Great Lord Greatsword

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

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Sources: darksouls.wikidot.com

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1 field in this record is marked not documented: the sources checked gave no value, so none is guessed.

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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: Frampt soul value 10,000, the highest among the Greatswords researched. Craft from Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder and a +10 Dagger, Straight Sword or Greatsword, 5,000 souls. Cannot be enchanted. It does no Fire damage; Gwyn's fire in his boss fight does not carry over to the weapon, and the belief that it does is a misconception.
Volume: vol6

Base stats

Critical: 100
Durability: 400
Weight: 8.0
Reqs: 20 STR/10 DEX
Scaling: D/D/-/-
DR: 60/10/40/40
Stability: 26
Frampt souls: 10000
Damage: 256/0/0/0

Paths

Unique

Requires: Demon Titanite
Scaling pct: 23% STR, 24% DEX

Levels

Lvl	Dmg	Bonus	Aux DR	Mat	Souls
0	256/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	-	-
1	281/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	1 Demon Titanite	5000
2	307/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	1 Demon Titanite	5000
3	332/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	2 Demon Titanite	5000
4	358/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	2 Demon Titanite	5000
5	384/0/0/0	D/D/-/-	-	4 Demon Titanite	5000

Parse warnings

+5: inferred blank Aux/DR cell to realign columns (source had no placeholder)

Requirements

Str: 20
Dex: 10
Int: 0
Fai: 0
Two hand str: not documented
Requirements source URL: darksouls.wikidot.com
Requirements note: 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: 14

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 straight sword w/ Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
Source: third-party table
Source tier: third-party research
Source note: Transcribed from a third-party table; fragments from adjacent columns removed where present.