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The Midas' Sword is a LEGENDARY Sword that can be obtained from the Dark Auction. It increases in power as more coins are spent on it by the player, maxing at 50M coins.

Stats

SwordVED
Midas' SwordMidas' Sword
Effects
Ability: Greed 
The ❁ Strength and ❁ Damage bonus of this
item is dependant on the price paid for it at the
Dark Auction! The maximum bonus of this item is 120 if the bid was 50,000,000 coins or higher!

Price paid: 50M coins
❁ Damage Bonus: 120
❁ Strength Bonus: 120

Obtaining

The Midas' Sword can be obtained from the Dark Auction round 1, 3 or 4, costing a minimum of 100k coins to purchase.

Upgrade

When this item is upgraded, it allows the price paid to be increased to 250,000,000 coins and adds ⚚ to the item's name. It can be upgraded with Golden Fragment 8x Golden Fragments.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Golden FragmentGolden FragmentGolden Fragment
Golden FragmentMidas' SwordGolden Fragment
Golden FragmentGolden FragmentGolden Fragment
⚚ Midas' Sword

Usage

When purchased from the Dark Auction, it gains a ❁ Damage and ❁ Strength bonus based on how much the winner paid for it. The maximum possible buff is +120 ❁ Damage and +120 ❁ Strength, at 50,000,000 coins paid.

The Greed ability can be deduced from the formula below, with each value being cumulative with the steps before it.[1]

Bid Amount
(coins)
❁ Damage bonus formula
(x = Bid Amount)
Bonus at max Cumulative
<1M ‭20‬ ‭20‬
1M–2.5M ‭15‬ 35
2.5M–7.5M ‭25‬ 60
7.5M–25M ‭35‬ 95
25M–50M ‭25‬ 120
≥50M 120

The output is added to the base damage of 150 and the base strength of 0 to produce the stats of the sword, where the base price for the Midas' Sword is 100,000 coins.

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Essence Crafting

This weapon can be upgraded using Gold Essence. Once converted, it requires The Catacombs Catacombs 17 to use while in Dungeons.

Essence Required
Gold Essence
Gold Essence
ActionCostCumul.
Conversion100
25125
50175
75250
125
Coins (Lapis)10,000 coins
375
Coins (Lapis)10,000 coins
200
Coins (Lapis)25,000 coins
575
Coins (Lapis)35,000 coins

Trivia

  • The minimum price required to gain the maximum stat buff is 50,040,000 coins.
  • There are a few Midas' Swords with price paid values not possible through the Dark Auction.
    • Mynetrix received a Midas' Sword with exactly 50,000,000 coins coins paid.[2][3]
    • TimeDeo owns a Midas' Sword with coin paid, granted to him by an admin.[4][5]
    • Pigicial owns a Midas' Sword with 49,999,999 coins paid.[6]
  • This sword is a reference to King Midas, a figure from Greek mythology. He was granted one wish and to pick to turn everything he touched to gold. When he killed his daughter by turning her to gold, he realized he had been blinded by greed, which this sword's ability references.
  • The Gilded reforge can be applied to this sword using a Midas Jewel, increasing its ❁ Damage and ❁ Strength, and granting it a small chance to grant coins to nearby players upon killing mobs.
  • In the past, when One For All buffed weapon base damage, it did not work on the bonus damage provided by the Greed ability.

History

Alpha Hypixel Network
June 3, 2024Midas Sword Midas' Sword can be upgraded with Golden Fragments.
June 6, 2024Increased base damage from 150 -> 170.
Buffed the Greed ability: +175 -> +225 Max Damage/Strength (Fragged only).
Upgrade Stars now scale with the Greed Ability.
SkyBlock Prototype
July 2, 20190.5Midas Sword Added Midas' Sword.
July 9, 20190.6+40 Strength and Damage (from 80 to 120) at 50M coins.
Players can now out-bid themselves when the item is a Midas' Sword.
Mar 30, 20210.11.3Midas' Sword The Catacombs Catacombs requirements lowered to 17, essence cost upgrade reduced to 100 and 25/50/75/125/200 Gold Essence per star.
July 2, 20240.20.3Midas' Sword can be upgraded with Golden Fragments.

References

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