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Iron Sting
Weapon Type	Swords
Weapon Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Passive Bonus	Infusion Stinger
Weapon Base Stats
ATK	42
Elemental Mastery	36

Iron Sting is a Sword in Genshin Impact. Swords are light and are usually held with one hand, it is a balanced weapon that is capable of inflicting light and fast attacks and a decent amount of damage. Not all playable characters can equip a sword, but instead, only certain characters specialize in using the weapon in battle.

An exotic long-bladed rapier that somehow found its way into Liyue via foreign traders. It is light, agile, and sharp.

Iron Sting Information

• Weapon Type: Sword
• Weapon Rarity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Passive Bonus: Infusion Stinger
• Passive Bonus Effect: Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 8/10/12/14/16% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can only occur once every 1s.
• Location: Crafting
• Playable Characters who can use the sword:
  • Albedo
  • Bennett
  • Jean
  • Kaedehara Kazuha
  • Kaeya
  • Kamisato Ayaka
  • Kamisato Ayato
  • Keqing
  • Kuki Shinobu
  • Qiqi
  • Traveler
  • Xingqiu

Iron Sting Acquisition

• 1-3 Star Weapons can be obtained as drops or looted from chests, purchased from merchants in the open world.
• 4 Star Weapons are obtained from Wishes and by Forging it from a blacksmith NPC.
• 5 Star Weapons are primarily obtained through Wishes or Gacha Pulls.
• Iron Sting can be obtained by crafting at the forge, using Northlander Sword Prototype, 50 Crystal Chunks and 50 White Iron Chunks.
  
  

Iron Sting Combat Mechanic

• The sword's normal attacks can execute 5 quick melee attacks.
• Playable Characters who can wield the sword can charge up a strong attack by holding the attack button to release an arc AoE attack against hostile characters that are in front of the character. This consumes stamina. 

Iron Sting Notes & Trivia

• Increasing the base level of a weapon can be done by consuming other weapons or by using Weapon Enhancement Materials.
• Weapons can be Refined by consuming the same Weapon. Once it is consumed, the rank of the weapon's passive effect is increased up to a max of Lvl. 5.
• Weapons can be Ascended upon reaching the maximum level of the current level. It can be ascended up to 6 times that has a max of Lvl. 90. Players will need to spend Mora, the game's main currency, and Materials in order to ascend the weapon. Ascending further increases the stats of the weapon.