Wooden Sword

Kingdom Hearts Wooden Sword
"A toy sword made of wood."
Japanese	木剣
Rōmaji	Bokken
Stats
Strength	MP		Length
+0	+0		—
Crit. Rate	Crit. Bonus		Recoil
x1	+0		30
Obtained
Awaken from the Dive to the Heart; speak to Riku after landing at Hollow Bastion.

The Wooden Sword is a weapon introduced in Kingdom Hearts. It is wielded by Sora and Riku at Destiny Islands, and again by Sora at Hollow Bastion when Riku takes the Keyblade. In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Ventus uses his own Wooden Sword as a practice weapon before Terra gives him the Wooden Keyblade.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]

Ventus uses a Wooden Sword as his practice weapon in the Land of Departure. At this point, its blade has many nicks and dents in it from practice fighting. Noticing the damage, Terra bestows Ventus with his Wooden Keyblade as a replacement and encourages him by pointing out that the dents show improvement.

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

On Destiny Islands, Sora and Riku would often use Wooden Swords to spar against each other, or against Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie. They would pass the time on their tiny island with friendly matches against each other—Sora and Riku even having a friendly rivalry.

During the destruction of the islands, Sora attempts to stave off the Heartless with his Wooden Sword while making his way to Riku and Kairi, but has no effect on the Shadows. When he and Riku are engulfed in darkness, Sora receives the Kingdom Key Keyblade, which he then uses until he arrives in Hollow Bastion.

Riku appears to have kept his Wooden Sword after his arrival at Hollow Bastion, even after receiving the Soul Eater from Maleficent. When Sora arrives in Hollow Bastion, he and Riku have a brief standoff before Riku claims Sora's Keyblade for himself. Riku then tosses his Wooden Sword to Sora, taunting him to go and play hero with it instead.

With the help of the Beast, Sora makes his way into the Entrance Hall of Hollow Bastion, where he and Riku have another showdown. Sora's bonds of friendship allow him to reclaim his Keyblade. The Wooden Sword's whereabouts afterwards are unknown.

Design[edit]

The Wooden Sword is essentially a toy, crudely made from pieces of wood to resemble a sword. Ventus's Wooden Sword is identical in design to Sora and Riku's, except it has a darker color scheme and its blade is dented from practice fighting.

The Wooden Sword is easily the weakest weapon in the first game, and possibly the weakest in the entire series, with its only rivals being the Struggle Bats in Kingdom Hearts II and the Wooden Stick in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Despite Sora's adept swordplay, melee strikes with the sword have next to no effect on the Heartless whatsoever, although he can still use it as a medium for magic if he knows any.

Gallery[edit]

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  Ventus's Wooden Sword.

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  A wooden sword (alongside Sora's necklace) on the back cover of Episode 6 in the Kingdom Hearts manga.