Lifehunt Scythe
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.
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
- Halberds
- Source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Note
- BOSS WEAPON (Demon Titanite, max +5, no infusions) - created by the Giant Blacksmith from Soul of Priscilla plus any +10 weapon in the Halberd weapon class (the true internal class shared with Great Scythe, not just the base Halberd) or any +10 Whip. Cannot be buffed. Genuinely unique risk/reward mechanic: deals 50 Bleed buildup to the enemy per hit, but ALSO inflicts 40 self-bleed buildup on the wielder per strike - recommended to pair with bleed- resistance gear (Bloodshield, Bloodbite Ring) and swap weapons or use a Bloodred Moss Clump before self-triggering. One of few weapons where the two-handed strong attack outdamages the jump attack, shared with Great Scythe (its sibling in the same internal weapon class).
- Volume
- vol5
Base stats
- Critical
- 100
- Durability
- 100
- Weight
- 6.0
- Reqs
- 16/14/0/0
- DR
- 40/10/30/30
- Stability
- 22
- Frampt souls
- 14
- Aux
- Bleed 500
- Damage
- 180/0/0/0
- 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
- 8% STR, 94% DEX
Levels
| Lvl | Dmg | Bonus | Aux DR | Mat | Souls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 180/0/0/0 | E/B/-/- | - | - | |
| 1 | 198/0/0/0 | E/B/-/- | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 2 | 216/0/0/0 | E/B/-/- | 1 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 3 | 233/0/0/0 | E/B/-/- | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 4 | 252/0/0/0 | E/B/-/- | 2 Demon Titanite | 5000 | |
| 5 | 270/0/0/0 | E/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
- not documented
- Requirements source URL
- darksouls.wikidot.com
- Requirements note
- The page has no weapon-specific two-handing footnote, only the general key explanation. 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
- 11
Third party motion values
- Source
- independent third-party research, third-party research tables
- Tier
- third-party research
- Matched generic class
- Scythe
- Note
- This compendium files scythes under the Halberds class (per all_weapons.json), but the third-party motion-value source treats Scythe as its own distinct moveset family, separate from standard Halberds -- that family's data is used here instead of the generic Halberd block.
Third party frame data
- Frame data class
- Great Scythe
- Precision
- class-wide
- 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 Halberd or whip with Soul of Priscilla
- 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