Secret Tier 6 Weapons

There is an Easter egg in the game where you can obtain 4 secret Tier 6 legendary weapons.

Spoiler Warning

This guide reveals how to unlock 4 secret Tier 6 weapons. Based on what it takes to unlock these weapons, I would consider these Easter Eggs. There is hints inside the game on how to gain these weapons. If you would like to figure it out on your own, stop reading this guide - go explore the game.

If you would like a hint as to where to start looking for the first in-game hint, reveal the first hint below.

If you would like to know what each secret weapon is, reveal them below.

Bow Weapon: Arcturus Lancer


2h Weapon: The Last Dawn


1h Weapon: Tomorrow's War


Staff Weapon: Starcaller

Hints

Thanks to Bobinhed, Darth Epistaxis for pointing this one out:
Hint #0: The wall of text in the academy has random hints on it. One of them is related to this secret. Bang you head on the wall a few hundred times to see if you can find the right hint.
Hint #0 part 2: The hint in question is

Originally posted by The Wall of Text:

Standing before the mighty Wall of Text, this bit of wisdom catches your eye:

It is said that the weapons of history will be reforged in starlight to fight the wars of today. It is also said that you always double down on 11, so who knows.

Image of the quote:

Hint #1: This secret involves the Ancient Starlight Temple - search through this forum or other guides to learn how to unlock the temple.

Hint #2: Trying using a weapon on the anvil in the temple.

Hint #3: Pay attention to the log text after you infuse a weapon with cosmic power.

Hint #4: Here is the in-game hint text:

Hint #5: Try infusing different weapons with cosmic power.

Hint #6: Try infusing weapons you normally wouldn't bother infusing with cosmic power.

Final hint: Try infusing starter weapons with cosmic power.

Final Spoiler warning: Spoiler text will not be used below. Don't scroll down if you still want to try and figure it out on your own.

Secret Revealed

To gain these 4 secret weapons you will need the following:

• The Ancient Starlight Temple unlocked
  
• 2 Star Shards per weapon - if you want a full set, you need 8 to 16 star shards.
  
• A brand new Dungeonmans per weapon (so 4 to 7 Dungeonmans)*.

You need a brand new Dungeonmans per weapon because you need Yesterday's Knife - the starting 1h weapon you gain on a new Dungeonmans:

I would recommend hearting/locking/favoriting it in your inventory so you don't accidentally smelt it down. You can lock an item in several ways. I have a full-sized keyboard so I use the number 5 on the keypad to lock it.

Take the knife and 2 star shards to the anvil in the Ancient Starlight Temple. Use the knife with the anvil. You will be prompted for what type of weapon you wish to create:

A minimum full-set would be 1 of each weapon - 4 weapons, 8 star shards, 4 dungeonmans.
A full-set would be 3x of the 1h weapon, 2 to 3x of the bow, 1x of the 2h weapon, and 1x of the staff. Why 3x of the 1h weapon? 2 of them for dual wielding, and 1 for a sword and shield setup. Why 2 to 3 of the bow weapon? 1 to pair with the 2h weapon, and 1 to pair with the dual wield setup. You can't fire a bow with a shield equipped. You could still equip the bow and have it level while having a shield, just can't use it.

Of course that setup is just my opinion, and you wouldn't use a full set on one dungeonmans - the extra pieces would go into the vault for the next dungeonman to do a different style of play on the next play through.

* I am not sure you can find another Yesterday's Knife as random drop. Even if you can, it might be easier to just level a dungeonmans to level 10, craft the knife, place the new weapon in the vault in the academy, retire and teach at the academy and then repeat for each weapon.

[Xoth]

You my good sir are a true Dungeonmans =)

[Shindragan]

Thanks again for making great guides, mr B.O.B!

[Stapel238]

okay, shortly after that message i did get one from one hell of a secret dungeon room, but i'll keep an eye out for the statues then

[B.O.B.]

Yes. They're random drops. If you find a golden statue in a dungeon, you can replay it's chest many game as many times as you have enough gold. There's a good chance of getting star shards from there as well.

[Stapel238]

where do i get the star shards? high level dungeons?