Demon's Souls - Weapons
The weapon families of Demon's Souls and the named weapons that matter inside them. Unlike a loot game, nearly everything here is bought, found in a fixed chest or forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul, so a weapon is a build choice rather than a drop. Damage is split between physical and magic,...
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| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sword | Straight Sword | The baseline straight sword and the weapon most players learn the game on. | Damage Type: Physical (slash and thrust) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Standard ore paths at Blacksmith Boldwin and Ed | Starting equipment for several classes and sold by the Nexus blacksmith |
| Knight Sword | Straight Sword | A heavier straight sword with more damage per swing and a slower recovery than the Long Sword. | Damage Type: Physical (slash and thrust) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Standard and boss-soul ascension | Sold by Blacksmith Boldwin after the first bosses; also a rare drop |
| Short Sword | Straight Sword | The fastest and weakest straight sword. Its short reach means the player has to stand well inside an enemy's swing to land a hit, but the recovery is short enough to punish and roll away, and it is the cheapest sword to carry for a low-level build. | Damage Type: Physical (slash and thrust) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Standard ore paths | Early shop stock and common drops in Boletarian Palace |
| Rapier | Thrusting Sword | A pure thrust weapon with a fast, cheap attack that spends very little stamina and a strong riposte after a parry. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Standard and sharp ore paths | Sold in the Nexus and found in the Tower of Latria |
| Estoc | Thrusting Sword | The long thrusting sword, with reach closer to a spear than to a rapier. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Standard and sharp ore paths | Found in the Shrine of Storms and sold later by Blacksmith Ed |
| Mail Breaker | Dagger | A short armour-piercing blade built to punish shields and heavy armour. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust, armour piercing) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Standard ore paths | Thief and Magician starting gear; also a drop from soldiers |
| Scimitar | Curved Sword | A fast curved sword built for wide horizontal slashes, which makes it the best starting weapon for clearing groups in the narrow streets of Boletaria. | Damage Type: Physical (slash) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Standard ore paths | Wanderer starting gear and early shop stock |
| Uchigatana | Katana | The katana of the family, with a fast two-handed moveset, good reach and a bleed effect that punishes long fights. | Damage Type: Physical (slash, bleed) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Standard and sharp ore paths | Found in the Shrine of Storms; also carried by black phantom invaders |
| Great Sword | Greatsword | A two-handed greatsword with long reach and heavy stagger. | Damage Type: Physical (slash and thrust) Scaling: Strength Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Standard and crushing ore paths | Sold in the Nexus after the Tower Knight and dropped by knights |
| Great Axe | Great Axe | The heaviest conventional Strength weapon. | Damage Type: Physical (slash) Scaling: Strength Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Crushing ore paths | Barbarian starting weapon and late shop stock |
| Crescent Axe | Axe | An axe that deals split physical and magic damage, which lets it hurt enemies that resist pure physical attacks. | Damage Type: Physical and magic Scaling: Strength, Magic Hands: One or two Upgrade Path: Moon ore paths | Sold by Blacksmith Ed and found in Stonefang Tunnel |
| Mirdan Hammer | Polearm | A long-handled hammer that combines the reach of a polearm with the stagger of a blunt weapon. | Damage Type: Physical (blunt) Scaling: Strength Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Crushing and blessed ore paths | Found in Stonefang Tunnel and sold by Blacksmith Ed |
| Halberd | Polearm | A reach weapon with a heavy thrust and a wide sweep, the standard pick for a shield build that wants to hit from outside an enemy's swing. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust and slash) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Standard and sharp ore paths | Temple Knight starting weapon; also a common Boletarian Palace drop |
| Winged Spear | Spear | The classic shield-and-poke weapon. A spear can be used with a shield raised, so the player can turtle behind a block and chip at anything in front of them. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Standard and sharp ore paths | Early shop stock and drops from spear soldiers |
| Scraping Spear | Spear | A spear forged to destroy equipment rather than health: each hit damages the durability of the target's weapon and armour, which is devastating against other players and largely wasted on most enemies. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust, durability damage) Scaling: Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Boss-soul ascension at Blacksmith Ed | Forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul |
| Dragon Bone Smasher | Great Weapon | An enormous stone-and-bone club with the highest raw physical damage in the game and a two-handed overhead that flattens most enemies. | Damage Type: Physical (blunt) Scaling: Strength Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Boss-soul weapon, no further ascension | Forged at Blacksmith Ed; the material is tied to Stonefang Tunnel |
| Large Sword of Moonlight | Greatsword | A blade of pure magic damage that ignores physical defence entirely, which makes it the answer to heavily armoured enemies and shields. | Damage Type: Magic Scaling: Magic Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Boss-soul weapon with no ore upgrades | Forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul |
| Blueblood Sword | Straight Sword | The only weapon in the game that scales with Luck, which turns an otherwise useless stat into a damage stat. | Damage Type: Physical and magic Scaling: Luck Hands: One Upgrade Path: Boss-soul weapon with no ore upgrades | Forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul |
| Storm Ruler | Greatsword | A greatsword whose two-handed attack unleashes a line of wind blades across the ground. | Damage Type: Physical and magic (wind) Scaling: Strength Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Fixed weapon, no upgrades | Found in the Shrine of Storms, at the cliff outside the Storm King's arena |
| Northern Regalia | Greatsword | The fused form of Soulbrandt and Demonbrandt, and the game's character-tendency weapon. | Damage Type: Physical and magic Scaling: Character tendency Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Fusion of two boss-soul weapons at Blacksmith Ed | Forged at Blacksmith Ed by combining Soulbrandt and Demonbrandt |
| Kris Blade | Dagger | A ceremonial dagger that boosts spell damage simply by being equipped in the other hand. | Damage Type: Physical (thrust) Scaling: None relevant Hands: One Upgrade Path: Moon ore paths | Found in the Tower of Latria |
| Morion Blade | Straight Sword | A cursed blade that increases damage as the wielder's health falls, the classic low-health glass-cannon weapon. | Damage Type: Physical (slash) Scaling: Strength and Dexterity Hands: One Upgrade Path: Boss-soul weapon with no ore upgrades | Forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul |
| Talisman of Beasts | Catalyst / Talisman | A hybrid casting tool that works as both a catalyst for sorcery and a talisman for miracles, letting a caster carry one item instead of two. | Damage Type: Casting tool Scaling: Magic and Faith Hands: One Upgrade Path: Boss-soul item | Forged from a boss soul at Blacksmith Ed |
| Lava Bow | Bow | A bow that adds fire damage to every arrow, giving a Dexterity archer a way to hurt enemies that resist physical damage. | Damage Type: Physical and fire Scaling: Dexterity Hands: Two Upgrade Path: Boss-soul weapon with no ore upgrades | Forged at Blacksmith Ed from a boss soul |
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