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Mail Breaker +15
		142			120
		107(115)			22
		136(136)			200
		142(142)			0.5
Requirements & Bonus

5	12		–	–
Weapon Type			Piercing Sword
Attack Type			Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 107 physical dmg/115 magic dmg, with Fire: 136 physical dmg/136 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 142 physical dmg/142 Lightning dmg

Mail Breaker is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

Standard small thrusting sword. Unsharpened but pointed solid shaft can pierce tough armour"
"Can be thrust using the weight of one's body, and is very effective for critical attacks."

How to Get / Where to Find the Mail Breaker

First room on the right where the first group of Undead Thieves come out in lower Undead Burg

Hints and tips:

Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls.
One of the lightest weapons in the with some daggers and fist weapons.
Has a slightly higher critical modifier than the other Piercing Swords, but its AR being significantly lower on any upgrade path will result in less damage dealt for both regular attacks and critical hits.
Also shorter than other Piercing Swords.
Overall, its characteristics make it similar to a dagger in term of use cases.
Demon's souls version: Different in appearance but similar in move set.
The Dark Souls 3 version of this weapon is instead a dagger using thrust attacks.

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Mail Breaker 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

	Attack Values					Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary Effects				Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Mail Breaker
Regular	57	0	0	0	120	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +5	85	0	0	0	120	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +10	114	0	0	0	120	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +14	136	0	0	0	120	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +15	142	0	0	0	120	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal	125	0	0	0	120	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +4	148	0	0	0	120	D	B			-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +5	153	0	0	0	120	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning	114	0	0	114	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning +4	134	0	0	134	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	22
Lightning +5	142	0	0	142	120	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	22
Raw	99	0	0	0	120	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +5	132	0	0	0	120	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic	64	69	0	0	120	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +5	86	92	0	0	120	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +9	103	110	0	0	120	E	D	C		-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +10	107	115	0	0	120	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted	86	92	0	0	120	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted +4	99	103	0	0	120	E	E	A		-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted +5	103	106	0	0	120	E	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine	57	70	0	0	120	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +5	76	94	0	0	120	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +9	91	112	0	0	120	E	D		C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +10	95	117	0	0	120	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Occult	78	86	0	0	120	E	D	-	B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Occult +4	96	103	0	0	120	E	D		B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Occult +5	101	107	0	0	120	E	D	-	B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Fire	74	0	74	0	120	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Fire +5	102	0	102	0	120	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	22
Fire +9	129	0	129	0	120					-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	22
Fire +10	136	0	136	0	120	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	22
Chaos	88	0	102	0	120	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	107	0	125	0	120					-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	22
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	112	0	131	0	120					-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	22

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 22% for Strength and 70% 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

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	57	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +1 (x1)	62	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +2 (x1)	68	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +3 (x2)	74	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +4 (x2)	79	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +5 (x3)	85	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +6 (x1)	91	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +7 (x1)	96	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +8 (x2)	102	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +9 (x2)	108	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +10 (x3)	114	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +11 (x1)	119	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +12 (x1)	125	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +13 (x2)	131	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +14 (x3)	136	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +15 (x1)	142	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 reduced weapon Durability by 20, but increases base damage. It scales 22% for Strength and 70% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 500 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	125	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +1 (x1)	131	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +2 (x1)	136	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +3 (x2)	142	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +4 (x3)	148	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +5 (x1)	153	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	102	-	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning +1 (x1)	110	-	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	32.4	22
Lightning +2 (x1)	118	-	-	118	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	34.8	22
Lightning +3 (x2)	126	-	-	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	37.2	22
Lightning +4 (x3)	134	-	-	134	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	22
Lightning +5 (x1)	142	-	-	142	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	22

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 17% for Strength and 53% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 500 souls, 10 large titanite shards

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	99	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +1 (x1)	105	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +2 (x1)	112	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +3 (x2)	118	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +4 (x2)	125	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +5 (x3)	132	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 6% for Strength and 20% for Dexterity and 66% 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

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	64	69	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +1 (x1)	68	73	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +2 (x1)	73	78	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +3 (x2)	77	82	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +4 (x2)	81	87	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +5 (x3)	86	92	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +6 (x1)	90	96	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +7 (x1)	94	101	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +8 (x2)	98	105	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +9 (x3)	103	110	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +10 (x1)	107	115	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 4% for Strength and 14% for Dexterity and 65% 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

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	86	92	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +1 (x1)	89	94	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +2 (x1)	92	97	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +3 (x2)	96	100	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4 (x3)	99	103	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5 (x1)	103	106	-	-	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 8% for Strength and 27% for Dexterity and 66% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	57	70	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +1 (x1)	60	75	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +2 (x1)	64	79	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +3 (x2)	68	84	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +4 (x2)	72	89	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5 (x3)	76	94	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +6 (x1)	79	98	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +7 (x1)	83	103	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +8 (x2)	87	108	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9 (x3)	91	112	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10 (x1)	95	117	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	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 8% for Strength and 25% for Dexterity and 77% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 500 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	78	86	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +1 (x1)	82	90	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +2 (x1)	87	94	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +3 (x2)	92	98	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4 (x3)	96	103	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	39.6	26
Occult +5 (x1)	101	107	-	-	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: 1,000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	74	-	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +1 (x1)	79	-	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.3	30	26
Fire +2 (x1)	85	-	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Fire +3 (x2)	91	-	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.9	30	26
Fire +4 (x2)	96	-	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Fire +5 (x3)	102	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +6 (x1)	109	-	109	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Fire +7 (x1)	116	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.1	30	26
Fire +8 (x2)	123	-	123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +9 (x3)	129	-	129	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10 (x1)	136	-	136	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	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

Mail Breaker
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	88	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +1 (x1)	93	-	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Chaos +2 (x1)	98	-	114	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Chaos +3 (x2)	102	-	119	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Chaos +4 (x3)	107	-	125	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	26
Chaos +5 (x1)	112	-	131	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26

Piercing Swords

Estoc ♦ Rapier ♦ Ricard's Rapier ♦ Velka's Rapier

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- Anonymous
  02 Nov 2021 09:40
  fat parry dagger
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- Anonymous
  04 Oct 2021 04:44
  Same off-hand quick speed parry and off-hand attack speed as a normal rapier, at only a weight of 0.5. Definitely has my vote for a good off-hand weapon, and beats the more humdrum parrying dagger, and it looks neat too... Not as all gray as plain old rapier.
  
  If you can shoulder the +1 extra weight of the rapier, then go ahead and use the rapier, but remember not to laugh at the guy using this when he is parrying with this, and poking you with it, then riposting you since he didn't break your poise, while looking fancy.
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- Anonymous
  18 Nov 2020 12:15
  Despite what everyone else says Mail Breaker is a good weapon for its weight class. 0.5 weight makes a huge difference between fast and medium rolling and the fast attacks, high crit, and shield poke makes this weapon very viable for a sidearm to slow and heavy weapons. It's main competition is the Dagger which has a more versatile moveset and can be used with no Dex investment but has no shield poke.
  
  Best to make it Lightning/Chaos most of the time or +15 if you're using Leo Ring.
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- sirjohn41
  14 Aug 2020 11:23
  A thrusting sword that is just as small as, and does less damage than basically any dagger.
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- Anonymous
  04 Apr 2019 17:30
  Does anyone actually use this... if so let me know why lol
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- Anonymous
  08 Jan 2019 00:45
  When a simple letter opener isn't edgy enough.
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- Anonymous
  08 Jul 2018 11:24
  This weapons doesn't do bleed damage. Fix this.
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- Anonymous
  27 May 2018 16:06
  who ever wrote the tips for this weapon is really biased.
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