The Reverse-Bladed Sword is the least complicated weapon to add to your inventory in Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition. There is no invasion to trigger, no corpse to hunt down in a swamp, and no bell bearing to hand over first. It sits in a merchant’s regular stock from the moment you have the new content installed.
Quick answer: Fast travel to the Table of Lost Grace in Roundtable Hold, walk to the Twin Maiden Husks, choose Purchase, and buy the Reverse-Bladed Sword for 1,000 runes.
Reverse-Bladed Sword stats and requirements
The weapon is classified as a Backhand Blade, the class introduced in Shadow of the Erdtree, and it is the only new Tarnished Edition weapon that arrives without a matching armor set. Its requirements are low enough that most characters can equip it straight out of the shop.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Weapon type | Backhand Blade |
| Damage type | Slash/Pierce |
| Physical attack | 115 |
| Critical | 100 |
| Weight | 2.0 |
| Skill | Blind Spot (9 FP) |
| Attributes required | Str 10, Dex 13 |
| Scaling (unupgraded) | Str D, Dex D |
| Cost | 1,000 runes |
Because Backhand Blades are paired weapons, two-handing the Reverse-Bladed Sword makes your character pull a duplicate into the off-hand rather than gripping one blade with both hands. That gives the class its dual-wield strings and its own blocking animations.
How to buy the Reverse-Bladed Sword from the Twin Maiden Husks
Confirm the purchase worked
Open the equipment menu and slot the Reverse-Bladed Sword into a right-hand armament slot. The item card should read Backhand Blade with Slash/Pierce damage, 115 physical attack, 2.0 weight, and D scaling in both Strength and Dexterity, plus the Blind Spot skill at a 9 FP cost. If those numbers match, you have the right weapon.
Note: if the weapon does not appear in the shop list, the Tarnished Edition content is not active on your save. On PC, PlayStation, and Xbox it comes from the separate Tarnished Pack; on Switch 2 it is bundled with that version of the game.
What Blind Spot does
Blind Spot is the default skill on the Reverse-Bladed Sword and costs 9 FP per use. It is one of two skills unique to the Backhand Blade class, alongside Swift Slash, and it swings your character around an opponent’s flank before striking. Even at base level, the weapon’s light 2.0 weight keeps its normal attacks fast enough to chain into follow-ups against mobile enemies.
Like the rest of the class, the Reverse-Bladed Sword accepts Ashes of War, so Blind Spot can be swapped out and the damage type changed if you want to steer it toward a different build. With a 1,000-rune price tag and a Dexterity 13 requirement, it is one of the cheapest ways to try the Backhand Blade moveset without leaving the base game’s world.
