Thunderblood Sword

Recipe

Crafted atBlack Forgelevel 4

• 1× Nord Sword
• 20× Bloodgold
• 1× Thunderblood Essence

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	180 Slash45 Lightning	66	400	4	1× Nord Sword20× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
2	190 Slash50 Lightning	66	450	5	10× Bloodgold1× Thunderblood Essence
3	200 Slash55 Lightning	66	500	6	20× Bloodgold2× Thunderblood Essence
4	210 Slash60 Lightning	66	550	7	40× Bloodgold4× Thunderblood Essence

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

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	189	1	1
Blob	50	136.5	1	2
Leech	60	189	1	1
Draugr	100	189	1	2
Wraith	100	115.5	1	3
Oozer	150	136.5	2	4
Draugr Elite	200	189	2	4
Writhan	400	262.5	2	5
Abomination	800	189	5	13
Bonemass	5,000	115.5	44	—

Level 4 Thunderblood 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
Nord Sword	170	200	16	0.8
Slayer	170	188	20	4
Brutal Slayer	170	188	20	4
Scourging Slayer	180	198	20	4
Primal Slayer	180	198	20	4
Nord Greatsword	210	240	20	4
Thunderblood Sword	225	270	16	0.8
Frostfire Sword	238	286	16	0.8
Thunderblood Greatsword	265	310	20	4

Thunderblood Sword in other languages

From the game's own localization files (16 languages).