Tornado Blade and Pride of the Plains lead the weapon pool in Minecraft Dungeons 2 this week. Death Cap Mushroom, Fighter’s Flute and Firework Arrow top the artifacts, Armadillo Amulet is the one S talisman, and Frost Crescent and Healing Smite are the enchantments to chase. These are launch week v1 picks, dated September 29, 2026. Every placement and its reasoning sits in the tier list tool, and Build Lab lets you test a few of them together.
What are the top picks in each category?
S tier is our shorthand for cheap, strong and constantly reached for. Here is the short version.
| Slot | S tier | The pitch |
|---|---|---|
| Weapons | Tornado Blade, Pride of the Plains | One clears rooms, the other deletes the elite in front of you. |
| Artifacts | Death Cap Mushroom, Fighter’s Flute, Firework Arrow | Low Soul cost, quick cooldowns, and a big swing each: berserk, crits, or a rocket. |
| Talismans | Armadillo Amulet | Rolling more often helps every build, so it never feels wasted. |
| Enchantments | Frost Crescent, Healing Smite | One turns jump attacks into ice waves, the other makes you the healer a party wants. |
Jump attacks show up again and again in what players say. Many call the jump attack the best move in the game, so anything that feeds it climbs the list.
How did we rank these?
Each pick needs backing from more than one place. We look at documented numbers (percentages, Soul cost, cooldown), at what players say about the item in launch week footage, such as the “rocket and horn” pairing people keep recommending, and at which items press guides single out. A single very clear number can carry an item on its own.
Rankings only compare items in the same slot. A B artifact is not being weighed against an S weapon, because you fill each slot separately. The tier list page tags every entry with the evidence behind it.
Why are some items unranked?
We would rather leave a gap than guess. Base damage for the weapon types is unpublished, and a lot of unique gear has no listed effect. Those items wait in an “Unranked yet” row on each tab and move up once data shows up.
Anything reported but not confirmed stays labelled until an official source names it.
What can this tier list not tell you yet?
Three gaps. There are no published weapon damage numbers, so the weapon tiers compare unique effects, not raw damage. Drop rates are unknown. And most footage comes from early access, so parts of it may shift as more people play the launch build.
Day-one balance rarely survives, so expect a patch or two to shuffle things. Check the date on the tier list before you trust it.
How do I turn a tier list into a build?
Pull from different slots instead of stacking the top of one. A Tornado Blade with the Armadillo Amulet and Death Cap Mushroom, for example, covers damage, rolling and speed in one kit. Build Lab tells you whether a loadout leans crowd control, single target, area damage, support or tank, and gives you a link to send to your party.
For starting shapes by playstyle, read our build plans. For the early-game artifact kit, see best early artifacts, and for how enchanting works, see the Enchantsmith guide. The gear database has details for every item named here.
Quick FAQ
What is the best weapon in Minecraft Dungeons 2? Tornado Blade and Pride of the Plains share S tier at launch. Tornado Blade is the room-clearer, Pride of the Plains is the boss-and-elite pick.
Is this an official ranking? No. Mojang does not rank gear. This is our own read of the listed effects and what players report.
Will the tiers change? Yes. The list and its date get updated as damage numbers and patches arrive.
Not confirmed yet
The Echo Ocarina and Power of Frost artifacts come from press guides and pre-launch footage and are not in the launch data, so they stay unranked. Talisman and enchantment values per level are not published either.