Lost Ark: Best Swords & How To Get Them

Lost Ark is a well-established MMORPG that follows the Korean style. Although oddly enough, it does not focus too heavily on the level grind as many Korean MMORPGs have traditionally done. This is primarily a PvE game, with very little PvP content. The storyline is tied to the name, as the player begins a search for the Lost Ark straight after finishing the prologue.

There are hundreds of weapons in Lost Ark, most of which are part of a gear set. The Assasin subclass, Deathblade is the main user of swords in this game, although classes such as the Slayer can use a few swords. This list was created by choosing good weapons that form part of useful gear sets.

8 Providence Sword

Good Low-Level Deathblade Weapon

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 500 (tier 2)
• Restricted trading item level: 250
• Power: 600+
• How to get: Looted from Chaos Dungeon

The Providence Sword in Lost Ark is an assassin’s weapon, and it can only be used by players who have chosen the Deathblade class. This is a rare weapon, and as such, should be quite easy to obtain, making it a good target for newer players to try and acquire.

However, it is obtained by completing daily Chaos Dungeons, so it may take some time to loot the correct item, as a player can only complete 2 Chaos Dungeon runs each day. Although the game does have a catch-up mechanic that enables players that have been away from the game to run Chaos Dungeons more regularly.

7 Enraged Nature Sword

Good Deathblade Upgrade

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 500 (tier 2)
• Bound on pick up
• Power: 600+
• How to get: Player-crafted

The Enraged Natures Sword is another Deathblade exclusive weapon. It is part of the Enraged Nature set which consists of headwear, chestpiece, pants, gloves, and pauldrons. This gear set offers a movement rate and attack bonus.

All of the parts of the Enraged Nature set are player-crafted. They need to be crafted by talking to the Abyss Equipment NPC, and these are located in most major towns and cities. Overall, the Enraged Nature Sword is a solid weapon choice for a Deathblade, especially once they have the gear set bonuses to match.

6 Mute Guardian Sword

Part Of A Decent Epic Gear Set

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 500 (tier 2)
• Bound on pick up
• Power: 600+
• How to get: Player-crafted

The Mute Guardian Sword is part of the Mute Guardian gear set. This is an excellent choice of weapon and gear set for a Deathblade, as it gives two bonuses that are very useful for building a combat rogue style of character. These are combat recovery speed and critical damage.

This is another player-crafted weapon, as is the associated gear set. It can be crafted in most cities by locating and speaking to the Abyss Equipment NPC.

5 Erupting Waves Sword

Solid Tier 3 Assasin Weapon

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 1250 (tier 3)
• Bonus: 10%-15% additional damage
• Bound on pick up
• Power: 14692
• How to get: Player-crafted

The first of the legendary swords on this list, the Erupting Waves Sword is part of the Erupting Waves set. This is another combat-orientated gear set that gives bonuses to base damage and crit damage, depending on how many pieces of the gear set are equipped.

Once again, this is a player-crafted weapon and can be crafted by visiting the same Abyss Equipment NPC already mentioned in previous entries. The stats of this weapon clearly show how great the divide is between epic items and legendary items.

4 Vile Nightmare Flower Greatsword

Tier 3 Slayer Weapon

• Class: Slayer
• Max item level: 1250 (tier 3)
• Bonus: 10%-30% additional damage
• Power: 14692+
• How to get: Player-crafted

The Vile Nightmare Sword is an upgrade of the Nightmare Flower Greatsword and forms part of the Vile Nightmare gear set for the Slayer class. This is a gear set with some major bonuses. These include boosted damage for skills that consume mana, a movement speed bonus, and mana replenishment procs.

Being an upgraded weapon, the player will need to use a Nightmare Flower Greatsword in the Set Gear Manager that can be accessed from almost every city and town in the game.

3 Sunset Sword

For Farming Purified Ether

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 1302 (tier 3)
• Bonus: 5%-15% additional damage
• Power: 16294+
• How to get: Player-crafted

The Sunset Sword is part of the Sunset gear set. However, it works pretty well as a standalone weapon for Lost Ark players who have not managed to get 2 or more of the set items together yet. It is crafted by interacting with the Abyss Equipment NPC in this role-playing game.

The Sunset Gear set has a very interesting set bonus. With just two of the set items equipped, there is a chance for Purified Ether to drop once every 10 seconds, while the player is in combat with a normal-rank enemy that has below 30% of its life left.

2 Harsh Oath Sword

Legendary Sword For Lunar Builds

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 1340 (tier 3)
• Bonus: 5%-15% additional damage
• Power: 17574+
• Bind on pick up (can be traded 3 times after binging)
• How to get: Player-crafted

The Harsh Oath Sword is part of the Harsh Oath gear set and is aimed squarely at Lost Ark players who are going for some form of lunar build, which is very popular with Lost Ark players for end-game raiding. It is player-crafted by the Abyss Equipment NPC but can be traded 3 times even once it has been bound to the player.

The Harsh Oath gear set gives bonuses to Lunar Power production, and also adds some serious damage bonuses to the Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse skills depending on status effects that are currently impacting the player or a party member.

1 Lingering Guiding Hallucination Sword

End-Game Ancient Weapon#

• Class: Deathblade
• Max item level: 1525 (tier 3)
• Bonus: 0%-15% additional damage
• Power: 37831+
• How to get: Weapon upgrade

The Lingering Guiding Hallucination Sword is an upgraded version of the Hallucination Sword, and forms part of the Hallucination gear set. Looking at the stats, we can see that ancient weapons are very much more powerful than every other weapon tier in Lost Ark. It needs to be crafted by using the Set Gear Manager in any city.

The Hallucination gear set is aimed at specific builds that are generally used to run end-game content. In this case, the set gives bonuses to Hallucination generation and damage bonuses to Hallucination skills.