Balder Side Sword +15 |
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192(192) | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||
200(200) | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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).
Hints and Tips:
- 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
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.
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 and 85% for 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.
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 and 85% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.
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.
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 and 64% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards.
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 and 24% for 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.
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 and 17% for 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.
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 and 33% for Dexterity and 70% 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.
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 and 31% for Dexterity and 82% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.
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.
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.
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I'm listening to dark souls 2 soundtrack "Longing" while farming for this. Fitting...
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the dgsetwlforkfirkfifrieosijfosjfiueoijeoiuhiehofiuhwehowqjhdshfarqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm
got nothing on these
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lothric knight sword is the reincarnation of this thing, if you think about it. real real long swords. or maybe gotthards?
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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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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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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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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I wish this was in Elden Ring so I can do a Vampire hunter D build.
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This weapon randomly dropping is one of the few things that can still get me hard
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man this thing takes me longer to get than it took me to beat gwyn at sl1
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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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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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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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I got three in a row once, no joke. I did the math and it was 1 in ~58000 chance.
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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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I got this drop TWICE in a single hour. Wasn't even going for it
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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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One of the harder weapons to farm in DS1 but the Baller Swag Sword is worth it.
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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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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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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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“I’m gonna do a strength build.”
*Balder Knight drops BSS*
“I’m gonna do a dex build.”
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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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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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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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Getting this weapon on accident will literally change your entire build
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should I make this enchanted or use crystal magic weapon? I have 50 intelligence
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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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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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>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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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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It has ugly crossguard and unrealistic thin blade. Wish they switched it's model with silver knight sword...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Should i farm it early on or wait until i have proper farming gear?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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what is a good dex stat for a +10 balder side sword that surpasses drake sword
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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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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.
Disclaimer: I used a +10 Estoc to get me through Sen's, though.
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looks so sexy with a parrying dagger in your left hand <3
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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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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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This weapon does not exist in the game and nothing can convince me otherwise.
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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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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How much dex do you need so a +15 regular outdamages a +5 chaos?
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Took me about 30min to get the sword by farming the 3 knights wielding it at the undead parrish (NG).
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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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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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I recently got this as a drop, I too am now among the superior beings that obtained this sacred relic
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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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Oonga bonga stupid dexbuilderz,
we call this toothpick the Bull**** Sword bacc in our place
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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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Best straight sword in the series. Have you taken the Balderpill yet?
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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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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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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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Got this by accident during my first playthrough. Wasn't even looking for it
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