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Steel shortsword
The Witcher 3 Remastered Sword

30 to 773
damage from item level 1 to 93

Steel shortsword is a level-scaling steel sword in The Witcher 3 Remastered. Its damage scales with the level it drops at: 22.5 plus 7.5 per level.

It has no sockets. It can be coated with any of the 6 oils made for steel swords.

Steel shortsword Builds

Open the character build planner with this piece equipped and build the skills, mutagens and the rest of the loadout around it.

Create a build with Steel shortsword

Stats

Steel shortsword
Common
22.5 + 7.5 per level damage
no sockets, up to 3level varies

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