Saber Blade · max level 10

How the Saber plays, where it wins and where it loses, read from its stats, traits and moveset.

The weapon's trait and the in-game description, then how its damage compares with the other Blades.

Trait: Universal

• No clear strengths or weaknesses.
• Focused on balance between offence and defence.

Damage against the other Blades

Saber

20 → 60this weapon

Rapier

25 → 45

Claymore

50 → 100

Damage at level 1 → max level, before attack multipliers.

Every stat the game stores for each weapon level, the materials that level costs, and the running total from level 1.

Damage is the weapon's base per hit; each attack multiplies it (see the moveset).

Everything needed to go from level 1 to 10: 16 materials, 45,000 Catalysts if you buy every one a merchant sells.

• Crude Blade Material×6
• Pure Blade Material×6
• Distilled Blade Material×3
• Quintessential Blade Material×1

Materials to max the Saber

Item	Tier	Amount	Price	Subtotal (Catalysts)
Crude Blade Material	Tier 1	6	1,500	9,000
Pure Blade Material	Tier 2	6	3,000	18,000
Distilled Blade Material	Tier 3	3	6,000	18,000
Quintessential Blade Material	Tier 4	1	Not sold	—
Total		16		45,000

Calculated from the level table × the cheapest merchant price. No merchant sells 1× Quintessential Blade Material: those come only from the world, so the Catalyst total covers the rest.

How the damage values rise from level 1 to 10 (+200% overall).

Hover a level for its values; the same numbers are in the level table above.

6 traits unlock as the weapon levels up. Where two traits share a slot you choose one of them: Careful Preparations / Pursuit, Adrenaline Flourish / Second Wind.

1. Weapon lv 2
   Advanced Swordsmanship

   Every fifth consecutive Attack deals increased damage and restores Endurance.

2. Weapon lv 5
   Pick one

   Careful Preparations

   Effects applied by Whetstones last longer.

   • Extra coating stacks 5

   or

   Pursuit

   Attacks after successful Dodges restore Endurance.

   • Endurance 40
   • Duration 2 s
3. Weapon lv 8
   Pick one

   Adrenaline Flourish

   Restores Endurance when killing enemies.

   • Endurance 40

   or

   Second Wind

   Parrying restores Recoverable Health.

   • Minimum restored 10
   • Health restored 80%
4. Weapon lv 10
   Expert Swordsmanship

   Every third consecutive Attack deals increased damage and restores Health.

Traits unlock at the weapon level shown. Parameters are the game's own values (seconds, metres, multipliers); [Reload] / [Attack] are your key bindings.

Every attack in its combo chains and special attacks: the game's damage and posture multipliers, stamina cost and timings, plus the resulting damage at level 1 and 10.

• Attack range: 4 m
• Charge time: 0.5 s
• Perfect-parry posture damage: 100
• Backstab range: 2 m
• Critical attack range: 3 m
• Defence: Block and parry

Special attacks

Attack handling

Knockback, lunge distance, recovery time and the flask field per attack; only the fields this weapon actually uses are shown.

Raw game values: knockback is an engine force (compare it between attacks only), lunge is how far the attack carries you, recovery is the overswing time after the hit, and Last Flask restore is the attack's LastFlaskRestorePercent field (the game text does not describe its effect).

"Damage at lv" = the weapon's damage at that level × the attack's multiplier (calculated). Ambers, coatings and upgrades are not included.

The Saber is acquired in a story scene in The Battlefield; the nearest Lantern is Onslaught Arch, about 270 m away.

• Location: The Battlefield · acquired in a story scene
• Nearest Lantern: Onslaught Arch · about 270 m away (straight line, calculated)
• Show the spot on the map

Basic hits needed to bring down each boss at weapon levels 1 / 5 / 10. It takes 90 to beat General Lothaire at level 1 and 84 for Entity at level 10.

Hits to kill every boss with the Saber

Boss	Health	Weapon level 1	Weapon level 5	Weapon level 10
General Lothaire	1,800	90 · 20 per hit	45 · 40 per hit	30 · 60 per hit
The Iron Marshall	2,400	120 · 20 per hit	60 · 40 per hit	40 · 60 per hit
Sphinx	2,000	100 · 20 per hit	50 · 40 per hit	34 · 60 per hit
Slaughtermill	3,250	163 · 20 per hit	82 · 40 per hit	55 · 60 per hit
Anna	2,200	110 · 20 per hit	55 · 40 per hit	37 · 60 per hit
High Justicar Aurelius	1,500	75 · 20 per hit	38 · 40 per hit	25 · 60 per hit
Experiment 83	3,400	170 · 20 per hit	85 · 40 per hit	57 · 60 per hit
The Orphan	4,000	200 · 20 per hit	100 · 40 per hit	67 · 60 per hit
Captain Raphael	4,000	200 · 20 per hit	100 · 40 per hit	67 · 60 per hit
Entity	5,000	250 · 20 per hit	125 · 40 per hit	84 · 60 per hit

Calculated: weapon damage × the first light attack's multiplier (firearms: one shot) × (1 − the boss's resistance). Upgrades, Ambers, coatings, the stat board and phase changes are not included.

Cosmetic variants the game defines for this weapon: Grandiose Sabre.

• Grandiose Sabre

Grandiose skins are part of the game's premium cosmetic content; they change the look, not the stats.

Compare the Saber

Side-by-side comparisons with similar weapons, or pick any two in the comparison tool.

• Saber vs Rapier
• Saber vs Claymore

Open the weapon comparison tool with the Saber

Data: Steam build 25907482 (1.0 launch). How we source this