- For one-handed swords in other games, see Longswords (Dragon Age II) and Swords (Inquisition).
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 |
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Longswords | 100% strength | 100% | -0.1 |
Scaling[]
Tier | Base damage | Armor penetration | Critical chance | Range | Requisite | Runes |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ser Garlen's Sword Grey Iron Requires: 13 strength |
7.70 | 2.20% | 2.30 | 1.00 | 0 | +2 attack +10 physical resistance |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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