In this Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Engravings Guide, we will show you every special upgrade that you can apply on your weapon and armor, along with the each upgrade’s feature that will strengthen your gameplay and give you the upper hand in combat.

Engravings are unlocked in multiple ways in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, From completing a set of challenges, locating collectibles like Ainigmata Ostrakas, or solving riddles to reveal special Engravings.

Engravings can only be applied once onto a weapon and cannot be removed once placed. However, certain Engravings can only be applied to specific armor or weapon types.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Engravings Guide

Follow our guide to understand what an Engraving will offer to you in the game, once you have applied it to your weapon or armor. Refer to every Engraving we have listed below which will help you make decisions prior to applying any engraving to a weapon or armor.

All Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Head, Torso, Waist, Legs. There are two levels of Engraving; the first challenge is to kill 1 Leader, while the second challenge is to kill 10 Leaders.

Hunter Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bow, Head Torso, Waist and Legs. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to reach Player level 2, second challenge is to reach Player Level 12, and the third challenge is to reach Player Level 22.

Assassin Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Head, Torso, Waist and Legs. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first is to reach Player Level 3, second challenge is to reach Player Level 13, and the last challenge is to reach Player Level 23.

Warrior Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Head, Torso, Waist and Legs. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first is to reach Player Level 4, second challenge is to reach Player Level 14, and the last challenge is to reach Player Level 24.

Crit Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Head, Torso, and Arms. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first is to reach Player Level 11, and the second challenge is to reach Player Level 21.

Damage With Overpower Abilities
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Arms and Waist. You need to complete the Ainigmata Ostraka challenge to get this Engraving.

Poison Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows, Torso and Waist. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first is to reach Player Level 8, and the second is to reach Player level 18.

Damage on Animals
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Torso and Legs. There are 3 levels of Engravings, the first challenge is to kill 25 Predatory Animals, the second challenge is to kill 50 Predatory Animals, and the third challenge is to kill 100 Predatory Animals.

Damage on Athenian Soldiers
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Had and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete a challenge to kill 10 Athenian Marksman.

Damage on Spartan Soldiers
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Head and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete a challenge to kill 10 Spartan Strategoi.

Fire Damage
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons, Bows and Legs. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first is to reach Player Level 7, second challenge is to reach Player Level 17, and the last challenge is to reach Player Level 27.

Adrenaline Per Hit
This Engraving can be applied on Bows, Arms and Waist. To acquire this Engraving tou need to complete the challenge Ainigmata Ostraka: Ashes to Ashes.

Crit Chance
This Engraving can be applied on Bows, Arms and Waist. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to reach Player Level 10, and the second challenge is to reach Player level 20.

Damage with Bow Charged Shot
This Engraving can be applied on Bows, Torso and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to kill 25 Archers.

Bow Charging Speed
This Engraving can be applied on Bows, Torso and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to kill 3 enemies within 30 second with a bow, 10 times.

Damage With Bows on Distant Targets
This Engraving can be applied on Bows, Head and Waist. To acquire this Engraving you need to kill 25 distant enemies with a bow.

Health
This Engraving can be applied to Arms, Torso and Waist. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to reach Player Level 5, the second challenge is to reach Player Level 15, and the third challenge is to reach Player Level 25.

Total Armor
This Engraving can be applied to Arms, Torso and Waist. There are 3 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to reach Player Level 6, the second challenge is to reach Player Level 16, and the third challenge is to reach Player Level 26.

Crit Damage At Full Health
This Engraving can be applied to Arms, Waist and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete the challenge Ainigmata Ostraka: Bottomless Lake.

Crit Damage At Low Health
This engraving can be applied to Arms, Waist and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete Ainigmata Ostraka challenge.

Elemental Buildup
This engraving can be applied to Arms, Waist and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete Ainigmata Ostraka: Pressed for Time challenge.

Damage With Swords
This Engraving can be applied to Melee Weapons and Head. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the fist challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Swords, and the second challenge is kill 100 enemies with Swords.

Damage With Daggers
This Engraving can be applied to Melee weapons and Head. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Daggers, and the second challenge is to kill 100 enemies with Daggers.

Damage with Heavy Bladed Weapons
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons and Torso. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Heavy Bladed Weapons, and the second challenge is to kill 100 enemies with Heavy Bladed Weapons.

Damage with Heavy Blunt Weapons
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons and Legs. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Heavy Blunt Weapons, and the second challenge is to kill 100 enemies with Heavy Blunt Weapons.

Damage With Spears
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons and Legs. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Spears, and the second challenge is to kill 100 enemies with Spears.

Damage With Staffs
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons and Legs. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 50 enemies with Staffs, and the second challenge is to kill 100 enemies with Staffs.

Adrenaline Per Critical Hit
This Engraving can be applied on Melee Weapons and Arms. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to kill 1 Mercenary, and the second challenge is to kill 10 Mercenaries.

Adrenaline On Headshot Kill
This Engraving can be applied to Bows and Arms. To acquire this Engraving you need to kill 50 enemies with Headshots.

Headshot Damage
This Engraving can be applied to Bows and Waist. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to reach Player Level 9, and the second challenge is to reach Player Level 19.

Crit Chance At Full Health
This Engraving can be applied on Head and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete the challenge Anigmata Ostraka: Hound Docked.

Crit Chance At Low Health
This Engraving can be applied on Head and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete the challenge Anigmata Ostraka.

Intoxicated Duration
This Engraving can be applied on Head and Legs. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete the challenge Anigmata Ostraka: A Specific General.

Ranged Resistance
This Engraving can be applied to Head and Arms. To acquire this Engraving you need to complete 5 Bounties of War Contracts.

Movement Speed While Crouching
This Engraving can be applied to Head and Legs. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first is to kill 3 enemies in a single combat without being hit (10 times), and the second challenge is to kill 3 enemies in a single combat without being hit (20 times).

Ignore Half Damage
This Engraving can be applied to Head and Waist. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge to complete is Bane of the Cult: Deal with 1 Cultist, the second challenge is Bane of Cult: Deal with 3 Cultists.

Burning Duration
This Engraving can be applied on Torso and Waist. To acquire this Engraving, complete the challenge Ainigmata Ostraka: Happy Hour.

Adrenaline On Assassination Kill
This Engraving can be applied on Arms and Torso. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to assassinate 50 enemies, and the second challenge is to assassinate 100 enemies.

Melee Resistance
This Engraving can be applied on Arms and Waist. There are 2 levels of Engraving, the first challenge is to complete 1 Battle Conquest, and the second challenge is to complete 3 Battle Conquest.

Damage With Heavy Weapons
This Engraving can be applied on Torso. To acquire this Engraving, complete the challenge Ainigmata Ostraka: Finger Tip.

Damage With Spears and Staffs
This Engraving can be acquired by completing the challenge Ainigmata Ostraka: Record Sunshine.

This concludes our Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Engravings Guide. If you wish to add anything, feel free to use the comments section below.