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Uchigatana

With its requirements met (Str 11 · Dex 15), Uchigatana reaches 347 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinities at those stats are Flame Art and Sacred at 497.

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Pickup · Stormhill

Attack rating (+25): 347
Scaling (+25): Str D · Dex C
Class: Katana
Weight: 5.5
Requires: Str 11 · Dex 15
Skill: Unsheathe · FP 10 / 15
Passive: Causes blood loss buildup (45)
Upgrades with: Smithing Stones (+25), takes Ashes of War

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 11 · Dex 15 · 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	133	347 +25	Physical 347	Str DDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Heavy	120	318 +25	Physical 318	Str ADex –Int –Fai –Arc –
Keen	128	352 +25	Physical 352	Str EDex AInt –Fai –Arc –
Quality	121	322 +25	Physical 322	Str BDex BInt –Fai –Arc –
Fire	191	431 +25	Physical 211Fire 220	Str CDex EInt –Fai –Arc –
Flame Art	196	497 +25	Physical 232Fire 265	Str EDex EInt –Fai BArc –
Lightning	198	463 +25	Physical 225Lightning 238	Str EDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Sacred	174	497 +25	Physical 232Holy 265	Str EDex EInt –Fai BArc –
Magic	173	493 +25	Physical 226Magic 267	Str EDex EInt BFai –Arc –
Cold	186	432 +25	Physical 250Magic 182	Str CDex BInt CFai –Arc –
Poison	109	311 +25	Physical 311	Str CDex BInt –Fai –Arc D
Blood	109	311 +25	Physical 311	Str CDex BInt –Fai –Arc D
Occult	115	324 +25	Physical 324	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
11	–	347
14	–	355
15	347	–
17	–	363
18	359	–
20	–	370
21	369	–
23	–	376
24	379	–
26	–	382
27	389	–
29	–	389
30	398	–
32	–	395
33	407	–
35	–	401
36	416	–
38	–	406
39	425	–
41	–	412
42	434	–
44	–	417
45	442	–
47	–	423
48	450	–
50	–	428
51	457	–
53	–	433
54	464	–
56	–	437
57	471	–
59	–	441
60	476	–
62	–	444
63	481	–
65	–	447
66	486	–
68	–	451
69	491	–
71	–	454
72	497	–
74	–	457
75	502	–
77	–	461
78	507	–
80	–	464
81	511	–
83	–	466
84	513	–
86	–	467
87	515	–
89	–	468
90	517	–
92	–	469
93	519	–
95	–	471
96	521	–
98	–	472
99	523	472

Stat	Soft caps	AR per point, by stretch	At 99
Dexterity	18, 60, 80	15–18: +4 · 18–60: +2.79 · 60–80: +1.75 · 80–99: +0.63	523 from 347
Strength	18, 60, 80	11–18: +2.57 · 18–60: +1.81 · 60–80: +1.15 · 80–99: +0.42	472 from 347

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
Magic

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	Magic
0	133	196	174	173
1	141	208	186	185
2	149	220	198	198
3	157	231	211	209
4	165	243	224	222
5	173	255	237	235
6	182	267	249	248
7	190	279	262	260
8	198	290	275	273
9	207	303	288	286
10	215	314	301	298
11	224	327	314	311
12	232	338	327	324
13	241	351	340	336
14	250	363	353	350
15	258	375	365	363
16	267	387	378	375
17	276	400	392	388
18	285	412	405	402
19	293	424	418	414
20	302	436	432	428
21	311	449	445	441
22	320	460	458	454
23	329	473	471	466
24	338	484	484	479
25	347	497	497	493

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	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

#10 of 10 katana weapons by attack rating

Star-Lined Sword539 +10
Hand of Malenia539 +10
Moonveil538 +10
Rivers of Blood512 +10
Sword of Night471 +10
Serpentbone Blade401 +25
Nagakiba388 +25
Dragonscale Blade372 +10
Uchigatana347 +25

Standard affinity at max upgrade, each weapon at its own requirements. A full bar is the class's strongest (Meteoric Ore Blade, 550).

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 1Slash	100	347	5	12	0.43 s
R1 2Slash	101	351	5	12	0.47 s
R1 3Slash	102	354	5	12	0.43 s
R1 4Slash	103	358	5	12	0.43 s
R1 5Slash	110	382	10	12	0.57 s
R2Pierce	125	434	10	20	—
Charged R2Pierce	160	556	30	30	1.27 s
R2 2Slash	125	434	10	20	—
Charged R2 2Slash	160	556	30	30	1.17 s
Running R1Slash	105	365	5	15	0.50 s
Running R2Pierce	120	417	10	20	0.63 s
Rolling R1Slash	90	313	5	10	0.37 s
Backstep R1Slash	95	330	5	10	0.53 s
Jumping R1Slash	110	382	7.5	10	0.40 s
Jumping R2Slash	130	452	20	20	0.47 s
Guard counterSlash	140	487	30	12	0.73 s

Two-handed16players can parry them

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
R1 1Slash	103	371	6.5	13	0.47 s
R1 2Slash	104	374	6.5	13	0.50 s
R1 3Slash	105	378	6.5	13	0.43 s
R1 4Slash	106	382	6.5	13	0.43 s
R1 5Slash	113	407	13	13	0.57 s
R2Slash	130	468	11	24	—
Charged R2Slash	165	594	33	36	1.33 s
R2 2Slash	130	468	11	24	—
Charged R2 2Slash	165	594	33	36	1.20 s
Running R1Slash	110	396	6.5	18	0.63 s
Running R2Pierce	125	450	11	24	0.67 s
Rolling R1Slash	95	342	6.5	12	0.40 s
Backstep R1Slash	100	360	6.5	12	0.53 s
Jumping R1Slash	115	414	9.8	12	0.40 s
Jumping R2Slash	135	486	22	24	0.47 s
Guard counterSlash	145	522	33	13	0.73 s

Criticals2

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
BackstabPierce	230	800	0	17	0.50 s
RipostePierce	345	1,200	0	17	0.83 s

Skill: Unsheathe2move names inferred

Move	MV	Damage	Stance	Stamina	1st hit
Skill → R1Slash	190	661	15	24	0.43 s
Skill → R2Slash	245	852	30	40	0.50 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	133	133	—
+1	141	141	Smithing Stone [1] × 2
+2	149	149	Smithing Stone [1] × 4
+3	157	157	Smithing Stone [1] × 6
+4	165	165	Smithing Stone [2] × 2
+5	173	173	Smithing Stone [2] × 4
+6	182	182	Smithing Stone [2] × 6
+7	190	190	Smithing Stone [3] × 2
+8	198	198	Smithing Stone [3] × 4
+9	207	207	Smithing Stone [3] × 6
+10	215	215	Smithing Stone [4] × 2
+11	224	224	Smithing Stone [4] × 4
+12	232	232	Smithing Stone [4] × 6
+13	241	241	Smithing Stone [5] × 2
+14	250	250	Smithing Stone [5] × 4
+15	258	258	Smithing Stone [5] × 6
+16	267	267	Smithing Stone [6] × 2
+17	276	276	Smithing Stone [6] × 4
+18	285	285	Smithing Stone [6] × 6
+19	293	293	Smithing Stone [7] × 2
+20	302	302	Smithing Stone [7] × 4
+21	311	311	Smithing Stone [7] × 6
+22	320	320	Smithing Stone [8] × 2
+23	329	329	Smithing Stone [8] × 4
+24	338	338	Smithing Stone [8] × 6
+25	347	347	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.

Video: Uchigatana

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Where to find Uchigatana

Placed in the world 1

Stormhill · Deathtouched Catacombs

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%

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Overview

Class: Katana
Weight: 5.5
Requires: Str 11 · Dex 15
Affinities: Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood, Occult
Game ID: 9000000