Shortsword Blade
| Shortsword Blade | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Material |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Made With |
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| Station | Advanced Forge |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 7 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ShortSwordBlade/additem Base.ShortSwordBlade_NoTang
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| Crafting XP | 75 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Shortsword Blade is a forged steel blade without its handle. Fitted to a Small Handle, it becomes a Shortsword.
The blade sits at the top of the blade chain. Forge Shortsword Blade makes it from a Steel Bar or an old sword at an Advanced Forge, and it calls for Blacksmithing 7. Assemble Bladed Item then joins it to a Small Handle at Maintenance 1. The blade comes in two looks, with a tang and without one.
Using Research Craft on the blade teaches a whole family of forging recipes, from Forge Simple Blade up to Forge Sword Blade. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Assemble Bladed Item is the main use. It takes the blade and a Small Handle and makes a Shortsword. A hammer, club hammer or mallet is kept, and the recipe needs Maintenance 1.
The loose blade can be sharpened with Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File or Sharpen Blade with Grindstone.
As scrap, it counts as a medium plus steel item. Smelt Steel From Medium Plus Steel Item turns it into three Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace. Smelt Medium Plus Steel Item melts it into a Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel at the same furnace.
Research Craft is the other reason to keep one. It teaches Forge Simple Shortsword Blade, Forge Crude Sword Blade, Forge Shortsword Blade, Forge Sword Blade, Forge Machete Blade, Forge Simple Blade and Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword.
How to Get Shortsword Blade
Forge Shortsword Blade makes it at an Advanced Forge with Blacksmithing 7. The recipe must be learned first. It takes eight Charcoal and one Steel Bar, Katana, Katana Blade, Sword Blade or Sword Blade (No Tang). A smithing hammer and metalworking pliers or tongs are kept. The leftover metal comes back as a Steel Bar Quarter or a blade shard.
Dismantle Bladed Item takes a Shortsword apart with a hammer, club hammer or mallet. That returns the Shortsword Blade.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Shortsword Blade and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Simple Shortsword Blade | Simple Shortsword Blade | 
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/additem Base.CrudeShortSwordBlade
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| Forge Crude Sword Blade | Simple Sword Blade |
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/additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
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| Forge Shortsword Blade | Shortsword Blade | 
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/additem Base.ShortSwordBlade
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| Forge Sword Blade | Sword Blade | 
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/additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Forge Machete Blade | Machete Blade | 
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/additem Base.MacheteBlade
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| Forge Simple Blade | Simple Metal Blade | 
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/additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword | Scrap Metal Shortsword | 
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/additem Base.ShortSword_Scrap
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How to Craft Shortsword Blade
Each recipe that makes the Shortsword Blade is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Shortsword Blade
The Forge Shortsword Blade recipe makes the Shortsword Blade. It needs Blacksmithing level 7. It is made at an Advanced Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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8x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Katana Blade | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Katana_Blade
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| Smithing Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
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| Metalworking Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Shortsword Blade, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Shortsword | 
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Assemble Bladed Item | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.CrudeShortSword
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These recipes accept the Shortsword Blade by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpen Blade | - | - | - | - |
| Sharpen Blade Poorly with File | - | - | - | - |
| Sharpen Blade with Grindstone | - | - | Grindstone | - |
| Smelt Medium Plus Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Medium Plus Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Variations
The Shortsword Blade comes in 2 versions with the same stats. Only the look and the name change.
| Name | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|
| Shortsword Blade |
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/additem Base.ShortSwordBlade
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| Shortsword Blade (No Tang) | 
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/additem Base.ShortSwordBlade_NoTang
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Notes
- Taking a damaged Shortsword apart keeps the blade for a fresh handle.
- Research Craft on one blade teaches seven forging recipes.
- Forging it from a Sword Blade turns a long blade into a shorter one with a shard left over.
- The forge recipe needs an Advanced Forge, not a simple one.
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