How to Get Eightfold Blade: Stats and Effects

Eightfold Blade is a One-Handed Weapon that Link can use in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK). Read on to learn how to get Eightfold Blade, its general locations, stats, bonus attributes, and the effects of this weapon.

How to Get Eightfold Blade

South of Temple of Time Ruins

Travel to Tadarok Shrine in the Hyrule Field Region, and head east towards the pinned location on the map above.

The Eightfold Blade is wielded by a Yiga Footsoldier located at a Yiga Clan Hideout. The exact coordinates of its location are -0793, -2256, 0087.

Defeat the Yiga Footsoldier in the Yiga Clan Hideout so you could acquire the weapon it is wielding.

East of Malanya Spring

Travel to Rasiwak Shrine in the Akkala Sea Region, and head southwest towards the pinned location on the map above.

The Eightfold Blade is wielded by a Yiga Footsoldier located at a Yiga Clan Hideout. The exact coordinates of its location are 4507, 3147, 0245.

Defeat the Yiga Footsoldier in the Yiga Clan Hideout so you could acquire the weapon it is wielding.

Inside Chests Dropped by Like Likes near Kakariko Village

You can get this weapon by chance inside a chest dropped by any variation of Like Likes. The chest randomly contains weapons and shields found in the region where a Like Like has dropped it.

You can reroll the content of the chest by saving before defeating the Like Like, and reloading the save if you did not get the equipment of your choice.

Eightfold Blade General Locations

Explore the general locations and methods listed below for a chance to encounter and obtain the Eightfold Blade:

• Chest from Super Smash Bros. Sheik amiibo
  
• Hyrule Field
  
• Gerudo Highlands

Eightfold Blade Overview and Stats

Eightfold Blade Attack and Effects

Eightfold Blade	A single-edged sword of the Sheikah Tribe. Its small blade, now decayed, is suited for covert actions and yields more powerful sneakstrikes than ordinary blades.
Weapon Type	One-Handed Weapon (Bladed Edge)
Base Attack	6
Compendium No.	353
Passive Ability	Improved Sneakstrike

How to Maximize Improved Sneakstrike

Double the damage you deal when performing a Sneakstrike by using weapons that hold the Improved Sneakstrike Passive Ability.

You can best maximize this ability by improving your chances for a sneak attack using Puffshrooms or equipping the Yiga Set or Stealth Set.

How to Sneakstrike

Upgrades and Pristine Weapon Variants

Upgraded Weapon	New Stat	Description
Eightfold Blade✨	15	A single-edged sword traditional to the Sheikah tribe. It just may be among the sharpest conventional weapons ever made. It can yield more powerful sneakstrikes.

This weapon has Pristine variations as indicated by a sparkling symbol (✨), and are found being held by ghosts in the Depths.

You will only start seeing Pristine Weapon variations after finding and breaking its Decayed Version at least once before.

Similar Weapons

Weapons in the Same Series
Eightfold Blade	Eightfold Blade✨	Eightfold Longblade
Eightfold Longblade✨	Phrenic Bow	Duplex Bow
Shield of the Mind's Eye

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Related Guides

List of All Weapons

Weapons and Equipment by Type

List of Weapons
One-Handed	Two-Handed	Spear
Bow	Shield
Champion Weapons	amiibo Weapons

List of One-Handed Weapons

Decayed Master Sword	Master Sword	Tree Branch	Torch
Soup Ladle	Boomerang	Boomerang ✨	Sea-Breeze Boomerang
Traveler's Sword	Traveler's Sword✨	Soldier's Broadsword	Soldier's Broadsword✨
Knight's Broadsword	Knight's Broadsword✨	Royal Broadsword	Royal Broadsword✨
Forest Dweller's Sword	Forest Dweller's Sword✨	Zora Sword	Zora Sword✨
Feathered Edge	Feathered Edge✨	Gerudo Scimitar	Gerudo Scimitar✨
Scimitar of the Seven	Eightfold Blade	Eightfold Blade✨	Rusty Broadsword
Sword of the Hero	Royal Guard's Sword	Royal Guard's Sword✨	White Sword of the Sky
Wooden Stick	Sturdy Wooden Stick	Gnarled Wooden Stick	Lizal Boomerang
Zonaite Sword	Strong Zonaite Sword	Mighty Zonaite Sword	Magic Rod
Bokoblin Arm	Lizalfos Arm	Gloom Sword