries in launch week, Bing! Game guides counted 24 world locations by October 2025, IGN lists 12 more that only traders sell, and Techland's 1.4 notes promise 22 Legend Level weapons. Below is every one we could confirm as of 21 October 2026, and which are vendor-only, event-only or easy to miss.

Legendary vs iconic: what the tiers mean

A few weapons arrive legendary, such as the Flamethrower and Grenade Launcher, so they do not count toward the Craftsman trophy. Other blueprints are raised with manual pages (KeenGamer's Hunting Bow recipe needs an Intermediate page for Epic and an Expert page for Legendary); PowerPyx counts 49 to max out for Craftsman.

Iconic weapons sit above that. The 1.4 notes promise 22 new melee weapons and firearms on the Legend track, "including vintage guns", and community showcases label them iconic. Players report the first arrives at Legend Level 1, popping the Beast's Dowry trophy ("Get an Iconic Weapon"). Update 1.5 (December 2025) rebalanced their durability and mod bonus damage, and blocked players without any Legend progress from grabbing Legend reward weapons (or their blueprints) that a co-op partner drops. New Game+ officially drops "stronger and rarer weapons" at each tier; we could not confirm iconic versions of ordinary weapons dropping there as of 21 October 2026.

Legendary melee weapons and where to find them

Several cannot be repaired, but most come with a blueprint for crafting another:

• Breslau Blade (one-handed): smash the nine crests dotted around Old Town's Town Hall square, then draw it from the statue's hand. Blueprint included; no repairs.
• Strauss & Broda Machete: the locked room on Nate's Market roof, Industrial Zone. Pick the hard lock, then knock on the wall box until it opens (guides count anywhere from 25 to 77 knocks). Rare blueprint included.
• Ciupaga (one-handed axe): above the Mountain Resort's balcony door in the National Park. +100% throw power, no mod slots.
• EXPcalibur II (long sword): collect eight Stone Sigils, place them at the rock formation in the National Park and pull the sword. +10% XP, no mods, no repairs.
• Beaver's Stick: gather six special branches, rebuild the beavers' dam west of Old Town, return the next morning and take it from the cave workbench, which also opens a secret safe zone.
• Tempered Crowbar: a blueprint on a body atop the tanks of the Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant, north of Pembroke.
• IGA: a tennis racket in a house near the Pharmacy Dark Zone; guides disagree on which house.

The Goose, a two-handed hammer in an Old Town basement, often appears in these lists, but IGN's card shows it as Epic, not legendary.

Legendary guns, launchers and gadgets

All five legendary firearms come from treasure hunts, and none of them takes mods:

• The Elite (pistol, Map B4): a locked train car on the rail bridge near the Monastery, opened with the keycard a military biter drops.
• The Needle (SMG, Map A1): the garage at the park ranger station by the Mountain Shelter Tower. Restore power, survive the Virals, pick the lock.
• Sunray (revolver, Map B2): a villa in the Golden Pine area. Take a fuse from a body, power the cellar and open the safe with 2-2-19.
• The Statement (shotgun, Map B1): a garage workbench in Pembroke once you power the panels.
• The Eraser (rifle, Map A3): southeast of the Farms Tower in The Vale, behind a generator and cable puzzle. Gamer Guides calls it very easy to miss.

The Sawblade Launcher blueprint is at the Silos Safe Zone in The Vale; the Flamethrower and Grenade Launcher unlock from the Survival skill tree, and a spare Flamethrower sits in the armory before the final boss. Two gadgets count too: the Last Hand of gloVa, a fire-casting consumable behind the fake 9 3/4 wall by the same bridge, and the Spas Decoy blueprint from Tom's Dead Beats and Good Vibrations quests.

Every world legendary we could confirm, checked against patch 1.7

Weapon	Type	Where and how	Blueprint	Catch
The Elite	Pistol	Train car on the rail bridge by the Monastery (Map B4)	No	Needs a Convoy Access Card
The Needle	SMG	Ranger station garage near Mountain Shelter Tower (Map A1)	No	Power puzzle, then Virals
Sunray	Revolver	Villa safe, Golden Pine area (Map B2), code 2-2-19	No	Find the fuse first
The Statement	Shotgun	Garage workbench in Pembroke (Map B1)	Not confirmed	Power the panels
The Eraser	Rifle	Near Farms Tower, The Vale (Map A3)	No	Easy to miss
Sawblade Launcher	Launcher	Silos Safe Zone workbench, The Vale	Yes	Climb and restore power
Flamethrower	Launcher	Survival skill tree (one point)	Yes	Starts legendary
Grenade Launcher	Launcher	Survival skill tree	Yes	Starts legendary
Breslau Blade	One-handed	Statue outside Old Town's Town Hall, nine crests	Yes	Cannot be repaired
Strauss & Broda Machete	Machete	Nate's Market rooftop, Industrial Zone	Yes (rare)	Hard lock, then many knocks
Ciupaga	One-handed axe	Mountain Resort balcony, National Park	Yes	No mod slots
EXPcalibur II	Long sword	Rock formation in the National Park, eight Stone Sigils	Yes	No mods, no repairs
Beaver's Stick	One-handed stick	Rebuilt dam west of Old Town, cave workbench	Yes	Six branches, wait a night
Tempered Crowbar	One-handed stick	Tanks at the Sewage Treatment Plant, north of Pembroke	Yes (found as one)	A long climb
IGA	Tennis racket	House near the Pharmacy Dark Zone	Not confirmed	Guides disagree on the house
Last Hand of gloVa	Consumable	Behind the 9 3/4 wall by the rail bridge	Yes	Three charges, craft more
Spas Decoy	Throwable	Dead Beats, then Good Vibrations (Tom, Town Hall)	Yes	Story progress first

Vendor-only legendaries and how to refresh stock

IGN lists 12 trader-only legendaries with no blueprint: The Maimer, The Duelist, The Cleaver, The Separator, The Legacy, Hunting Knife, Medieval Mace, Medieval Hammer, Sanctuary, Stiletto, Zen and The Piercer crossbow. They appear at random in the Town Hall and Exiles' Cave stock, and guides agree they start showing up from about Level 11. Leave and come back to reroll the stock; one video guide runs from the Exiles' Cave trader to the Highway Tower and back.

Read the stat card before you buy. Affixes are rolled, so IGN's Legacy shows +500% parkour damage while Lootward's copy shows headshot and infected bonuses instead. With no blueprint, a vendor legendary that breaks is gone for good.

Iconic weapons: the Legend Level reward track

Showcases from Lootward and GamerHour, posted when 1.4 went live, list these iconic rewards by Legend Level: Unusual Suspect (1), Collector's Piece (5), Alpinist's Friend (10), Bronze Bow (20), Persuasive Argument (30), Mechanical Reconstructor (40), Treasure of the Swamp (45), Power of Belief (50), Butcher's Dream (60), Summon Express (80), Modern Wooden Crossbow (90), Sheriff's Revolver (110), Peacekeeper (120), Medieval Mixup (150), Pacifist (160), Minced Meat Maker (170), Untested Basher (190), Fireman's Bane (230), Blood Harvest (250), Mechanic's Pastime (260) and Big Game Shotgun (300). That is 21 against Techland's 22, so one may be missing from community lists.

None of them can be missed, only delayed: every point of XP past Level 15 counts as Legend XP, and it comes faster on harder difficulties and higher NG+ tiers. Restored Land caps player levels at 15, so these come from the main game. Our max level guide covers Legend XP routes, and the New Game+ guide explains how the tiers scale.

Missable, event-only and DLC weapons

These weapons were tied to limited windows, all now closed:

• Twitch drops (18 to 26 September 2025): The Slicer knife and the Blue Heat rifle.
• Call of the Beast (16 October 2025 to 7 January 2026): weekly community goals unlocked car skins and weapons, starting with the Lumberjack skin and the Woodchopper Axe, and after all 20 goals fell Techland granted every reward to anyone who took part at least once.
• PUBG Mobile crossover (October to November 2025): the Killing Pan and the Battle Royale Bat.
• Call of the Beast: Anniversary Edition (21 September to 12 October 2026): Kyle's Cane. The claim window for missed rewards shut on 19 October 2026 (2:00 PM CEST).

Other weapons are gated rather than missable. Finishing Restored Land's story unlocks the Chainsword, docket codes redeemed on the Dying Light Outpost give rare, enhanced weapons that cannot be repaired, and DLC packs add weapons such as the Harran Combat Knife, Fire Lotus, The Follower crossbow and Hush, whose blueprints can be upgraded to Legendary since Hotfix 1.6.1 (April 2026). The full reward history is in our event rewards guide.

Keeping legendaries alive: repairs and blueprints

IGN notes that a heavy hit costs four durability and a light hit two, so finish weak zombies with light attacks and kicks. Ordinary weapons survive three to five repairs depending on rarity, and GameSpot notes the legendaries that cannot be repaired hand you their blueprints, so bank scrap and parts for replacements. On the Breslau Blade, IGN recommends a Reinforcement Grip.

If you would rather not hunt them one by one, our Full Inventory in-game transfer adds 15 legendary weapons plus 999 ammo and 9,999 resources, delivered in-game on PlayStation, Xbox or PC, and everything else we offer for The Beast is listed on our Dying Light hub. For which of these are worth carrying, see our best weapons tier list.

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