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45 (fully charged); 37.5-56.25 (DPS); 0.6s to fully charge; 3 Metal The Sword is a Melee Weapon in Dead Rails.

The Sword is a melee weapon that only can be obtained by equipping the Knight class. It shares the same model as the Excalibur, but its performance is notably reduced. The Sword deals half the damage of Excalibur and doesn't have any special abilities, such as Excalibur’s Lightning effect. The Sword is technically just an unsellable reskin of the Tomahawk, due to its stats being identical to it.

How to get it

How to get it: Knight.

Stats

Deposit
1 Wood 3 Metal
Mining Dmg
0, 3 fully charged
Range
10
Sell value
Unsellable
Source
Knight
Swing Rate
0.2s cooldown 0.6s to fully charge
Damage
7.5 (uncharged) 45 (fully charged) 37.5-56.25 (DPS)

Pros and Cons

Reliable damage. Stats are identical to a Tomahawk. Free starting weapon for the Knight. No special abilities. Can't be obtained by any other mean besides spawning as a Knight. Can't be sold, unlike the Tomahawk.

Trivia

The Sword has the same model as Excalibur, due to the Sword being a copy of it without abilities and lowered damage. Covenant Knights also use a Sword as well. You can only obtain the sword by using the Knight class, otherwise, it is unobtainable. It is the first class-exclusive weapon followed by the Frost Grenades(Elf (Class)) as the second. and the Ray Rifle(Alien (Class)) as the third. Category:Items Category:Weapons Category:Melee Weapons

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References

  1. 1.Sourced from deadrails.fandom.com · checked Aug 18, 2026
  2. 2.Image from Dead Rails Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA · checked Jul 25, 2026

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