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Barbed Straight Sword +15
		200			100
		150(162)			10
		192(192)			200
		200(200)			3.0
Requirements & Bonus

10	10		–	–
Auxiliary			300
Weapon Type			Straight Sword
Attack Type			Regular / Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			Bleed

*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.

Barbed Straight Sword is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

"The choice weapon of the infamous Darkwraith Kirk, also known as the Knight of Thorns for the gnarly spikes on his favorite weapon."
"This frightful sword deals only thrust attacks, and causes heavy bleeding."

How to Get / Where to Find the Barbed Straight Sword

‍Possible drop from Kirk, Knight of Thorns in any of his three encounters.‍

Hints and Tips:

Can be given to Kingseeker Frampt to receive 50 Souls.
The only straight sword that inflicts bleed. Even with high stat investment the weapon's damage will be fairly low, but still a passable choice against targets weak to bleed.
Bleed build up is 33 per strike, and once inflicted will tear 30% of the opponents HP.

Barbed Straight 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.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	80	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +5	120	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +10	160	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +14	192	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +15	200	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal	176	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +4	208	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +5	216	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Lightning	147	-	-	147	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Lightning +4	188	-	-	188	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	46.2	32
Lightning +5	200	-	-	200	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	49	32
Raw	138	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +5	184	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic	90	97	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +5	120	130	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +9	144	156	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +10	150	162	-	-	E	E	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	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +5	108	132	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +9	129	158	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +10	135	165	-	-	E	D	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Occult	110	120	-	-	E	E	-	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	104	-	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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 +33	-	176 +36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Chaos +5 @ 10 Humanity	165 +34	-	222 +38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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 38% for strength dark souls Strength and 50% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 3,000 souls, 9 titanite shards to +5, 9 large titanite shards to +10, 7 titanite chunks to +14 and 1 titanite slab to +15.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	80	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +1 (x1)	88	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +2 (x1)	96	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +3 (x2)	104	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +4 (x2)	112	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +5 (x3)	120	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +6 (x1)	128	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +7 (x1)	136	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +8 (x2)	144	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +9 (x2)	152	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +10 (x3)	160	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +11 (x1)	168	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +12 (x1)	176	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +13 (x2)	184	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +14 (x3)	192	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Regular +15 (x1)	200	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	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 16, but increases base damage. It scales 38% for strength dark souls Strength and 50% 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.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	176	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +1 (x1)	184	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +2 (x1)	192	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +3 (x2)	200	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +4 (x3)	208	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Crystal +5 (x1)	216	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	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.

Barbed Straight 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 38% for strength dark souls Strength and 38% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	138	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +1 (x1)	147	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +2 (x1)	156	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +3 (x2)	165	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +4 (x2)	174	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Raw +5 (x3)	184	-	-	-	D	D	-	-	-	-	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 11% for strength dark souls Strength and 14% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 63% 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.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	90	97	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +1 (x1)	96	104	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +2 (x1)	102	110	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +3 (x2)	108	117	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +4 (x2)	114	123	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +5 (x3)	120	130	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +6 (x1)	125	136	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +7 (x1)	132	143	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +8 (x2)	138	149	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +9 (x3)	144	156	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	50	10	35	35	32
Magic +10 (x1)	150	162	-	-	E	E	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 8% for strength dark souls Strength and 10% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 62% 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.

Barbed Straight 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	C	-	-	-	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	B	-	-	-	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 15% for strength dark souls Strength and 19% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 63% 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.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	81	99	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +1 (x1)	86	105	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +2 (x1)	91	112	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +3 (x2)	97	118	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +4 (x2)	102	125	-	-	E	E	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +5 (x3)	108	132	-	-	E	E	-	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	-	C	110	-	50	10	35	35	32
Divine +10 (x1)	135	165	-	-	E	D	-	C	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 14% for strength dark souls Strength and 18% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 74% 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.

Barbed Straight Sword
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	110	120	-	-	E	E	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +1 (x1)	116	125	-	-	E	E	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +2 (x1)	123	132	-	-	E	E	-	B	-	110	50	10	35	35	32
Occult +3 (x2)	129	138	-	-	E	E	-	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.

Barbed Straight 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.

Barbed Straight 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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- Yaraak
  09 Apr 2024 21:05
  ima barby sword, in a barby world
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- Anonymous
  18 Dec 2023 00:39
  No benefit from leo ring. Contrary to what the description states it has no thrust attacks and deals no thrust damage.
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- Anonymous
  27 Oct 2023 21:34
  Since it has worse scalling than other straight swords and cannot poke it is best as enchanted, lighting or chaos weapon.
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- Anonymous
  24 Sep 2023 23:40
  The Morningstar that thinks it's a sword.
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- Anonymous
  11 Aug 2023 06:21
  Decent damage, fastest straight sword attack speed, bleeds, can be buffed and cool look. I personally count this weapon as very underrated.
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- Anonymous
  16 Sep 2021 19:20
  Why does my +5 chaos Barbed do less damage then the one on the scaling chart? im at 10 humanity but there's like a 40 ar difference.
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- Erick_of_Astora
  19 Jul 2021 14:26
  Rating weapons based on looks:
  Quite original design yet not very good looking
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- Anonymous
  02 Jun 2021 17:02
  Does it really only do thrust damage? If so, wouldn't it get a massive benefit from the leo ring?
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- Anonymous
  13 Jan 2021 14:54
  finally, a straight sword that's safe to shove up my ass
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- Anonymous
  11 Dec 2020 22:05
  Has anyone tried this weapon enchanted and can tell me how they liked it.. if they did?
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- Anonymous
  02 Dec 2020 19:10
  I got mine cause I killed an invader lol, I'm fairly low level too so it's nice to have
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- Anonymous
  24 Sep 2020 22:36
  How many of these can you get in one playthrough? Does Kirk have a chance to drop this in each of his encounters, or will he only drop one across all three? I assume the drop mechanics of the sword also apply to the shield, but someone please correct me if not.
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- Anonymous
  24 Apr 2020 19:53
  has bad str scaling compared to other stuff but relatively good chaos damage. Chaos bleed longword anybody?
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- Anonymous
  23 Feb 2020 00:10
  Awesome looking sword
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- Anonymous
  10 Feb 2019 22:19
  What's funny is that the description says it only deals thrust attacks, but it's actually the only straight sword with no thrust attack whatsoever (moveset is entirely horizontal and vertical slashes). Sure, maybe the damage is counted against thrust defense (although I doubt that too now) but still pretty amusing. Oh and yeah, the weight is 3.0, not 1.0
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