Sword of Dusk

The Sword of Dusk is a Long Sword-class weapon Artifact introduced and available in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. It is found in a treasure chest inside of Teppe Ruins and can be equipped by Matthew and Tyrell only. It resembles a type of Broadsword with a purplish-black colored middlepart of the blade and a golden hilt.

The Sword of Dusk raises base attack by 100 points and features three Unleashes: Critical Strike which deals increased damage, resembled by a huge cutting mark. Spin Strike propels the Adept towards the opposition and releases a shockwave to hit multiple targets. Last learned is the Sunset Burst, its signature skill. The blade begins to glow like a sun during the user's forward leap and detonates in sunset resembling explosions upon contact with the target.

As soon as it is available, this sword is the strongest weapon to this point in the game. Because its last Unleash is a Mars-based attack with good amount of bonus damage added, it will probably end up in the hands of Tyrell whose innate Mars power further bolsters the strength of its Sunset Burst. When activated, it may also cause Delusion at the target which is a minor bonus as most enemies will fall shortly after the attack. Once the party gains access to the ship, the Sword of Dusk gets outclassed rapidly by other weapons found in certain water spots and upcoming Vendor artifacts.