Monster Hunter World Great Sword Guide 1

So you like swords big enough to break someone's back when they try to lift them? Fair enough. Monster Hunter: World's monsters are pretty big themselves, so you're going to need a weapon that can put them down for good. How about a Great Sword?

But there are an absolute ton of great swords in the game, all with different stats, elements, and appearances. Choosing just one is going to be a tad difficult.

That's where we come in though. Read on to learn all about each of them so you can decide which you want to aim for.

Great Swords

Ore Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Buster Sword I Iron Ore 384 0
Buster Sword II Iron Ore x 2 432 0
Buster Sword III Earth Crystal x 2 / Machalite Ore x 2 / Iron Ore x 5 480 0
Buster Blade I Dragonite Ore x 2 / Machalite Ore x 5 / Monster Bone M x 2 576 0
Buster Blade II Monster Bone+ x 2 / Dragonite Ore x 5 / Coral Crystal x 2 / Machalite Ore x 10 624 0
Buster Blade III Carbalite Ore x 8 / Dragonite Ore x 5 / Dragonvein Crystal x 2 672 3
Chrome Razor I Fucium Ore x 8 / Carbalite Ore x 5 / Dragonite Ore x 10 / Dragonvein Crystal x 3 720 1
Chrome Razor II Elder Dragon Blood x 2 / Firecell Stone / Carbalite Ore x 20 / Fucium Ore x 13 864 2

Nergigante Tree

Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Nergal Judicator Nergigante Carapace x 2 / Nergigante Regrowth Plate x 4 / Nergigante Tail x 2 / Nergigante Talon x 3 912 1
Purgation's Atrocity Nergigante Gem / Nergigante Horn+ x 5 / Nergigante Talon x 5 / Xeno'jiiva Horn x 2 1,008 1

Thunder Element Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Thunder Blade I Dragonite Ore x 5 / Tobi-Kadachi Electrode / Tobi-Kadachi Claw x 2 / Electro Sac 528 0
Thunder Blade II Monster Bone+ x 2 / Tobi-Kadachi Electrode x 2 / Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x 2 / Coral Crystal x 3 624 0
Lightning Punisher I Carbalite Ore x 5 / Tobi-Kadachi Pelt+ x 3 / Tobi-Kadachi Scale+ x 4 / Vespoid Innerwing x 3 672 1
Lightning Punisher II Fucium Ore x 5 / Thunder Sac x 3 / Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x 4 / Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ x 2 816 1
Lightning Punisher III Elder Dragon Blood x 3 / Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ x 6 / Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ x 4 / Wyvern Gem 912 1

Ice Element Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Freeze Blade I Legiana Claw x 3 / Legiana Scale x 4 / Frost Sac x 2 / Coral Crystal x 3 576 0
Freeze Blade II Carbalite Ore x 5 / Legiana Tail Webbing x 2 / Legiana Webbing x 3 / Shamos Scale+ x 5 624 3
Frost Blaze I Freezer Sac x 3 / Fucium Ore x 5 / Legiana Scale+ x 5 / Legiana Wing x 3 720 1
Frost Blaze II Elder Dragon Blood x 3 / Legiana Claw+ x 5 / Legiana Hide+ x 3 / Wyvern Gem 768 1

Great Jagras Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Jagras Blade I Great Jagras Claw / Great Jagras Hide / Great Jagras Scale x 3 / Sharp Claw 528 0
Jagras Blade II Great Jagras Claw x 2 / Great Jagras Mane x 2 / Coral Bone x 2 / Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw x 3 576 0
Jagras Blade III Monster Bone+ x 3 / Great Jagras Scale x 5 / Great Jagras Claw x 3 / Great Jagras Mane x 3 672 0
Jagras Hacker I Great Jagras Scale+ x 6 / Great Jagras Claw+ x 4 / Great Jagras Mane x 6 / Piercing Claw x 5 816 3
Jagras Hacker II Monster Hardbone x 4 / Great Jagras Claw+ x 6 / Jagras Hide+ x 6 / Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw+ x 5 864 2
Jagras Hacker III Vaal Hazak Talon x 2 / Great Jagras Claw+ x 8 / Great Jagras Hide+ x 6 / Novacrystal 912 2

Great Girros Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Girros Blade I Great Girros Fang / Great Girros Scale x 3 / Girros Fang x 3 528 0
Girros Blade II Diablos Fang x 2 / Great Girros Fang x 3 / Great Girros Hood x 2 / Paralysis Sac x 2 624 0
Malady's Kiss I Great Girros Fang+ x 3 / Great Girros Scale+ x 5 / Great Girros Tail x 2 / Girros Scale+ x 6 672 0
Malady's Kiss II Blos Medulla / Great Girros Fang+ x 4 / Great Girros Hood+ x 2 / Omniplegia Sac x 4 720 0
Malady's Kiss III Bird Wyvern Gem / Great Girros Fang+ x 5 / Great Girros Hood+ x 3 / Vaal Hazak Fang+ x 2 768 0

Lavasioth Tree

Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Lava Blaze I Lavasioth Fang+ x 2 / Lavasioth Fin+ x 2 / Lavasioth Scale+ x 4 768 2
Lava Blaze II Lavasioth Fang+ x 3 / Lavasioth Fin+ x 3 / Teostra Mane x 2 / Wyvern Gem 864 2

Pukei-Pukei Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Blooming Blade I Pukei-Pukei Quill x 2 / Pukei-Pukei Scale x 3 / Poison Sac 528 0
Blooming Blade II Coral Crystal x 3 / Pukei-Pukei Sac x 2 / Pukei-Pukei Shell x 3 / Pukei-Pukei Tail 576 0
Blooming Blade III Monster Bone+ x 2 / Pukei-Pukei Quill x 4 / Pukei-Pukei Sac x 2 / Poison Sac x 2 624 0
Datura Blaze I Pukei-Pukei Scale+ x 3 / Pukei-Pukei Wing x 2 / Toxin Sac / Quality Bone x 3 720 3
Datura Blaze II Monster Hardbone x 3 / Pukei-Pukei Wing x 3 / Pukei-Pukei Carapace x 5 / Toxin Sac x 2 768 2
Datura Blaze III Bird Wyvern Gem / Pukei-Pukei Sac+ x 4 / Pukei-Pukei Wing x 6 / Vaal Hazak Wing x 2 816 2

Rathalos Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Flame Blade I Rathalos Scale / Rathalos Webbing x 2 / Flame Sac x 2 / Rathalos Marrow 672 0
Flame Blade II Rathalos Scale x 6 / Rathalos Tail x 2 / Rathalos Plate / Inferno Sac x 3 720 0
Red Wing Rathalos Carapace x 4 / Rathalos Medulla / Rathalos Scale+ x 6 / Rathalos Wing x 2 768 1
Blue Wing Azure Rathalos Carapace x 4 / Azure Rathalos Scale+ x 6 / Azure Rathalos Wing x 3 / Wyvern Gem 816 1
Rathalos Glinsword Azure Rathalos Scale+ x 8 / Azure Rathalos Tail x 3 / Rathalos Ruby / Teostra Horn+ x 2 912 1

Bone Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Bone Blade I Monster Bone S 480 0
Bone Blade II Monster Bone S x 2 528 0
Bone Blade III Monster Bone M x 2 / Ancient Bone 576 0
Bone Slasher I Monster Bone L / Monster Bone M x 5 / Boulder Bone x 2 672 0
Bone Slasher II Monster Bone+ x 2 / Monster Bone L / Sturdy Bone x 4 720 0
Bone Slasher III Monster Keenbone x 2 / Monster Bone+ x2 / Quality Bone x 2 768 3
Giant Jawblade I Brutal Bone x 4 / Monster Keenbone x 6 / Quality Bone x 10 / Monster Hardbone x 4 816 1
Giant Jawblade II Elder Dragon Bone x 4 / Monster Hardbone x 6 / Quality Bone x 20 / Dragonbone Relic 912 1

Vaal Hazak Tree

Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Hazak Kys Deceased Scale x 6 / Vaal Hazak Fang+ x 5 / Vaal Hazak Membrane x 4 / Vaal Hazak Talon x 4 912 1
Leviathan's Fury Vaal Hazak Gem / Vaal Hazak Tail x 2 / Vaal Hazak Talon x 6 / Xeno'jiiva Veil x 3 960 1

Anjanath Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Flammenzahn Anjanath Fang x 3 / Anjanath Scale x 3 / Anjanath Pelt x 2 / Flame Sac x 2 720 0
Flammenzahn+ Anjanath Fang+ x 4 / Anjanath Scale+ x 5 / Inferno Sac x 3 / Anjanath Plate 864 0
Gnashing Flammenzahn Anjanath Gem / Anjanath Pelt+ x 4 / Anjanath Nosebone+ x 2 / Vaal Hazak Fang+ x 5 1,008 0

Water Element Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Aqua Slasher I Boulder Bone x 2 / Jyuratodus Shell / Jyuratodus Scale x 3 / Aqua Sac 576 0
Aqua Slasher II Sturdy Bone x 5 / Jyuratodus Fin x 3 / Jyuratodus Fang x 2 / Gajau Skin x 3 624 0
Aqua Slasher III Monster Bone+ x 2 / Jyuratodus Fang x 4 / Coral Bone x 2 / Gajau Whisker x 3 672 0
Water Golum I Quality Bone x 5 / Gajau Scale x 5 / Jyuratodus Carapace x 2 / Jyuratodus Scale+ x 3 768 1
Water Golum II Grand Gajau Whisker x 3 / Jyuratodus Fin+ x 4 / Monster Hardbone x 3 / Torrent Sac x 3 816 1
Water Golum III Elder Dragon Bone x 4 / Jyuratodus Fang+ x 5 / Jyuratodus Fin+ x 6 / Wyvern Gem 912 1

Barroth Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Carapace Buster I Barroth Claw / Barroth Shell x 3 / Barroth Ridge x 2 624 0
Carapace Buster II Dragonite Ore x 3 / Barroth Claw x 2 / Barroth Tail / Kestodon Shell x 3 672 0
Carapace Buster III Diablos Shell x 3 / Barroth Claw x 4 / Barroth Scalp x 2 / Monster Bone+ x 3 720 0
Barroth Shredder I Barroth Carapace x 3 / Barroth Claw+ x 2 / Barroth Ridge+ x 2 / Kestodon Carapace x 5 816 1
Barroth Shredder II Barroth Carapace x 3 / Barroth Claw+ x 4 / Diablos Carapace x 3 / Gastodon Carapace x 5 864 2
Barroth Shredder III Barroth Claw+ x 5 / Barroth Ridge+ x 5 / Nergigante Horn+ / Wyvern Gem 960 2

Radobaan Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Spiked Blade I Wyvern Bonemass x 2 / Radobaan Scale x 4 / Sleep Sac x 2 624 0
Spiked Blade II Monster Bone+ x 3 / Wyvern Bonemass x 3 / Radobaan Oilshell x 2 / Radobaan Marrow 672 0
Radobaan Slab I Coma Sac x 2 / Radobaan Oilshell x 3 / Radobaan Carapace x 4 / Monster Keenbone x 3 768 0
Radobaan Slab II Coma Sac x 3 / Monster Hardbone x 5 / Radobaan Medulla / Radobaan Scale+ x 8 816 0
Radobaan Slab III Coma Sac x 4 / Elder Dragon Bone x 5 / Radobaan Carapace x 6 / Wyvern Gem 912 0

Dragonbone Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Dragonbone Cleaver I Warped Bone x 5 / Coral Bone x 5 / Boulder Bone x 5 / Ancient Bone x 5 480 0
Dragonbone Cleaver II Monster Bone+ x 6 / Monster Bone L x 8 / Sturdy Bone x 8 576 0
Dragonbone Cleaver III Brutal Bone x 4 / Elder Dragon Bone x 10 / Dragonbone Relic x 2 / Wyvern Gem 768 2

Kirin Tree

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Thundersword Kirin Thunderhorn x 3 / Kirin Hide x 3 / Kirin Tail / Lightcrystal 528 0
Kirin Thundersword Kirin Azure Horn x 4 / Kirin Hide+ x 5 / Kirin Mane x 4 / Dragonvein Crystal x 5 720 0
King Thundersword Kirin Azure Horn x 6 / Kirin Thundertail x 3 / Xeno'jiia Shell x 4 / Novacrystal x 2 768 0

Zorah Magdaros

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Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Magda Potestas I Zorah Magdaros Heat Scale x 4 / Zorah Magdaros Carapace x 8 / Zorah Magdaros Magma x 4 / Zorah Magdaros Gem 768 3
Magda Potestas II Firecell Stone x 3 / Zorah Magdaros Ridge x 2 / Zorah Magdaros Pleura x 2 / Xeno'jiiva Shell x 4 1,056 1

Blacksteel Tree

Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Blacksteel Chopper I Dragonvein Crystal x 10 / Earth Crystal x 10 / Coral Crystal x 10 / Lightcrystal 480 0
Blacksteel Chopper II Firecell Stone / Fucium Ore x 5 / Carbalite Ore x 10 / Wyvern Gem 576 0
Icesteel Edge Daora Claw+ x 3 / Daora Tail x 2 / Daora Webbing x 4 / Nergigante Carapace x 5 816 1
Daora's Decimator Daora Claw+ x 4 / Daora Gem / Daora Horn+ x 5 / Xeno'jiiva Wing x 2 864 1

Xeno'jiiva Tree

Weapons Materials Required Base Attack Jewel Slots
Xeno Maliq Xeno'jiiva Claw x 4 / Xeno'jiiva Gem / Xeno'jiiva Shell x 6 / Xeno'jiiva Tail x 2 816 2