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Dark Thorn Blade
Dark Thorn Blade-Equipped
★★★★☆
Offenses:
Damage type(s) and Attack Speed influence combat. The attack style of the weapon in relation to the combat environment is also important. Consider both when choosing weapons to wield.

Stats

Abilities:
Boosts and Penalties are both considered "abilities" in general. Many items don't have any special abilities. See the Abilities page for details. Some enemies are immune to certain status conditions - see individual status pages for details.

This item doesn't have any special abilities.

CTR:
All weapons gain these CTR bonuses as they level.
  • Level 5+: CTR: Low
  • Level 10: CTR: Medium
Set:

The Dark Thorn Blade is a 4-star sword.

Description[]

A savage sword whose strength has been fortified by an offering of souls to the beast within.

Acquisition[]

Icon-recipe: Basil - Randomly in stock for 10,000 crowns in depth 13, 23 Clockwork Terminals (unbound).

Recipe[]

The 4-star recipe for this item costs 10,000 crowns; the alchemy cost is 2,500 crowns. Below are the materials needed to make the Dark Thorn Blade.

Name Amount
File:Crafting-Dark Shard.png Dark Shard 15
File:Crafting-Sharp Fang.png Sharp Fang 4
File:Crafting-Swordstone.png Swordstone 3
File:Crafting-Dead Gold.png Dead Gold 2
File:Crafting-Silver Coil.png Silver Coil 1
Rarity-Elite Orb of Alchemy icon Elite Orb of Alchemy 3
Equipment-Twisted Snarble Barb icon Twisted Snarble Barb (Level 5+)

Note: When crafting using a bound item as a precursor, the upgraded item will also be bound.

Alchemy Path[]

Dark Thorn Blade's alchemy path
☆☆☆☆☆ ★☆☆☆☆ ★★☆☆☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★★★☆ ★★★★★
Snarble Barb
Snarble Barb
Twisted Snarble Barb
Twisted Snarble Barb
Dark Thorn Blade
Dark Thorn Blade
Barbarous Thorn Blade
Barbarous Thorn Blade


Combat[]

Basic Attack[]

The three hit combo starts with a wide sweeping motion followed by two narrow lunges. First does not move the player, second hit moves the player forward one space, third moves player three spaces.

Charge Attack[]

A powerful slash that sends a rough 45° spread of 6-7 thorns outwards. The spikes, like the blade, deal piercing damage.

Damage[]

The following damage values represent the weapon at its completed level, without any UV or bonus from other equipment, and are listed as a range found from the first to last floor of each stratum.

Dark Thorn Blade's Damage Table
Stratum 1 Stratum 2 Stratum 3 Stratum 4 Stratum 5 Stratum 6
Versus Beasts and Fiends
Hits 1 and 2 41 - 50 58 - 66 106 - 114 120 - 128 180 - 229 248 - 256
Hit 3 48 - 58 69 - 79 124 - 135 142 - 153 214 - 272 295 - 307
Charge Attack 64 - 79 93 - 107 168 - 184 195 - 210 293 - 372 404 - 425
Charge Projectile 17 - 19 23 - 28 51 - 54 56 - 60 91 - 122 134 - 138
Versus Gremlins and Undead
Hits 1 and 2 36 - 42 47 - 51 85 - 87 89 - 90 135 - 172 182 - 174
Hit 3 43 - 50 57 - 64 104 - 108 111 - 115 169 - 215 229 - 225
Charge Attack 60 - 70 81 - 92 148 - 157 164 - 173 248 - 315 339 - 343
Charge Projectile 12 - 13 16 - 19 33 - 34 35 - 37 53 - 68 73 - 72
Versus Slimes and Constructs
Hits 1 and 2 6 - 8 9 - 11 16 - 18 19 - 21 29 - 37 40 - 43
Hit 3 7 - 9 11 - 12 19 - 21 23 - 25 34 - 44 47 - 50
Charge Attack 9 - 12 14 - 16 25 - 28 30 - 33 46 - 59 65 - 69
Charge Projectile 3 - 4 5 - 6 9 - 10 11 - 12 17 - 22 25 - 26
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