Favored weapon

When you take your first level in a divine class (i.e. Cleric, Favored Soul, and Paladin),you get to choose a deity. Each deity has one favored weapon; as you take additional divine levels, you might get additional benefits.

Default favored weapons

Depending on your race, you can select one of the following: Bastard Sword, Dagger, Greatsword, Heavy Mace, Longbow, Longsword, Maul, Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Sickle, Warhammer

Weapon	Deity	Races
Quarterstaff	Aureon	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Dagger	Blood of Vol	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Greatsword	Lord of Blades	Bladeforged, Warforged only
Sickle	Olladra	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Warhammer	Onatar	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Longbow	Silver Flame	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Longsword	Sovereign Host	Eberron races except Bladeforged
Scimitar	Undying Court	Elf, Half-Elf only
Shortsword	Vulkoor	Drow only
Heavy Mace	Amaunator	Forgotten Realms races
Bastard Sword	Helm	Forgotten Realms races except Morninglord
Maul	Silvanus	Forgotten Realms races except Morninglord

Additional favored weapons

Certain abilities allow you to add another weapon or weapon group as an extra favored weapon.

• Dwarven Waraxe: Dwarf enhancements
• Greatsword: Paladin Knight of the Chalice - Holy Combatant
• Heavy Crossbow, Light Crossbow: Inquisitive - Divine Inquisition
• Rapier, Falchion, and Shortbow: Wood Elf - Faith of the Forest
• Longsword, Longbow, Morningstar, Greatsword (select one): Paladin Divine Crusader - The Book of War
• Longsword, Battle Axe, Heavy Mace, Morningstar, and War Hammer: Paladin Knight of the Chalice - Adept Combatant

Misc

• Warforged and Bladeforged treat Spear of the Mournlands (quarterstaff) as their favored weapon.
• Weapons with the Favored Weapon enchantment are favored weapons for everyone.

Abilities that require favored weapons

Certain abilities require that you wield a favored weapon in your main hand.

• War Soul enhancements and Warpriest enhancements
• Divine Crusader T6: The Book of War: Wrath of the Divine: While wielding a Favored Weapon in your Main Hand, you gain +1 to Hit and Damage for every 2 Religious Lore Feats you have with all equipped weapons and shields. (1 Rank, 1AP)

Open issues

Nov 2020: ... there are a few abilities that grant extra Favored Weapons that work in most cases, but aren't working with FvS Grace/Knowledge of battle right now. Specifically, Dwarven Axe Training (for Dwarven Axes, Book of War (for a couple weapons from Divine Crusader), and Adept/Holy Combatant (a couple weapons from KOTC). We're working on a fix, won't be in the next patch but should hopefully be in one soon. DDO Forums