Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed)
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.
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
- Greatswords
- Source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Note
- Unique tier (Demon Titanite), +5 cap. Made from Soul of Sif plus any +10 Dagger, Greatsword or Straight Sword (not Broken Straight Sword or Straight Sword Hilt) for 5,000 souls. It shows a 'C' rating in INT and FTH, but those stats add no real damage; the Abyss Greatsword has the opposite quirk (both show scaling letters that don't translate to damage). Can damage and block ghosts, even if the wielder isn't cursed, when held in the left hand or two-handed with L1. When ascending, the displayed name doesn't say 'cursed'; the two Artorias swords can only be told apart by their stat blocks. With 18+ required across four stats, most builds can't use it well, since at least one stat, often both INT and FTH, tends to be uninvested. Obtaining both this and the true Greatsword of Artorias is required for the Knight's Honor trophy/achievement.
- Volume
- vol6
Base stats
- Critical
- 100
- Durability
- 400
- Weight
- 10.0
- Reqs
- 24 STR/18 DEX/18 INT/18 FTH
- Scaling
- C/C/C/C
- DR
- 60/10/40/40
- Stability
- 38
- Frampt souls
- 50
- Damage
- 178/0/0/0
Paths
Unique
- Requires
- Demon Titanite
- Scaling pct
- 60% STR, 60% DEX, 60% INT, 60% FTH (nominal - INT/FTH grant no real damage bonus)
Levels
| Lvl | Dmg | Bonus | Aux DR | Mat | Souls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 178/0/0/0 | C/C/C/C | - | - | - |
| 1 | 195/0/0/0 | - | - | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 2 | 213/0/0/0 | - | - | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 3 | 231/0/0/0 | - | - | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 4 | 249/0/0/0 | - | - | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 5 | 267/0/0/0 | - | - | 4 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
Requirements
- Str
- 24
- Dex
- 18
- Int
- 18
- Fai
- 18
- Two hand str
- not documented
- Requirements source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Requirements note
- The page gives only the general two-handing rule/example (Large Club), not a weapon-specific footnote number; a '16' figure was a computed inference, not a page quote, so it is left as not documented. HYPOTHESIS (not confirmed): the already-sourced two_hand_str values (Dagger STR5->2H4, Winged Spear STR13->2H9, Man-Serpent Greatsword STR24->2H16, Black Knight Sword STR20->2H14) all four satisfy ceil(str_requirement * 2/3) exactly. This is a derived hypothesis from pattern-matching already-sourced data, not itself a citation, and is NOT promoted to a documented two_hand_str fact -- see two_hand_str_hypothesis field.
- Two hand str hypothesis
- 16
Third party motion values
- Source
- independent third-party research, third-party research tables
- Tier
- third-party research
- Matched generic class
- Greatsword
Acquisition third party
- Acquisition raw
- Ascension: upgrade +10 straight sword w/ Soul of Sif
- Source
- third-party table
- Source tier
- third-party research
- Source note
- Transcribed from a third-party table; fragments from adjacent columns removed where present.