Bright Hope Sword

Bright Hope Sword

An iron blade erupts from the golden handle, splitting it like a growing sprig leaping through gilded leaves. Hope always finds a way to grow, even in the darkest of times.
Type	One-handed Sword
Level	1 to 55
Damage	10 to 84 (common)
Speed	0.6s attack speed, 140 DPS
Defence	-
Gem Slot	-
Location	-

Bright Hope Sword is a one-handed Warrior sword with an iron blade bursting from a golden handle, and its strength is healing through combat. Each strike feeds health back to its wielder, which keeps a Warrior standing through long fights. The blade gains two cutting enhancements and a flicker of fire damage on top. For extra punch, the sword raises crit chance as well. Front-line fighters who trade blows and want to lean less on food and potions get real value from it. Strength drives its cuts, and a little extra crit damage makes its frequent crits pay off. Fittingly for a weapon of hope, it waits in the darkest stretch of the late game, inside Ancient containers of the Cinder's Cradle.

Damage By Level

Base damage grows with item level and with rarity. The table shows the base damage before perks and gems. Each perk adds its own bonus on top.

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147

Enhancements by Level

Each upgrade at the Blacksmith raises a copy by one level and unlocks the next enhancement. The levels count from the copy's own level, so a level 9 copy unlocks them at levels 10 to 14. This weapon takes up to five upgrades. Every upgrade of one copy costs the same number of Runes. On a legendary copy, the fourth and fifth upgrades also take Legendary Runes. The costs are for a level 50 copy. Other copies cost more or less by level, as the second table shows.

Upgrade	Unlocks At	Enhancement	Effect	Runes	Legendary Runes	NPC
1	Level +1	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Blacksmith
2	Level +2	Cutting Damage	Adds Cutting Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	-	Blacksmith
3	Level +3	Critical Strike Chance	+7% Critical Strike Chance	850	-	Blacksmith
4	Level +4	Health Leech	+9 Health Leech	850	106	Blacksmith
5	Level +5	Fire Damage	Adds Fire Damage equal to 10% of base damage	850	106	Blacksmith
Total	-	-	-	4,250	212	Blacksmith

The rune cost depends only on the copy's level. This table shows the price of one upgrade and of every upgrade the copy can take, level by level.

Level	Upgrades	Runes per Upgrade	Total Runes	Total Legendary Runes
1	5	46	230	12
10	5	130	650	32
20	5	256	1,280	64
30	5	418	2,090	104
40	5	616	3,080	154
50	5	850	4,250	212

Skills

These skills make swords stronger or add new moves to them.

Skill	Tree	Cost	Effect
Finesse	Warrior	3	One-handed melee weapons and daggers have a 20% chance not to lose durability.
One-Handed Specialization	Warrior	3	Unlocks Special Abilities for One-Handed Melee weapons. Press [R] to unleash a powerful Special Ability after generating enough Focus.
Swift Blades	Warrior	5	Allows you to attack faster with one-handed swords and axes.

Compared With Other Swords

The strongest legendary swords at level 50, sorted by damage per second.

Weapon	Damage	Speed	DPS
Apex Machete	147	0.6s	245
Aurora Sword	147	0.6s	245
Dragon Sword	147	0.6s	245
Enflamed Sword	147	0.6s	245
Ezramin's Courage	147	0.6s	245
Fang Blade	147	0.6s	245
Greater Golden Twinflame Sword	147	0.6s	245

Lore

The iron blade breaks from the golden handle like a young shoot through gilded leaves, a sign that hope grows even in dark times.

Notes

Health leech returns health with every hit.
Two cutting damage enhancements and one fire damage enhancement mix physical and magic damage.

Lore

An iron blade bursts out of the golden handle. It looks like a young shoot breaking through gilded leaves. Hope always finds a way to grow, even in the darkest times.

Notes

Copies come in every rarity from Common to Legendary.

All Swords

Springlands

Swords found or crafted in the Springlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Bronze Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Springlands, Revelwood, Nomad Highlands, Kindlewastes
Rusty Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Springlands
Scrappy Sword	5	0.6s	-	Craftable
Wailing Blade	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable

Revelwood

Swords found or crafted in Revelwood:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Hailscourge	1 to 50	0.6s	223	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Noble Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Revelwood
Sword Of The Serpent	13	0.6s	-	Lore Weapon, Craftable
White Wolf Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Revelwood
Wolf's Maw	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Revelwood

Nomad Highlands

Swords found or crafted in the Nomad Highlands:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Dragon Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Fang Blade	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Nomad Highlands
Ice Blade	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Nomad Highlands
Stonewrought Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	173	Nomad Highlands
Sword of Radiance	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Nomad Highlands

Kindlewastes

Swords found or crafted in the Kindlewastes:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Enflamed Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Extinguished Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Kindlewastes
Major Arcana	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Minor Arcana	1 to 50	0.6s	173	Kindlewastes
Nova	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes
Sunbeam	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Kindlewastes

Albaneve Summits

Swords found or crafted in the Albaneve Summits:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Acid Cleaver	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Scavenger Enemy Drop
Fell Broad Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Fell Enemy Drop
Greater Golden Twinflame Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Icicle Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Albaneve Summits
Lesser Golden Twinflame Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	173	Lore Weapon, Craftable
Pyreblade	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Scavenger Enemy Drop
Rune Apprentice's Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Albaneve Summits
Rune Master's Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits
Rusty Short Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Fell Enemy Drop
Sharpened Broadsword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Fell Enemy Drop
Short Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Vukah Enemy Drop
Aurora Sword	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Albaneve Summits

Veilwater Basin

Swords found or crafted in the Veilwater Basin:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Drak'Dal Spine	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Veilwater Basin
Explorer's Machete	1 to 50	0.6s	140	Veilwater Basin
Apex Machete	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin
Spine Of Dalszul	1 to 50	0.6s	245	Veilwater Basin

Cinder's Cradle

Swords found or crafted in the Cinder's Cradle:

Name	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Bright Hope Sword	1 to 55	0.6s	140	-
Ezramin's Courage	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Pyreheart Blade	1 to 55	0.6s	245	-
Starborn Sword	1 to 55	0.6s	140	-

Hollow Halls

Swords found in the Hollow Halls:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Sacrilegious Steelsword		1 to 50	0.6s	223	Hollow Halls Loot

Shroud Lairs

Swords found in the Shroud Lairs:

Name	Image	Level	Speed	DPS	Location
Eclipsed Blade		1 to 50	0.6s	223	Shroud Lair Loot

Weapon Categories

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147

Level	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
1	10	11	12	16	18
10	23	26	29	38	41
20	38	42	48	62	68
30	54	59	67	86	94
40	68	75	86	110	121
50	84	92	104	134	147