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Guardian Tail

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.

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

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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
Whips
Source URL
darksouls.wikidot.com
Note
Highest base damage of the three whips (84 vs Whip's 80, Notched Whip's 76), but noticeably WEAKER scaling across every infusion path (60% DEX vs Whip/Notched Whip's 85% DEX base scaling; Magic 17/43% vs 23/61%; Divine 23/43% vs 32/61%, etc.) - a genuine mechanical tradeoff, not a data inconsistency. PRECISION DISCREPANCY (stated, not resolved): fromsoftwiki.org gives decimal Basic-path values (92.4, 100.8, 109.2…) where wikidot and Fandom round to whole numbers (92, 100, 109…).
Volume
vol1

Base stats

Critical
100
Durability
250
Weight
5.0
Stability
16
Frampt souls
50
Reqs
15/10/0/0
DR
30/10/20/20
Aux
Poison 180 [CORRECTED from 300 - confirmed by wikidot
Damage
84/0/0/0
Damage source
backfilled from Standard path, level +0 (not independently stated in the source's Base stats line)

Paths

Standard

Scaling pct
60% DEX

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSoulsDmg alt
084/0/0/0-/C/-/---
192/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Shard20092.4/0/0/0
2100/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Shard200100.8/0/0/0
3109/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 Shard200109.2/0/0/0
4117/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 Shard200117.6/0/0/0
5126/0/0/0-/C/-/-3 Shard200
6134/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 L.Shard200134.4/0/0/0
7142/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 L.Shard200142.8/0/0/0
8151/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 L.Shard200151.2/0/0/0
9159/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 L.Shard200
10168/0/0/0-/C/-/-3 L.Shard200
11176/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Chunk200
12184/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Chunk200
13193/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 Chunk200
14201/0/0/0-/C/-/-3 Chunk200
15210/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Slab200

Parse warnings

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Crystal

Requires
Guardian Tail +10, Crystal Ember, Titanite
Scaling pct
60% DEX
Note
Durability->25, cannot repair

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0184/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Chunk200
1193/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Chunk200
2201/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Chunk200
3210/0/0/0-/C/-/-2 Chunk200
4218/0/0/0-/C/-/-3 Chunk200
5226/0/0/0-/C/-/-1 Slab200

Parse warnings

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Lightning

Requires
Guardian Tail +10, Titanite
Note
All stat bonuses removed

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0151/0/0/151-30/10/20/201 Chunk200
1162/0/0/162-30/10/20/21.61 Chunk200
2174/0/0/174-30/10/20/23.21 Chunk200
3186/0/0/186-30/10/20/24.82 Chunk200
4198/0/0/198-30/10/20/26.43 Chunk200
5210/0/0/210-30/10/20/281 Slab200

Raw

Requires
Guardian Tail +5, Titanite
Scaling pct
45% DEX

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0145/0/0/0-/D/-/-1 L.Shard200
1155/0/0/0-/D/-/-1 L.Shard200
2164/0/0/0-/D/-/-1 L.Shard200
3174/0/0/0-/D/-/-2 L.Shard200
4184/0/0/0-/D/-/-2 L.Shard200
5194/0/0/0-/D/-/-3 L.Shard200

Parse warnings

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Magic

Requires
Guardian Tail +5, Large Magic Ember (+6), Green+Blue Titanite
Scaling pct
17% DEX, 43% INT

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
094/102/0/0-/E/D/-1 Green Shard200
1100/108/0/0-/E/D/-1 Green Shard200
2107/115/0/0-/E/D/-1 Green Shard200
3113/122/0/0-/E/D/-2 Green Shard200
4119/129/0/0-/E/D/-2 Green Shard200
5126/136/0/0-/E/D/-3 Green Shard200
6132/142/0/0-/E/D/-1 Blue Chunk200
7138/149/0/0-/E/D/-1 Blue Chunk200
8144/156/0/0-/E/D/-2 Blue Chunk200
9151/163/0/0-/E/C/-3 Blue Chunk200
10157/170/0/0-/E/C/-1 Blue Slab200

Parse warnings

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Enchanted

Requires
Magic Guardian Tail +5, Enchanted Ember, Blue Titanite
Scaling pct
12% DEX, 42%+ INT

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0126/134/0/0-/E/D/-1 Blue Chunk200
1131/138/0/0-/E/C/-1 Blue Chunk200
2136/142/0/0-/E/C/-1 Blue Chunk200
3141/146/0/0-/E/C/-2 Blue Chunk200
4146/150/0/0-/E/C/-3 Blue Chunk200
5151/155/0/0-/E/C/-1 Blue Slab200

Parse warnings

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Divine

Requires
Guardian Tail +5, Divine Ember, Large Divine Ember (+6), Green+White Titanite
Scaling pct
23% DEX, 43% FTH

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
085/103/0/0-/D/-/D1 Green Shard200
191/110/0/0-/D/-/D1 Green Shard200
296/117/0/0-/D/-/D1 Green Shard200
3102/124/0/0-/D/-/D2 Green Shard200
4108/131/0/0-/D/-/D2 Green Shard200
5114/138/0/0-/D/-/D3 Green Shard200
6119/144/0/0-/D/-/D1 White Chunk200
7125/151/0/0-/D/-/D1 White Chunk200
8131/158/0/0-/D/-/D2 White Chunk200
9136/165/0/0-/D/-/C3 White Chunk200
10142/172/0/0-/D/-/C1 White Slab200

Parse warnings

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Occult

Requires
Divine Guardian Tail +5, Dark Ember, White Titanite
Scaling pct
22% DEX, 50% FTH

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0116/126/0/0-/D/-/C1 White Chunk200
1122/132/0/0-/D/-/C1 White Chunk200
2129/138/0/0-/D/-/C1 White Chunk200
3136/144/0/0-/D/-/C2 White Chunk200
4143/151/0/0-/D/-/C3 White Chunk200
5150/157/0/0-/D/-/C1 White Slab200

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Fire

Requires
Guardian Tail +5, Large Flame Ember (+6), Green+Red Titanite
Note
All stat bonuses removed

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0109/0/109/0-30/10/20/201 Green Shard200
1117/0/117/0-30/10/20.2/201 Green Shard200
2126/0/126/0-30/10/20.4/201 Green Shard200
3134/0/134/0-30/10/20.6/202 Green Shard200
4142/0/142/0-30/10/20.8/202 Green Shard200
5151/0/151/0-30/10/21/203 Green Shard200
6161/0/161/0-30/10/21.2/201 Red Chunk200
7171/0/171/0-30/10/21.4/201 Red Chunk200
8181/0/181/0-30/10/21.6/202 Red Chunk200
9191/0/191/0-30/10/21.8/203 Red Chunk200
10201/0/201/0-30/10/22/201 Red Slab200

Chaos

Requires
Fire Guardian Tail +5, Chaos Flame Ember, Red Titanite
Note
Damage bonus from humanity

Levels

LvlDmgBonusAux DRMatSouls
0133/0/151/0-30/10/20/201 Red Chunk200
1140/0/159/0-30/10/20.4/201 Red Chunk200
2148/0/168/0-30/10/20.8/201 Red Chunk200
3155/0/176/0-30/10/21.2/202 Red Chunk200
4162/0/184/0-30/10/21.6/203 Red Chunk200
5170/0/193/0-30/10/22/201 Red Slab200

Requirements

Str
15
Dex
10
Int
0
Fai
0
Two hand str
not documented
Requirements source URL
darksouls.wikidot.com
Requirements note
Page did not quote a specific weapon-level two-handing footnote with a reduced STR number; only the site's general 50%-two-handing-bonus rule was present.

Third party motion values

Source
independent third-party research, third-party research tables
Tier
third-party research
Matched generic class
Whip

Acquisition third party

Acquisition raw
Sanctuary Guardian drop (tail cut)
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