Sword

"There is no grace in their making, but we can change that."

— Lord Shaxx

A Warlock wielding a sword.

Swords are a class of heavy weapon introduced in The Taken King expansion.

Overview

Unlike all other player weapon types, swords are close-quarter melee weapons. Prior to the addition of swords, the only melee weapons players could use (excluding the Hunter's knife) were Knight Cleavers and The Aegis relic, which were available temporarily in specific situations.

Additional unique qualities of swords include that they have an alternate "Guard" function that can partially deflect damage from incoming enemy attacks which is good for defensive situations, consuming an amount of Heavy Ammo with each attack despite being melee weapons, and they can only be obtained by completing certain Quests instead of from random drops.

There are three Legendary and three Exotic Swords, one for each element. The Exotic swords all feature a special attack as their Exotic perk.

To obtain a sword, the player first has to complete The Taken King quest, and then the mission Dread Patrol. Eris will recover a shard of Oryx's sword Willbreaker for reverse-engineering. Then, A Broken Will quest becomes available. To upgrade their sword into an exotic sword, A Sword Reforged quest becomes available after upgrading every node on the sword's perk tree and infusing it to level 280 light.

In the Rise of Iron the player obtains The Young Wolf's Howl upon completion of The Iron Tomb from Lord Saladin.

Year Two

Legendary

• Arc Edge
• Arc Infinite Edge
• Sol Edge
• Solar Infinite Edge
• Void Edge
• Void Infinite Edge
• Dreadfang

Exotic

• Bolt-Caster
• Dark-Drinker
• Raze-Lighter

Year Three

Exotic

• The Young Wolf's Howl

Destiny 2 Year One

Uncommon

• Nasreddin

Rare

• Future Imperfect
• Rest for the Wicked

Legendary

• Complex Solution
• Crown-Splitter
• Double-Edged Answer - (Curse of Osiris)
• Eternity's Edge
• Future Safe 10 - (Curse of Osiris)
• Hagakure
• Honor's Edge
• It Stared Back
• Negative Space
• Quickfang
• Steel Sybil Z-14
• Traitor's Fate
• Unspoken Promise

Exotic

• Worldline Zero

Destiny 2 Year Two

Legendary

• Abide the Return - (Forsaken)
• Stryker's Sure-Hand - (Black Armory)
• Zephyr - Acquirable only from The Dawning
• Just in Case
• Goldtusk - (Season of Opulence)
• Death's Razor - (Season of Opulence)
• Throne-Cleaver - (Season of Opulence)

Exotic

• Black Talon - (Forsaken)

Destiny 2 Year Three

Legendary

• Night Terror - Essence of Insanity (Shadowkeep)
• Temptation's Hook - Umbral Engram drop - (Season of Arrivals)
• Falling Guillotine - Umbral Engram drop, only available after reaching level 45 in the Season of Arrivals season pass. - (Season of Arrivals)
• Steel Sybil Z-14 - Vendor package drops

Destiny 2 Year Four

Legendary

Weapon Name	Element	Frame Type	Rounds per Minute	Season	Source	Notes
Bequest	Arc	Adaptive Frame		Beyond Light	Deep Stone Crypt raid
Sola's Scar	Solar	Caster Frame		Season 13	Trials of Osiris	Can roll Adept from the Flawless chest
Quickfang	Void	Lightweight Frame		Season 14	World loot drop	Can only be looted and used by Hunters
Eternity's Edge	Solar	Vortex Frame		Season 14	World loot drop	Can only be looted and used by Warlocks
Crown-Splitter	Void	Aggressive Frame		Season 14	World loot drop	Can only be looted and used by Titans
Hero of Ages	Arc	Vortex Frame		Season 15	Grasp of Avarice dungeon
Zephyr	Stasis	Adaptive Frame		Season 15	The Dawning	Reissued as Stasis. Originally Arc

Exotic

• The Lament - (Beyond Light)

Destiny 2 Year Five

Legendary

Weapon Name	Element	Frame Type	Rounds per Minute	Season	Source	Notes
Razor's Edge	Void	Vortex Frame		The Witch Queen	Iron Banner

Exotic

• Heartshadow - Possible drop from completing Duality dungeon. (Season of the Haunted)

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  Sol Edge, legendary sword.

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  Void Edge, legendary sword.

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  Dark-Drinker, Exotic Sword.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)
  • Rise of Iron
• Destiny 2
  • Curse of Osiris
  • Warmind
  • Forsaken
  • Shadowkeep
  • Beyond Light
  • The Witch Queen