Large Swords in NieR: Automata are a category of Weapons that deal more damage but are relatively slower in terms of chaining attacks together than Small Swords. Large Swords also has the highest damage output in the game, but also the slowest moveset among all the weapon types. This page lists all available Large Swords in NieR: Automata, and therehere are a total of 9 Large Swords in the game.
Best Large Swords in NieR Automata
- Iron Will - This large sword is a reference to Guts Dragon-Slayer from Kentaro Miura's Berserk Manga series. The blade of the sword is dull, but it is said the power comes from the mass of the alone. This sword increases your defense and with Steel Spine, it also increases your stagger resistance.
- Phoenix Sword - a blade allegedly made from phoenix feathers. This sword increases your attack speed helping you chain combos together, and with the Phoenix Flash, it gives you the chance to to restore a portion of your health when you land your attacks.
- Type-4O Blade - an advanced YoRHa weapon designed to defeat machine lifeforms. Its base damage does a fair amount of damage, it also increases the chance of stunning enemies in combat with Stun Up. Energy Charge grants you increased damage for not using the weapon for a few seconds.
- Virtuous Treaty - similar to Virtuous Contract, this is also a starting weapon you can obtain very early on the game. This sword increase your attack speed and with the Holy Blessing, it will increase your attack power when you're at full health.
- Cruel Blood Oath - a large sword stained in jet black from the blood of years of conflict. This is the larger version of Cruel Oath. It increases your attack speed and with Dark Impulse, it increases your damage output when you're below 30% health, proven useful for when you find yourself in a sticky situation.
Weapons Overview in NieR Automata
There are four different types of Weapons in NieR Automata, Small Swords, Large Swords, Spears, and Combat Bracers. You can obtain different weapons in different ways, by purchasing them through shops, finding them in different chests, and completing different quests. Each weapon type has a different type of attack speed and damage output, and each weapon is unique that it offers a different set of special abilities. All weapons that you obtain in the game can be used by all the playable characters.
Each weapon can be upgraded up to Level 4 which is the max upgrade for any type of weapon. Upgrading a weapon increases the damage and opens up abilities that will make the weapon even more powerful in combat. In most locations, you can only upgrade a weapon up to Level 3, you will need to find Masamune, located in the Castle of the Forest Zone in order to upgrade your weapons to Level 4.
Defeating enemies is key in gathering money to purchase materials and upgrade your weapons. At the start of the game, there are robots roaming around near the resistance camp that you can take out easily. As you progress through the game, the level of enemies will increase, and defeating enemies is vital in progressing through the game.
In combat, melee isn't the only way to deal damage to your opponent. You can always use your Pods, these are small robots that follow you and provide assistance to you while in combat by using projectiles for opponents that are not within your melee range. These pods can also help you in extending your combos. There are enemies that are hard to reach with your melee attacks, and these pods can also help in staggering your opponents.
All Large Swords in NieR Automata
Quick Search of All Large Swords in NieR: Automata
Weapon |
Attack |
Combo |
Special Abilities |
Location |
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LV1: 250 - 400 |
LV1: |
Endurance Up (Increases DEF) |
[Route A,B,C] In the Flooded City on the rubble bridge with the second bus, it is located on a small collapsed piece under the bridge (back towards the Save Point). You need the Pod Scanner Upgrade to find it. May be found next to a collapsed YoRHa soldier, depending on where the story currently is. |
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LV:1 310 - 320 |
Lv1: |
Critical + |
[Route A,B, C] Desert: Housing Complex. Walking from the Access Point, it's in the area where Data Analysis Freak 2 takes place, in a chest on the top of the three flights of stairs on the side of a building. |
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LV:1 320 - 350 |
Lv1: LV4: |
Endurance Up (Increases DEF) Beast's Roar (Increases attack range) |
[Route A,B] Resistance Camp's Weapon's Dealer (10,000 G). |
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LV1: 270 - 340 |
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ATK Speed Up Phoenix Flash (Sometimes recover HP when attacks hit) |
[Route B, C] Immediately after the prologue with 9S after you land in the City Ruins on the rooftop, look to the structure with a door. Hidden around the left corner, you will see a chest you could not open before on 2B's campaign. Hack it to obtain the weapon. |
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LV1: 320 - 330 |
LV1: |
Stun Up Energy Charge (Increases damage while standby) |
[Route B] Complete Data Analysis Freak 2 (Chapter 06) sidequest. |
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LV1: 280 - 360 |
LV1: |
Endurance Up (Increases DEF) Finish Blast (Adds an additional attack after finishing a combo) |
[Route A,C/D] Popola and Devola's shop. |
Virtuous Treaty |
LV1: 300 - 330 |
LV1: |
ATK Speed Up Holy Blessing (ATK up when HP at full) |
[Route A] Go back to the Abandoned Factory from the prologue. The sword will be next to the collapsed bridge where you fought Engels. |
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LV1: 300 - 330 |
LV1: |
ATK Speed Up Dark Impulse (ATK up when HP at critical) |
[Route B] In the underground portion of the Desert: Camp area, behind a locked door that requires hacking. |
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LV1: 280 - 350 |
LV1: |
Robot Discount (30% off on all items sold by robots) Machine Brand (Increase weapon damage in proportion to enemies defeated) |
[Route A,B] Bought from Pascal's Village from the weapon trader, or from Masamune in the Forest Zone. |
- Anonymous
Could anyone please tell me what DEF is? I got lost by acronyms. Thanks a lot lol
The greatsword + combat bracers square > triangle combo is a baseball swing, but the hit seems to be RNG based.
- Anonymous
You can obtain Iron Will in Route B as well, not sure about later than that. But I can confirm you can get it in Route B
Fang of the Twins is obtainable in Route C/D, I missed it earlier and picked it up as 9S during route C.
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