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{{Weapon infobox
| type = [[Sword]]
| campaign = [[Core]]
| attribute = [[Swordsmanship]]
| damagetype = [[Cold damage]]
| commonsalvage = [[Iron Ingot]]s
| raresalvage = [[Steel Ingot]]s
}}
The [[Icy Dragon Sword]] is the elemental opposite of the [[Fiery Dragon Sword]].

==Acquisition==
'''[[Core]]'''
*[[Gift of the Traveler]]
'''[[Guild Wars Prophecies|Prophecies]]'''
*[[Mineral Springs]]
**[[Ice Imp]]s (in northeastern cave)

==Dye==
[[Dye]] affects the sword's hilt. The blade and flames are unaffected. The hilt will receive a slight tint of the dye color or become a lighter or darker shade of gray. The default color can be closely replicated using yellow dye. The ones obtained from a [[Gift of the Traveler]] cannot be dyed.
{{dye chart}}

== Stats ==
* This item ''always'' comes with an [[inherent]] [[Icy]] [[Sword Hilt]] that cannot be salvaged or replaced.

<div style="float:right;">
{{item info
| Item Color = Y
| Item Name = Icy Dragon Sword
| Text1 = Cold Dmg: 15-22
| AltText1 = Requires 9 Swordsmanship
| CustomColor1= W
| Text2 = Damage +15%
| CustomColor2= Y
| AltText2 = while Health is above 50%
}}</div>

* When dropped as [[loot]] from [[Ice Imp]]s, it comes with the following weapon stats:
** [[Cold damage]]: 15-22 (Requires 9 [[Swordsmanship]])
** [[Damage]] +15% (while [[Health]] is above 50%) (inherent; cannot be replaced with an [[Inscription]]).

<div style="float:right;">
{{item info
| Item Color = Y
| Item Name = Icy Dragon Sword
| Text1 = Cold Dmg: 15-22
| AltText1 = Requires 9 Swordsmanship
| CustomColor1= W
| Text2 = Inscription: None
| Text3 = "Yakkington had to win a tug of war battle with an Ice Imp for
| CustomColor3= W
| Text4 = this little treasure!" -Nicholas
| CustomColor4= W
}}</div>

* When obtained from a Gift of the Traveler, it has these stats:
** Cold damage: 15-22 (Requires 9 Swordsmanship)
** An empty Inscription slot.
** It cannot be dyed nor sold.
** It is appended with a note:
:: ''"[[Yakkington]] had to win a tug of war battle with an Ice Imp for this little treasure!" -Nicholas''

==Notes==
* Icy Dragon Swords are often abbreviated ''IDS''.
{{Anomaly|Unlike regular elemental weapons, such as [[Fiery Dragon Sword]] and [[Fiery Gladius]], the Icy Dragon Sword uses white font color in its damage description.}}

==Trivia==
*This item was released, unannounced, during [[Wintersday 2005]]. There was much speculation that this item would no longer drop following the celebration, accounting for the very high price at the time, until it was later learned the item would in fact continue to drop.
*In the [[Game updates/20070524|May 24th, 2007]] update, Icy Dragon Swords ''(from Ice Imps)'' were retroactively changed to being considered a rare item to exempt them from [[loot scaling]]
*The Icy Dragon Sword first came about from a faked "leak". ArenaNet devs were so amused that they made the sword and put it into the game; the player who faked the leak was eventually hired by ArenaNet as a programmer.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/8de1bu/sandswept_isles_underwent_some_major_changes/dxmz00h/?context=3 Comment by Linsey Murdock], Reddit.com</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Non-unique weapons with inherent prefixes]]

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