One-handed weapon · Swords

Black Metal Sword

A thing of death and beauty. It catches the light with a greenish glow.

Damage

95 Slash

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromPlains· in the developers' Plains boss test kit

Item IDSwordBlackmetalSpawnspawn SwordBlackmetal 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 4

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Black Metal Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	95 Slash	39	200	4	2× Finewood 20× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
2	101 Slash	39	250	5	10× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
3	107 Slash	39	300	6	20× Black Metal 10× Linen Thread
4	113 Slash	39	350	7	40× Black Metal 20× Linen Thread

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Craft it and upgrade to level 4:

One Black Metal Sword, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Swords
Primary attack stamina: 14
Secondary attack: 28 stamina, ×3 damage
Knockback: 40
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 39
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 20
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 0.8

Hits to kill in the Plains

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Deathsquito	10	79.1	1	1
Fuling	175	79.1	3	7
Fuling Berserker	800	79.1	11	31
Lox	1,000	39.6	26	76
Vile	1,200	39.6	31	92
Yagluth	10,000	79.1	127	—

Level 4 Black Metal Sword, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.

Compared with similar weapons

Item	Damage	Max level	Stamina	Weight
Iron Sword	55	73	10	0.8
Black Metal Sword	95	113	14	0.8
Silver Sword	105	138	12	1
Mistwalker	115	148	16	0.8
Nidhögg	135	153	16	0.8
Nidhögg the Bleeding	135	153	16	0.8
Nidhögg the Thundering	145	163	16	0.8
Nidhögg the Primal	145	163	16	0.8
Krom	150	168	20	4