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Overview

The Sydmon Sword is a one-handed sword in Crimson Desert that carries an innate Critical Hit Chance Lv. 1 bonus. With an Attack rating of 14, it hits harder than many early-game swords, and the built-in crit chance makes every swing a potential high-damage strike. For players who enjoy punishing enemies with lucky bursts of damage, the Sydmon Sword is one of the first weapons that directly supports that playstyle.

The Sydmon name suggests a connection to the Sydmon region or Sydmon-manufactured goods, a crafting tradition that appears across multiple weapon types in Pywel. Other Sydmon-branded equipment, including the Sydmon Dagger, shares a similar emphasis on precision and critical strikes.

Stats

How to Obtain

Specific acquisition details for the Sydmon Sword are still being documented by the community. Based on the Sydmon equipment family appearing across multiple weapon types, it is likely available through Equipment Shops in certain towns, as a quest reward, or through crafting at a Blacksmith. Check back for confirmed location information.

Combat Notes

The Critical Hit Chance Lv. 1 passive sets the Sydmon Sword apart from other swords in its Attack range. Every swing has an increased chance of landing a critical hit, which deals bonus damage beyond the weapon's base Attack value. This makes the Sydmon Sword particularly effective against enemies with large health pools, where the accumulated crit procs add up to meaningful extra damage over the course of a fight.

The crit bonus becomes even stronger when combined with Abyss Cores that further boost critical hit chance or add critical damage multipliers. With three open core slots, the Sydmon Sword can be built into a dedicated crit weapon. Stacking two crit-related cores on top of the innate Lv. 1 bonus creates a weapon that crits frequently enough to make burst damage a reliable part of your combat loop rather than an occasional bonus.

Boss Fight Strategy and Comparison

For boss fights, the Sydmon Sword pairs well with a hit-and-run style. Land a few quick slashes during openings, then retreat. The crit chance means each short engagement has a real possibility of dealing outsized damage, which rewards patient play that focuses on punishing specific attack windows rather than sustaining long combo chains.

Compared to the Sword of the Lord, which favors speed and has a built-in Wind Slash core, the Sydmon Sword trades speed utility for raw damage potential. The choice between them comes down to playstyle: consistent fast attacks with ranged poke (Sword of the Lord) versus patient, burst-focused combat (Sydmon Sword).

Refinement

The Sydmon Sword supports refinement up to level 10 at a Blacksmith. Refining increases the base Attack stat, which in turn raises the ceiling on critical hit damage since crits scale off the weapon's Attack value. This makes refinement especially rewarding for the Sydmon Sword compared to weapons without a crit bonus.