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Blowdart Snipers are non-respawning enemies in Dark Souls.

Location[]

They are encountered in Blighttown.

Description[]

As their name would suggest, Blowdart Snipers have very long range. In addition, they're hard to detect and make little noise. Their darts inflict Toxic buildup.

Notes[]

  • Killing Blowdart Snipers automatically grants players their dropped items.
  • A minimum of 81 poison resistance is required to avoid becoming toxic in one shot from a blowdart.
  • Even though they don't deal any damage, the darts can stagger players with little-to-no poise.
  • Because they appear in dark, secluded areas, can detect the player from long distances, and start shooting continuously with high precision once they've detected the player, the snipers may intoxicate a player before they even know where the shots are coming from. Wearing the Ring of Fog greatly reduces the distance at which a sniper becomes hostile, sometimes even allowing the player to approach them almost to melee range.
  • A viable way of countering one of these is to intoxicate yourself using a few Dung Pies dropped from the Infested Barbarians throughout upper Blighttown. The effect is unstackable and only deals 7 HP/sec in damage as opposed to 14 HP/sec from the snipers.

Enemy information[]

Characteristics[]

Respawn No
Backstab Yes
Damage Types Thrust / Toxic
Abilities Extraordinary range.

Attacks[]

Attack Damage Attack Type Status Effect Parryable Tracking Attack Speed
Dart - Thrust Toxic: 80 No Neither Fast
Push 67 Thrust Toxic: 80 No Neither Medium

Defenses[]

Physical Defenses Elemental Defenses Resistances
Regular Defense Strike Defense Slash Defense Thrust Defense Magic Defense Fire Defense Lightning Defense Poison Toxic Bleed
185 185 185 185 172 150 172 E E E

These stats are sourced from FuturePress's Official Dark Souls Strategy Guide.


Drops[]

Item Purple moss clump
Purple Moss Clump
Purple moss clump
Purple Moss Clump  ×2
Item Blooming Purple Moss Clump
Blooming Purple Moss Clump
Drop Rate 70% 30% 10%

*Player will always receive Purple Moss Clump

Trivia[]

  • In the Demon's Souls' opening cutscene there are warriors who have the same appearance as the Blowdart Snipers.
  • The sounds they make upon death are the same sounds made by the Dreglings in Demon's Souls.

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