Talk:Drake Sword/@comment-184.88.80.1-20170726060300/@comment-4511886-20170726100118

I think you're grossly overestimating the skill and game knowledge of a newbie. Few people will even find Vamos without the wiki, much less reach him at base level. Then you have to factor in that they need the souls to buy their way to a +5 so they can make a fire weapon, and finally they need to know and reach the leeches and then farm them until they have all the necessary shards.

In contrast, the Drake Sword simply requires you to beat Taurus, get a bow, some arrows and fire at the tail for a bit. Additionally, getting the sword is going to leave you far, FAR away from killing the dragon. The tail takes about 30 arrows with a +0 bow. The dragon has 2.2k HP and will heal if you don't fight it in open combat.