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Lordsworn's Straight Sword

With its requirements met (Str 10 · Dex 10), Lordsworn's Straight Sword reaches 317 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinities at those stats are Lordsworn's Flame Art Straight Sword and Lordsworn's Sacred Straight Sword at 478.

Dropped by enemies placed all over (no markers): Drop: Leyndell Soldier (2%) · Altus Plateau, Mt. Gelmir, Leyndell, Royal Capital and 3 more; Drop: Mausoleum Soldier (2%) · Weeping Peninsula, Deeproot Depths, Liurnia of the Lakes and 2 more; Drop: Haligtree Soldier (2%) · Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree; Drop: Radahn Soldier (2%) · Caelid, Greyoll's Dragonbarrow and 2 more kinds

Attack rating (+25): 317
Scaling (+25): Str D · Dex D
Class: Straight Sword
Weight: 3.5
Requires: Str 10 · Dex 10
Skill: Square Off · FP 6 / 8
Upgrades with: Smithing Stones (+25), takes Ashes of War

Lordsworn's Straight Sword, rendered from the game's 3D model — Rendered from the game's model

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 10 · Dex 10 · 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	124	317 +25	Physical 317	Str DDex DInt –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Heavy Straight Sword	115	301 +25	Physical 301	Str BDex –Int –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Keen Straight Sword	116	306 +25	Physical 306	Str EDex BInt –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Quality Straight Sword	112	283 +25	Physical 283	Str BDex BInt –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Fire Straight Sword	186	410 +25	Physical 202Fire 208	Str CDex EInt –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Flame Art Straight Sword	193	478 +25	Physical 226Fire 252	Str EDex EInt –Fai CArc –
Lordsworn's Lightning Straight Sword	186	419 +25	Physical 206Lightning 213	Str EDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Sacred Straight Sword	170	478 +25	Physical 226Holy 252	Str EDex EInt –Fai CArc –
Lordsworn's Magic Straight Sword	170	476 +25	Physical 223Magic 253	Str EDex EInt CFai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Cold Straight Sword	179	403 +25	Physical 226Magic 177	Str CDex CInt CFai –Arc –
Lordsworn's Poison Straight Sword	103	282 +25	Physical 282	Str CDex CInt –Fai –Arc D
Lordsworn's Blood Straight Sword	103	282 +25	Physical 282	Str CDex CInt –Fai –Arc D
Lordsworn's Occult Straight Sword	110	301 +25	Physical 301	Str EDex EInt –Fai –Arc B

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

Attack rating by stat (Standard, +25)

Strength
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	Dexterity
10	317	317
13	324	324
16	332	332
19	339	339
22	346	346
25	352	352
28	358	358
31	364	364
34	370	370
37	376	376
40	382	382
43	387	387
46	393	393
49	398	398
52	403	403
55	407	407
58	411	411
61	414	414
64	418	418
67	421	421
70	425	425
73	428	428
76	431	431
79	435	435
82	437	437
85	438	438
88	439	439
91	441	441
94	442	442
97	443	443
99	444	444

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Strength	18, 60, 80	10–18: +2.5 · 18–60: +1.81 · 60–80: +1.15 · 80–99: +0.42	444 from 317
Dexterity	18, 60, 80	10–18: +2.5 · 18–60: +1.81 · 60–80: +1.15 · 80–99: +0.42	444 from 317

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
Lordsworn's Flame Art Straight Sword
Lordsworn's Sacred Straight Sword
Lordsworn's Magic Straight Sword

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

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Upgrade level	Standard	Lordsworn's Flame Art Straight Sword	Lordsworn's Sacred Straight Sword	Lordsworn's Magic Straight Sword
0	124	193	170	170
1	132	204	183	182
2	139	216	195	194
3	147	227	206	206
4	154	238	219	218
5	162	249	231	230
6	169	261	243	242
7	177	272	255	254
8	184	283	268	267
9	192	294	279	278
10	199	306	292	291
11	207	317	305	303
12	215	329	317	315
13	223	340	329	328
14	230	352	342	340
15	238	363	354	352
16	246	374	366	364
17	254	387	379	377
18	261	398	392	389
19	269	409	404	401
20	277	422	416	414
21	285	433	429	426
22	293	444	441	439
23	301	455	454	451
24	309	467	466	463
25	317	478	478	476

Status buildup by upgrade

Lordsworn's Cold Straight Sword · Frost
Lordsworn's Poison Straight Sword · Poison
Lordsworn's Blood Straight Sword · Blood loss

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

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Upgrade level	Lordsworn's Cold Straight Sword · Frost	Lordsworn's Poison Straight Sword · Poison	Lordsworn's Blood Straight Sword · 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 23 straight sword weapons by attack rating

Velvet Sword of St. Trina430 +10
Sword of St. Trina391 +10
Coded Sword350 +10
Broadsword325 +25
Lordsworn's Straight Sword317 +25
Longsword308 +25
Warhawk's Talon307 +25
Ornamental Straight Sword302 +10
Short Sword287 +25

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Sword of Night and Flame, 615).

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-handed16players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Standard	100	317	5	12	0.43 s
R1 2Standard	101	320	5	12	0.43 s
R1 3Standard	102	323	5	12	0.43 s
R1 4Standard	103	326	5	12	0.37 s
R1 5Standard	110	348	10	12	0.60 s
R2Pierce	125	396	10	20	—
Charged R2Pierce	160	507	30	30	1.17 s
R2 2Standard	125	396	10	20	—
Charged R2 2Standard	160	507	30	30	1.33 s
Running R1Standard	105	333	5	15	0.57 s
Running R2Standard	120	380	10	20	0.63 s
Rolling R1Pierce	90	285	5	10	0.37 s
Backstep R1Standard	90	285	5	10	0.53 s
Jumping R1Standard	107	339	7.5	10	0.37 s
Jumping R2Standard	127	402	20	20	0.50 s
Guard counterStandard	125	396	30	20	0.60 s

Two-handed16players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Standard	103	339	6.5	15	0.50 s
R1 2Standard	104	342	6.5	15	0.43 s
R1 3Standard	105	346	6.5	15	0.47 s
R1 4Standard	106	349	6.5	15	0.40 s
R1 5Standard	113	372	13	15	0.60 s
R2Standard	130	428	11	24	—
Charged R2Standard	165	543	33	36	1.27 s
R2 2Standard	130	428	11	24	—
Charged R2 2Standard	165	543	33	36	1.20 s
Running R1Standard	110	362	6.5	18	0.60 s
Running R2Standard	125	412	11	24	0.67 s
Rolling R1Pierce	95	313	6.5	13	0.37 s
Backstep R1Standard	95	313	6.5	13	0.50 s
Jumping R1Standard	112	369	9.8	12	0.40 s
Jumping R2Standard	132	435	22	24	0.50 s
Guard counterStandard	130	428	33	24	0.77 s

Criticals2

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
BackstabPierce	230	802	0	17	0.50 s
RipostePierce	345	1,203	0	17	0.83 s

Skill: Square Off2move names inferred

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
Skill → R1Standard	200	634	30	24	0.50 s
Skill → R2Pierce	240	761	40	40	0.80 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	124	124	—
+1	132	132	Smithing Stone [1] × 2
+2	139	139	Smithing Stone [1] × 4
+3	147	147	Smithing Stone [1] × 6
+4	154	154	Smithing Stone [2] × 2
+5	162	162	Smithing Stone [2] × 4
+6	169	169	Smithing Stone [2] × 6
+7	177	177	Smithing Stone [3] × 2
+8	184	184	Smithing Stone [3] × 4
+9	192	192	Smithing Stone [3] × 6
+10	199	199	Smithing Stone [4] × 2
+11	207	207	Smithing Stone [4] × 4
+12	215	215	Smithing Stone [4] × 6
+13	223	223	Smithing Stone [5] × 2
+14	230	230	Smithing Stone [5] × 4
+15	238	238	Smithing Stone [5] × 6
+16	246	246	Smithing Stone [6] × 2
+17	254	254	Smithing Stone [6] × 4
+18	261	261	Smithing Stone [6] × 6
+19	269	269	Smithing Stone [7] × 2
+20	277	277	Smithing Stone [7] × 4
+21	285	285	Smithing Stone [7] × 6
+22	293	293	Smithing Stone [8] × 2
+23	301	301	Smithing Stone [8] × 4
+24	309	309	Smithing Stone [8] × 6
+25	317	317	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 Lordsworn's Straight Sword

Dropped by 1

Enemies the game gives no name, up to 2% per kill · Limgrave, Weeping Peninsula, Liurnia of the Lakes, Altus Plateau, Mt. Gelmir, Leyndell, Royal Capital, Forbidden Lands, Capital Outskirts, Caelid, Greyoll's Dragonbarrow, Consecrated Snowfield, Deeproot Depths and 1 more

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 1

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

1.12.1from 1.10
Every changed value (1)
Value Before to After Change
Health, stamina and weight 1
Weapon Regain HP Amount 40 60 +20+50%

Value	Before	to	After	Change
Health, stamina and weight 1
Weapon Regain HP Amount	40	→	60	+20+50%

Other straight swords with similar AR

Overview

Class: Straight Sword
Weight: 3.5
Requires: Str 10 · Dex 10
Affinities: Standard, Lordsworn's Heavy Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Keen Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Quality Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Fire Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Flame Art Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Lightning Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Sacred Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Magic Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Cold Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Poison Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Blood Straight Sword, Lordsworn's Occult Straight Sword
Game ID: 2040000