Genshin Impact / Weapon

Heretic's Molten Blade

Sword · 42.401 · CRIT Rate · 4★

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Stats & requirements

Weapon: Sword
Rarity: 4
Base ATK: 42.401
Secondary stat: CRIT Rate
Introduced: 7.0

Starting stats (before equipment)

ATTACK: 42.401
SPECIALIZED: 0.06

Upgrade & material costs

Choose a track to see each purchased step and the total material bill. These totals cover the listed steps; character EXP and unlisted costs are separate.

Weapon ascension0 → 6

Total for the listed steps

Mora150,000

Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Terror3

Cold-Cracked Shellshard15

Sentry's Wooden Whistle10

Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Hesitance9

Warm Back-Shell18

Warrior's Metal Whistle15

Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Resolve9

Blazing Prismshell27

Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle18

Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Splendor4

Step by step

Upgrade	Gate	Materials
0 → 1	Lv. 20 / Rank 15	Mora × 5,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Terror × 3Cold-Cracked Shellshard × 3Sentry's Wooden Whistle × 2
1 → 2	Lv. 40 / Rank 25	Mora × 15,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Hesitance × 3Cold-Cracked Shellshard × 12Sentry's Wooden Whistle × 8
2 → 3	Lv. 50 / Rank 30	Mora × 20,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Hesitance × 6Warm Back-Shell × 6Warrior's Metal Whistle × 6
3 → 4	Lv. 60 / Rank 35	Mora × 30,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Resolve × 3Warm Back-Shell × 12Warrior's Metal Whistle × 9
4 → 5	Lv. 70 / Rank 40	Mora × 35,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Resolve × 6Blazing Prismshell × 9Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle × 6
5 → 6	Lv. 80 / Rank 50	Mora × 45,000Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Splendor × 4Blazing Prismshell × 18Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle × 12

Weapon refinement1 → 5

Total for the listed steps

Heretic's Molten Blade · R1 sacrifice copy4

Mora15,000

Step by step

Upgrade	Gate	Materials
1 → 2		Heretic's Molten Blade · R1 sacrifice copy × 1Mora × 1,000
2 → 3		Heretic's Molten Blade · R1 sacrifice copy × 1Mora × 2,000
3 → 4		Heretic's Molten Blade · R1 sacrifice copy × 1Mora × 4,000
4 → 5		Heretic's Molten Blade · R1 sacrifice copy × 1Mora × 8,000

Sources & image credit

Reference snapshot: 24 October 2026.

HoYoverse / COGNOSPHERE

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