Steel Swords
The steel sword is the witcher's blade for people, nonhumans and beasts: bandits, soldiers, wolves and bears. The Witcher 3 has 153 of them, and the same name often turns up as a quest relic, a crafted sword and loot copies at lower rarities.
Combat
Pros
- Geralt carries it beside the silver sword and switches between the two at will, so the right blade is always one button away.
- Oils go on it as they do on silver, each adding damage against one kind of enemy, in three tiers.
- Up to 3 runestone slots, and a sword with all three can take a runeword from the Ofieri Runewright at Upper Mill (Hearts of Stone).
Cons
- Against monsters it is the wrong blade. Switch to silver.
- Durability falls with every swing, and a worn sword hits for less until a smith or a repair kit fixes it.
- Steel swords hit for less than silver ones of the same level: a grandmaster steel sword deals 335-409 against 472-576 for its silver twin.
Builds
The six witcher schools each make a steel sword to match their silver one, with the same bonuses and the same place in a set. See Witcher Gear for the set bonuses.
- Signs. Griffin, +21% sign intensity at grandmaster tier.
- Fast attacks and bleeding. Feline, +10% critical chance and +15% chance to bleed.
- Adrenaline. Ursine, +21% adrenaline gain and +75% critical damage.
- Hybrid. Wolven, 11% each to sign intensity, adrenaline gain, critical chance and bleeding.
- Armour piercing. Manticore, +250 armour piercing and +50% critical damage.
Outside the schools, the Toussaint knight's steel sword is the one to chase: crafted, it carries +300 armour piercing, +100% critical damage and +20% critical chance.
Remastered rebuilt the skill trees and reset every point, so match the sword to your skills in the new tree, not to a build written before 29 September 2026.
Best Steel Swords
| Build | Weapon | Image | Key Figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardest hitter | Toussaint knight's steel sword | 385-471 damage at level 48 | |
| Heavy strikes | Iris | A charged strong attack lands an extra blow | |
| Signs | Grandmaster Griffin steel sword | +21% sign intensity | |
| Adrenaline | Grandmaster Ursine steel sword | +21% adrenaline gain | |
| Alchemy and bombs | Manticore steel sword | Manticore set: +1 charge on every alchemy item |
Notes
- Iris charges during a fight and glows red when ready; the strong attack that releases it costs some of Geralt's vitality. Olgierd von Everec gives it at the end of Hearts of Stone if Geralt saves his soul.
- Witcher swords are upgraded tier by tier, from Basic to Mastercrafted, and to Grandmaster with Blood and Wine. Upgrading keeps runestones and loses a runeword.
- In New Game + every witcher diagram becomes a Legendary version at the same spot.
- Remastered adds Reforge: Éibhear Hattori in Novigrad and Yoana at Crow's Perch can change how a sword looks without touching its stats.
All Weapon Categories
All Steel Swords
| Name | Image | Rarity | Level | Damage | Effects | Slots | Location | Region | DLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient elven sword | Magic | - | 30-36 |
|
2 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Angivare | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Arbitrator | Relic | 17 | 153 |
|
3 | - | Base game | ||
| Ard'aenye | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Ashrune | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Fixed loot | Skellige | Base game | |
| Barber-Surgeon | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Beann'shie | Relic | 44 | 351-429 |
|
3 | Base game | |||
| Beauclair steel sword | 35 | 274 | 3 random Magic effects | 0 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Belhaven blade | Relic | 45 | 364-444 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Black Unicorn | Relic | 46 | 360-440 |
|
3 | Base game | |||
| Blade from the Bits | 25 | 207-253 | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Base game | ||||
| Blave | Relic | 40+ | 325 |
|
3 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Bloed Aedd | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Base game | ||
| Blunt sword | Common | 1 | 20-24 | - | 0 | Quest reward | Novigrad | Base game | |
| Bremervoord blade | 21 | 175-215 | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Base game | ||||
| Caerme | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Carabella | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Base game | ||
| Caroline | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Cleaver hood | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Fixed loot | Novigrad | Base game | |
| D'yaebl | Relic | - | - | +4% Chance to cause burning | 3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Dancer | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Daystar | Relic | - | - | 3 | Fixed loot | Skellige | Base game | ||
| Deireadh | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Devine | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Dorian sword | 2 | 40-50 | 2 random Magic effects | 0 | - | Base game | |||
| Dwarven blade | 45 | - |
|
2 | Skellige | Base game | |||
| Elven steel sword | 32 | 256-314 |
|
2 | Skellige | Base game | |||
| Faithful Friend | Relic | 44 | 356 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Faramond's blade | Relic | 43 | 349 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Faroe blade | - | - |
|
1 | Merchant | Skellige | Base game | ||
| Feline steel sword | Witcher Gear | 17 | 162-198 |
|
1 | Crafted | Novigrad | Base game | |
| Feline steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 23 | 205-251 |
|
2 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Feline steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 284-348 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Feline steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 29 | 248-304 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Base game | |
| Fence board | Common | 1 | 20-25 |
|
0 | Quest reward | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |
| Forged in Fire | Magic | - | 30-36 |
|
1 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Forgotten Vran Sword | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Forgotten Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 20 | 181-221 |
|
2 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Forgotten Wolven steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 286-350 |
|
3 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Gemmerian steel sword | 30 | 243 | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Base game | ||||
| Geralt of Rivia's sword | Magic | - | 30-36 |
|
3 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Gildorf sword | - | - | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Random loot | - | Base game | ||
| Glory of the North | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Gnomish Gwyhyr | 42 | 329-403 |
|
2 | Base game | ||||
| Grandmaster Feline steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster forgotten Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Grandmaster Griffin steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster legendary Feline steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster legendary forgotten Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Grandmaster legendary Griffin steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster legendary Ursine steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster legendary Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster Ursine steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Grandmaster Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Griffin steel sword | Witcher Gear | 11 | 119-145 |
|
1 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Griffin steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 18 | 169-207 |
|
2 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Griffin steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 284-348 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Griffin steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 26 | 227-277 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Gwestog | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Gwyhyr | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Harvall | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Base game | ||
| Headhunter | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Hen Gaidth steel sword | Relic | 40+ | 325 |
|
3 | Fixed loot | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Hjalmar's steel sword | Relic | - | - |
|
1 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Hope | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Horned Hoskuld's sword | 1 | - | 2 random Magic effects | 2 | Fixed loot | Skellige | Base game | ||
| Inis | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Iris | Relic | 37 | 327-399 |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Hearts of Stone | |
| Koviri cutlass | 1 | 27-33 | 1 random Master effect | 0 | - | Base game | |||
| Legendary Feline steel sword | Witcher Gear | 17 | 169 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Base game | |
| Legendary Feline steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 23 | 212 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Feline steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 292-356 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Legendary Feline steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 29 | 256-312 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Base game | |
| Legendary forgotten Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 19 | 185-226 |
|
2 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary forgotten Wolven steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 292 |
|
3 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Legendary Griffin steel sword | Witcher Gear | 11 | 126 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Griffin steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 18 | 176 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Griffin steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 291 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Legendary Griffin steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 26 | 234 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Legendary Manticore steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 342 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Legendary Ursine steel sword | Witcher Gear | 20 | 191 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Legendary Ursine steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 25 | 227 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Legendary Ursine steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 292-356 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Ursine steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 30 | 263 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Viper steel sword | Witcher Gear | 2 | 56 |
|
2 | Crafted | White Orchard | Base game | |
| Legendary Viper venomous steel sword | Witcher Gear | 39 | 334 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |
| Legendary Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 39+ | 320 |
|
1 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Legendary Wolven steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 46+ | 371 |
|
2 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Legendary Wolven steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 59+ | 464 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Legendary Wolven steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 54+ | 428 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Longclaw | Relic | 37 | 297 |
|
3 | Skellige | Base game | ||
| Lune | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Mahakaman steel sword | 40 | 315-385 |
|
2 | Base game | ||||
| Manticore steel sword | Witcher Gear | 40 | 335-409 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Maribor sword | 15 | 135 | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Base game | ||||
| Metinna blade | - | - | 1 random Master effect | 1 | Random loot | - | Base game | ||
| Mourner | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Nilfgaardian longsword | 7 | 76-94 | 2 random Magic effects | 0 | White Orchard | Base game | |||
| Nine-Tailed Vixen steel sword | Relic | 11 | 109-133 |
|
1 | Fixed loot | Vizima | Base game | |
| Novigrad longsword | 5 | - | 2 random Magic effects | 0 | - | Base game | |||
| Ofieri decorated saber | 35 | 277 |
|
1 | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |||
| Ofieri kilij | Relic | 33-35 | 274 |
|
2 | Fixed loot | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |
| Ofieri saber | Relic | 38 | 315 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |
| Order of the Flaming Rose sword | 36 | 299-365 | 3 | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | ||||
| Princess Xenthia's sword | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Ravix of Fourhorn's sword | Magic | - | 30-36 |
|
3 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Rusty Nilfgaardian sword | Common | - | - | - | 0 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Rusty Novigrad sword | Common | - | - | - | 0 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Rusty Skellige sword | Common | - | - | - | 0 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Rusty Velen sword | Common | - | - | - | 0 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Scoia'tael sword | 27 | 220-270 |
|
2 | Velen | Base game | |||
| Silverton sword | - | - | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Random loot | - | Base game | ||
| Skellige longsword | 6 | 67 |
|
0 | - | Base game | |||
| Spikeroog longsword | 11 | 103 |
|
1 | Base game | ||||
| Squire's steel sword | 46+ | 368 |
|
3 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Steel shortsword | Common | - | - | - | 0 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Superior Dol Blathanna sword | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | Base game | ||
| Sword of a Thousand Flowers | Relic | 7 | 82-100 |
|
1 | Fixed loot | Vizima | Base game | |
| Teigr | Witcher Gear | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Temerian poniard | 1 | 31-39 | 1 random Master effect | 0 | White Orchard | Base game | |||
| Tesham Mutna Steel sword | Relic | 39 | 320 |
|
3 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| The Emmentaler | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Novigrad | Base game | |
| The Reckoner | Magic | - | 30-36 |
|
1 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Tir Tochair blade | Relic | 46 | 364 |
|
2 | Skellige | Base game | ||
| Tor Lara | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Toussaint Ducal Guard Officer's steel sword | 42 | 342 |
|
3 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Toussaint Ducal Guardsman's steel sword | 43+ | 346 |
|
3 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Toussaint knight's steel sword | 48 | 385 |
|
3 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Toussaint steel sword | 48 | 385 |
|
3 | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |||
| Ultimatum | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Velen | Base game | |
| Ursine steel sword | Witcher Gear | 20 | 184-224 |
|
1 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Ursine steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | - | 220-268 |
|
2 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Ursine steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 284-348 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Ursine steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 30 | 256-312 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Velen longsword | 1 | 34-42 | 2 random Magic effects | 0 | Base game | ||||
| Vicovaro blade | - | - | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Random loot | - | Base game | ||
| Viper steel sword | Witcher Gear | 2 | 49-61 |
|
1 | Crafted | White Orchard | Base game | |
| Viper venomous steel sword | Witcher Gear | 39 | 328-400 |
|
3 | Crafted | Novigrad | Hearts of Stone | |
| Viroledan blade | Relic | 46 | 371-453 |
|
3 | Crafted | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Vitis | Relic | 40+ | 325 | 3 | Quest reward | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | ||
| Vrihedd Brigade sword | - | - |
|
0 | Random loot | Base game | |||
| Wild Hunt warrior's sword | - | - |
|
1 | Random loot | Base game | |||
| Winter Blade | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | Skellige | Base game | |
| Winter's Blade | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Quest reward | Skellige | Base game | |
| Witch hunter's sword | 31 | 248-304 | 2 random Magic effects | 0 | Skellige | Base game | |||
| Witch Slayer | Magic | 35 | 279-341 | 2 random Magic effects | 1 | Base game | |||
| Witcher's steel sword | 1 | 22-26 | +25 Armor piercing | - | Base game | ||||
| Wolf | Relic | - | - |
|
3 | Random loot | - | Base game | |
| Wolven steel sword | Witcher Gear | 14 | 140-172 |
|
1 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Wolven steel sword - enhanced | Witcher Gear | 21 | 191-233 |
|
2 | Crafted | Kaer Morhen | Base game | |
| Wolven steel sword - mastercrafted | Witcher Gear | 34 | 284-348 |
|
3 | Crafted | Velen | Base game | |
| Wolven steel sword - superior | Witcher Gear | 29 | 248-304 |
|
3 | Crafted | Skellige | Base game | |
| Wooden sword | Common | 1 | 20-24 | - | 0 | Quest reward | Novigrad | Base game |
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Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "Steel Swords"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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- Witcher 3:Aerondight
- Witcher 3:Ami
- Witcher 3:Black Unicorn
- Witcher 3:Blunt crossbow bolt
- Witcher 3:Bolt with bait
- Witcher 3:Bolts
- Witcher 3:Broadhead bolt
- Witcher 3:Crossbow
- Witcher 3:Death From Above
- Witcher 3:Elven crossbow
- Witcher 3:Exploding bolt
- Witcher 3:Feline crossbow
- Witcher 3:Fen'aeth
- Witcher 3:Geralt of Rivia's crossbow
- Witcher 3:Gesheft
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Feline silver sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Feline steel sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster forgotten Wolven steel sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Griffin silver sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Griffin steel sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Ursine silver sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Ursine steel sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Wolven silver sword
- Witcher 3:Grandmaster Wolven steel sword
- Witcher 3:Iris
- Witcher 3:Manticore silver sword
- Witcher 3:Manticore steel sword
- Witcher 3:Ofieri crossbow
- Witcher 3:Precision bolt
- Witcher 3:Ravix of Fourhorn's crossbow
- Witcher 3:Skellige crossbow
- Witcher 3:Split bolt
- Witcher 3:Toussaint crossbow
- Witcher 3:Toussaint knight's steel sword
- Witcher 3:Tracking bolt
- Witcher 3:Ursine crossbow
- Witcher 3:Viper venomous silver sword
- Witcher 3:Viper venomous steel sword
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