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Rapier +15
		182			110
		137(147)			22
		175(175)			150
		182(182)			1.5
Requirements & Bonus

7	12		–	–
Weapon Type			Piercing Sword
Attack Type			Thrust
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 137 physical dmg/147 magic dmg, with Fire: 175 physical dmg/175 Fire dmg, with Lightning: 182 physical dmg/182 Lightning dmg

Rapier is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

Standard thrusting sword. Regular one-handed attack can be delivered with shield held up. Can parry with use of left hand. Thrusting attacks pierce and are effective against foes with hard exteriors, but the wielder is left open to damage after a swing."

How to Get / Where to Find the Rapier

Drops from Balder Knight with Rapier (2% chance - Sen's Fortress and Undead Parish)
Sold by Undead Merchant

Notes:

Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls.
Like all piercing swords, replaces your kick with a back-stepping horizontal slash.
Has a different parry animation while used in the left hand.
Along with the dark silver tracer, rapier is one of the most damaging weapons for backstabs and ripostes compared to its weight and stat requirements. Rapier also has a useful moveset and it is commonly seen in PvP.
Demon's souls version: Different in apperance but similar in move set.

Relevant Videos:

Moves

Rapier dagger Upgrade Table

Max

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

Rapier
	Attack Values					Parameter Bonuses				Auxiliary Effects				Damage Reduction (%)				Other
Regular	73	-	-	-	110	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +5	109	-	-	-	110	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +10	146	-	-	-	110	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +14	175	-	-	-	110	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +15	182	-	-	-	110	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal	160	-	-	-	110	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +4	189	-	-	-	110	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +5	197	-	-	-	110	D	B	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning	131	-	-	131	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning +4	172	-	-	172	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	22
Lightning +5	182	-	-	182	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	22
Raw	126	-	-	-	110	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +5	168	-	-	-	110	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic	82	88	-	-	110	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +5	110	123	-	-	110	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +9	132	141	-	-	110	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +10	137	147	-	-	110	E	D	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted	110	116	-	-	110	E	E	C	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted +4	114	119	-	-	110	E	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Enchanted +5	132	134	-	-	110	E	E	A	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine	73	90	-	-	110	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +5	98	120	-	-	110	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +9	117	144	-	-	110	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Divine +10	122	150	-	-	110	E	D	-	C	-	-	110	-	45	10	30	30	22
Occult	100	110	-	-	110	E	D	-	B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Occult +4	124	132	-	-	110	E	D	-	B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Occult +5	130	137	-	-	110	E	D	-	B	-	-	-	110	45	10	30	30	22
Fire	94	-	94	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Fire +5	131	-	131	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	22
Fire +9	166	-	166	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	22
Fire +10	175	-	175	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	22
Chaos	113	-	131	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Chaos +4 @humanity 10	138	-	160	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	22
Chaos +5 @humanity 10	144 +30	-	167 +35	-	110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	22

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 22% for Strength and 70% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 3000 souls, 9 titanite shards to +5, 9 large titanite shards to +10, 7 titanite chunks to +14 and 1 titanite slab to +15

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	73	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +1 (x1)	80	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +2 (x1)	87	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +3 (x2)	94	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +4 (x2)	102	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +5 (x3)	109	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +6 (x1)	116	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +7 (x1)	124	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +8 (x2)	131	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +9 (x2)	138	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +10 (x3)	146	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +11 (x1)	153	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +12 (x1)	160	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +13 (x2)	167	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +14 (x3)	175	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Regular +15 (x1)	182	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 15, but increases base damage. It scales 22% for Strength and 70% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	160	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +1 (x1)	167	-	-	-	D	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +2 (x1)	175	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +3 (x2)	182	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +4 (x3)	189	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Crystal +5 (x1)	197	-	-	-	D	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	131	-	-	131	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Lightning +1 (x1)	141	-	-	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	32.4	22
Lightning +2 (x1)	151	-	-	151	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	34.8	22
Lightning +3 (x2)	162	-	-	162	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	37.2	22
Lightning +4 (x3)	172	-	-	172	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	22
Lightning +5 (x1)	182	-	-	182	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	22

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 17% for Strength and 53% for Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 10 large titanite shards

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	126	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +1 (x1)	134	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +2 (x1)	142	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +3 (x2)	141	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +4 (x2)	159	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Raw +5 (x3)	168	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 6% for Strength and 20% for Dexterity and 66% 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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	82	88	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +1 (x1)	88	94	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +2 (x1)	93	100	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +3 (x2)	99	106	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +4 (x2)	104	112	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +5 (x3)	110	118	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +6 (x1)	115	123	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +7 (x1)	121	129	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +8 (x2)	126	135	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +9 (x3)	132	141	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22
Magic +10 (x1)	137	147	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	22

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 4% for Strength and 14% for Dexterity and 65% 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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	110	116	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +1 (x1)	114	119	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +2 (x1)	118	122	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +3 (x2)	123	126	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4 (x3)	127	129	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5 (x1)	132	134	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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 8% for Strength and 27% for Dexterity and 66% 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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	73	90	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +1 (x1)	78	96	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +2 (x1)	83	102	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +3 (x2)	88	108	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +4 (x2)	93	114	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5 (x3)	98	120	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +6 (x1)	102	125	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +7 (x1)	107	132	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +8 (x2)	112	138	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9 (x3)	117	144	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10 (x1)	122	150	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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 8% for Strength and 25% for Dexterity and 77% Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1,000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	100	110	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +1 (x1)	105	115	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +2 (x1)	112	121	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +3 (x2)	117	126	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4 (x3)	124	132	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	39.6	26
Occult +5 (x1)	130	137	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	42	26

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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	94	-	94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +1 (x1)	102	-	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.3	30	26
Fire +2 (x1)	109	-	109	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Fire +3 (x2)	116	-	116	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.9	30	26
Fire +4 (x2)	124	-	124	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Fire +5 (x3)	131	-	131	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +6 (x1)	140	-	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Fire +7 (x1)	148	-	148	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.1	30	26
Fire +8 (x2)	157	-	157	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +9 (x3)	166	-	166	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10 (x1)	175	-	175	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26

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

Rapier
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	113	-	131	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +1 (x1)	119	-	138	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Chaos +2 (x1)	126	-	146	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Chaos +3 (x2)	132	-	153	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Chaos +4 (x3)	138	-	160	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	26
Chaos +5 (x1)	144	-	167	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	30	26

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- Anonymous
  03 Feb 2024 15:48
  What does the -39 mean?
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- Anonymous
  01 Jan 2024 03:45
  very strong option for PvP. its best suited in the rh2 slot not as a main weapon. does really good backstab damage. has a disgusting running r1. (legit not reactable) running r1 is a broken tool for finishing off fights. only thing i dont like about it is it doesnt have a kick.
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- Anonymous
  24 Dec 2023 06:19
  I call it the Raper ;))))))
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- MatinArtorias
  11 Dec 2023 21:27
  Resinated rapier (yes I came up with that word) melts any enemy who is weak to that element. Infusions work too
  Smashed the gaping dragon with a golden resinated +5rapier in a short time with dealing ~200 damage per hit (rapidly). 10/10 would R1 again
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- Anonymous
  16 Jun 2023 20:42
  Chaos rapier +5 , dragon torso stone, power within, red tear stone ring and hornet ring will kill Gwyn in one parry and a final attack on NG
  
  This thing is now my personal favorite.
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- Anonymous
  04 Jul 2021 23:06
  I've tested it against all other dex weapons, and this has the best backstab/riposte damage, even more than the Dark Silver Tracer. And that's before any weapon buffs.
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- Anonymous
  27 Mar 2021 18:13
  how do i weild it?
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- Anonymous
  10 Jan 2021 12:10
  I really enjoy fighting with this weapon and it’s moveset especially defensive shield poking. If my opponent opens themselves up for a backstab then sure I’ll take it but I won’t fish for them, that gets boring extremely fast
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- Anonymous
  04 Aug 2020 14:06
  Ironically a good side-sword for the balder side sword.
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- Anonymous
  15 Mar 2020 11:18
  What happened between to the fire damage?
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  27 Feb 2020 23:10
  What stats do you need to hold it
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- Anonymous
  20 Feb 2020 19:26
  People should put the weapons matchmaking lvls in these wiki pages
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  20 Jul 2019 17:55
  Best weapon
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  06 Apr 2019 12:22
  First
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