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Black Steel Greathammer

With its requirements met (Str 25 · Dex 11 · Fai 17), Black Steel Greathammer reaches 579 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinity at those stats is Flame Art at 752.

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Drop: Black Knight · Gravesite Plain

Attack rating (+25): 579
Scaling (+25): Str B · Dex E · Fai C
Class: Great Hammer
Weight: 12
Requires: Str 25 · Dex 11 · Fai 17
Skill: Endure · FP 9
Upgrades with: Smithing Stones (+25), takes Ashes of War

Black Steel Greathammer, rendered from the game's 3D model — Rendered from the game's model

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 25 · Dex 11 · Int 10 · Fai 17 · 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	217	579 +25	Physical 462Holy 117	Str BDex EInt –Fai CArc –
Heavy	215	597 +25	Physical 494Holy 103	Str ADex –Int –Fai DArc –
Keen	190	521 +25	Physical 411Holy 110	Str DDex BInt –Fai DArc –
Quality	196	527 +25	Physical 431Holy 96	Str BDex BInt –Fai DArc –
Fire	294	693 +25	Physical 299Fire 319Holy 75	Str CDex EInt –Fai DArc –
Flame Art	287	752 +25	Physical 298Fire 352Holy 102	Str DDex EInt –Fai BArc –
Lightning	265	613 +25	Physical 264Lightning 268Holy 81	Str EDex CInt –Fai DArc –
Sacred	242	707 +25	Physical 298Holy 409	Str DDex EInt –Fai CArc –
Magic	244	691 +25	Physical 289Magic 308Holy 94	Str EDex EInt CFai DArc –
Cold	273	635 +25	Physical 324Magic 227Holy 84	Str BDex EInt CFai DArc –
Poison	179	519 +25	Physical 418Holy 101	Str BDex EInt –Fai DArc D
Blood	179	519 +25	Physical 418Holy 101	Str BDex EInt –Fai DArc D
Occult	178	490 +25	Physical 393Holy 97	Str EDex EInt –Fai EArc A

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

Attack rating by stat (Standard, +25)

Strength
Faith
Dexterity

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

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Stat level	Strength	Faith	Dexterity
11	–	–	579
14	–	–	581
17	–	579	582
20	–	582	583
23	–	585	584
25	579	–	–
26	–	588	585
28	593	–	–
29	–	591	586
31	607	–	–
32	–	593	587
34	620	–	–
35	–	596	588
37	633	–	–
38	–	598	589
40	645	–	–
41	–	601	590
43	657	–	–
44	–	603	591
46	669	–	–
47	–	605	592
49	680	–	–
50	–	607	593
52	691	–	–
53	–	609	594
55	701	–	–
56	–	611	594
58	709	–	–
59	–	613	595
61	716	–	–
62	–	614	596
64	724	–	–
65	–	615	596
67	731	–	–
68	–	617	597
70	739	–	–
71	–	618	597
73	746	–	–
74	–	620	598
76	754	–	–
77	–	621	599
79	761	–	–
80	–	623	599
82	766	–	–
83	–	623	599
85	769	–	–
86	–	624	600
88	772	–	–
89	–	624	600
91	774	–	–
92	–	625	600
94	777	–	–
95	–	626	600
97	780	–	–
98	–	626	600
99	782	626	601

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Strength	60, 80	25–60: +3.86 · 60–80: +2.5 · 80–99: +0.95	782 from 579
Faith	18, 60, 80	17–18: +2 · 18–60: +0.76 · 60–80: +0.5 · 80–99: +0.16	626 from 579
Dexterity	18, 60, 80	11–18: +0.43 · 18–60: +0.31 · 60–80: +0.2 · 80–99: +0.11	601 from 579

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
Flame Art
Sacred
Fire

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

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Upgrade level	Standard	Flame Art	Sacred	Fire
0	217	287	242	294
1	231	304	259	309
2	244	320	277	325
3	257	338	295	339
4	271	356	313	355
5	285	375	331	370
6	299	392	349	385
7	314	411	367	402
8	328	430	386	417
9	341	449	405	434
10	356	469	423	450
11	370	486	442	466
12	385	505	461	481
13	399	524	479	497
14	414	544	498	513
15	429	562	517	529
16	443	581	537	545
17	458	602	555	562
18	473	620	574	578
19	488	640	594	595
20	504	660	614	612
21	519	678	632	628
22	534	697	650	644
23	549	714	669	660
24	565	734	688	677
25	579	752	707	693

Status buildup by upgrade

Cold · Frost
Poison · Poison
Blood · Blood loss

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

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Upgrade level	Cold · Frost	Poison · Poison	Blood · Blood loss
0	80	80	69
1	81	81	70
2	83	82	71
3	85	85	72
4	87	86	73
5	89	88	75
6	91	89	77
7	93	90	78
8	95	92	79
9	96	93	81
10	98	95	82
11	100	96	83
12	102	97	84
13	104	99	86
14	106	100	87
15	108	102	88
16	110	103	89
17	111	104	91
18	113	106	92
19	115	107	93
20	117	109	94
21	119	110	96
22	121	111	97
23	123	113	98
24	125	114	99
25	127	116	101

#5 of 16 great hammer weapons by attack rating

Cranial Vessel Candlestand674 +10
Envoy's Long Horn641 +10
Devourer's Scepter640 +10
Beastclaw Greathammer587 +10
Black Steel Greathammer579 +25
Brick Hammer483 +25
Great Mace481 +25
Battle Hammer466 +25
Curved Great Club464 +25

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Cranial Vessel Candlestand, 674).

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-handed15can't be parried

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Strike	100	580	13.9	17.2	0.53 s
R1 2Strike	101	586	13.9	17.2	0.60 s
R1 3Strike	102	592	13.9	17.2	0.57 s
R1 4Strike	110	638	15	17.2	0.73 s
R2Strike	120	697	18	28	—
Charged R2Strike	160	929	42	38.7	1.57 s
R2 2Strike	125	726	18	28	—
Charged R2 2Strike	165	958	42	38.7	1.60 s
Running R1Strike	105	609	13.9	20.4	0.60 s
Running R2Strike	125	726	15	28	0.77 s
Rolling R1Strike	90	522	13.9	14	0.53 s
Backstep R1Strike	90	522	13.9	14	0.60 s
Jumping R1Strike	107	621	13.9	14	0.50 s
Jumping R2Strike	130	755	27.8	28	0.53 s
Guard counterStrike · 2 hits	own base	—	45	28	0.83 s

Two-handed15can't be parried

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Strike	103	653	18	20.4	0.60 s
R1 2Strike	104	659	18	20.4	0.63 s
R1 3Strike	105	665	18	20.4	0.63 s
R1 4Strike	115	729	19.5	20.4	0.77 s
R2Strike	125	792	19.8	34.4	—
Charged R2Strike	165	1,046	45.8	45.2	1.57 s
R2 2Strike	125	792	19.8	34.4	—
Charged R2 2Strike	165	1,046	45.8	45.2	1.60 s
Running R1Strike	110	697	18	24.7	0.67 s
Running R2Strike	130	824	16.5	34.4	0.77 s
Rolling R1Strike	95	602	18	17.2	0.37 s
Backstep R1Strike	95	602	18	17.2	0.63 s
Jumping R1Strike	112	710	18	17.2	0.50 s
Jumping R2Strike	135	855	33	34.4	0.53 s
Guard counterStrike · 2 hits	own base	—	45.8	34.4	0.87 s

Criticals2

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
BackstabStrike · 2 hits	55 + 176	1,341	0	21.5	0.53 s
RiposteStrike · 2 hits	55 + 220	1,597	0	21.5	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. "Own base": a projectile with its own base damage that scales with stats, not a share of attack rating.

By upgrade level (Standard)

Level	AR	Physical	Holy	Cost
+0	217	172	45	—
+1	231	183	48	Smithing Stone [1] × 2
+2	244	194	50	Smithing Stone [1] × 4
+3	257	204	53	Smithing Stone [1] × 6
+4	271	215	56	Smithing Stone [2] × 2
+5	285	226	59	Smithing Stone [2] × 4
+6	299	237	62	Smithing Stone [2] × 6
+7	314	249	65	Smithing Stone [3] × 2
+8	328	260	68	Smithing Stone [3] × 4
+9	341	271	70	Smithing Stone [3] × 6
+10	356	283	73	Smithing Stone [4] × 2
+11	370	294	76	Smithing Stone [4] × 4
+12	385	306	79	Smithing Stone [4] × 6
+13	399	317	82	Smithing Stone [5] × 2
+14	414	329	85	Smithing Stone [5] × 4
+15	429	341	88	Smithing Stone [5] × 6
+16	443	352	91	Smithing Stone [6] × 2
+17	458	364	94	Smithing Stone [6] × 4
+18	473	376	97	Smithing Stone [6] × 6
+19	488	388	100	Smithing Stone [7] × 2
+20	504	401	103	Smithing Stone [7] × 4
+21	519	413	106	Smithing Stone [7] × 6
+22	534	425	109	Smithing Stone [8] × 2
+23	549	437	112	Smithing Stone [8] × 4
+24	565	450	115	Smithing Stone [8] × 6
+25	579	462	117	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 Black Steel Greathammer

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

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Overview

Class: Great Hammer
Weight: 12
Requires: Str 25 · Dex 11 · Fai 17
Affinities: Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood, Occult
Game ID: 12520000