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Dagger +15
		140			131
		105(115)			26
		134(134)			200
		140(140)			0.5
Requirements & Bonus

5	8		–	–
Weapon Type			Dagger
Attack Type			Slash / Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 105 Physical dmg/115 Magic dmg; with Fire: 134 Physical dmg/134 Fire dmg; with Lightning: 140 Physical dmg/140 Lightning dmg.

Dagger is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

This standard small dagger has only a modest attack but can be jabbed in rapid succession, and is effective in critical hits such as after a parry or when stabbing in the back."
"With both slash and thrust attacks this dagger is useful in various situations."

How to Get / Where to Find the Dagger

Default equipment for the Sorcerer class.
Purchased from Undead Merchant (male) (300 Souls).
Video Location Timestamp 1:11

Hints and Tips:

Can be given to Kingseeker Frampt to receive 50 Souls.
While the Bandit's Knife has slightly longer range, better critical attacks, and a bleed effect, the basic Dagger possesses faster swing speed with some of the fastest normal attacks in the entire game, and a more versatile moveset. This fast swing speed leads to it being more efficient with buffs that add flat damage increase to weapons.
Fantastic for producing sheer elemental DPS. The fast rate of attacks adds up to a lot of Fire/Lightning damage very quickly if you can achieve high uptime on the target. Ideal for bosses with timer-designed mechanics like The Four Kings.
A very serviceable early weapon for Dex-oriented backstabbers and riposters who didn't start as Thieves.

Dagger 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.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	56	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +5	84	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +10	112	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +14	134	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +15	140	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal	123	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4	145	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5	151	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning	100	-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +4	132	-	-	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Lightning +5	140	-	-	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	26
Raw	96	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +5	128	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic	63	69	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +5	84	92	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +9	100	100	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +10	105	115	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted	84	90	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4	97	100	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5	100	104	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine	57	69	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5	76	92	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9	91	110	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10	95	115	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Occult	76	84	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4	94	100	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +5	98	105	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Fire	72	-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +5	100	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +9	127	-	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10	134	-	134	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26
Chaos	88	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	107 +21	-	125 +24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	26
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	112 +24	-	131 +27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26

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.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	56	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +1 (x1)	61	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +2 (x1)	67	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +3 (x2)	72	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +4 (x2)	78	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +5 (x3)	84	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +6 (x1)	89	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +7 (x1)	95	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +8 (x2)	100	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +9 (x2)	106	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +10 (x3)	112	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +11 (x1)	117	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +12 (x1)	123	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +13 (x2)	128	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +14 (x3)	134	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +15 (x1)	140	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 500 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	123	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +1 (x1)	128	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +2 (x1)	134	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +3 (x2)	140	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4 (x3)	145	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5 (x1)	151	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 500 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	100	-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +1 (x1)	108	-	-	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +2 (x1)	116	-	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +3 (x2)	124	-	-	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +4 (x3)	132	-	-	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +5 (x1)	140	-	-	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 500 souls, 10 large titanite shards.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	96	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +1 (x1)	102	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +2 (x1)	108	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +3 (x2)	115	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +4 (x2)	121	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +5 (x3)	128	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 1,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards to +5, 7 Blue Titanite Chunks to +14 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +15.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	63	69	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +1 (x1)	67	73	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +2 (x1)	71	78	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +3 (x2)	75	82	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +4 (x2)	79	87	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +5 (x3)	84	92	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +6 (x1)	88	96	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +7 (x1)	92	101	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +8 (x2)	96	105	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +9 (x3)	100	110	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +10 (x1)	105	115	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 500 souls, 8 Blue Titanite Chunks to +4 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +5.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	84	90	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +1 (x1)	87	92	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +2 (x1)	90	95	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +3 (x2)	94	98	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4 (x3)	97	110	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5 (x1)	100	104	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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: 1000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	57	69	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +1 (x1)	60	73	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +2 (x1)	64	78	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +3 (x2)	68	82	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +4 (x2)	72	87	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5 (x3)	76	92	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +6 (x1)	79	96	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +7 (x1)	83	101	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +8 (x2)	87	105	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9 (x3)	91	110	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Divine +10 (x1)	95	115	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	42	26

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: 500 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	76	84	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +1 (x1)	80	88	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +2 (x1)	85	92	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +3 (x2)	89	96	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4 (x3)	94	100	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	39.6	26
Occult +5 (x1)	98	105	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	42	26

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: 1000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	72	-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +1 (x1)	78	-	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +2 (x1)	84	-	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +3 (x2)	89	-	89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +4 (x2)	95	-	95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +5 (x3)	100	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +6 (x1)	107	-	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +7 (x1)	114	-	114	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +8 (x2)	120	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +9 (x3)	127	-	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Fire +10 (x1)	134	-	134	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	26

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: 500 souls, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab.

Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	88	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +1 (x1)	93	-	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +2 (x1)	98	-	114	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +3 (x2)	102	-	119	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +4 (x3)	107	-	125	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Chaos +5 (x1)	112	-	131	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	26

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- Anonymous
  11 Apr 2024 00:20
  I took a “stab” at using this weapon and it didn’t give me the “edge” I was looking for.
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- Anonymous
  09 Dec 2023 12:55
  dagger good toggle tool for PvP. every build can strap a dagger in the rh2 slot and get decent backstab damage with it. kicking -> 2hr2 is a true combo which is really good pressure and the r2 is generally really good at finishing people off. strong toggle tool big fan
  
  come to the townshit i need more PvPers :^)
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- Anonymous
  23 Oct 2023 23:04
  What is so great about dagger for non-dex charater?
  - Very light
  - Very fast
  - Very low stamina usage
  - Easy to obtain
  - Every character can use it without leveling Str or Dex
  
  So regular/raw dagger is perfect weapon for pure spellcaster using weapon buffs and spells.
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- aidanini
  09 Apr 2023 22:58
  i love daggers
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- Anonymous
  25 Aug 2022 10:32
  This weapon's R2 is really good. Why couldn't they have left it the same for the other games?
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- blockheadpersonYT
  11 May 2022 15:04
  Rating for Dagger upgrade Routes:
  STANDARD: Not bad, A scale in dex.
  CRYSTAL: Also A scale, but can't be repaired.
  LIGHTNING: Really not bad damage. If it had better damage, it could take you no NG+2. MAYBE...
  RAW: Yeah.... no. Just... no.
  MAGIC: Prob like Dagger version of Magic Falch+10. Not really that bad.
  ENCHANTED: A scaling in INT, really not bad if it did more damage.
  DIVINE: Ummmm..... Good? If skeletons were slower.
  OCCULT: Sure, why not? Does good damage.
  FIRE: Speedy flame dagger go brrrrrrr....
  CHAOS: Smaller Chaos Zweihander
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- Anonymous
  01 Feb 2022 08:35
  Why in his enchanted version from +4 to +5 this loses 6 magic base dmg? misstype?
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- Erick_of_Astora
  19 Jul 2021 13:53
  Rating weapon based on looks:
  Simple, nothing more nothing less
  5/10
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- SlaveKnightKos
  13 Jan 2021 23:09
  How does this compare to the bandit knife in pvp?
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- Anonymous
  07 Aug 2020 18:43
  Dagger+Hornet Ring=Git Gud scrub
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- Anonymous
  01 Apr 2020 03:44
  Buff with Golden Pine Resin, eat a Green Blossom and mash R1. Hilariously high DPS in both PvP and PvE. Easily my favorite weapon in the game.
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- Anonymous
  23 Mar 2020 17:24
  Is this basically the Bandit's Knife without bleed and worse critical damage, or am I missing something?
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- Anonymous
  07 Feb 2020 02:33
  is "dex-oriented" code for something else?
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- Anonymous
  04 Jun 2019 22:21
  I don’t know...it’s actually quiet effective if you’re into backstabbing and with the right magical buffs it can work wonders! Electric buff for example can killed the Torus demon in five quick strikes, nice little piece!
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- Anonymous
  27 Jan 2019 04:33
  That's a knife.
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