The Sword of Light is a weapon first appearing in Dragon Quest XI, and it has a central role in its story. Due to the events of the story, the Sword of Light can actually be used as a general term to refer to multiple individual blades.
Appearances[]
Dragon Quest XI[]
In XI, a sword, identical in looks to Erdrick's sword, appears as the legendary Sword of Light (勇者のつるぎ - Hero's Sword in Japanese) wielded by the Luminary's ancestor, Erdwin, during the Age of Heroes.
Forged in the past by Erdwin and his companions, the Sword of Light is initially safeguarded within the Heart of Yggdrasil where it awaits for the Luminary to take it, but the blade is tragically transformed into the Sword of Shadows when Mordegon steals the power of the Luminary and corrupts the weapon.
Eventually, during their quest to defeat Mordegon and restore Yggdrasil, the Luminary and his party are taken by Cetacea to the floating ruins of Havens Above, where they come in contact with three of Yggdrasil's own seedlings. Shown by the sacred saplings the key events of the past that let Erdwin and his own companions forge the original Sword of Light, the party decides to follow in their predecessors footsteps and create a new blade.
In order to do so they needed to retrive a lump of Rarefied orichalcum from the floating isle only known as The Battleground, track down the mighty Forging Hammer safely kept by the desert kingdom of Gallopolis and reach The Crucible, an ancient and mystical forge hidden inside the very crater of the volcano Mount Huji. This last task was briefly delayed, as first the party had to save the blacksmithing village at the footsteps of the mountain, Hotto, from the rampaging of the dangerous dragon Tatsunaga.
After accomplishing these three feats, the Luminary, alongside his steadfast companions, is finally able to forge his own, personal Sword of Light thanks to which he could finally pierce the Fortress of Fear dark barrier and lay Mordegon low once and for all. This blade has a slighty altered appearance compared to the original one both is the shape of the blade and of the hilt, making it resemble less the design of Erdrick's sword.
Due to this, it is this second blade that it is labelled as "Sword of Light" in the Equipment bag. The blade has a power of +109 attack and a bonus +50 charm, and unlike the vast majority of the equipment, it cannot be boosted with the Fun-Size Forge to qualities of +1,+2 or +3, making it impossible to further enhance it's attributes as it is. Also when attacking, the Sword of Light inflicts Lightning damage to the enemies and when used as an item in battle it can cure an ally from all negative status effects.
After defeating the Lord of Shadows, the Luminary is also able to reclaim the Sword of Shadows. When the Luminary decided to travel back in time to prevent the fall of Yggdrasil from happening, the new Sword of Light he forged ends up shattering against the Time's Sphere. The Sword of Shadows is also destroyed shortly after due to it's clash with Mordegon's Orb of Darkness, but thanks to it's sacrifice the Luminary is able to replace his lost Sword of Light, with the much more powerful blade of Erdwin as he was supposed to, the original Sword of Light, otherwise known as the Super Sword of Light.
However, after the return of the Dark One of old, by repeating the same actions he previously had done while facing the all-powerful Mordegon, the Luminary can once again forge his own personal Sword of Light, making it possible for him to wield two Swords of Light.
Furthermore, once he obtains the recipe from Erdwin's old companion Drustan, as a reward for completing one of his trials, he can further enhance his personal Sword of Light into surpassing in power even Erdwin's own, by smelting it on the Fun-Size Forge together with a Sword of Kings, some Crimsonite, some Spectralite and some Über Agate of Evolution to forge the vastly superior Supreme Sword of Light.
Dragon Quest: Your Story[]
In Your Story, a pixelated version of the Sword of Light is generated by the antivirus program at the end of the movie in the final clash. This happens at roughly the 1:34:00 mark when streaming on Netflix.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[]
Dragon Quest of the Stars[]
Dragon Quest: Scan Battlers[]
Dragon Quest Champions[]
The Sword of Light reappear during the game's Dragon Quest XI event as part of its own gacha.
| Level | Skill/Spell | Description | MP Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miracle Slash | Deals 130% non-elemental slashing damage to 1 enemy while recovering 30% of the user's HP | 12 |
| 1 | 5% Damage to Jasper | Deals 5% more damage to Jasper when wielding this weapon | |
| 1 | 20% Damage to Mages | Deals 20% more damage to Mages when wielding this weapon | |
| 5 | Zap Slashing Damage +10% | Increases Zap Slash Damage by 10% when wielding this weapon | |
| 10 | Brave Aura | Cures the user of Poison, Envenomation, Dazzle, and Fizzled Status Effects | 3 |
| 15 | Maximum MP +10 | Increases the wielder's MP by 10 when wielding this weapon | |
| 20 | Multislash | Deal 60% non-elemental slashing damage to all random enemy parties 4 times | 20 |
| 25 | Slash Damage +5% | Increases slash damage by 5 when wielding this weapon and user has reached maximum Tension | |
| 30 | Slash Resistance +5% | Increases the wielder's resistance to slash attacks by 5 when wielding this weapon | |
| 40 | Damage +0.3% | Increases damage dealt by 0.3 when wielding this weapon and wielder has defeated 3 or more enemy players | |
| 50 | 5% HP Recovery | Recovers the wielder's HP by 5 when wielding this weapon and wielder has defeated 5 monsters everytime | |
| Coup de Grâce | Gigaslash | Inflicts 180% Zap slash damage to one enemy party | None |
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Trivia[]
- Interestingly the blade of the Sword of Light forged by the Luminary; as well as its powered-up version, the Supreme Sword of Light; bears a striking resemblance to the blade of the Zenithian sword.
- As a story point, the items the party carries, except from those of the Luminary, will be taken note of and saved once they reach Arboria's cathedral for the first time in Act I. At the start of Act III all items will be transferred into the Luminary's bag and still remain in his possession when he travels back in time; this process results in the duplication of the items that were originally in the party's inventories, making it possible to duplicate items that otherwise would be unique, such as Belle's bow. In the Switch version, thanks to the option to replay previous chapters of the story while retaining levels and items, by switching between 2D and 3D mode, this process can also be repeated with items normally available only in later parts of the story and for as many times one sees fit, essentially exploiting it to create endless copies of powerful items. However, anticipating this, some items are purposely coded to be impossible to duplicate, with some of them even being banned of being brought back to previous chapters at all; this is the case for all variations of the Sword of Light, including the standard Sword of Light, making it truly impossible to recover it after it is used to forge the Supreme Sword of Light.
Other languages[]
| Other languages | |
| French | Épée de Lumière |
| German | Schwert des Lichts |
| Spanish | Espada de la Luz |
| Italian | Spada della Luce |
| Dutch | Unknown |
| Norwegian | Unknown |
| Greek | Unknown |
| Portuguese | Espada da Luz |
| Russian | Unknown |
| Chinese | Unknown |
| Korean | Unknown |