What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Zelda: Skyward Sword

How to Get the Practice Sword: Location and How to Use

Add to Watchlist

Skyward Sword HD Practice Sword

This is a guide to getting the Practice Sword in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (HD) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn where to find Practice Sword, as well as how to use it.

Practice Sword Basic Information

Practice Sword
Practice Sword Set
Item Type Sword
A basic sword used by knights in training. The blade still has a sharp edge.

How to Get Practice Sword

How to Obtain Practice Sword

Item Unlock Condition
Practice Sword IconPractice Sword Found in a chest inside the Sparring Hall.

Starter sword

Practice Sword - Location.jpg
The Practice Sword is your first sword in the game. It is obtained after talking to Pipit and opening the chest inside Sparring Hall in Skyloft.

Skyloft Walkthrough

How to Use Practice Sword

How to Thrust

How to Thrust Attack.gif
Thrust your Practice Sword by swinging forward with your right Joy-Con for Motion Controls, or press the R-Stick for Button Controls.

How to Slash Diagonally

How to Diagonal Slash From Top.gif
Slash diagonally by swinging your right Joy-Con for Motion Controls, or flicking your R-stick for Button Controls diagonally.

How to Slash Horizontally

How to Horizontal Slash.gif
Slash horizontally by swinging your right Joy-Con for Motion Controls, or flicking your R-stick for Button Controls from left to right or vice versa.

How to Slash Vertically

How to Vertical Slash.gif
Slash vertically by swinging your right Joy-Con for Motion Controls, or flicking your R-stick for Button Controls from top to bottom or vice versa.

How to do Spin Attack

How to Spin Attack.gif
For Motion Controls, swing both of your left and right Joy-Cons sideways to do a spin attack. Swing up and down to do a vertical spin attack.

For Button Controls, flick your R-stick left and right until Link does a spin attack. Flick up and down to do a vertical spin attack.

This attack uses a chunk of your Stamina, so use it wisely.

How to Use Button and Motion Controls

Related Guides

Zelda Skyward Sword HD - Items and Equipment Partial

List of Items and Equipment

Items and Equipment
Weapons Equipment
Bottle Items Medals
List of Upgrades

Author

    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved

    Guide Index