The Drake Sword is a straight sword in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- This Sword, one of the rare dragon weapons, is formed by a drake's tail. Drakes are seen as undeveloped imitators of the dragons, but in they are likely their distant kin.
- The sword is imbued with a mystical power, to be released when held with both hands.
Availability
The Drake Sword is obtainable in the Undead Parish. To obtain the sword, the player must deal enough damage to the Red Drake's tail to sever it, placing the sword in their inventory. One method of doing this is to stand on the right side of the bridge under the drake and shoot its tail with a bow. Depending on the character's dexterity, this may take many shots or only a few. The tail will respawn, but the sword can only be obtained once per playthrough.
Characteristics
The Drake Sword is extremely powerful compared to other weapons found in the early game, but has no parameter bonuses. Most weapons that are +5 or higher will do better damage than this weapon due to status scaling affecting the damage. The damage of this weapon is fixed and only increases when reinforced or buffed by an outside effect, so two handing the weapon will have no effect for increasing damage. However, when wielded with both hands, the strong attack unleashes a ranged vertical cleave (similar to a smaller version of the Stormruler from Demon's Souls) at the cost of 30 weapon durability. Repeated use will break the weapon quickly.
Like most dragon weapons, the Drake Sword cannot be enchanted. It grants 20 points of Flame and Magic Defense when wielded. This effect remains active when in the off-hand and two handing a weapon in the right.
Moveset
| Attack | Description |
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| One-handed Weak Attack |
Swings moderately quickly from left to right. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Swings more slowly from right to left. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swings, medium-fast speed. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Releases a linear shock wave down a short distance from the player's line of sight. |
| Jump Attack | Nearing the end of the jump's arc, the wielder stabs down towards the ground. |
| Running Attack | Swings from left to right when running |
| Rolling Attack | After performing the roll, the wielder makes an upward swing. |
| Kick | Standard Kick. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Standard block. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Horizontal swing. |
Upgrades
Requires: Dragon Scales and 10,000 souls per upgrade.
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| Drake Sword | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Drake Sword +1 (Dragon Scale ×1) | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Drake Sword +2 (Dragon Scale ×1) | 240 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Drake Sword +3 (Dragon Scale ×2) | 260 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Drake Sword +4 (Dragon Scale ×2) | 280 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Drake Sword +5 (Dragon Scale ×4) | 300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Gallery
| Dragon Weapons |
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| Dragon Bone Fist • Dragon Greatsword • Dragon King Greataxe • Dragon Tooth • Drake Sword • Moonlight Greatsword • Obsidian Greatsword • Priscilla's Dagger |