Plank Shield

Plank Shield
Found	Deprived - Starting shield Blighttown - Corpse
Stats
	52
	-
	-
	-
	100
	75
	40
	20
	55
	45
Param. Bonus
	D
	-
	-
	-
Req. Param
	7
	-
	-
	-
Weight	1.5
Durability	120
Weapon Type	Small Shield
Attack Type	Strike

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Plank Shield (Dark Souls III).

The Plank Shield is a small shield in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

Makeshift shield built from wood planks. Provides minimal protection, but at a cost of moderate humiliation.

Availability

The Plank Shield is given to the Deprived class at the beginning of the game. Alternately, it can be found on a corpse in Blighttown just before the hidden entrance to The Great Hollow.

Characteristics

The Plank Shield has light deflection and a long parry window. The Plank Shield is 50% heavier than the Cracked Round Shield and almost as poor at reducing damage. However, at the stage of the game where it can be obtained the Plank Shield has good lightning resist. However, the Wooden Shield is a straight upgrade to this and can be obtained earlier, in the Undead Burg.

Resistance Defense

Along with Physical and Elemental damage reduction, weapons also have hidden stats that reduce the amount of status build-up while blocking.

Resistance	Reduction
	65%
	80%
	80%
	50%

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Diagonal swing to the left.
One-handed Strong Attack	Strong horizontal swings alternating from left to right. Some starting lag.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Shield Bash.*
Two-handed Strong Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then slams it down at the end. Additional inputs yield a horizontal swing.*
Jump Attack	Slams shield into the ground.
Running Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then swings open at the end.*
Rolling Attack	Downward swing.
Kick	Push away with the shield.
Left-handed Weak Attack	Block.
Left-handed Strong Attack	Parry.

*While shield is up the player is actively blocking

Upgrades

• Standard
• Crystal
• Magic
• Divine
• Fire
• Lightning

Requires: Standard Plank Shield, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Standard Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Plank Shield	52	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	45
Plank Shield +1 (Titanite Shard ×1)	54	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	45
Plank Shield +2 (Titanite Shard ×1)	57	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	46
Plank Shield +3 (Titanite Shard ×2)	59	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	47
Plank Shield +4 (Titanite Shard ×2)	62	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	48
Plank Shield +5 (Titanite Shard ×3)	65	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	49
Plank Shield +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	68	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	50
Plank Shield +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	71	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	51
Plank Shield +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	74	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	52
Plank Shield +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	77	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	53
Plank Shield +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3)	80	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	54
Plank Shield +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	84	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	54
Plank Shield +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	87	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	54
Plank Shield +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	91	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	55
Plank Shield +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	95	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	55
Plank Shield +15 (Titanite Slab ×1)	104	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	56

Requires: Standard Plank Shield +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Crystal Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Crystal Plank Shield (Titanite Chunk ×1)	80	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	56
Crystal Plank Shield +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	84	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	56
Crystal Plank Shield +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	87	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	57
Crystal Plank Shield +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	91	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	57
Crystal Plank Shield +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	95	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	58
Crystal Plank Shield +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	104	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	58

Requires: Standard Plank Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Magic Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Magic Plank Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	48	52	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	40	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	51	55	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	41.2	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	53	57	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	42.4	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	55	60	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	43.6	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	58	62	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	44.8	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	50	65	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	46	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	63	68	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	47.2	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	65	70	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	48.4	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	68	73	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	49.6	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	71	76	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	50.8	20	55	45
Magic Plank Shield +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	78	84	–	–	E	–	D	–	75	52	20	55	45

Requires: Standard Plank Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Divine Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Divine Plank Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	43	53	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	45	56	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	47	58	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	50	61	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	52	64	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	54	66	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	56	69	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	59	72	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	61	75	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	64	78	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45
Divine Plank Shield +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	70	86	–	–	E	–	–	D	75	40	20	55	45

Requires: Standard Plank Shield +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Fire Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Fire Plank Shield (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	52	–	52	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	54	–	54	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	20.6	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	56	–	56	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	21.2	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	58	–	58	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	21.8	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	60	–	60	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	22.4	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	62	–	62	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	23	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	66	–	66	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	23.6	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	69	–	69	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	24.2	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	73	–	73	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	24.8	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	76	–	76	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	25.4	55	45
Fire Plank Shield +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	80	–	80	–	–	–	–	–	75	40	26	55	45

The stats for the above upgrade path may be out of date. Efforts are currently underway to fix this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

Requires: Standard Plank Shield +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Lightning Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Lightning Plank Shield (Titanite Chunk ×1)	62	–	–	62	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	61.6	45
Lightning Plank Shield +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	66	–	–	66	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	62.7	45
Lightning Plank Shield +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	70	–	–	70	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	63.3	45
Lightning Plank Shield +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	74	–	–	74	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	63.8	45
Lightning Plank Shield +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	79	–	–	79	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	64.9	45
Lightning Plank Shield +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	83	–	–	83	–	–	–	–	75	40	20	66	45

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