Sword

A sword is a one-handed melee weapon that can require investment in the Swordsmanship attribute, and has a maximum damage range of 15-22 slashing damage (with critical hits reaching 31 damage). It is one of the three preferred weapons of Warriors.

Properties

• Maximum damage range: 15 - 22.
• Damage type: Slashing damage or blunt damage¹.
• Attack rate: 1.33 seconds.
• Base: Unsalvageable inherent (from Prophecies or Factions) or salvageable inscription (Nightfall or Eye of the North).
• Modifiers: Sword Hilt (name prefix) and Sword Pommel (suffix).

1. Jitte inflict blunt damage. Some swords come with an inherent Sword Hilt: Fiery Dragon Sword, Fiery Gladius, and Fiery Embersteel Blade always inflict fire damage, Icy Dragon Sword inflict cold damage.

Swords with maximum damage have been observed with attribute requirements ranging from 7 to 13. Max damage unique, collector and weaponsmith swords have an attribute requirement of 9, with the exception of Shiro's Sword, which has a requirement of 13.

Sword types

Note: This is a list of all the different appearances a sword may have. It is completely independent of its stats and modifiers; for example a Gladius may be as effective as a Zodiac Sword if they share the same inscription and modifiers.

Core	Prophecies	Factions	Nightfall	Eye of the North	Beyond6	Bonus Mission Pack6	Promotional6
Brute Sword Butterfly Sword Candy Cane Sword1, 6 Canthan Machete Crystalline Sword Envoy Sword6 Eternal Blade Falchion Fanged Sword Fellblade Fiery Dragon Sword2 Flamberge Forked Sword Gladius Kournan Sword Legendary Sword Long Sword Obsidian Edge PvP Sword6 Runic Blade Scimitar Shadow Blade Short Sword Spatha Starter Sword6 Tribal Blade Vampiric Dragon Sword5, 6 Wingblade Sword	Ascalon Razor6 Deldrimor Sword6 Icy Dragon Sword3 Oppressor's Sword6 Plasma Blade6 Rinblade	Broadsword Celestial Sword Crenellated Sword Dadao Sword Dusk Blade Golden Phoenix Blade Gothic Sword Jade Sword Jitte4 Katana Oni Blade Plagueborn Sword Platinum Blade Shinobi Blade Sunqua Blade Wicked Blade Vertebreaker Zodiac Sword	Adamantine Falchion Aerowind Blade Bramble Blade Briar Blade Broadblade Scimitar Colossal Scimitar Crested Machete Crude Scimitar Dead Sword Desolation Sword Elemental Sword Elonian Blade Fiery Gladius2 Gladius Golden Machete Igneous Blade Istani Scimitar Machete Ornate Scimitar Ripper Blade Rusty Machete Salient Sword Steelblade Machete Tattooed Blade Tattooed Scimitar Tormented Sword6 Vabbian Scimitar	Asuran Sword6 Aureate Blade Bronze Edge Charrslayer Sword6 Cerulean Edge Dark Scimitar Destroyer Sword6 Emerald Blade Emerald Edge Etched Sword Fiery Embersteel Blade2 Gilded Edge Greater Dark Scimitar Greater Highlander Blade Greater Sage Blade Highlander Blade Lesser Dark Scimitar Lesser Highlander Blade Lesser Sage Blade Mammoth Blade Norn Sword6 Notched Blade Platinum Blade Platinum Broadsword Runic Blade Sage Blade Sephis Sword Shining Gladius Singing Blade Steel Broadsword Wyvern Blade Violet Edge	Imperial Sword Oppressor's Sword Sword of Purity	Charr Sword Mursaat Sword Tengu Sword Turai's Sword Undead Sword	Glacial Blade Wintergreen Sword1

¹ Candy Cane Swords and Wintergreen Swords have 10-10 damage and an attribute requirement of 0.

² Fiery Dragon Swords, Fiery Gladius, and Fiery Embersteel Blades inflict fire damage and will not accept prefix upgrades.

³ Icy Dragon Swords inflict cold damage and will not accept prefix upgrades.

⁴ Jitte inflict blunt damage.

⁵ Vampiric Dragon Swords come equipped with a Vampiric Sword Hilt and will not accept prefix upgrades.

⁶ Sword is not available as a drop.

Notes

• Deadly Riposte, Hundred Blades, and Riposte are the only non-Sword attack skills that require a sword to be equipped.

See also

• Gallery of swords
• List of unique swords
• Gallery of unique swords