- "A blunt weapon crafted from Honduran mahogany, the wood best suited to high-frequency enhancement. While incapable of cutting through targets, this unbreakable wooden sword's high-frequency upgrade makes it the ideal choice to subdue cyborgs without killing them."
- ―HF Wooden Sword weapons description in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
A wooden bokken that cannot cut, used to subdue cyborgs without killing them. Made from Honduran mahogany, which is apparently the wood best suited to HF blade treatment. Awarded upon discovering all the men in boxes, and costs 5,000 BP.
Unlike lethal swords, it starts with a strength rating of 5, which can be reduced via upgrades. As well as the usual absorb and energy use options, it also has a special effect which increases the chance of any given blow knocking an enemy out, up to 20% per hit. The wooden sword can still kill if an enemy is struck too often, which is where reducing the attack power comes into play. In-universe, the power-reduction upgrade is described as Raiden's cyborg body firmware weakening the the waves passing through the High-Frequency Wooden Sword.
The sword completely ignores armor and hitpoints in favor of a flat one-in-five chance of taking the enemy out of the fight when fully upgraded no matter how powerful they actually are. A successfully stunned enemy will fade out as if cloaking.
Only cyborgs count as kills for purposes of getting a no kills bonus for a chapter. In any encounter with cyborgs and UGs, the UGs will not count against a no-kill score, though it is impossible to get a no kill bonus in a combat encounter with only UGs since they will all count as kills in such an encounter.
Hebidamashii[]
- "It's a mystical wooden sword created through the latest advancements in "spiritual technology" in order to pass on the wisdom of the legendary Solid Snake to future generations. It plays a variety of voiced quotes from Solid Snake depending on the situation."
- ―Official translation of the Snake's Soul Wooden Sword weapon decription in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
A weapon exclusive to the Japanese version of the game, the Hebidamashii (蛇魂, Snake Spirit) is available as part of the VR Missions DLC released in March 2013 and can be purchased in-game for 10,000 BP. It's a variation of the HF Wooden Sword that plays a selection of voiced quotes from Solid Snake depending on the situation (i.e. if Raiden encounters one of the Men In Boxes, the Hebidamashii will remark that "people who like cardboard boxes can't be that bad"). Its combat capabilities are otherwise similar to the standard Wooden Sword.