# Free sword 3D models for three.js (GLB, CC BY)
https://paprika3d.com/docs/models/swords
24 free swords for three.js from the 564 in the paprika3d asset library (CC BY), as meshopt GLB files: each with its author, license, credit line, triangles and file size, and the asset_search call that fetches it.
## What the library holds
The paprika3d asset library holds 564 swords among its 57,732 models. All of them are licensed CC BY 4.0, which asks you to credit the author wherever you use the model; each card below carries the credit line to paste. 6 are AI-generated, from Scenario's 3D Collection, and say so on their card.
532 of the 564 pass the library's quality checks: textured (or drawn in vertex colours, for a low-poly or voxel model), not flat, at most 15 MB, with a name, a description and a real-world height. Among those, the median model has 1,220 triangles, with the middle half between 490 and 3,680, and the median file is 0.1 MB, with nine in ten at most 0.5 MB. The median one stands 0.9 m tall at real size. 5 carry a texture of 2048 px, the library's largest; the rest are smaller. 10 are animated and 1 rigged. The most common styles are stylized (249), realistic (129) and low-poly (116).
## Swords in a three.js scene
Swords are light here: the median one has 1,220 triangles in a 0.1 MB file and is 0.9 m long. Most stand blade up, so the bottom-centre origin sits at the pommel. Put the sword in a parent group, offset it so the grip is at the group's origin, then add the group to the character's hand bone (often `mixamorigRightHand`) and rotate the group until the blade lines up with the arm.
For hits, test a line from hilt to tip each frame, and also the line it swept since the last frame, against the targets' boxes: a fast swing can pass through a thin target between two frames. A physics engine such as Rapier does the same with a sensor collider that follows the blade.
A swing trail is a ribbon mesh whose vertices take the tip's positions over the last few frames, drawn additive with `depthWrite: false`.
## Fetch one and load it
With the paprika3d plugin in Claude Code, or its MCP server in any other agent, the agent searches the library in words or picks a model by the id on its card. `pick` downloads the file into the project's `assets/` folder (`public/assets/` under vite), adds the credit line to `assets/CREDITS.md` and answers with the code that loads it at real size. Give `cwd`, the project folder, as with every paprika3d tool.
```text
asset_search {"query": "sword", "cwd": "."}
asset_search {"pick": "ee97448e045a4b40971922bf13e9bb85", "cwd": "."}
```
Every file is a binary glTF (.glb) compressed with meshopt, so GLTFLoader needs the meshopt decoder that ships with three.js. The origin sits at the bottom centre of each model, so it stands on the floor where you place it:
```js
import * as THREE from 'three';
import { GLTFLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
import { MeshoptDecoder } from 'three/addons/libs/meshopt_decoder.module.js';
const loader = new GLTFLoader().setMeshoptDecoder(MeshoptDecoder);
const gltf = await loader.loadAsync('assets/sword-ee9744.glb');
scene.add(gltf.scene);
```
## 24 swords to start from
Chosen from the 532 that pass the checks: the ones agents picked most through `asset_search` first, then the ones whose name says what they are, then lighter files, with at most 2 per author. Each CC BY card ends with its credit line: paste it into your credits, as the license requires.
**[Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ee97448e045a4b40971922bf13e9bb85)** by [Sailer34rus](https://sketchfab.com/Sailer34rus)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,540 triangles · 0.344 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "ee97448e045a4b40971922bf13e9bb85"}`
Credit: "Sword" by Sailer34rus (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ee97448e045a4b40971922bf13e9bb85) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Emerald Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/2a53e3e2126c4d76ad976a16a6f0f392)** by [Jarvin Eslao](https://sketchfab.com/vruize.eslao)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 17,036 triangles · 0.308 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "2a53e3e2126c4d76ad976a16a6f0f392"}`
Credit: "Emerald Sword" by Jarvin Eslao (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/2a53e3e2126c4d76ad976a16a6f0f392) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword Iron Type #3](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/630eb9c5a5124f0c96bdd97cb85a83b4)** by [kondratenkoa](https://sketchfab.com/kondratenkoa)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 170 triangles · 0.044 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "630eb9c5a5124f0c96bdd97cb85a83b4"}`
Credit: "Sword Iron Type #3" by kondratenkoa (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/630eb9c5a5124f0c96bdd97cb85a83b4) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword - Lowpoly - Handpainted](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c576b562fbaf430ea5cc3aa36414cdda)** by [vmatthew](https://sketchfab.com/vmatthew)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 666 triangles · 0.056 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "c576b562fbaf430ea5cc3aa36414cdda"}`
Credit: "Sword - Lowpoly - Handpainted" by vmatthew (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c576b562fbaf430ea5cc3aa36414cdda) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Future Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ecdf92ce6cac4ba79d5727842d9f748e)** by [carbuckle](https://sketchfab.com/carbuckle)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 754 triangles · 0.124 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "ecdf92ce6cac4ba79d5727842d9f748e"}`
Credit: "Future Sword" by carbuckle (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ecdf92ce6cac4ba79d5727842d9f748e) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Katana V1 (Free)](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c0f9bfc6bf0644f7880ca95e9b829178)** by [wolfgar74](https://sketchfab.com/wolfgar74)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 686 triangles · 0.369 MB · realistic · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "c0f9bfc6bf0644f7880ca95e9b829178"}`
Credit: "Katana V1 (Free)" by wolfgar74 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/c0f9bfc6bf0644f7880ca95e9b829178) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword in a Stone](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/120e2c81860341b08725c94fad22beba)** by [Fabian van Dorst](https://sketchfab.com/FabianvanDorst)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 586 triangles · 0.109 MB · stylized · 1.2 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "120e2c81860341b08725c94fad22beba"}`
Credit: "Sword in a Stone" by Fabian van Dorst (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/120e2c81860341b08725c94fad22beba) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword by Zarai](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/3fb9e33fd67b4d24a41c1d2c1d9125b0)** by [zarai](https://sketchfab.com/zarai)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 394 triangles · 0.011 MB · low-poly · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "3fb9e33fd67b4d24a41c1d2c1d9125b0"}`
Credit: "Sword by Zarai" by zarai (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/3fb9e33fd67b4d24a41c1d2c1d9125b0) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Hooked Electric Blade](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/19094719fbab444eaedaaf55cdb68118)** by [XeroChances](https://sketchfab.com/XeroChances)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 21,146 triangles · 0.57 MB · realistic · 0.6 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "19094719fbab444eaedaaf55cdb68118"}`
Credit: "Hooked Electric Blade" by XeroChances (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/19094719fbab444eaedaaf55cdb68118) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Little sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b4f9e6a37e124527a0b479fa750508d8)** by [Tom_Martinaud](https://sketchfab.com/Totor_17)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 11,236 triangles · 1.136 MB · stylized · 0.9 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "b4f9e6a37e124527a0b479fa750508d8"}`
Credit: "Little sword" by Tom_Martinaud (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/b4f9e6a37e124527a0b479fa750508d8) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Cartoon Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0a2e5dff453540739d85bdeb72baf75d)** by [Jan](https://sketchfab.com/JamSnipSnap)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 200 triangles · 0.096 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "0a2e5dff453540739d85bdeb72baf75d"}`
Credit: "Cartoon Sword" by Jan (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/0a2e5dff453540739d85bdeb72baf75d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Neon Katana](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/462cb932ef05430894de85fa6ca7f7e4)** by [manrajdeol17](https://sketchfab.com/manrajdeol17)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 658 triangles · 0.14 MB · sci-fi · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "462cb932ef05430894de85fa6ca7f7e4"}`
Credit: "Neon Katana" by manrajdeol17 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/462cb932ef05430894de85fa6ca7f7e4) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword - Per aspera · ad astra](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4de24e30af554946909f2f11ff914878)** by [saix_93](https://sketchfab.com/saix_93)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 16,864 triangles · 0.206 MB · realistic · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "4de24e30af554946909f2f11ff914878"}`
Credit: "Sword - Per aspera · ad astra" by saix_93 (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4de24e30af554946909f2f11ff914878) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Ice sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/021bb83936034a019f20207a259d6c80)** by [Joe Roechow](https://sketchfab.com/JoeRoechow)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,596 triangles · 0.233 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "021bb83936034a019f20207a259d6c80"}`
Credit: "Ice sword" by Joe Roechow (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/021bb83936034a019f20207a259d6c80) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Runic Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e425b930cf454ab6b7ccf9ea2de50d6f)** by [SDERI](https://sketchfab.com/SDERI)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 6,386 triangles · 0.265 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e425b930cf454ab6b7ccf9ea2de50d6f"}`
Credit: "Runic Sword" by SDERI (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e425b930cf454ab6b7ccf9ea2de50d6f) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Mistic Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/540e4289c5354f628256744bb35d86d8)** by [matheus pedreira](https://sketchfab.com/matheuspedreira)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 722 triangles · 0.14 MB · low-poly · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "540e4289c5354f628256744bb35d86d8"}`
Credit: "Mistic Sword" by matheus pedreira (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/540e4289c5354f628256744bb35d86d8) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Red Ripper \| Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4a72590cd0ce4ad5bf249a0f25311f02)** by [Prabhu Ram](https://sketchfab.com/virtualmakes)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 23,979 triangles · 0.844 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "4a72590cd0ce4ad5bf249a0f25311f02"}`
Credit: "Red Ripper \| Sword" by Prabhu Ram (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4a72590cd0ce4ad5bf249a0f25311f02) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword Shinobi](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9c3ef12d994f42999780c8fd6f592f34)** by [emelyarules](https://sketchfab.com/emelyarules)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,270 triangles · 0.259 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "9c3ef12d994f42999780c8fd6f592f34"}`
Credit: "Sword Shinobi" by emelyarules (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9c3ef12d994f42999780c8fd6f592f34) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Holo-Sword 'Albester'](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4ad1e65de60747d987ce865ec975a350)** by [knight_of_the_flame](https://sketchfab.com/knight_of_the_flame)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 10,215 triangles · 0.205 MB · sci-fi · 1 m tall · animated
`asset_search {"pick": "4ad1e65de60747d987ce865ec975a350"}`
Credit: "Holo-Sword 'Albester'" by knight_of_the_flame (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/4ad1e65de60747d987ce865ec975a350) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[sword fully textured](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/59648cb87a23455392a1822d667a649e)** by [MatthewHicks](https://sketchfab.com/MatthewHicks)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,472 triangles · 0.285 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "59648cb87a23455392a1822d667a649e"}`
Credit: "sword fully textured" by MatthewHicks (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/59648cb87a23455392a1822d667a649e) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Stylized sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/aa54d16d59ad414fb8e853fad50c7210)** by [modezt](https://sketchfab.com/modezt)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,502 triangles · 0.103 MB · sci-fi · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "aa54d16d59ad414fb8e853fad50c7210"}`
Credit: "Stylized sword" by modezt (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/aa54d16d59ad414fb8e853fad50c7210) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Sword weapon](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e3315f41c272495a93d330693aabce21)** by [tyzranan](https://sketchfab.com/tyzranan)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 678 triangles · 0.02 MB · low-poly · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e3315f41c272495a93d330693aabce21"}`
Credit: "Sword weapon" by tyzranan (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e3315f41c272495a93d330693aabce21) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Handpainted Sword](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e8a53bff31194ede840ba0170e5a4fb1)** by [Gui Santos](https://sketchfab.com/gsantos)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 1,214 triangles · 0.063 MB · stylized · 1 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "e8a53bff31194ede840ba0170e5a4fb1"}`
Credit: "Handpainted Sword" by Gui Santos (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/e8a53bff31194ede840ba0170e5a4fb1) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
**[Stylized Blade](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5f73235c95f44a49baf2b7511dcb6c5d)** by [Routard](https://sketchfab.com/Routard)
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · 2,360 triangles · 0.15 MB · stylized · 0.9 m tall
`asset_search {"pick": "5f73235c95f44a49baf2b7511dcb6c5d"}`
Credit: "Stylized Blade" by Routard (https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/5f73235c95f44a49baf2b7511dcb6c5d) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Optimized for the web by paprika3D.
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Counts from the library's catalog on 2026-10-28. The models are their authors' work under the license on each card; paprika3d converted them for the web.
Updated 2026-10-28.