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heavy crossbow
Heavy Crossbow +15
physical damage dark souls 341 critical dark souls 100
magic damage dark souls 221(231) stability dark souls 10
fire damage dark souls 228(228) durability dark souls 150
lightning damage dark souls 209(198) weight dark souls 5.0
Requirements & Bonus
strength dark souls dexterity dark souls intelligence dark souls faith dark souls
14 8 – –
Weapon Type Crossbow
Range 50
Enchantable No
Special No

*When infused with Magic: 221 physical dmg/231 magic dmg, with Fire: 228 physical dmg/228 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 209 physical dmg/198 Lightning dmg
 

Heavy Crossbow is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

 

 

 

Powerful large crossbow. While bows require both hands, a crossbow is held in one, but arming each bolt takes time."

 

 

 

How to Get / Where to Find the Heavy Crossbow

 

 

Note

  • Can not be ascended to Chaos or Raw Weapon.
  • Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls.

 

 

Tips

  • The Heavy Crossbow is a weapon with very low stat requirements It's best use is usually found when upgraded along the normal path to +15 and combined with Heavy Bolts as ammunition. A successful strike will stagger most player opponents unless they have extremely high poise. This makes the heavy crossbow particularly effective against mages, who tend to have average-to-low poise as well as the need to stand still while casting spells, and hence can be staggered out of their spell cast animations with a single heavy bolt. It is also very useful for players with higher encumbrance who have difficulty pursuing faster enemies, as it deals significant damage to fleeing opponents if a bolt strikes them in the back. Importantly, the bolts deal thrust damage and therefore benefit from the Leo Ring's bonus to thrust counter damage, making it a very effective and dangerous counter-attack weapon particularly if used off-hand to surprise opponents in general melee. The counter bonus also applies to attacks from computer mobs and bosses, making the heavy crossbow very useful in PvE situations, and can stack with various other damage buffs such as Power Within or the Red Tearstone Ring. Although the range of the heavy crossbow is listed as 50, it continues to deal significant damage even at longer range if the player free aims and arcs bolts down onto the target, permitting the player to aggro or simply kill computer opponents from well beyond their normal aggro range. Heavy bolts are also fairly common and inexpensive, and are available from numerous NPC shopkeepers including the Anor Londo giant, and Marvelous Chester.
  • Wearing the Hawk Ring and using Standard Bolts, it is possible to kill a Royal Sentinel with +10 Heavy crossbow with only 9 shots outside their aggro range, making it a safe, decent tactic to farm Titanite Chunks.

 

Heavy Crossbow Upgrade Table

 

Max
standard upgrade dark souls icon s
crystal upgrade dark souls icon s
lightning upgrade dark souls icon s
magic upgrade dark souls icon s
divine upgrade dark souls icon s
fire upgrade dark souls icon s

 

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

 

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Regular 55 - - - - - - - -  -
Regular +5 159 - - - - - - - - - 
Regular +10 247 - - - - - - - - - 
Regular +14 319 - - - - - - - - - 
Regular +15 341 - - - - - - - - - 
Crystal 286 - - -  - - - - - -
Crystal +5 374 - - - - - - - - -
Lightning 154 - - 143 - - - - - -
Lightning +4 198 - - 187 - -  - - - -
Lightning +5 209 - - 198 - - - - -  -
Magic 102 103 - -  - - - - - -
Magic +5 161 166 - -  - - - - - -
Magic +10 221 231 - - -  - - - - -
Divine 92 112 - - -  - - - - 110
Divine +5 148 180 - - -  - - - - 110
Divine +10 203 247 - - -  - - - - 110
Fire 99 - 99 - -  - - - - -
Fire +5 162 - 162 - -  - - - - -
Fire +9 213 - 213 - -  - - - - -
Fire +10 228 - 228 -  - - - - - -
 


 

 

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.
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

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Regular 55 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +1 (titanite shard dark souls sx1) 93 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +2 (titanite shard dark souls sx1) 110 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +3 (titanite shard dark souls sx2) 126 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +4 (titanite shard dark souls sx2) 143 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +5 (titanite shard dark souls sx3) 159 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +6 (large titanite shard dark souls sx1) 181 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +7 (large titanite shard dark souls sx1) 198 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +8 (large titanite shard dark souls sx2) 214 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +9 (large titanite shard dark souls sx2) 230 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +10 (large titanite shard dark souls sx3) 247 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +11 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 269 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +12 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 286 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +13 (titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 302 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +14 (titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 319 - - - - - - - - -
Regular +15 (titanite slab dark souls sx1) 341 - - - - - - - - -

 

 

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.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Crystal (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 286 - - - - - - - - -
Crystal +1 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 302 - - - - - - - - -
Crystal +2 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 319 - - - - - - - - -
Crystal +3 (titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 335 - - - - - - - - -
Crystal +4 (titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 352 - - - - - - - - -
Crystal +5 (titanite slab dark souls sx1) 374 - - - - - - - - -

 

 

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

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Lightning (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 154 - - 143 - - - - - -
Lightning +1 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 165 - - 154 - - - - - -
Lightning +2 (titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 176 - - 165 - - - - - -
Lightning +3 (titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 187 - - 176 - - - - - -
Lightning +4 (titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 198 - - 187 - - - - - -
Lightning +5 (titanite slab dark souls sx1) 209 - - 198 - - - - - -

 

 

 

 

 

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. 
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

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Magic (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 102 103 - - - - - - - -
Magic +1 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 114 116 - - - - - - - -
Magic +2 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 126 128 - - - - - - - -
Magic +3 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 138 141 - - - - - - - -
Magic +4 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 150 153 - - - - - - - -
Magic +5 (green titanite shard dark souls sx3) 161 166 - - - - - - - -
Magic +6 (blue titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 173 179 - - - - - - - -
Magic +7 (blue titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 185 191 - - - - - - - -
Magic +8 (blue titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 197 204 - - - - - - - -
Magic +9 (blue titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 209 216 - - - - - - - -
Magic +10 (blue titanite slab dark souls sx1) 221 231 - - - - - - - -

 

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.
To reach max, you need: 2000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Divine (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 92 112 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +1 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 103 126 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +2 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 114 139 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +3 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 125 153 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +4 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 136 166 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +5 (green titanite shard dark souls sx3) 148 180 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +6 (white titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 159 193 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +7 (white titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 170 207 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +8 (white titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 181 220 - - - - - - 110 -
Divine +9 (white titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 192 233 - - - - - - 110- -
Divine +10 (white titanite slab dark souls sx1) 203 247 - - - - - - 110 -

 

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

  Attack Values Parameter Bonus Auxiliary
Heavy Crossbow 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 divine dark souls occult dark souls
Fire (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 99 - 99 - - - - - - -
Fire +1 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 111 - 111 - - - - - - -
Fire +2 (green titanite shard dark souls sx1) 124 - 124 - - - - - - -
Fire +3 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 136 - 136 - - - - - - -
Fire +4 (green titanite shard dark souls sx2) 149 - 149 - - - - - - -
Fire +5 (green titanite shard dark souls sx3) 162 - 162 - - - - - - -
Fire +6 (red titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 176 - 176 - - - - - - -
Fire +7 (red titanite chunk dark souls sx1) 188 - 188 - - - - - - -
Fire +8 (red titanite chunk dark souls sx2) 201 - 201 - - - - - - -
Fire +9 (red titanite chunk dark souls sx3) 213 - 213 - - - - - - -
Fire +10 (red titanite slab dark souls sx1) 228 - 228 - - - - - - -
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    • Anonymous
      11 May 2022 05:50  

      Best crossbow. I shot Kalameet down with this, no Gough required. Avelyn is nice, if, the enemies weren't moving so much. Sniper crossbow is just purely terrible, it is too heavy, took too long to fire, and the scope that can't aim, I have enough with it. And it is better than small crossbow.

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      • Anonymous
        17 Apr 2022 19:00  

        Been farming with this and red eye ring. Pretty strong. At +10 I can hit a drake in 6. Now I upped it to +15 and it is my main farming weapon for strong mobs now. 1 hit 300, 4 hits for a drake, if lucky headshot then just 2 hits. Actually now that I think about it, this is already close to my +5 dragonslayer bow. And with wood bolt btw.


        You can aim crossbow using a bow in your off hand, the bolt will fly a bit below the left-under stick on the crosshair. It is very simple, barely much more time than firing an arrow, more dmg, faster than using bow which make cheesing more enjoyable. You can also use crossbow to shoot from a corner while ranged enemies can't shoot you from there, because only your hand is outside.

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        • Anonymous
          22 Feb 2022 09:13  

          I was using one of my cracked red eye orbs in anor Londo for one of my first times, and then I got pelted by this crossbow from a sunlight warrior who was inches away from me.

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          • Anonymous
            12 Dec 2020 21:52  

            Don't upgrade the Heavy Crossbow to Crystal.

            I figured "Why not, it's a friggen crossbow, it won't get damaged in battle like a sword." That's mostly true, but somewhere between clamshell enemies at ash-lake and Seath's Crystal cave; and the acid-spitting worms in Lost Izalith/Demon ruins, they broke my Crystal heavy crossbow. Now I gotta use the damn Sniper Crossbow...

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