The World's Edge

Not to be confused with Two-handed Sword +3.

The World's Edge +3
Item
Other names	Two Handed Sword +3; Two-Handed Sword +3
Type	Two-handed sword
Cursed	❌
Cursed	❌
Magical	✅
Magical	✅
Cold iron	❌
Cold iron	❌
Silver	❌
Silver	❌
Enchanted	3
Lore	50
Weight	9 lb
Acquisition
Obtained from	The King – Durlag's Tower (Labyrinth Level Three)
Combat
Combat type	Melee
Range	2 ft.
THAC0	-3 bonus
THAC0 modified by	Strength
Damage	1d10+3 (slashing)
Physical damage modified by strength in	The Black Pits (2012) Content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign The Black PitsTales of the Sword Coast (1999) Content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign Tales of the Sword CoastBaldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) Content from the Enhanced Edition campaign Baldur's GateSiege of Dragonspear (2016) Content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign Siege of Dragonspear
Speed factor	7
Proficiency	Large Sword Baldur's Gate I & II Classic This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Two-handed Sword Baldur's Gate I & II: Enhanced Editions This icon indicates content from all Enhanced Editions of the Baldur's Gate games. May situationally encompass Siege of Dragonspear and The Black Pits I & II content as well.
Wielding	Two-handed
Requirements
Strength	13
Not usable by	Cleric Druid Mage Monk Shaman Thief Cleric / Ranger Fighter / Druid Fighter / Cleric Fighter / Mage / Cleric Beast Master Sorcerer
Other
Item value	3,500
Technical information
Item code	SW2H07

The Two Handed Sword +3 'The World's Edge' is an enchanted and magical weapon in Tales of the Sword Coast and the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. It may also be acquired in Siege of Dragonspear and is used by Thardek in The Black Pits.

Description

“

This is a legendary weapon of heroic proportions, especially among the far-northern tribes of barbarians. Champion after champion has wielded this blade against countless enemies, and the blood it has spilled could fill a small sea. History will not admit that such a blade could be forged and each consecutive owner seems to tie its origin to whatever creation myth they believe. The most grandiose of these tales is that of a great chieftain who sailed to the cliffs that supposedly bordered the world. There he reached into the void, and his will shaped the blade from nothing. Whatever the truth, in the right hands this sword is a fearsome thing.

”

Statistics

With its weight of 9 lb, The World's Edge is 6 lb lighter than a non-magical two-handed sword which makes it also need 1 less strength, only 13, to be able to wield it. Compared furthermore, in combat it adds a bonus of 3 to the hit chance, the attack speed and the slashing damage dealt with it. As usual for melee weapons, hit chance and damage are additionally modified by the wielder's strength.

The sword is able to hurt creatures that are not affected by normal weapons and, in the Enhanced Edition, those that are immune to weapons with an enchantment below 3.

Locations

The Black Pits

• Undroppable item
  This icon indicates an item that cannot be dropped or stolen. Equipped by Thardek in The Black Pits

Tales of the Sword Coast

• Loot⁽¹⁰⁾ from the chessboard King when transitioning between the third and fourth labyrinth levels of the Durlag's Tower

Siege of Dragonspear

• Possible starting equipment for a newly created, i.e. non-imported character in the Siege of Dragonspear multiplayer mode

Notes

• Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
  This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast campaign. Though adding according bonuses to THAC0 and damage, the Two Handed Sword +3 is not enchanted in the original Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast. This might be due to the fact that creatures with related immunities weren't introduced until the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. As this is different in the Enhanced Edition, the weapon has an enchantment level of 3 in that game.
• A different two-handed sword +3 by the same code exists in Baldur's Gate II, the Harbinger +3.
• Baldur's Gate:
  Enhanced Edition (2012)
  This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. A copy of The World's Edge by the code SW2H07A.itm exists in the game code of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, but remains unused.