Sword Blade
| Sword Blade | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Made With | 8x Charcoal |
| Station | Advanced Forge |
| Research |
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| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 9 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SwordBlade/additem Base.SwordBlade_NoTang
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| Crafting XP | 100 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Sword Blade is the bare steel blade of a sword, without its grip. It is a Blacksmithing part, and it sits halfway between raw steel and a finished Sword.
A smith uses it two ways. Fitted to a Small Handle with the Assemble Bladed Item recipe, it becomes a Sword again. Taken back to the forge, it is good steel for reshaping into a Shortsword Blade, a Machete Blade or a Simple Sword Blade. It can also be melted down for its steel.
Most blades come from taking a Sword apart with the Dismantle Bladed Item recipe. A master smith can also forge one from a Steel Bar at an Advanced Forge. The blade comes in two looks, one with a tang and one without, and both work the same. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Assembly is the quickest use. The Assemble Bladed Item recipe joins the blade to a Small Handle and gives back a Sword. It needs a hammer, club hammer or mallet, which is kept, and Maintenance level 1.
At the forge the blade counts as a supply of good steel. The Forge Shortsword Blade recipe turns it into a Shortsword Blade at an Advanced Forge with Blacksmithing level 7. It also gives back a Sword Blade Shard or a Steel Bar Quarter as leftover metal. The Forge Machete Blade recipe makes a Machete Blade at the same forge with Blacksmithing level 9.
Simpler forges can use it too. The Forge Crude Sword Blade recipe makes a Simple Sword Blade with Blacksmithing level 8. The Forge Simple Shortsword Blade recipe makes a Simple Shortsword Blade with Blacksmithing level 6. The Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword recipe makes a Scrap Metal Shortsword at even a primitive forge with Blacksmithing level 5. Every forge recipe burns charcoal and keeps the hammer and tongs.
A spare blade also feeds a furnace. The Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item recipe gives four Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace. A dull blade can be sharpened by hand, poorly with a file, or on a Grindstone.
How to Get Sword Blade
The Dismantle Bladed Item recipe takes a Sword apart into its blade and handle. It needs a hammer, club hammer or mallet, which is kept, and asks for no skill. This is by far the easiest way to get a blade.
The Forge Sword Blade recipe makes a new blade from scratch. It takes eight charcoal and one Steel Bar, though a Katana, Katana Blade or Machete Blade also serves as the steel. It needs a ball-peen hammer and tongs, both kept. The work is done at an Advanced Forge with Blacksmithing level 9. The blade is not found as loot.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Sword 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 Sword Blade
Each recipe that makes the Sword Blade is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Sword Blade
The Forge Sword Blade recipe makes the Sword Blade. It needs Blacksmithing level 9. 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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| Sword Blade |
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1x | No | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Tongs | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Sword 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machete Blade |
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Forge Machete Blade | 1x |
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Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 9 | /additem Base.MacheteBlade
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| Scrap Metal Shortsword |
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Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword | 1x |
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Primitive Forge | Blacksmithing: 5 | /additem Base.ShortSword_Scrap
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| Shortsword Blade |
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Forge Shortsword Blade | 1x |
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Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 7 | /additem Base.ShortSwordBlade
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| Simple Shortsword Blade |
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Forge Simple Shortsword Blade | 1x |
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Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 6 | /additem Base.CrudeShortSwordBlade
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| Simple Sword Blade |
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Forge Crude Sword Blade | 1x |
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Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 8 | /additem Base.CrudeSwordBlade
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| Simple Sword | 
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Assemble Bladed Item | 1x |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.CrudeSword
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| Sword Blade |
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Forge Sword Blade | 1x |
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Advanced Forge | Blacksmithing: 9 | /additem Base.SwordBlade
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These recipes accept the Sword 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 Large Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
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Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Variations
The Sword Blade comes in 2 versions with the same stats. Only the look and the name change.
| Name | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|
| Sword Blade |
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/additem Base.SwordBlade
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| Sword Blade (No Tang) | 
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/additem Base.SwordBlade_NoTang
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Notes
- Research Craft on the blade teaches seven blade forging recipes, from the Forge Sword Blade recipe down to the Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword recipe.
- A Katana or Katana Blade can stand in for a Steel Bar in most of these forge recipes.
- Forging a Shortsword Blade from it leaves a Sword Blade Shard for small knives.
- The versions with and without a tang serve every recipe the same way.
- The blade keeps its sharpness and can be honed like a finished weapon.
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