One-handed weapon · Swords

Iron Sword

The straight line between life and death runs along the edge of this blade.

Damage

55 Slash

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromMeadows· in the developers' Mountains test kit

Item IDSwordIronSpawnspawn SwordIron 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 2

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	55 Slash	21	200	2	2× Wood 20× Iron 3× Leather Scraps
2	61 Slash	21	250	3	1× Wood 10× Iron 2× Leather Scraps
3	67 Slash	21	300	4	2× Wood 20× Iron 4× Leather Scraps
4	73 Slash	21	350	5	4× Wood 40× Iron 8× Leather Scraps

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

Stats

Skill: Swords
Primary attack stamina: 10
Secondary attack: 20 stamina, ×3 damage
Knockback: 40
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 21
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 20
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 2
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 0.8

Hits to kill in the Meadows

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Neck	5	51.1	1	1
Deer	10	51.1	1	1
Boar	10	51.1	1	1
Greyling	20	51.1	1	2
Greydwarf	40	51.1	1	3
Greydwarf Shaman	60	51.1	2	4
Greydwarf Brute	150	51.1	3	9
Fuling	175	51.1	4	11
Eikthyr	500	51.1	10	—

Level 4 Iron 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
Wooden Sword	1	4	4	0.8
Wooden Greatsword	1	4	8	4
Bronze Sword	35	53	8	0.8
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