NieR: Automata - A Comprehensive Guide to Acquiring the Virtuous Treaty

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• Where To Find the Virtuous Treaty in NieR: Automata
• Virtuous Treaty Stats in NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata's opening introduces players to 2B's mission. After landing and engaging in melee combat, you'll acquire a one-handed and a two-handed sword.

The two-handed sword, the Virtuous Treaty, is a powerful weapon temporarily lost after the prologue. However, it's readily reacquired once free-roaming is unlocked in the subsequent chapter.

1. Where To Find the Virtuous Treaty in NieR: Automata

This early-game weapon is located near your initial spawn point after exiting the bunker. Upon landing in the city ruins, descend to the lower area. To the left, locate the highway above the nearest access point. Proceed towards the highway, utilizing the ruins to climb onto the road. This path leads back towards the factory.

Descend to the factory and follow the grassy path to the main structure. An access point and stairs leading upwards are situated on the left. At the top, look left towards the destroyed bridge where you fought the Goliath. The Virtuous Treaty is embedded in the ground at the bridge's edge.

Your discarded equipment from the prologue, including consumables, is located to the right of the sword.

2. Virtuous Treaty Stats in NieR: Automata

• Attack: 300-330
• Combo: Lt 2 Hv 2

Typical of two-handed weapons, the Virtuous Treaty excels at wide-sweeping attacks, dealing significant damage to multiple enemies. Its attack speed is notably slower. Upgrades can potentially make this one of the game's highest-damage weapons, provided you adapt to its slower pace. Combining it with a faster weapon via a heavy attack during a combo mitigates the slow attack speed while still leveraging its high damage output, though a full combo won't be achieved.