Barbed Straight Sword

Found

Stats

80	-	-	-	100


50	10	35	35	32

Param. Bonus

D	D	-	-

Req. Param

10	10	-	-

Aux. Eff.

300

Weight

3.0

Durability

160

Weapon Type

Straight Sword

Attack Type

Regular / Thrust^[1]

Notes

One-handed strong attack is identical to the normal two-handed strong attack. Bleed buildup is 33 per strike, and once inflicted, does 30% of the enemy’s total HP.

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Barbed Straight Sword (Dark Souls III).

The Barbed Straight Sword is a straight sword in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

The choice weapon of the infamous Darkwraith Kirk, also known as the Knight of Thorns for the gnarly spikes on his favorite weapon.

This frightful sword deals only thrust attacks, and causes heavy bleeding.

In-Game Description

The choice weapon of the infamous Darkwraith Kirk, also known as the Knight of Thorns for the gnarly spikes on his favorite weapon.

The sharp spikes of this ghastly weapon cause heavy bleeding.

Availability[]

Common drop from Kirk, Knight of Thorns, but since he only spawns three times per game, it is possible to not obtain it in a playthrough.

Characteristics[]

Despite what the description stating that Barbed Straight Sword deals thrust attacks, its moveset mostly features regular swing attacks, making it troublesome to use in close quarters.

Though considered a "Quality Scaling" weapon, Barbed Straight Sword is not on par with with other weapons in the Straight Sword class due to its lower base damage and its low 31% Strength and 50% Dexterity scaling. Though it deals Bleed build-up at a rate of 33 per strike, this sword is not worth it overall.

Moveset[]

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Horizontal swings. Low starting and ending lag.
One-handed Strong Attack	Horizontal swings. Minor starting and ending lag.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Vertical swings. Low starting and ending lag.
Two-handed Strong Attack	Horizontal swing while stepping forward. Moderate starting and ending lag.
Jump Attack	Buries sword into the ground. Small hitbox and high ending lag.
Running Attack	Vertical swing. Low starting and ending lag.
Rolling Attack	Horizontal swing. Low starting and ending lag.
Kick	Standard kick.
Left-handed Weak Attack	Standard block.
Left-handed Strong Attack	Diagonal swing. Minor starting lag, low ending lag.

Upgrades[]

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Standard Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Standard Variation
Barbed Straight Sword	80	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Shard ×1)	88	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Shard ×1)	96	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Shard ×2)	104	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Shard ×2)	112	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Titanite Shard ×3)	120	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	128	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	136	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	144	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	152	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3)	160	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	168	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	176	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	184	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	192	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Barbed Straight Sword +15 (Titanite Slab ×1)	200	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Raw Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Raw Variation
Raw Barbed Straight Sword (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	138	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Raw Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	147	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Raw Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1)	156	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Raw Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2)	165	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Raw Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2)	174	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35
Raw Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3)	184	–	–	–	D	D	–	–	50	10	35	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Crystal Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Crystal Variation
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword (Titanite Chunk ×1)	176	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	184	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	192	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	200	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	208	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35
Crystal Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	216	–	–	–	D	C	–	–	50	10	35	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Magic Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Magic Variation
Magic Barbed Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	90	97	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	96	104	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	102	110	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	108	117	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	114	123	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	120	130	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	125	136	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	132	143	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	138	149	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	144	156	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Magic Barbed Straight Sword +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	150	162	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35

Requires: Magic Barbed Straight Sword +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Enchanted Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Enchanted Variation
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	120	128	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	124	131	–	–	E	E	C	–	50	10	35	35
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	129	135	–	–	E	E	B	–	50	10	35	35
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	134	139	–	–	E	E	B	–	50	10	35	35
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	139	143	–	–	E	E	A	–	50	10	35	35
Enchanted Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	144	148	–	–	E	E	A	–	50	10	35	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Divine Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Divine Variation
Divine Barbed Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	81	99	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	86	105	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	91	112	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	97	118	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	102	125	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	108	132	–	–	E	E	–	C	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	113	138	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	118	145	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	124	151	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	129	158	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35
Divine Barbed Straight Sword +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	135	165	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35

Requires: Divine Barbed Straight Sword +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Occult Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Occult Variation
Occult Barbed Straight Sword (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	110	120	–	–	E	E	–	B	50	10	35	35
Occult Barbed Straight Sword +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	116	125	–	–	E	E	–	B	50	10	35	35
Occult Barbed Straight Sword +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	123	132	–	–	E	E	–	B	50	10	35	35
Occult Barbed Straight Sword +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	129	138	–	–	E	E	–	B	50	10	35	35
Occult Barbed Straight Sword +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	136	144	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35
Occult Barbed Straight Sword +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	143	150	–	–	E	D	–	B	50	10	35	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Fire Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Fire Variation
Fire Barbed Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	104	–	104	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	35.0	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	112	–	112	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	35.4	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	120	–	120	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	35.7	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	128	–	128	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	36.0	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	136	–	136	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	36.4	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	144	–	144	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	36.7	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	153	–	153	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	37.1	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	163	–	163	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	37.5	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	172	–	172	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	37.8	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	182	–	182	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	38.2	35
Fire Barbed Straight Sword +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	192	–	192	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	38.5	35

Requires: Fire Barbed Straight Sword +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Chaos Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Chaos Variation
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	126	–	144	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	35.0	35
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	133	–	152	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	35.7	35
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	140	–	160	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	36.4	35
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	147	–	168	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	37.1	35
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	154	–	176	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	37.8	35
Chaos Barbed Straight Sword +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	161	–	184	–	–	–	–	–	50	10	38.5	35

Requires: Standard Barbed Straight Sword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Lightning Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Lightning Variation
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword (Titanite Chunk ×1)	144	–	–	144	–	–	–	–	50	10	35	35.0
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	155	–	–	155	–	–	–	–	50	10	35	37.8
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	166	–	–	166	–	–	–	–	50	10	35	40.6
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	177	–	–	177	–	–	–	–	50	10	35	43.4
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	188	–	–	188	–	–	–	–	50	10	35	46.2
Lightning Barbed Straight Sword +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	Dexterity	Intelligence	Faith
Standard +15	38%	50%	-	-
Raw +5	29%	38%	-	-
Crystal +5	38%	50%	-	-
Magic +10	11%	14%	63%	-
Enchanted +5	8%	10%	62%	-
Divine +10	15%	19%	-	63%
Occult +5	14%	18%	-	74%
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

Notes[]

↑ The Standard Barbed Straight Sword lists the attack type as Thrust only, while the Crystal Barbed Straight Sword lists the attack type as Regular/Thrust.

Gallery[]

[1] The Standard Barbed Straight Sword lists the attack type as Thrust only, while the Crystal Barbed Straight Sword lists the attack type as Regular/Thrust.

[1]