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For one-handed swords in other games, see Longswords (Dragon Age II) and Swords (Inquisition).
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Longswords are one-handed melee weapons. They do high amounts of damage, but typically are lower in the armor penetration and critical strike values. Longswords can be considered to be the "jack-of-all-trade" for one-handed melee weapons; while their stats for critical and armor penetration are not the best, they are not the worst.

Properties[]

Name Attribute Attribute Modifier Aim Time Speed Modifier
Longswords 100% strength 100% -0.1

Scaling[]

Tier Base damage Armor penetration Critical chance Range Requisite Runes
Iron (Tier 1) 7.00 2.00 2.00 Melee 11 strength 0
Grey Iron (Tier 2) 7.70 2.30 2.20 Melee 13 strength 0
Steel (Tier 3) 8.40 2.60 2.40 Melee 15 strength 1
Veridium (Tier 4) 9.10 2.90 2.60 Melee 19 strength 1
Red Steel (Tier 5) 9.80 3.20 2.80 Melee 25 strength 2
Silverite (Tier 6) 10.50 3.50 3.00 Melee 27 strength 2
Dragonbone (Tier 7) 11.20 4.00 3.20 Melee 31 strength 3
White Steel (Tier 8) 11.90 4.50 3.40 Melee 35 strength 3
Volcanic Aurum (Tier 9) 12.60 5.00 3.60 Melee 39 strength 3

Longswords[]

Dragon Age: Origins[]

Name Damage
Critical chance Armor penetration Strength modifier Runes Enhancements Notes
Asturian's Might
Varies
Requires: 15 or 27 strength
8.40 or 10.50 2.40% or 3.00% 2.60 or 3.50 1.00 1 to 2 +2 damage
+1 armor penetration
Weakens Nearby Darkspawn
Requires the Warden's Keep DLC.
Blightblood
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +3% melee critical chance
+2 attack
+10% critical/backstab damage
Poison: Venom
Automatically added in the inventory at the start of Dragon Age: Origins by completing The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC.

Restriction: Warrior or rogue
Borrowed Longsword
Iron
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0 +1 armor penetration
+6 attack
Dar'Misaan
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0
Darkspawn Longsword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0 +0.5 armor penetration
-1 dexterity
Duncan's Sword
Varies
Requires: 25-31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 2-3 (console) +3 willpower
+3 cunning
+2/+4 stamina regeneration in combat
+4 damage vs. darkspawn
Requires the Return to Ostagar DLC
Dwarven Longsword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0
Dwyn's Sword
Steel
Requires: 15 strength
8.40 2.40% 2.60 1.00 1 Messy kills
+2% spell resistance
Dropped from Dwyn in his home if a failed intimidation attempt leads to combat. Can also be looted from his corpse if he dies during The Attack at Nightfall.
Family Sword
Grey Iron
Requires: 13 strength
7.70 2.20% 2.30 1.00 0 +1 damage
+4 attack
Restriction: Warrior or Rogue
Fine Dwarven Blade
Grey Iron
Requires: 13 strength
7.70 2.20% 2.30 1.00 0 +2 attack May be given by Pyral Harrowmont at the start of The Exile.
Gorim's Sword
Red Steel
Requires: 25 strength
9.80 2.80% 3.20 1.00 2 +2 damage vs. darkspawn
Imperial Edge
Silverite
Requires: 27 strength
10.50 3.00% 3.50 1.00 0 or 2 +2 damage
+3% melee critical chance
+6 attack
Keening Blade
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +2 armor penetration
+6 attack
+3 cold damage
Dropped by Gaxkang at the Quaint Hovel in the end of the Unbound side quest.

Restriction: Warrior
Longsword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0
Maric's Blade
Varies
Requires: No
9.80-11.20 2.80%-3.20% 3.20-4.00 1.00 2-3 +0.75/1.5 health regeneration in combat
Weakens nearby darkspawn
+0.75/1.5 stamina regeneration in combat
+6 damage vs. darkspawn
Looted from Cailan's Chest in the Return to Ostagar (quest).
Oathkeeper
Steel
Requires: 15 strength
8.40 2.40% 2.60 1.00 1 +1.5 armor penetration
+10% to healing effects received
Regulation Sword
Grey Iron
Requires: 13 strength
7.70 2.20% 2.30 1.00 0
Saw Sword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0 +1 damage
+1% melee critical chance
Ser Garlen's Sword
Grey Iron
Requires: 13 strength
7.70 2.20% 2.30 1.00 0 +2 attack
+10 physical resistance
Spellweaver
Silverite
Requires: 27 strength/magic
10.50 3.00% 3.50 1.00 2 +5 magic
+1 or +2 mana regeneration in combat
+10% spell resistance
+3 electricity damage
Dropped by the Arcane Warrior Cultist Overseer in the Mountainside Caverns, during The Urn of Sacred Ashes main quest.

Restriction: Arcane Warrior
Starfang (longsword)
Starmetal
Requires: 31 strength
11.90 3.40% 4.20 1.00 3 +3 dexterity
+3 damage
+2.5 armor penetration
Requires the Warden's Keep DLC
The Green Blade
Veridium
Requires: 19 strength
9.10 2.60% 2.90 1.00 1 +10% nature resistance
+6 damage vs. beasts
Possible reward from A Missing Child.
Topsider's Honor
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +20% spirit resistance
+6 damage vs. undead
It is a reward for completing An Admirable Topsider quest. Found in the Warrior's Grave in Ortan Thaig.
Warden's Longsword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening[]

Name Damage
Critical chance Armor penetration Strength modifier Runes Enhancements Notes
Blightblood
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +5% melee critical chance
+6 attack
+15% critical/backstab damage
Poison: Venom
Automatically added in the inventory at the start of Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening by completing The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC.

Restriction: Warrior or rogue
Darkspawn Longsword
Varies
Requires: 11 strength
7.00 2.00% 2.00 1.00 0 +2 cunning
+2 damage
Dumat's Spine
Varies
Requires: 35 strength
11.90 3.40% 4.50 1.00 3 +0.75/+1.5 stamina regeneration in combat
+6 attack
+25% critical/backstab damage
Kallak
White Steel
Requires: 35 strength
11.90 3.40% 4.50 1.00 0 +10% critical/backstab damage
+3 electricity damage
Acquired by repairing the Broken Sword in Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter.
The Winter Blade
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +0.5 armor penetration
+4 attack
+3 cold damage
Vigilance (longsword)
Volcanic Aurum
Requires: 41 strength
12.60 3.60% 5.00 1.00 0 +1 to all attributes
+2 attack
+0.5 armor penetration

Additional stats depending on choices selected during the conversation.
Warden's Companion
Dragonbone
Requires: 31 strength
11.20 3.20% 4.00 1.00 3 +2 dexterity
+0.5 armor penetration
+4 attack
+6 damage vs. darkspawn
May be automatically acquired in the start of Awakening.

Restriction: The Warden-Commander

Leliana's Song[]

Name Damage
Critical chance Armor penetration Strength modifier Runes Enhancements Notes
Royeaux One and Two
Silverite
10.50 3.00% 3.50 1.00 0 +2 damage
+3% melee critical chance
+6 attack

Leliana starts with this longsword.

The Darkspawn Chronicles[]

Name Damage
Critical chance Armor penetration Strength modifier Runes Enhancements Notes
Darkspawn Longsword
Steel
Requires: 15 strength
8.40 2.40% 2.60 1.00 0 +0.5 armor penetration
Saw Sword
Silverite
Requires: 15 strength
10.50 3.00% 3.50 1.00 0 +10% melee critical chance
+4 Attack
Warden's Longsword
Silverite
10.50 3.00% 3.50 1.00 0 Looted from Riordan's corpse in the entrance courtyard of Fort Drakon.

Trivia[]

  • "Longsword" is an ambiguous term, and has been broadly applied to weapons as diverse as Viking swords, Rapiers, and early Renaissance-period Bastard swords.
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