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Parrying Dagger +15
		135			131
		102(110)			26
		129(129)			200
		135(135)			0.5
Requirements & Bonus

5	14		–	–
Weapon Type			Dagger
Attack Type			Slash / Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			Yes

*When infused with Magic: 102 Physical dmg/110 Magic dmg; with Fire: 129 Physical dmg/129 Fire dmg; with Lightning: 135 Physical dmg/135 Lightning dmg.

Parrying dagger is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

This dagger is useful after parrying and is normally equipped in the left hand."
"A favorite of the knights of Carim, who are famous for fighting without a shield."

How to Get / Where to Find the Parrying Dagger

Can be found on a corpse in upper New Londo Ruins, in the same area as the first Banshee.
Video Location Timestamp 2:38

Hints and Tips:

Can be given to Kingseeker Frampt to receive 50 Souls.
As a conventional weapon, it is an ordinary Dagger that deals a tiny amount less damage. The crit multiplier is the same, the stat scaling is nearly identical.
The Parrying Dagger has the longest parry frame window in the game, comparable to that of Target Shield or Buckler.
The parrying window has 8 frames, instead of 6 like every other (regular) Shield.

Parrying 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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	54	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +5	81	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +10	108	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +14	129	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +15	135	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal	118	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4	140	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5	145	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning	97	-	-	97	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +4	127	-	-	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Lightning +5	135	-	-	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	26
Raw	93	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +5	124	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic	61	66	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +5	82	88	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +9	98	105	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45		30	30	26
Magic +10	102	110	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45		30	30	26
Enchanted	82	86	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4	95	96	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5	98	99	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine	54	67	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5	72	90	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9	86	108	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10	90	112	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Occult	74	82	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4	91	98	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +5	96	102	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Fire	70	-	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +5	97	-	97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +9	123	-	123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10	129	-	129	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26
Chaos	84	-	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +4 @ 10 Humanity	103 +22	-	121 +25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	26
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	108 +23	-	126 +26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	54	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +1 (x1)	59	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +2 (x1)	64	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +3 (x2)	70	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +4 (x2)	75	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +5 (x3)	81	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +6 (x1)	86	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +7 (x1)	91	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +8 (x2)	97	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +9 (x2)	102	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +10 (x3)	108	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +11 (x1)	113	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +12 (x1)	118	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +13 (x2)	124	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +14 (x3)	129	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +15 (x1)	135	-	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	118	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +1 (x1)	124	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +2 (x1)	129	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +3 (x2)	135	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4 (x3)	140	-	-	-	E	A	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5 (x1)	145	-	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	97	-	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +1 (x1)	104	-	-	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	32.4	26
Lightning +2 (x1)	112	-	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	34.8	26
Lightning +3 (x2)	119	-	-	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	37.2	26
Lightning +4 (x3)	127	-	-	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Lightning +5 (x1)	135	-	-	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	93	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +1 (x1)	99	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +2 (x1)	105	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +3 (x2)	111	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +4 (x2)	117	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +5 (x3)	124	-	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	61	69	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +1 (x1)	65	73	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +2 (x1)	69	78	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +3 (x2)	73	82	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +4 (x2)	77	87	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +5 (x3)	82	92	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +6 (x1)	86	96	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +7 (x1)	90	101	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +8 (x2)	94	105	-	-	E	D	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +9 (x3)	98	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	82	90	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +1 (x1)	85	92	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +2 (x1)	88	95	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +3 (x2)	91	98	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4 (x3)	95	110	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5 (x1)	98	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	54	67	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +1 (x1)	57	72	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +2 (x1)	61	76	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +3 (x2)	64	81	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +4 (x2)	68	85	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5 (x3)	72	90	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +6 (x1)	75	94	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +7 (x1)	79	99	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +8 (x2)	82	103	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9 (x3)	86	108	-	-	E	D	-	B	110	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10 (x1)	90	112	-	-	E	D	-	B	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 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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	74	82	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +1 (x1)	78	86	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +2 (x1)	82	90	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +3 (x2)	87	94	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4 (x3)	91	98	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	39.6	26
Occult +5 (x1)	96	102	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	70	-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +1 (x1)	75	-	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.3	30	26
Fire +2 (x1)	81	-	81	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Fire +3 (x2)	86	-	86	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.9	30	26
Fire +4 (x2)	91	-	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Fire +5 (x3)	97	-	97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +6 (x1)	103	-	103	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Fire +7 (x1)	110	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.1	30	26
Fire +8 (x2)	116	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +9 (x3)	123	-	123	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10 (x1)	129	-	129	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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.

Parrying Dagger
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	84	-	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +1 (x1)	89	-	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Chaos +2 (x1)	94	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Chaos +3 (x2)	98	-	115	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Chaos +4 (x3)	103	-	121	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	39.6	26
Chaos +5 (x1)	108	-	126	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	42	26

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- Anonymous
  04 Apr 2024 12:34
  Wonderful weapon in the hands of an expert player. Echanting it with fire or lightning is useful vs players with low armor (everyone below lvl 50).
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- Anonymous
  31 Oct 2023 12:41
  AND IT WILL COME
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- aidanini
  09 Apr 2023 22:58
  i love daggers
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- Anonymous
  30 Apr 2022 06:58
  pkcs is better
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- Erick_of_Astora
  19 Jul 2021 14:06
  Rating weapons based on looks:
  Really resembles a Sai and is pretty different from the other daggers
  9/10
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- Anonymous
  15 Apr 2021 10:37
  What's the point of using this if you have shields to parry?
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- Anonymous
  21 Mar 2021 05:10
  I feel like it's a little weird that they gave a dagger the ability to parry but in order to parry it has to be in the left hand therefor making it impossible to use it's actually high critical stat.
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- Anonymous
  07 Oct 2020 10:44
  dark souls has the good parry dagger and dark souls 3 has the good caestus
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- Anonymous
  21 Aug 2020 13:25
  Im trying to do a parrying dagger only run. HELP ME
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- Anonymous
  08 Jul 2020 22:22
  Is that eight frames on DS1 (30fps) or DSR (60fps) or both?
  
  If it's eight frames on a version of the game with twice the frame rate, then that makes parrying harder to do, right?
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- Anonymous
  04 Jun 2020 20:44
  Is the only advantage (over parrying with a shield) is the extra 2 frames? or is there something more I'm missing?
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- Anonymous
  23 Jan 2020 10:32
  Finally, now I can continue with my work.. Keh heh heh heh heh..
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- Anonymous
  25 Nov 2019 17:58
  This thing is great, i love running it on my strength builds and kindof switching it up a bit. In one hand ill put the dragon tooth then a light shield and in the second slot ill put the parrying dagger. So i can switch between shield and dagger without it being extremely heavy. This works for both PvE and PvP and i love it. In PvE i love doing a little one two combo where i swing the dagger to stun a low poise enemy then I'll hit em with my huge heavy weapon that i always like using (dragon tooth, greatclub, zwei etc) and ill be able to 2 hit KO most guys. In PvP im not sure on how well my one two combo would go and swapping to the dagger pretty much lets the enemy know im tryna parry them. Works great for my Strength PvE build.
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- Anonymous
  23 Jun 2018 09:35
  Parry for days
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