Heavy Gems are upgrade materials in Dark Souls III.
In-Game Description
- A gem of infused titanite.
Famously used to forge Farron greatswords.
- Used in infusion to create heavy weapons.
- A warrior can appreciate a heavy weapon, for they scale effectively with strength.
Availability[]
- Firelink Shrine
- Gift from Hawkwood the Deserter after defeating the Curse-rotted Greatwood. Otherwise, dropped by Hawkwood if he is killed before it is gifted.
- Undead Settlement
- Dropped by a Crystal Lizard found at the bottom of the chasm before reaching Irina of Carim's cell (Grave Key required).
- Farron Keep
- Dropped by Rotten Slugs.
- Dropped by Ghrus.
- Dropped by Elder Ghrus.
- Dropped by a Crystal Lizard in the ruined fortress. From the Old Wolf of Farron bonfire, take the lift up and climb the stairs. Turn around and search for a broken part of the scenery. Drop to and follow the ledges below. The lizard can be found at the base of a staircase surrounded by hollows.
- Grand Archives
- Dropped by a Crystal Lizard on the rooftops. On the sloped rooftop above the Corvians, there will be two Crystal Lizards guarded by a pair of Gargoyles.
- Painted World of Ariandel
- Dropped commonly by Millwood Knights.
- Found in the abandoned village guarded by Millwood Knights, next to a destroyed wall guarded by a great hammer-wielding knight.
Usage[]
Infusing a weapon with the Heavy property will significantly improve the Strength scaling on that weapon, but compromises the Dexterity scaling by completely removing it, putting emphasis on only Strength after the infusion is done.
Like most other infusions, it will also lower the weapon's base damage slightly. Heavy infusions should only be used if there is a large gap between one's Strength and Dexterity, as if both are nearly equal to one another, the weapon's overall damage after the infusion may be lower than it was prior to.
Notes[]
- In order to be able to use Heavy Gems, the player is first required to have obtained and given the Farron Coal to Blacksmith Andre in Firelink Shrine.