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Weapon Type | Standard Shield | ||||||||||||||||||
Attack Type | Strike | ||||||||||||||||||
Enchantable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Special | No |
*When infused with Magic: 90 physical dmg/98 magic dmg, with Fire: 120 physical dmg/120 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 120 physical dmg/120 Lightning dmg
"Small metal shield. A standard, widely-used shield."
"This shield is easy to use, and is one of the smallest shields that offers 100% physical damage reduction."
Acquired from:
- Starter Item: Initial Equipment for Warrior.
- Purchase: Undead Merchant for 1000 Souls.
Hints and Tips:
- Lightest 100% physical shield in the game.
- Only 100% shield in the game with a fast parry speed.
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Heater 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 25, 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
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Only downside is I don't like how it looks, I typically stick to Dragon Crest for that sole reason
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Very good shield but I prefer silver night shield I think is the best medium shield with great stability
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To keep the undead merchant alive next character i make, just so i can make crystal versions of this weapon, or to drop the shield and just murder the undead merchant for that snazzy katana... Tough choice!
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Hello my dear black knight
See how this tiny thing parries your fabolous wonderful mighty extremly overpowered ultra greatsword
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This is easily the best shield in the game, while statically there are superior shield for every other stat this one has stat requirements that allow any of the starting classes to use it. It's stability is SHOCKINGLY high for it's weight, not only that but it also has 100% physical block and a fast parry speed. Remember that this weighs less than the Crest and Dragon Crest Shield. Also you don't need to use a Titanite Slab on it because it's Stability doesn't go up at +15, freeing that precious upgrade material for something more important.
Plus it does a great job at blocking elements for it's weight, sure it's Magic damage block is pretty lackluster at 30%, it's Fire damage block is great and it's Lightning damage block is respectable.
Another nice thing is that this can be used viably as Crystal because you can buy as many of them as you need, sure it's costly in the long run, but this puts it immediately as the +14 Standard Stability of 68.
Overall this Shield is a must have for lightweight characters as despite it's size and weight it punches far above (figuratively) what it should for being one of the shields of a starting class, even then pretty much any character can make great use of this thing.
- Anonymous
Perfect choice if you want 100% physical resistance and very decent protection from fire while maintaining fast parrying ability. One of the top shields in the game far more superior than any of those little crappy light shields.
What's the best upgrade path for a dex build? Thx I advance.
This shield is literally the best shield (overall) in the game. I just blocked 2 of the Silver Knight sword slashes with my pyromancer pure dexterity build ~SL40 with NO POINTS in endurance at all (11 base endurance for pyromancer) and my stamina didn't dry up, still had 10% left. Great combusted the ****er's ass to oblivion. Recommended.
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This is an awesome little shield. It was the only one my high endurance dex build could use while staying at 25% for the fast roll and it has not let me down. Blocks all basic attacks and I use my roll for more powerful attacks, haven’t even upgraded it.
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The fire numbers are different in remastered. They made it weaker.
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Here it says "Lightest 100% physical shield in the game.", but on this wiki Spider Shield is also 100% physical and it's weight is 1.5
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Perhaps that's why the crestfallen warrior is such a parry king.
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Why does a 100% damage block shield have a fast parry speed? I wonder if that is a bug that will be fixed in the remaster.
- Anonymous
A solid and light shield that can purchased from undead trader early on in game and definitely worth getting as it blocks 100% physical damage while also being the lightest shield to do so.. ugly as fuk though
smash. next question
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