Standard Shields in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered are defensive equipment with a well balanced mixture of defense and weight. Standard shields vary from lighter variants used by lighter characters to heavier ones used by more robust characters. Good all round values makes this the most common shield type and the one you'll be using most of the time. A wide variety of specialized shields come in this category as well allowing the prepared adventurer to easily swap to a similarly weighted shield based on the occasion. Most of these shields have 100% physical damage reduction making them great at blocking instead of parrying.
Standard Shields
Attack Power Damage Reduction (%) |
Requirements Param Bonus |
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Deflection | Parry Speed | Acquired From Notes |
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East-West Shield | 52 88 |
0 40 |
0 30 |
0 65 |
100 44 |
6 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
160 1.0 |
Medium | Fast | Starter Item: Initial Equipment for Cleric. Purchase: Undead Merchant for 400 souls. |
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Wooden Shield | 54 93 |
0 40 |
0 30 |
0 65 |
100 52 |
7 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
160 1.5 |
Medium | Fast | Location: On a corpse behind a door just before the first bonfire in the Undead Burg. |
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Large Leather Shield | 46 91 |
0 35 |
0 60 |
0 60 |
100 52 |
7 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
200 1.5 |
Medium | Fast | Starter Item: Intial Equipment for Hunter. Purchase: Andre of Astora for 800 souls. Drops: Phalanx (A) |
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Heater Shield | 60 100 |
0 30 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 55 |
8 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 2.0 |
Medium | Fast | Starter Item: Initial Equipment for Warrior. Purchase: Undead Merchant for 1000 Souls. |
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Tower Kite Shield | 64 100 |
0 30 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 58 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Starter Item: Initial Equipment for Knight. Purchase: Andre of Astora for 1000 souls. |
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Caduceus Kite Shield | 64 100 |
0 30 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 58 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Purchase: Andre of Astora for 1000 souls. Drops: Undead Crystal Soldier (A) |
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Hollow Soldier Shield | 66 100 |
0 30 |
0 65 |
0 50 |
100 56 |
11 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 3.5 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Undead Soldier(Spear, Sword) (A) |
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Knight Shield | 68 100 |
0 30 |
0 60 |
0 40 |
100 56 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
200 5.5 |
Medium | Normal | Location: On a corpse in the Undead Parish just past the Fog Gate. Guarded by an Elite Undead Knight. |
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Sanctus | 62 95 |
0 40 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 51 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
18 - |
410 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Paladin Leeroy. Restores 2 HP every 2 seconds. |
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Balder Shield | 66 100 |
0 20 |
0 60 |
0 50 |
100 63 |
12 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
220 4.0 |
Medium | Normal | Purchase: Crestfallen Merchant for 4000 souls. Drops: Elite Undead Guard (Rapier, Sword) (A), Elite Undead Guard [Sens' Fortress] (Rapier, Archer) (A) |
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Spider Shield | 62 100 |
0 30 |
0 72 |
0 48 |
100 56 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
230 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Starter Item: Initial Equipment for Bandit. Locations: Valley of Drakes, on the bridge to lower New Londo or above the Giant Rat in the Depths, drop down the hole behind the first Butcher. Protects from Poison and Toxin buildup when used to block attacks. |
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Grass Crest Shield | 62 95 |
0 42 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 51 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
200 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Location: Darkroot Basin, cliff-side path, near cave to Valley of Drakes. On a corpse guarded by a Black Knight. Speeds up stamina regeneration, also when shield is on back. |
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Bloodshield | 62 100 |
0 30 |
0 70 |
0 50 |
100 53 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
240 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Location: In the Painted World of Ariamis on the bridge near the Zombie Dragon. Raises Bleed/Poison/Curse resist by 25%, also when shield is on back. |
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Iron Round Shield | 68 100 |
0 30 |
0 72 |
0 46 |
100 52 |
14 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
280 5.0 |
Heavy | Normal | Drop: Shiva of the East The only heavy deflection shield that can also parry. |
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Sunlight Shield | 64 100 |
0 30 |
0 75 |
0 50 |
100 60 |
12 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
280 4.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Solaire of Astora. |
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Pierce Shield | 82 95 |
0 30 |
0 70 |
0 34 |
100 49 |
11 D |
14 C |
0 - |
0 - |
180 3.5 |
Light | Bash* | Gift: Find Siegmeyer of Catarina in the Blighttown swamp near a group of slugs and give him 3 Purple Moss. *Parry is replaced by an overhead shield bash. |
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Spiked Shield | 78 90 |
0 28 |
0 69 |
0 40 |
100 48 |
10 D |
12 C |
0 - |
0 - |
160 3.0 |
Light | Bash* | Drops: Kirk, Knight of Thorns *Parry is replaced by an overhead shield bash. 300 Bleeding Damage. |
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Gargoyle's Shield | 62 85 |
0 40 |
0 75 |
0 70 |
100 56 |
12 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
300 4.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Bell Gargoyle Boss (A), Gargoyle (A) |
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Crystal Shield | 70 100 |
0 60 |
0 80 |
0 80 |
100 60 |
14 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 5.0 |
Medium | Bash* | Purchase: Domhnall of Zena for 4000 souls. *Parry is replaced by an overhead shield bash. Cannot be repaired. |
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Crest Shield | 62 100 |
0 80 |
0 55 |
0 45 |
100 55 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
300 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Knight of Astora, Oscar (Hollow) |
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Dragon Crest Shield | 62 100 |
0 20 |
0 85 |
0 45 |
100 55 |
10 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
300 3.0 |
Medium | Normal | Location: In the Valley of Drakes near the Zombie Dragon. |
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Silver Knight Shield | 66 100 |
0 40 |
0 75 |
0 65 |
100 64 |
14 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 5.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drops: Silver Knight (Spear, Sword) (A) |
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Black Knight Shield | 68 100 |
0 25 |
0 95 |
0 65 |
100 62 |
16 D |
0 - |
0 - |
0 - |
250 6.0 |
Medium | Normal | Drop: Black Knight (Axe, Greatsword, Spear, Sword) (A) |
Table Key
Requirements / Parameter Bonus |
Attack Values | Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in % |
Auxiliary Effects | Others |
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![]() Weight |
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Durability: The weapon's HP; when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost useless. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" - at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit.
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St).
- Anonymous
Standard shields quick tier list : S - The Silver knight Shield has the best stability among standard shields (+good ligntning defense). Amazing shield for its weight. A - The Black knight Shield has the best fire defense and a good stability but weighs more than the silver version A - Balder shield is a very good early game shield : 2nd best stability among standard shields and rather light weight. B - Crystal Shield has a very good fire/ligntning defense although it can't be upgraded. B - Grass crest shield has an interesting stamina buff but bad defensive stats. B - Crest shield is the only one with a decent magic defense. C - Bloodshield can be useful in the specific situations involving curse or bleeding damages. C - Tower Kite Shield and Caduceus Kite Shield are good shields to begin with
Heater shield if you're trying hard, silver knight shield if you want something presentable
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