The Gargoyle's Halberd is a halberd-type weapon in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Halberd of the gargoyle guarding the Bell of Awakening in the Undead Church.
- Perfectly standard bronze halberd without any special power.
Availability[]
This weapon is dropped at a 3% rate by the Bell Gargoyles boss in the Undead Parish and the non-respawning enemies in Anor Londo. The final gargoyle in Anor Londo always drops its halberd as a fail-safe if the player wasn’t lucky enough to have a previous gargoyle drop it, since none of the gargoyles respawn.
This weapon can be farmed by killing one of the Gargoyle bosses at the Undead Parish. If it doesn't drop it, quit and reload to reset the boss fight; repeat until you have obtained the number of halberds desired.
Characteristics[]
The Gargoyle's Halberd has slightly higher base damage than a regular Halberd but slightly lower "Quality" scaling, making both weapons about equally damaging. Picking between these two weapons should be up to the user's moveset preference as Gargoyle's Halberd has a different moveset than the regular Halberd: the weak attack is a vertical chop followed by a swing. This can make certain foes easier to hit, but is harder to use in confined spaces. Gargoyle's Halberd is a good replacement for Black Knight Halberd as it is nearly identical except the fact that Garg Hally has decent Physical Damage scaling and can be buffed.
This Halberd's attack type is listed as Regular in the menu but it actually deals Thrust damage for a majority of its attacks making it deal counter damage that can be further boosted by Leo Ring. Similar to most Halberds, this weapon has a stagger on whiff animation making it capable of receiving a Sweet Spot damage bonus.
Despite its claim to be perfectly standard with no special power, the Gargoyle’s Halberd increases base resistance to Poison, Toxic and Bleed by 25%. As with other equipment that increase status resistances, equipping it looks like it creates a small build-up of Poison, Toxic and Bleed, but this is not the case; see Buildup for an explanation of this effect.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
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| One-handed Weak Attack |
Quick circular motion followed by a downward swing. Additional input horizontally swings from left to right. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Spinning attack. Additional input performs a wide horizontal swing from right to left. Medium wind-up in both attacks. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Downward slash. Additional input horizontally swings from left to right. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Spins twice, swinging the weapon entirely around the body each time. |
| Jump Attack | Horizontal swing from left to right. |
| Running Attack | Overhead downward swing. |
| Rolling Attack | Horizontal swing from left to right. |
| Kick | Standard kick. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Block. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Downward swing. |
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Standard Variation |
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| Gargoyle's Halberd | 115 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 126 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 138 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 149 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 161 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) | 172 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 184 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 195 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 207 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 218 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) | 230 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 241 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 253 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 264 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 276 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Gargoyle's Halberd +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 287 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Raw Variation |
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| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
198 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
211 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
224 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
237 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
250 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Raw Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) |
264 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Crystal Variation |
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| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
253 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
264 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
276 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
287 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
299 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Crystal Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
310 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Magic Variation |
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| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
129 | 139 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
137 | 148 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
146 | 158 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
154 | 167 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
163 | 176 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
172 | 186 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
180 | 195 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
189 | 204 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
197 | 213 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
206 | 223 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
215 | 232 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Magic Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
172 | 184 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
178 | 189 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
185 | 195 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
192 | 200 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
199 | 206 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Enchanted Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
206 | 213 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
117 | 142 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
124 | 152 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
132 | 161 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
140 | 171 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
148 | 180 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
156 | 190 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
163 | 199 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
171 | 209 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
179 | 218 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
187 | 228 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
195 | 237 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Divine Gargoyle's Halberd +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
158 | 172 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
167 | 180 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
176 | 189 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
186 | 197 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
195 | 206 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Occult Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
205 | 215 | – | – | E | E | – | C | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
149 | – | 149 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
161 | – | 161 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.3 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
172 | – | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.6 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
184 | – | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.9 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
195 | – | 195 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 31.2 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
207 | – | 207 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 31.5 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
220 | – | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 31.8 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
234 | – | 234 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 32.1 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
248 | – | 248 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 32.4 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
262 | – | 262 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 32.7 | 30 |
| Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
276 | – | 276 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 33.0 | 30 |
Requires: Fire Gargoyle's Halberd +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
180 | – | 208 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
190 | – | 220 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30.6 | 30 |
| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
200 | – | 232 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 31.2 | 30 |
| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
209 | – | 243 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 31.8 | 30 |
| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
220 | – | 255 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 32.4 | 30 |
| Chaos Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
230 | – | 266 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 33.0 | 30 |
Requires: Standard Gargoyle's Halberd +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
207 | – | – | 207 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 30.0 |
| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
223 | – | – | 223 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 32.4 |
| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
239 | – | – | 239 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 34.8 |
| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
255 | – | – | 255 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 37.2 |
| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
271 | – | – | 271 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 39.6 |
| Lightning Gargoyle's Halberd +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
287 | – | – | 287 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 10 | 30 | 42.0 |
Scaling Percentage Values[]
The following chart lists the scaling percentages when this weapon is fully upgraded. Be advised that:
- Scaling letters are not an accurate indicator of how a weapon scales, players should look at the percentage scaling of a weapon.
- Magic and Enchanted upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Intelligence scaling.
- Divine and Occult upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Faith scaling. Divine adds Divine Auxiliary and Occult adds Occult Auxiliary secondary damage types.
- Fire, Chaos, and Lightning upgrade paths remove all stat scaling and splits damage between two types. Chaos path adds Humanity Scaling.
- Raw upgrade path caps at Weapon Level 10 while drastically reducing physical damage scaling and adding slightly more base damage.
- Crystal upgrade path dramatically increases the base damage of weapons while rendering them unable to be repaired.
- For PvE purposes all weapons will be better on the Standard Upgrade path to +15. This is because the Split Damage of elementally infused weapons is not added together. The values are reduced separately when going through enemy defenses leading to less damage in practice due to the values of each damage type being smaller.
- To learn more about how damage is calculated visit the Damage Calculation page.
| Upgrade Path | Strength |
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Standard +15 |
39% | 40% | - | - |
Raw +5 |
30% | 30% | - | - |
Crystal +5 |
39% | 40% | - | - |
Magic +10 |
11% | 11% | 57% | - |
Enchanted +5 |
8% | 8% | 55% | - |
Divine +10 |
15% | 15% | - | 56% |
Occult +5 |
14% | 14% | - | 66% |
Fire +10 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added | |||
Chaos +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added, scales off held Humanity up to 10 | |||
Lightning +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Lightning Damage added | |||
Gallery[]
| Halberds |
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| Black Knight Halberd • Gargoyle's Halberd • Giant's Halberd • Great Scythe • Halberd Lifehunt Scythe • Lucerne • Scythe • Titanite Catch Pole |