Megabonk: How To Get the Corrupted Sword

The Corrupted Sword in Megabonk is a melee weapon that deals extra damage to enemies at low HP. Here’s how you can unlock it.

Megabonk: Fox Build Guide (Source: vedinad)
How to Unlock Corrupted Sword (Source: vedinad)

Unlocking the Corrupted Sword is a difficult quest in Megabonk because of its time limit. You have to level up your Chaos Tome to 20 within 10 minutes. First, you’ll have to unlock the Chaos Tome to include it in your tome pool. Then, you’ll have to do a specific run to unlock the weapon, as a normal playthrough will be difficult. Here’s how you can get the Corrupted Sword.

How To Unlock the Corrupted Sword in Megabonk

Unlock Corrupted Sword in Megabonk
The Sword ingame (Image via vedinad | @FalsePrelate/YouTube)

The Corrupted Sword is unlocked after levelling up your Chaos Tome to 20 within 10 minutes. First, you’ll have to unlock the Chaos Tome, and then proceed to select a few settings for the perfect run to unlock the Corrupted Sword.

Here are some tips on how to unlock the Corrupted Sword in Megabonk quickly:

  • Pick a fast character, like Calcium or McZoom. McZoom is recommended as he is the fastest to roam around and level up around stages.
  • Limit your slots to two weapons and tomes. This will help you level up both slots faster than average.
  • Pick Tier 1 maps as it’s easier. Plus, pick the HYPER mode as the game will progress faster, with double XP and Gold gain. However, enemies also scale 4x faster, but being Tier 1, it’ll be easier.
  • Prioritize Chests and Shrines, which will provide more items, and Shrines will give you more XP.
  • Damage and Movement Speed buffs are key to unlocking the Corrupted Sword in Megabonk.
  • Kill bosses and elite mobs as fast as possible.
  • Leave Magnet Shrines (at least one) at the end of the run. At the end of each stage, you won’t have to run for XP.

Focus on these items after leveling up:

  • Wireless Dagger or your primary weapon for damage.
  • XP Tome for faster XP gain.
  • Cursed Tome, because it’s the requirement to unlock the Corrupted Sword.
  • S*utty Rockets help you clear enemies quickly. More levels increase damage. You can also focus on projectile count tomes for more crowd control.
  • Aegis Blocks also help block and return damage to enemies.

Corrupted Sword Guide

The Corrupted Sword is one of the hardest items to acquire in Megabonk. The time limit and the level 20 Chaos Tome condition are difficult to execute in a normal run. So, it’s recommended to do a separate run with the settings and tips mentioned above.

The Sword deals more damage when your character is low on health. This makes it viable for some shield builds, but HP in Megabonk is a trivial stat, as enemies will swarm and overpower you. So, currently, the meta around the Corrupted Sword is based on certain niche builds that can be overpowered, but underwhelming as well.


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