Genshin Impact: The Black Sword: how to get it, stats and materials for ascension

The Black Sword is a 4-star weapon in Genshin Impact that is sadly only available to paying players. More specifically, you will need to purchase the Battle Pass to unlock this weapon. The weapon is very powerful for sword-wielding DPS characters like Keqing.

To get The Black Sword, purchase the Battle Pass and level it up to level 30. Once you reach level 30, you will have the option to choose one of the five Battle Pass weapons. There are five weapons for the battle pass, one for each weapon type.

You can level up your Battle Pass by completing daily, weekly and special missions. You need 1.000 EXP to level up once in the Battle Pass, which you can accomplish in about three to four weeks if you're able to keep up with the missions.

The statistics of the Black Sword

• Rarity: 4 stars
• ATK: 42 at level 1, 510 at level 90
• Secondary statistics: criticality rate%
• Secondary statistic level: 6% at level 1, 27,6% at level 90
• Passive: Justice: Increases DMG dealt by normal and charged attacks by 20%. Additionally, it regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when normal and charged attacks get a CRIT hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.

Materials for Ascension

Level 20	x3 Northern Wolf Milk Tooth, x3 Dead Rift Branch, x2 Slime Condensate, x5000 Blackberry
Level 40	x3 Cracked Tooth of the Northern Wolf, x12 Dead Rift Branch, x8 Slime Condensate, x15000 Blackberry
Level 50	x6 cracked tooth of the boreal wolf, x6 dead fault leaves, x6 slime secretions, x20000 Blackberry
Level 60	x3 Broken fang of the boreal wolf, x12 dead fault leaves, x9 slime secretions, x30000 Blackberry
Level 70	x6 Broken Fang of the Northern Wolf, x9 Leyline Sprout, x6 Slime Concentrate, x35000 Blackberry
Level 80	x4 Longing for the Northern Wolf, x18 Leyline Sprout, x12 Slime Concentrate, x45000 Blackberry

Is the Black Sword okay?

The Black Sword has a lot of value for its passive stat and Crit Rate%, so it's a perfect weapon to build for characters that deal a lot of damage. The amount of characters who actually want to use this weapon is actually quite limited right now, though.

Cryo characters like Kaeya or Ayaka generally don't want to use The Black Sword, as they have a lot of Crit Rate access through the Cryo element and artifacts. Other sword-wielding characters like Bennett, Kazuha, or Xingqiu prefer energy recharge over critical rate.

Consequently, the only character who really wants this sword is Keqing. This is a great weapon for her, but until more characters are released with the sword, this weapon is actually quite limited.