Fist

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.

1 field in this record is marked not documented: the sources checked gave no value, so none is guessed.

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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: Fist
Source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Note: Bare hands, the default starting weapon for all classes. No upgrade path exists - there is nothing to upgrade. Fixed at base stats permanently, same as Dark Hand in that respect (no upgrade table), but for the trivial reason that it isn't really 'equipment.' NONE - bare fists, no upgrade table exists.
Volume: vol1

Base stats

Durability: 5
Weight: 0.0
Reqs: 0/0/0/0

Paths

none recorded

Requirements

Str: 0
Dex: 0
Int: 0
Fai: 0
Two hand str: not documented
Requirements source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Requirements note: Page states fist weapons cannot be two-handed, so the base STR requirement cannot be reduced; no reduced value exists to record.

Third party motion values

Source: independent third-party research, third-party research tables
Tier: third-party research
Matched generic class: Fist

Acquisition third party

Acquisition raw: All Classes - default
Source: third-party table
Source tier: third-party research
Source note: Transcribed from a third-party table; fragments from adjacent columns removed where present.