- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Demon's Great Hammer (Dark Souls II).
The Demon's Great Hammer is a great hammer in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Demon weapon built from the stone archtrees. Used by lesser demons at North Undead Asylum.
- This hammer is imbued with no special power, but can merrily beat foes to a pulp, providing you have the strength to wield it.
Availability[]
- One can be obtained by defeating the Asylum Demon the first time it is encountered.
- One per playthrough can be obtained by trading a Sack to Snuggly the Crow.
Characteristics[]
Despite claiming to be made of archtree wood and being ultra heavy, this weapon is still outclassed in almost all aspects by the Great Club and is usually not considered viable. With a very similar damage rating, as well as a similar move set, the Demon's Great Hammer (DGH) only boasts slightly more reach than the Great Club.
Technically, the DGH has slightly higher base damage but only has B scaling at +15 compared to the Great Club's A scaling at +15, making it a secondary choice for a strength build. The weight is also a potential problem, as the DGH has almost double the weight of the Great Club, whilst still dealing less damage.
Moveset[]
Attack | Description |
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One-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical smash into the ground, some starting lag. Subsequent strikes have less starting lag. |
One-handed Strong Attack |
A very powerful vertical overhead smash into the ground. Long starting lag. |
Two-handed Weak Attack |
Same as one-handed weak attack. |
Two-handed Strong Attack |
Same as one-handed strong attack. |
Jump Attack | Standard jump with vertical overhead smash into the ground. Powerful with low starting lag. |
Running Attack | An overhead and slightly slanted vertical overhead smash into the ground. |
Rolling Attack | A 360 spin followed by a horizontal left to right offhand swing. Long reach that covers lots of area. |
Two-handed Rolling Attack |
The hammer is grabbed right under the "head", and immediately smashed "head-first" into the ground right in front of the player. Low lag, low reach. |
Kick | Standard kick. |
Left-handed Weak Attack |
Standard block. |
Left-handed Strong Attack |
An overhead and slightly slanted vertical overhead smash into the ground. |
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer, Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Standard Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Demon's Great Hammer | 138 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) |
151 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) |
165 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) |
179 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) |
193 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) |
207 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) |
220 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) |
234 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) |
248 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) |
262 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) |
276 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
289 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
303 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
317 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
331 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Demon's Great Hammer +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
345 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +5, Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Raw Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Raw Demon's Great Hammer (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 238 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Raw Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 254 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Raw Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 270 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Raw Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 286 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Raw Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 302 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Raw Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) | 318 | – | – | – | C | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +10, Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Crystal Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Crystal Demon's Great Hammer (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 303 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Crystal Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 317 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Crystal Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 331 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Crystal Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 345 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Crystal Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 358 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Crystal Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 372 | – | – | – | B | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +5, Green Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Magic Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Magic Demon's Great Hammer (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 156 | 168 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 166 | 179 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 176 | 190 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 187 | 201 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 197 | 212 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 208 | 224 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 218 | 235 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 228 | 246 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) | 239 | 257 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) | 249 | 268 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Magic Demon's Great Hammer +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) | 260 | 280 | – | – | D | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Magic Demon's Great Hammer +5, Blue Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Enchanted Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 208 | 220 | – | – | E | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 216 | 226 | – | – | E | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 224 | 233 | – | – | E | – | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) | 232 | 239 | – | – | E | – | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) | 241 | 246 | – | – | E | – | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Enchanted Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) | 249 | 255 | – | – | E | – | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +5, Green Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Divine Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Divine Demon's Great Hammer (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 139 | 171 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 148 | 182 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 158 | 193 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 167 | 205 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 176 | 216 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 186 | 228 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 195 | 239 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 204 | 250 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 213 | 262 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 223 | 273 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Divine Demon's Great Hammer +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 232 | 285 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Divine Demon's Great Hammer +5, White Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Occult Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Occult Demon's Great Hammer (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 190 | 208 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Occult Demon's Great Hammer +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 201 | 218 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Occult Demon's Great Hammer +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 212 | 228 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Occult Demon's Great Hammer +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 224 | 239 | – | – | D | – | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Occult Demon's Great Hammer +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 235 | 249 | – | – | D | – | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Occult Demon's Great Hammer +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 246 | 260 | – | – | D | – | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +5, Green Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Fire Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Fire Demon's Great Hammer (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 179 | – | 179 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 193 | – | 193 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.4 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 207 | – | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 220 | – | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.0 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 234 | – | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 248 | – | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.7 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 264 | – | 264 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 281 | – | 281 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.5 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 298 | – | 298 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 314 | – | 314 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.2 | 35 |
Fire Demon's Great Hammer +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 331 | – | 331 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Fire Demon's Great Hammer +5, Red Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Chaos Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Chaos Demon's Great Hammer (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 216 | – | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
Chaos Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 228 | – | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
Chaos Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 240 | – | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
Chaos Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 251 | – | 289 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
Chaos Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 264 | – | 303 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
Chaos Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 276 | – | 317 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Demon's Great Hammer +10, Titanite and 800 souls per upgrade.
Lightning Variation | Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | |||||||||
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Lightning Demon's Great Hammer (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 248 | – | – | 248 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35.0 |
Lightning Demon's Great Hammer +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 267 | – | – | 267 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 37.8 |
Lightning Demon's Great Hammer +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 287 | – | – | 287 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 40.6 |
Lightning Demon's Great Hammer +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 306 | – | – | 306 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 43.4 |
Lightning Demon's Great Hammer +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 325 | – | – | 325 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 46.2 |
Lightning Demon's Great Hammer +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 345 | – | – | 345 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 49.0 |
Notes[]
- It is common for players seeking this weapon in NG to choose Black Firebombs as their starting gift, as it will greatly aid in taking down the Asylum Demon. In NG+ and beyond, players begin with all of their weapons and armor, making the endeavor considerably easier.
Gallery[]
Great Hammers |
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Demon's Great Hammer • Dragon Tooth • Grant • Great Club • Large Club • Smough's Hammer |