Meitou

“	The blades never rust or need sharpening, and are said to be unbreakable. There are only a handful in existence.	”
–In-game description

Meitou (名刀, "Famous/Excellent Sword" in Japanese) is the highest weapon grade in the game. Only the legendary smith Cross has been able to craft weapons of this quality. Their weapons are spread around the land of Kenshi, often owned by important dignitaries, rich nobles, or powerful warriors.

Contrary to the description of this weapon-grade having only "a handful in existence", there are at least a few dozen of them inside the game, with replicas for several of their types.

Locations

Here are the locations of the weapons which are of Meitou grade and can currently be found in the world:

All Meitou Weapons (and bounties) on the map

Blunt Weapons

• Heavy Jitte can be found on General Hat-12 in Ashland Dome IV
• Jitte can be found on The Vault Warden in Tengu's Vault

Hackers

• Combat Cleaver can be found on King Gurgler in Island Lab
• Moon Cleaver can be found on The Preacher in Cult Village
• Paladin's Cross can be found on Holy Lord Phoenix in Blister Hill
• Short-Cleaver can be found on Head of Agriculture in Ashland Dome I

Heavy Weapons

• Exile Plank can be found on Gorrillo in The Old Prison
• Falling Sun can be found on Mad Cat-Lon in Cat-Lon's Exile
• Fragment Axe can be found on Esata "The Stone Golem" in Admag
• Fragment Axe can be found on Mukai The Mountain in Squin (Override after Esata is killed)

Katanas

• Guardless Katana can be found on General Jang in Ashland Dome III
• Katana can be found on Emperor Tengu in Heft
• Ninja Blade can be found on Dimak in Tower of Ninjas
• Nodachi Can be found on Savant in Skinhouse HQ
• Topper can be found on Rhinobot in Ashland Dome II
• Wakizashi can be found on Lady Kana in Port North
• Wakizashi can be found on Slave Mistress Grace in Slave Farm South
• Wakizashi can be found on Slave Mistress Ren in Slave Farm

Polearms

• Heavy Polearm can be found on Screamer the False in Tower of Abuse
• Naginata can be found on Crab Queen in Crab Town
• Polearm can be found on Queen of the South in Southern Hive
• Staff can be found on Spider Foreman in Spider Factory

Sabres

• Desert Sabre can be found on Eyegore who spawns during a UC raid to your base
• Foreign Sabre can be found on Bugmaster in Throne of the Bugmaster
• Holed Sabre can be found on Ponk in Tower of Abuse
• Horse Chopper can be found on Red Sabre Boss in Red Sabre Hideout
• Longsword can be found on Longen in Trader's Edge
• Longsword can be found on Valamon in Ark
• Ringed Sabre can be found on Elder in Iron HQ

This article has been updated for Kenshi version 1.0.68.

Squad with all available Meitou weapons equipped

Stats

Short Cleaver

Nodachi

Topper

Wakizashi

Exile Plank

Fragment Axe

Jitte

Ninja Blade

Horse Chopper

Desert Sabre

Holed Sabre

Combat Cleaver

Foreign Sabre

Guardless Katana

Heavy Jitte

Heavy Polearm

Katana

Long Sword

Moon Cleaver

Naginata

Paladin's Cross

Polearm

Ringed Sabre

Staff

Trivia

• Despite being ostensibly unique one-of-a-kind weapon grade, it appears that some weapons may have more than one Meitou version of it, given that both Esata and Mukai have the Meitou version of the Fragment Axe. 3 Slave Mistresses (Kana, Grace, Ren) have Meitou version of Wakizashi, and Meitou of Longsword being held by both Longen and Valamon.
  • The weapons that can respawn after you loot them from the characters could also be potentially considered as evidence for replications, as some factions may have hidden stashes that they bring out in case the other is missing (most notably Esata being taken down and having weapon confiscated does not prevent Mukai from having a similar one too).