Swift Sword

The Swift Sword (スイフトンード, Swift Sword^?) is a Light Blade found in throughout the Golden Sun series.

In Golden Sun and The Lost Age

Swift Sword (GBA)
Visual effect of Sonic Smash
In-Game Description
"Light Blade: Unleashes Sonic Smash" (GS) (TLA)
Trade Info
Weapon class	Light Blade
Buy value	9400
Sell value	7050
Artifact?	Yes
Statistic Boosts
Attack Boost	104
Elemental Power Boosts	10
Unleash effect
Effect name	Sonic Smash
Extra damage	0
Side effect	May inflict triple the damage.
Acquisition
• Sold in Lalivero (GS) • Sold in Contigo (TLA)

In Golden Sun, it is first available at the Weapons Shop in Lalivero, and can be equipped by Isaac, Garet, and Ivan. In Golden Sun: The Lost Age, it is first found at the weapons shop in Contigo, and can be equipped by Felix, Jenna, and Piers. The Swift Sword's sole Unleash effect in both games is Sonic Smash (ソニックスマッシュ, Sonic Smash^?), with the standard base activation rate of 35%, which is a physical attack whose resulting damage is either increased or decreased based on how the user's Jupiter Power measures against the target's Jupiter Resistance. Although normally Sonic Smash doesn’t increase attack power, it occasionally does three times the normal amount of damage. Visually, Sonic Smash resembles the attacker rushing up and hitting the target, with small shockwaves released on impact. Normally the attacker only hits the target once, but when Sonic Smash does triple damage the target is hit three times.

In Golden Sun, the Swift Sword can overpower even the Gaia Blade when Sonic Smash does triple damage. The Swift Sword is best placed into Ivan's hands, since it boosts his already high Jupiter Power and Sonic Smash does Jupiter damage. In The Lost Age, the Swift Sword is unavailable until late in the game, and so players will probably have already acquired stronger and more reliable weapons. Despite the Swift Sword having an unleash effect that can potentially inflict triple damage, the Excalibur is regarded as being superior, because its unleash "Legend" (which is also of the Jupiter element), not only has the chance to triple the damage inflicted, but also increases damage done by 73, not to mention the extra 76 Attack added. However, since the Swift Sword is a Light Blade, it is equippable by Jenna and especially Ivan (for his Jupiter element), whereas the Excalibur is not.

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Swift Sword (DD)
The DS model of the Swift Sword
In-Game Description
"Weapon: Light Blade (Boosts Wind Power)" (DD)
Trade Info
Weapon class	Light Blade
Buy value	9400
Sell value	7050
Artifact?	Yes
Statistic Boosts
Attack Boost	104
Elemental Power Boosts	10
First Unleash effect
Effect name	Critical Strike
Extra damage	x1.5
Second Unleash effect
Effect name	Spin Strike
Extra damage	0
Side effect	Hits each adjacent foe
Third Unleash effect
Effect name	Sonic Smash
Extra damage	0
Side effect	May inflict triple the damage
Acquisition
• Sold in Tonfon (DD)

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, the Swift Sword is first available at the weapons shop in Tonfon. As a Light Blade, it can be equipped by Matthew, Tyrell, Karis, Amiti, Eoleo, and Himi. In addition to its signature Unleash of Sonic Smash, the Swift Sword has gained two new Unleashes: Critical Strike (かいしんのいちげき, Critical Hit^?) and Spin Strike (かいてんぎり, Spin Slash^?). Critical Strike is a non-elemental physical attack that multiplies damage by 1.5, while Spin Strike is a physical attack that converts all damage to Jupiter damage and hits up to 3 targets.

In Dark Dawn, the Swift Sword will see little use. While its ability to increase Jupiter Power is useful, it will be outclassed by most of the weaponry available to the player at that time. The only use the Swift Sword is likely to see is as a placeholder weapon in case the player has not yet acquired all the weaponry available.