Broken War

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Sentient Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

Broken War
Tradable (parts and/or blueprint only)
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General Information
Type	Sword
Mastery Rank Requirement	10
Max Rank	30
Slot	Melee
Trigger Type	N/A
Utility
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5.0 s
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.15x)
Follow Through	0.6x
Range	2.50 m
Noise Level	Silent
Sweep Radius	0.25 m
Normal Attack
18.7 ( 10%)
18.7 ( 10%)
149.6 ( 80%)
Total Damage	187 (80.00%  Slash)
Attack Speed	1.00x animation speed
Crit Chance	35.00%
Crit Multiplier	2.20x
Fire Rate	1.000 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	20.00%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	935
Slam Damage	748
Radial Damage	748
Slam Radius	8.0 m
Wind-up	0.6 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	561
Slam Radius	7.0 m
Radial Damage	187
Slam Radial Element	Impact
Radial Forced Proc	Impact
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	187
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	SWORDS_STANCE
Riven Family	Broken War
Introduced	Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)
Polarities
Sell Price	5,000
Stance Polarity
Variants	Broken War
Vendor Sources
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CODEX

A fragment of Stalker's War Sword, a symbol of his defeat

Broken War is a sword formed from a portion of the  War greatsword, the weapon given to Stalker by the Sentient Hunhow. This broken version of War deals mostly damage instead of War's , making it better suited against flesh.

This weapon is a requisite ingredient for  War.

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20,000	1	2	1	2	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 25
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Acquisition

This weapon is granted as a reward for completing the The Second Dream quest with a free weapon slot and a pre-installed Orokin Catalyst. Additional copies can be built afterwards; the blueprint dropping from Shadow Stalker upon defeat, while its Hilt and Blades drop from Conculysts.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage.

Advantages:

• High damage – effective against health.
• Second highest critical chance of all swords, behind  Dakra Prime.
• Above average critical multiplier.
• High status chance.
• Normal attacks have guaranteed proc.
• Stance slot has  polarity, matches  Crimson Dervish,  Swooping Falcon, and  Vengeful Revenant.
• Innate and polarities.

Disadvantages:

• Lower and damage, less effective against shields and armor.

Notes

• The listed Mastery Rank requirement only applies to the construction of additional copies of the Broken War. The copy of Broken War awarded at the end of The Second Dream is usable at any rank.
• The hilt and blade required to craft Broken War are tradeable; its blueprint is not.
• The weapon's default quick attack uses  Vengeful Revenant's Lone Vengeance combo instead of the normal sword attack.
  • Even without having Vengeful Revenant equipped, it will be depicted as the current stance.
• The Broken War is used to construct  War, which will remove it from the inventory.
  • Because the Broken War received from completing The Second Dream quest comes with a free catalyst, it is recommended not to use it to craft War, as the pre-installed catalyst will not carry over into the crafted War. This is especially advisable if you plan to buy Hunhow's Gift in the future, as this will allow you to obtain both a Broken War and War with pre-installed catalysts and avoid having duplicates.

Trivia

• The Broken War is a piece of the larger  War greatsword, which was split in two following the climax of The Second Dream quest, with the smaller piece torn being re-purposed as a one-handed sword.
• If the energy color is left uncustomized, the lights along the blade correspond to the elemental damage present on the weapon.
  • The greater War's lights turn red with no elemental damage, similar to when the Shadow Stalker attacks the Tenno, while the Broken War stays blue as in its icon.
• Prior to Hotfix 18.6.3 (2016-03-23), Broken War required War to craft and vice versa, making them the only two weapons to have recursive build requirements. This also meant that the only way players could own both weapons at the same time was to buy the Hunhow's Gift bundle, which includes War.

Media

• Broken-War in Codex.
• Concept art of War and Broken War, with a Galatine for comparison.

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Warframe SPOILERS Broken War Vengeful Revenant Stance

Warframe BROKEN WAR Setup (U18.0.3)

Broken War Skins

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SWLongswordAritSkin.png

Arit
Tennogen

SWDeroSword.png

Dero
Tennogen

SWLongswordEisen.png

Eisen
Tennogen

Frysta

Insidia
Tennogen

Ion
Tennogen

Kopesh

Oscira

Rephrax

Tannukai

SWLongswordTengushenSkin.png

Tengushen
Tennogen

Patch History

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

• Damage increased from 90 to 187.
• Range increased from 1 to 2.5.
• Critical Chance increased from 15% to 35%.
• Critical Damage increased from 1.5x to 2.2x.
• Status Chance increased from 10% to 20%.
• Slam Attack increased from 180 to 561.
• Slide Attack decreased from 193 to 187.
• Parry Angle set to 55.

Hotfix 21.0.7 (2017-07-13)

• Fixed missing Riven for Broken War.

Hotfix 19.10.1 (2017-02-14)

• Removed erroneous hyphen from Broken-War, it will now forever be just Broken War.

Hotfix 18.6.3 (2016-03-23)

• Added Broken-War components to drop tables.

Hotfix 18.0.5 (2015-12-08)

• Added Broken-War blueprint to Shadow Stalker drop table.

Update 18.0 (2015-12-03)

• Introduced via The Second Dream questline.

Last updated: Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)

See Also

•  War, the unbroken variant.
• (Shadow) Stalker, the weapon's original wielder.