Line #54 Main/LegendaryWeapon


1	->''"Not every magical weapon is forged of meteorite iron under an unusual planetary conjunction, inscribed with gilded runes of ancient power, and imbued with supernatural strength and sharpness through mystical rites and sorcerous incantations. In truth, many of the most powerful weapons of lore are possessed of far humbler beginnings - common metal, torn from an enemy's grasp in a dire emergency. If the warrior survives the day, the weapon will likely be kept. Polished, sharpened, and re-sharpened, it will be carried from battle to battle, becoming as much a part of the man as his own arm, and as his name rises from warrior to hero to legend, so too will an aura of reverence and awe begin to surround the blade."''
2	-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
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4	A weapon of myth, sung of in songs and spoken of in whispers. Old, powerful, and [[NamedWeapons possessing a name]].
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6	Most of the time, legendary weapons are a pretty big deal -- they don't call them "legendary" for nothing, after all -- and instead of being a ''very'' [[ExcaliburInTheRust old, rusty piece of scrap]] that's been in a display case for the last millennium, are actually extremely powerful and useful. They might even have the spirit of an ancient hero trapped in them, have immense magical properties, or be made with [[LostTechnology a technique that has been lost to the ages]]. Occasionally, when the protagonist is TheChosenOne of a {{Fantasy}} setting, they'll just happen to be a descendant of the last great hero to use that weapon, and the weapon [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield will unlock its true power only in their hands]].
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8	Since [[GrailInTheGarbage having the protagonist find a legendary weapon at their local store]] is a bit silly (unless it's [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday an unusual kind of local store]]), the weapon tends to be a SwordOfPlotAdvancement that is rather hard to acquire.
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10	Please note that this is for ''legendary'' weapons, meaning that the weapon [[FamedInStory has to be part of the legends and history of the work]]. This is not a trope for just any ancient weapon or CoolSword the protagonists find, or weapons in a work that happen to share a name with a PublicDomainArtifact.
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12	Subtrope to NamedWeapons. SuperTrope to AncestralWeapon. Contrast PenultimateWeapon and DayOldLegend. See also InfinityPlusOneSword, InfinityMinusOneSword, ExcaliburInTheRust, CoolSword, and SwordOfPlotAdvancement. If the work's setting is based on the real world, it may overlap with PublicDomainArtifact.
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14	!!Examples:
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19	* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Most of the Servants' [[SignatureMove Noble Phantasms]] count. Considering the setting is based on the real world and the Servants are actually spirits of legendary heroes, a lot of them overlap with PublicDomainArtifact.
20	* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Excalibur is considered the strongest of weapons (which, in this setting, is a [[LivingWeapon race of people that can transform into weapons]]) and his power is considered the stuff of legend. Any Meister who wields him is pretty much unstoppable, and many have tried, as [[FamedInStory his location and exploits are well documented]]. What ''isn't'' documented is the fact that he has an utterly insufferable, egotistical personality and has a long list of unfeasible, self-aggrandizing rules he requires his wielders to follow, meaning no one can stand to even try to wield him despite his legendary power.
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24	* ''ComicBook/TheSixthGun'' has the Six, which have been reborn in every age of the setting. Built to free man from an enemy that is no longer there, the Six were known to early man as clubs, to the Knights Templar as swords, to other ages as crossbows and matchlock muskets. In the age of the comic, they are .44 revolvers due to the Western setting.
25	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'' has the Sword of Superman, an inconceivably old, empathetic weapon which has zipped across the galaxy for eons, waiting for his rightful wielder calling it and claiming its power. Countless alien races have told stories about the Sword from time immemorial, and billions of treasure-hunters have tried and failed to catch it.
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29	* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter''/''Series/Merlin2008'' crossover [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8350179/1/Ancient-Relics "Ancient Relics,"]] after Voldemort masters the power of the Old Religion, Merlin determines that the only weapon that can kill him now is Excalibur, which can only be retrieved from Avalon on Halloween when the walls between life and death are particularly thin. Even Kingsley Shacklebolt, the current Minister of Magic and head of the Order of the Phoenix, is awed when Merlin lays Excalibur before him.
30	* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales Patch]] finds the sword of Squire, the knight from the legend she told in the first episode of the animated series. She uses it as her [[WeaponSpecialization weapon of choice]] for the rest of her life.
31	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/LivingInAFrogWorld'', the protagonist Frank Ramirez finds a [[SinisterScythe scythe]] in the town archives known as Hellcat's Claw, a weapon created by the first Frog King of Amphibia, who united the world as one. It is also said that the scythe will be found and returned to the hands of the Frog King's descendant.
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35	* The sword Green Destiny in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', an AbsurdlySharpBlade famously wielded by Li Mubai and which serves as a MacGuffin for much of the movie.
36	* The MacGuffin of ''Film/GentlemenExplorers'' is the Infinity Pistol: a magical gun that never runs out of bullets. Most people only know of it from the story recorded by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, and regard it as nothing more than a legend.
37	* In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' in the final confrontation Rick sees a mural depicting the golden scepter his brother-in-law Jonathan has been hauling the entire film, showing it to be in fact a RetractableWeapon -- the Spear of Osiris. Which is the only thing that can kill the Scorpion King. He instructs Jonathan on how to open it, and it turns out that Jonathan is quite the javelin thrower. Rick's follow up makes sure the Scorpion King is shut down.
38	%%* {{Mjolnir}} in ''Film/{{Thor}}''.
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42	* While ''Literature/LoneWolf'' has many a CoolSword and other awesome weapons, the Sommerswerd, the Sword of the Sun, is ''the'' blade of legend. This golden sword was forged by a god-like race and sent by the sun god Kai to the people of Sommerlund to aid them in fighting off the dark god Naar's champions, the Darklords of Helgedad. The second book revolves entirely around Lone Wolf retrieving the sword in order to repel another invasion by the Darklords.
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46	* The Sword of the Kings of Ankh in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. According to the ''Discworld Companion'', in the later years of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy, many fake swords started popping up in the hands of various claimants, to the point that King Blad claimed the throne on the basis of two bits of wood nailed together. It is generally agreed that the ''true'' sword must have been shiny, probably magical and always catch the light, and therefore can't ''possibly'' be Captain Carrot's, which is none of these things but just really good at being a sword. How good? It's an AbsurdlySharpBlade that routinely cuts straight through other swords and at one point, was driven straight through a man and ''the stone pillar behind him'' without much fanfare. The implied reason for its sharpness is that the sword is ''so'' boringly nonmagical that it ends up working as low-grade AntiMagic against anything that has more magic in it, which is just about ''everything else in existence.'' Needless to say, it's the real thing, despite looking like an ordinary, slightly rusted sword.
47	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has the hat trick. The three Swords of the Cross are named Amoracchius, Esperacchius, and Fidelacchius. Or, as they've been called in the past, [[spoiler:{{Excalibur}}, Durendal, and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, [[PublicDomainArtifact respectively]]]].
48	* ''Literature/EgilsSaga'': When Egil departs from York, Arinbjorn presents him Dragvandil, a sword once owned by the hero Ketil Salmon, who "had used it in his single combats". Egil uses Dragvandil when he kills the berserk Ljot, and also wields it in his duel with Atli. Ketil Salmon and his duels are the subject of another saga, ''The Saga of Ketil Salmon''.
49	* ''Literature/TheElderEmpire'': The nature of Intent means anything can gain legendary power given time. If an axe is used for splitting wood, eventually it will become even better at splitting wood. Shera has weapons that were forged a thousand years ago before the Empire was born, and they can cut through nearly anything. Especially the blade she used to destroy a heart of [[EldritchAbomination Nakothi]], and [[spoiler:kill [[GodEmperor the Emperor]]]]. At the start of the novel, she has trouble even drawing that weapon at all, it's so powerful.
50	* ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' has Vasilis, the Sword of Light and Darkness. The weapon even has poems and songs written about it, and learning that the good guys even have it proves to be a major morale boost for the Battle of Zzyzx.
51	* The Sword of Godric Gryffindor and the Elder Wand in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the sword being a goblin-made weapon and the Elder Wand a wand so powerful that it can supposedly perform impossible feats of magic, [[spoiler:including repairing Harry's original wand, which had been dismissed as irreparable by Ollivander himself]].
52	* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, Need is a sword so old that the legends about her arose, flourished, and were forgotten before the current era began. At first she is a female-only weapon with many special attributes. Then she wakes up and starts ''talking''...
53	* Early in ''Literature/TheHobbit'', the party recovers a small treasure hoard from some trolls, among it a pair of magnificent swords which are taken by Thorin and Gandalf respectively. A little later Elrond, upon seeing the swords, reveals to them that the swords are "very old" blades forged by the elves of Gondolin, and that Thorin's sword is "a famous blade" called Orcrist, or the Goblin-cleaver, and that Gandalf's sword is called Glamdring, or Foe-hammer, and belonged to the king of Gondolin. Notably, these blades are also legendary among the goblins, who call them Beater and Biter and recognize them on sight.
54	* ''Literature/TheIcelandicSagas'''s ''Kormak's Saga'': Preparing for his duel with Bersi, and following the advice of his mother Dalla, Kormak asks Skeggi of Midfjord to lend him Skofnung, the sword of the legendary Danish king Hrolf Kraki which Skeggi robbed from Hrolf's gravemound in his youth.
55	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
56	** Narsil is the legendary sword that was forged in the First Age by a famous dwarven smith, wielded and broken by Elendil and then used by Isildur to cut the ring out of Sauron's hand at the end of the Second Age, and then reforged under the name Andúril at the end of the Third Age to fulfill one of the ancient prophecies.
57	** Gandalf carries the elvish longsword Glamdring which he acquired in ''The Hobbit'', and uses it to kill the Balrog in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''.
58	* ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'': The Hammer of Tholin is an ancient weapon that belonged to the last king of the dwarves, believed to be lost to the ages. The lore attached to it is so strong that its recovery allows [[spoiler:Dolgan]] to become the first king of the dwarves since its loss.
59	* ''Literature/TheSagaOfThePeopleOfLaxardal'': Before Thorkel Eyjolfsson sets out to kill the outlaw Grim, he borrows Skofnung, the sword of the legendary Danish king Hrolf Kraki, from his relative Eid, the son of Skeggi of Midfjord who had robbed the sword from Hrolf Kraki's gravemound.
60	* The Sword of Shannara from the ''Literature/{{Shannara}}'' series is the legendary sword which the Elven King Jerle Shannara used to defeat the Warlock Lord and end the Second War of the Races. Five hundred years later, the entire plot of ''Literature/{{The Sword of Shannara}}'' is a quest for said sword.
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64	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': [[TheUnpronouncable Mʔ]], commonly known as The Scythe, is a powerful weapon ([[NonIndicativeName actually an axe]]) created for the Slayers by a group of powerful women called The Guardians. Buffy [[ExcaliburInTheStone pulls it out of a stone]] in the latter part of the last season of the show.
65	* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': The Sword of Truth. In the hands of an ordinary person, it's just a regular sword. When wielded by the seeker, it turns him into a OneManArmy.
66	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has the Darksaber (which was previously seen in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''). Constructed by the first Mandalorian to join the Jedi Order, wielding it makes someone the rightful ruler of Madalore, as long as the wielder acquired it by killing the previous holder.
67	* Excalibur in ''Series/{{Merlin\|2008}}'' which Arthur [[ForegoneConclusion is going to]] [[ExcaliburInTheStone rip out of that stone]] as revealed by the series trailer, as well as Lancelot's Arondight.
68	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
69	** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Worf, Dax, and Kor search for the legendary Sword of Kahless, hoping that it could unite the Klingon people behind a new leader who could end hostilities between the Empire and the Federation. When they find it, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it causes]] Worf and Kor to become power-hungry.
70	** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Deconstructed with the Stone of Gol, a psionic resonator which allowed Vulcans to weaponize their telepathic abilities. It turns out there was a very good reason it stopped being used and faded into legend. It was powered by the violent thoughts of its target. Once Vulcan became a peaceful world, it became useless.
71	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has the Colt. A bullet fired from this gun can kill nearly anything, even creatures that are normally ImmuneToBullets. In fact, it's specifically stated that there's only a total of five beings in all of creation that it ''can't'' kill (implied to be God and the four Archangels).
72	* ''Series/Tracker2001''[='s=] Strada Brac. [[note]]Note that as the series ended just after its discovery, we still have no idea how it's spelled for certain. This spelling is a fan consensus.[[/note]] It was the subject of Vardian and Cirronian legends about how it was made during an ancient war and then stolen by the Migar council and hidden on Earth to keep it away from the Vardians. By the modern era, most of their peoples believed it was simply a myth. Cole and Mel obviously proved them wrong.
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76	* The Hammer of Glory from Music/{{Gloryhammer}} is one of three weapons
77	* The Emerald Sword in the Music/RhapsodyOfFire songs. Very old, extremely powerful, can also count as an UnholyHolySword.
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81	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has had many of these, from the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords and Sword of Kas in the 1st Edition Dungeons Master's Guide to the swords of the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms as described by Ed Greenwood (Adjatha, Albruin, Demonbane, etc.).
82	* ''TabletopGame/TheSixthGun'', due to the game being based on the [[ComicBook/TheSixthGun comic book]], features the quest for the Six.
83	* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has the eponymous Warhammer itself, Ghal Maraz, and to a lesser extent, the Runefangs (swords) of each of the constituent provinces of the Empire.
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87	* The ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series: Referenced with the Orange ColorCodedItemTiers, a.k.a "Legendary". In addition to having the best stats, these items also have unique abilities like strange bullet patterns or always ignoring shields (some of these abilities render the items much worse than similar items of a lesser tier), and a quote from another game or series in red text. Their special abilities are therefore often called "red text effects."
88	* The Vampire Killer whip in ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is considered the ultimate undead-killing holy weapon.
89	* Any weapon (or, indeed, any item) that unlocks a [[EncyclopediaExposita Codex]] entry in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series. Additionally, if you acquired the weapon Vigilance in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'', the epilogue mentions that it went on to become one of these.
90	* The Runeblade from ''[[VideoGame/{{Drakan}} Drakan: Order of the Flame]]'' belonged to Heron, the last great dragonrider and is also the [[InfinityPlusOneSword best weapon in the game]].
91	* In the arcade ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' games from Capcom, at the end of ''[[VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara Shadow of Mystara]]'', if a player kills the final boss with a magical sword (i.e. any sword that they did not start with), the epilogue states that the weapon is renamed "The Sword of (Player Name)." On subsequent playthroughs, the sword is ''actually called that'' for anyone that picks it up. At least, until the cabinet is reset.
92	* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has nine weapons considered 'Legendary Armaments' that count towards an achievement. You can also get the signature weapons of major bosses via their Remembrances, which do tend to fit the trope (i.e. Malenia's Hand of Malenia, which acted as her personal symbol) but aren't considered legendary armaments.
93	** The Grafted Blade Greatsword, treasure of Castle Morne. Forged of multiple small weapons bound together, and said to be a "revenger's weapon" created by a warrior so determined to keep fighting after his country was lost that he collected the weapons of an entire clan to turn into his sword. It's found in the hands of the Leonine Misbegotten boss in Castle Morne, and is the reward for the fight.
94	** The Sword of Night and Flame is a straight sword that can either spread flame in an arc, or blast a KamehameHadoken. It was created by ancient astrologers (predecessors to glintstone sorcerers) combining their knowledge with that of their neighbors, the Fire Giants. It's found in a chest in Caria Manor.
95	** The Ruins Greatsword is actually a chunk of a ruin in the sky that was hit by a meteor and fell to Earth, then being fitted with a handle and called a sword. It has innate gravity magic, and is found by defeating the DuelBoss of Misbegotten Warrior and Crucible Knight in Caelid.
96	** The Marais Executioner's Sword is found in the Shaded Castle, in the hands of the boss Elemer of the Briar. It was a heirloom of the Marais family and was going to be used to execute Elemer, but he was able to wrest the sword from his executioner and use it for himself, enchanting it with the Eochaid's Dancing Blade weapon art.
97	** The Bolt of Gransax was the personal weapon of the ancient dragon Gransax, who's notable for being the only being to ever break through Leyndell's defenses. The weapon is still clutched in the hands of his corpse draped over the city, and the Tarnished can hop on it and chisel off a bit to make a smaller version for themselves, giving them a lightning-infused spear.
98	** The Eclipse Shotel is a pure [=PVP=] weapon, as its claim to fame is that it is enchanted with Deathfire and inflicts Deathblight... which only works on players. It's a treasure of Castle Sol in the Mountaintops of the Giants, and is found in a chest there.
99	** The Devourer's Scepter is a club crafted in the image of a serpent devouring a globe; said to be a vision of the future Rykard had just before fusing with the God-Devouring Serpent. [[spoiler: Recusant Bernhal]] wields this in his Crumbling Farum Azula invasion, and it drops from him there.
100	** The Dark Moon Greatsword is the reward for finishing Ranni's questline and marrying her, as it's apparently traditional for Carian royalty to give their consorts massive magic swords as wedding presents. It's also the current incarnation of the Moonlight Greatsword.
101	** The Golden Order Greatsword was once the Full Moon Greatsword that Renalla gave Radagon for their marriage, but when he left her to marry Marika he reforged it into the Golden Order Greatsword. Somehow it got into the hands of the Misbegotten Crusader in the Cave of the Forlorn off the Consecrated Snowfield, and is the reward for that boss fight.
102	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
103	** The Daedric Artifacts (at least those that are weapons) are the most legendary weapons on Nirn. Each is associated with a particular [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] and passes from owner to owner according to the wishes of those deities. Famous ones include the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Malacath]]'s hammer Volendrung, the dagger [[DestroyerDeity Mehrunes]]' Razor, the Mace of [[GodOfEvil Molag Bal]], [[GoodIsNotNice Meridia]]'s sword Dawnbreaker, and [[MadGod Sheogorath]]'s staff Wabbajack.
104	** The Aedra, deities who [[CreationMyth aided in the creation]] of Mundus (the mortal plane) primarily worshiped in the [[SaintlyChurch Nine Divines]] religion, have provided some legendary weapons as well. Some of the most famous are Auri-El's Bow and Shield, Auri-El being the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aldmeri]] [[NobleBirdOfPrey eagle]] version of Akatosh, the [[DragonsAreDivine draconic]] God of Time. (The Bow is said to be the weapon that launched [[TheMaker Lorkhan]]'s [[CosmicKeystone Heart]] down into the world after he was [[GodIsDead "killed"]] for his perceived treachery during creation.) Similarly, the Divines each contributed to the Crusader's Relics. Originally worn by [[GodInHumanForm Pelinal]] [[EternalHero Whitestrake]] during the Alessian Revolt when he defeated Umaril the Unfeathered, they would have to be collected and sanctified by "[[PlayerCharacter Pelinal Reborn]]" in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'''s ''Knights of the Nine'' expansion.
105	** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', Yagrum Bagarn [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfHisKind the last living]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]]] and victim of the [[BodyHorror Corprus]] [[TheAgeless Disease]], has written the in-game book ''Famed Artifacts of Tamriel'' which details many such legendary weapons. He himself is in possession of Volendrung in-game, presumably acquired in his pre-disease [[RetiredBadass days of searching Tamriel]] for any other surviving [[spoiler:Dwemer]].
106	* A semi-{{recurring element}} in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', particularly the games that feature a {{High\|Fantasy}} or HeroicFantasy-themed locale.
107	** Cecil's Mythgraven Blade in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement which he receives upon becoming a Paladin after passing his trial at Mt. Ordeals]]. True to its name, the sword is inscribed with the Mysidian Legend, a lore that foretells the arrival of a hero destined to bring light to the Blue Planet.
108	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has the twelve legendary weapons, also known as the Sealed Weapons.
109	--->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Ghido]]:''' "[[ShapedLikeItself They are weapons.]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They are legendary.]] [[LampshadeHanging There are even twelve of them.]]
110	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
111	*** The Relic Weapons of ''A Realm Reborn'' are legendary arms wielded by heroes from ages past, though you have to ''{{re\|forgedBlade}}''[[ReforgedBlade forge]] them, they are legendary in the history of the world (for example, the Paladin's weapon, Curtana, is the sister sword to Oathkeeper, and both are the best swords ever made). The more they're upgraded, the more powerful they become, until eventually they're reforged again into replicas of the arms wielded by the even more legendary Zodiac Braves (Curtana becoming Excalibur, for example).
112	*** Gunnhildr's Blades all wielded weapons of immense renown and power in to defend the legendary Queen Gunnhildr. However, they were all destroyed in the Bozja Incident when Bahamut vaporized the Bozjan Citadel. Recreating them from memories of the past is the focus of the Save the Queen questline so the Bozjan Resistance's own Gunnhildr's Blades can use them against the Garleans and to boost morale as symbols of Bozja's proud history.
113	* There's always at least one of these in every ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' game. They're mostly signature weapons of each game's Lord, and [[WeaponOfXSlaying required to defeat the game's]] FinalBoss.
114	* In ''VideoGame/HolyUmbrella'', the umbrella found and wielded by the player character has a "Legend of the Holy Umbrella" about it.
115	* The [[CoolKey Key]][[CoolSword blade]] in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
116	** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' gives us the χ-Blade (pronounced [[{{Pun}} Key-blade]] or kye-blade), of which other Keyblades were made to mimic its shape. Unlike the Keyblade, which was originally made to overcome Kingdom Hearts, the χ-Blade existed alongside it and protected it as well. It was over this that the Keyblade War was fought, which resulted in its destruction into 7 Lights, which became the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Princesses of Heart]], and 13 Darknesses, as well plunging Kingdom Hearts into darkness and forcing the Worlds to reorganize. There is a way to reforge it and bring back the lost Kingdom Hearts; by having a powerful Light and equally powerful Darkness clash, but they have to be in partitions of 7 and 13 respectively for it to be successful. [[spoiler:[[BigBad Xehanort]], who has [[BackFromTheDead reformed]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' aims to start a second Keyblade War by doing exactly that, the 7 Lights being either the Princesses of Heart or the various heroes of the series, while the 13 Darknesses who are [[MesACrowd multiple splintered versions of himself]] [[TimeTravel gathered across time]].]]
117	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' parodies legendary weapons at every turn.
118	** There's a chain of quests where the player gets a series of legendary weapons. First, the player has to [[DayOldLegend create the "Epic Weapon" for their class]]. Following that, they obtain more ingredients and upgrade it to the "Legendary Epic Weapon". Following that, the weapon gets transformed into the "Ultimate Legendary Epic Weapon" when fighting the next boss.
119	** There's Trusty, Boris' trusty axe which the player is forced to use when playing as the Avatar of Boris.
120	-->''Not every magical weapon is forged of meteorite iron under an unusual planetary conjunction, inscribed with gilded runes of ancient power, and imbued with supernatural strength and sharpness through mystical rites and sorcerous incantations. In truth, many of the most powerful weapons of lore are possessed of far humbler beginnings -- common metal, torn from an enemy's grasp in a dire emergency. If the warrior survives the day, the weapon will likely be kept. Polished, sharpened, and re-sharpened, it will be carried from battle to battle, becoming as much a part of the man as his own arm, and as his name rises from warrior to hero to legend, so too will an aura of reverence and awe begin to surround the blade. Legend and belief are powerful forces, and it should be no surprise that a powerful artifact might have become powerful simply by dint of everyone believing it to be powerful. That is, after all, where the gods came from. ''
121	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': The Master Sword, aka "the Blade of Evil's Bane," is as legendary as the Triforce itself. It is inscribed in Hyrule's lore that [[GoodHurtsEvil evil ones cannot touch it]], nor can anyone save for the [[TheChosenOne Chosen Hero]] [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield draw it from the Pedestal of Time]]. Some ''Zelda'' games (those made by Capcom) feature the Four Sword instead, which has the same "evil-destroying" power, and is also attached to both a sacred pedestal and the ancient malice of an eldritch BigBad.
122	* ''VideoGame/LiEat'': The InfinityPlusOneSword[=s=]: The Legendary Knife and Legendary Cake.
123	* The Dual Blade in the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' series, a weapon that amplifies the wielder's energy waves.
124	** ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' has a weapon called the Legendary Sword, which the party is tasked to recover. Despite acknowledging the Legendary Sword's powers are quite exaggerated, the President of Parcelyte feels its presence would reassure the people of the city. It is a solid upgrade should you choose to use it yourself.
125	* ''VideoGame/MarchenForestMylneAndTheForestGift'': A legendary fishing pole which is a type of weapon, "Fisherman's Pole", as said when buying it:
126	--> A legendary pole said to have been used by an angler. It is said that it featured a straight lure.
127	* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'':
128	** The Silver Sword of Gith, an AncestralWeapon of the githyanki and githzerai forged by Zerthimon for Gith to free them from the mind flayers. In the backstory it was lost in the Nine Hells, then recovered by [[WellIntentionedExtremist Ammon Jerro]] to fight the [[BigBad King of Shadows]], during which battle it was shattered. Its shards act as {{Plot Coupon}}s to allow the blade to be reforged.
129	** Another legendary weapon from the first campaign is the Hammer of Ironfist, the AncestralWeapon of your companion Khelgar's clan. Unfortunately by the time you get it Khelgar is likely well on his way to becoming a Tyrran monk, meaning he relies on GoodOldFisticuffs instead of weapons, and the Hammer [[CripplingOverspecialization can thus only be reliably wielded by a dwarf player character]].
130	** ''Mask of the Betrayer'' has the longsword Sivlem, a weapon that has been attached to many glorious deeds. Its FlavorText has a weird {{invoked\|Trope}} DoubleSubversion when the mage enchanting it intended to give it [[TalkingWeapon an intelligence]] that would [[InvokedTrope drive its wielder to yet greater acts of heroism]], but applied said intelligence to a more mundane blade by mistake.
131	* The Eternal Sword in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. Also known as the Sword of Time, it is capable of cleaving time and space itself.
132	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has the sword of Asbel's father, Aston, which was a legendary eleth sword. When Asbel was in training as a knight, he sold the old, rusted sword for cheap to a traveling merchant called a "Turtlez" (one of many in the game), not realizing its history or potential. Much later in the game, the player can buy it back for hefty premium and take it to the Amarcian Enclave and it turns out to be the extremely powerful Excalibur.
133	* In ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'' the most powerful weapons and items are the "Legendary" or "Mythological" ones.
134	* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': The Stalwart Knight's FlavorText implies its legendariness:
135	--> A spear once used by a legendary knight.
136	* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': The 'Legion' expansion gives a legendary weapon for every available player class specialization. These range from old classics (such as twin blades forged from the broken shards of Frostmourne and the sword that broke Frostmourne in the first place) to completely new ones, which were given a fitting backstory.
137	** Frostmourne itself is a subversion. While it is certainly powerful and extremely important to recent history, it's not very old. The Lich King ''invented'' legends and a long history for the sword in order to trick Arthas into thinking that finding the sword was his own idea.
138	* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'': There are a number of weapons that could be described as legendary weapons, but the clearest example is the Paracesis, the Sentient Slayer. You receive the blueprint at the end of a quest specifically dedicated to it, it is one of the most powerful greatswords in the game, and it is the only weapon that can be upgraded past level thirty, making it easier to customize and ''definitely'' become the most powerful greatsword. It also has a hefty damage bonus against the Sentients, who are normally infamously hard to kill.
139	-->'''Ballas:''' Take this... the idea of it... it is the only way your war can end.
140	* The Sword of Mana from the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' series. Even ''more'' legendary because it is [[IHaveManyNames ALL the legendary swords that have ever existed, just with different name on each occasion]].
141	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
142	** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': The Monado, the legendary Blade that can defeat the otherwise invincible Mechons. [[spoiler:There are two (Zanza's Monado and Meyneth's Monado), containing the spirits and power of the Bionis and Mechonis, respectively. During the FinalBoss fight, this is joined by Shulk's own Monado--and by Alvis, who claims to ''be'' Monado.]]
143	** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Several of the Blades count, but none moreso than the Aegis, the Blade that destroyed three entire continents in a war centuries ago. Of course, Blades are also people, making this something of a strange example. The Aegis is a girl named Pyra [[PlayingWithFire with fire powers]], who demonstrates far more power than anyone else. Then it turns out she's technically not the Aegis; the real Aegis is Mythra, who was so horrified at what she did during the Aegis War that she sealed away most of her powers and personality, creating the gentler Pyra. Eventually it is revealed that [[spoiler:Malos is another Aegis, obsessed with destroying the world due to the initial desires of the man who awakened him; Mythra was awakened to fight him]]. At the very end of the game, [[spoiler:the Architect explains that there were actually three Aegises--Logos (Malos), Ontos (lost in a dimensional rift and heavily implied to be Alvis from ''Xenoblade''), and Pneuma (Pyra/Mythra's complete self). They were originally the [=AIs=] overseeing the space elevator that would eventually become the World Tree, but the Architect repurposed them to manage the Blades and heal the world. Notably, Malos's weapon is a Monado, with similar arts to Shulk's own]].
144	*** On a similar note are the Artifices, which fall more along the lines of legendary {{Superweapon}}s [[spoiler:that the Aegises can control, originally designed by them to defend the Conduit housed at the top of the space elevator that would become the World Tree. Activating Aion, the ultimate Artifice, is Malos's ultimate goal--doing so will allow him to destroy the world.]]
145	** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Lucky Seven, Noah's AbsurdlySharpBlade that he keeps hidden inside his LaserBlade, is one of the only weapons capable of cutting through the otherwise invincible Flame Clocks. ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed Future Redeemed]]'' adds [[spoiler:Matthew's "Fists of the End," which are revealed to contain Pneuma's core crystal. In addition to Shulk's Monado Replica and Rex's Aegis Swords, they can also break Flame Clocks. Furthermore, it is strongly implied that Lucky Seven contains Logos' core crystal. Z openly wonders how and why such a weapon found its way into Noah's hands]].
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150	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': The Darksaber was constructed by the first Mandalorian to join the Jedi Order. Wielding it makes someone the rightful ruler of Madalore, as long as the wielder acquired it by killing the previous holder.
151	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': The Sword of Tengu. Legend says its creator folded the metal over and over until every impurity and imperfection was eliminated. It's actually made of alien metal.
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