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Celebrant's Sickle

With its requirements met (Str 6 · Dex 11), Celebrant's Sickle reaches 224 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinity at those stats is Celebrant's Magic Sickle at 338.

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Drop: Celebrant (0.5%) · 5 in Altus Plateau

Attack rating (+25): 224
Scaling (+25): Str E · Dex B
Class: Dagger
Weight: 1.5
Requires: Str 6 · Dex 11
Skill: Quickstep · FP 3
Upgrades with: Smithing Stones (+25), takes Ashes of War

Celebrant's Sickle, rendered from the game's 3D model — Rendered from the game's model

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 10 · Dex 11 · Int 10 · Fai 10 · Arc 10 (each stat at the weapon's requirement, 10 where it has none), one-handed.

Affinity	+0	Max	Damage at max	Scaling at max
Standard	87	224 +25	Physical 224	Str EDex BInt –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Heavy Sickle	80	210 +25	Physical 210	Str BDex –Int –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Keen Sickle	84	216 +25	Physical 216	Str EDex AInt –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Quality Sickle	78	201 +25	Physical 201	Str BDex BInt –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Fire Sickle	130	289 +25	Physical 141Fire 148	Str CDex EInt –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Flame Art Sickle	134	336 +25	Physical 158Fire 178	Str EDex DInt –Fai BArc –
Celebrant's Lightning Sickle	130	300 +25	Physical 146Lightning 154	Str EDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Celebrant's Sacred Sickle	118	336 +25	Physical 158Holy 178	Str EDex DInt –Fai BArc –
Celebrant's Magic Sickle	118	338 +25	Physical 156Magic 182	Str EDex DInt BFai –Arc –
Celebrant's Cold Sickle	125	283 +25	Physical 159Magic 124	Str EDex BInt CFai –Arc –
Celebrant's Poison Sickle	72	199 +25	Physical 199	Str DDex BInt –Fai –Arc D
Celebrant's Blood Sickle	72	199 +25	Physical 199	Str DDex BInt –Fai –Arc D
Celebrant's Occult Sickle	77	213 +25	Physical 213	Str EDex DInt –Fai –Arc B

Try your own stats, two-handing and any upgrade in the AR calculator.

Attack rating by stat (Standard, +25)

Dexterity
Strength

Each line raises one stat from the requirement to 99 with the others held at the requirement; dashed lines are Dexterity's soft caps.

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Stat level	Dexterity	Strength
10	–	224
11	224	–
13	–	226
14	233	–
16	–	228
17	243	–
19	–	230
20	252	–
22	–	232
23	260	–
25	–	234
26	269	–
28	–	236
29	276	–
31	–	237
32	284	–
34	–	239
35	292	–
37	–	241
38	299	–
40	–	242
41	306	–
43	–	244
44	313	–
46	–	246
47	320	–
49	–	247
50	327	–
52	–	248
53	333	–
55	–	250
56	338	–
58	–	251
59	343	–
61	–	252
62	347	–
64	–	253
65	351	–
67	–	254
68	356	–
70	–	255
71	360	–
73	–	256
74	364	–
76	–	257
77	369	–
79	–	258
80	373	–
82	–	258
83	375	–
85	–	259
86	377	–
88	–	259
89	378	–
91	–	259
92	380	–
94	–	260
95	382	–
97	–	260
98	383	–
99	384	260

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Dexterity	18, 60, 80	11–18: +3.29 · 18–60: +2.31 · 60–80: +1.45 · 80–99: +0.58	384 from 224
Strength	18, 60, 80	10–18: +0.75 · 18–60: +0.5 · 60–80: +0.35 · 80–99: +0.11	260 from 224

Soft caps are the breakpoints of the scaling curve the game assigns this weapon; past each one a point adds less (or, for some curves, more).

Attack rating by upgrade, by affinity

Standard
Celebrant's Magic Sickle
Celebrant's Flame Art Sickle
Celebrant's Sacred Sickle

At the weapon's requirements (Standard and the 3 strongest other affinities at those stats).

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Upgrade level	Standard	Celebrant's Magic Sickle	Celebrant's Flame Art Sickle	Celebrant's Sacred Sickle
0	87	118	134	118
1	92	126	141	126
2	97	135	149	134
3	103	143	157	143
4	108	152	164	151
5	113	161	173	160
6	119	169	181	169
7	124	178	189	177
8	129	187	197	186
9	135	195	205	195
10	140	204	214	204
11	146	213	221	212
12	151	221	229	221
13	157	230	238	230
14	162	239	246	238
15	168	248	254	247
16	173	257	262	256
17	179	266	271	266
18	184	275	279	275
19	190	284	287	284
20	195	293	296	293
21	201	302	304	301
22	207	311	312	310
23	212	320	320	319
24	218	329	328	328
25	224	338	336	336

Status buildup by upgrade

Celebrant's Cold Sickle · Frost
Celebrant's Poison Sickle · Poison
Celebrant's Blood Sickle · Blood loss

Per hit at Arcane 10. Affinities not shown keep the same buildup at every level.

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Upgrade level	Celebrant's Cold Sickle · Frost	Celebrant's Poison Sickle · Poison	Celebrant's Blood Sickle · Blood loss
0	66	66	57
1	67	67	58
2	69	68	59
3	70	69	60
4	72	70	61
5	73	71	62
6	75	73	63
7	77	75	64
8	78	76	65
9	80	77	66
10	81	78	67
11	83	80	69
12	85	81	70
13	86	82	71
14	88	83	72
15	89	84	73
16	91	86	74
17	92	87	75
18	94	88	76
19	96	89	77
20	97	90	78
21	99	91	79
22	100	93	80
23	102	94	81
24	104	95	82
25	105	96	83

#15 of 18 dagger weapons by attack rating

Miséricorde256 +25
Scorpion's Stinger241 +10
Main-gauche238 +25
Bloodstained Dagger231 +25
Parrying Dagger226 +25
Celebrant's Sickle224 +25
Great Knife218 +25
Dagger212 +25
Erdsteel Dagger199 +25

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Black Knife, 383).

Moveset from the game files

Damage with Standard +25 at the stats above, before the enemy's defense; two-handed moves include two-handing's Strength bonus. MV (motion value) is the hit's share of attack rating (100 = all of it).

One-handed17players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Slash	100	224	3	9.4	0.33 s
R1 2Slash	101	226	3	9.4	0.27 s
R1 3Slash	102	228	3	9.4	0.30 s
R1 4Slash	103	231	3	9.4	0.27 s
R1 5Slash	104	233	3	9.4	0.30 s
R1 6Slash	110	246	6	9.4	0.47 s
R2Slash	120	269	6	15.6	—
Charged R2Slash	150	336	18	22.9	0.90 s
R2 2Slash	120	269	6	15.6	—
Charged R2 2Slash	150	336	18	22.9	0.83 s
Running R1Slash	105	235	3	10.4	0.50 s
Running R2Pierce	120	269	6	15.6	0.53 s
Rolling R1Pierce	90	201	3	8.3	0.33 s
Backstep R1Slash	90	201	3	8.3	0.50 s
Jumping R1Slash	107	240	4.5	8.3	0.40 s
Jumping R2Slash	122	273	12	14.6	0.43 s
Guard counterSlash	140	314	18	14.6	0.57 s

Two-handed17players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Slash	103	234	3.9	11.4	0.33 s
R1 2Slash	104	237	3.9	11.4	0.33 s
R1 3Slash	105	239	3.9	11.4	0.30 s
R1 4Slash	106	241	3.9	11.4	0.33 s
R1 5Slash	107	243	3.9	11.4	0.30 s
R1 6Slash	115	262	7.8	11.4	0.40 s
R2Slash	130	296	6.6	20.8	—
Charged R2Slash	165	376	19.8	31.2	0.90 s
R2 2Slash	130	296	6.6	20.8	—
Charged R2 2Slash	165	376	19.8	31.2	0.97 s
Running R1Slash	110	250	3.9	12.5	0.50 s
Running R2Pierce	125	284	6.6	18.7	0.53 s
Rolling R1Pierce	95	216	3.9	10.4	0.27 s
Backstep R1Slash	95	216	3.9	10.4	0.47 s
Jumping R1Slash	112	255	5.9	10.4	0.40 s
Jumping R2Slash	127	289	13.2	17.7	0.43 s
Guard counterSlash	150	341	19.8	17.7	0.63 s

Criticals2

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
BackstabPierce	294	659	0	14.6	0.50 s
RipostePierce	420	942	0	14.6	0.83 s

From the player's animation events, BehaviorParam_PC and AtkParam_Pc. First hit: seconds at normal speed from the start of the move's animation (uncharged R2s start from a released charge, so they show —). Criticals include the weapon's critical multiplier. * The elemental motion value differs from the physical one shown; the damage uses each.

By upgrade level (Standard)

Level	AR	Physical	Cost
+0	87	87	—
+1	92	92	Smithing Stone [1] × 2
+2	97	97	Smithing Stone [1] × 4
+3	103	103	Smithing Stone [1] × 6
+4	108	108	Smithing Stone [2] × 2
+5	113	113	Smithing Stone [2] × 4
+6	119	119	Smithing Stone [2] × 6
+7	124	124	Smithing Stone [3] × 2
+8	129	129	Smithing Stone [3] × 4
+9	135	135	Smithing Stone [3] × 6
+10	140	140	Smithing Stone [4] × 2
+11	146	146	Smithing Stone [4] × 4
+12	151	151	Smithing Stone [4] × 6
+13	157	157	Smithing Stone [5] × 2
+14	162	162	Smithing Stone [5] × 4
+15	168	168	Smithing Stone [5] × 6
+16	173	173	Smithing Stone [6] × 2
+17	179	179	Smithing Stone [6] × 4
+18	184	184	Smithing Stone [6] × 6
+19	190	190	Smithing Stone [7] × 2
+20	195	195	Smithing Stone [7] × 4
+21	201	201	Smithing Stone [7] × 6
+22	207	207	Smithing Stone [8] × 2
+23	212	212	Smithing Stone [8] × 4
+24	218	218	Smithing Stone [8] × 6
+25	224	224	Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone × 1

From +0 to +25: 12 Smithing Stone [1], 12 Smithing Stone [2], 12 Smithing Stone [3], 12 Smithing Stone [4], 12 Smithing Stone [5], 12 Smithing Stone [6], 12 Smithing Stone [7], 12 Smithing Stone [8], 1 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Where to find Celebrant's Sickle

Dropped by 1

Enemies the game gives no name, up to 0.5% per kill · Altus Plateau

At Discovery 100. "Once" drops stop after the first (the game sets a flag).

Source not yet traced: the game files we read don't say yet how to get this item.

Patch history 3

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

1.04.1from 1.03.3
Every changed value (1)
Value Before to After Change
Defence and poise 1
Guard Stamina Multiplier 0 1 +1
1.07from 1.06
Every changed value (2)
Value Before to After Change
Defence and poise 1
Guard Bypass % -40 -50 −10
Health, stamina and weight 1
Current HP independent Max HP 0 1 +1
1.12.1from 1.10
Every changed value (1)
Value Before to After Change
Health, stamina and weight 1
Weapon Regain HP Amount 35 53 +18+51%

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Defence and poise 1
Guard Stamina Multiplier	0	→	1	+1

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Defence and poise 1
Guard Bypass %	-40	→	-50	−10
Health, stamina and weight 1
Current HP independent Max HP	0	→	1	+1

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Health, stamina and weight 1
Weapon Regain HP Amount	35	→	53	+18+51%

Other daggers with similar AR

Overview

Class: Dagger
Weight: 1.5
Requires: Str 6 · Dex 11
Affinities: Standard, Celebrant's Heavy Sickle, Celebrant's Keen Sickle, Celebrant's Quality Sickle, Celebrant's Fire Sickle, Celebrant's Flame Art Sickle, Celebrant's Lightning Sickle, Celebrant's Sacred Sickle, Celebrant's Magic Sickle, Celebrant's Cold Sickle, Celebrant's Poison Sickle, Celebrant's Blood Sickle, Celebrant's Occult Sickle
Game ID: 1060000