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For the Dark Souls variant, see Butcher Knife.
For the Dark Souls II variant, see Butcher's Knife.

The Butcher Knife is an axe in Dark Souls III.

In-Game Description

Butcher's knife with an oddly large blade wielded by the madwoman haunting the Road of Sacrifices.
Squarely-landed hits restore HP.
Back in the Undead Settlement, the woman acquired a taste for human flesh, of which she took glee in partaking.
Skill: Sharpen
Sharpening the blade increases HP restored with each successful hit.

Availability[]

Dropped by Isabella the Mad in the Road of Sacrifices.

Characteristics[]

Hitting enemies restores 2 HP per successful hit. With its skill active, restores 30 HP per successful hit.

Moveset[]

Attack Description
One-handed
Weak Attack
Vertical slashes from right to left followed up by left to right and so on.
One-handed
Strong Attack
Jump into downwards smash into the ground.
Two-handed
Weak Attack
Same as one-handed weak attack.
Two-handed
Strong Attack
Slight forward movement into double-handed smash into the ground.
Jump Attack Jump into downwards smash into ground
Two-handed
Jump Attack
Same as one-handed attack.
Running Attack Vertical downwards slash.
Two-handed
Running Attack
Same as one-handed running attack.
Rolling Attack Downwards smash into ground.
Two-handed
Rolling Attack
Same as one-handed roll attack.
Kick Kick.
Off-handed
Weak Attack
Block.
Off-handed
Strong Attack
Same as one-handed weak attack except mirrored.



Upgrades[]

Upgrade Level Attack Values Aux. Effects Bonuses Damage Reduction
Physical Magic Fire Lightning Dark Bleed Poison DSIIIWFrost Strength Dexterity Intelligence FaithPhysical absorption Magic absorption Fire absorption Lightning absorption Dark absorption
Butcher Knife 95 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 35
Butcher Knife +1 (Titanite Shard ×2 & 630 souls) 104 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 35
Butcher Knife +2 (Titanite Shard ×4 & 756 souls) 114 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 36
Butcher Knife +3 (Titanite Shard ×6 & 882 souls) 123 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 37
Butcher Knife +4 (L. Titanite Shard ×2 & 1008 souls) 133 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 37
Butcher Knife +5 (L. Titanite Shard ×4 & 1134 souls) 142 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 38
Butcher Knife +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×6 & 1260 souls) 152 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 39
Butcher Knife +7 (Titanite Chunk ×2 & 1386 souls) 161 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 39
Butcher Knife +8 (Titanite Chunk ×4 & 1512 souls) 171 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 40
Butcher Knife +9 (Titanite Chunk ×6 & 1638 souls) 180 A 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 41
Butcher Knife +10 (Titanite Slab ×1 & 1890 souls) 190 S 60.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 42

The data displayed above are current as of Patch App 1.15 Regulation 1.35.

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