Forspoken: 10 Best Nails, Ranked

Have you ever gained passive buffs or improved Frey’s spellcasting abilities with colorful and stylish nails obtained by going to specific areas or defeating abominations in the four major regions of Athia? Maybe you already have a decent combination of nails tied to your play style, allowing you to get the most out of these collectible gear pieces in combat encounters.

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Nails in Forspoken can also be unlocked with the story progression, during which you will hunt more bosses to claim your reward. Painting Frey’s nails with different colors and designs increase your resistance, damage, or spellcasting abilities. Here are the best nails that will pay out in most scenarios in Athia.

10 Slay Nails

Magic damage plays a pivotal role in Forspoken, given Frey is best known for her exceptional spellcasting abilities, which dole out a certain amount of damage to enemies. Slay nails help Frey get the most out of Surge Magic, as the character deals more damage when it is fully charged. In addition, slay nails increase Frey’s spell damage by 5%, requiring two leaden clusters to be crafted.

Slay nails are obtained during chapter 3 of the main story, where you are introduced to the open world after a chilly start. The third chapter is also where you get access to the crafting and upgrade systems.

9 Aftershock Nails

This is another viable option for Frey, which causes killer blows to generate a shockwave. Aftershock nails also increase all damage spells by 2%, lesser than Slay nails.

You must play far through the story to obtain Aftershock nails, which are automatically unlocked during the fifth chapter.

8 Passion Nails

Passion nails provide a 3% more Sila damage boost than the previous two nails, making this type a better option for your slot.

Apart from the +5% damage boost, you can receive another boost based on the number of Sila-specific spells learned. You can give this design a shot to see if it pays out after completing Fort Optima in the Mount Garrison area of Praenost.

7 Flaunt Nails

It works identically to amped nails, but you should keep your health as high as possible regardless of the number of enemies Frey is facing. Flaunt nails increase damage dealt when your HP is high while providing an additional + 2% spell damage boost.

Flaunt nails can be effective when your HP is full. However, you should consider using grit nails if you are a real combatant and your HP is often low. To obtain flaunt nails, you must complete Fort Gabb in the Yonder Cape area of Visoria.

6 Fatale Nails

It allows Frey to knock hordes of enemies to the ground more easily based on the number of spells learned. Fatale nails give you an edge in combat, providing a non-passive boost unlike most of the other nail designs while increasing all spell damage by 2 %.

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Fatale nails can be unlocked upon defeating the Gigas Abomination in the Mount Garrison area of Praenost.

5 Wired Nails

This type of nail is more enthralling than any others, making your top-level attack electrocuting enemies to deal damage while increasing Olas spell damage by 5%. If you like to save your distance from enemies, you should give wired nails a chance after completing the Biichu Village in The Blossomwoods area of Junoon.

Olas spells are also known as Green Magic spells in Forspoken, widely viewed as the strongest spells players can use in the game.

4 Blessed Nails

Blessed nails is a bit different from the others, as this design does not provide a damage boost but increases the critical hit rate to dispatch enemies with deadly attacks if you’re lucky enough. That’s also what makes blessed nails worse than ignited or lit nails because the true damage boost always gets more attention.

This type of nail is obtained by completing the Chichek Village in The Water Garden area in Avoalet.

3 Lit Nails

The lit design makes any Frey’s magic attack deals more damage when surge magic is fully charged while increasing spell damage by 2%. You can use lit nails to save your surge magic for tougher enemies. Bear in mind that surge magic deals increased damage, meaning you could have more chance of taking down bosses thanks to lit nails.

After completing the Zakto Village in the Tanta’s Demense area of Visoria, you can obtain lit nails for one lucid cluster.

2 Ignite nails

We recommend using ignite nails early in the game, which allows top-level attacks to set enemies on fire to deal a certain amount of damage over time. Ignite nails could even be better than amped nails in long-running combats, apart from its + 5% spell damage boost.

Ignite nails can be obtained after completing the Ruins of Zelenina in The Path of Glory area of Praenost.

1 Amped Nails

This type of nail gives you an edge during combat, increasing Frey’s spell damage based on how many enemies she takes on. In other words, the more enemies she fights, the greater her magical damage, which makes it the strongest nail against crowded enemies.

Additionally, this nail increases Frey’s damage by 5%, giving immense power in long-running combats. Amped nails are ideal for clearing hordes of enemies with ease.

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