The Crystal Ring Shield is a small shield in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Weapon born from the mystical creature of the Darkroot Garden, the Moonlight Butterfly.
- Imbued with a powerful crystal power, like the butterfly created by Seath the Scaleless. Can emit crystal light rings.
Availability[]
The Crystal Ring Shield can be created at the Giant Blacksmith in Anor Londo with a +10 Shield upgraded down the Standard path, the Soul of the Moonlight Butterfly and 5,000 souls.
Characteristics[]
The Crystal Ring Shield is a unique small shield because its parry is replaced by an action that uses a ranged magic attack. The attack uses 4 durability points and ignores the East Wood Grain Ring. It has a very high magic defense but has the second lowest Physical defense, as well as the lowest lightning defense, of any small shield. It ties with the Effigy Shield for the highest fire defense of any small shield and has light deflection.
Resistance Defense[]
Along with Physical and Elemental damage reduction, weapons also have hidden stats that reduce the amount of status build-up while blocking.
| Resistance | Reduction |
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85% |
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30% |
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30% |
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50% |
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
|---|---|
| One-handed Weak Attack |
Diagonal swing to the left. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Charges shield and fires a ring of magic. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Shield Bash.* |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Same as one-hand strong attack. |
| Jump Attack | Slams shield into the ground. |
| Running Attack | Holds shield up and runs forward, then swings open at the end.* |
| Rolling Attack | Downward swing. |
| Kick | Push away with the shield. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Block. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Same as one-hand strong attack. |
*While shield is up the player is actively blocking
Notes[]
- The ranged attack used by the Crystal Ring Shield used to be based on the amount of damage the right-hand weapon dealt. The damage was potentially very high. Patch 1.04/1.05 drastically lowered the attack's damage.
- This shield is the only small shield incapable of parrying.
- The Crystal Ring Shield can be repaired.
Upgrades[]
Requires: Crystal Ring Shield +0, 5000 Souls and Demon Titanite
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| Crystal Ring Shield | – | 100 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
| Crystal Ring Shield +1 (Demon Titanite ×1) | – | 110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
| Crystal Ring Shield +2 (Demon Titanite ×1) | – | 120 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
| Crystal Ring Shield +3 (Demon Titanite ×2) | – | 130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
| Crystal Ring Shield +4 (Demon Titanite ×2) | – | 140 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
| Crystal Ring Shield +5 (Demon Titanite ×4) | – | 150 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 90 | 70 | 40 | 40 |
Gallery[]
| Small Shields |
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| Buckler • Caduceus Round Shield • Cracked Round Shield • Crystal Ring Shield • Effigy Shield Leather Shield • Plank Shield • Red & White Round Shield • Small Leather Shield Target Shield • Warrior's Round Shield |