All Sword Challenges

Complete all 6 Sword Challenges in Crimson Desert to unlock the Master of Swords trophy. Find artifact locations and learn how to defeat enemies.

There are 6 Sword Challenges in Crimson Desert, part of the Mastery category. Finishing all of them unlocks the Master of Swords trophy & achievement.

Sword of Trials 1

How to Unlock: Collect the Sealed Abyss Artifact on the side of the road north from Hernand Castle.

Challenge: Defeat 3 enemies within 30 seconds using a sword.

How to Complete: Equip any sword and quickly kill 3 enemies. This is best done against weak, unshielded bandits that die quickly. You can weaken them beforehand. Upgrading the sword and using heavy attacks will defeat enemies fast.

Sword of Trials 2

How to Unlock: Picked up Sealed Abyss Artifact in Hernand, on the side of the road south of Spire of Insight in a small wooden shrine.

Challenge: Defeat 3 enemies at once using a one-handed sword.

How to Complete: This challenge is effectively the same requirement as Sword of Trials 4. You can use the charged Turning Slash (hold Triangle / Y / Right Click + Square / X / Left Click) and it will count for both requirements.

Sword of Trials 3

How to Unlock: Collect the Sealed Abyss Artifact in Hernand, at the intersection of a road near Goldleaf Tradepost, on the little road marker. Will be marked purple on the HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap) minimap when nearby.

Challenge: Defeat 3 enemies with a sword without taking damage.

How to Complete: Use any sword in combat and quickly kill 3 enemies without suffering damage. If you have an upgraded sword and do heavy attacks, this will be very quick.

Sword of Trials 4

How to Unlock: Collect Sealed Abyss Artifact in Hernand, on the side of the road northwest of Kilnden Workshop.

Challenge: Defeat 3 enemies at once with a Sword Turning Slash attack.

How to Complete: Turning Slash is unlocked in Kliff’s blue skill tree. You can then hold Triangle / Y / Right Click + Square / X / Left Click to charge a large swing that will knock enemies away and can instantly defeat weaker enemies. Group up some enemies and charge the attack to deal a lot of damage and hopefully take out 3 at once.

Sword of Trials 5

How to Unlock: Collect Sealed Abyss Artifact in Demeniss, at the intersection south of Reventine Monastery.

Challenge: Defeat 3 enemies in a row using only Sword Stab attacks.

How to Complete: Sword Stab attacks are performed by pressing Triangle / Y / Right Click + Square / X / Left Click to perform a forward thrust. It is recommended to upgrade the ability fully, as you can then use a second stab follow-up with Circle / B / Space, and at the third level it ignores enemy super armor.

Sword of Trials 6

How to Unlock: Pick up Sealed Abyss Artifact in Demeniss, along the path directly south of Jijeong Temple.

Challenge: Defeat 5 enemies within 15 seconds with a one-handed sword using Forward Slash.

How to Complete: Forward Slash is the basic heavy attack that Kliff can perform with Triangle / Y / Right Click. When upgraded, this is quite strong and will track toward enemies when performed multiple times in a row. Get a group of weak enemies and keep performing the attack to take out 5 within 15 seconds.