Darksword

A Darksword is a Long Sword-class weapon found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. It is acquired by giving a piece of Dark Matter to Sunshine the Blacksmith in Yallam, where he will randomly forge it into either that or four other items. Visually, the Darksword resembles a black-blue sword of moderate thickness, surrounded by a thin red aura.

The Darksword carries the highest Attack Rating of all weapons, 210, even more than the legendary Sol Blade’s power of 200. This means that standard attacks launched with this sword, critical or not, do more damage than any other. This sword has the Unleash effect Acheron’s Grief, which does 30% extra damage and has a chance of infecting the enemy with Deadly Poison. Acheron’s Grief visually resembles the Unleash Effect of the Gaia Blade, but the special effects are dark-purple instead of bright orange, and the entire screen’s color display is temporarily inverted during the explosion at the end. This item is a Cursed item, so whoever holds this must also be holding the Cleric’s Ring to minimize the curse’s ill effects. It is bought for 24200 coins while its resale value is 18150 coins.

The Darksword, as a Long Sword-class item, can be wielded by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers. The Darksword is powerful and highly sought after. However, other weapons such as the Sol Blade and the Excalibur are preferred because their Unleash effects are far more powerful relative to their respective attack ratings; the Darksword’s 30% power increase for Acheron’s Grief is considered low. It is advisable to give the Darksword to an Adept with the Cleric’s Ring and also give him other cursed items forged from Dark Matter, such as the Fear Helm.