Sunlight Blade (Dark Souls II)

Sunlight Blade
Magic type	Miracle
Slots	1
Uses	1 - 3
Duration	27 - 99 seconds depending on Faith investment with no spell duration boosting gear
Required Parameters
	-
	36

For the Dark Souls variant, see Sunlight Blade.

For the Dark Souls III variant, see Lightning Blade.

Sunlight Blade is a miracle in Dark Souls II.

In-Game Description

An ancient miracle of the sun.
Reinforces weapon in other hand with sunlight, in the form of lightning.

The sun grants life to all things upon the earth, even if the worshipers of sunlight no longer bless the surface with their presence.

Availability

• Sold by Straid of Olaphis for 12,400 souls after defeating Velstadt, the Royal Aegis.
• Found in a chest in the Shrine of Amana, off an optional path between the second and third bonfires. (see video here for location)

General Information

Casting this temporarily enchants the weapon held in the other hand with Lightning damage and a 30% increase to previously existing lightning damage. The duration of this buff starts at 27 seconds at 10 Faith when this spell is spiced down all the way up to 99 seconds at 54 Faith where the duration scaling caps.

Attunement Milestones

Like all other spells, the amount of casts per slot increases upon reaching certain Attunement milestones:

Attunement Level	Amount of Casts
10	1
43	2
94	3

Duration Scaling Information

Duration values are listed in seconds. Base duration of this spell only depends on Faith. Base duration shown as well as values with the Lingering Dragoncrest variants applied and pieces of Northwarder Set applied.

Faith	Duration	LDCR (15%)	LDCR +1 (25%)	LDCR +2 (40%)	Full Northwarder Set (22.5%)	NW Hood (5%)	NW Robe & Trousers (Both 2.5%)	NW Manchettes (12.5%)
10-18	27	31	34	38	33	28	28	30
19	29	33	36	41	36	30	30	33
20	31	36	39	43	38	33	32	35
21	33	38	41	46	40	35	34	37
22	35	40	44	49	43	37	36	39
23	37	43	46	52	45	39	38	42
24	39	45	49	55	48	41	40	44
25	41	47	51	57	50	43	42	46
26	43	49	54	60	53	45	44	48
27	45	52	56	63	55	47	46	51
28	47	54	59	66	58	49	48	53
29	49	56	61	69	60	51	50	55
30	51	59	64	71	62	54	52	57
31	53	61	66	74	65	56	54	60
32	55	63	69	77	67	58	56	62
33	57	66	71	80	70	60	58	64
34	59	68	74	83	72	62	60	66
35	61	70	76	85	75	64	63	69
36	63	72	79	88	77	66	65	71
37	65	75	81	91	80	68	67	73
38	67	77	84	94	82	70	69	75
39	69	79	86	97	85	72	71	78
40	71	82	89	99	87	75	73	80
41	73	84	91	102	89	77	75	82
42	75	86	94	105	92	79	77	84
43	77	89	96	108	94	81	79	87
44	79	91	99	111	97	83	81	89
45	81	93	101	113	99	85	83	91
46	83	95	104	116	102	87	85	93
47	85	98	106	119	104	89	87	96
48	87	100	109	122	107	91	89	98
49	89	102	111	125	109	93	91	100
50	91	105	114	127	111	96	93	102
51	93	107	116	130	114	98	95	105
52	95	109	119	133	116	100	97	107
53	97	112	121	136	119	102	99	109
54	99	114	124	139	121	104	101	111

Trivia

• Bradley of the Old Guard will cast this in a situation he deems dire enough.