Nord Greatsword
| Nord Greatsword | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A striking weapon, both visually and lethally. | |
| Type | Sword |
| Damage |
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| Stamina | 20 primary |
| Block |
76 block armour |
| Weight | 4 |
| Durability | 400 |
| Crafting Station | Frost Foundry |
| Station Level | - |
| Crafting Materials | |
| Biome | Deep North |
| Spawn ID | spawn THSwordGold
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Nord Greatsword is the two-handed sword of the Deep North, dealing 210 slash. It is the one Nord weapon whose cast takes Frozen Branches instead of Timberwood. Instead of crafting it outright at a forge, you pour a cast around a mould found in the biome and then harden it in a Frost Foundry.
How to Craft
You make it in a Frost Foundry from:
- 1x Cast: Nord Greatsword: poured at a level 4 Black Forge from Bloodgold, Frozen Branch and its mould.
- 5x Liquid Frost: frozen down from Ice in a Frigid Kiln.
| Name | Image | Biome | Crafting Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast: Nord Greatsword | 
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Deep North | Black Forge | spawn THSwordGoldUncooked
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| Liquid Frost | 
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Deep North | Frigid Kiln | spawn FrozenFuel
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Mould
You find the Mould: Nord Greatsword in the Deep North:
- It drops from the trash piles you smash in the Winding Tunnels.
- It lies in the buried chests at Memorial Sites.
- It sits on the weapon stands on the last floor of Mörkhalla.
When to Use It
This is end-game gear: you can only progress through the Deep North once Fader is dead.
Upgrades
You can upgrade it twice at the Black Forge. Each step needs the station one level higher than the last: the first costs the per-level amount and the second costs twice that. Quality 4 would cost four times the per-level amount, but it needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, so that row is not yet available.
| Quality | Crafting Station | Slash | Durability | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frost Foundry | 210 | 400 | |
| 2 | Black Forge (Level 5) | 220 | 450 |
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| 3 | Black Forge (Level 6) | 230 | 500 |
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| 4 | Black Forge (Level 7, not yet available) | 240 | 550 |
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Variants
| Weapon | Image | Damage | Elemental Damage | Essence | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nord Greatsword | 
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210 Slash | - | Base weapon | spawn THSwordGold
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| Frostfire Greatsword | 
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186 Slash | 12 Fire, 88 Frost | Frostfire Essence | spawn THSwordGold_FrostFire
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| Thunderblood Greatsword | 
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220 Slash | 45 Lightning | Thunderblood Essence | spawn THSwordGold_BloodLightning
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Properties
The primary attack is a wide three-hit combo, with the last hit dealing double damage. The slower secondary is a thrust for three times the damage.
It blocks with 76 armour and parries at 2x.
It gives -5% movement speed while it is in your hands.
At quality 1 it deals 210 slash damage, 210 in all. Primal Slayer and Scourging Slayer, jointly the hardest-hitting weapons of their kind before the Deep North, deal 180 at quality 1, so the Nord Greatsword hits 17% harder. Each upgrade adds 10 slash, which takes it to 230 slash, 230 in all, at quality 3.
A primary attack costs 20 stamina and the secondary costs 40. Its hits knock enemies back with a force of 55.
It weighs 4 and has 400 durability, rising to 500 at quality 3.
It blocks with 76 armour, or 152 on a well-timed parry at 2x. Blocking a melee attack knocks the attacker back with a block force of up to 50.
Against the creatures of the Deep North, slash deals full damage to Elakings, the Eyeless One, Deep North Greydwarves and their Shamans, Skeletons, Hexen, Krigen, Captive Fulings, Imprisoned Dvergr and Kall Fimbulbringer. It deals reduced damage to Barka, Fallen Warriors, Gammeltrolls, Shapeless and Tiny Pulps and Moose.
Because quality 4 needs a level 7 Black Forge, above the forge's current maximum of 6, it stops at quality 3 in practice.
Crafting it from scratch and taking it to quality 3 costs 50 Bloodgold and 5 Frozen Branch, plus a mould and 5 Liquid Frost.
Notes
- Reforging it into its Frostfire or Thunderblood version resets the new weapon to quality 1, so add the essence before you pay for upgrades.
- Once it reaches its last quality level, the Forge of Potential can push it further with a Bloodgold Battle Idol.
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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.
