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Barbed Staff-Spear

With its requirements met (Str 14 · Dex 18 · Fai 22), Barbed Staff-Spear reaches 545 attack rating at +10.

Attack rating (+10): 545
Scaling (+10): Str D · Dex D · Fai A
Class: Great Spear
Weight: 7.5
Requires: Str 14 · Dex 18 · Fai 22
Skill: Jori's Inquisition · FP 6
Passive: Causes blood loss buildup (55)
Upgrades with: Somber Smithing Stones (+10)

Attack rating by affinity 1

At Str 14 · Dex 18 · Int 10 · Fai 22 · 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	200	545 +10	Physical 242Holy 303	Str DDex DInt –Fai AArc –

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

Attack rating by stat (Standard, +10)

Faith
Dexterity
Strength

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

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Stat level	Faith	Dexterity	Strength
14	–	–	545
17	–	–	548
18	–	545	–
20	–	–	551
21	–	549	–
22	545	–	–
23	–	–	553
24	–	553	–
25	558	–	–
26	–	–	556
27	–	556	–
28	570	–	–
29	–	–	558
30	–	560	–
31	582	–	–
32	–	–	560
33	–	563	–
34	594	–	–
35	–	–	562
36	–	567	–
37	606	–	–
38	–	–	565
39	–	570	–
40	617	–	–
41	–	–	567
42	–	573	–
43	629	–	–
44	–	–	569
45	–	576	–
46	639	–	–
47	–	–	571
48	–	579	–
49	649	–	–
50	–	–	573
51	–	582	–
52	659	–	–
53	–	–	574
54	–	585	–
55	668	–	–
56	–	–	576
57	–	587	–
58	676	–	–
59	–	–	577
60	–	589	–
61	682	–	–
62	–	–	579
63	–	591	–
64	689	–	–
65	–	–	580
66	–	593	–
67	696	–	–
68	–	–	581
69	–	595	–
70	703	–	–
71	–	–	582
72	–	597	–
73	709	–	–
74	–	–	584
75	–	599	–
76	716	–	–
77	–	–	585
78	–	601	–
79	723	–	–
80	–	–	586
81	–	602	–
82	727	–	–
83	–	–	587
84	–	603	–
85	730	–	–
86	–	–	587
87	–	604	–
88	732	–	–
89	–	–	588
90	–	605	–
91	735	–	–
92	–	–	588
93	–	605	–
94	737	–	–
95	–	–	589
96	–	606	–
97	740	–	–
98	–	–	589
99	742	607	589

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Faith	60, 80	22–60: +3.55 · 60–80: +2.25 · 80–99: +0.89	742 from 545
Dexterity	60, 80	18–60: +1.05 · 60–80: +0.65 · 80–99: +0.26	607 from 545
Strength	18, 60, 80	14–18: +1 · 18–60: +0.69 · 60–80: +0.4 · 80–99: +0.16	589 from 545

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

At the weapon's requirements (Standard).

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Upgrade level	Attack rating
0	200
1	231
2	263
3	296
4	330
5	364
6	399
7	435
8	471
9	508
10	545

Blood loss 55 per hit at every upgrade level (Standard).

#6 of 10 great spear weapons by attack rating

Treespear611 +25
Siluria's Tree607 +10
Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear594 +10
Vyke's War Spear550 +10
Barbed Staff-Spear545 +10
Messmer Soldier's Spear399 +25
Lance397 +25
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear378 +10
Serpent-Hunter328 +10

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Spear of the Impaler, 613).

By upgrade level (Standard)

Level	AR	Physical	Holy	Cost
+0	200	93	107	—
+1	231	107	124	Somber Smithing Stone [1] × 1
+2	263	121	142	Somber Smithing Stone [2] × 1
+3	296	136	160	Somber Smithing Stone [3] × 1
+4	330	151	179	Somber Smithing Stone [4] × 1
+5	364	165	199	Somber Smithing Stone [5] × 1
+6	399	180	219	Somber Smithing Stone [6] × 1
+7	435	196	239	Somber Smithing Stone [7] × 1
+8	471	211	260	Somber Smithing Stone [8] × 1
+9	508	227	281	Somber Smithing Stone [9] × 1
+10	545	242	303	Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone × 1

From +0 to +10: 1 Somber Smithing Stone [1], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [2], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [3], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [4], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [5], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [6], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [7], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [8], 1 Somber Smithing Stone [9], 1 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Where to find Barbed Staff-Spear

Rewards

Drop: Jori, Elder Inquisitor · Scadu Altus

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Overview

Class: Great Spear
Weight: 7.5
Requires: Str 14 · Dex 18 · Fai 22
Affinities: Standard
Game ID: 17520000