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Sword of Ruin Stats and How to Get

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Sword of Ruin is a piece of equipment found in Dragon Quest 2 HD-2D Remake (DQ2). Read on to learn how to get this Weapon, as well as its stats here!

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Sword of Ruin Overview

Sword of Ruin Stats and Effect

Sword of Ruin
Type
Weapon
Attack 135 Buy -
Effect
Few swords are so capable of critical hits, but its brilliance comes at a cost; whoever wields it is inevitably cursed.

How to Get Sword of Ruin

Found in a Treasure Chest

List of Locations
Cave of the Dwarves

Sword of Ruin can be obtained as a treasure chest reward in the locations listed above. Simply open treasure chests while exploring these areas to find a Sword of Ruin!

Dropped from Defeating Monsters

Grievous Bodily Arm
Grievous Bodily Arm

You can get this Weapon from defeating one of the monsters listed above. However, this isn't a guaranteed drop, and you may need to defeat multiple enemies before you get this Weapon.

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DQ2 - Equipment

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HelmetHeadgear ArmourArmour AccessoryAccessory

All Weapon-Type Equipment

Abracadabracus Assassin's Dagger Astraea's Abacus
Aurora Blade Bamboo Pole Bastard Sword
Battle Fork Battle-Axe Beastly Bullwhip
Blizzard Blade Boomerang Bronze Knife
Butterfly Baton Cautery Sword Chain Sickle
Chain Whip Copper Sword Cypress Stick
Demon Spear Demon Whip Destructiball
Divine Dagger Double-Edged Sword Dragon Claws
Dragonsbane Claws Dragontail Whip Dream Blade
Edged Boomerang Empress's Whip Erdrick's Supreme Sword
Erdrick's Sword Faded Blade Faerie Foil
Falcon Blade Falcon Sword of Ruin Fire Blade
Flametang Boomerang Godbird Sceptre Golden Bamboo Lance
Golden Claws Graco's Trident Gringham Whip
Gusterang Headman's Axe Holy Lance
Holy Silver Rapier Hunter's Moon Hypnowhip
Icicle Dirk Iron Axe Iron Lance
Kestrel Claws Knuckledusters Lightning Staff
Liquid Metal Sword Malevolash Massacre Sword
Mercury's Rapier Metal Slime Sword Metal Wing Boomerang
Miracle Sword Morning Star Mountaincleaver
Nobleman's Knife Oaken Club Orochi's Sword
Platinum Sword Poison Moth Knife Rapier
Rosewhip Rubiss's Sword Rune Staff
Sacred Claws Sage's Staff Saviour's Staff
Saw Blade Scourge Whip Seraphic Sceptre
Serpent Sword Silver Claws Siren Sword
Sledgehammer Snooze Stick Somatic Staff
Staff of Antimagic Staff of Rain Staff of Resurrection
Staff of Sentencing Steel Broadsword Swallowtail
Sword of Ruin Thorn Whip Thunderbolt Blade
War Hammer Watermaul Wand Wizard's Staff
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