Sanctus

Sanctus
Found	Paladin Leeroy - drop
Stats
	62
	-
	-
	-
	100
	95
	40
	70
	50
	51
Param. Bonus
	D
	-
	-
	-
Req. Param
	10
	-
	-
	18
Weight	3.0
Durability	410
Weapon Type	Medium Shield
Attack Type	Strike
Notes	Restores 2 HP every 2 seconds when equipped

The Sanctus is a medium shield in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

A legendary weapon of the Way of White, granted to an Undead paladin long ago. Once blessed with the protection of a white flame, but its power has all but faded, so that it provides only slight HP recovery.

Availability

Sanctus is dropped by Paladin Leeroy's invasion near the end of the Tomb of the Giants. When defeated, he drops this shield and its weapon counterpart, Grant. (Players must have reversed their hollowing for Leeroy to spawn.)

The drop rate should be 100%, although the game sometimes glitches when Leeroy is killed, failing to drop Grant/Sanctus or spawn his armor with the defeat of Gravelord Nito.

Characteristics

Sanctus' requirement of 18 Faith makes it rather inaccessible to non-faith builds, further limiting usage. However, it does slowly regenerate the player's HP over time, granting limitless healing. The rate is very slow at 2 HP every 2 seconds, so its practical use in the middle of battle is limited, but patient players can greatly benefit from Sanctus' effects when out of combat. 

The shield has medium deflection and normal parry speed. When upgraded to crystal, the durability is 41. Sanctus shares its regeneration trait with Replenishment, Elizabeth's Mushroom, and Bountiful Sunlight. 

It is especially handy for co-op, as the health regeneration alleviates the need to heal up after every fight.

The Faith requirement still applies if the player uses it as a shield: it will have little to no Stability, all but guaranteeing that the player's guard will break.

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
	90%
	74%
	74%
	100%

Moveset

Attack	Description
One-handed Weak Attack	Diagonal swing to the left.
One-handed Strong Attack	Strong horizontal swings alternating from left to right. Some starting lag.
Two-handed Weak Attack	Shield Bash.*
Two-handed Strong Attack	Holds shield up and runs forward, then slams it down at the end. Additional inputs yield a horizontal swing.*
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	Parry.

*While shield is up the player is actively blocking

Upgrades

• Standard
• Crystal
• Magic
• Divine
• Fire
• Lightning

Requires: Standard Sanctus, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Standard Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Sanctus	62	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	51
Sanctus +1 (Titanite Shard ×1)	65	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	52
Sanctus +2 (Titanite Shard ×1)	68	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	53
Sanctus +3 (Titanite Shard ×2)	71	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	54
Sanctus +4 (Titanite Shard ×2)	74	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	55
Sanctus +5 (Titanite Shard ×3)	77	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	56
Sanctus +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	81	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	57
Sanctus +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1)	84	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	58
Sanctus +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	88	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	59
Sanctus +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2)	92	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	60
Sanctus +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3)	96	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	61
Sanctus +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	100	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	61
Sanctus +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	104	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	62
Sanctus +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	109	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	62
Sanctus +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	113	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	63
Sanctus +15 (Titanite Slab ×1)	124	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	63

Requires: Standard Sanctus +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Crystal Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Crystal Sanctus (Titanite Chunk ×1)	96	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	63
Crystal Sanctus +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	100	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	64
Crystal Sanctus +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	104	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	64
Crystal Sanctus +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	109	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	65
Crystal Sanctus +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	113	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	65
Crystal Sanctus +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	124	–	–	–	D	–	–	–	95	40	70	50	66

Requires: Standard Sanctus +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Magic Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Magic Sanctus (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	58	62	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	40	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	61	65	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	40.8	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	64	68	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	41.6	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	67	71	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	42.4	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	70	74	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	43.2	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	72	77	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	44	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	76	81	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	44.8	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1)	79	84	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	45.6	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2)	82	88	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	46.4	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3)	86	91	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	47.2	70	50	51
Magic Sanctus +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1)	94	100	–	–	E	–	D	–	95	47	70	50	51

Requires: Standard Sanctus +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Divine Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Divine Sanctus (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	52	63	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	55	66	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	57	69	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	60	72	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	62	75	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	65	79	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	68	82	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1)	70	86	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2)	73	89	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3)	76	93	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51
Divine Sanctus +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1)	84	102	–	–	E	–	–	D	95	40	70	50	51

Requires: Standard Sanctus +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Fire Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Fire Sanctus (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	62	–	62	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	70.0	50	51
Fire Sanctus +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	64	–	64	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	71.4	50	51
Fire Sanctus +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1)	66	–	66	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	72.8	50	51
Fire Sanctus +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	69	–	69	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	74.2	50	51
Fire Sanctus +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2)	71	–	71	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	75.6	50	51
Fire Sanctus +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3)	74	–	74	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	77.0	50	51
Fire Sanctus +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	78	–	78	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	78.4	50	51
Fire Sanctus +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1)	83	–	83	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	79.8	50	51
Fire Sanctus +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2)	87	–	87	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	81.2	50	51
Fire Sanctus +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3)	91	–	91	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	82.6	50	51
Fire Sanctus +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1)	96	–	96	–	–	–	–	–	95	40	84.0	50	51

The stats for the above upgrade path may be out of date. Efforts are currently underway to fix this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

Requires: Standard Sanctus +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.

Lightning Variation	Attack Values				Parameter Bonus				Damage Reduction
Lightning Sanctus (Titanite Chunk ×1)	74	–	–	74	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	56	51
Lightning Sanctus +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	79	–	–	79	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	57	51
Lightning Sanctus +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1)	84	–	–	84	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	57.5	51
Lightning Sanctus +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2)	89	–	–	89	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	58	51
Lightning Sanctus +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3)	94	–	–	94	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	59	51
Lightning Sanctus +5 (Titanite Slab ×1)	99	–	–	99	–	–	–	–	95	40	70	60	51

The stats for the above upgrade path may be out of date. Efforts are currently underway to fix this issue. Thank you for your understanding.

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