Sword

Sword

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The undisputed ruler of short-range combat. Needs a hotter flame to be forged.

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Weapon

Type

Melee

Melee damage

90.0

Rate of fire

1.9 RPS

DPS

171

Item

Weight

5.0

Durability

70 (-0.3 per use)

Single use

No

Added in

v222.0

Spawn Command

cheat gfi Sword 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponSword.PrimalItem_WeaponSword'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Required level

Level 30

Engram points

11 EP

Crafting XP

26.4 XP

Prerequisites

•  Wooden Club

Unlocks

•  Lance
•  Viking Axe 

Used to craft

1 item

Crafted in

•  Smithy
•  Argentavis Saddle
•  Castoroides Saddle
•  Thorny Dragon Saddle
•  Tek Replicator
•  Exo-Mek

Required stations

Refining Forge

Ingredients

50 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

1 × Wood or Fungal Wood

15 × Hide

The Sword is one of the Weapons in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is unlocked at Level 30 for 11 Engram Points.

The Sword deals high damage and has a high swing speed, making it one of the best weapons for melee combat. It can also be used with a shield in the off-hand, further increasing the wielder's survivability. However, the Sword has very low range and knockback compared to its counterpart, the  Pike.

Like the  Wooden Club, the Sword is one of the best tools for harvesting  Organic Polymer.

The Sword has 70 Durability, costing 0.3 Durability per use, for a total of approximately 233 uses.

The Sword is superseded by the  Tek Sword.

Gathering

Resource	Efficiency
Organic Polymer	★★★★★
Raw Meat	★★★☆☆
Hide	★★★☆☆

Notes

• Because it lacks knockback and has a high swing speed, the Sword is great for fighting larger creatures that would otherwise survive the lower DPS of the Pike. Surprise them while they are distracted and land a few hits, if you don't kill them outright kite them into other creatures so you can land a few more hits while they fight amongst each other.
• The Sword is a very effective tool for breaking doors. This can come in handy when raiding bases, though keep in mind that a Sword used in this manner will lose Durability very quickly.
• Despite the description mentioning a hotter flame being required, the sword is crafted in the  Smithy, like other metal tools. This possibly references a scrapped crafting station.
• The Meat-Sword visible in the mutated survivor costume cannot be equipped even if you equip a normal Sword.