Sunlight Shield

Shield · canonical reference · data release 2026-09-26

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Sources: darksouls.wikidot.com · darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com

Third-party research: Published by an unaffiliated researcher and recorded as their finding.

Overview

Source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Upgrade path: Standard (Titanite); Crystal, Lightning, Magic (Int-scaling), Divine (Fth-scaling), and Fire paths also available -- non-Magic/Divine elemental paths remove the shield's stat-bonus scaling
Requirements: Str 12 / Dex 0 / Int 0 / Fth 0
Special effect: Decorated with a holy symbol Solaire painted himself; per its own flavor text it "has no divine powers of its own" despite the imagery.
Description: none recorded
Note: Source page did not give a maximum (+15) stability figure -- recorded as base only. Stability-max resolved 2026-09-23 (upgradable via standard titanite, not fixed-level as previously suspected).

Stability base: 57
Physical absorption pct: 100
Magic absorption pct: 30
Fire absorption pct: 75
Lightning absorption pct: 50
Durability: 280
Weight: 4.0
Stability max: 71
Stability max source: https://darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Sunlight+Shield; corroborated by darksouls.fandom.com/wiki/Sunlight_Shield

Vendor	Location	Price	Requirement
none recorded	none recorded	none recorded	dropped by Solaire of Astora on defeat