Gleason's Gielinor Guide

InactiveCharged
Blade of Saeldor (inactive)

Released							25 July 2019 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Worn options							Check
Examine							A magical elven sword.
Values
Value							5,000,000 coins
High alch							3,000,000 coins
Low alch							2,000,000 coins
Weight							1.814 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							103,920,454 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							51
View real-time prices
Advanced data
Item ID							23997
Link							MOID

The blade of Saeldor is a one-handed slash sword that once belonged to Saeldor, an elite elven warrior, that can be created from an enhanced crystal weapon seed. Requiring level 80 Attack to wield, it provides the highest slash bonus out of any one-handed weapon for its attack speed, and is tied with the two-handed Saradomin's blessed sword for highest slash bonus of any weapon for its speed (although using any sort of defender makes the blade a superior choice). It is considered the best one-handed slash weapon in the game and one of the strongest one-handed melee weapons, along with the Ghrazi rapier and the Inquisitor's mace; though these weapons are weaker than Osmumten's fang against high-defence, stab-susceptible monsters.

On unprotected death in PvP, the inactive blade is dropped, and all shards used to charge it will be lost. In PvM on the other hand, all current charges will be kept upon death.

Combat stats

InactiveCharged

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Defence bonuses

+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot

+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Chop	Slash	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Slash	Slash	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Lunge	Stab	Controlled			+1 Attack, Strength, Defence
Block	Slash	Defensive			+3 Defence

Creation

Players can create the blade of Saeldor via a singing bowl by combining 100 crystal shards and an enhanced crystal weapon seed. Doing so requires level 82 Smithing and Crafting to sing the crystal (the levels can be boosted), and grants 5,000 experience in both skills. If the player does not meet the Smithing and Crafting requirements, they can have Conwenna or Reese sing the crystal for them for an extra 50 crystal shards, for a total of 150.

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Smithing		82 ^(b)	5,000
Crafting		82 ^(b)	5,000
Members		Ticks	5 (3s)^{[r 1]}
Tools	None	Facilities	Singing bowl

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Enhanced crystal weapon seed	1	109,824,685
	Crystal shard^{[r 2]}	100	2,067,979.33
Total cost			111,892,664.33
	Blade of Saeldor^{[r 3]}	1	105,988,433.33
Profit			−5,904,231.00
Profit after GE Tax			−8,023,999.00

^ Takes 5 ticks to create an entire inventory
^ Value based on the cost of obtaining by exchanging enhanced crystal teleport seeds with Amrod
^ Starts with 10,000 charges. Value is that of an inactive blade plus the cost of charging it. The tradeable inactive blade is worth 103,920,454.

Requirements
Members		Ticks	0 (0s)

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Blade of Saeldor (c)	1	124,600,247.33
Total cost			124,600,247.33
	Blade of Saeldor (inactive)	1	103,920,454
Profit			−20,679,793.33
Profit after GE Tax			−22,758,202.33

Degradation

When created, the blade starts off at 10,000 charges and degrades like all crystal equipment, with one charge being depleted for each hit, whether it is a successful one or not; once the blade's charges have been fully depleted, it will become inactive and lose its stat bonuses until more charges are added to it. Wearing an elven signet will not provide the chance to not consume charges.

In order to add charges to the blade, crystal shards must be used on it (this can be done before it is inactive as well), with each shard granting 100 charges, up to a maximum of 20,000. Unlike other crystal equipment, players cannot directly revert the blade to an enhanced crystal weapon seed. In order to receive the seed back, players must bring an inactive blade to a singing bowl to revert it, costing 250 crystal shards. This is not recommended, as players can just sell the inactive blade on the Grand Exchange.

Players can configure the charges while the weapon is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials.

Using the shard value of making divine super combat potions, the cost per charge is 144.82. Using the shard cost of trading in enhanced crystal teleport seeds to Amrod, the most efficient option for buying crystal shards directly, the cost per charge is 206.80. As a comparison, the abyssal tentacle costs 81.92 per charge.

Upgrading

The blade can be upgraded by corrupting it, which requires bringing the blade and 1,000 crystal shards to a singing bowl. Doing so requires level 82 Smithing and Crafting (both levels can be boosted), and grants no experience. If the player does not meet the Smithing and Crafting requirements, they can have Conwenna or Reese sing the crystal for them for an extra 500 crystal shards.

The corrupted blade stays charged permanently, and does not consume any crystal shards. While the infinite version is untradeable, it can be reverted to an uncharged state at any time, but the shards used will be permanently lost in doing so.

Progress can also be made towards corruption through consuming charges with the blade, indicated through the "Check" option. Each 1% progress is equivalent to 1,000 charges used, which costs 10 crystal shards. Any combination of progress towards corruption, charges in the blade, and crystal shards can be used to meet the 1,000 crystal shard requirement to corrupt the blade. For example, a newly created blade will have 10,000 charges and only costs 900 crystal shards to corrupt.

If the blade reaches 100% progress towards corruption, it will still continue to consume charges until it is corrupted at the singing bowl, and the level 82 Smithing and Crafting requirements are still needed to avoid paying Conwenna or Reese an extra 500 crystal shards to corrupt it on the player's behalf.

If purchasing crystal seeds to exchange into shards, the cost for corrupting the blade is 20,679,793.33.

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Blade of Saeldor (c) (Upgrade)		82 82	0 0	1 × Blade of Saeldor 1,000 × Crystal shard

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
2	Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Tribrid (All Kings))
2	TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Melee)
2	Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Melee)
2	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee (Solo))
2	General Graardor/Strategies (Advanced Tank)
3	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee Attacker)
2	Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Melee (Prayer + Absorption))
2	Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Melee (Absorption, AFK))
3	Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee)
3	Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee (Prayer bonus))
4	Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Other Melee Weapons)
3	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
3	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
3	Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Melee)
3	Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Range Vanguard)
3	Grotesque Guardians/Strategies (Melee)
2	One-defence pure (Melee)
3	Revenants/Strategies (Melee)
3	Giant Mole/Strategies (Melee)
1	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Learner)
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Melee)
5	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Maiden (0 defence))
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Bloat)
3	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Melee Nylocas Vasilias)
3	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Sotetseg (100 defence))
5	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Xarpus (0 defence))
3	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Verzik P1)
3	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Verzik)
3	Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Melee)
2	Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment
5	Basilisk Knight/Strategies (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Drakes (Melee)
2	Slayer task/Jellies (Melee)
3	Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Ice trolls))
2	Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Mountain trolls))
3	Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode (Melee)
3	Tombs of Amascut/Strategies (Melee switch)
2	Tombs of Amascut/Strategies (Core (Phase 2))
3	Chompington (Melee)
3	Duke Sucellus/Strategies (Melee)
2	Vardorvis/Strategies (Melee)
4	Scurrius/Strategies (Melee (high level))
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Ranged)
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Mage)
3	Moons of Peril/Strategies (Eclipse Moon)
3	Moons of Peril/Strategies (Blood Moon)
3	Royal Titans/Strategies (Melee)
2	Hespori/Strategies (Best-in-slot)
1	Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Melee)
2	Shellbane gryphon/Strategies (Melee)
4	Shellbane gryphon/Strategies (Melee)
2	Slayer task/Aquanites (Melee switch)
3	Aquanite/Strategies (Melee switch)
3	Brutus/Strategies (Melee (high level))
3	Demonic Brutus/Strategies (Melee)

Changes

Date	Changes
12 August 2026 (Update)	The item was renamed from "Blade of saeldor" to "Blade of Saeldor".
22 July 2026 (Update)	The Blade of Saeldor has received the following changes: Slash attack bonus increased from +94 to +100. Strength bonus increased from +89 to +93.
5 March 2025 (Update)	Charging the blade now contributes to the amount of crystal shards required to upgrade it to a corrupted blade of Saeldor. The Blade of Saeldor supports a bank item option for changing charges.
14 August 2024 (Update)	The Blade of Saeldor now has its original sound again.
7 August 2024 (Update)	The weapon's attack sound was changed to that of firing a bow.
13 September 2023 (Update)	The charged blade now has a right-click "Check" option whilst equipped.
11 May 2022 (Update)	The blade of Saeldor now requires level 80 Attack to wield instead of level 75 Attack.
30 June 2021 (Update)	The blade is no longer obtained from The Gauntlet; in its place, the enhanced crystal weapon seed is now dropped instead, and the blade is crafted from the seed.
8 April 2020 (Update \| poll)	The blade can now be made non-degradeable by bringing it and 1,000 crystal shards to a singing bowl.
22 August 2019 (Update \| poll)	The number of charges the Blade of Saeldor receives per crystal shard has been increased from 25 to 100, and the maximum charges possible has been increased from 2,500 to 20,000.

Trivia

In J.R.R. Tolkien's constructed elvish language, Sindarin, Saeldor means either "wise land" or "wise king".
In the Song of the Elves rewards poll, the Blade of Saeldor was proposed to have a special attack called Saeldor's Strike, which consumes 100% of the player's special attack energy and deals 50% additional damage, as well as knockback and stun the target like the dragon spear's special attack does. It only received 70.5% votes in favour, 4.5% short of passing the poll.
In RuneScape 3, the blade is available as a cosmetic weapon override.