Nidhögg the Bleeding

Nidhögg the Bleeding

If you bleed, your foes are sure to do so as well.
Type	Sword
Damage	135 Slash
Stamina	16 primary, 28 secondary
Block	57 block armour
Weight	-
Durability	200
Crafting Station	Black forge
Station Level	4
Crafting Materials	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Bloodstone
Biome	Ashlands
Spawn ID	`spawn SwordNiedhoggBlood`

Nidhögg the Bleeding is what a bloodstone makes of that blade: an Ashlands sword that leaves whatever it cuts bleeding well after the hit. It deals 135 slash. With 135 total damage it ranks 10th among swords, a step on the ladder rather than the top of it.

How to Craft

You craft it at a level 4 black forge from:

1x Nidhögg: made at a black forge.
6x Flametal: smelted from flametal ore in a blast furnace.
1x Bloodstone: found in the charred fortresses of the Ashlands.

Name	Biome	Crafting Station	Spawn ID
Nidhögg	Ashlands	Black Forge	`spawn SwordNiedhogg`
Flametal	Ashlands	Blast Furnace	`spawn FlametalNew`
Bloodstone	Ashlands	-	`spawn GemstoneRed`

When to Use It

Late game. Flametal comes from the Ashlands, the furthest south the map goes.

Upgrades

You can upgrade it 3 times after crafting, and each level needs the station built one step higher than the last. Every other figure on this page is for quality 1, so this is the ladder your own copy sits somewhere on:

Quality	Crafting Station	Slash	Durability	Resources
1	Black forge (Level 4)	135	200	1x Nidhögg 6x Flametal 1x Bloodstone
2	Black forge (Level 5)	141	250	6x Flametal 1x Bloodstone
3	Black forge (Level 6)	147	300	12x Flametal 2x Bloodstone
4	Black forge (Level 7)	153	350	24x Flametal 4x Bloodstone

Variants

Weapon	Damage	Elemental Damage	Gemstone	Spawn ID
Nidhögg	135 Slash	-	Base weapon	`spawn SwordNiedhogg`
Nidhögg the Bleeding	135 Slash	-	Bloodstone	`spawn SwordNiedhoggBlood`
Nidhögg the Primal	135 Slash	10 Poison	Jade	`spawn SwordNiedhoggNature`
Nidhögg the Thundering	135 Slash	10 Lightning	Iolite	`spawn SwordNiedhoggLightning`

Properties

This sword rewards you for being hurt. Bloodstone adds 0.2% damage for every point of health you are missing, counting your health, not the target's. Being 100 health down gives 20% more damage, which is a real boost, but it is also the state in which the Ashlands kills you.

The gamble is the whole build. It asks for the opposite of the food and Rested discipline the rest of the game rewards, so it suits a player who blocks and parries well enough to fight at half health on purpose. If that is not you, the Thundering variant asks nothing of you.