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Cryptic Sword

Cryptic Sword

Sword

Type
Sword
Damage
5–77
Attack speed
-10
Required strength
99
Required dexterity
109
Required level
61
Superior damage (+5–15%)
5–88
Durability
44
Max sockets
4
Item level (qlvl)
82

Normal, exceptional and elite

NormalLong SwordExceptionalRune SwordEliteCryptic Sword
Damage3–1910–425–77
Attack speed-10-10-10
Required strength5510399
Required dexterity3979109
Required level—2561
Durability444444
Max sockets444
Item level (qlvl)204482

The Horadric Cube upgrades unique, set and rare weapons one tier, keeping their stats (the requirements become the new tier's). White, socketed and magic items can't be upgraded.

Normal → Exceptional

Exceptional → Elite

All weapon upgrade recipes on the Cube Recipes page

Best places to find

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FrozensteinSuper unique · Frozen River1 in 301per kill

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Runewords for Cryptic Sword

Runewords that fit this base type, up to its 4 sockets. A runeword needs exactly as many sockets as it has runes.

Uniques and sets on Cryptic Sword