Mandau

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Statistics Mandau (Daggers) All Races DMG: 39 Delay: 176 Attack +20 "Mercy Stroke" Additional effect: Poison Lv. 75 RDM / THF / BRD Damage Per Second: 13.3 TP Per Hit: 4.9% "Mercy Stroke" Allows the use of the Mercy Stroke weaponskill. Additional effect: Poison The Poison effect, when inflicted, deals 10 damage per tick. Contrary to rumour, this effect does not activate on every hit. Hidden Effect Attacks will occasionally do 3 times normal damage.	Other Uses Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Quest

• Relic Dagger: Mandau
  

Notes

• Obtaining this weapon is a very hard and tedious quest. It will require an amount of devotion and sacrifice that most can not meet. The following coins are required, per stage, to complete this weapon, starting from stage 2 to stage 5(final product).

• • Stage 2: 4 - One Hundred Byne Bill
  • Stage 3: 14 - Montiont Silverpiece
  • Stage 4: 61 - Lungo-Nango Jadeshell
  • Stage 5: 1 - Ten Thousand Byne Bill

• This weapon requires a total of 17,900 coins from dynamis.

• This is an estimation of the cost.

-Assume that each individual 1 byne bill costs 7k, and both of the individual whiteshells, and bronzepieces cost 10k.

This weapon will cost you 145,000,000.

-If you assume that the 1 bynes are 7k and the whiteshells and bronzepieces are 12k.

This weapon will cost you 160,000,000.

Historical Background

Mandau is the traditional weapon for the Dayak people (natives indigenous to Borneo). Often associated with the Headhunting Ceremony, where people would gather to attack other tribes, and gather heads to be used in various festivities, mandau is both a work of art in itself and a formidable weapon.

The blade is mostly made of tempered metals, with exquisite vineworks and inlaid brass. The hilt is made from animal horns, such as deer's horns, although some variations with human bones and fragrant wood also have been found. Both the hilt and scabbard are elaborately carved and plumed. Details of carvings vary from tribe to tribe, but mostly depict creatures or, if human bones were used, anthropomorphic deities.