Sword

General
A Sword is a right hand weapon that causes slashing damage (or, in a few cases, blunt damage). Unlike the other warrior weapons, many sword skills use energy rather than adrenaline. Some sword skills rely on bleeding to do much of their damage, so against enemies who cannot bleed, an axe or hammer may be a better choice.


 * Dictionary Sword Definition: "A weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt (handle)" - ."

The Warrior's Swordsmanship attribute improves damage dealt by the sword and related skills, and is often a requirement for this weapon type. Skills from this attribute can only be performed when equipped with a sword.

Damage Stats
Swords tend to have a narrower range of damage than axes and hammers; however, the average damage output is comparable (e.g. a sword may do 5-7 damage, whereas an axe of the same quality would do 3-9). Swords tend to be the median of the three warrior weapon types, as they have the least minimum/maximum damage ratio.

The maximum damage range for swords is 15-22, with critical hits dealing 31 damage. Swords with maximum damage have been observed with attribute requirements as low as 7. Swords with an attribute requirement of 0 have been observed with damage ranges as high as 8-10.

Swords swing every 1.33 seconds. (There is a general misconception that swords swing once every 1 second, however that is not true.)

Upgrades and Modifiers
A sword can be equipped with a magic Sword Hilt (name prefix) and/or Sword Pommel (name suffix) to add extra bonuses to the weapon.

Furthermore, a sword may come with a number of non-salvageable magic modifiers.

See "Weapon Upgrades", "Weapon modifier", and "Inscription" for details.

Sword Types
''Note: The visual appearance has no influence whatsoever on the weapon stats. A Brute Sword with damage 15-22 is just as good as a Shadow Blade with damage 15-22. Which look you prefer is merely a matter of taste.''

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Core

 * Brute Sword
 * Butterfly Sword
 * Crystalline Sword
 * Eternal Blade
 * Falchion
 * Fellblade
 * Flamberge
 * Gladius
 * Long Sword
 * PvP Sword
 * Shadow Blade
 * Short Sword
 * Spatha
 * Starter Sword
 * Tribal Blade
 * Wingblade Sword
 * Non-standard swords:
 * Candy Cane Sword
 * Fiery Dragon Sword
 * Wintergreen Sword

Bonus Mission Pack

 * Charr Sword
 * Mursaat Sword
 * Tengu Sword
 * Turai's Sword
 * Undead Sword



Prophecies

 * Ascalon Razor
 * Forked Sword
 * Plasma Blade
 * Rinblade
 * Scimitar


 * Non-standard swords:
 * Icy Dragon Sword


 * Unique swords:
 * Grognar's Blade
 * Grognar's Sword
 * Ogre-Slaying Knife
 * Victo's Blade



Factions

 * Broadsword
 * Celestial Sword
 * Crenellated Sword
 * Dadao Sword
 * Dusk Blade
 * Golden Phoenix Blade
 * Gothic Sword
 * Jade Sword
 * Katana
 * Oni Blade
 * Plagueborn Sword
 * Platinum Blade
 * Shinobi Blade
 * Sunqua Blade
 * Wicked Blade
 * Vertebreaker
 * Zodiac Sword


 * Non-standard swords:
 * Jitte (Blunt damage)


 * Unique swords:
 * Kai's Sword
 * Kanaxai's Edge
 * Kaolin Blade
 * Quivering Blade
 * Rajazan's Fervor
 * Shiro's Sword
 * Sskai's Sword



Nightfall

 * Adamantine Falchion
 * Aerowind Blade
 * Bramble Blade
 * Briar Blade
 * Broadblade Scimitar
 * Colossal Scimitar
 * Crested Machete
 * Crude Scimitar
 * Dead Sword
 * Desolation Sword
 * Elemental Sword
 * Elonian Blade
 * Fanged Sword
 * Golden Machete
 * Igneous Blade
 * Istani Scimitar
 * Machete
 * Ornate Scimitar
 * Ripper Blade
 * Rusty Machete
 * Salient Sword
 * Steelblade Machete
 * Tattooed Blade
 * Tattooed Scimitar
 * Tormented Sword
 * Vabbian Scimitar


 * Non-standard swords:
 * Fiery Gladius


 * Unique swords:
 * Forgotten Sword
 * Lord Onrah's Sword
 * Mallyx's Edge
 * Reaper's Blade
 * Shak-Jarin's Sword
 * Wahli's Blade
 * The Windcutter



Eye of the North

 * Asuran Sword
 * Aureate Blade
 * Bronze Edge
 * Charrslayer Sword
 * Cerulean Edge
 * Dark Scimitar
 * Destroyer Sword
 * Emerald Edge
 * Etched Sword
 * Gilded Edge
 * Greater Dark Scimitar
 * Greater Highlander Blade
 * Greater Sage Blade
 * Highlander Blade
 * Legendary Sword
 * Lesser Dark Scimitar
 * Lesser Highlander Blade
 * Lesser Sage Blade
 * Mammoth Blade
 * Norn Sword
 * Notched Blade
 * Platinum Blade
 * Platinum Broadsword
 * Runic Blade
 * Sage Blade
 * Sephis Sword
 * Shining Gladius
 * Singing Blade
 * Steel Broadsword
 * Wyvern Blade
 * Violet Edge


 * Non-standard swords:
 * Fiery Embersteel Blade


 * Promotional:
 * Glacial Blade


 * Unique swords:
 * Blade of the Hierophant
 * Cyndr's Edge
 * Destructive Blade
 * Droknar's Sword
 * Eldritch Sword
 * Lissah's Edge
 * Mobrin's Blade
 * Murakai's Blade
 * Rocktail's Stinger
 * Sword of the Kinslayer
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See also: Category:Swords