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Melee22 DMG · 25 OF 36 BY DAMAGE

Aged Conquistador Side Sword

Rank 1 instead of rank 2 — this is how you get a side sword early. Durability is the real penalty: 25 against the finished blade's 38.

Last updated 2026-07-25 · Patch patch 1.01
Aged Conquistador Side Sword

Stats

Damage
22
Durability
25
Shop price
15c
Rank required
1
Ammo
Category
Melee

Where it sits on the Anvil ladder

The Weapon Upgrade Anvil runs two ladders: upgrading walks a piece up its own family, while trading jumps sideways into a different weapon — and trades can bypass rank locks the shop enforces.

Upgrades into Conquistador Side Sword for 15 tokens2 more damage and 13 more durability.

Cosmetic twins

The Aged Dark Tizona Sword is a stat-identical reskin of this weapon. If a shop or pack is charging you for the engraved version, it buys nothing but the engraving.

The rest of the melee rack

What else fills the same slot, ordered by damage.

WeaponDmgDurabilityCostRank
Francesca Axe284315c
Halberd285025c2
Aged Francesca Axe252910c
Aged Halberd253520c1
Conquistador Side Sword243820c2
Dark Tizona Sword243820c2
Aged Dark Tizona Sword222515c1
Machete22435c
Polehammer224520c1
Rapier213515c
Serpent Hilt Smallsword213515c
Aged Machete20293c
Aged Polehammer203010c
Aged Rapier192310c
Aged Serpent Hilt Smallsword192310c
Spear173810c
Aged Spear15255c
Spike Bayonet
Training Sword

Carrying it

Melee is silent, never runs out, and works in every weather. It also has a backstab bonus and an overhead stab to the head that deals double damage — see the tips page. The cost is durability: 25 before it needs replacing, and enemies can parry and disarm you.

This is an Agedpiece — one rung below its finished version, which is exactly why it's worth buying. Measured across all seventeen aged/finished pairs the damage penalty runs 8–15%, while durability drops much harder. Buy it for the low entry price and the missing rank lock, then feed it to the Anvil.

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Aged Conquistador Side Sword questions

How much damage does the Aged Conquistador Side Sword do in The Mound?

22 damage, with 25 durability. That ranks it 25 of 36 among weapons with published figures. The game never shows you this number in-game, so it is a community measurement — we publish it only because two independent databases agree on it.

How much does the Aged Conquistador Side Sword cost?

15c in the shop, and it needs explorer rank 1 before it appears. As an Aged piece it's the cheap entry to its family — the Anvil finishes the job.

What does the Aged Conquistador Side Sword upgrade into?

The Conquistador Side Sword, for 15 tokens at the Weapon Upgrade Anvil aboard the Tempestad.