Sword
| Sword | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blade |
| Skill | Long Blade |
| Damage | 2-3 |
| Range | 0.61-1.4 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Sword
|
| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Sword is a forged steel longsword, used as a two-handed long blade weapon. It trains the Long Blade skill. It deals very high damage per hit with a fast swing, and it weighs only 2.
It is one of the strongest weapons a blacksmith can make. Its main hurdle is the Sword Blade, which needs an Advanced Forge and a high Blacksmithing level. Once that is in place, swords can be made in numbers. As loot the Sword is extremely rare, turning up only in late game survivor safehouses.
Combat
The Sword swings at base speed and reaches about 1.4 tiles. Each hit deals between 2 and 3 damage, so it kills quickly. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage five times.
Both hands stay on the hilt. For its light weight it is extremely damaging, which makes it efficient with endurance. It handles single zombies and small groups well.
The Long Blade skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. Against the Machete and the Shortsword, its main advantages are a longer reach and more spread out muscle strain. The Machete matches its damage but reaches less far and wears a little slower. The Katana hits far harder still. The Sword is a top-tier main weapon for any survivor with a working forge.
Uses
The Sword attaches to the back or the belt slot, which keeps the hands free until a fight starts.
How to Craft Sword
Each recipe that makes the Sword is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Bladed Item
The Assemble Bladed Item recipe makes the Sword. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Simple Sword Blade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
|
| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Sword as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Bladed Item | Simple Sword Blade |
|
- | None | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
|
Repair
The Sword has 13 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 20 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. The blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file. Dismantle Bladed Item, with a hammer, takes the Sword apart into its blade and handle.
A worn blade can also be reforged. The Forge Sword Blade recipe accepts an old Sword Blade in any condition in place of a Steel Bar. That turns a worn blade into a brand new one, as often as charcoal, a ball-peen hammer and tongs allow.
Locations
The Sword is an extremely rare piece of loot. It can appear only in late game survivor safehouses, in boxes, crates, counters, shelves and wardrobes. The chance in each container is a tiny fraction of a percent. Forging is the only practical way to get one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Display case | <0.1% |
Notes
- Forge Sword Blade needs an Advanced Forge, Blacksmithing 9, eight charcoal, a ball-peen hammer, tongs and a Steel Bar or an old blade.
- Assemble Bladed Item fits the Sword Blade to a Small Handle, with a hammer that is kept.
- The Blacksmith occupation gives a head start on the long road to forging a Sword.
- Researching the Sword can teach the recipes for assembling blades and for forging sword, shortsword and machete blades.
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