Rapier

Rapier
Found	Balder Knight (Rapier) - Drop Undead Male Merchant - Purchase
Stats
	73
	-
	-
	-
	110
	45.0
	10.0
	30.0
	30.0
	22
Param. Bonus
	D
	C
	-
	-
Req. Param
	5
	12
	-
	-
Weight	1.5
Durability	150
Weapon Type	Thrusting Sword
Attack Type	Thrust

For the Dark Souls II variant, see Rapier (Dark Souls II).

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Rapier (Dark Souls III).

The Rapier is a thrusting sword in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

Standard thrusting sword. Regular one-handed attack can be delivered with shield held up. Can parry with use of left hand.

Thrusting attacks pierce and are effective against foes with hard exteriors, but the wielder is left open to damage after a swing.

Availability

• Sold by the Undead Male Merchant for 600 souls.
• Dropped uncommonly by rapier-wielding Balder Knights. 

Characteristics

The Rapier, like other thrusting swords, can attack from behind a shield, giving an advantage for defensive players, it's also a fast weapon that uses little stamina from the player, allowing longer combos.

It's made exclusively of thrusting attacks, being perfect for fights in small corridors, and has a higher critical rate than most swords, resulting in more powerful ripostes and backstabs. The thrust attacks have a very small vertical hitbox, which may result in having a hard time with hitting smaller enemies like Slimes and Giant Leeches.

Its most notable weakness is its relatively low damage with its normal attacks, most notably against bosses, as they usually cannot be riposted or backstabbed, making the Rapier's true advantage more specific for PvP battles.

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	A quick thrusting motion, small hitbox
One-handed Strong Attack	A lunge attack, similar to the one-handed weak attack but has more range, small hitbox
Two-handed Weak Attack	Identical to the one-handed weak attack, small hitbox
Two-handed Strong Attack	Exactly the same as the one-handed strong attack.
Jump Attack	The player jumps forward and stabs the rapier against the ground. Diagonal hitbox.
Running Attack	Runs then proceeds to thrust weapon. Hits twice.
Rolling Attack	A quick thrusting attack.
Kick	Horizontal swipe combined with a backstep.
Left-handed Weak Attack	A quick thrusting attack. Very similar to the one-handed weak attack.
Left-handed Strong Attack	Parry animation.

Upgrades

• Standard
• Raw
• Crystal
• Magic
• Enchanted
• Divine
• Occult
• Fire
• Chaos
• Lightning

Requires: Standard Rapier, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Standard Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Rapier	73	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +1 (Titanite Shard ×1)	80	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +2 (Titanite Shard ×1)	87	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +3 (Titanite Shard ×2)	94	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +4 (Titanite Shard ×2)	102	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +5 (Titanite Shard ×3)	109	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	116	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	124	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	131	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	138	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3)	146	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	153	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	160	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	167	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	175	–	–	–	D	B	–	–	45	10	30	30
Rapier +15 (Titanite Slab ×1)	182	–	–	–	D	B	–	–	45	10	30	30

Requires: Standard Rapier +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Raw Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Raw Rapier (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	126	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Raw Rapier +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	134	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Raw Rapier +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	142	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Raw Rapier +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2)	151	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Raw Rapier +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2)	159	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Raw Rapier +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3)	168	–	–	–	E	C	–	–	45	10	30	30

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

Crystal Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Crystal Rapier (Titanite Chunk ×1)	160	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Crystal Rapier +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	167	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Crystal Rapier +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	175	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Crystal Rapier +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	182	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Crystal Rapier +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	189	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30
Crystal Rapier +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	197	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	45	10	30	30

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

Magic Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Magic Rapier (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	82	88	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	88	94	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	93	100	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	99	106	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	104	112	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	110	118	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	115	123	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	121	129	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	126	135	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	132	141	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30
Magic Rapier +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	137	147	–	–	E	D	C	–	45	10	30	30

Requires: Magic Rapier +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Enchanted Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Enchanted Rapier (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	110	116	–	–	E	E	C	–	45	10	30	30
Enchanted Rapier +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	114	119	–	–	E	E	B	–	45	10	30	30
Enchanted Rapier +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	118	122	–	–	E	E	B	–	45	10	30	30
Enchanted Rapier +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	123	126	–	–	E	E	B	–	45	10	30	30
Enchanted Rapier +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	127	129	–	–	E	E	A	–	45	10	30	30
Enchanted Rapier +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	132	134	–	–	E	E	A	–	45	10	30	30

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

Divine Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Divine Rapier (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	73	90	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	78	96	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	83	102	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	88	108	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	93	114	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	98	120	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	102	125	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	107	132	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	112	138	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	117	144	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30
Divine Rapier +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	122	150	–	–	E	D	–	C	45	10	30	30

Requires: Divine Rapier +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Occult Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Occult Rapier (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	100	110	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30
Occult Rapier +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	105	115	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30
Occult Rapier +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	112	121	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30
Occult Rapier +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	117	126	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30
Occult Rapier +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	124	132	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30
Occult Rapier +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	130	137	–	–	E	D	–	B	45	10	30	30

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

Fire Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Fire Rapier (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	94	–	94	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.0	30
Fire Rapier +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	102	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.3	30
Fire Rapier +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	109	–	109	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.6	30
Fire Rapier +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	116	–	116	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.9	30
Fire Rapier +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	124	–	124	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	31.2	30
Fire Rapier +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	131	–	131	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	31.5	30
Fire Rapier +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	140	–	140	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	31.8	30
Fire Rapier +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	148	–	148	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	32.1	30
Fire Rapier +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	157	–	157	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	32.4	30
Fire Rapier +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	166	–	166	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	32.7	30
Fire Rapier +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	175	–	175	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	33.0	30

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: Fire Rapier +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Chaos Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Chaos Rapier (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	113	–	131	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.0	30
Chaos Rapier +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	119	–	138	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	30.6	30
Chaos Rapier +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	126	–	146	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	31.2	30
Chaos Rapier +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	132	–	153	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	31.8	30
Chaos Rapier +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	138	–	160	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	32.4	30
Chaos Rapier +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	144	–	167	–	–	–	–	–	45	10	33.0	30

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

Lightning Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Lightning Rapier (Titanite Chunk ×1)	131	–	–	131	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	30.0
Lightning Rapier +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	141	–	–	141	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	32.4
Lightning Rapier +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	151	–	–	151	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	34.8
Lightning Rapier +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	162	–	–	162	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	37.2
Lightning Rapier +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	172	–	–	172	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	39.6
Lightning Rapier +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	182	–	–	182	–	–	–	–	45	10	30	42.0

Trivia

• Historically, rapiers had very long tapered blades with a more pronounced hand-guard, used primarily for unarmored dueling. The game's depiction is more akin to the Italian spada da lato, or the "sidesword", which was the predecessor to the actual rapier.

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