Iaigiri in Palworld: Bushi's Fire-Element Sword Skill Explained
Iaigiri is a Fire-element active skill in Palworld, exclusive to the Bushi line of Pals. According to paldb.cc, it hits for 160 Power on an 8-second cooldown and carries a 50% chance to inflict Burn. The move's own in-game description, quoted verbatim from paldb.cc, is: "Taking hold of the sword, it appears in front of an enemy in an instant and unleashes an ultra-fast sword draw attack." Here is exactly what's documented about the skill's stats, who learns it, and — notably — a real conflict between the two sources checked for this article.
Iaigiri at a Glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Element | Fire |
| Power (paldb.cc) | 160 |
| Cooldown (paldb.cc) | 8 seconds |
| Status effect | Burn, 50% chance |
| Exclusive to Bushi line | Yes (palworld.wiki.gg) |
| Learnable via Skill Fruit | No (palworld.wiki.gg) |
paldb.cc is used as the primary source for Iaigiri's Power, Cooldown, and Burn chance throughout this article. The exclusivity and skill-fruit points come from palworld.wiki.gg, which doesn't list a Burn percentage for Iaigiri at all in the figures checked here — only paldb.cc does.
What Iaigiri Does
paldb.cc's own text for Iaigiri reads: "Taking hold of the sword, it appears in front of an enemy in an instant and unleashes an ultra-fast sword draw attack." That's a gap-closer, not a ranged move — the Pal using it teleports to melee range before the strike lands, which is why it pairs with the Fire element's 50% Burn chance rather than any ranged or area component. No range, hitbox size, or animation-length figure is documented alongside that description in the source used for this article, so treat those specifics as undocumented rather than assumed.
Power and Cooldown: paldb.cc vs. palworld.wiki.gg
This is a documented discrepancy worth flagging rather than smoothing over. paldb.cc lists Iaigiri at 160 Power with an 8-second cooldown. palworld.wiki.gg's own page for the same skill lists 65 Power with a 9-second cooldown — a full second longer, and a Power figure less than half of paldb.cc's. Doing the arithmetic: 160 ÷ 65 ≈ 2.46, so paldb.cc's figure is roughly 2.5 times palworld.wiki.gg's. This article treats paldb.cc as the primary source for the stat figures used elsewhere (160 Power, 8-second cooldown, 50% Burn), but the conflict itself is real and unresolved between the two sources checked — if you're min-maxing around Iaigiri's exact damage output, confirm the current number against your own in-game tooltip rather than trusting either site blindly.
Which Pals Learn Iaigiri
Per paldb.cc, Iaigiri is learned by five entries, all from the Bushi line:
- Bushi — Level 22
- Vagrant Warrior Bushi — Level 22
- Bushi Noct — Level 18
- Samurai of Darkness Bushi Noct — Level 18
- Rampaging Bushi Noct — Level 18
Bushi Noct and its two named variants unlock Iaigiri four levels earlier than base Bushi and Vagrant Warrior Bushi (Level 18 versus Level 22). palworld.wiki.gg separately states Iaigiri is not learnable via Skill Fruit — meaning there's no documented shortcut to teach it to a Pal outside the Bushi line by leveling one of these five up naturally. If your Bushi or Bushi Noct hasn't hit the listed level yet, per these sources the only confirmed path is to keep leveling that specific Pal.
Practical tips
- Only the five Bushi-line entries above learn Iaigiri (per paldb.cc) — there's no confirmed Skill Fruit shortcut (per palworld.wiki.gg), so plan around leveling the Pal itself.
- Bushi Noct variants unlock it at Level 18, four levels earlier than base Bushi/Vagrant Warrior Bushi at Level 22 — prioritize leveling a Noct variant if you want Iaigiri sooner.
- Treat the exact Power figure as unsettled: paldb.cc says 160, palworld.wiki.gg says 65. Check your own in-game tooltip before building a damage plan around either number.
- Its 50% Burn chance (paldb.cc) means roughly half your Iaigiri hits should proc Burn — useful against targets without fire resistance, but not guaranteed on any single hit.
- Range, hitbox size, and exact animation timing beyond the 8-second cooldown aren't documented in the sources used here — don't assume specifics not stated above.
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Conclusion
Iaigiri is a Fire-element, Bushi-line-exclusive sword skill with a documented 160 Power / 8-second cooldown / 50% Burn chance on paldb.cc, learned by five Bushi and Bushi Noct variants between Levels 18 and 22, and confirmed by palworld.wiki.gg to have no Skill Fruit shortcut. The one thing this article won't paper over is the real conflict between paldb.cc's 160 Power and palworld.wiki.gg's 65 Power for the same move — both numbers are on the record, and only your own in-game tooltip can settle which one matches your current patch.
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