- For the Dark Souls II variant, see Sun Sword.
- For the Dark Souls III variant, see Sunlight Straight Sword (Dark Souls III).
The Sunlight Straight Sword is a straight sword in Dark Souls.
In-Game Description
- This standard longsword, belonging to Solaire of Astora, is of high quality, is well-forged, and has been kept in good repair.
- Easy to use and dependable, but unlikely to live up to its grandiose name.
Availability[]
The Sunlight Straight Sword is dropped by Solaire of Astora.
Characteristics[]
The Sunlight Straight Sword has the exact same "Quality" scaling as a majority of other Straight Swords. This weapon has identical base damage and scaling compared with Broadsword and Dark Sword. Sunlight Straight Sword shares its moveset with Longsword, though it has better base damage, higher durability, higher requirements, is one unit heavier, and has slightly slower attacks.
Moveset[]
| Attack | Description |
|---|---|
| One-handed Weak Attack |
Horizontal swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| One-handed Strong Attack |
Stab alternating with upward swings. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Weak Attack |
Vertical swings. Low starting and ending lag. |
| Two-handed Strong Attack |
Steps forward while swinging horizontally. Minor starting and ending lag. |
| 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 Sunlight Straight Sword, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunlight Straight Sword | 82 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Shard ×1) |
90 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Shard ×1) |
98 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Shard ×2) |
106 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Shard ×2) |
114 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Titanite Shard ×3) |
123 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +6 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) |
131 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +7 (L. Titanite Shard ×1) |
139 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +8 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) |
147 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +9 (L. Titanite Shard ×2) |
155 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +10 (L. Titanite Shard ×3) |
164 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +11 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
172 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +12 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
180 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +13 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
188 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +14 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
196 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Sunlight Straight Sword +15 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
205 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
141 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
150 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Large Titanite Shard ×1) |
159 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
169 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Large Titanite Shard ×2) |
178 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Raw Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Large Titanite Shard ×3) |
188 | – | – | – | D | D | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
180 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
188 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
196 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
205 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
213 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Crystal Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
221 | – | – | – | C | C | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
93 | 100 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
99 | 107 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
105 | 113 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
111 | 119 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
117 | 127 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
124 | 134 | – | – | E | E | C | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +6 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
130 | 140 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +7 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
136 | 147 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +8 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
142 | 154 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +9 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
148 | 160 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +10 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
155 | 167 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Magic Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Blue Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
124 | 132 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
128 | 135 | – | – | E | E | B | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×1) |
133 | 139 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×2) |
138 | 143 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Blue Titanite Chunk ×3) |
143 | 147 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Enchanted Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Blue Titanite Slab ×1) |
148 | 153 | – | – | E | E | A | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
82 | 102 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
88 | 108 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
93 | 115 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
99 | 122 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
104 | 129 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
110 | 136 | – | – | D | D | – | C | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +6 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
115 | 142 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +7 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
121 | 149 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +8 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
126 | 156 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +9 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
132 | 163 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +10 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
137 | 170 | – | – | D | D | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Divine Sunlight Straight Sword +5, White Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
112 | 124 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
118 | 130 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (White Titanite Chunk ×1) |
125 | 136 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (White Titanite Chunk ×2) |
132 | 142 | – | – | E | E | – | B | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (White Titanite Chunk ×3) |
138 | 148 | – | – | D | D | – | A | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
| Occult Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (White Titanite Slab ×1) |
145 | 155 | – | – | D | D | – | A | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Green Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
106 | – | 106 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
114 | – | 114 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.4 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Green Titanite Shard ×1) |
123 | – | 123 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
131 | – | 131 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.0 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Green Titanite Shard ×2) |
139 | – | 139 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Green Titanite Shard ×3) |
147 | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.7 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +6 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
157 | – | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +7 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
167 | – | 167 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.5 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +8 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
177 | – | 177 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +9 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
186 | – | 186 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.2 | 35 |
| Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +10 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
196 | – | 196 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Fire Sunlight Straight Sword +5, Red Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
129 | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.0 | 35 |
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
136 | – | 155 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35.7 | 35 |
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Red Titanite Chunk ×1) |
144 | – | 164 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 36.4 | 35 |
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Red Titanite Chunk ×2) |
151 | – | 172 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.1 | 35 |
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Red Titanite Chunk ×3) |
158 | – | 180 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 37.8 | 35 |
| Chaos Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Red Titanite Slab ×1) |
165 | – | 188 | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 38.5 | 35 |
Requires: Standard Sunlight Straight Sword +10, Titanite and 200 souls per upgrade.
| Attack Values | Parameter Bonus | Damage Reduction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
147 | – | – | 147 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 35.0 |
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword +1 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
159 | – | – | 159 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 37.8 |
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword +2 (Titanite Chunk ×1) |
170 | – | – | 170 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 40.6 |
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword +3 (Titanite Chunk ×2) |
182 | – | – | 182 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 43.4 |
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword +4 (Titanite Chunk ×3) |
193 | – | – | 193 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 46.2 |
| Lightning Sunlight Straight Sword +5 (Titanite Slab ×1) |
205 | – | – | 205 | – | – | – | – | 50 | 10 | 35 | 49.0 |
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 |
Dexterity |
Intelligence |
Faith |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard +15 |
51% | 51% | - | - |
| Raw +5 |
38% | 38% | - | - |
| Crystal +5 |
51% | 51% | - | - |
| Magic +10 |
14% | 14% | 73% | - |
| Enchanted +5 |
10% | 10% | 72% | - |
| Divine +10 |
20% | 20% | - | 73% |
| Occult +5 |
18% | 18% | - | 86% |
| 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 | |||
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