Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom: How To Upgrade Swordfighter Form

Are Echoes not enough for you in Echoes of Wisdom? Thankfully, there's one way Zelda can wield a sword — Swordfighter Form, one of the new abilities available to Zelda in Echoes of Wisdom.

Swordfighter Form acts to give you a little slice of more traditional top-down Zelda gameplay, and eventually, Zelda will unlock more tools in her Swordfighter arsenal to take down enemies. It's useful for bosses, and especially useful in some of the game's Slumber Dojo challenges.

In this guide, we'll be covering what Swordfighter Form is, how to upgrade it, and where to get all the tools for it.

Echoes of Wisdom: Swordfighter Form Guide

What is Swordfighter Form?

Swordfighter Form is a temporary power-up that allows the Princess of Hyrule to attack like Link for a brief period. Zelda can then attack enemies head-on instead of relying on Echoes or Bind.

You unlock the Swordfighter ability very early on in the game, around the halfway point of the Suthorn Ruins dungeon. You need to beat the miniboss, who will drop a mysterious sword after you defeat it. This sword is what unlocks Swordfighter Form.

All you need to do is press 'Up' on the d-pad to turn into a tunic-wearing apparition, and you can go ham on enemies with your sword and (eventually) bow and bombs.

Be warned, however — Swordfighter Form is not permanent. Transforming will consume energy which you will have to restore. You'll increase your energy as you progress through the game.

How do you restore Energy?

There are a few ways you can restore energy in Echoes of Wisdom. The main way is by exploring the Still World.

As you wander around inside the rifts and the dungeons, you'll see little blue crystals floating around. Walk close to them and Zelda will automatically absorb them to restore your energy.

Rift enemies — also known as shadow enemies or echo enemies — also drop energy. These can be found near rifts on the overworld or inside many of the game's rifts. Other ways to restore energy are by finding Might Crystals or by drinking certain Smoothies.

Swordfighter Form Upgrades

How do you Upgrade Swordfighter Form?

Once you've completed the Suthorn Ruins, you need to go to Lueberry's House for the next part of the story. This also unlocked the ability to upgrade Swordfighter Form.

To upgrade the Form, simply examine the machine in the back corner of the house. You'll need Might Crystals to upgrade, which you get both through the story and by exploration. We have a complete guide on where to find every single Might Crystal in the game that you should definitely check out.

How to unlock all weapons & upgrades for Swordfighter Form

Zelda will get multiple weapons in her Swordfighter Form, and all of these will get new abilities as you level them up.

Sword of Might

The Sword of Might is what unlocks Swordfighter Form in general. You get this in the Suthorn Ruins, after beating the miniboss there.

At Level 2, you'll be able to do the iconic Spin Attack with the sword.

Bow of Might

You'll get the Bow after defeating the miniboss in the Gerudo Sanctum dungeon as part of the Rift in the Gerudo Desert Main Quest. This boss involves deflecting arrows and getting behind the boss to win.

Once the Bow reaches Level 2, you can use a spread shot by holding down the 'X' button.

Bombs of Might

The Bombs are found after beating the miniboss inside the Eldin Temple dungeon during the Rift on Eldin Volcano Main Quest. You'll need to use Bombfish, Zirro, or throw the boss' bombs back to beat them.

Level 2 unlocks Bombchus; hold down the 'Y' button to change your Bomb to a Bombchu, which will track enemies.

What should I upgrade first for Swordfighter Form?

To start with, Energy should be your priority when upgrading Swordfighter Form.

Energy is cheaper to upgrade and will also allow you to stay in Swordfighter Form for longer, which initially, is more important than attack power. In the second half of the game, you can alternate between maxing out your Energy and Sword attack power.

When you get the Bow and the Bombs, you should still focus on Energy and Sword, but when you have spare Crystals, put them into the Bow and Bomb — whatever you prefer.

That's all for this section of our Echoes of Wisdom guide. For more help, hints, or tips, head on over to our main Echoes of Wisdom walkthrough.