Unlike most others who own Valyrian weaponry, Jon snow is not a lord and the weapon must be acquired in different ways than normal. Long Claw is owned by Jon Snow, a member of the Nights Watch.
He had the pommel of the sword reshaped into a direwolf, the sigil of House Stark. Years after this event the sword was given to Jon Snow, a bastard of the Great House Stark. The sword was supposed to be passed onto Jorah Mormont after Jeor Mormont took the black, but after Jorah Mormont went into exile for selling poachers into slavery, the sword was given back to jeor Mormont. Once he had done so he headed to the wall to take the black, and eventually became the rank of Lord commander of the Nights Watch. Lord commander Jeor Mormont eventually retired from his position as head of the family and as a lord.
Longclaw is the ancestral sword of House Mormont and has been for the last 5 centuries. Lastly, you can only send lords to the wall or execute them if you are king or queen, meaning that you will need to own kings landing. Sending a lord to the wall or executing them gains you all of the items in their inventory, though it is usually recommended to just send them to the wall after you have taken all of the useful lords from a realm. You can take it from them by either executing them or sending them to the wall, however it should be noted that if you execute a lord that every lord in the realm will be against you, and if you send a lord to the wall then every lord in that specific faction will be against you. Note that if you choose the two one handed swords that one sword will have better stats than the other, this is presumably because the other sword had less valyrian steel to work with.Įnhancing the valyrian sword will result in a masterwork version which is visually different from the normal grade.Īs this is a valyrian steel weapon it can be used to fight white walkers and it is also impossible to break.Ī Number of lords in the game own a Valyrian Steel weapon. They cost 90,000 or 120,000 each respectively. The merchant can make either a two handed greatsword or a two different one handed swords. You gain knowledge of the merchant in Qohor selling weapons via rumors from tavern keepers. You will need a renown value of over 600 or else the merchant will not accept you and tell you that you are not well known enough. While Valyrian Steel cannot be made, there are people who are able to reforge it, and inside of the walls of Qohor there are smiths that can reforge Valyrian steel into new weapons, though they are rumored to charge a pretty penny for the service.Ī valyrian sword can be acquired from the weapons merchant in Qohor.
Dying houses often will sell everything but their Valyrian steel swords, showing exactly how rare they are, and there is even a man rumored to have a full set of Valyrian steel armor, that man being Euron Greyjoy.
Because no one knows how to forge Valyrian steel, the material is extremely treasured among those that have it, and also extremely expensive. Not only this, but Valyrian steel can also be used to kill white walkers, and it is impossible to break, making them much sought after weapons. It is stronger, lighter, and much sharper than any other material that has been discovered. Valyrian steel blades are far superior than any other sword one can find, even the best castle forged steel. Either way, the secrets to making Valyrian steel was lost in the Doom of Valyria, and has never been found again. No one knows exactly how Valyrian steel is forged, however there is speculation that it was made by the heat of dragonfire, which would not be too much of a surprise considering how much the Valyrians treasured their dragons. The material originated in the Valyrian Freehold, an ancient kingdom that utilized dragons in warfare. Valyrian steel is an ancient material that is no longer able to be forged.