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Weapon Type | Standard Shield | ||||||||||||||||||
Attack Type | Strike | ||||||||||||||||||
Enchantable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Special | Yes |
*When infused with Magic: 94 physical dmg/100 magic dmg, with Fire: 113 physical dmg/124 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 124 physical dmg/124 Lightning dmg
"Old medium metal shield of unknown origin. The grass crest is lightly imbued with magic, which slightly speeds stamina recovery."
Acquired from:
- Darkroot Basin, at the bottom of Darkroot Garden guarded by a Black Knight.
- Video Location Timestamp 12:53
Hints and Tips:
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Increases stamina regen by 10 points per second (~22.5% more than base), also when two-handing a weapon.
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Stamina regen effect stacks with Mask of the Child and Cloranthy Ring and Green Blossom or Power Within.
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Despite it's usefulness in offline play, for PvP the consensus regarding higher levels of build optimization is that the relatively minor stamina buff does not balance out its relatively poor stats or its high weight, especially not in any scenario where Green Blossom is commonly used.
Youtube relevant videos:
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Grass Crest Shield Upgrade Table






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.
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 31% for Strength 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
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 31% for Strength to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5
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: 1000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5
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 8% for Strength and 22%
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
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 10% for Strength and 25%
Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 2000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab
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: 2000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab
- Anonymous
as a DS2 player, this shield becomes mandatory for me because of the 2 rings system instead of the 4 rings for ds2
- Anonymous
Quite possibly the best general-use shield in the game, provides stamina regen, not too heavy, perfectly good block stats, and not bad at all for parrying, sure there's definitely better shields if you need a blocking/parrying tool, but otherwise, hard to beat the weed shield considering how it's not only got good block stats, but also provides a very useful stam regen buff while not being too heavy, no wonder it got it's guard stats heavily nerfed in the later games
- Anonymous
I just want to knew, who is strongest Grass Crest Shield vs Knight Shield
- Anonymous
I know this is the shield for people who don’t actually use shields but at +15 this shield does a pretty solid job at actually being a shield.
- Anonymous
"Despite it's usefulness in offline play, for PvP the consensus regarding higher levels of build optimization is that the relatively minor stamina buff does not balance out its relatively poor stats or its high weight, especially not in any scenario where Green Blossom is commonly used." some actual fiction being written on this fextralife page
- Anonymous
Best dex weapon: Depends
Best strength weapon: Depends
Best armor set: Depends
Best ring: Depends
The exception...
Best Shield: Grass Crest Shield
- Anonymous
The shield for all of us who don't actually use shields because stamina recovery items in DS1 are busted. Stack it with the Chloranthy Ring and Mask of the Child and become SANIC
- Anonymous
And of course.. don't ****ing forget... your chaos zweihander and grass crest shield
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Hands down best shield it works with any build pretty good shield even without the buff just put this on your back and your good to go
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Grass Crest Shield +15 is the best all around and most versalite shield for any build.
If your build or current enemy doesn't require something specific (like poison/bleed blocking, high stability, 100% phys reduction etc.) or you're not using off-hand weapon -> stick with this shield for the entire game.
A bit shitty look is it's only drawback.
- Anonymous
Does this stack with other stamina boost items like cloranthy ring or mask of the child?
- Anonymous
The Lightning Upgrades subsection incorrectly lists the physical defence as 100%, you got my hopes up there for a sec
- Anonymous
When I equip the Grass Crest Shield in Dark Souls Remastered while having a Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring on the Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring's effects get overwritten. What's the deal with this? If it matters I also have a Blue Tearstone Ring on, but nothing with any other notable effects.
The only things I can think are that effects don't stack unless otherwise stated, only two effects can be applied at once, or that this is a bug.
- Anonymous
the entry for crystal is wrong. it reduces durability TO 20 not by 20.
- Anonymous
The grass crest shield is absolutely top tier. It's easy to get, it's light, has balance stats across the board and it gives you stamina regen boost. Even though it doesn't have a 100% physical reduction like all other medal shields, it's physical reduction is still usable. Best shield for multiple builds and play throughs.
- Anonymous
There is no way to get this shield to 100% damage reduction.
The table says that the lightning upgrades make it 100 phys reduction, but it's wrong. It's always 95.
Sad
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Too bad it doesn’t have 100 dam red. Then it’s the prefect shield
- Anonymous
Damn, I didn't know it had a stamina regen boost. You'd think they'd put such an important detail on the actual stats section. Mighthave to put down my heater shield for a second to give this a try
- Anonymous
I just don’t like that you start glowing when you equip it... is there a way to turn that off?
- Anonymous
is it true that you cant unequip it once its equipped ,like fap ring?
- Anonymous
One of the first things I go for after starting a new playthrough.
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Once you equip this there's no going back, you can't really get apart with it because how quick your regeneration rate gets.
- Anonymous
Do the upgrades on the GCS (regular bonus, magic, lightning etc) still apply if you don’t parry much? I have a sorcerer and mostly use it for the stamina Regen and blocking. Thx
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me: oh! a new shield! gcs: if you use me, you will never stop. me: whatever. (goes thought entire game with it on)
- Anonymous
Do shields affect your invasion stats? DSR rules (from what I've read) says certain weapons can effect invasions and summons.
- Anonymous
If this is equipped in your loadout but not actually selected (i.e. in your other left-hand slot, but you're presently using a different shield) does the stamina regen still apply?
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Is the Grass Crest Shield a 100% damage reduction shield or no? I'm getting conflicting info from the rest of the internet.
Does the regen rate increase as you upgrade it?
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