History Main / ReforgedBlade

* In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar fourth]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 fifth]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games, you can repair fully broken weapons, and they'll be good as new. This becomes a plot point when Sigurd recieves the Holy Tyrfing from his father. It's broken and must be repaired for an absurdly high cost.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': The Master Sword is the TropeCodifier for the way it's used in video games (as a way to [[AvertedTrope avert]] the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]] of the SwordOfPlotAdvancement becoming the PenultimateWeapon after being replaced by a [[InfinityPlusOneSword better one]]). It's reforged by a pair of dwarven blacksmiths, and later magically upgraded by a faerie.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''. Mizu returns with her broken katana made of ThunderboltIron to Swordfather, asking him to reforge it for her. However, he recognizes that she's [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge not in the right mindset]] and refuses. After failing several times to create iron, she decides to take his advice about accepting impurities, melting the blade and adding her first knife, Ringo's bell, and a pair of Swordfather's tongs to the pot, finally creating the ideal metal for a sword. However, she realizes he is right and decides to delay reforging her sword until her business with Fowler is through.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Iris 2|The Azoth of Destiny}}'' After beating Chaos at the Guardo Drive, Felt tries to land a final blow. Only to be turned to stone by Chaos's ultimate attack. Just before Felt fully transforms, his magic talking sword uses up all of its power to attack Chaos which causes the magic crystal powering it to break. After Felt is restored his sword loses all of its magic. You spend the next chunk of the game hunting down rare alchemic ingredients to create a new crystal to repower it. However before fixing it Felt can still use his magic sword skills, which is probably a form of ''GameplayAndStorySegregation''

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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' follows a similar structure to that of ''A Link to the Past'' in how the Master Sword is forged (being a sequel to it), but uses Master Ore found as a treasure in dungeons. Also, the sword's second upgrade is done by another blacksmith, who was brought out of his DespairEventHorizon after looking over his [[DualWorld counterpart's]] handiwork.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fic ''Fanfic/BlackAsNight'', after Astrid’s axe is melted by dragon-fire (which also results in [[EyeScream Hiccup being blinded by the molten metal]]), Hiccup and Astrid work together to reforge the axe, leaving only a slight ‘scar’ where the new axe-head has been added to the metal.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the climax of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', the iconic Skywalker lightsaber is destroyed during a telekinetic tug-of-war between Rey and Kylo Ren. The teaser for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' reveals that, during the TimeSkip between the two movies, Rey has repaired the weapon and is wielding it again.

* In ''VideoGame/VandalHearts'', one of your main purposes during your quest is to obtain the legendary sword [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Vandal Heart]]. However, if you take on a number of subquests along the way - collecting all the Spheres, passing all the Trials, obtaining all the Keys -- then towards the end, you can upgrade the main hero, Ash, into the [[MasterOfAll 'Vandalier' class]], which makes him [[NighInvulnerable virtually invincible]] and [[GameBreaker turns the rest of the game into a cakewalk.]] As part of this transformation, the Vandal Heart is turned into the even-stronger [[InfinityPlusOneSword Vandal Heart Reforged]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'', the friendship sword. The increase in power is justified because the original was one of two made for kids, and Ferghus made them dull so they wouldn't hurt themselves.
* ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' has a very old-school example in the Demonslayer -- a very good (but not [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One]]) sword that is, however, '''extremely''' good against Demons -- which is important, since one of your main quests is to slay the Demon Prince. In order to reforge it, one must first collect all the scattered pieces and then have it reforged by a famed master smith.
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' has the Silver Sword of Gith, which is reforged near the endgame. Notably, in the original campaign there's still pieces missing (one of which is embedded in your chest). It's not until the expansion that the sword is completed.

* In ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'', the Sword of Justice needs to be reforged by the dwarven smith, Shak. You must find both pieces of the sword first.
* In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar fourth]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 fifth]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games, you can repair fully broken weapons, and they'll be good as new. This becomes a plot point when Sigurd recieves the Holy Tyrfing from his father. It's broken and must be repaired for an absurdly high cost.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': The Master Sword is the TropeCodifier for the way it's used in video games (as a way to [[AvertedTrope avert]] the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]] of the SwordOfPlotAdvancement becoming the PenultimateWeapon after being replaced by a [[InfinityPlusOneSword better one]]). It's reforged by a pair of dwarven blacksmiths, and later magically upgraded by a faerie.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages]]'' involves reforging a broken blade. Whether it's the Noble Sword or the Master Sword you're reforging depends on if you've played ''Oracle of Seasons'' first.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': There is a blacksmith who can reforge the Kokiri Sword into the Razor Sword. However, this upgrade is temporary (the sword reverts back after 100 strikes or if Link goes back in time). But if Link offers Gold Dust to the blacksmith, he can reforge the Razor Sword into the stronger and longer Gilded Sword. This upgrade is permanent and even survives time travel.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': The Master Sword isn't exactly broken, but it's lost its magical power to repel evil, which must be restored by having sages pray musically in the hearts of dangerous monster-infested ancient temples.
** The Picori Blade from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', which is broken, fixed, and eventually upgraded to become the Four Sword.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': The Goddess Sword wasn't broken at all, but in its initial state it isn't strong enough, and so it's reforged ''anyway'' with three Sacred Flames (and then blessed by Zelda), creating the Master Sword in the first place.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' follows a similar structure to that of ''A Link to the Past'' in how the Master Sword is forged (being a sequel to it), but uses Master Ore found as a treasure in dungeons. Also, the sword's second upgrade is done by another blacksmith, who was brought out of his DespairEventHorizon after looking over his [[DualWorld counterpart's]] handiwork.
* ''VideoGame/FallFromHeavenAgeOfIce'' does this with the Godslayer; indeed, the main point of the 'Age of Ice' scenario is to seek out the scattered fragments of the Godslayer, since only that weapon can bring down Mulcarn, the God of Winter. The actual reforging is passed over lightly, and was apparently performed by Kylorin the Archwizard himself -- so presumably, it was magical in nature, rather than involving hammers and anvils. Of course, considering the intense magic held in those shards, it may have just spontaneously reassembled itself when all the pieces were gathered in one place.
* The first ''VideoGame/BrokenSword'' game has the antagonists trying to reforge the eponymous weapon in the belief it will restore their order to glory. The heroes stop them.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Iris 2|The Azoth of Destiny}}'' After beating Chaos at the Guardo Drive, Felt tries to land a final blow. Only to be turned to stone by Chaos's ultimate attack. Just before Felt fully transforms, his magic talking sword uses up all of its power to attack Chaos which causes the magic crystal powering it to break. After Felt is restored his sword loses all of its magic. You spend the next chunk of the game hunting down rare alchemic ingredients to create a new crystal to repower it. However before fixing it Felt can still use his magic sword skills, which is probably a form of ''GameplayAndStorySegregation''
* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' this is done with several artifact weapons, like The Equalizer, Wave, and the Silver Sword. Unlike most versions of this trope, the UltimateBlacksmith needed to repair the various artifacts found in the game is surprisingly accessable: he's got a workshop in the main city of the game rather than in some remote cave in a distant mountain full of vicious monsters like you might expect.
* ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'': A broken sword is given to the party as a quest in the FirstTown. It's useless as is, but a lake spirit wanted to return it to the descendant of the sword's original owner. If you complete the quest and tell him the truth about the spirit, he'll turn up at the end of the game with the sword, which he says miraculously repaired itself while he was sleeping, and gives it to the party. It's a [[InfinityMinusOneSword fairly powerful sword]], and if you keep it for the ''Heart of Winter'' expansion you can find the UltimateBlacksmith who originally crafted it, who will restore it to [[InfinityPlusOneSword its full strength]].
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has the Wookiee ceremonial weapon Bacca's Blade. The hilt is with Chuundar, who may be in charge, but is anything but honorable. The blade was broken off in a sacred hunt, and (if the player chooses), can be recovered and given to Chuundar's (and Zaalbar's) exiled father. If you choose this route, the blade will be re-forged, and is one of the better non-lightsaber blade weapons.
* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Riven the Shattered Exile had a pretty cool sword, but broke it in rage when she found out about Noxus' corrupt government. Her ultimate has her reform it, giving her a large power boost and a shockwave attack.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'':
*** Mehrune's Razor has laid in the tomb of a thief for so long that it has become rusted and unusable. [[GodOfEvil Mehrunes Dagon]] will send you on a quest to retrieve it, and will then re-imbue it with the [[LegendaryWeapon power it once had]].
*** In the ''Tribunal'' expansion, you get the opportunity to do this with True-Flame, the shattered FlamingSword of St. Nerevar. It is, of course, in [[PlotCoupon pieces that you must find]]. Then you have to take it to Mournhold's best smith to reforge it. And finally, plunder a massive ancient ruin beneath the city in order to find the special oil that will cause it to burn eternally. Once complete, you'll have a weapon worthy of [[KillTheGod Killing The God]], [[spoiler: but perhaps not the god you were expecting...]]
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
*** Wuuthrad, a giant two-headed axe and chosen weapon of the ancient hero Ysgramor, must be reforged in order to complete the Companions questline. The scattered pieces serve as sort-of PlotCoupons.
*** Mehurne's Razor is this once again. This time, it's in pieces that must be found and reassembled at the altar of Dagon himself.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' and its [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain "Resurrection"]] DownloadableContent, [[spoiler:Gabriel Belmont shatters the Vampire Killer Combat Cross after killing the Forgotten One]]. Due to background events in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'', it is reforged by the time of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'', much to the surprise of its destroyer, as [[spoiler:it is the only weapon capable of killing immortals for good, such as Gabriel himself (as Dracula) and seemingly {{Satan}} as well]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'', players can take a long series of quests to help reforge Narsil - the process requires a special gem, (a Silithar) and Aragorn can't be bothered to go get it himself. Also, expansions to the game introduced Legendary Items for players at level 50, weapons and gear which can be customized and improved. They require occasional "reforging," although they don't actually break first.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'': The [[InfinityPlusOneSword Armageddon Blade]] is the only weapon capable of killing [[BigBad The Destroyer]]; unfortunately, the sword was broken before the start of the game [[spoiler:after being used by ArchangelAzrael to shatter six of the seven Seals per the urging of Abaddon in order to prematurely trigger The End War to try and kill Hell's leaders, only for it all to [[GoneHorriblyWrong go to figurative and literal hell]]]], its pieces scattered and hidden throughout the world. War in the final stretch of the game needs to collect all the shards and bring them to [[UltimateBlacksmith Ulthane]] [[spoiler:(its original creator and another conspirator on the premature End War]] so he can reforge it and use it in the final battle against The Destroyer [[spoiler:who is actually [[FallenAngel Abaddon reborn as a demon]] after he was killed by Hell's soldiers and realized he would face judgement for his crimes]]. After the battle, the sword is also used to [[spoiler:kill War and shatter the Seventh Seal, [[ThanatosGambit resurrecting War and allowing the Four Horsemen to all be summoned to Earth with their unchained powers]] to deal out justice to all the other shadow players of the game.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has the War, the sword used by the Shadow Stalker. You get a broken version of the sword at the end of the Second Dream questline that can be reforged into one of the most powerful two-handers in the game if you're willing to give up having one of the best one-handed swords in the game.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Legion'':
** [[AnIcePerson Frost]] [[BlackKnight Death Knights]] go to Icecrown Citadel and collect the shattered pieces of [[EvilWeapon Frostmourne]], and reforge them into a pair of rune swords called "The Blades of the Fallen Prince".
** Sir Anduin Lothar's sword, the Great Royal Sword, was broken by the Doomhammer when he lost his DuelToTheDeath with Ogrim Doomhammer. His second-in-command Turalyon took up his fallen leader's broken sword and rallied the Alliance troops to victory. [[spoiler:When he returns in ''Legion'', he is still wielding the sword, except he has reforged it by replacing the broken part of the blade with solid Light energy.]]
** Felo'melorn, or "Flamestrike", the Artifact weapon for [[PlayingWithFire Fire Mages]], was shattered by Frostmourne when Arthas killed the Blood Elves' king, Anasterian Sunstrider. Anasterian's son [[TheEvilPrince Kael'thas Sunstrider]] had the blade reforged even stronger than it was before.
** The runeblade Kingsmourne is a reforged [[spoiler:Shalamayne]]. Runes of Domination were inscribed on the original blade and a blue crystal was inserted into it, infusing the sword with the Jailer's power.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', there's a questline a player can access after beating the initial Main Story Questline for ''A Realm Reborn'' where a drunken blacksmith sends you to a location to retrieve a legendary weapon used by the job you talk to him with. When you retrieve it and return to him, you both found out it's in terrible shape and the rest of the questline is spent reforging the weapon to its former glory.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': The very first weapon you start out with is the Broken Broadsword, which deals pretty pathetic damage. Hold onto it to the end of the game, and once you finish the second-to-last mission you can get it reforged into the Protector's Broadsword, which is one of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword best weapons in the game]].
* In the first ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'' game, it's possible to obtain two powerful swords in the bonus dungeon the Endless Paths Of Caed Nua, the Blade of the Endless Paths and the Whispers of Yenwood. If the player managing to obtain both, and import their save in the sequel, ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire'', their starting ship's cupboard will contain the shattered fragments of the swords. The swords were shattered when Eothas awoke in the adra colossus. By taking the fragments to a certain blacksmith in Neketaka, the player can have the swords reforged. The blacksmith will also mention that the two swords' fragments seem drawn to each other, and offers to use all of the fragments to forge an entirely new sword. The result is an enormous greatsword, The Whispers of the Endless Paths.

* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'', Talion keeps the remains of his son's broken sword as both a TragicKeepsake and a makeshift dagger. Over the course of the game it's reformed into a proper dagger.

* This happens to both of the sons of Sparda's trademark swords in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series:
** Vergil's Yamato is shattered by Mundus when he tries to fight the demon king in his weakened state after the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening third game]]. The broken hilt and blade are later recovered by the Order of the Sword and later reforge themselves (or in other words, the katana was "resurrected", according to Agnus) then merge with Nero's Devil Bringer arm in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''. [[spoiler:When Vergil rips off the Devil Bringer in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', the arm turns into the Yamato.]]
** In the opening of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', Urizen shows he's a force to be reckoned with by ''shattering'' Dante's sword Rebellion with a punch. [[spoiler:Dante later impales himself with Rebellion's hilt, guessing correctly that Rebellion has the power to fuse humans and demons as a counterpart to Yamato's ability to separate the two. This causes the Rebellion to merge with the Sparda, resulting in a new Devil Arm, the Devil Sword Dante.]]

* In ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray'', Lowe Guele's [[KatanasAreJustBetter Gerbera Straight]] is broken by [[BigBad Rondo Ghina Sahaku]], so he returns to the HermitGuru who crafted it in the first place. Instead of reforging it himself, the old man teaches Lowe how to do it because he knows he's going to die soon and wants his craft to live on in a worthy successor. In a subversion, the repaired Gerbera is just that -- repaired -- and not made anything really amazing. On the other hand, Lowe uses his knowledge along with a giant hunk of ThunderboltIron to forge [[{{BFS}} a 150-meter-long Gerbera Straight]] which can only be wielded by his Gundam's MetaMecha.
* Guts' Dragonslayer in ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' is never actually broken, but still takes a great amount of stress and damage after two straight years of DemonSlaying. [[TheBlacksmith Godot]] therefore has to repair it.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', [[spoiler:Ichigo's Zangetsu is reforged with an Asauchi base and manifests as [[DualWielding two swords]] that represent his Shinigami and Quincy powers.]]
* In the second season of the ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' anime, Hikaru's Escudo sword is broken by Nova. Because Escudo is a magic mineral, Hikaru and Presea have to undertake a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind to "resurrect" it. Although it's not explicitly stated to be more powerful, Hikaru comes out with a stronger will and starts using {{Sword Beam}}s with it.
* In the first episode of ''Manga/HyperPolice'' Natsuki finds an {{Orichalcum}} sword and manages to break it shortly after. So she goes to a swordsmith, who tells her it would be too expensive to reforge so she just has it ground into a dagger.
* Implied in ''Anime/LupinIII'': Goemon's sword has been broken on occasions, but next time it's whole again.

* A surprisingly realistic example occurs in ''Anime/KillLaKill'', given its capacity to wantonly disregard reality for flair. When Satsuki's sword is snapped in two toward the end, she has the pieces reshaped into a pair of smaller blades. This is actually an improvement: the sword is designed to cut [[BizarreAlienBiology Life Fibers]], but they can only be completely severed if attacked from both sides simultaneously, so having two blades is more effective.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''

* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs'', the smith Regin, with the help of the hero Sigurd, reforges the pieces of Sigurd's father Sigmund's sword into the sword Gram, with which Sigurd will later kill the dragon Fafnir. This is very likely the TropeMaker (note that other versions of the Sigurd legend such as the ''Literature/{{Edda}}s'' or the German ''Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}}'' don't have this trope). Music/RichardWagner repeated this version in his ''Theatre/RingOfTheNibelung'' cycle of operas, and it was also quite unambiguously the inspiration for Creator/JRRTolkien's use of the trope.

* In [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]]'s ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', episode III (Day II), Siegfried reforges Nothung by grinding the original sword into metal filings, melting it down, and casting it anew. This is, of course, based on the Sigurd legend as told in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheVolsungs''. Note that he did all this [[AchievementsInIgnorance without the slightest idea of what he was doing]]. The sword was originally broken by Wotan ([[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]]) in part I, and in the end Siegfried uses the reforged sword to defeat him. The point is that human instinct (particularly [[ThePowerOfLove for love]]) is more powerful than the wisdom of the gods.

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* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', there is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], in that the Spear of Fusion used by Vezon was broken in half by Reidak. Vezon managed to fix it using the Spear's own powers. Unfortunately, Jaller used his powers to burn it to a crisp when Vezon encounters the Toa Inika again.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'': Zauz the blacksmith tells Link that his sword cannot defeat Bellum in its current state, so it's necessary to bring three Pure Metals (Crimsonine, Azurine and Aquanine) to reforge the sword and turn it into the Phantom Sword (Oshus later implements the Phantom Hourglass into it to allow it to kill Phantoms in the Temple of the Ocean King as well).

** Likewise, the sword upgrade in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]'' involves reforging a broken blade. Whether it's the Noble Sword or the Master Sword you're reforging depends on if you've played ''Oracle of Seasons'' first.
** The Master Sword isn't exactly broken in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', but it's lost its magical power to repel evil, which must be restored by having sages pray musically in the hearts of dangerous monster-infested ancient temples.
** Done unusually in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', where the Goddess Sword wasn't broken at all, but wasn't strong enough, and so was reforged ''anyway'' in three Sacred Flames (and then blessed by Zelda), creating the Master Sword in the first place.
** The Master Sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' is the TropeCodifier for the way it's used in video games (as a way to [[AvertedTrope avert]] the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]] of the SwordOfPlotAdvancement becoming the PenultimateWeapon after being replaced by a [[InfinityPlusOneSword better one]]). It's reforged by a pair of dwarven blacksmiths, and later magically upgraded by a faerie.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' follows a similar structure in how the Master Sword is forged (being a sequel to it), but uses Master Ore found as a treasure in dungeons. Also, the sword's second upgrade is done by another blacksmith, who was brought out of his DespairEventHorizon after looking over his [[DualWorld counterpart's]] handiwork.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', there is a blacksmith who can reforge the Kokiri Sword into the Razor Sword. However, this upgrade is temporary (the sword reverts back after 100 strikes or if Link goes back in time). But if Link offers Gold Dust to the blacksmith, he can reforge the Razor Sword into the stronger and longer Gilded Sword. This upgrade is permanent and even survives time travel.

* In [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral the fourth and fifth]] ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' games, you can repair fully broken weapons, and they'll be good as new. This becomes a plot point when Sigurd recieves the Holy Tyrfing from his father. It's broken and must be repaired for an absurdly high cost.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendofZelda''

* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', War needs to find several hidden fragments of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Armageddon Blade]], the only weapon in existence capable of killing [[BigBad The Destroyer]].

* In VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}, the friendship sword. The increase in power is justified because the original was one of two made for kids, and Ferghus made them dull so they wouldn't hurt themselves.

** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', there is a blacksmith who can reforge the Kokiri Sword into the Razor Sword. However, this upgrade is temporary (the sword reverts back after 100 strikes or if Link goes back in time). But if Link offers Gold Dust to the blacksmith, he can reforge the Razor Sword into the stronger and longer Gilded Sword. This upgrade is permanent and even survives time travel.

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate 2'' this is done with several artifact weapons, like The Equalizer, Wave, and the Silver Sword. Unlike most versions of this trope, the UltimateBlacksmith needed to repair the various artifacts found in the game is surprisingly accessable: he's got a workshop in the main city of the game rather than in some remote cave in a distant mountain full of vicious monsters like you might expect.

* The Greatsword of the Wolf Knight Artorias from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' was lost when he made a pact with the Abyss and was slain by his former comrades. The true divine Greatsword of Artorias can be reforged using a broken sword and the soul of Artorias' most loyal companion the Great Grey Wolf Sif. Alternatively, Sif's soul can "corrupt" a normal sword to reforge the cursed Greatsword of Artorias (the original sword was cursed when Artorias made his pact). The "Artorias of the Abyss" DownloadableContent introduced a ''third'' version forged from a fully upgraded normal sword [[spoiler:and Artorias' own soul]]. The Abyss Greatsword's power scales with the wielder's Humanity [[spoiler:since the Abyss is essentially Humanity gone out of control.]]

* ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'':

** Played straight with Certainty, which is [[spoiler:the Red Lyrium sword [[Videogame/DragonAgeII Meredith]] wielded]]. The Elder One reforged the blade using a combination of Elven, Tevinter, and Blight magic and gave it to [[spoiler:Samson]].
* ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}'' has the War, the sword used by the Shadow Stalker. You get a broken version of the sword at the end of the Second Dream questline that can be reforged into one of the most powerful two-handers in the game if you're willing to give up having one of the best one-handed swords in the game.

* In the first ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternity'' game, it's possible to obtain two powerful swords in the bonus dungeon the Endless Paths Of Caed Nua, the Blade of the Endless Paths and the Whispers of Yenwood. If the player managing to obtain both, and import their save in the sequel, ''Videogame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire'', their starting ship's cupboard will contain the shattered fragments of the swords. The swords were shattered when Eothas awoke in the adra colossus. By taking the fragments to a certain blacksmith in Neketaka, the player can have the swords reforged. The blacksmith will also mention that the two swords' fragments seem drawn to each other, and offers to use all of the fragments to forge an entirely new sword. The result is an enormous greatsword, The Whispers of the Endless Paths.

* ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'': A broken sword is given to the party as a quest in the StarterTown. It's useless as is, but a lake spirit wanted to return it to the descendent of the sword's original owner. If you complete the quest and tell him the truth about the spirit, he'll turn up at the end of the game with the sword, which he says miraculosly repaired itself while he was sleeping and gives it to the party. It's a [[InfinityMinusOneSword fairly powerful sword]], and if you keep it for the ''Heart of Winter'' expansion you can find the UltimateBlacksmith who originally crafted it, who will restore it to [[InfinityPlusOneSword its full strength]].

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate 2'' this is done with several artifact weapons, like The Equalizer and The Wave.

** Vergil's Yamato is shattered by Mundus when he tries to fight the demon king in his weakened state after the third game. The broken hilt is later recovered by the Order and later merges with Nero's Devil Bringer arm. [[spoiler:When Vergil rips off the Devil Bringer, the arm turns into the reforged Yamato.]]
** In the opening of the fifth game, Urizen shows he's a force to be reckoned with by ''shattering'' Dante's sword Rebellion with a punch. [[spoiler:Dante later impales himself with Rebellion's hilt, guessing correctly that Rebellion has the power to fuse humans and demons as a counterpart to Yamato's ability to separate the two. This causes the Rebellion to merge with the Sparda, resulting in a new Devil Arm, the Devil Sword Dante.]]

* This happens to both of the sons of Sparda's trademark swords in the ''Videogame/DevilMayCry'' series: