Swords

The sword is the generalist blade, in one-handed and two-handed form, and the only melee class that loses no damage when a single swing catches several enemies at once.

Combat

Pros

• Sword damage is not reduced when one attack hits several enemies or objects, a penalty almost every other melee class suffers. Against a Greydwarf pack or a Seeker Brood, that alone is the argument for the class.
• One-handed swords cost 8 to 16 stamina a swing from the Bronze Sword up, so a sword build is still attacking when an axe or two-handed club build is winded.
• There is a sword at every tier: Bronze, Iron, Silver, Black Metal, Flametal and Bloodgold. Progressing never costs you the skill you have levelled.
• Low knockback keeps an enemy in front of you and inside the combo instead of punting it out of reach, the opposite of what a club does.

Cons

• Nothing in the game is weak to slash, so a sword never gets a bonus, and many creatures resist it outright. Among them are every Seeker in the Mistlands, both Blob types in the Swamp, Lox, Stone Golems and Morgen.
• It is the wrong tool for the undead. Skeletons fold to blunt and fire, not to slash, so bring a club along for the Burial Chambers.
• No crowd control at all: nothing is staggered and nothing is pushed away, so a pack closes on you while you swing.
• It cuts nothing. A sword will not fell a tree or break a rock, so a sword build still carries an axe and a pickaxe anyway.
• Two-handed swords cost 20 stamina a swing and give up the shield, which is both halves of the class's reputation at once.

Builds

Sword and board is the class as intended. The shield supplies the block power, parry force and parry bonus, so the sword slot is free to be pure damage. A buckler parries best, while a tower shield blocks hardest and cannot parry at all.

The rhythm is the 3-hit primary, whose third swing lands double, then a step back before your stamina bar empties. The secondary deals triple damage at slightly longer reach for double stamina, so it opens a fight rather than finishing one.

Two-handed is a different build, not a bigger sword. It costs 20 stamina a swing, you give up the shield, and you block on the sword's own numbers. You take it for the reach and for the damage on the third hit.

Against anything that shrugs off slash, carry a sword with an elemental half, such as the Mistwalker or a Nidhögg, or swap to a club outright. No amount of Swords skill fixes a resistance.

Swords are made at the Black forge, the Forge, the Frost Foundry and the Workbench.

The skill is Swords, and it levels by use rather than by choice.

Best Swords

Build	Weapon	Image	Key Figure
Hardest hitter	Frostfire Greatsword		286 damage across all types
Cheapest to swing	Bronze Sword		8 stamina a swing
Best guard	Frostfire Greatsword		76 block armour
Lightest to carry	Dyrnwyn		0.8 weight
Longest lasting	Frostfire Sword		400 durability

Notes

• Blocking with a shield replaces the sword's own block power, parry force and parry bonus with the shield's.
• The 3-hit primary combo deals double damage on the third hit, and a swing's damage is not split between the enemies it catches.
• The secondary attack deals 3 times damage with a little more reach, for double stamina.

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All Swords

*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.

Name	Image	Slash	Elemental Damage	Stamina	Block	Weight	Durability	Crafting Materials	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Wooden Sword		1	-	4	12	0.8	200	5x Wood 3x Finewood 2x Corewood	Workbench	spawn SwordWood
Wooden Greatsword		1	-	8	12	4	200	-	-	spawn THSwordWood
Bronze Sword		35	-	8	12	-	200	2x Wood 8x Bronze 2x Leather scraps	Forge	spawn SwordBronze
Iron Sword		55	-	10	21	-	200	2x Wood 20x Iron 3x Leather scraps	Forge	spawn SwordIron
Silver Sword		75	30 Spirit	12	30	1	200	2x Wood 40x Silver 3x Leather scraps 5x Iron	Forge	spawn SwordSilver
Mistwalker		75	40 Frost	16	48	-	200	3x Finewood 15x Iron 10x Refined eitr 3x Wisp	Black forge	spawn SwordMistwalker
Black Metal Sword		95	-	14	39	-	200	2x Finewood 20x Black metal 5x Linen thread	Forge	spawn SwordBlackmetal
Nidhögg		135	-	16	57	-	200	3x Charred bone 12x Flametal 2x Asksvin hide	Black forge	spawn SwordNiedhogg
Nidhögg the Bleeding		135	-	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	spawn SwordNiedhoggBlood
Nidhögg the Primal		135	10 Poison	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	spawn SwordNiedhoggNature
Nidhögg the Thundering		135	10 Lightning	16	57	-	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	spawn SwordNiedhoggLightning
Frostfire Sword		138	12 Fire, 88 Frost	16	66	0.8	400	1x Nord Sword 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn SwordGold_FrostFire
Dyrnwyn		145	10 Fire	16	57	0.8	200	1x Dyrnwyn Hilt Fragment 1x Dyrnwyn Blade Fragment 1x Dyrnwyn Tip Fragment 20x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	spawn SwordDyrnwyn
Krom		150	-	20	52	-	200	30x Iron 20x Bronze 5x Scale hide	Black forge	spawn THSwordKrom
Brutal Slayer		170	-	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Bloodstone	Black forge	spawn THSwordSlayerBlood
Slayer		170	-	20	64	4	200	30x Flametal 5x Asksvin hide 3x Morgen sinew	Black forge	spawn THSwordSlayer
Primal Slayer		170	10 Poison	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Jade	Black forge	spawn THSwordSlayerNature
Scourging Slayer		170	10 Lightning	20	64	4	200	1x Slayer 15x Flametal 1x Iolite	Black forge	spawn THSwordSlayerLightning
Nord Sword		170	-	16	66	0.8	400	1x Cast: Nord Sword 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn SwordGold
Thunderblood Sword		180	45 Lightning	16	66	0.8	400	1x Nord Sword 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn SwordGold_BloodLightning
Frostfire Greatsword		186	12 Fire, 88 Frost	20	76	4	400	1x Nord Greatsword 20x Bloodgold 1x Frostfire Essence	Black Forge	spawn THSwordGold_FrostFire
Nord Greatsword		210	-	20	76	4	400	1x Cast: Nord Greatsword 5x Liquid Frost	Frost Foundry	spawn THSwordGold
Thunderblood Greatsword		220	45 Lightning	20	76	4	400	1x Nord Greatsword 20x Bloodgold 1x Thunderblood Essence	Black Forge	spawn THSwordGold_BloodLightning

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