Moonlight Greatsword (Dark Souls)

Moonlight Greatsword
Found	Seath the Scaleless - sever tail
Stats
	-
	132
	-
	-
	100
	60.0
	10.0
	40.0
	40.0
	38
Param. Bonus
	-
	-
	A
	-
Req. Param
	16
	10
	28
	-
Weight	6.0
Durability	300
Weapon Type	Greatsword
Attack Type	Regular
Notes	Increases Magic resistance by 40. Has a unique strong attack.

For other uses, see Moonlight Greatsword (disambiguation).

The Moonlight Greatsword is a greatsword in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

This sword, one of the rare dragon weapons, came from the tail of Seath the Scaleless, the pale white dragon who betrayed his own.

Seath is the grandfather of sorcery, and this sword is imbued with his magic, which shall be unleashed as a wave of moonlight.

Availability

The Moonlight Greatsword can be obtained from Seath the Scaleless by cutting off his tail. Players will need to deal 825 damage to a spot a bit above the tip of his tail.

Characteristics

Although the Moonlight Greatsword's attack type suggests the weapon deals Regular damage, this likely only refers to its moveset pattern, as the sword deals pure Magic damage, meaning it does not suffer from split AR but will do less damage against Magic resistant enemies and bosses. Moonlight Greastsword raises magic defense by 40 points and cannot be Enchanted.

A very popular weapon for intensive Intelligence builds due to its high scaling. Its strong attack (be it one-handed or two-handed) releases a magic-based projectile that deals damage based on the Intelligence of the player, though it depletes some of its durability (20 per use one-handed, 40 per use two-handed), it's a very powerful attack with the right investment into Intelligence. The Moonlight Greatsword's projectile will go through enemies that block it, potentially hitting a wall and exploding, hitting through the block and dealing full damage.

Scaling Percentages

• Strength - 0%
• Dexterity - 0%
• Intelligence - 136%
• Faith - 0%

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Player swings the sword horizontally. Can be repeated for consecutive attacks.
One-handed Strong Attack	The greatsword glows with magic power, which the player then releases by swinging the sword down vertically. The Magic bolt released travels vertically. Depletes durability by 20.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Player swings the sword down and then upwards if the attack button is pressed again. Can be repeated for consecutive attacks.
Two-handed Strong Attack	The greatsword glows with magic power, which the player then releases by doing a horizontal slash. The Magic bolt released travels horizontally. Depletes durability by 40.
Jump Attack	The player jumps, then smashes the sword into the ground.
Running Attack	The player spins, and does a horizontal slash.
Rolling Attack	Vertical slash.
Kick	Standard kick.
Left-handed Weak Attack	Block.
Left-handed Strong Attack	The player swings the sword horizontally.

Trivia

• The Moonlight Greatsword is the Dark Souls interpretation of the Moonlight Sword, which has appeared in every From Software game since King's Field.
• The Moonlight Greatsword is one of the four Dragon weapons that has a parameter bonus (the others being Priscilla's Dagger, Dragon Bone Fist and the Dragon Tooth).

Upgrades

Requires: Dragon Scales and 10,000 souls per upgrade.

Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Moonlight Greatsword	–	132	–	–	–	–	A	–	60	10	40	40
Moonlight Greatsword +1 (Dragon Scale ×1)	–	145	–	–	–	–	S	–	60	10	40	40
Moonlight Greatsword +2 (Dragon Scale ×1)	–	158	–	–	–	–	S	–	60	10	40	40
Moonlight Greatsword +3 (Dragon Scale ×2)	–	171	–	–	–	–	S	–	60	10	40	40
Moonlight Greatsword +4 (Dragon Scale ×2)	–	184	–	–	–	–	S	–	60	10	40	40
Moonlight Greatsword +5 (Dragon Scale ×4)	–	198	–	–	–	–	S	–	60	10	40	40

Interestingly, the Moonlight Greatsword +5 swings slightly faster than the Standard Moonlight Greatsword.

Gallery

In-game model.

One-handed heavy attack.