Xeno Cypher is a Long Sword Weapon in Monster Hunter World (MHW). All weapons have unique properties relating to their Attack Power, Elemental Damage and various different looks. Please see Weapon Mechanics to fully understand the depth of your Hunter Arsenal.
Xeno Cypher Information
- Weapon from the Xeno'jiiva
- Styled with the Xeno'jiiva Alpha Armor Set and Xeno'jiiva Beta Armor Set
- Upgraded from Blacksteel Long Sword II (previously from Blacksteel Long Sword I)
- This weapon has 2
slots and
Dragon Damage
- This weapon also has 15%
Affinity
- Notes and Tips go here
Xeno Cypher Crafting and Upgrades
Xeno Cypher has 3 different upgrade levels. It follows the Blacksteel path, detailed below.
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5 | 330 |
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Craft with: Dragonvein Crystal x10, Earth Crystal x10, Coral Crystal x10, Lightcrystal x1 12000x ![]() |
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6 | 363 |
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Craft with: Firecell Stone x1, Fucium Ore x5, Carbalite Ore x 10, Wyvern Gem x 1, 16000 x ![]() |
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8 | 594 |
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Craft with: Xeno'jiiva Claw x4, Xeno'jiiva Shell x6, Xeno'jiiva Tail x2, Xeno'jiiva Gem x 1, 56000 x ![]() |
Xeno Cypher Upgrade Tree
Xeno Cypher is part of an upgrade path for the Long Sword Weapon Tree. Below is an excerpt of the relevant Blacksteel tree.
Long Sword Independent Tree
Dragonbone Stabber I
330
270
Dragonbone Stabber II
363
330
Dragonbone Stabber III
528
420
Dragonseal Aldblade I
693
510
Dragonseal Aldblade II
792
630
Radiant Flow
924
(450)
30
Magda Facultas I
528
300
-20%
20
Magda Facultas II
726
360
-20%
20
Magdaros Volcansword
924
480
-20%
45
Hydra Tornaria
858
210
15%
Black Tornaria
924
270
15%
Blacksteel Long Sword I
330
120
Blacksteel Long Sword II
363
150
Imperial Saber
561
300
Imperial Shimmer
627
300
Imperial Flickerflame
858
360
10%
Xeno Cypher
594
180
15%
Xeno Cypher +
924
270
15%
Supremacy Blade
561
(120)
20
Divine Slasher
693
(150)
20
Hellish Slasher
924
(180)
40
Reaver "Cruelty"
693
150
-25%
Reaver "Calamity"
759
210
-25%
Consummate Katana
924
330
-30%
Azure Star Blade
363
120
20%
Azure Star "Dragon Dance"
495
180
30%
Azure Star "Dragon Dance"+
891
240
30%
Empress Sword
594
150
Empress Sword "Blaze"
594
180
20%
Soulfire Lash "Blaze"
825
270
20%
Empress Sword "Ruin"
627
150
Soulfire Lash "Ruin"
891
210
Empress Sword "Styx"
594
240
10%
Soulfire Lash "Styx"
825
330
10%
Demon Halberd
957
90
-15%
Great Demon Halberd
1023
120
-15%
Brimstren Drakebone
825
240
Avg
Stygian Gula
891
300
Avg
Safi's Hellblade
891
180
11%
Safi's Aquablade
891
180
11%
Safi's Boltblade
891
180
5%
Safi's Frostblade
891
180
11%
Safi's Drakblade
891
180
11%
Safi's Bindblade
891
180
11%
Safi's Dreamblade
891
180
11%
Safi's Shatterblade
924
210
5%
Safi's Venomblade
891
180
11%
Mad Scavenger Pickaxe
825 (
510)
20%
30
Demon Scavenger Pickaxe
858 (
540)
20%
30
Guild Palace Rapier
825 (
420)
10%
30
Royal Captain Rapier
891 (
510)
15%
30
Lightbreak Edge
990
270
Demonlord Halberd
957
270
15%
Dark Claw
825
510
Low
Dark Claw "Demise"
924
660
Low
Fatalis Sickle
1023
90
High
Fatalis Zaggespanon
1155
150
High
- Anonymous
Don't misjudge this weapon due to the low base damage. The white sharpness is absolutely amazing, especially since the Longsword has an overhead strike which often bounces off at wings or other hard places but with this? No problemo.
I was using the last weapon in the Nergigante tree which has like 100 more base damage which should be around 16% more damage in general BUT the white sharpness of Xeno boosts the DMG multiplier from 1.2x (Blue) to 1.32 (White) + 15% affinity and 2 additional lvl 3 Slots.
Attacks barely ever bounce off and the DPS loss would be small compared to what you gain. Combine this with the right decorations and this weapon is by far the best LS to come out yet.
Keep in mind Handicraft is pretty much needed or the Sharpen Jewels. Odogaron set effect does the same in case you don't have the jewel.
- Anonymous
The rarity is mistyped, pretty sure it should be 8 instead of 1.
Better:sòtocot ãla or
Sunset bone longsword
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