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Primal Slayer


Primal Slayer
Primal Slayer
The blade works in tandem with the primal forces of the world, seeking death and slaughter.
Type Sword
Damage
Stamina 20 primary
Block
  • 64 block armour
  • 2x parry bonus
  • 50 block force
Weight 4
Durability 200
Crafting Station Black forge
Station Level 4
Crafting Materials
Biome Ashlands
Spawn ID spawn THSwordSlayerNature

Primal Slayer is for the point where the Ashlands stops sending enemies one at a time. It is a two-handed blade with a jade worked into it, so the poison carries through the whole arc. It deals 170 slash and 10 poison, and its 180 total damage matches the Scourging Slayer. Morgen resist blunt, fire, pierce and slash, but not poison, so the poison reaches them in full, though it is a small share of each hit. Poison damage also hurts the Cultist and Ulv more than most mobs.

How to Craft


You craft it at a level 4 black forge with this recipe:

  • 1x Slayer: made at a black forge.
  • 15x Flametal: smelted from flametal ore in a blast furnace.
  • 1x Jade: found in the charred fortresses of the Ashlands.
Name Image Biome Crafting Station Spawn ID
Slayer Slayer Ashlands Black Forge spawn THSwordSlayer
Flametal Flametal Ashlands Blast Furnace spawn FlametalNew
Jade Jade Ashlands - spawn GemstoneGreen

When to Use It


This is a late game weapon. 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. The other figures on this page are for quality 1, so this table shows where your own copy sits on the ladder:

Quality Crafting Station Slash Poison Durability Resources
1 Black forge (Level 4) 170 10 200
2 Black forge (Level 5) 176 10 250
3 Black forge (Level 6) 182 10 300
4 Black forge (Level 7) 188 10 350

Variants


Weapon Image Damage Elemental Damage Gemstone Spawn ID
Slayer Slayer 170 Slash - Base weapon spawn THSwordSlayer
Brutal Slayer Brutal Slayer 170 Slash - Bloodstone spawn THSwordSlayerBlood
Primal Slayer Primal Slayer 170 Slash 10 Poison Jade spawn THSwordSlayerNature
Scourging Slayer Scourging Slayer 170 Slash 10 Lightning Iolite spawn THSwordSlayerLightning

Properties


This is crowd control on the biggest swing. Jade adds 10 poison and a 20% chance to immobilise for 10 seconds, and a two-handed primary attack that catches 3 enemies rolls for it 3 times. Immobilise stops movement and turning, but not attacking or blocking.

The poison adds almost nothing. Many creatures are immune to poison, and the ones that are not mostly live outside the Ashlands. Take this sword to pin a pack in place, and take the Scourging Slayer if you want damage.

Notes


  • With a Shield equipped, blocking uses the shield's block armor, parry force and parry bonus instead of the sword's.
  • The third hit of the primary combo deals double damage, and every enemy a swing catches takes the full damage.
  • The secondary attack deals triple damage with slightly more reach, but costs twice the stamina.
  • Upgrades raise its slash damage from 170 to 188, but its poison damage stays at 10 at every quality level.


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*stats displayed are item's base values. See upgrades under each item for item stats per level.