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A Sub-Trope of the Absurd Sword, the Excalibur in the Rust has an outward advent which belies its crawly nature. It looks like an entirely ordinary, non-Absurd sword. In fact, it's extremely likely to exist in an apparent state of extreme disrepair. Getting information technology dorsum into working club may crave a visit to the Ultimate Blacksmith.

If information technology appears in a video game, it may exist a Lethal Joke Item, especially if it's originally listed equally "Rusty Iron Sword" or similar.

Compare to What a Piece of Junk. If someone who doesn't recognize its true value throws it away, or sticks it in the basement with all the other worthless junk, it'due south the Grail in the Garbage. Run across too Wrecked Weapon. Compare and contrast the Nerf Arm, which doesn't even expect like a weapon, poorly maintained or otherwise, but serves simply equally well as one.

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    Anime & Manga

• Tenchi Muyo!: When Tenchi kickoff sees the Primary Key, a concrete blade had been affixed to the hilt. This blade is in a state of farthermost disrepair, prompting Tenchi to exclaim, "What a rusty erstwhile slice of junk!" afterward breaking information technology on a rock... which then splits in two. Which is only too since it was originally a Laser Blade.
• In the hands of anyone except Inuyasha, Tessaiga looks like a katana that has seen ameliorate days. It'south also quite tiresome, though it's however virtually indestructible. When Inu-Yasha wields it, the blade takes its true form. Bonus points for Inu-Yasha calling information technology "a slice of junk" constantly in the two episodes that featured him gaining it.
• Saito's sword, Derflinger, in The Familiar of Zero is a rusty piece of junk sold cheap by a store owner. Despite this it can talk, absorb magic attacks, and fifty-fifty control the body of its wielder if they're unconscious. It is somewhen revealed that Derflinger is a "spirit sword". The rusted sword wielded by Saito is just a vessel for its powers; when the blade is broken, Derflinger tin can transfer its powers to another completely ordinary sword.
• Bleach:
  • Most zanpakutou look utterly ordinary when sealed, only revealing a special look when they release their powers. The 2 zanpakutou that be in permanent shikai form besides fit this trope. Ichigo'due south zanpakutou looks half-finished, missing both a hilt and a cantankerous-guard, and Kenpachi'southward is a chipped, pitted mess. Several zanpakutou as well wait completely ordinary when released, likewise, and it's only when the power activates that the truthful nature and incredible power of the weapons are revealed.
  • Yamamoto's bankai played this equally directly as possible. On the outside, it looked similar a burnt out, rusty sword. It was also the strongest bankai in being, with The Ability of the Sun and capable of destroying the earth if activated for likewise long. And its ability is concentrated on the edge of the blade, to the extent that a single cutting would be enough to obliterate the victim's soul.
• In Slayers, Gourry wields a normal-looking sword that suited him only fine. But if he were to take off the blade he can plow information technology into the Sword of Light.
• In a Field of Blades in King of Bandit Jing, each claiming to be Excalibur, Jing finds that the real Excalibur is not a worn sword but a cardinal to the resident Humongous Mecha.
• Variation in Yu-Gi-Oh!. Rafael's cards are so old that the ink is fading and the edges are frayed. That doesn't change the fact that he has one of the most powerful decks in the series.
• Inverted hilariously with Excalibur of Soul Eater; initially it seems to be a gloriously Cool Sword, but in one case information technology'southward pulled from the stone, it'due south revealed to be an Equippable Marry ^note Theoretically the perfect Equippable Marry, since he'southward capable of synchronizing with whatever possible wielder and his power surpasses even that of a Death Scythe by a large margin.... who wears a tiny top chapeau and stands at one-half the elevation of any other character. Not to mention he's so annoying. It's unsaid that some of the abrasive beliefs is actually an act to keep people from abusing Excalibur'southward incredible power.
• In Black Clover, Asta's Grimoire looks rather tattered and muddy. The huge sword it manifests is besides covered in rust. This belies the Grimoire's truthful nature as the Five-leaf Clover Grimoire. The rusty sword it summons is a powerful weapon that dispels and reflects magic. It turns out the "rust" is actually the essence of Anti-Magic. When "Licht" reclaims one of Asta's swords for his own utilize, the Anti-Magic crumbles away revealing the sword's true class as a powerful shining bract.
• Gundam Barbatos from Mobile Suit Gundam: Atomic number 26-Blooded Orphans is a centuries sometime mobile suit reduced to beingness a jury-rigged reactor. After being hastily repaired so it can be piloted in a drastic situation, it speedily proves why the Gundams were able to end the Calamity State of war.

    Comic Books

• The Fable of Zelda:
  • Pictured in a higher place is the Main Sword, the iconic blade from the games, as pictured in the final panel of the Nintendo Power comic adaptation. The comic hews to the thought of centuries passing betwixt games: subsequently Link triumphs over Ganon, he returns the sword to await the next hero. This is implied to be a long time coming.
  • When Link actually FINDS the Master Sword in the Akira Himekawa manga version, it's shown in a similar state to its comic counterpart to a higher place. The rust and growth autumn away and the sword is drawn equally if it were newly forged.
• An issue of Marvel'southward Laff-A-Lympics oomic volume has participants from the iii teams transposed to the moon to compete against a moon man (named Murray) for Earth but non before he gives them special belts that negate their lack of gravity. One upshot is to pull a plume from a stone, which thanks to the gravity belts Dread Baron tin't do, fifty-fifty with help from Dynomutt and Quick Draw McGraw. The terminal event is to pull out a sword with the tip merely barely implanted in another rock which nobody tin can do until Boo Boo Conduct arrives sans belt and hands pulls the sword out.

    Fan Works

• In Ghosts of the Past, sequel to Child of the Tempest, Harry encounters Ván, the Sword of Hope, designed to No-Sell Phoenix Fire and defeat Surtur — or to be more authentic, he encounters a depiction of it on the statue of its i and merely wielder: Frey, the Outset King of Asgard. Despite this office, and the fact that it was forged from Uru and Vibranium, going by the replica in Frey'due south tomb, it doesn't look at all special, with the narration specifically noting that aside from a brief inscription of its name near the hilt, it could exist mistaken for any random long-sword.
• Kyon's Ancestral Weapon is this in Kyon: Big Damn Hero. Subverted in that the sword actually is in a land of disrepair, to the signal of being completely non-functional (only the hilt has survived) until Yuki gives it some upgrades.
• In The Bridge: Humanity's Stand, scientist Joanna Johnson reveals an old, rusted sword that she theorizes may take been Excalibur itself, as well equally other legendary swords such equally Durendal, Caledfwlch, and Caladbolg. When the weapon is properly infused with mana, information technology turns into a pristine, glowing, Absurdly Sharp Bract, but reverts to its unimpressive, rusted form once information technology's no longer existence fed mana.
• In A Dragon of the N, Jon acquires a rusty sword for a pittance in the Vale, and Littlefinger (who owns the shop) even offers to make it a more fair bargain. Then Jon manages to make clean up the sword and it turns out to exist Blackfyre, the sword of the Targaryen kings. Littlefinger proceeds to waste himself in 1 of his brothels for ii days straight, and becomes the laughingstock of King'southward Landing for having such an of import sword in his hands and selling it and then cheap.

    Films — Live-Action

• In Conan the Barbarian, the Atlantean Sword looks like a solid piece of rust when Conan first finds information technology in the tomb. That might merely exist the decayed scabbard, though, since Conan only whacks the sword on rock a few times and the crud comes right off.
• Darkest Sword: The titular sword is the fabled weapon of a legendary warrior who mysteriously dissappeared years agone. It was later discovered near the stop of the flick to be entombed in a mausoleum, collecting dust adjacent to the warrior's skeleton who has gone through self-imposed exile.
• In Krull, the Glaive is initially trapped in a lava pit and covered in stone. When Prince Colwyn, the hero destined to wield it, retrieves it, the rock crumbles away to reveal the Glaive for the Impossibly Absurd Weapon that it truly is.

    Sociology

• In Rumanian Sociology it'southward a very pop theme with the Hero discovering that the bedraggled/rusty looking sword/horse/armour/piece of equipment is really the needed magical item, not the brand spanking new ane side by side to it. More than often than not the decrepit item/animal belonged to the Hero'due south male parent. The horse turns out to be able to speak and to really exist a lot smarter and knowledgeable than the hero and practically verbose compared to him/her ^note in at least one instance the hero is a heroine who goes through a Gender Bender in the end.

    Literature

• Discworld: The absolutely ordinary-looking, not-magical sword wielded past Carrot Ironfoundersson. Does not gleam, has pocket-sized chips along the border, and abrupt plenty to effortlessly nail someone to a marble pillar. His ancestors had explicitly wanted a sword that was actually practiced at killing people rather than looking good. Information technology is also unsaid that information technology has taken on a quasi-magical nature that is far beyond mundane magic weaponry by virtue of being wielded for a adept cause by a skillful man who by all rights should be a king merely refuses to be one. One book states that such a sword could cut through a dozen magical swords similar butter. Technically, it'due south a subversion, as the sword is then powerful because it is utterly lacking in magic, making it more real than the residual of the Disc, which cannot exist without magical power.
• Of course the eponymous bract in The Sword of Shannara is this, just a well-made if nondescript weapon actually found and overlooked by the heroes every bit they ransack a sack of junk looking for anything useful. They soon realize their mistake and spend half the volume chasing after the luckless gnome they'd let accept it away.
• The Chronicles of Prydain:
  • Dyrnwyn, the Cool Sword in the books, is stained black with the blood of innocents its previous wielder killed.
  • A nonmagical version: Taran makes a sword with a blacksmith, and initially wants to cast information technology away because it's ugly and has chips in it. It proves very powerful, and he wields it against Dorath, who is using Taran's previous beautiful sword, and information technology utterly shatters Dorath'southward sword. When Taran'due south blacksmith mentor asked him to test his new ugly sword despite his thwarting, Taran tried to shatter it against an anvil...and split up the anvil.
• Fyodor in the Starlight and Shadows trilogy has a 2-handed sword, clearly likewise heavy... and blunt. Far too many people didn't think it was serious until they learned a few little details: first, it's enchanted and works as if was sharp enough for any purpose except "friendly fire". Second, while most people can lift it with a visible endeavour, the owner is built like a smith (and was ane) and ever carries the damn matter with him, so he tin utilize the ugly piece of metallic equally intended. Third, as The Berserker, in rage he swings information technology with enough strength to crash a pocket-sized golem and enough speed to striking a superhumanly fast drow fencer.
• In Oathbreakers, of the Heralds of Valdemar series, the long-lost Singing Sword of Rethwellan that is used to identify the country's rightful king is discovered to be none other than a rusty, muddy old sword that Kethry picked up along the wayside.
• The Dresden Files
  • The Knights of the Cantankerous have 3 swords that can burn faeries, kill demons, and help dispatch all manner of supernatural nasties. These three swords are fairly plain, save for the Nail from the Cross embedded in the hilt. Turns out that all of these swords are actually pretty famous, considering they're Excalibur, Kusanagi, and Durandal. And then this a very skilful example of the trope.
  • Taken further with Kusanagi, the Sword of Faith, in Skin Game because one person who took information technology into her custody misused the sacred blade and muted its power, the sword is hands shattered. Now, nothing more than a hilt with a bit of metal at the finish and the Nail within, it brutal into the hands of a homo potent and pure in faith that expert tin overcome evil, one person can brand a difference, and is willing to die for his faith, the Sword reforged itself into the prototype of his organized religion. Information technology now appears as a beam of white angelic low-cal with a soft hum about information technology, or to be precise, a lightsaber. A genuine holy lightsaber from zippo more than than a hilt of a broken blade.
• In the Conrad Stargard series by Leo Frankowski, Conrad finds a sword forged with watering techniques (a powerful blacksmith's art known in the Near Due east but not in Poland), and buys it from a sword dealer who has no thought that this watered sword is anything special. Information technology turns out to be more special than even Conrad expects, as it's an Absurdly Precipitous Blade planted there by his time-traveling cousin for Conrad to pick up.
• Played with in The Lord of the Rings. When the hobbits beginning encounter what'due south left of Narsil, it's cleaved in half and doesn't look very impressive. After it's reforged into Andúril, however, it's said to be beautiful and obviously belonging to a King.
• In Touhou Kourindou ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia, the pile of iron bit Marisa has been collecting since she was footling includes the Kusanagi. She trades it to Rinnosuke in commutation for his reforging her Mini-Hakkero with Hihi'irokane; ironically enough, Kusanagi was forged using Hihi'irokane.
• Abstract Weapon in Ra might be the physical apotheosis of the concept of weaponry, capable of beingness any weapon ever conceived, and every weapon never conceived, only in its default state information technology takes the course of an unassuming, extremely crude-looking, albeit massive, irksome rusted executioner'south bract.

    Alive-Action TV

• Sikanda, the magical sword from Tales from The Neverending Story, true to the volume.
• Sort of played in Merlin where a plain looking sword is transformed into Excalibur past the dragon's breath.
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: Commander Kruger carries around an sometime sword that looks chipped and battered - only when he gets dangerous for the starting time time, it does as well, transforming into a much more impressive blade. The same goes for the Power Rangers S.P.D. version.
• Super Sentai:
  • Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Kyoryu Disk, when first found, is an inert deejay containing simply a cryptic message from the founding Shinken Reddish. Its power was drained to seal the Kusari Ayakashi general Manpuku, Big Bad du jour of the motion picture who was unsealed by the overall Big Bad'south summer power surge. Takeru restores it by slotting it onto his sword and stabbing said sword into the kanji on Manpuku'southward body left by the seal. Its power restored, the Kyoryu Disk can now be used to transform the Shinkenmaru into the very powerful Kyoryumaru, able to infinitely lengthen its blade to smash into enemies and act as a Whip Sword. On peak of that, it tin transform Shinken-Oh'southward Daishinken into the Kyoryu Origami (A mecha version of itself), which combines with Shinken-Oh equally a new helmet and a BFS to swing.
  • Its Power Rangers Samurai analogue, the Shark Disk (Saban, similar some fans, idea the Kyoryu Origami looked more similar an ambulatory shark than a dinosaur), was apparently similarly inert though in this case it was offlined by battle damage and said to take been mended by the Sixth Ranger using the same powers and skills he used to repair certain Zords and complete the Super Manner-granting Black Box.
• VR Troopers had an Evil Weapon called the Millennium Sabre that the villains wanted in one episode. Many similarly-stored ancient swords turned out not to be the 1, but the virtually rusted, brittle-looking relic turned out to be the real bargain. One day every grand years, its full power awakens and it becomes the expected ornate, shiny weapon, while its wielder becomes an invincible warrior.
• Kamen Passenger Ex-Assistance: In Kamen Rider Dauntless's debut episode, he finds a rusty sword in a stone ^note That totally isn't simply Kamen Rider Kuuga's Titan Sword painted rust blood-red and pulls it out, at which point it transforms into his Weapon of Option, the Gashacon Sword. Since Ex-Help is themed around Video Games (and Brave specifically Homages onetime-school Role Playing Games like Dragon Quest and Concluding Fantasy), this is more likely a nod to this trope's prominence in the RPG genre.
• Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga had what looked like a sword that had been encased in Martian rocks appear in the debut episode. Once the titular Ultraman had been revived, the Circumvolve Arms emerged, fully restored.

    Tabletop Games

• The Templars' swords in Deadlands: Hell on Earth are their iconic weapons and often relic or magically empowered. Physically, they are whatsoever kind of sword you can scavenge in a post-apocalyptic globe, about often stolen from ruined museums.
• Dungeons & Dragons:
  • A archetype trait of Legacy weapons; they always appear to exist something much less than what they truly are.
  • Often invoked with Glamered weapons, which tin change appearance to wait similar any object of like size and shape. Doing then also hides the weapon'due south magical aureola, making it a perfect disguise. That rust covered bract you found might be a legendary weapon, but if yous but cast Detect Magic on it and toss in on the junk heap, you'll never know.
  • Dragon magazine #14 article "Interview with a Rust Monster": A PC political party unknowingly carries the Sword of Toshio. "[It] looks like an ordinary sword, bent and worn from use. But in the hands of a samurai, it takes on its true appearance as a katana of great power."
  • The Holy Avenger is an ordinary +two longsword until a paladin gets a hold of information technology. (+5, bonuses against evil beings, etc., etc.)
• In Pathfinder, a possible enchantment is "Rusting". Only institute on magical weapons, it makes the weapon look rusty and tarnished, just really makes information technology allowed to even magical rust and allows the wielder to bandage Rusting Grasp on an enemy with a critical striking.

    Video Games

• NieR: Automata has Iron Will, a sword that'south been in the Drakengard franchise since the first game, and the prequel revealing that one of its oldest owners was the Intoner Zero. By the time of Automata, it'south been sitting alone for well over 7000 years since the previous Nier, the Weapon Story revealing it was content to finally rust away and die until some androids picked it upward ready to carve into robots, starting the cycle of violence once more. Fifty-fifty at Level 4, the rust will never go abroad, but it'due south however one of the strongest weapons in the game.
• In Secret of Mana, the player acquires a rusty quondam sword at the beginning of the game, which is none other than the game's legendary Mana Sword. According to the opening scroll, it actually is Excalibur, besides as many other swords of legend.
  • It also happens in the first Seiken Densetsu game (Final Fantasy Adventure), and the same twist applies: it'southward the Mana Sword. The remake doesn't permit you wield information technology, just it opens the path to the Dime Tower in both versions of the game.
• Something of an interesting version in Dragon's Dogma. Many basic weapons come in "rust" varieties (Rust Daggers, for example). These seem like Joke Items at outset, simply once the role player begins to upgrade them, they go much more powerful. While still having a by and large lower damage output, they go capable of inflicting numerous useful condition ailments on your enemies. The all-time part? They're still called "Rust Daggers" (etc.) regardless of how much yous better them. Guess the weaponsmith figured out how to weaponize rust.
• All of the "base" versions of the Relic/Mythic/Empyrean/Aeonic (REMA) weapons in Last Fantasy Eleven are poor choices for ordinary use, but the Relic line of weapons is the purest instance of this trope. The base version of the Relics are dilapidated weapons recovered from Dynamis zones, and all accept a DMG of 1 and delay of 999, making them completely useless and, bar none, the worst weapons in the game. The arduous quests to restore them to full glory, however, results in some of the best weapons in the game (indeed, the accented best weapons in the game earlier the rest of the REMA weapons were gradually introduced). The relic sword is a literal example, with its fully upgraded version existence Excalibur.
• Divine Vengeance in Dungeons & Dragons Online gains powers for a Lawful character, more if he's a paladin, and even more if he's an epic-level paladin. Both are probably inspired by the tabletop Holy Avenger (see in a higher place). Stake Justice in Icewind Dale is an extremely powerful sword for paladins, and looks exactly similar an ordinary longsword.
  • A sidequest during the Icewind Dale prologue has you retrieving a cleaved heirloom sword for a villager named Jhonen (no, non that Jhonen). In the concluding affiliate, if yous did this quest, you tin talk to him over again to find out that the sword magically reforged itself onetime while you were off doing the adventury thing. Not being a fighter himself, he's only too happy to manus over the rather nice Reforged Sword of Aihonen to help you lot out against the Big Bad. And it doesn't end there, either - if you bring it with you lot into Heart of Wintertime, about halfway through you see an NPC who will upgrade it even farther.
• Dragon Quest Nine features the Rusty equipment, the offset slice of which you're likely to find is the Rusty Sword towards the end of the game. It's not much utilise at first, only add together a little glass powder and some Unobtainium (Orichalcum, in this case) and you get the third best sword in the game. And so the residue of the equipment is also the third all-time of its type in the game. It is very hard to find anything other than the sword.
  • Dragon Quest VI has the Sword of Ramias.
• The Falcata from Romancing SaGa which becomes the Demonbrand.
• Various rusted weapons can exist found at a low chance in the Monster Hunter series by mining them or from quest drops. They normally tend to subvert this trope in being generic atomic number 26 swords, hammers, et al. On the off take chances you're lucky, you'll become a "Rusted" or "Worn" weapon which, with a lot of work in getting parts to break the rust, get some powerful weapons. In item are the Eternal Detest and the Divine Exodus, two Sword and Shield weapons with the highest Dragon attributes in Tri, bar none.
• Celebrity of Heracles often hands you Rusty items. These are useless until you visit a Polisher, who scours the rust off. Usually you get pretty decent gear out of it. Sometimes subverted in that the rust is so far gone all you become is Bit Iron. The first sword in the DS game gets buffed to an Infinity Minus Ane Sword before the final dungeon, and one more time by the Blacksmith God, Hapheastus, right before the Big Bad into an Infinity Plus One Sword.
• In Soul of the Samurai (known as Ronin Blade in Europe), Kotaro can find a rusty sword. Information technology is the weakest katana in the game, even worse than your starting sword, just if you do manage to obtain it and follow an advice given by an NPC a few levels earlier, you tin bring the rusty sword to the resident Ultimate Blacksmith who, by the time you can commencement the game'due south final mission, will take turned information technology into the Supreme Katana Of Greater Asskickery, which will have a blade as long as the nodachi, swing as fast as the wakizashi and hit as hard as the Infinity -ane Sword you lot'll go by sticking to the story without going out of your way to find fancier blades.
• In World of Warcraft one of the most powerful knives in the game when it was introduced looked exactly like a small-scale cleaved bottle. There are besides a few magical maces that just look like unadorned basic.
• Many of the Celestial Weapons from Terminal Fantasy 10 start off looking this way and being rather useless, simply with a picayune polish, some sharpening, and a number of mini-games, their true worth will be revealed.
• In Assassin's Creed Ii, the Sword of Altair (best weapon in the game) is actually the simplest and least-adorned weapon in the unabridged game, specially when compared with the exceptionally ornate blades and hilts of the other sabers, scimitars, and rapiers Ezio can buy. The only real adornment on the blade is a subtle eagle-head carving in the sword's pommel.
• In Lunar: The Silvery Star, Althena'due south Sword (so named for the goddess of Lunar) can only be wielded by her champion, the Dragonmaster—simply has been lost since the concluding known Dragonmaster, Dyne, died. From Silvery Star Story onward, the games brand information technology into a Chekhov's Gun — information technology's been hiding in plain sight, crusted over with droppings and buried to the hilt in Dyne's monument right outside the (mostly) Silent Protagonist Alex'due south own hamlet. Afterward proving himself equally the next Dragonmaster, Alex is able to draw Althena'due south Sword from the rock and reveal its true power.
  • In the sequel, Lunar: Eternal Blue, Althena'south Sword is being carried by in one case-Squad Pet Nall, now grown up and in human form. Astute gamers volition recognize information technology right off the bat, fifty-fifty though the distinctive carved golden handle is wrapped up in bandages. Nall later deems not-so-Silent Protagonist Hiro worthy of wielding it, despite him not technically passing the Dragonmaster trials.
• Night Souls has the Greatsword of Artorias. You can create a weaker, "cursed" version past combining the Soul of Sif with any +ten straight sword, just to get your hands on the real bargain, you accept to combine the soul with ane of those useless broken swords that the weakest enemies in the game drop, which you have no business concern even picking upward in the showtime place, much less upgrading to +ten.
• In Night Souls 2 the Reddish Rust equipment (sword, scimitar, and shield) definitely look like they've seen better days, simply they are still very expert weapons. The Greatsword besides looks chipped and worn out, but it'southward withal a huge sword that can chop upwards enemies real proficient.
  • From the same game'southward Crown of the Old Iron Male monarch DLC we have the Majestic Greatsword, a sword from the Iron King's collection that looks so one-time it's practically fossilized. Information technology as well happens to be Artorias' Greatsword from the first game, and when wielded left-handed lets you adopt his spinning and flipping fighting style from Artorias of the Abyss.
  • All of the Quondam Knight equipment is quite strong, even so the downside is that it's then old and rusty that it's literally falling autonomously, and has extremely low immovability.
• In Golden Sunday: The Lost Age, you can find rusty weapons in certain patches of shallow water in the ocean every bit shortly equally you become the ship. If you take these to Sunshine the Blacksmith, he will agree to fix them upward, resulting in weapons that are reasonably skillful for that part of the game.
  • Mind you lot, you observe a skilful majority of the first prepare of rusted weapons when you get into "Triton's pieces" part of the game, and past the time you actually go around to finding more of them you more often than not take weapons that overpower the crafted ones. That's not to say later in the game.
• In Fire Emblem: Awakening, Priam'due south Ragnell is visibly worn, with a dulled blade and cracks all over. While not the infinite-apply juggernaut that it was when his ancestor Ike wielded it, it's still a highly powerful top-rank weapon. The fact he uses its ranged attack past throwing it at the enemies probably doesn't help.
• In Fire Emblem Fates, the Yato sword, while boasting respectable stats, has a very aged and rustic expect to information technology. Around halfway through each campaign, the Player Character would be tasked with visiting the Rainbow Sage to unlock its true power, changing its form depending on which kingdom you've centrolineal yourself with. Its true form, the Omega Yato, can only be accomplished in the Revelation campaign after uniting both Hoshido and Nohr against a common foe.
• In Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia the player can obtain rusted weapons from beating monsters. Rarely, some rusted weapons that can be forged into Sol, Luna or Astra can be obtained this way, and Sol, Luna and Astra are Infinity +ane Sword.
• Similar Echoes, Fire Emblem: Three Houses has rusted weapons that tin can be obtained from beating monsters or stepping on tiles left behind from the Online features. While these weapons are ordinarily forged into silver weapons, information technology is possible to obtain Infinity +1 Sword such as Mercurius, Gradivus, Hauteclere, and Parthia.
• Appears in Half-Minute Hero's Hero 30 way late in the game. It becomes the ultimate weapon if yous refuse to impale Sasha after she becomes a zombie.
• Boktai 2 had a ridiculously weak sword, spear, and mallet free for the taking from treasure chests subsequently the first boss. These items too have a take a chance of nullifying defense, and when that happens their low attack levels do tons of damage against 0 defense.
  • You lot could likewise craft them into moderately average weapons with the same abilities if you were practiced enough at sword smithing.
• The Elderberry Scrolls:
  • In Morrowind, you may stumble upon a unique "Rusty Dagger" in a tomb with sad stats which will break subsequently a unmarried hit. However, return information technology to a specific shrine to Mehrunes Dagon, and the Daedric Prince of Devastation volition restore it to its true, powerful glory equally Mehrunes' Razor.
  • Skyrim
    • Mehrunes Razor is this once again, this fourth dimension having been broken into pieces and the pieces placed in the care of members of a group dedicated to opposing Mehrunes Dagon. After liberating the pieces, you volition travel to Dagon's shrine with a servant of Dagon. Dagon will reforge the bract, but but if y'all kill his retainer. (And then, only For the Evulz, he'll sic ii Dremora on you.)
    • The Mace of Molag Bal is initially found every bit a rusty slice of flake. Withal, Molag Bal (Daedric Prince of Domination and Abuse) forces the actor to impale a priest of Boethiah (another Daedric Prince and rival of Molag Bal) before he'll restore information technology.
• Breath of Fire IV has a rusted sword that will upgrade into a much more powerful sword, the Slayer, if Scias uses it to kill chiliad enemies.
• In Fallout: New Vegas the game simulates item status and it is common to discover some some slap-up weapons in really poor shape. The straightest instance though is the Infinity +1 sword Mercy. Information technology'south an incredibly rusted looking grenade machine gun yous find in a expiry claw filled cave. Yet it shoots 40mm grenades rather than 25mm, making information technology nearly twice as powerful.
• Final Fantasy XIV:
  • Certain dungeons will drop aboriginal, broken equipment that has an effective level several below its actual level requirement. A thespian with a relevant crafting class can repair it, making it into the best equipment bachelor for its level. Shame none of it is very useful once you hit the level cap...
  • Also, the quests to acquire each grade's Relic Weapon showtime involves tracking down the old, broken thing and and so jumping through some hoops with Gerolt to restore it to its former glory.
• In the title logo ◊ and E3 2016 trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Main Sword is shown rusted and heavily chipped. This is somewhat consequent with the portrayal of the Chief Sword from The Fable of Zelda: The Wind Waker where the sword was stuck at the bottom of the body of water, its ability to ward evil having been sealed by Ganondorf eliminating the guardians of the temples used to keep the sword empowered. Although in the game itself it's an inversion; the sword is in such a damaged state because Link used up all of its power slaughtering a ridiculous number of monsters. Leaving the sword in its pedestal for 100 years allowed it to repair itself and then that it would be usable when Link finds it again.
  • Played directly with the vaious rusted weapons and shields that y'all can detect strewn in the wilderness, having belonged to adventurers and soldiers who had long since perished during the Calamity a century prior. Link tin can use them as they are, though they're weak and non very durable. Nonetheless, Rock Octoroks on Decease Mountain are capable of cleaning them and spitting them out if they inhale them. These restored weapons and shields can be anywhere from equally weak as the Traveller weapons to as powerful every bit Royal weaponry.
• Overwatch has the armor of the Crusader'southward fallen commander, Balderich, which appears as two skins for Reinhardt. Every bit a skin, even though it'due south covered in ivy, moss, and rust in its Greifhardt form, it is notwithstanding formidable and capable. Reinhardt later cleans information technology up and repairs it to full functionality.
• The Burial Blade from Bloodborne hasn't been used since Gherman took control of the Hunter's Dream and certainly looks pretty ramshackle even by the standards of a lot of the equipment in the game. Information technology doesn't stop it from being a source of constant rage at how powerful it if y'all decide to fight Gherman at the end, and the version you can go afterward the boxing is hands ane of the strongest Skill weapons in the game.
• God of War (PS4): Kratos had kept the Blades of Chaos from the first game. Later not beingness used for centuries, they wait worn out and rusty. In one case he wields them again, they light upwards with their trademark flames and are immediately shown to be as deadly every bit always (and can be upgraded to eventually lose the rust).
• A lot of powerful magical weapons in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Ordinary items can go spontaneously enchanted in various ways — Xoti'south sickle and Edér'southward Saints War armor are two examples where the wielder knows for certain they were never deliberately enchanted — which leads to a few of these. Other examples include a broom that makes a keen quarterstaff, a shiv carved from a copper beer stein that grants some seriously powerful Booze-Based Buff (at a cost), and a chunk of wood dipped in pitch, covered in glass shards, and blest by the Goddess of Vengeance. Downplayed past the Huana magical weapons; though made of wood, bone, obsidian, and other "stone historic period" materials, they are very well-made and intricately carved, making information technology obvious they are more than the materials they are crafted from.
• In the tutorial mission of Starbound the Player Character is given a Cleaved Broadsword, which looks visibly dented and chipped and has the worst stats of any melee weapon in the game. You will want to switch to some other weapon as soon as you can, only yous will not desire to throw it away entirely as it can get the Protector's Broadsword once you rescue The Baron much later in the game as he tin can help y'all reforge it.
• The thespian graphic symbol's weapon in Hollow Knight starts off dull, croaky, and doing not very much damage at all, described as "blunt with historic period and wear". The resident Ultimate Blacksmith tin upgrade information technology into stronger and fancier-looking forms, culminating in the exquisite-looking and incredibly damaging Pure Blast. The blacksmith will outright ask you to kill him after this upgrade, as he believes he has naught left to live for subsequently forging a weapon of such caliber.

  "The ultimate weapon of Hallownest. Crafted to perfection, this ancient nail reveals its truthful form."

    Visual Novels

• In Fate/stay dark, Gilgamesh pulls out a somewhat goofy-looking drill-similar sword. This sword quickly loses all jokes about it, as it is actually Ea, 1 of the most powerful weapons in the entire Nasuverse.

    Web Comics

• On The Guild of the Stick, the Crimson Mantle looks like an quondam ruby cape well-nigh in tatter (because the bulk of its previous owners met a fierce expiry). Information technology'due south in fact a powerful Artifact of Doom.
• Averted by Madison Vrax, of Cassiopeia Quinn, who wins a historic sword as a trophy, whereupon it starts to shed its corroded patina. No 1, including Madison herself, understands why this is happening, or exactly WHAT is happening

    Western Animation

• Small-scale Winx Club case: during a defence lesson, Professor (Impostor!) Avalon instructs Blossom and another student to pick two magic swords and spar, and Flower's shiny sword is shattered by the chipped one chosen by the other. The other sword happened to have survived an extremely powerful set on, and that single chip (the only sign of disrepair) was where the assault had hit and the sign it was the better sword.
• I episode of Ben x has the heroes fighting confronting the Forever Knights to obtain a 5 thousand year old superweapon of a sword. By the time both parties reach the subconscious weapon, it was so old that it crumbled to grit every bit soon equally the Forever Knight drew the blade.
• Lula from Dave the Barbarian is a magic Living Weapon who went two thousand years without use before Dave constitute her and was never treated in that fourth dimension or sense. She can shoot magic lightning, just in her own words, she's about every bit sharp as a bowling ball.

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