Sacrificial Sword is a 4-Star sword that can be obtained via wishes and it has been available in Genshin Impact since its original release with patch 1.0. Sacrificial Sword is an excellent choice of weapon for characters who have high value Elemental Skills and Bursts thanks to its Energy Recharge substat as well as its passive that has a chance to refresh Elemental Skill CD on use. This makes it especially useful on supportive characters like Xingqiu or Kazuha.
About Sacrificial Sword
| Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Weapon Type | Sword |
| Secondary Stat | Energy Recharge |
| Refinement Passive | Composed |
| Region | Mondstadt |
| Series | Sacrificial Series |
How to get Sacrificial Sword in Genshin Impact?
Sacrificial Sword is a 4-Star sword available within all main methods of wishing. It is always available on the Standard Wish Wanderlust Invocation as well as any Character Event Wishes, Beginner Banners, and Weapon Event Wishes. It has frequently been put on rate-up on the Weapon Event Wish banner, most recently on 11-02-2021. A 4-Star item is always guaranteed every 10 rolls, so be on the lookout on rateups to maximize your chance of getting
Upgrades
Ascension and Stats
| Ascension Phase | Level | Base ATK | 2nd Stat (Energy Recharge) |
| 0✦ | 1/20 | 41 | 13.30% |
| 20/20 | 99 | 23.60% | |
| 1✦ | 20/40 | 125 | 23.60% |
| 40/40 | 184 | 34.30% | |
| 2✦ | 40/50 | 210 | 34.30% |
| 50/50 | 238 | 39.70% | |
| 3✦ | 50/60 | 264 | 39.70% |
| 60/60 | 293 | 45.10% | |
| 4✦ | 60/70 | 319 | 45.10% |
| 70/70 | 347 | 50.50% | |
| 5✦ | 70/80 | 373 | 50.50% |
| 80/80 | 401 | 55.90% | |
| 6✦ | 80/90 | 427 | 55.90% |
| 90/90 | 454 | 61.30% |
Ascension Materials
| Items Required | Amount |
| Weapon Ascension Materials | |
| Fetters of the Dandelion Gladiator | 3 |
| Chains of the Dandelion Gladiator | 9 |
| Shackles of the Dandelion Gladiator | 9 |
| Dream of the Dandelion Gladiator | 4 |
| Common Ascension Materials | |
| Chaos Device | 15 |
| Chaos Circuit | 18 |
| Chaos Core | 27 |
| Divining Scroll | 10 |
| Sealed Scroll | 15 |
| Forbidden Curse Scroll | 18 |
| Total Mora | 150000 |
Refinements
| Refinement | Effects |
| 1 | After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s. |
| 2 | After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 50% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 26s. |
| 3 | After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 60% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 22s. |
| 4 | After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 70% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 19s. |
| 5 | After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 16s. |
Availability
| Method | Obtainability |
| Paimon’s Bargains | No |
| Crafting | No |
| Overworld | No |
| Events | No |
| Epitome Invocation | Yes |
| Wanderlust Invocation | Yes |
| Character Event Wish | Yes |
Appearance
Each weapon has two forms, one when it is initially summoned and another once it has reached a certain level of ascension. Once this occurs, the weapon will undergo a change in its design. Sacrificial Sword has a sleek design with silver edges and a dark purple streak running down the center of the blade. It has an azure gemstone located at the base of the blade that attaches it to its purple handle.
Non-Ascended
The gemstone that connects the blade and the hilt together is dulled and dormant, and the general colour tone is darker and heavier.
Ascended
The connecting gemstone lights up brightly, glowing a bright blue. The coloration of the sword is much brighter than before as it goes from an almost black dark purple to a piercing violet at both the hilt and the blade.
Story
On the cliff facing the eastern sea, the ancestors worshipped the masters of Time and Anemo together.
The two are intimately related, as expressed in the saying, "Anemo brings stories while Time nurtures them."
This sword tells the story of protection to show the courage to protect.
Originally just a prop, its blade was sharpened by the passage of time.
This sword once belonged to the kindly Gunnhildr clan. In sacrificial ceremonies, they would enact the defense of Mondstadt.
There were three acts in the ceremony dedicated to the winds of time.
The final act told a tale of the protection of Mondstadt, of life, and of freedom.
The ceremony and its history have now been lost.
But the Gunnhildr clan continues to act as guardians of Mondstadt to this day.
Trivia
-Albedo is seen using the Sacrificial Sword in his official art
-Canonically the Sacrificial Sword once belonged to the Gunnhildr clan, the same clan that Jean is a descendant of.
-It shares the 2nd lowest base ATK totals for 4 star weapons with 41 at level 1 and 454 at level 91. Only the PSN exclusive Sword of Descension is lower.
FAQs
Is the Sacrificial Sword good?
In terms of purely damage potential, the Sacrificial Sword is rather underwhelming with its low baseline ATK. This is why it is a suboptimal choice for characters seeking to do big damage with their normal attacks. However, the benefit of being able to use both Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts can help make up for the raw loss of damage by getting more abilities off.
Who are the best users of Sacrificial Sword?
Xingqiu is a big fan of the Sacrificial Sword. His Elemental Skill normally has a very long cooldown, so being able to immediately have it back up again to both do more damage and to generate more elemental particles to fuel his powerful burst is an extremely powerful boost to his output. Qiqi also likes Sacrificial Sword for similar reasons .
Is Sacrificial Sword BiS for anyone?
In terms of pure selfish damage there are definitely better options, but it is the clearcut best 4-Star option for Sub DPs/Utility purposes for Xingqiu.
Final Thoughts
Sacrificial Sword is one of the best utility weapons in all of Genshin Impact, allowing Sub DPS characters to have high, consistent uptime on their Elemental Burst and Skill usage in order to properly support their teammates. While there are definitely better options in terms of pure damage, they can’t compare in terms of both elemental particle generation as well as Skill/Burst uptime.
