Fiery Dragon Sword

Description
The Fiery Dragon Sword (commonly abbreviated to FDS), like its cousin the Icy Dragon Sword, is a popular sword mainly prized for its style. It is quite an impressive sight with its flaming blade with only two twisted "filaments" as a solid core. Early on it can be admired in the hands of several NPCs, most notably Prince Rurik. Later, some monsters also carry it (e.g. Centaurs).

All Fiery Dragon Swords carry a Fiery hilt upgrade that cannot be removed by any other upgrade. It must have this upgrade, so it is not popular to strategy-minded players, who prefer other popular swords like Fellblades as targets for their weapon upgrades. This upgrade is not entirely useless however - the fact that its damage is elemental, rather than physical, makes it more effective against other Warriors as it bypasses their +20AL vs Physical armor upgrade.

Location
Fiery Dragon Swords are a random drop. They appear in high-level areas, apparently from the Crystal Desert onwards - although they are a rare drop in a few preceding areas (e.g. White Mantle Justiciars are known to carry them).

Core: Prophecies: Factions Nightfall
 * The Fissure of Woe
 * Ancient Skale
 * Armored Cave Spider
 * Doubter's Dryder
 * Shadow Army
 * The Underworld
 * Banished Dream Rider
 * Bladed Aatxe
 * Grasping Darkness
 * Smite Crawler
 * Terrorweb Dryder
 * Crystal Desert
 * Desert Griffon
 * Hydra
 * Minotaur
 * Scarab Nest Builder
 * Sand Drake
 * Enchanted Hammer(Dragon's Lair)
 * Enchanted Sword(Dragon's Lair)
 * Southern Shiverpeaks
 * Siege Ice Golem (in Mineral Springs)
 * Siege Ice Golem (in Grenth's Footprint)
 * Ice Imp near ice caves of sorrow (Talus Chute)
 * Blessed Griffon
 * Stone Summit
 * Titans (only during Defend Droknar's Forge)
 * Pinesoul
 * Mountain Trolls
 * Tundra Giants
 * Ring of Fire Islands
 * Mahgo Hydra
 * Dark Flame Dryder
 * Tomb Ruins
 * Banished Dream Rider
 * Chaos Wurm (siege)
 * Grasp of Insanity
 * Terrorweb Dryder
 * Sorrow's Furnace
 * Enslaved Ettin
 * Stone Summit
 * Others
 * White Mantle
 * Kaineng City
 * Am Fah
 * Am Fah Marksman
 * Jade Brotherhood
 * Multiple regions
 * Shiro'ken
 * Shiro'ken Ranger
 * Kourna
 * Ntouka Bird
 * Blood Cowl Heket
 * Stoneaxe Heket
 * Veldt Beetle Lance
 * Beast Sworn Heket
 * Vabbi
 * Rock Beetle
 * Ruby Djinn
 * Bull Trainer Giant
 * Vabbi Chests
 * Realm of Torment
 * Shadow Mesmer
 * Arm of Insanity
 * Blade of Corruption
 * Margonite Ascendant
 * Torment Claw

Dye
Applying dye to a Fiery Dragon Sword affects only the hilt and the inventory icon. Dye does not change the color of the flame. For a sword with a different color flame, consider the Icy Dragon Sword, which has a blue flame.