Drake Sword

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

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Evidence for this record

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

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: Straight Swords
Source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Note: DRAGON WEAPON (Dragon Scale, max +5) - one of the 4 non- scaling Dragon weapons (zero STR/DEX/INT/FTH scaling, per the taxonomy confirmed ). Obtained by cutting the Hellkite Dragon's tail on the bridge, making it available extremely early. Widely known as a strong early-game pick that falls off hard once other weapons reach mid-upgrade levels, since its fixed damage never grows relative to investment. Raises Fire and Magic defense. Two-handed heavy attack fires a projectile, consuming 30 durability per use.
Volume: vol3

Base stats

Durability: 360
Weight: 6.0
Reqs: 16/10/0/0
DR: 50/10/35/35
Damage: 200/0/0/0
Damage source: backfilled from Unique path, level +0 (not independently stated in the source's Base stats line)

Paths

Unique

Requires: Dragon Scale, 10000 souls/upgrade
Scaling pct: None (0% all stats)

Levels

Lvl	Dmg	Bonus	Mat	Souls
0	200/0/0/0	-	-	-
1	220/0/0/0	-	1 Dragon Scale	10000
2	240/0/0/0	-	1 Dragon Scale	10000
3	260/0/0/0	-	2 Dragon Scale	10000
4	280/0/0/0	-	2 Dragon Scale	10000
5	300/0/0/0	-	4 Dragon Scale	10000

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: 10
Int: 0
Fai: 0
Two hand str: 11
Requirements source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Requirements note: none recorded

Third party motion values

Source: independent third-party research, third-party research tables
Tier: third-party research
Matched generic class: Straight Sword

Acquisition third party

Acquisition raw: Hellkite Dragon (Tail) drop
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