Rusted Sword

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The Rusted Sword (Japanese: くちたけん Rusted Sword) is a held item introduced in Generation VIII. It is a associated with .
==In the core series games==
During the climax of Pokémon Sword, the 's Rusted Sword, along with Hop's Rusted Shield, summons and to help the two s to battle against Eternamax at the tower summit. The Rusted Sword temporarily becomes Zacian's held item for the duration of this battle. During the post-game, the player returns the Rusted Sword to Slumbering Weald. It is soon after temporarily stolen by Sordward, before the player defeats him in a battle and retrieves the stolen item. Before the player battles Zacian at the tower summit in order to it, they give the Rusted Sword to it as its held item.
In Pokémon Shield, the Rusted Sword is instead obtained by Hop. During the post-game, when he returns it to the altar at Slumbering Weald, it is stolen by Sordward. Hop battles Sordward, but is defeated, allowing him to get away with the item. Later, Sordward uses the Rusted Sword to lure Zacian to the tower summit. After the player has battled Zacian, it flees, and Hop retrieves the Rusted Sword from Sordward, before chasing after Zacian. After Hop has caught Zacian at Slumbering Weald, the Rusted Sword becomes its held item in the subsequent battles he participates in.
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===Effect===
When a is holding this item in battle, it transforms into its Crowned Sword form. In-battle, it also changes Zacian's into .
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Held by (100% chance)
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====Distribution====
=====As a held item=====
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Games	Event	Language/Region 	Distribution period
 	 	American, European, Asian, Australian	Various
 	 	South Korea 	November 19 to December 31, 2021
==Gallery==
===Models===
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==In spin-off games==
===Pokémon UNITE===
In Pokémon UNITE, the Rusted Sword is a held item that has no effect. is forced to use it; no other Pokémon can have it. Essentially, it is a balancing limitation, only allowing Zacian to have two useful held items instead of three.AN EXCITING UPDATE FROM THE POKÉMON UNITE TEAM! Players start the game with the Rusted Sword in their Item Box, even before they have access to Zacian.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!", Goh and Sonia found the Rusted Sword at the altar in the Slumbering Weald after requesting the help of and in dealing with the Darkest Day. Goh collected it and the Rusted Shield and took both items with him. In Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, the Rusted Sword called forth Zacian to the tower summit, who grabbed the Sword in its mouth, allowing it to transform into its Crowned Sword form. After Goh caught , Zacian left its Sword behind. and Goh were later seen returning the Rusted Sword and Shield where they once rested.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
The Rusted Sword appeared in a flashback in The Champion, under the possession of . When he held it up during his and Hop's battle against at the tower summit, it summoned to their aid and allowed it to transform into its Crowned Sword form.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Rusted Sword first appeared in a flashback in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment, along with the Rusted Shield. One year earlier, , accompanied by , entered Slumbering Weald in order to see the two legendary artifacts. After confronting illusions of and at the altar at the end of the forest and convincing them they weren't trying to steal anything, the two s approached the two artifacts on the altar, but were then knocked out by a bright burst of light. When they recovered, the artifacts were gone.
In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, it was revealed that the artifacts had been stolen by Sordward and Shielbert. In Cracked!! The Rusted Sword and Shield, they used the artifacts to "prove" themselves as descendants of Galar's ancient heroes. When the two brothers took on at the tower summit, they took out the artifacts, but nothing happened, and the items were sent flying to the moat surrounding the Hammerlocke Stadium, from which they were recovered by Casey's and and taken to her, who gave them to Henry to clean and repair. However, to his horror, Henry soon realized that he could not forge and repair the artifacts. In Oh My!! The Disappearance of Henry, the artifacts, along with Henry, disappeared as Zacian and Zamazenta attacked Eternatus, getting ed away by an unseen Pokémon. Casey later discovered that the artifacts had wound up in two different places: the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra.
In PASS39, Bede mentioned he had detected signs of the Rusted Sword on . In PASS40, he detected signs of the artifact at Spectrier's barn at the Crown Shrine, but the artifact wasn't there. Once had tamed its steed, it told Spectrier to take it to the artifact. After finding it, Calyrex brought it to Henry at the Crown Shrine, allowing him to purify it of Eternatus's poison. In PASS41, Zacian used the sword to transform to its form.
==In the TCG==
The Rusted Sword was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion before debuting in English in the expansion, with artwork by 5ban Graphics. It allows to deal 30 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokémon.
==Trivia==
* The Rusted Sword appears to feature fictional runic characters, likely a combination of both Japanese and Old Norse characters.
* While the seemingly obtains the item in Slumbering Weald during the climax of Pokémon Sword, this is not the case, as the game simply tells the player they obtained it without them actually obtaining anything.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Rusted Shield
==References==
==External links==
Category:Held items
Category:Form-changing held items
Category:Legendary artifacts
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