Sanctus

The  is one of the Standard Shields in Dark Souls.

Characteristics
Sanctus is a generally poor choice for blocking damage due to its lower stability and damage reduction than other shields; in addition, its requirement of 18 faith makes Sanctus rather inaccessible to non-faith builds, further limiting usage. However, it does slowly regenerate the player's HP over time, granting the player potentially limitless healing. The rate is very slow (less than 1 HP/second), meaning that its practical use in the middle of combat is limited, but the patient player can greatly benefit from Sanctus' effects when not in a combat situation. The shield has medium deflection and normal parry speed. When upgraded to crystal, the durability is 41.

Availability
Sanctus can be found when Paladin Leeroy invades near the end of the Tomb of the Giants. When defeated, he drops the shield and its weapon counterpart Grant. Players must have reversed their hollowing in order or Leeroy to spawn. The drop rate should be 100%, although the game sometimes glitches when Leeroy is killed, resulting in him not dropping Grant or Sanctus or having his armor spawn with the defeat of Gravelord Nito.

Upgrades
Requires: 200 Souls and Titanite