The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Guide (Steam) Walkthrough Items Compendium
Silver Swords
Silver swords are intended for use when fighting monsters in The Witcher 2 . In fact, you can effectively define the term monster as “anything that takes full damage from a silver sword.” If you are fighting something that isn’t an elf, dwarf, human, or rival witcher, you should be fighting it with your silver sword in hand. You can attempt to fight humans and humanoids with a silver sword, but you’ll find you do dramatically less damage than you would with an equally good steel sword.
Some silver swords grant additional bonuses besides simply damaging enemies. A sword may help reduce damage when you block a blow, increase the power of your signs, help regenerate vigor, or any number of other things. Note that in cases where a sword grants a passive effect, like extra vitality, the effect only becomes active when the sword is drawn.
You may also notice that certain swords grant damage bonuses against certain classes of monsters. Usually, these bonuses affect a single species and are relatively self-explanatory. Some of them aren’t so obvious:
- All types of endregas and arachi count as insectoids.
- Anything larger than Geralt counts as a large monster. This includes arachasae, endrega queens, bullvores, elementals, the true golem, the kayran, the draug, and the dragon.
| Silver Sword | Category | Damage | Rune Slots | Effect 1 | Effect 2 | Effect 3 | Effect 4 | Effect 5 | Effect 6 | Effect 7 | Effect 8 | Effect 9 | Orens | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addan Deith | Epic | 45-50 | 3 | Bleeding +30% | Damage dealt to wraiths +4% | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +2 | Chance of instant kill +2% | 49 | 8 | |||||
| Aerondight | Magical | 11-18 | 3 | Bleeding +5% | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
| Anathema | Common | 20-25 | 0 | Bleeding +15% | Chance of instant kill +1% | 29 | 6 | |||||||
| Blood Sword | Epic | 32-36 | 3 | Bleeding +50-55% | 54 | 9 | ||||||||
| Blue Meteorite Sword | Magical | 17-25 | 1 | Damage bonus on signs +5 | Stun +4-5% | 38 | 6 | |||||||
| Bride | Magical | 35-42 | 2 | Damage reduction on block +33 | Damage dealt to wraiths +30% | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +2 | 67 | 7 | ||||||
| Deithwen | Rare | 44-48 | 3 | Damage dealt to large monsters +25% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +25% | 59 | 8 | |||||||
| Eclipse | Magical | 33-43 | 2 | Stun 15% | Vigor regeneration during combat +20% | Damage bonus on signs +12 | 78 | 8 | ||||||
| Fate | Magical | 20-26 | 1 | Poison +10% | 26 | 9 | ||||||||
| The Good Shepherd | Magical | 35-40 | 2 | Bleeding +20% | Vigor regeneration during combat +15% | Damage dealt to harpies +30% | 44 | 6 | ||||||
| Gynvael Aedd | Rare | 43-45 | 3 | Bleeding +25% | Damage dealt to insectoids +4% | Damage dealt to necrophages +4% | 57 | 7 | ||||||
| Harpy | Magical | 15-29 | 3 | Bleeding +11-12% | Damage dealt to harpies +11-12% | 26 | 8 | |||||||
| Ichaer Aardanna | Rare | 51-55 | 2 | vigor +1 | Damage reduction on block +30 | Vigor regeneration during combat +60% | Damage dealt to harpies +12% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +12% | Damage bonus on signs +15 | 72 | 5 | |||
| Moon Blade | Magical | 14-22 | 3 | Bleeding +25% | Damage bonus on signs +5 | 35 | 9 | |||||||
| Marag Bator | Rare | 50-58 | 2 | Vitality +50 | Bleeding +40% | Vitality regeneration +0.35 | Damage dealt to gargoyles +10% | Damage dealt to necrophages +10% | Damage dealt to large monster +10% | 68 | 6 | |||
| Naevde Seidhe | Rare | 30-34 | 2 | Bleeding +10% | Damage dealt to wraiths +15% | 42 | 7 | |||||||
| Negotiator | Magical | 19-25 | 2 | Vitality +30 | Freeze +20% | Bleeding +20% | 60 | 7 | ||||||
| Red Meteorite Sword | Magical | 18-24 | 1 | Chance of instant kill +1% | 30 | 6 | ||||||||
| Robust Blue Meteorite Sword | Magical | 29-33 | 2 | Damage bonus on signs +7 | 54 | 5 | ||||||||
| Robust Red Meteorite Sword | Magical | 30-32 | 2 | Chance of instant kill +1% | 41 | 5 | ||||||||
| Robust Witcher's Silver Sword | Common | 12-18 | 0 | Bleeding +6% | 16 | 6 | ||||||||
| Robust Yellow Meteorite Sword | Magical | 29-33 | 2 | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +2 | 41 | 5 | ||||||||
| Silver-Plated Sword | Common | 8-16 | 0 | Bleeding +4% | 13 | 6 | ||||||||
| Superb Blue Meteorite Sword | Magical | 38-44 | 3 | Damage dealt to insectoids +2% | Damage dealt to necrophages +2% | Damage dealt to large monsters +2% | Damage dealt to wraiths +2% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +2% | Damage bonus on signs +10 | 74 | 7 | |||
| Superb Red Meteorite Sword | Magical | 38-44 | 3 | Damage dealt to insectoids +2% | Damage dealt to necrophages +2% | Damage dealt to large monsters +2% | Damage dealt to wraiths +2% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +2% | Chance of instant kill +2% | 57 | 5 | |||
| Superb Witcher's Silver Sword | Common | 17-25 | 1 | Bleeding +12% | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +1 | 25 | 8 | |||||||
| Superb Yellow Meteorite Sword | Magical | 38-44 | 3 | Damage dealt to insectoids +2% | Damage dealt to necrophages +2% | Damage dealt to large monsters +2% | Damage dealt to wraiths +2% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +2% | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +2 | 26 | 5 | |||
| Sword Of Kaer Morhen | Rare | 15-24 | 1 | Bleeding +7% | Chance of instant kill +1% | 32 | 7 | |||||||
| Virgin | Common | 35-45 | 0 | Poison +20% | Chance of instant kill +2% | 51 | 6 | |||||||
| Weeper | Common | 50-55 | 0 | Poison +30% | Chance of instant kill +3% | 69 | 6 | |||||||
| Whight | Rare | 52-57 | 2 | Damage reduction on block +20 | Stun +7% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +10% | Damage dealt to large monsters +15% | Extends the duration of blade oils +5 | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +1 | 43 | 5 | |||
| Witcher's Silver Sword | Magical | 10-17 | 0 | Bleeding +5% | 15 | 6 | ||||||||
| Yellow Meteorite Sword | Magical | 17-25 | 1 | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +1 | 27 | 6 | ||||||||
| Zerrikanterment | Rare | 44-49 | 2 | Bleeding +35% | Damage dealt to insectoids +4% | Damage dealt to necrophages +4% | Damage dealt to large monsters +4% | Damage dealt to wraiths +4% | Damage dealt to gargoyles +4% | Adrenaline generation on hitting foe +1 | Chance of instant kill +1% | Damage bonus on signs +10 | 54 | 5 |