The world ofDon’t Starve Togethercan be a scary place, filled with dangers around every corner. Thankfully, you can put up a fair fight by crafting a variety of armor and weapons to keep you safe. One such melee weapon that you can get your hands on is the Dark Sword.

In this article, we’ll take a look at how you can make the Dark Sword in Don’t Starve Together. The process of getting it isn’t too difficult, but you should also be ready to accept the Sanity drain from the sword if you are playing as anyone else but Maxwell.

Maxwell at the Shadow Manipulator with the Dark Sword in Don’t Starve Together.

What Is The Dark Sword?

The Dark Sword is a shadow melee weapon that looks a bit like a scimitar. As a shadow weapon,this sword will drain Sanity from any character that holds it except for Maxwell.If you happen to be playing as him,there is no Sanity drain.

If you happen to be playing as Wanda,you’ll get reduced Sanity drain.Once Wanda becomes old,the Sanity drain will be zero.

Maxwell looking at the Dark Sword prototype in Don’t Starve Together.

The normal drain for this weapon is20 per minute, which is quite a lot.To combat this, the Dark Sword isone of the most powerful melee weapons in the game,especially if you craft it early on. While the Sanity drain can be taxing,the Dark Sword excels in the hands of Maxwell.

Don’t let this Sanity drain deter you;this is easily the best weapon out there.If you aren’t playing as Maxwell, it’s important toonly hold the Dark Sword when necessary.You shouldn’t just keep it in your hand as you run around. When a tough foe approaches though,whip out the Dark Sword and take them down!

Maxwell and a servant chopping down trees in Don’t Starve Together.

How To Make The Dark Sword

A prototype of the Dark Sword is made with the following ingredients at the Shadow Manipulator.

The Shadow Manipulator is made withthree Living Logs, seven Nightmare Fuel, and one Purple Gem.This Gem can becrafted with one Red and one Blue Gem.We found both of these Gems bydigging up graves.Once you have both,you can combine them into the Purple version.

A Beardling standing in Don’t Starve Together.

Living Logs

Living Logs are a type of wood thatcomes from Treeguards and Totally Normal Trees.Both of these are found in the forest biome with other evergreen trees. If you chop down a lot of evergreen trees,a nearby one may turn into a Treeguard enemy.

To spawn a Treeguard,just do some wood chopping in an evergreen forest.This is a great way to farm some wood while also getting Living Logs. Don’t let this enemy intimidate you though;Treeguards aren’t too difficult to deal with.you may simply kite them around and attack a few times before they die.

While not as common, you can also get Living Logs fromTotally Normal Trees.These are trees that look… not totally normal. They don’t have any leaves, and a scary face will be on the front. This isn’t an actual enemy though;you can just walk up and chop the tree down.Be sure todig up the stump for that extra Living Log.

Playing as Wormwood? If so,you’re able to make one Living Log at the cost of 20 HP.

Nightmare Fuel

At first, Nightmare Fuel may seem difficult to obtain, but you can actually get your hands on it relatively easily. As your Sanity lowers, the world around you will start to look distorted. When yourSanity drops below 40 percent, the rabbits will turn into a shadow version of themselves, called Beardlings.

Beardlings function just like normal rabbits, and drop Nightmare Fuel when you kill them. With this in mind, you canget your Sanity below 40 percent and then trap a Beardling, murder them, and then get some Nightmare Fuel.

you’re able to also make your own Nightmare Fuel, which requiresfour Dark Petals at the Prestihatitator.These petals come fromEvil Flowers that you can find around Totally Normal Trees(which drop Living Logs). If you do happen to find some Evil Flowers, be careful! Picking the petals willcause Sanity to drain.

If you play as Maxwell, you can alsouse Shadow Sneak to turn rabbits into Beardlings.