Greatsword of Artorias
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), max +5. This is the uncursed version, with real INT/FTH scaling that the Cursed variant lacks. Craft from Soul of Sif and either a +10 Broken Straight Sword or a +10 Straight Sword Hilt, 5,000 souls. Does 20% bonus damage to dark servants (Darkwraiths, the Four Kings; Kirk, Knight of Thorns, Frampt and Kaathe also take it through a 1.2x post-defense multiplier). Divine modifier 140, the game's highest; Catacombs Skeletons it kills stay down even with Necromancers alive. Stat requirements are 24/18/20/20, and its AR and DPS often trail enchantable weapons that demand much less.
- Volume
- vol6
Base stats
- Critical
- 100
- Durability
- 400
- Weight
- 10.0
- Reqs
- 24 STR/18 DEX/20 INT/20 FTH
- Scaling
- C/C/B/B
- DR
- 60/10/40/40
- Stability
- 38
- Frampt souls
- 50
- Divine mod
- 140
- Damage
- 120/85/0/0
Paths
Unique
- Requires
- Demon Titanite
- Scaling pct
- 55% STR, 55% DEX, 85% INT, 85% FAI
Levels
| Lvl | Dmg | Bonus | Aux DR | Mat | Souls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 120/85/0/0 | C/C/B/B | 60/10/40/40 | - | - |
| 1 | 132/93/0/0 | C/C/B/B | - | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 2 | 144/102/0/0 | C/C/B/B | - | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 3 | 156/110/0/0 | C/C/B/B | - | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 4 | 168/118/0/0 | C/C/B/B | - | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
| 5 | 180/127/0/0 | C/C/B/B | - | 4 Demon Titanite | 5000 |
Requirements
- Str
- 24
- Dex
- 18
- Int
- 20
- Fai
- 20
- Two hand str
- not documented
- Requirements source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Requirements note
- No weapon-specific two-handing footnote number is given on the page. 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 Broken 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.