The Straight Sword Hilt is a straight sword in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- The hilt of this lost sword was found discarded in the Undead Asylum.
- Only slightly better than one's bare hands, and not recommended for extensive use. Be certain to find a replacement quickly.
Availability[]
The Straight Sword Hilt is given to the player in their cell in the Undead Asylum. It is the starting weapon for all classes in the tutorial.
Characteristics[]
The Straight Sword Hilt can be used to dispatch the harmless Hollows nearby the player's cell as a means to introduce the basic combat mechanics of Dark Souls. However, by the time the player makes their first encounter against the Asylum Demon, it will eventually be replaced by their own starting weapons, depending on their class. Only one copy can be obtained per character unless dropped in multi-player.
While useless for the entirety of the game, it is one of two weapons that can be crafted into the true Greatsword of Artorias (the other being the Broken Straight Sword).
If one nevertheless wishes to use it as a standalone weapon, it is best to entirely ignore its nearly non-existent scaling and instead rely on weapon augmentation, with the Sorcery ones (such as Magic Weapon) being the best alternative due to their relatively early availability and reusable nature.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
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| One-handed Weak Attack |
Horizontal swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Strong horizontal swings. Player steps forward with each attack. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Same as one-hand strong attack. |
| Jump Attack | Jumps forward while burying the sword into the ground. Small hitbox and high ending lag. |
| Running Attack | Running swing. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Rolling Attack | Vertical swing. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Kick | Standard kick. |
| Left-handed Weak Attack |
Standard block. |
| Left-handed Strong Attack |
Diagonal swing. Low starting lag, minor ending lag. |
Upgrades[]
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Standard Variation |
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| Straight Sword Hilt | 20 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 22 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) | 24 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 26 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) | 28 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) | 30 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 32 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) | 34 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 36 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) | 38 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) | 40 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 42 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) | 44 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) | 46 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) | 48 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Straight Sword Hilt +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) | 50 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Raw Variation |
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| Raw Straight Sword Hilt (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
34 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Raw Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
36 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Raw Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
39 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Raw Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
41 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Raw Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
43 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Raw Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) |
46 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Crystal Variation |
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| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
44 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
46 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
48 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
50 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
52 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Crystal Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
54 | – | – | – | E | E | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Magic Variation |
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| Magic Straight Sword Hilt (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
22 | 24 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
24 | 25 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
25 | 27 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
27 | 28 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
28 | 30 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
30 | 32 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
31 | 33 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
33 | 35 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
34 | 36 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
36 | 38 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Magic Straight Sword Hilt +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
37 | 40 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Magic Straight Sword Hilt +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
30 | 32 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
31 | 32 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
32 | 33 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
33 | 34 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
34 | 35 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Enchanted Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
36 | 37 | – | – | E | E | E | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Divine Variation |
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| Divine Straight Sword Hilt (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
21 | 25 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
22 | 27 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
23 | 28 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
25 | 30 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
26 | 32 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
28 | 34 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
29 | 35 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
30 | 37 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
32 | 39 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
33 | 40 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Divine Straight Sword Hilt +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
35 | 42 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Divine Straight Sword Hilt +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Occult Straight Sword Hilt (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
28 | 30 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Occult Straight Sword Hilt +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
29 | 31 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Occult Straight Sword Hilt +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
31 | 33 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Occult Straight Sword Hilt +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
33 | 34 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Occult Straight Sword Hilt +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
34 | 36 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Occult Straight Sword Hilt +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
36 | 37 | – | – | E | E | – | E | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
 Fire Variation |
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| Fire Straight Sword Hilt (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
26 | – | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.0 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
28 | – | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.2 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
30 | – | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.3 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
32 | – | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.5 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
34 | – | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.6 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
36 | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.8 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
38 | – | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.9 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
40 | – | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.1 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
43 | – | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.2 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
45 | – | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.4 | 15 |
| Fire Straight Sword Hilt +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
48 | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.5 | 15 |
Requires: Fire Straight Sword Hilt +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
32 | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.0 | 15 |
| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
34 | – | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.3 | 15 |
| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
36 | – | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.6 | 15 |
| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
37 | – | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15.9 | 15 |
| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
39 | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.2 | 15 |
| Chaos Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
41 | – | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 16.5 | 15 |
Requires: Standard Straight Sword Hilt +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
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| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
36 | – | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
38 | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 16.2 |
| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
41 | – | – | 41 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 17.4 |
| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
44 | – | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 18.6 |
| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
47 | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 19.8 |
| Lightning Straight Sword Hilt +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
50 | – | – | 50 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 5 | 15 | 21.0 |
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 |
8% | 7% | - | - |
| Raw +5 |
6% | 6% | - | - |
| Crystal +5 |
8% | 7% | - | - |
| Magic +10 |
3% | 2% | 11% | - |
| Enchanted +5 |
1% | 1% | 11% | - |
| Divine +10 |
3% | 3% | - | 11% |
| Occult +5 |
3% | 3% | - | 13% |
| 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[]
| Straight Swords |
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| Astora's Straight Sword • Balder Side Sword • Barbed Straight Sword • Broadsword • Broken Straight Sword • Crystal Straight Sword • Darksword • Drake Sword • Longsword • Shortsword • Silver Knight Straight Sword • Straight Sword Hilt • Sunlight Straight Sword |