- For the Dark Souls variant, see Painting Guardian Sword.
- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Monastery Scimitar.
The Painting Guardian's Curved Sword is a curved sword in Dark Souls III.
In-Game Description
- A weapon described in legends passed down amongst heretics, wielded by the Painting Guardians.
- A uniquely shaped weapon with a flat tip.
- Skill: Chained Dance
Execute relentless consecutive attacks while tracing a circle in a unique dance of deadly grace.
Availability[]
Found in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley, on a corpse in the tower of the Church of Yorshka. After unlocking the Prison Tower bonfire, drop into the tower and navigate a series of drop-downs. The Painting Guardian Set is also found in this same area.
Characteristics[]
The Painting Guardian's Curved Sword is a low-weight curved sword (the second-lightest in its class, beat only by the Demon's Scar) that uses the "light curved sword" moveset of the Scimitar and requires little stamina to swing. However, it has a reach more akin to that of a dagger than a curved sword. It also possesses high dexterity scaling, despite being a standard Titanite weapon, as well as a respectable amount of Bleed build-up.
What makes the Painting Guardian's Curved Sword unique is its weapon art. Unlike the Spin Slash of other curved swords, the Chained Dance unleashes a combo of several strong slashes with the strong attack, which can be devastating on exposed foes due to the Bleed build-up.
Like other curved swords, its potential is best unlocked by infusing it with a Sharp Gem. At very high levels of Dexterity, a Painting Guardian's Sharp Sword is capable of dealing tremendous amounts of damage, comparable to a Carthus Curved Sword.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
|---|---|
| One-handed Weak Attack |
Right-to-left slash with slight downward angle, followed by horizontal left-to-right slash. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Downward right-to-left slash followed by jumping circular motion into another slash. Further input results in horizontal slash with slight delay. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Two-handed horizontal slash, followed by horizontal slash in the reverse direction. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Two-handed horizontal slash into jumping circular downwlard slash. Further input yields delayed upward slash. |
| Jump Attack | Jumping horizontal slash. |
| Two-handed Jump Attack |
Same as one-handed. |
| Running Attack | Very fast upward slash, short range but almost no telegraph. |
| Two-handed Running Attack |
Same as one-handed, only gripping sword in both hands. |
| Rolling Attack | Fast horizontal slash from left to right. |
| Two-handed Rolling Attack |
Same as above, but puts whole body into rotation. |
| Kick | Quick horizontal slash followed by backwards cartwheel. |
| Off-handed Weak Attack |
Mirrored version of one-handed weak attacks. |
| Off-handed Strong Attack |
Parry. |
Upgrades[]
Reinforced with regular Titanite.
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- When infused, the "Curved" part of the sword's name will be replaced with whatever infusion is applied. For example, a raw infusion will rename it to "Painting Guardian's Raw Sword."
- Additionally, some infusions, such as lightning, will exclude the "Sword", instead showing up as "Painting Guardian's Lightning", from the name when viewing a reinforced variant through Andre's reinforcement or infusion menu.