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Balder Side Sword +15
		200			100
		150(162)			32
		192(192)			120
		200(200)			3.0
Requirements & Bonus

10	14		–	–
Weapon Type			Straight Sword
Attack Type			Regular / Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 150 Physical dmg/162 Magic dmg; with Fire: 192 Physical dmg/192 Fire dmg; with Lightning: 200 Physical dmg/200 Lightning dmg.

Balder Side Sword is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

The knights of the ancient kingdom of Balder wielded these rock-solid, long swords which are excellent for thrust attacks."
"Balder was the home of Knight King Rendal, but the kingdom was reduced to ruins after a widespread outbreak of Undead."

How to Get / Where to Find the Balder Side Sword

Rare (1%) drop from Balder Knights wielding the sword (Undead Parish and Sen's Fortress).

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Can be given to Kingseeker Frampt to receive 50 Souls.
Appreciated by players for its adaptability and effectiveness due to its good reach, balanced moveset and low Stamina cost.
The sword receives an A rating in Dexterity at +14/15 along the regular reinforcement path, making it excellent for Dexterity and Quality builds, and may also be buffed. The Enchanted elemental path grants an A scaling in Intelligence, making it a good option for Mages. Other elemental paths such as Lightning or Chaos are also effective for other builds, particularly when using the powerful R2 thrust attacks.
Has a similar move set to Longsword or Shortsword, and the same base damage as Longsword, but generally greater range at similar Stamina cost.
The one-handed strong attack (R2) is a thrust attack both for the first and second attacks in the combo, instead of a upswing on the second attack. The second R2 thrust is faster than the first, making it particularly dangerous if the target is staggered by the first thrust or otherwise using a slower weapon. It also tracks independently of the first thrust, enabling an experienced swordsman to punish moving targets with or without target lock.
Thrust attacks do significantly more damage than the slashes, and can benefit from the Leo Ring.
Greater range of the sword enables users to better distance themselves from targets, and reduces the likelihood of being parried provided one does not get too close. The powerful R2 thrust attacks are also very difficult to parry at range, similar to the thrust attacks of spears.

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Balder Side Sword Upgrade Table

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Overview table for all Upgrades at regular, max and threshold levels. Click on the tabs to see individual upgrade paths in detail. Use this table to quickly compare performance.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	80	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +5	120	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +10	160	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +14	192	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +15	200	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal	176	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +4	208	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +5	216	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Lightning	160	-	-	160	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Lightning +4	188	-	-	188	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	???	32
Lightning +5	200	-	-	200	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	49	32
Raw	138	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +5	184	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic	90	97	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +5	120	130	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +9	144	156	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +10	150	162	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted	120	128	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +4	139	143	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +5	144	148	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine	81	99	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +5	108	132	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +9	129	158	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +10	135	165	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Occult	110	120	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +4	136	144	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +5	143	150	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Fire	96	-	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Fire +5	144	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	36.7	35	32
Fire +9	182	-	182	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	38.2	35	32
Fire +10	192	-	192	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	38.5	35	32
Chaos	126	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	154 +	-	176 +	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.8	35	32
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	161 +	-	184 +	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	50	10	38.5	35	32

Regular Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Regular +6 requires a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember. Regular +11 requires a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Very Large Ember.
Regular Reinforcement Scales 13% for strength dark souls Strength and 85% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,500 souls, 9 titanite shards to +5, 9 large titanite shards to +10, 7 titanite chunks to +14 and 1 titanite slab to +15.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	80	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +1 (x1)	88	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +2 (x1)	96	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +3 (x2)	104	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +4 (x2)	112	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +5 (x3)	120	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +6 (x1)	128	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +7 (x1)	136	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +8 (x2)	144	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +9 (x2)	152	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +10 (x3)	160	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +11 (x1)	168	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +12 (x1)	176	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +13 (x2)	184	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +14 (x3)	192	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +15 (x1)	200	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32

Crystal Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Crystal Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon and to hand in the Crystal Ember.
Crystal Reinforcement reduces weapon Durability by 20, but increases base damage. It scales 13% for strength dark souls Strength and 85% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	176	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +1 (x1)	184	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +2 (x1)	192	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +3 (x2)	200	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +4 (x3)	208	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +5 (x1)	216	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32

Lightning Upgrades are performed by the Giant Blacksmith at Anor Londo.
Lightning Upgrades require a regular +10 weapon, but no special Ember is required.
Lightning Reinforcement removes all scaling but adds Lightning Damage.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	144	-	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Lightning +1 (x1)	155	-	-	155	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	37.8	32
Lightning +2 (x1)	166	-	-	166	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	40.6	32
Lightning +3 (x2)	177	-	-	177	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	43.4	32
Lightning +4 (x3)	188	-	-	188	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	46.2	32
Lightning +5 (x1)	200	-	-	200	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	49	32

Raw Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Raw Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Ember.
Raw Reinforcement increases base damage whilst reducing stat bonuses. Scales 10% for strength dark souls Strength and 64% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	138	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +1 (x1)	147	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +2 (x1)	156	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +3 (x2)	165	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +4 (x2)	174	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +5 (x3)	184	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32

Magic Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Magic Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Magic +6 requires a Magic +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember.
Magic Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and an Intelligence bonus. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 4% for strength dark souls Strength and 24% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 71% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards to +5, 7 Blue Titanite Chunks to +14 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +15.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	90	97	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +1 (x1)	96	104	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +2 (x1)	102	110	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +3 (x2)	108	117	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +4 (x2)	114	123	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +5 (x3)	120	130	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +6 (x1)	125	136	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +7 (x1)	132	143	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +8 (x2)	138	149	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +9 (x3)	144	156	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +10 (x1)	150	162	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32

Enchanted Upgrades are performed by Rickert of Vinheim, found in New Londo Ruins.
Enchanted Upgrade +1 requires a regular +5 weapon. Enchanted +6 requires a Enchanted +5 and to hand in the Large Magic Ember.
Enchanted Reinforcement increases the Intelligence bonus at the cost of base magic damage. The weapon can no longer be buffed with Magic Weapon. Scales 3% for strength dark souls Strength and 17% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 69% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 Blue Titanite Chunks to +4 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +5.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	120	128	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +1 (x1)	124	131	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +2 (x1)	129	135	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +3 (x2)	134	139	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +4 (x3)	139	143	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Enchanted +5 (x1)	144	148	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32

Divine Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Divine Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon and to hand in the Divine Ember. Divine +6 upgrades require a Divine Weapon +5 and to hand in the Large Divine Ember.
Divine Reinforcement adds Magic Damage and Faith scaling. Scales 5% for strength dark souls Strength and 33% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 70% faith dark souls Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	81	99	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +1 (x1)	86	105	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +2 (x1)	91	112	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +3 (x2)	97	118	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +4 (x2)	102	125	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +5 (x3)	108	132	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +6 (x1)	113	138	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +7 (x1)	118	145	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +8 (x2)	124	151	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +9 (x3)	129	158	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +10 (x1)	135	165	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	50	10	35	35	32

Occult Upgrades are performed by Andre of Astora at the Undead Parish.
Occult Upgrades require a Divine +5 weapon and to hand in the Dark Ember.
Occult Reinforcement reduces the base damage but increases Faith scaling. Scales 5% for strength dark souls Strength and 31% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 82% faith dark souls Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	110	120	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +1 (x1)	116	125	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +2 (x1)	123	132	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +3 (x2)	129	138	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +4 (x3)	136	144	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +5 (x1)	143	150	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32

Fire Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Fire Upgrades require a regular +5 weapon. Fire +6 requires a Fire +5 weapon and to hand in the Large Flame Ember.
Fire Reinforcement adds Fire Damage but removes all scaling bonuses from the weapon.
To reach max, you need: 2,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	104	-	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Fire +1 (x1)	112	-	112	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35.4	35	32
Fire +2 (x1)	120	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35.7	35	32
Fire +3 (x2)	128	-	128	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	36	35	32
Fire +4 (x2)	136	-	136	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	36.4	35	32
Fire +5 (x3)	144	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	36.7	35	32
Fire +6 (x1)	153	-	153	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.1	35	32
Fire +7 (x1)	163	-	163	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.5	35	32
Fire +8 (x2)	172	-	172	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.8	35	32
Fire +9 (x3)	182	-	182	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	38.2	35	32
Fire +10 (x1)	192	-	192	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	38.5	35	32

Chaos Upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Vamos in The Catacombs.
Chaos Upgrades require a Fire +5 weapon and to hand in the Chaos Flame Ember.
Fire Reinforcement reduces Fire Damage but adds a bonus based on the Humanity you hold.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Balder Side Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	126	-	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Chaos +1 (x1)	133	-	152	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35.7	35	32
Chaos +2 (x1)	140	-	160	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	36.6	35	32
Chaos +3 (x2)	147	-	168	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.1	35	32
Chaos +4 (x3)	154	-	176	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	37.8	35	32
Chaos +5 (x1)	161	-	184	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	38.5	35	32

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- Anonymous
  19 Mar 2024 22:31
  Am I the only one who confused this for the sword on the cover of DS1 remastered?
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- Anonymous
  13 Mar 2024 17:02
  Got this by accident during my first playthrough. Wasn't even looking for it
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- Anonymous
  08 Feb 2024 05:26
  I'm listening to dark souls 2 soundtrack "Longing" while farming for this. Fitting...
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- Anonymous
  07 Feb 2024 15:23
  the dgsetwlforkfirkfifrieosijfosjfiueoijeoiuhiehofiuhwehowqjhdshfarqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm
  got nothing on these
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- Anonymous
  07 Feb 2024 15:19
  good for dex
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- Anonymous
  07 Jan 2024 12:20
  ez first try
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- Anonymous
  03 Jan 2024 17:48
  my goat
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- Anonymous
  29 Oct 2023 05:03
  lothric knight sword is the reincarnation of this thing, if you think about it. real real long swords. or maybe gotthards?
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- MatinArtorias
  07 Oct 2023 09:38
  3 of these dropped for me during my giantdad run, and I did what was best...
  Sold them to frampt,dex is trash
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- Anonymous
  30 Aug 2023 16:41
  I hate how fromsoft is so obsessed with bullcrap drop rates. just give it to a merchant. we shouldn't need to farm for anything in these games.
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- Anonymous
  13 Aug 2023 02:13
  One of the best swords in the Souls series.
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- Anonymous
  30 Jul 2023 05:38
  POV: you use SketchUp 2016
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- Anonymous
  23 Jul 2023 09:14
  Stuff i got before this bad boy dropped:
  Titanite Shards: 65
  Balder Helm: 5
  Balder Armor: 10
  Balder Gauntlets: 8
  Balder Leggings: 9
  Balder Shield: 5
  Good luck out there bros, dont lose hope
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- Anonymous
  06 Jul 2023 09:25
  Can someone advise me which weapon to use out of the three in my possession ?
  The Uchigatana , Great Scythe or the Balder side Sword ?
  I'm trying to make a Dex Pyro and I need suggestions on which of the afrementioned weapons to use for the entire NG cycle . My plan is to make a Chaos blade Pyro Dex character at SL125 for PvP . My current stats at SL13 are : starting class Pyromancer , Vitality : 13 , Attunement 12 (base) , Endurance 13 , Strength 14 & Dexterity 14 .
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- Anonymous
  03 Jul 2023 18:06
  top tier wearpon , one of the best in the game
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- Anonymous
  10 May 2023 22:18
  I wish this was in Elden Ring so I can do a Vampire hunter D build.
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- Anonymous
  09 May 2023 06:06
  This weapon randomly dropping is one of the few things that can still get me hard
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- Anonymous
  24 Apr 2023 13:39
  man this thing takes me longer to get than it took me to beat gwyn at sl1
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  24 Mar 2023 09:08
  The thrust attack that pierces the heavens.
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  02 Mar 2023 13:49
  I love this sword. Not much to look at, but it rules.
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  28 Feb 2023 15:15
  poke poke poke poke poke
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  21 Feb 2023 11:37
  To answer the question below. I play 125 level PvP and have noticed a wonderful anti backstabber quality to this blade.
  First the R2 has long reach, low stamina and short animation this allows poking a backstabber into a safe distance.
  Second when the backstabber moves close to do a teleport backstab you can spam R1 which is very quick and has very low stamina consumption- keep swiping through their backstab and the animation will still knock you to the ground but you will receive no damage.
  
  Tips for adding respectable damage is the go with Darkmoon blade, and the Leo Ring- however the BSS can fit any play style and isn’t a one trick pony.
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  19 Feb 2023 23:11
  I'm not sure what's the whole ruckus about this sword. Yea it has good scaling with DEX but so what? It's still pretty normal sword with no special effects like bleed or critical boost. There are many much better DEX weapons.
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  02 Feb 2023 14:10
  Looks like a lightsaber when cast magic weapon.
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  01 Feb 2023 18:25
  got this when i decided to go for a dex build on a katana...i'm sorry Undead merchant...if only i'd knew i'd get it..
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  24 Jan 2023 17:10
  So good, it never shows up in a dark souls game again.
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  19 Jan 2023 23:09
  I got three in a row once, no joke. I did the math and it was 1 in ~58000 chance.
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  19 Jan 2023 02:47
  Why are these so rare? I got one on my first playthrough and loved, but I'm kind of mad that I got it out of sheer luck, and had I defeated the Bell Gargoyles in a couple less attempts, I would've never even known about this sword
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- jhc24
  16 Jan 2023 21:29
  Super good
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  04 Jan 2023 20:57
  Why does this thing have to be so damn ugly please FromSoft
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  20 Nov 2022 00:16
  I got this drop TWICE in a single hour. Wasn't even going for it
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  01 Nov 2022 23:20
  I farmed this weapon for hours on 2 different dex runs. I decide to do one cheese run with the gravelord sword on a strength build, this sword drops on the first balder knight i kill. Oh, I dropped both black knight sword and greatsword on the first dks encountered. :')
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  13 Sep 2022 11:02
  One of the harder weapons to farm in DS1 but the Baller Swag Sword is worth it.
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  13 Aug 2022 01:44
  Literally my first run in sens fun house
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  11 Aug 2022 05:17
  It took me 21 runs in the fortress to get it!.. tot lucky
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  21 Jul 2022 09:06
  in my first playthrough i didn't know these were rare and ascended it into artorias' greatsword, which i never even used becuase of the stats requirements. good times
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  29 Jun 2022 18:56
  I hate the design, I wished it looked like Astoria straight sword or silver knight straight sword, but it looks like a giant toothpick
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  27 Jun 2022 23:02
  for a faith build what is best to use?
  1)something like a divine zwainhander/claymore and a crystal balder side sword to buff with miracles
  2) obsidian greatsword to buff with miracles and a divine balder side sword
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  27 Jun 2022 15:06
  “I’m gonna do a strength build.”
  
  *Balder Knight drops BSS*
  
  “I’m gonna do a dex build.”
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  20 Jun 2022 06:04
  I have 24 STR and 14 DEX
  I have this weapon
  But I have a club+5
  Which one should I use?
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  11 Jun 2022 23:35
  Excellent weapon for dex builds, but a total pain in the ass to get, took over 2 hours last time I did a dex build
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  20 Apr 2022 09:56
  Best straight sword in the game. Upgrade to crystal, don't use it until you're ready to pvp and back up your save to reload to full HP(or you know, mule if you're willing to cheat to save time). Wouldn't bother with weapon buffs with this tho you will lose your buff when you switch to your crit weapon(and this sword needs one, like the one thing it doesn't have is a crit mod). Fantastic all round main weapon for dex builds
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  17 Apr 2022 16:51
  Getting this weapon on accident will literally change your entire build
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  04 Jan 2022 19:46
  should I make this enchanted or use crystal magic weapon? I have 50 intelligence
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  26 Dec 2021 15:10
  Best straight sword in ds1.
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  24 Dec 2021 06:18
  Man this sword is so damn good but farming it is such a long and painful journey back and forth in undead perish
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  18 Dec 2021 18:12
  Top Tier of his category
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  04 Nov 2021 11:24
  I had one of these drop on the first knight I killed. I was like, Huh, I guess I'm a dex-quality guy this time.
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  26 Oct 2021 10:21
  >farm this from balder knights for at least 2 hours with 410 item discovey
  >upgrade to +15
  >level dex and int to 40
  >get crystal magic weapon
  >700 AR for a straight sword
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  04 Oct 2021 11:31
  Favourite weapon in the game, I like straight swords and dexterity, and this weapon is relatively realistic, and it's moveset is elegant enough, although the silver Knight sword is much sexier
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  13 Aug 2021 15:45
  It has ugly crossguard and unrealistic thin blade. Wish they switched it's model with silver knight sword...
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  10 Aug 2021 17:00
  Well, I must be the lucky one of the newcomers. I started the game yesterday as a sorcerer and the first knight in Undead Parish dropped the sword. Beginner's luck.
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  28 Jul 2021 16:25
  For everyone who is new and wondering why this beauty is so popular: balanced moveset with slash and thrust attacks, excellent scaling in dexterity, enchantable, very light, fast attacks, beautiful design (iron and brass, no ugly dragon bones or coarse steel), "relatively easy" to farm (with a bit of luck and patience). It's not known as the Balder Swag Sword for nothing. Yeah, I'm a filthy Dex user and I'm proud of it!
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  27 Jul 2021 21:23
  with 40 dex and 30 faith, you get more than 650 ar with lightning blade. thats as much as a ****ing zweihänder. disgusting but i love it
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  27 Jul 2021 19:53
  JUST GIVE ME YOUR DAMN SWORD YOU SCRAWNY ****!!!!
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  19 Jul 2021 14:30
  Rating weapons based on looks:
  Its literally just a mini iron stick, yet something makes it look quite amusing
  7/10
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  27 Jun 2021 07:44
  Very nice weapon, quick and with fairly impressive side range. Farming humanity from rats in the deeps bonfire, it frequently killed 4 rats with it's swing.
  But the droprate is very low, in many cases it won't be worth the trouble.
  For dex builds, there is a great scythe for free sitting there in the tombs that will outperform it.
  For str builds, they might be lucky early getting a black knight sword, or if they wait till they get golden covetus serpent ring to farm it they might be better served by farming a man-serpent greatsword.
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  07 Jun 2021 14:36
  Ha yes, the older brother of the LKSS
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  29 May 2021 13:38
  Imagine being a dex user and taking more than 1 hit to kill an enemy, how pathetic. Great club giga chads for the win.
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  18 May 2021 21:31
  Should i farm it early on or wait until i have proper farming gear?
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  18 May 2021 21:12
  I have a 10+ balder sword and a 10+ uchigatana and the uchigatana deals more damage in average, but I read everywhere that this one is better... Why is that? What am I doing wrong?
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  13 May 2021 03:34
  To farm this fairly early first go to Andre glitch through sen's fortress using a speedrunner techinique called "sen's skip" after that go through the level (you can pick up large titanite shards and kill giants for chunks along the way) and pick up the covetous gold serpant ring (DO NOT REST AT BONFIRE YOU WILL GET STUCK) after that simply die/use homeward bone/darksign/homeward miracle and pop some humanity then you can farm this sword and even upgrade it to +10 if you kill capra even before gargoyles.
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  04 May 2021 08:27
  I was working on a new character and got invaded at SL19 in the Blighttown swamp. Guy was a twink with the painting guardian sword buffed with dark moon blade and also had wrath of the gods. I spaced him with my heater shield until he got done spamming WOG and his buff expired and then used the balder side swords amazing length to roll catch him and reversed all his back stab attempts. After defeating him I finally felt like I "got gud". Thank you invader for that rewarding victory.
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  01 May 2021 20:25
  It has E A scaling and you guys call it quality build why should I spend points into strength? This is not longsword darksword or sunlight straight sword try these weapons for "quality" build.
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  22 Apr 2021 23:09
  I never go beyond the Parish without my pointy boi
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  12 Apr 2021 12:49
  hey to the spell fighters out there heres some advice ive gotten in my long time playing ds1, this build i call the "Eldritch Knight" Elite knight set +10, magic balder +10, grass crest, bellowing DCR and ring of favor and protection. add in logans catalyst and CSS/SS and you have a beast for O & S
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  11 Apr 2021 17:18
  And while we are sweating while farming, Andre of Astora is forging and forging and forging tirelessly on such a sword AND NEVER GETS FINISHED!
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  03 Apr 2021 15:21
  this is by far the best straight sword,great damage,moveset,range and it also is the best weapon for a spellsword build
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  31 Mar 2021 00:54
  is anyone going to talk about how this is near identical to the lothric knight sword,it just doesnt look as cool
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  15 Mar 2021 17:54
  Is it just me or is lightning OP?
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  13 Mar 2021 14:37
  what is a good dex stat for a +10 balder side sword that surpasses drake sword
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  11 Mar 2021 16:26
  is this better than the longsword?
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  07 Mar 2021 00:08
  the king of the straight swords.
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  06 Mar 2021 15:27
  The original Lothric Knight Sword.
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  22 Feb 2021 15:48
  i use this in my faith builds,i usually make it a +15 with sunlight blade when im going a faith and dex build,it is a monster.
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  13 Feb 2021 04:21
  Love this sword. I have farmed 6 of them. One is on the regular path. It has been semi-retired for my new fire one. I made a divine one to get me to TotG before ringing either bell. The extras will follow other paths.
  
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  02 Feb 2021 12:25
  looks so sexy with a parrying dagger in your left hand <3
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  25 Jan 2021 17:14
  The drop rates on this thing are just regular ds drop rates. I never really struggled to get one. I actually never struggled to get anything in this game with 7 and up humanitities hue hue and no serpent ring. But i always skip Taurus and Wywern so I spend more time in the church by going back and forth, so theres this
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  23 Jan 2021 22:25
  Does the fall attack count as a thrust attack?
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  19 Jan 2021 13:04
  When I first started DS, I chose a pyromancer and played relatively balanced. After I got to the Anor Londo archers, I restarted because I thought I must have done something wrong. My new college roommate at the time was kind enough to walk me through the DS basics, and I decided to be a dex mage and going for the Fury Sword. But as I made it to the Parish, this dropped for me. I saw the good dex scaling and decided to give it a shot. I misread the name as "Balder Slice" for some reason, but I didn't question it. This sword was my steadfast ally as I endured my first full playthrough. I remember walking in to face Gwyn with Logan's robes and Havel's helmet on, the Balder Slice at my side. Damn, this brings me back.
  
  Then I found out that this sword is apparently busted. *shrugs* Oh well. I still love it. And then my computer died and didn't back up my data. So long Balder Slice. You were a light in the darkness.
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  15 Jan 2021 16:34
  This weapon does not exist in the game and nothing can convince me otherwise.
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  24 Dec 2020 18:46
  Did they make this a rarer drop in the remaster? I always used this with almost all builds, and i don’t remember farming this long. Im about to have enough souls to get the crest of artorias and i gained 5 humanity while farming.... dang, i guess i may have to move on and wait till i have serpant ring or symbol of avarice
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  12 Dec 2020 20:39
  The ones in Sen's Fortress seem to have a better drop rate plus you can get large titanite shards which help with upgrading it. I was farming for one and had 10 humanity and the silver serpent ring and no success after 20 runs. I put on the symbol of avarice (easily gotten with 10 Lloyds Talismans and putting the one in Sen's fortress asleep over and over) and got it on the first run. Then got a second one two runs later.
  
  I had a similar experience with farming for titanite slabs in New Londo. Based on my experience the symbol of avarice seems to help increase the chances of a rare drop item.
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  11 Dec 2020 05:17
  How much dex do you need so a +15 regular outdamages a +5 chaos?
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  03 Dec 2020 14:30
  Basically the Penetrating Sword but better :)
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  29 Nov 2020 20:04
  Took me about 30min to get the sword by farming the 3 knights wielding it at the undead parrish (NG).
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  11 Nov 2020 19:06
  I farmed both this and the balder shield in 15 minutes with 10 humanity only as I hadn’t access to the covetous gold ring of symbol of avarice yet. I would say the drop rate is significantly higher than 1%. I also farmed the murakumo at the shrine before with max item discovery and gave up after 90 minutes of attempts yet that weapon is listed on the wiki as a 2% chance.
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  20 Sep 2020 07:49
  You have Darksouls on cartridge 0_0 ...Lucky...
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  04 Sep 2020 21:20
  holy **** i got the bkh first try, bss wtihout even knowing it was a thing, and i just got 2 silver knight swords just going through anor londo, this cartridge is blessed.
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  14 Aug 2020 12:22
  I recently got this as a drop, I too am now among the superior beings that obtained this sacred relic
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  05 Aug 2020 19:10
  This is one of my favorite weapons on the series , with 35 STR and 50 DEX It deals about 400 of damage that alongside 50 FTH with the Sunlight Blade or Darkmoon Blade you can easily deal 700-800 and that's not all combining with Power Within and the Leo Ring you might deal more than 1400 of damage.
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  04 Aug 2020 22:01
  Oonga bonga stupid dexbuilderz,
  
  we call this toothpick the Bull**** Sword bacc in our place
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  02 Aug 2020 10:26
  Get yourself this monster of a sword, get 40 dex and 40 faith, buff this thing with sunlightblade and yourself with power withing, and there you go, enjoy your 700+damage r2/2000 damage parrys with the hornet ring
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  26 Jul 2020 01:49
  Best straight sword in the series. Have you taken the Balderpill yet?
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  21 Jul 2020 21:28
  I love this sword
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  13 Jul 2020 14:00
  So I just got this after getting the demon's greataxe from the Taurus Demon,Im very lucky today it seems
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  02 Jul 2020 08:08
  Farm for it off the two sword Balder Knights at the top of Sen's Fortress if you had no luck in the beginning.
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  23 Jun 2020 18:12
  this weapon is good even on a quality build!!!
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  20 Jun 2020 03:43
  Name a better R2 in the souls series
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  24 Apr 2020 14:50
  I tried a dex build And after one hour of farming the baulder knight i still didnt get this sword then i made a second acount with str build And The first baulder knight droped for me Then i go tô bed And cry for half an hour
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