- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Notched Whip (Dark Souls II).
- For the Dark Souls III variant, see Notched Whip (Dark Souls III).
The Notched Whip is a whip in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- Whip with sharp spikes.
- Only slightly effective against armor and tough scales, but quite formidable against enemies with exposed skin. Also causes heavy bleeding.
Availability[]
The Notched Whip is dropped by Xanthous King, Jeremiah in the Painted World of Ariamis.
Characteristics[]
The Notched Whip has lower attack power than the whip, but causes bleed buildup at a rate of 33 per strike. Like other Whips, Notched Whip cannot be Parried, and cannot Riposte, Backstab, or be used for Plunge Attacks. This weapon has lackluster attack power overall.
When buffed with buff that has particle effects, the buff does not show until you attack.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
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| One-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swing. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Diagonal swings. Barely slower than the one-handed weak attack. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Horizontal swing. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Pulls the whip overhead, and brings it down. Some starting lag, minor ending lag. |
| Jump Attack | Jumping horizontal swing. Good hitbox, but some starting and ending lag. |
| Running Attack | Vertical swing. Almost no starting lag, minor ending lag. |
| Rolling Attack | Vertical swing. Almost no starting lag, minor ending lag. Identical to the running attack. |
| Kick | Standard kick. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swing. Minor starting and ending lag. Identical to the one-handed weak attack. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Standard parry. |
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Notched Whip, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Standard Variation |
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| Notched Whip | 76 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 83 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 91 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 98 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 106 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) | 114 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 121 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 129 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 136 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 144 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) | 152 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 159 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 167 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 174 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 182 | – | – | – | – | A | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Notched Whip +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 190 | – | – | – | – | A | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Raw Variation |
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| Raw Notched Whip (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 130 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Raw Notched Whip +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 139 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Raw Notched Whip +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) | 147 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Raw Notched Whip +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 156 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Raw Notched Whip +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) | 165 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Raw Notched Whip +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) | 174 | – | – | – | – | C | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Crystal Variation |
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| Crystal Notched Whip (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 167 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Crystal Notched Whip +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 174 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Crystal Notched Whip +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 182 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Crystal Notched Whip +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 190 | – | – | – | – | B | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Crystal Notched Whip +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 197 | – | – | – | – | A | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Crystal Notched Whip +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 205 | – | – | – | – | A | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Magic Variation |
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| Magic Notched Whip (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
85 | 93 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
91 | 99 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
96 | 105 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
102 | 111 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
108 | 117 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
114 | 124 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
119 | 130 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
125 | 136 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
131 | 142 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
136 | 148 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Magic Notched Whip +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
142 | 155 | – | – | – | D | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Magic Notched Whip +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Enchanted Notched Whip (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
114 | 122 | – | – | – | E | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Enchanted Notched Whip +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
118 | 125 | – | – | – | E | C | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Enchanted Notched Whip +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
123 | 129 | – | – | – | E | B | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Enchanted Notched Whip +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
127 | 132 | – | – | – | E | B | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Enchanted Notched Whip +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
132 | 136 | – | – | – | E | B | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Enchanted Notched Whip +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
136 | 141 | – | – | – | E | A | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Divine Variation |
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| Divine Notched Whip (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
76 | 94 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
81 | 100 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
86 | 107 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
91 | 113 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
96 | 119 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
102 | 126 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
107 | 132 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
112 | 138 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
117 | 144 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
122 | 151 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Divine Notched Whip +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
127 | 157 | – | – | – | D | – | C | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Divine Notched Whip +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Occult Notched Whip (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
104 | 114 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Occult Notched Whip +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
110 | 119 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Occult Notched Whip +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
116 | 125 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Occult Notched Whip +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
122 | 131 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Occult Notched Whip +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
128 | 136 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
| Occult Notched Whip +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
135 | 142 | – | – | – | D | – | B | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Fire Notched Whip (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 98 | – | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.0 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 106 | – | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.2 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) | 114 | – | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.4 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 121 | – | 121 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.6 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) | 129 | – | 129 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.8 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) | 136 | – | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.0 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 145 | – | 145 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.2 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 155 | – | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.4 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 164 | – | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.6 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 173 | – | 173 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.8 | 20 |
| Fire Notched Whip +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 182 | – | 182 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 22.0 | 20 |
Requires: Fire Notched Whip +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Chaos Notched Whip (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 118 | – | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.0 | 20 |
| Chaos Notched Whip +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 125 | – | 144 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.4 | 20 |
| Chaos Notched Whip +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) | 132 | – | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20.8 | 20 |
| Chaos Notched Whip +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) | 138 | – | 159 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.2 | 20 |
| Chaos Notched Whip +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) | 145 | – | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 21.6 | 20 |
| Chaos Notched Whip +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) | 151 | – | 174 | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 22.0 | 20 |
Requires: Standard Notched Whip +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Lightning Notched Whip (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 136 | – | – | 136 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Lightning Notched Whip +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 147 | – | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 21.6 |
| Lightning Notched Whip +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 158 | – | – | 158 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 23.2 |
| Lightning Notched Whip +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 168 | – | – | 168 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 24.8 |
| Lightning Notched Whip +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 179 | – | – | 179 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 26.4 |
| Lightning Notched Whip +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 190 | – | – | 190 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 10 | 20 | 28.0 |
Scaling Percentage Values[]
The following chart lists the scaling percentages when this weapon is fully upgraded. Be advised that:
- Scaling letters are not an accurate indicator of how a weapon scales, players should look at the percentage scaling of a weapon.
- Magic and Enchanted upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Intelligence scaling.
- Divine and Occult upgrade paths reduce Physical Damage while adding Magic Damage, splitting damage between two types. Strength and Dexterity scaling is drastically reduced while adding Faith scaling. Divine adds Divine Auxiliary and Occult adds Occult Auxiliary secondary damage types.
- Fire, Chaos, and Lightning upgrade paths remove all stat scaling and splits damage between two types. Chaos path adds Humanity Scaling.
- Raw upgrade path caps at Weapon Level 10 while drastically reducing physical damage scaling and adding slightly more base damage.
- Crystal upgrade path dramatically increases the base damage of weapons while rendering them unable to be repaired.
- For PvE purposes all weapons will be better on the Standard Upgrade path to +15. This is because the Split Damage of elementally infused weapons is not added together. The values are reduced separately when going through enemy defenses leading to less damage in practice due to the values of each damage type being smaller.
- To learn more about how damage is calculated visit the Damage Calculation page.
| Upgrade Path | Strength  |
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| Standard +15 |
- | 85% | - | - |
| Raw +5 |
- | 64% | - | - |
| Crystal +5 |
- | 85% | - | - |
| Magic +10 |
- | 23% | 61% | - |
| Enchanted +5 |
- | 16% | 60% | - |
| Divine +10 |
- | 32% | - | 61% |
| Occult +5 |
- | 30% | - | 71% |
| Fire +10 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added | |||
| Chaos +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Fire Damage added, scales off held Humanity up to 10 | |||
| Lightning +5 |
All stat scaling bonuses removed, Lightning Damage added | |||
Gallery[]
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