The Dark Sword is Dark Souls 3’s best weapon – here’s how to get it

The Dark Sword is a great weapon. Here’s how to get it.

[SirBradders]

I got this from the darkwraith in the basement at the bottom of the lift in the high wall first area. It's what used to kill the abyss watcher boss.

[ShadowKnight]

I'm using the Butcher Knife +4 and every time I put magic and use FP with it my hp keeps regenerating when I hit enemies. It feels like I'm cheating though :/ It's a great weapon for enemies and bosses to keep your hp up.

[CaptainObvious878]

Don't tell people about this sword. My pvp game will drop.

I got this early on from the single wraith and I am killing it in pvp. Even 3v1 fights I hold my own.

[SirBradders]

I summoned a red phantom in the catacombs area yesterday by mistake, poor sod decided he was gonna use a 2h against me. Let's just say 3 skeletons later he got died lol.

[EddieNX]

New to the series. I did terrible at first but started again and hardly dyin at all now :)

[nowitzki2004]

Yeah happens to everyone. Im good at like every game I pick up but when I played DS Prepare to die edition, I wanted to cry. Beat the big fat boss in the beginning and I was all happy and proud thinking I figured the game out, then I walked a few feet to 2 skeletons with swords and shields and had a 10x harder time there then the first boss. But you keep at it and get through it and conquer DS gameplay. One of the best series because it actually makes us work.

[EddieNX]

Once everything clicks its WAY easier. it's just the running round at the start thinking "why the fuck did I buy this game? I'm going to put it on a fire''

i'm really into it now 15hrs in and hardly dying at all

[GusBricker]

My pyromancer uses this, it's pretty good when I need to go melee, but fire orb is king. Just got to the Farron perimeter.

[DragonKnight]

If it's not "balanced" with today's patch.

Also, if the glitch isn't patched out, everyone needs to take advantage of the Sword Master vs. Dancer of the Boreal Valley glitch. 50k souls in the first 15 minutes of the game and access to a late game area with large titanite shard drops and lots of titanite chunks.

[bangoskank]

I'm going to try using Uchigatana throughout the whole game. Never went with katanas in previous gams but love this weapon.

[Master-H]

I went with the uchi and i'm two optional bosses away from finishing the game. Decent weapon. Around 370 ar at +10 sharp infused with 40 dex.

[bangoskank]

Nice! I'm going for +10 sharp as well. I'm still very early in the game and currently only at +2. Do you need to refine +10 to infuse with sharp or can you just start infusing sharp as soon as you find the Farron coal? Also have you tried Onikiri and Ubadachi? If so are they worth seeking out? Lastly, will a fire buff cancel out scaling on a +10 sharp Uchi?

[Master-H]

No, you can infuse it with a sharp gem at any point if you have the Farron Coal and a sharp gem ( the weapon doesn't have to be at +3 or any certain upgrade level) and no need for refined.

I just got them my last session, near end game. They're pretty cool, and they're infusable/buffable too. You won't have to go out of your way to get them. They're right in your path. Damage wise, they do about 40 AR less than the Uchi when sharp infused at +10. Because they're supposed to be for a quality build, not a dex one.

No. As long as a weapon is upgraded with regular titanite shards, and it doesn't have elemental damage, you can temporarily buff it with anything and the damaged gets added to the weapon's AR.

The Chaos Blade is the strongest Katana AR-wise. Because of its S dex scaling at max upgrade (and has a lil higher bleed) it has around 415 AR at 40 dex fully upgraded. But, it requires Twinkling Titanites to upgrade, you get it late game, it can't be buffed at all, and attacks cost you health points. It's also a lil longer than the Uchi.

It's worth noting that all of these three Katanas have the exact same moveset, the exception being the Onikiri and Ubadachi's dual wield attacks with L1 and its unique weapon skill.

[bangoskank]

Cool, thanks for all that useful info! In previous games I just went with raw or fire imbued scythes and whips. Didn't pay much attention to scaling. Want to give myself more of a challenge this time around and really like how the katana feels. Bubbles for your help.

[Master-H]

Another thing I forgot to add. While the Onikiri and Ubadachi might have a lower AR compared to the other katanas, that number is only describing the R1 attacks. The dual weild L1 attack does two attacks at the same time and deals considerably more damage.

[Liqu1d]

You can start infusing whenever you want.

[DragonDDark]

I just use the broadsword. lol

[Maxor]

The broadsword is an insanely powerful boss killer.

[DragonDDark]

Yes!!

[wsoutlaw87]

the dark sword doesnt do bleed damage and stomp isnt that great. I have mine infused with heavy right now and it is pretty awesome, but not much different than some other straight swords. It would be better if its strong attack was the thrust instead of that stupid spin move.

[GrimDragon]

Rollin with my bastard sword and killing it with no infusions just a bit of reinforcement. Great sword.

[DivineAssault]

Nice heads up but im not reading this.. I need to finish the game on my own first. Then illl use guides for stuff i missed on new game plus.. Thats when the game gets EVIL..

[Liqu1d]

Currently upgrading this weapon and even though it isn't maxed I can already tell it's going to be powerful for a quality build.

[BG11579]

Being using this sword since I got it... Didn't knew it was so good!