Dark Split-Sword

Tenno Weapons

CONCLAVE (PvP)

• Dual Swords
• Heavy Blade

Dark Split-Sword (Dual Swords)
General Information
Type	Dual Swords
Mastery	5
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	60°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.21x)
Attack Speed	1.17
Follow Through	50%
Range	2.4 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal
56
28
32
Total Damage	116 (48.28%)
Crit Chance	25%
Crit Multiplier	2.5x
Attack Speed	1.17
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	15%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	464
Slam Damage	464
Radial Damage	464
Slam Radius	9 m
Wind-up	0.7 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	232
Slam Radius	8 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	232
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Tenno/Melee/Swords/DarkSword/DarkSwordDaggerHybridWeapon
Introduced	Update 18.14 (2016-06-08)
Polarities
Stance Polarity

Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade)
General Information
Type	Heavy Blade
Mastery	5
Slot	Melee
Utility
Block Angle	55°
Combo Duration	5 s
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.21x)
Attack Speed	0.917
Follow Through	60%
Range	2.8 m
Noise Level	Silent
Normal
78
52
100
Total Damage	230 (43.48%)
Crit Chance	15%
Crit Multiplier	2x
Attack Speed	0.917
Noise Level	Silent
Status Chance	25%
Heavy Attack
Heavy Damage	1,380
Slam Damage	1,150
Radial Damage	1,150
Slam Radius	9 m
Wind-up	1.1 s
Slam Attack
Slam Damage	690
Slam Radius	8 m
Slide Attack
Slide Damage	460
Miscellaneous
Exilus Polarity	None
Internal Name	/Lotus/Weapons/Tenno/Melee/Swords/DarkSword/DarkSwordDaggerHybridWeapon
Introduced	Update 18.14 (2016-06-08)
Polarities
Stance Polarity

CODEX

Use as a devastating heavy sword or apply a Dual Melee stance and split the weapon into two ferocious blades.

The Dark Split-Sword is a melee weapon with the unique ability to change weapon type depending on the Stance mod with which it is equipped: a double-bladed greatsword when equipped with Heavy Blade stances, or wielded as two separate blades when using Dual Sword stances.

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily  Puncture damage in dual sword form and primarily  Radiation damage in heavy blade form.

Advantages:

• Innate  Radiation damage – effective against Alloy Armor, Robotics, and Infested Sinew.
• High  Puncture and good  Slash damage – effective against armor and health.
• Dual Sword:
  • High critical chance and critical multiplier.
  • Good status chance.
  • Fast attack speed.
• Heavy Blade:
  • Very high status chance.
• Stance slot has polarity, matches  Swirling Tiger stance.
• Innate polarity.

Disadvantages:

• Innate  Radiation damage – less effective against Shielded, Infested, and Fossilized.
• No  Impact damage – less effective against shields.
  • Damage cannot be increased with  Impact mods.
• Heavy Blade:
  • Low critical chance.
  • Below average attack speed.
  • stance polarity is incompatible with any of the heavy blade stances.

Comparisons:

• Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade) (Normal), compared to Dark Split-Sword (Dual Swords) (Normal):
  • Higher base damage (230 vs. 116)
    • Higher  Puncture damage (78 vs. 56)
    • Higher  Slash damage (52 vs. 28)
    • Higher  Radiation damage (100 vs. 32)
  • Lower critical chance (15% vs. 25%)
  • Lower critical multiplier (2x vs. 2.5x)
  • Higher status chance (25% vs. 15%)
  • Higher Range (2.8 m vs. 2.4 m)
  • Lower attack speed (0.92 vs. 1.17)
  • Lower Block Angle (55° vs. 60°)

Acquisition

The Dark-Split Sword's blueprint can be researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.

Manufacturing Requirements
20,000	1	1	1,200	10	Time: 12 hrs
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 225			Blueprints Price:15,000
Tenno Lab Research 3,000
10,000	1	800	62	20	Time: 48 hrs
					Prereq: Nami Skyla
x1   x3   x10   x30   x100

Notes

• Without any stance equipped, the Dark Split-Sword is used as a Heavy Blade weapon by default.

Tips

• Heavy Blade and Dual Sword stances do not share any polarities, meaning players are forced to commit to either one of the two weapon types.
  • Alternatively, players can remove the stance slot's polarity with a Forma at the cost of capacity points.
  • Moreover, players can use a Stance Forma in order to add either Heavy Blade or Dual Sword stance mods with no consequences.

Trivia

• The Dark Split-Sword is the first melee weapon capable of using two different types of Stance mods, in this case Heavy Blade and Dual Sword stances, giving it the ability to use a total of 6 individual Stance mods.
• The Dark Split-Sword is made up of a  Dark Sword and a  Dark Dagger. This can be seen when equipping a dual swords stance.
• The Dark Split-Sword is the first weapon from the Tenno Lab to require Mutagen Masses to craft.
• On the Release of Update: Lunaro (2016-06-15) on PC, PC Gamer offered a limited time promo code for the Dulus weapon skin, which is essentially a stretched out PC Gamer logo on the sword.

Media

Dark Split-Sword in Codex showing its heavy blade form.

Dark Split-Sword in its dual swords form.

Tenno Reinforcements - Dark Split-Sword

Warframe Lunaro Weapon Skin Giveaway - PC Gaming Show 2016

Warfrane- Dark Split Sword Game Play and Coloring

Warframe - Dark Split-Sword (Weapon Review)

Warframe Dark Split Sword Setup (U18.14.2)

DARK SPLIT SWORD - Double the trouble 2 forma - Warframe

Dark Split-Sword Skins Edit

Day of the Dead
Seasonal

Dulus
Retired Promo

Dominion

Mortier

Kilzorath
Steam™ Exclusive

Mithra
Steam™ Exclusive

Tengoken
Steam™ Exclusive

Ion
Steam™ Exclusive

Karvr
Steam™ Exclusive

Cyskis

Nari & Vali

Patch History

Update 30.7 (2021-09-08)

• Fixed inability to use Stance Forma or Umbra Forma on the Dark Split-Sword.

Hotfix 28.2.0.1 (2020-07-14)

• Fixed a crash that could occur for the new Host of an Archwing mission due to prior Host migration if they had the Dark Split-Sword equipped.

Hotfix 27.3.8 (2020-04-02)

• Fixed inability to Polarize the Dark Split-Sword with Stance Forma or Umbra Forma.

Hotfix 26.0.7 (2019-11-14)

Dark Split Sword (Heavy Blade)

• Increased Critical Chance from 10% to 15%.
• Increased Puncture Damage from 68 to 78.
• Slam Attack increased from 180 to 690.
• Slide Attack increased from 180 to 460.

Update 26.0 (2019-10-31)
Actual patch notes made a mistake on heavy blade mode follow through.

Dark Split Sword

• Mastery Rank increased from 0 to 5.
• Damage increased from 65 Radiation to 116 (56 Puncture, 28 Slash, and 32 Radiation).
• Range increased from 1 to 2.4.
• Slam Attack increased from 130 to 232.
• Slide Attack decreased from 390 to 232.
• Parry Angle set to 60.
• (Undocumented) Follow Through decreased from 0.6 to 0.5.

Dark Split-Sword (Heavy Blade)

• Damage increased from 90 Radiation to 220 (68 Puncture, 52 Slash, and 100 Radiation).
• Range increased from 1.45 to 2.8.
• Slam Attack increased from 180 to 660.
• Slide Attack increased from 180 to 440.
• Parry Angle set to 55.
• Follow Through decreased from 0.9 to 0.6.

Hotfix 22.20.5 (2018-05-24)

• Fixed Dark split Sword appearing as unranked for Clients at the beginning of a mission even though it's ranked.

Hotfix 21.0.8 (2017-07-13)

• Fixed Dark Split Sword Rivens having no effect when equipped.

Update 19.0 (2016-11-11)

• Fixed Mods equipped on the Dark Split Sword not staying on the weapon when exiting out of the Arsenal.
• Fixed incorrect sheathing of the Dark Split-Sword when equipped with a Dual Sword Stance Mod (Crossing Snakes, Swirling Tiger, Dividing Blades).

Update: Recurring Nightmares (2016-10-27)

• Fixed incorrect entries for the Dark Split-Sword in player profile.
• Conclave: Reduced the damage of the Dark Split Sword in the two handed form.

Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

• Fixed an issue where the Dark Split Sword would show a Mire when being built in the Foundry.

Update: Specters of the Rail (2016-07-08)

• Increased Dark Split-Swords critical chance while dual wielding by to 25% and Critical Multiplier to 2.5x.
• Slightly increased the Dark Split Sword dual wield attack speed.
• Slightly decreased the Dark Split Sword Heavy Blade attack speed.
• Increased the Dark Split Sword Heavy Blade Element Damage to 90 and status chance to 25%.

Hotfix 18.14.2 (2016-06-09)

• Visually tweaked the Dark Split-Sword’s Energy trail to fit better on the weapon.
• Fixed the Dark Split-Sword not listed in the Melee section of the Codex.
• Fixed ranked Stance Mods equipped on the Dark Split-Sword being un-ranked.
• Dark Split-Sword can now be used in the Conclave.

Hotfix 18.14.1 (2016-06-08)

• Dark Split-Sword can now be sold from Inventory.
• Fixed the Dark Split-Sword not rewarding Affinity for Clients.

Update 18.14 (2016-06-08)

• Introduced.

Last updated: Hotfix 26.0.7 (2019-11-14)

See Also

•  Dark Dagger, a dagger of the same family.
•  Dark Sword, a single-handed sword of the same family.