- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Longsword (Dark Souls II).
- For the Dark Souls III variant, see Long Sword.
The Longsword is a straight sword in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Widely-used standard straight sword, only matched in ubiquity by the Shortsword.
- An accessible sword which inflicts consistent regular damage and high slash damage, making it applicable to a variety of situations.
Availability[]
- Starting weapon of the Warrior class.
- Sold by Andre of Astora for 1,000 souls.
- 2% drop from Undead Soldiers (Sword).
Characteristics[]
As the archetypical straight sword, the Longsword features slightly lower base damage, the same "Quality" scaling values as most other Straight Swords, a versatile moveset, and low stat requirements. Although it will perform admirably in any situation, its jack-of-all-trades nature means it will likely be outperformed by other Straight Swords that have higher base damage.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
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| One-handed Weak Attack |
Horizontal swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Stab alternating with upward swings. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Steps forward while swinging horizontally. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| Jump Attack | Jumps forward while burying the sword into the ground. Small hitbox and high ending lag. |
| Running Attack | Running swing. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Rolling Attack | Vertical swing. |
| Two-handed Rolling Attack |
Forward thrust. |
| Kick | Standard kick. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Standard block. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Diagonal swing. Low starting lag, minor ending lag. |
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Longsword, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Standard Variation |
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| Longsword | 80 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 88 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 96 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 104 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 112 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) | 120 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 128 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 136 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 144 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 152 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) | 160 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 168 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 176 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 184 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 192 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Longsword +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 200 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Raw Variation |
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| Raw Longsword (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 138 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Longsword +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 147 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Longsword +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 156 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Longsword +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 165 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Longsword +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 174 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Longsword +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) | 184 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Crystal Variation |
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| Crystal Longsword (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 176 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Longsword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 184 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Longsword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 192 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Longsword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 200 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Longsword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 208 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Longsword +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 216 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Magic Variation |
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| Magic Longsword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 90 | 97 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 96 | 104 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 102 | 110 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 108 | 117 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 114 | 123 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 120 | 130 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 125 | 136 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) | 132 | 143 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) | 138 | 149 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) | 144 | 156 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Longsword +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) | 150 | 162 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Magic Longsword +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Enchanted Longsword (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
120 | 128 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Longsword +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
124 | 131 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Longsword +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
129 | 135 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Longsword +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
134 | 139 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Longsword +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
139 | 143 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Longsword +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
144 | 148 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Divine Variation |
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| Divine Longsword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 81 | 99 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 86 | 105 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 91 | 112 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 97 | 118 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 102 | 125 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 108 | 132 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 113 | 138 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 118 | 145 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 124 | 151 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 129 | 158 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Longsword +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 135 | 165 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Divine Longsword +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Occult Longsword (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 110 | 120 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Longsword +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 116 | 125 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Longsword +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) | 123 | 132 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Longsword +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) | 129 | 138 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Longsword +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) | 136 | 144 | – | – | D | D | – | A | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Longsword +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) | 143 | 150 | – | – | D | D | – | A | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Fire Variation |
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| Fire Longsword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 104 | – | 104 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 112 | – | 112 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.4 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 120 | – | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 128 | – | 128 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.0 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 136 | – | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 144 | – | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.7 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 153 | – | 153 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 163 | – | 163 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.5 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 172 | – | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 182 | – | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.2 | 35 |
| Fire Longsword +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 192 | – | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Fire Longsword +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Chaos Longsword (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 126 | – | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Chaos Longsword +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 133 | – | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
| Chaos Longsword +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 140 | – | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
| Chaos Longsword +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 147 | – | 168 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
| Chaos Longsword +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 154 | – | 176 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
| Chaos Longsword +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 161 | – | 184 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Longsword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Lightning Longsword (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 144 | – | – | 144 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35.0 |
| Lightning Longsword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 155 | – | – | 155 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 37.8 |
| Lightning Longsword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 166 | – | – | 166 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 40.6 |
| Lightning Longsword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 177 | – | – | 177 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 43.4 |
| Lightning Longsword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 188 | – | – | 188 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 46.2 |
| Lightning Longsword +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 200 | – | – | 200 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 49.0 |
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 |
51% | 51% | - | - |
Raw +5 |
38% | 38% | - | - |
Crystal +5 |
51% | 51% | - | - |
Magic +10 |
14% | 14% | 73% | - |
Enchanted +5 |
10% | 10% | 72% | - |
Divine +10 |
20% | 20% | - | 73% |
Occult +5 |
18% | 18% | - | 86% |
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[]
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