Scythe | Dark Souls Wiki

Scythe +15
		275			100
		207(220)			26
		264(264)			150
		275(275)			5.0
Requirements & Bonus

14	12		–	–
Weapon Type			Halberd
Attack Type			Slash
Enchantable			Yes
Special			No

*When infused with Magic: 207 physical dmg/220 magic dmg, with Fire: 264 physical dmg/264 dmg, with Lightning: 275 physical dmg/275 Lightning dmg

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

Halberd with a large blade.
Scythe adjusted for battle.
Designed especially for slicing. However, one false swing leaves one wide open.

How to Get / Where to Find the Scythe

Found at the bottom of Sen's Fortress, behind the Titanite Demon in the small room.
Video Location Timestamp 1:55

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Moveset

Notes & Tips

Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls.
Though this weapon is called a scythe, it has a Dark Souls 3 counterpart named the Glaive.
Both of these weapons are actually a polearm called a Bardiche, which were sometimes used in executions.

Scythe Upgrade Table

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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 Bonuses				Auxiliary Effects		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Scythe
Regular	110	0	0	0	E	C	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Regular +5	165	0	0	0	E	C	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Regular +10	220	0	0	0	E	C	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Regular +14	264	0	0	0	E	B	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Regular +15	275	0	0	0	E	B	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Crystal	242	0	0	0			-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4	286	0	0	0			-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5	297	0	0	0	E	B	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Lightning	198	0	0	198	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Lightning +4	259	0	0	259	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	39.6	26
Lightning +5	275	0	0	275	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	42	26
Raw	190	0	0	0			-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Raw +5	254	0	0	0	D	D	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Magic	124	133	0	0	E	D	C	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Magic +5	166	178	0	0	E	D	C	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Magic +9	199	213	0	0				-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Magic +10	207	220	0	0				-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Enchanted	166	176	0	0	E	E	C	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4	192	197	0	0	E	E	A	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5	199	204	0	0	E	E	A	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Divine	111	136	0	0			-		110	-	40	10	30	30	26
Divine +5	148	182	0	0	E	D	-	C	110	-	40	10	30	30	26
Divine +9	177	218	0	0			-		110	-	40	10	30	30	26
Divine +10	185	227	0	0			-		110	-	40	10	30	30	26
Occult	152	166	0	0			-		-	110	40	10	30	30	26
Occult +4	188	199	0	0			-		-	110	40	10	30	30	26
Occult +5	197	207	0	0	E	D	-	C	-	110	40	10	30	30	26
Fire	143	0	143	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Fire +5	198	0	198	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +9	250	0	250	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	32.7	30	26
Fire +10	264	0	264	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	33	30	26
Chaos	172	0	198	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	30	30	26
Chaos +4	211	0	242	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	32,4	30	26
@ 10 Humanity	+	0	+	0
Chaos +5	220	0	253	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	10	33	30	26
@ 10 Humanity	+	0	+	0

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 15% for strength dark souls Strength and 72% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity 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

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Regular	110	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +1 (x1)	121	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +2 (x1)	132	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +3 (x2)	143	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +4 (x2)	154	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +5 (x3)	165	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +6 (x1)	176	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +7 (x1)	187	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +8 (x2)	198	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +9 (x2)	209	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +10 (x3)	220	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +11 (x1)	230	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +12 (x1)	242	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +13 (x2)	253	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +14 (x3)	264	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Regular +15 (x1)	275	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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 15% for strength dark souls Strength and 72% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 8 titanite chunks to +4 and 1 titanite slab to +5

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Crystal (x1)	242	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +1 (x1)	253	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +2 (x1)	264	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +3 (x2)	275	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +4 (x3)	286	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Crystal +5 (x1)	297	-	-	-	E	B	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Lightning (x1)	198	-	-	198	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Lightning +1 (x1)	213	-	-	213	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	32.4	26
Lightning +2 (x1)	228	-	-	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	34.8	26
Lightning +3 (x2)	244	-	-	244	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	37.2	26
Lightning +4 (x3)	259	-	-	259	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	39.6	26
Lightning +5 (x1)	275	-	-	275	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	42	26

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 11% for strength dark souls Strength and 55% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 10 large titanite shards

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Raw (x1)	190	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +1 (x1)	203	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +2 (x1)	215	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +3 (x2)	228	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +4 (x2)	241	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Raw +5 (x3)	254	-	-	-	E	C	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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 4% for strength dark souls Strength and 21% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 63% 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

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Magic (x1)	124	133	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +1 (x1)	132	142	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +2 (x1)	141	151	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +3 (x2)	149	160	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +4 (x2)	157	169	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +5 (x3)	166	178	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +6 (x1)	174	186	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +7 (x1)	182	195	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +8 (x2)	190	204	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +9 (x3)	199	213	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Magic +10 (x1)	207	222	-	-	E	D	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26

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 3% for strength dark souls Strength and 15% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 61% Intelligence to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 8 Blue Titanite Chunks to +4 and 1 Blue Titanite Slab to +5

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Enchanted (x1)	166	176	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +1 (x1)	172	181	-	-	E	E	C	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +2 (x1)	179	186	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +3 (x2)	185	191	-	-	E	E	B	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +4 (x3)	192	197	-	-	E	E	A	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Enchanted +5 (x1)	199	204	-	-	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 6% for strength dark souls Strength and 28% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 62% faith dark souls 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

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Divine (x1)	111	136	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +1 (x1)	118	145	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +2 (x1)	125	154	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +3 (x2)	133	163	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +4 (x2)	140	172	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +5 (x3)	148	182	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +6 (x1)	155	191	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +7 (x1)	162	200	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +8 (x2)	170	209	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +9 (x3)	177	218	-	-	E	D	-	C	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Divine +10 (x1)	185	227	-	-	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 5% for strength dark souls Strength and 26% for dexterity dark souls Dexterity and 73% faith dark souls Faith to increase your AR.
To reach max, you need: 1000 souls, 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Occult (x1)	152	166	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +1 (x1)	161	174	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +2 (x1)	170	182	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +3 (x2)	179	190	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +4 (x3)	188	199	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	26
Occult +5 (x1)	197	207	-	-	E	D	-	B	-	110	45	10	30	30	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: 2000 souls, 10 Green Titanite Shards, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Fire (x1)	143	-	143	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Fire +1 (x1)	154	-	154	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.3	30	26
Fire +2 (x1)	165	-	165	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Fire +3 (x2)	176	-	176	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.9	30	26
Fire +4 (x2)	187	-	187	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Fire +5 (x3)	198	-	198	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.5	30	26
Fire +6 (x1)	211	-	211	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Fire +7 (x1)	224	-	224	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.1	30	26
Fire +8 (x2)	237	-	237	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	30	26
Fire +9 (x3)	250	-	250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.7	39.6	26
Fire +10 (x1)	264	-	264	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	42	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: 1000 souls, 7 Red Titanite Chunks and 1 Red Titanite Slab

Scythe
	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Auxiliary		Damage Reduction (%)				Stability
Chaos (x1)	172	-	198	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30	30	26
Chaos +1 (x1)	182	-	209	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	30.6	30	26
Chaos +2 (x1)	192	-	220	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.2	30	26
Chaos +3 (x2)	201	-	230	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	31.8	30	26
Chaos +4 (x3)	211	-	242	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	32.4	39.6	26
Chaos +5 (x1)	220	-	253	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	10	33	42	26

Halberds

Black Knight Halberd ♦ Gargoyle's Halberd ♦ Giant's Halberd ♦ Halberd ♦ Lifehunt Scythe ♦ Lucerne ♦ Titanite Catch Pole

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- Anonymous
  25 Jan 2024 04:49
  better version of BKH
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- Anonymous
  07 Oct 2023 04:08
  Original ps3 game: +10 fire scythe 616 dmg - slices through bosses like butter. I’m in love!
  
  Ps: scythe is the best halberd
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- Anonymous
  02 Jun 2022 20:06
  I'd say this is a great alternative for the BKH, plus it got a decent scaling somewhat, and you can go +15 with it
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- Anonymous
  28 Feb 2022 09:53
  So a lot of people are claiming that this Bardiche. This is false. Bardiche is much shorter and usually with larger blade. It also is usually treated as an axe (because it's much shorter) not polearm. Though calling it a scythe is a bit too much as well
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- Anonymous
  11 Oct 2021 09:26
  hunter axe moveset? :o
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- Anonymous
  15 Sep 2021 19:57
  It's not a scythe it's a "Bardiche"
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- Anonymous
  28 Jul 2021 15:26
  It's ok
  
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- Anonymous
  03 Jun 2021 14:57
  more like "the black knight halberd but if it was actually viable for pvp"
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- Anonymous
  10 May 2021 03:49
  The other dex halberd
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- Anonymous
  04 May 2021 11:24
  I prefer this to the Halberd in most situations. Easier to use without lock-on, less prone to striking too low, a full unit less weight for 2 less AR at 40 str/dex. Only drawbacks are that it deals slash damage and its follow-up R1s have kinda poor range.
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- Anonymous
  15 Apr 2021 08:30
  This thing deals some ridiculous damage when buffed, and it has really good swing speed as well. If it dealt bleed damage too I'm pretty sure this might just be a top tier weapon, though it's surprisingly underused at the moment from what I can tell
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- Anonymous
  21 Feb 2021 01:20
  i love this thing man
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- Anonymous
  05 Sep 2020 22:32
  gives me conniptions...
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- BigFaithBigStrength
  03 Aug 2020 00:39
  Essentially a loerw stat requirement, but higher scaling, version of the standard Halberd. Surprisingly underused.
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- Anonymous
  07 Jul 2020 19:43
  one of the best +10 divine weapons includes this
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- Anonymous
  10 Nov 2019 14:36
  i *****ing love this moveset its so good
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- Anonymous
  05 Nov 2019 19:53
  Gundyr later found his weapon of choice...
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- ToySoldierSF
  17 Oct 2018 11:26
  This weapons has virtually the same moveset as the black knight halberd aka BKH making it actually a very decent weapon. At +15 its buffable so can potentially out damage the BKH which is sadly not buffable. And with 9 less weight and much easier to reach stat requirements anyone who loves the BKH may want to consider this mid game especially if they missed the change to get the BKH in darkroot basin
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- Anonymous
  30 Jan 2018 09:38
  I'm pretty sure this topic has been beaten to death, but in case you're still confused: this is actually a bardiche. A war scythe could resemble a bardiche, thus the name in DS, but the fact is, those two things aren't the same.
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- Anonymous
  08 Dec 2017 08:55
  kill all humans
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