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dragon crest shield
Dragon Crest Shield+5

Stats
physical damage dark souls 77 critical dark souls 100
magic damage dark souls - stability dark souls 66
fire damage dark souls - durability dark souls 300
lightning damage dark souls - weight dark souls 3
Requirements & Bonus
strength dark souls dexterity dark souls intelligence dark souls faith dark souls
10 - – –
Weapon Type Standard Shield
Attack Type Strike
Enchantable Yes
Special No

The Dragon Crest Shield is a Shield in Dark Souls. This shield is one of the best in the game for Fire Resistance, making it an excellent choice for handling bosses like the Bell Gargoyles and Chaos Witch Quelaag. It's an ideal starting shield for players with the Master Key, allowing early access to it. The shield can be acquired from a corpse in the Valley of the Drakes, found on a cliff in front of an Undead Dragon near Astora's Straight Sword.

 

Shield of a nameless knight, likely a high-ranked knight of Astora. One of the enchanted blue shields. The dragon crest shield greatly reduces fire damage.

Dragon Crest Shield Dark Souls Location

 

 

Dragon Crest Shield Dark Souls Hints and Tips:

  • A boon for low-level Master Key havers, otherwise only available after a grueling trip through Blighttown, or by taking the elevator from the bonfire in Darkroot Basin.
  • The Undead Dragon guarding the items can be easily dispatched at range using spells, miracles, or even a bow, if you have enough arrows and patience.
  • Don't forget to grab the Astora's Straight Sword  sitting right next to it.
  • The choice fire protection shield for most, weighing only 3 units and having 66 stability at max it is a great overall Shield for all purposes. 

 

Dragon Crest Shield Dark Souls Youtube relevant videos:

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Dragon Crest Shield Dark Souls Upgrade Table

Unique Upgrades are performed by any Blacksmith or by using the Weapon Smithbox.
To reach max, you need: 10000  souls and 10 twinkling titanite dark souls s Twinkling Titanite.
Regular Reinforcement Scales 34% for strength dark soulsStrength to increase your AR.

  Attack Values Parameter Bonuses Damage Reduction (%) Stability
Dragon Crest Shield physical damage dark souls magic damage dark souls fire damage dark souls lightning damage dark souls strength dark souls dexterity dark souls intelligence dark souls faith dark souls physical defense dark souls magic defense dark souls fire defense dark souls lightning defense dark souls stability dark souls
Regular 62 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 55
Regular +1 (1xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 65 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 57
Regular +2 (1xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 68 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 59
Regular +3 (2xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 71 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 61
Regular +4 (2xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 74 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 63
Regular +5 (4xtwinkling titanite dark souls s) 77 - - - D - - - 100 20 85 45 66

 

 

 
Standard Shields

Balder Shield  ♦  Bloodshield  ♦  Caduceus Kite Shield  ♦  Crest Shield  ♦  Crystal Shield  ♦  East-West Shield  ♦  Gargoyle's Shield  ♦  Grass Crest Shield  ♦  Heater Shield  ♦  Hollow Soldier Shield  ♦  Iron Round Shield  ♦  Knight Shield  ♦  Large Leather Shield  ♦  Pierce Shield  ♦  Sanctus  ♦  Silver Knight Shield  ♦  Spider Shield  ♦  Spiked Shield  ♦  Tower Kite Shield

 

 




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    • Anonymous
      13 Aug 2023 08:24  

      1. You dont need to try that hard in DS1
      2. This is the best looking medium shield, maybe the best looking in the whole game and is good overall with 66 stability and high fire resistance. This might be the best shield in the game in the end.

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      • Fumeknight1045
        04 Oct 2020 11:01  

        The dragon crest shield is a pretty underrating shield. It does boast some of the most impressive fire reduction in the game while having decent lightning. It's also pretty light for a fire shield. However, it finds itself outclassed by another fire shield, the black Knight shield. The black Knight shield is more stable, has more fire and it has more stats overall. The only thing that the dragon crest shield set this apart from it's competition is it's weight and it's slightly easy to get.

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        • Anonymous
          22 Apr 2020 07:33  

          If accessing Blight Town through the Valley of Drakes, you can pick it up for the Queelag fight and subsequent Demon Ruins and Lost Isalith which can be very handy due to its high fire blocking.

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          • Anonymous
            31 Jul 2018 14:07  

            Surprisingly good shield early game, especially against the Bell Gargoyles (presuming your stamina doesn't get completely drained from blocking the fire). Unfortunately is easily outclassed, especially by the easily obtained Grass Crest Shield that you can get before even the Taurus Demon if you go out of your way to grab it.

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            • Anonymous
              05 Aug 2016 03:44  

              Whenever I equip the shield, no change in fire defence is seen at all. Though when I equip the red stoneplate ring it boosts defense?

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