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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

How to Get the Prototype Ancient Short Sword and Stats (Attack Damage)

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This is a guide to the Prototype Ancient Short Sword, a One-Handed Weapon useable by Link in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. In addition to how to obtain the Prototype Ancient Short Sword, this page includes information about the weapon's attack damage and hidden seals.

Prototype Ancient Short Sword General Info

Prototype Ancient Short Sword Stats (Attack Damage)

Prototype Ancient Short Sword
Prototype Ancient Short Sword Icon Weapon Type:
One-Handed Weapon
Attack Damage:
36
Hidden Seal (Lv. 25): Strong-Attack Damage: +7% Hidden Seal (Lv. 30): Strong-Attack Damage: +7%
A prototype developed at the Royal Ancient Lab. The data obtained from the time-traveling Guardian accelerated research progress by decades.

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1 Gene_Starwind  Gene_Starwind  over 4 years

At level 30, if you have 4+2 seals (in my case 4 square+2 star), it has an ATK of 163. At level 50 it only has an ATK of 203.

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