The Vile Sword is a weapon made with 1 stick and 2 Corrupted Ingots. It functions the same as the Iron Sword with the same durability and damage however it has one advantage - it can obtain the Soul Stealer enchantment. This enchantment allows for more than one soul to be trapped in a Soul Shard with one extra soul added per level of enchantment. While only up to Soul Stealer 4 is possible in the Enchanting table, Soul Stealer 5 may be obtained with an anvil.

A Soul Stealer 5 Vile Sword only possible in an anvil in survival mode.
Level of Soul Stealer | Souls trapped per kill |
---|---|
0 (Native Vile Sword) | 1 |
1 | 2 |
2 | 3 |
3 | 4 |
4 | 5 |
5 | 6 |