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The Sword is a slashing weapon type in Dauntless.

Summary[ | ]

A classic weapon that shines in close quarters. Slash and slice to build your meter, then let loose with a burst of speed. An excellent choice for severing parts.

The sword has three main components: core combos, Valour combos, and the special meter. The core combos are the most basic combos, and they are the primary source of generating Valour. Once enough Valour is obtained, Valour combos become available, which consume the built-up Valour. Landing the final hit of combos will also increase the Special meter. At full meter, the special becomes available, which generates Valour and has unique properties.

Weapons[ | ]

Icon Name Power Element Perk Cell Slots Unique Effect
Recruit's Sword Icon Recruit's Sword 10 Neutral Icon Neutral None None None
Training Sword Icon Training Sword 10 Neutral Icon Neutral None None None
Raging Blade Icon Raging Blade 20 Neutral Icon Neutral +1 Brutality Perk Icon Ragehunter Insight Cell Insight
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
Periodically enter a rage, dealing +5% damage and gaining immunity to stagger. Taking damage causes you to enrage more quickly.
Quillshot's Tusk Icon Quillshot's Tusk 20 Neutral Icon Neutral +1 Finesse Perk Icon Acidic Finesse Cell Finesse
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
None
Ember Cutlass Icon Ember Cutlass 20 Blaze Icon Blaze +1 Alacrity Perk Icon Evasive Fury Finesse Cell Finesse
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
The sixth hit in a row deals +100% part damage
Onus of Boreus Icon Onus of Boreus 20 Frost Icon Frost +1 Alacrity Perk Icon Conditioning Brutality Cell Brutality
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
Using your special continually generates Frost Sprites that grant your next attack +30 damage and minor frost damage (Max 4 Sprites)
Thundering Blade Icon Thundering Blade 20 Shock Icon Shock +1 Insight Perk Icon Aetheric Attunement Brutality Cell Brutality
Insight Cell Insight
+20% damage vs Behemoth Tails
Skarn's Rancor Icon Skarn's Rancor 20 Terra Icon Terra +1 Brutality Perk Icon Knockout King Brutality Cell Brutality
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
After using your lantern ability, grant a stackable 175 shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
Cry of the Shrike Icon Cry of the Shrike 40 Neutral Icon Neutral +1 Alacrity Perk Icon Conditioning Alacrity Cell Alacrity
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
After dodging, your next attack deals +50 bonus damage and part damage
Charred Saber Icon Charred Saber 40 Blaze Icon Blaze +1 Brutality Perk Icon Aetherhunter Brutality Cell Brutality
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
After spending 75 stamina, next attack emits a cone of flame that deals +100 blaze damage to each unique target within the cone
Pangar's Call Icon Pangar's Call 40 Frost Icon Frost +1 Brutality Perk Icon Knockout King Brutality Cell Brutality
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
Once charged, your next attack places a frost brand that deals 1,000 frost damage after 30 seconds. Slayers can destroy the brand, prematurely detonating it for 50% increased damage. Charges every 90 seconds.
Nayzaga's Razor Icon Nayzaga's Razor 40 Shock Icon Shock +1 Finesse Perk Icon Barbed Insight Cell Insight
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
When Behemoth part is broken, heal for 100
Kharabak's Spur Icon Kharabak's Spur 40 Terra Icon Terra +1 Brutality Perk Icon Bladestorm Finesse Cell Finesse
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
Once charged, your next attack unleashes whirling blades that deal 25 terra damage. Additional attacks speed up the blades, which explode at the end of the duration and deal damage based on blade speed
Frostwülf's Bite Icon Frostwülf's Bite 60 Frost Icon Frost +2 Finesse Perk Icon Galvanized Insight Cell Insight
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
After using your Lantern ability, create a geyser that frequently deals 45 frost damage. Any Slayer moving through the geyser for the first time is granted a stackable 125 health shield that lasts for 25 seconds (max 600 shields).
Winter Ice Icon Winter Ice 60 Frost Icon Frost +2 Alacrity Perk Icon Nimble Finesse Cell Finesse
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
After dodging, drop 2 Ice Mines around you on a 30 second cooldown that deal 300 damage.
Sahvyt's Cutlass Icon Sahvyt's Cutlass 60 Shock Icon Shock +2 Finesse Perk Icon Pulse Finesse Cell Finesse
Finesse Cell Finesse
Once charged, your next weapon swing/shot unleashes a boomerang projectile that frequently deals 250 shock damage to any target hit. Dodging through an attack reduces charge cooldown.
Fenroar's Blade Icon Fenroar's Blade 60 Terra Icon Terra +2 Fortitude Perk Icon Parasitic Finesse Cell Finesse
Brutality Cell Brutality
On jumping create a platform of stone in the air ahead of you that lasts up to three seconds. Up to two jumps in a row can be performed before ability must be recharged.
Activating Lantern refreshes the two jumps.
Shortly after forming, the platform falls, dealing 250 terra damage, and interrupting behemoths.
Sovereign's Torment Icon Sovereign's Torment 60 Terra Icon Terra +2 Brutality Perk Icon Sharpened Brutality Cell Brutality
Insight Cell Insight
After not dealing damage for 4 seconds, your next 3 attacks deal +50% damage
Valomyr's Regard Icon Valomyr's Regard 60 Radiant Icon Radiant +2 Brutality Perk Icon Aetherhunter Brutality Cell Brutality
Insight Cell Insight
Once charged, your next attack deals +550 radiant damage - charge rate increases with higher current health
Stalker's Strike Icon Stalker's Strike 60 Umbral Icon Umbral +2 Finesse Perk Icon Assassin's Frenzy Finesse Cell Finesse
Insight Cell Insight
On chance after dealing damage, generate Shadow Orbs that grant +1.75% damage for 5 seconds - At 5+ Orbs, the bonus doubles
Inferno's Razor Icon Inferno's Razor 80 Blaze Icon Blaze +2 Brutality Perk Icon Overpower Brutality Cell Brutality
Brutality Cell Brutality
The eighth hit in a row deals +150 damage and inflicts major blaze status buildup.
Shriek of the Firebird Icon Shriek of the Firebird 80 Blaze Icon Blaze +2 Insight Perk Icon Aetheric Evasion Insight Cell Insight
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
Attack a Behemoth part to lock onto it and load a homing missile. Missile deals 100 damage and increases the damage of every other missile in the volley by 100. Deal damage to load up to a maximum of 3 additional missiles. Dodging fires all loaded missiles on the locked-on part. 45 second cooldown.
Storm Sword Icon Storm Sword 80 Shock Icon Shock +2 Insight Perk Icon Energized Finesse Cell Finesse
Alacrity Cell Alacrity
After dodging through an attack, your next attacks gain 100% bonus meter for +3 seconds
The Governor The Governor 80 Shock Icon Shock +2 Insight Perk Icon Aetheric Evasion Brutality Cell Brutality
Finesse Cell Finesse
+20% damage vs Behemoth Tails
Glyph Weaver Edge Icon Glyph Weaver Edge 80 Radiant Icon Radiant +2 Insight Perk Icon Aetheric Attunement Brutality Cell Brutality
Fortitude Cell Fortitude
On lantern use, spawn a glyph based on your active glyph type that charges after three seconds. Once charged, the glyph will activate when a Behemoth makes contact. Red Glyph: Deals 750 radiant damage in a radius. Blue Glyph: Grants 150 stacking shields that expire after 25s to slayers in a large radius(max 600 shields). Jump to change the active glyph type. Glyph expire after 10s.
Call of Dawn Icon Call of Dawn 80 Radiant Icon Radiant +2 Finesse Perk Icon Cunning Finesse Cell Finesse
Insight Cell Insight
+12% chance for attacks to hit twice
Verge of Night Icon Verge of Night 80 Umbral Icon Umbral +2 Finesse Perk Icon Cunning Brutality Cell Brutality
Insight Cell Insight
When under 20% health, deal +50% damage
Frostwarden Sverd Icon The Silver Sword(Legacy Content) Frost Icon Frost +2 Fortitude Perk Icon Guardian Fortitude Cell Fortitude
Brutality Cell Brutality
Using your special continually generates Frost Sprites that grant your next attack +30 damage and minor frost damage (Max 4 Sprites)

Legendaries[ | ]

Facing the Keystone Behemoth in a hard Escalation will unlock blueprints for all of its legendary weapons. These high-powered weapons aren't easy to craft, but the perks are worth the extra effort.

Icon Name Power Element Perk Cell Slots Unique Effect
The Cauterizer Icon The Cauterizer 100 Blaze Icon Blaze Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to enter a rage, gaining new attacks for 15 seconds. Deal +25% damage when the target is below 50% health. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
Hypothermica Icon Hypothermica 100 Frost Icon Frost Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to create a Frost Shield that blocks hostile projectiles for 6 seconds. Damages and chills Behemoths that contact it (can interrupt). Resets on Behemoth kill or after 3.5 minutes.
Cyclonic Fury Icon Cyclonic Fury 100 Shock Icon Shock Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to teleport to a Behemoth, dealing shock damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.
Poisonous Thorn Icon Poisonous Thorn 100 Terra Icon Terra Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to revive all Slayers in a large radius, granting them healing over time and immunity to stagger. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 5 minutes.
Edge of Tomorrow Icon Edge of Tomorrow 100 Radiant Icon Radiant Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to rewind to your position 3 seconds prior to reactivation. Restores health and stamina lost in that time, and removes debuffs. Become invulnerable and gain increased move speed for 6 seconds. Usable while downed. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 90 seconds.
Voidbane Icon Voidbane 100 Umbral Icon Umbral Bond Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Legendary Ability: [G] / [L+R] to deal umbral damage to nearby enemies and teleport high into the sky. Then choose a spot to slam down on to, dealing additional umbral damage. Resets on Behemoth kill or after 2 minutes.

Exotics[ | ]

Icon Name Power Element Perk Cell Slots Unique Effect
The Hunger Icon The Hunger (Legacy Content) 80 Umbral Icon Umbral +2 Brutality Perk Icon Ragehunter Brutality Cell Brutality
Prismatic Cell Prismatic
Activate to enter Feast, gaining the effects of Valiant Overdrive while also gaining increased damage and lifesteal. Damages the user while active. Reactiving to dash also grants brief invulnerability.

Specials[ | ]

Name Description Obtained From
Valiant Overdrive Icon 001 Valiant Overdrive Activate at full meter to enter Overdrive, gaining +20% attack speed and causing attacks to deal +60-80 aoe damage. Grants 1 Valour immediately and then 1 Valour every 4 seconds. Reactivate to dash in a direction (Costs 1 Valour). Available from the start.
Ardent Cyclone Icon 001 Ardent Cyclone Activate at full meter to spin, becoming unstaggerable and dealing 80 damage constantly to nearby enemies. Grants 1 Valour every 4 seconds. Reactivate to slash in a direction, dealing 500 + (20 x number of spin hits) to the first enemy hit. Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Feast Icon 001 Feast Activate at full meter to enter the Feast, gaining the effects of Valiant Overdrive, +25% damage and +12% lifesteal. Health is constantly drained. Dashing also grants invulnerability Available only on The Hunger.
Avenging Overdrive Icon 001 Avenging Overdrive Activate at full meter to enter Overdrive, gaining +20% attacks speed and causing attacks to deal +60-80 aoe damage. Reactivate to parry and riposte a Behemoth attack, dealing 800 damage and granting 1 Valour when successful (2 second cooldown) Bought from Lady Luck Store for 500 Steel Marks.

Mods[ | ]

Icon Name Description Obtained From
Mending Bladecore Icon 001 Mending Bladecore Each Valour gained or spent restores 30 health. Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Recursive Hilt Icon 001 Recursive Hilt Dealing damage with Bladerush restores 20 stamina and generates 3 Valour over 9 seconds. Does not stack. Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Charged Swordfocus Icon 001 Charged Swordfocus Instead of dealing damage over time, Resounding Echo deals damage once after it expires and deals +35% total damage. Slayer's Path, Milestone V, Light the Way.
Keen Edge Icon 001 Keen Edge After dealing damage with the Bladesurge projectile, increase your movement speed by 25% for 10 seconds. Additionally, after the Bladesurge projectile travels a short distance, the damage is increased by 100%. Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks.
Dynamic Bladecore Icon 001 Dynamic Bladecore After using any Valour combo, your next Valour combo within 5 seconds deals +30% damage. Bought from Lady Luck Store for 250 Steel Marks.

Weapon Skins[ | ]

The following weapon skins can be used with the Sword:


Mastery Card[ | ]

Objective Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8
Break [x] parts with any Sword 5 10 25 50 250 500 1,000 2,500
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any neutral Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any blaze Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any frost Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any shock Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any radiant Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Deal [x] damage to Behemoths with any umbral Sword 50,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 50,000,000
Hunt [x] Behemoths with any Sword 2 10 20 50 100 200 500 1,000

Controls[ | ]

Moves[ | ]

Light Attack
Icon-PC-Left Mouse Fast attacks that deal a medium amount of damage

Heavy Attack
Icon-PC-Right Mouse Slower attacks that deal a heavy amount of damage

Overdrive
Icon-PC-Q Enter an empowered state, increasing attack speed and creating aetheric waves with each attack that deals area damage (only activatable when special meter is full)

Aether Dash
Icon-PC-Q Dash a significant distance. Can only be used when in Overdrive. (Incurs a short cooldown)

Combos[ | ]

Frenzied Blade
Icon-PC-Left MouseIcon-PC-Left MouseIcon-PC-Left Mouse Valour Grants 1 Valour

Sundering Blade
Icon-PC-Right MouseIcon-PC-Right MouseIcon-PC-Right Mouse Valour Grants 2 Valour

Crescent Strike
Icon-PC-Left MouseIcon-PC-Left MouseIcon-PC-Right Mouse Valour Costs 3 Valour

Resounding Echo
Icon-PC-Right MouseIcon-PC-Left MouseIcon-PC-Right Mouse Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladerush
Icon-PC-Left Mouse(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladesurge

Icon-PC-Right Mouse(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Moves[ | ]

Light Attack
Icon-XB1-X Fast attacks that deal a medium amount of damage

Heavy Attack
Icon-XB1-Y Slower attacks that deal a heavy amount of damage

Overdrive
Icon-XB1-RB Enter an empowered state, increasing attack speed and creating aetheric waves with each attack that deals area damage (only activatable when special meter is full)

Aether Dash
Icon-XB1-RB Dash a significant distance. Can only be used when in Overdrive. (Incurs a short cooldown)

Combos[ | ]

Frenzied Blade
Icon-XB1-XIcon-XB1-XIcon-XB1-X Valour Grants 1 Valour

Sundering Blade
Icon-XB1-YIcon-XB1-YIcon-XB1-Y Valour Grants 2 Valour

Crescent Strike
Icon-XB1-XIcon-XB1-XIcon-XB1-Y Valour Costs 3 Valour

Resounding Echo
Icon-XB1-YIcon-XB1-XIcon-XB1-Y Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladerush
Icon-XB1-X(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladesurge

Icon-XB1-Y(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Moves[ | ]

Light Attack
Icon-PS4-Square Fast attacks that deal a medium amount of damage

Heavy Attack
Icon-PS4-Triangle Slower attacks that deal a heavy amount of damage

Overdrive
Icon-PS4-R1 Enter an empowered state, increasing attack speed and creating aetheric waves with each attack that deals area damage (only activatable when special meter is full)

Aether Dash
Icon-PS4-R1 Dash a significant distance. Can only be used when in Overdrive. (Incurs a short cooldown)

Combos[ | ]

Frenzied Blade
Icon-PS4-SquareIcon-PS4-SquareIcon-PS4-Square Valour Grants 1 Valour

Sundering Blade
Icon-PS4-TriangleIcon-PS4-TriangleIcon-PS4-Triangle Valour Grants 2 Valour

Crescent Strike
Icon-PS4-SquareIcon-PS4-SquareIcon-PS4-Triangle Valour Costs 3 Valour

Resounding Echo
Icon-PS4-TriangleIcon-PS4-SquareIcon-PS4-Triangle Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladerush
Icon-PS4-Square(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladesurge

Icon-PS4-Triangle(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Moves[ | ]

Light Attack
Icon-Switch-Y Fast attacks that deal a medium amount of damage

Heavy Attack
Icon-Switch-X Slower attacks that deal a heavy amount of damage

Overdrive
Icon-Switch-R Enter an empowered state, increasing attack speed and creating aetheric waves with each attack that deals area damage (Only activatable when special meter is full)

Aether Dash
Icon-Switch-R Dash a significant distance. Can only be used when in Overdrive. (Incurs a short cooldown)

Combos[ | ]

Frenzied Blade
Icon-Switch-YIcon-Switch-YIcon-Switch-Y Valour Grants 1 Valour

Sundering Blade
Icon-Switch-XIcon-Switch-XIcon-Switch-X Valour Grants 2 Valour

Crescent Strike
Icon-Switch-YIcon-Switch-YIcon-Switch-X Valour Costs 3 Valour

Resounding Echo
Icon-Switch-XIcon-Switch-YIcon-Switch-X Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladerush
Icon-Switch-Y(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Bladesurge

Icon-Switch-X(Hold) Valour Costs 3 Valour

Guides[ | ]

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