Chaos Blade
Weapon · canonical reference · data release 2026-09-26
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Evidence for this record
Sources: darksouls.wikidot.com
- Third-party research: Published by an unaffiliated researcher and recorded as their finding.
- Community data (single source): Reported by one community tester and not cross-checked.
How to read this record
- Damage
- four numbers: physical / magic / fire / lightning. 80/0/0/0 is 80 physical and nothing else.
- Scaling grades
- four letters in the order Strength / Dexterity / Intelligence / Faith. D/C/-/- means Strength D, Dexterity C, no Intelligence or Faith. A dash means that stat adds nothing.
- What the letters mean
- S 141%+, A 101-140%, B 81-100%, C 51-80%, D 25-50%, E 1-24% bonus. They are ranges, not exact numbers. A few weapons (Balder Side Sword, Uchigatana) show A at +14/+15 even though the listed bonus is 85%, a quirk of the game that players report; the Ledger keeps the sourced letters.
- Requirements
- the stats you need to use the weapon without a damage penalty. “Two-handed Strength” is the Strength needed when you hold it in both hands, which is lower.
- Weight and durability
- weight counts toward your equip load; durability is how much use the weapon takes before it needs repair. The game shows no unit for either.
- Upgrade tables
- Level is the upgrade (+0, +1...). Bonus is the scaling grade at that level. Material and Souls are the cost to reach it. Aux / DR holds the auxiliary figures exactly as the source lists them; the Ledger does not interpret them.
- Source volume
- which volume of the source wiki the weapon came from; it has no effect on gameplay.
Chaos weapons gain their extra damage from your Humanity, not from stats, so the Bonus column shows dashes. Lightning and Fire paths also show dashes because they have no stat scaling.
Overview
- Class
- Katanas
- Source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Note
- Boss weapon: Demon Titanite, max +5, cannot be infused. Craft from Soul of Quelaag and a +10 Katana. Each swing costs the wielder 20 HP (critical hits do not). Bleed buildup is 36 per hit versus 33 for other katanas. Widely regarded as the top high-level PvP weapon. Checked in game on PS4: 144 physical damage at the base level. Cross-check against Fextralife's Chaos Blade table: all six levels (144/158/172/187/201/216) agree. Humanity bonus (+5, physical, cap 10) at Humanity 1-10: +20, +10, +10, +6, +7, +6, +6, +6, +7, +6; total at 10 is +84.
- Volume
- vol2
Base stats
- Critical
- 100
- Durability
- 120
- Weight
- 6.0
- Stability
- 30
- Frampt souls
- 1000
- Reqs
- 16/14/0/0
- DR
- 45/10/30/30
- Aux
- Bleed 300
- Damage
- 144/0/0/0
- Damage source
- backfilled from Unique path, level +0 (not independently stated in the source's Base stats line)
Paths
Unique
- Requires
- Demon Titanite, 5000 souls/upgrade
- Scaling pct
- 85% DEX
Levels
| Lvl | Dmg | Bonus | Aux DR | Mat | Souls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 144/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | - | - | |
| 1 | 158/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 2 | 172/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 3 | 187/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 4 | 201/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 5 | 216/0/0/0 | -/B/-/- | 4 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
Parse warnings
- +0: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
- +1: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
- +2: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
- +3: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
- +4: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
- +5: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)
Requirements
- Str
- 16
- Dex
- 14
- Int
- 0
- Fai
- 0
- Two hand str
- 11
- Requirements source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Requirements note
- The numeric value (16) is unambiguous.
Third party motion values
- Source
- independent third-party research, third-party research tables
- Tier
- third-party research
- Matched generic class
- Katana
Third party frame data
- Frame data class
- Fast Katana
- Precision
- weapon-specific
- Tier
- single-source community data
- Source
- Google Doc 'dark_souls_animation_data-1' (KC, aka The Lag Wizard)
Acquisition third party
- Acquisition raw
- Ascension: upgrade +10 Katana (Uchigatana, Iaito, Washing Pole) with Soul of Quelaag
- Source
- third-party table
- Source tier
- third-party research
- Source note
- Transcribed from a third-party table; fragments from adjacent columns removed where present.
- Layout bleed removed
- yes