Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth: Best Weapons for each class and how to find them

Just like its predecessor, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has a plethora of jobs to select from that players will unlock throughout the story. Many of these jobs are exclusive to specific characters, while others are unlocked through the Alo-Happy Tours shop. Certain jobs are better than others for specific characters, and you'll want to make sure that you select an appropriate weapon for each job in order to maximize each one's potential. This Best Weapons guide aims to help you make sure that you do just that.

The absolute best weapons in Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth are crafted at Julie's Gearworks, but require materials and resources that won't be available until very far into the game. Since this won't really be that useful for the majority of the game's runtime, up front we list the best gear to seek out up until you're ready to craft the weapons at Julie's. Below that, we get into the Ultimate Weapons, for those of you ready for the endgame, or even looking for weapons to carry into New Game Plus.

• Best Weapons for Each Job
  • Best Weapons for Character-Exclusive Jobs
  • Best Weapons for All Other Jobs
• Buying Weapons from Equipment Shops
• Ultimate Weapons for the End Game

Best Weapons for Character-Exclusive Jobs in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Hero

• Tranquility Bat - A weapon that can be earned quite early in the game by interacting with the Fortune Shop at the Shrine in Little Japan. By finding a small number of fortune items around Honolulu, you will be able to earn this weapon basically for free. The free chance to buff your critical chance can go a long way. 
  • Attack: 18
  • Magic: 16
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff your critical hit rate.
• Thundercrack Bat - A bat that can be earned from m HOLD'EM (Jinnai) for a very small amount of chips. You don't even need to earn the chips by playing, you can just spend the 50,000 yen to exchange for the chips if desired. The bat comes with a strong lightning attribute attack type and two powerful special effects attached for free.
  • Lightning Attribute
  • Attack 37
  • Magic 34
  • Turns basic attack into an area attack.
  • Basic attacks ignore guard.
• Dragon Soul Bat - This weapon is earned by completing Substory 42: Atop the Plateau. This substory is the culmination of the Sujimon League side activities within the game, requiring Ichiban to defeat King at the Stadium. While this can be done quite early in the game, note that the substory will require defeating enemies around level 30, which might actually be more difficult than conquering the Sujimon League at that point of the game. This bat is quite powerful and will likely last you the rest of the game until you're ready to craft the Hero's Ultimate Equipment.
  • Attack: 138
  • Magic: 129
  • Turns basic attack into an area attack.
  • Basic attacks ignore guard.

Cabbie

• Tomahawk Steak - Can be earned pretty early from the Delivery Points Exchange.
  • Fire Attribute
  • Attack: 21
  • Magic: 21
  • Attacks and weapon skills may charm.
• Cheating Hand - Can be earned for relatively cheap in either Honolulu's or Yokohama's Gambling Hall. The weapon comes with two sneaky-useful special effects. 
  • Attack: 35
  • Magic: 35
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's willpower.
  • Attacks and weapon skills may remove an enemy's buffs.

Heiress

• Cyber Choker - Can be purchased from Treasure Select Pawn (Chinatown) for relatively cheap. Includes a type attribute and a special effect.
  • Lightning attribute
  • Attack: 22
  • Magic: 20
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff your critical hit rate
• Punk Choker - Can be earned by recording 25 friends into the Aloha Links app, and then speaking to Kei. The fear special effect attached to the weapon can be very useful, forcing enemies to skip their turns outright.
  • Attack: 45
  • Magic: 40
  • Attacks and weapon skills may cause fear.

Detective

• Crowbar - A basic weapon, but the stun special effect can be surprisingly useful in a pincj.
  • Attack: 62
  • Magic: 56
  • Attacksa nd weapon skills may stun.
• Chromium Alloy Club - You can earn this by completing Sector 2 of Hawaiian Haunt for the first time. The two special effects on the weapon make it useful both defensively and offensively.
  • Attack: 120
  • Magic: 111
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's Attack.
  • Increases critical hit rate of grapples by 25%.

Homeless Guy

• Dripping Wet Umbrella - Can be bought an Kamurocho's Ebisu Pawn for 131,000 yen. The rare purchasable weapon with both an attribute and special effect.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 54
  • Magic: 64
  • Attacks and weapon skills may cause a cold.
• Dice Cane - Earned from either Gambling Hall for the equivalent of $34,000. Has the rare special effect that boosts random stats.
  • Attack: 94
  • Magic: 111
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff a random stat,

Barmaid

• Boom Bag - Earned by completing all Photo Rally locations in Yokohama's Bar District. An early bag you can earn for Saeko.
  • Lightning attribute
  • Attack: 88
  • Magic: 88
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff your Attack.
• Funny Bag - The defense lowering special effect of the bag is an indirect way of increasing your entire party's damage.
  • Attack: 120
  • Magic: 120
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's defense.

Assassin

• Scorpion Tails - The poison attribute attached to this weapon synergizes well with many Assassin abilities.
  • Attack: 90
  • Magic: 77
  • Attacks and weapon skills may poison.
• Thunderbolt Needles - A relatively inexpensive weapon to craft at Julie's Gearworks, modified from a Bolt Needles weapon. The ability to lower Electric resistance works really well with multiple Assassin abilities.
  • Electric attribute
  • Attack: 103
  • Magic: 88
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemies' electric resistance

Gangster

• Bewitching Snake Blade - Earn by completing Sector 1 of the Yokohama Underground. The chance to poison enemies and lower their agility can be surprisingly useful.
  • Attack: 94
  • Magic: 81
  • Attacks and weapon skills may poison.
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's Agility.
• Insect Venom Saber - A weapon that can be crafted at Julie's, built from a Dancing Saber. The weapon has the rare chance to apply two debuffs on a single attack,
  • Attack: 103
  • Magic: 88
  • Attacks and weapon skills may poison.
  • Attacks and weapon skills my silence.

HItman

• Megalodon Knuckles - Can be crafted at Julie's Gearworks, built from Shark Tooth Knuckles. A straight increase to critical hit damage is never unappreciated. Especially since many Hitman abilities will automatically critical if hit from the back.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 99
  • Magic: 92
  • Increases critical hit damage
• Ice Gauntlets - Purchase from Grayson's Weapons at Sea off the coast of Aloha Beach. High stats and has an attribute plus special effect.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 165
  • Magic: 154
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's Agility.

Best Weapons for All Other Jobs

Aquanaut

• Surf Flounder - Earn by finding all Photo Rally spots in Honolulu, Waikiki. One of the weaker free reward weapons, but can still be useful in the early game.
  • Attack: 51
  • Magic: 47
  • Attacks and weapon skills may blind.
• Shark Board - Purchase from Grayson's Weapons at Sea off the coast of Aloha Beach. Has the powerful bleed special effect.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 87
  • Magic: 81
  • Attacks and Weapon Skills may cause bleed.

Pyrodancer

• Torchlight Axe - A weapon with a fire attribute that can lower enemy resistance to fire. 
  • Fire attribute
  • Attack: 51
  • Magic: 47
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's fire resistance.
• Phantom Greataxe - Can be crafted at Julie's from a regular greataxe. 
  • Attack: 138
  • Magic: 129
  • Attacks and weapon skills may blind,

Action Star

• Rippling Nunchaku - Purchase from Grayson's Weapons at Sea off the coast of Aloha Beach. Has a unique special effect.
  • Water Attribute
  • Attack: 90
  • Magic: 77
  • Attacks and weapon skills may remove your debuffs
• Dynamic Nunchaku - Earned by spending 45,000 pts at the Sujimon Stadium Points Exchange. Comes with a Fire attribute and the chance to lower enemy Willpower.
  • Fire Attribute
  • Attack: 94
  • Magic: 81
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's Willpower.

Desperado

• Sandstorm Django - Earned in either Honolulu's or Yokohama's Casino. It's pretty expensive in terms of the number of chips required, but high stats and synergistic special effects still make this weapon worth considering.
  • Attack: 111
  • Magic: 103
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff your critical hit rate.
  • Increases critical hit damage.
• Aqua Shooter - Purchase from Grayson's Weapons at Sea off the coast of Aloha Beach. 
  • Water Attribute
  • Attack: 123
  • Magic: 116
  • Attacks and weapon skills may cause a cold

Samurai

• Ephemeral Longsword - Earned by recording 50 friends in the Aloha Links app and then speaking to Kei. The blind ability isn't the greatest, but it's still a decent weapon that can be earned shortly after unlocking the Aloha Links side activity.
  • Attack: 50
  • Magic: 41
  • Attacks and weapon skills may blind.
• Scabbard Fish - Earned by trading 96,000 pts at the Delivery Points Exchange. High stats and can recover HP.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 86
  • Magic: 74
  • Attacks and weapon skills reocver HP

Kunoichi

• Diving Knife - Can be earned by rescuing all NPCs from Sector 1 of Hawaiian Haunt. A decent weapon with both a water attribute and can inflict a debuff.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 49
  • Magic: 49
  • Attacks and weapon skills may lower the enemy's agility.
• Ephemeral Short Sword - Earned by finding all Photo Rally locations in Honolulu, Little Japan. The blindness effect isn't the best in the game, but can be useful.
  • Attack: 80
  • Magic: 80
  • Attacks and weapon skills may blind.

Host

• Rose Amore - Earn by completing all Photo Rally locations in Yokohama's downtown. The rare weapon with a chance to Charm enemies.
  • Attack: 92
  • Magic: 107
  • Attacks and weapon skills may charm.
• Drop of the Devil - Purchase at Chau Ka Long's Armory, available after completing Kiryu's Memoir of the Dragon 39 in Yokohama. Comes with high stats and a chance to poison.
  • Attack: 142
  • Magic: 161
  • Attacks and weapon skills may poison.

Breaker

• Wild Enthusiasm Anklet - Can be earned by trading 10,000 pts at the Golf Prize Exchange. The Fire attribute and burn special effect are both rare and useful.
  • Attack: 107
  • Magic: 107
  • Attacks and weapon skills may burn.
• Light Anklet - Purchase at Chau Ka Long's Armory, available after completing Kiryu's Memoir of the Dragon 39 in Yokohama. Comes with high stats and a lightning attribute.
  • Lightning attribute
  • Attack: 152
  • Magic: 152

Chef

• Happy Spatula - Earn by rescuing all NPC in Sector 2 of Yokohama Underground. The reduced MP cost is one of the best special effects in the game.
  • Attack: 120
  • Magic: 120
  • Greatly decreases MP cost of skills.
• Pancake Maker - Earn by completing all Photo Rally spots in Yokohama's Uptown. Comes with the rare Fire attribute.
  • Fire attribute
  • Attack: 129
  • Magic: 129
  • Attacks and weapon skills recover HP.
• Ice Scooper - Purchase at Chau Ka Long's Armory, available after completing Kiryu's Memoir of the Dragon 39 in Yokohama. Has the water attribute and can cause a cold.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 152
  • Magic: 152
  • Attacks and weapon skills may cause a cold.

Geodancer

• Fluffy Maracas - Earn by finding all Photo Rally locations in Honolulu's Downtown/Chinatown/District Five. The HP recover is useful in a pinch.
  • Attack: 44
  • Magic: 54
  • Attacks and weapon skills recover HP.
• Electrip Maracas - Can be crafted at Julie's from a Tripyp Maracas weapon. Has both a type attribute and can paralyze enemies in their tracks.
  • Lightning attribute
  • Attack:125
  • Magic: 143
  • Attacks and weapon skills may paralyze.

Housekeeper

• Powerful Bubble Mop - 100,000 points from Can Quest. Expensive, but a rare chance for a good Housekeeper weapon.
  • Attack:103
  • Magic: 111
  • Attacks and weapon skills may poison.
• Explosive Sucking Cyclone X - Can be crafted from Julie's using an Explosive Sucking Cyclone. The random buff ability is surprisingly useful.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 167
  • Magic: 178
  • Attacks and weapon skills may buff a random stat

Idol

• Bastard Soda - Can be earned from the Batting Center Prize Desk (either Yokohama or Kamurocho) for 5,000 pts. The water attribute and HP recovery can be useful for Idols.
  • Water attribute
  • Attack: 138
  • Magic: 147
  • Attacks and weapon skills recover HP.
• Prominence Microphone - Purchase at Chau Ka Long's Armory, available after completing Kiryu's Memoir of the Dragon 39 in Yokohama. Has an interesting combination of Fire attribute and a chance to charm.
  • Fire attribute
  • Attack: 147
  • Magic: 156
  • Attacks and weapon skills may charm.

Night Queen

• Electric Whip - Earned by completing all Photo Rally locations in Honolulu's Cultural District and Anaconda Harbor Park.
  • Lightning attribute
  • Attack: 94
  • Magic: 81
  • Attacks and weapon skills may paralyze.
• Giganto Whip - Purchase at Chau Ka Long's Armory, available after completing Kiryu's Memoir of the Dragon 39 in Yokohama. Has high stats and can stun enemies.
  • Attack: 161
  • Magic: 142
  • Attacks and weapon skills may stun.

Buying Weapons from Equipment Shops

In a pinch, if you ever need to purchase new weapons, shops around Honolulu and Ijincho will specialize in basic weapons for each class, often multiple classes. Except in niche circumstances, these weapons don't typically have any unique attributes or special effects, but if you need extra gear for a new job and have the cash, it can always be useful to stop buy in order to deck out your party. In addition, the weapons available to purchase at these jobs are basic materials for unique weapons that can be crafted at Julie's Gearworks.

Job-Specific Equipment Shops

• Ganruyjima Armory - Honolulu, Little Japan. Has basic gear for Samurai and Kunoichi
• Wink Mini Mart - Honolulu, East Waikiki. Has basic gear for Cabbie.
• No Surf No Life - Honolulu, East Waikiki. Has basic gear for Aquanaut.
• Panthera Sports Kingdom - Honolulu, West Waikiki. Has basic gear for Hero.
• Vincenti - Honolulu, West Waikiki. Has basic gear for Host and Heiress.
• Hau-oli Hula Shop - Honolulu, Anaconda. Has basic gear for Pyrodancer, Geodancer, and Breaker.
• Clean-Clean Household Supplies - Honolulu, Cultural District. Has basic gear for Housekeeper and Chef.
• House of Wushu - Honolulu, Chinatown. Has basic gear for Action Star.
• Bullet Hell - Honolulu, Cultural District. Has basic gear for Desperado, Detective, and Hitman.
• Hyper Ecstasy - Honolulu, Cultural District. Has basic gear for Idol and Night Queen. Also sells the Massive Massage Machine weapon for Hero.
• Love Magic - Ijincho, Red Light District. Has basic gear for Barmaid, Idol, and Night Queen.
• Welcome Pharmacy - Ijincho, Isezaki Road. Has basic gear for Homeless Guy and Housekeeper.
• Yun's Foods - Ijincho, Koreatown. Has basic gear for Host and Chef.
• Kai Xin Specialty Store - Ijincho, Chinatown. Has basic gear for Action Star, Samurai, and Kunoichi.
• Zhou Long Distribution - Ijincho, Restaurant Row. Has basic gear for Gangster, Assassin, and Desperado.
• Dancer Fumie's Good - Ijincho, Sunrise St. Has basic gear for Breaker, Pyrodancer, and Geodancer.
• Traveling Sports Vendor MIRAI - Ijincho, North Jinnai Station. Has a small amount of basic gear for Aquanaut.

Other Equipment Shops

• Yamabiko - Honolulu, Little Japan. Has very limited inventory, basically only a tutorial shop.
• Anaconda Sports Shop - Honolulu, Anaconda. Only slightly improved from above.
• Manu Palekaiko - Honolulu, West Waikiki. Has low-level gear for most jobs earned through Alo-Happy Tours.
• Grayson's Weapons at Sea - Honolulu, Aloha Beach, off the coast. Sells unique weapons, most with water attributes and special effects.
• Reef Riders - Honolulu, Anaconda. A one-stop shop for the best purchaseable equipment for every job.
• Chau Ka Long's Armory - Ijincho, near the Gambling Hall. Unlocked from Memoir of a Dragon 39. A unique shop with powerful gear for multiple classes.
• Le Marche - Kamurocho. Similar to Reef Riders in that it has some of the best purchaseable gear for every job.

Ultimate Weapons and Where to Find Shark Fins and Squid Tentacles

Note. In order to make ultimate weapons for a character-exclusive Job, you'll need to complete the Drink Link V for that character in order to earn the base 5-star weapon named after the class, such as Assassin's Needle or Cabbie's Wrench. For the non-exclusive jobs, the weapons must be earned as drops from enemies. You'll also need to be at the max investment level at Julie's Gearworks.

In order to craft each job's ultimate weapons, you'll need:

• The base 5-star weapon for the job
• 15x Crystal resource (usually Rainbow, but can change depending on the weapon)
• 1x Empty Cough Drop Tin
• Either 1x Shark Fin or 1x Squid Tentacles
• $140,000.00

In order to earn Shark Fins and Squid Tentacles, the most reliable way to earn these is to clear the EX Sectors of either the Hawaiian Haunt or Yokohama Underground dungeons. The first clear of each dungeon will earn you a couple each for free -- one as a first time reward for clearing the EX Sector, and one for rescuing all NPCs. After this point you can trade 15,000 Robo Disks to Robo Michio for Shark Fins, and 18,000 Geomijuj Survey Data to Utamaru for Squid Tentacles.