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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Introduction
    • A Spark Flickers
    • A World of Ash & Cinders
  • Controlling the Game
    • Overview
    • The HUD
    • Controls
  • Gameplay
    • Overview
    • Understanding Your Stats and Attributes
    • Creating Your Character
    • Character Builds
    • Your Build Is Not Your Class!
    • Archetypes
    • Choosing Equipment
    • Combat
    • Health and Survival
    • Deaths, Souls, and Leveling
    • Using Equipment
    • Upgrading Equipment
  • Additional Rules & Helpful Tips
    • Looting the Spheres of Bones
    • Bonus Luck
    • Burn the Leeches
    • Roll Mechanics
    • Matchmaking Details
  • Walkthrough
    • A Path Through Lothric and Beyond
    • Cemetery of Ash
    • Boss: Iudex Gundyr
    • High Wall of Lothric
    • Boss: Dancer of the Boreal Valley
    • Boss: Vordt of Boreal Valley
    • Undead Settlement
    • Boss: Curse-rotted Greatwood
    • Road of Sacrifices
    • Boss: Crystal Sage
    • Farron Keep
    • Boss: Abyss Watchers
    • Cathedral of the Deep
    • Boss: Deacons of the Deep
    • Catacombs of Carthus
    • Boss: High Lord Wolnir
    • Smouldering Lake
    • Boss: Old Demon King
    • Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
    • Boss: Pontiff Sulyvahn
    • Irithyll Dungeon
    • Profaned Capital
    • Boss: Yhorm the Giant
    • Anor Londo
    • Boss: Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
    • Consumed King’s Garden
    • Boss: Oceiros, the Consumed King
    • Untended Graves
    • Boss: Champion Gundyr
    • Lothric Castle
    • Boss: Dragonslayer Armour
    • Grand Archives
    • Boss: Lorian and Lothric
    • Archdragon Peak
    • Boss: Ancient Wyvern
    • Boss: The Nameless King
    • Kiln of the First Flame
    • All Possible Endings (SPOILER WARNING)
    • Boss: Soul of Cinder
  • Multiplayer and Covenants
    • Overview
    • Multiplayer Basics
    • Helping, Surviving, and Hunting Other Players
    • Covenants! Who Will You Serve?
  • Weapons, Armor, Magic, and Tools
    • Overview
    • Weapon Skills
    • Tools
      • Overview
      • Critical Items
      • Typical Consumables
      • Permanent Items
      • Basic Consumable Souls
      • Boss Souls
      • Covenant Items
      • Special Items
    • Materials
      • Overview
      • Enhancement
      • Infusion
      • Weapon Enhancement and Infusion Examples
    • Key Items
    • Spells
      • Overview
      • Sorcery
      • Pyromancy
      • Miracles
  • Equipment
    • Melee Weapons
      • Overview
      • Daggers
      • Straight Swords
      • Greatswords
      • Ultra Greatswords
      • Curved Swords
      • Curved Greatswords
      • Thrusting Swords
      • Katanas
      • Axes
      • Greataxes
      • Hammers
      • Great Hammers
      • Spears
      • Pikes
      • Halberds
      • Reapers
      • Whips
      • Fists
      • Claws
    • Ranged Weapons
      • Overview
      • Bows
      • Greatbows
      • Crossbows
    • Catalysts
      • Overview
      • Staffs
      • Pyromancy Flame
      • Talismans
    • Shields
      • Overview
      • Small Shields
      • Shields
      • Greatshields
    • Armor
      • Overview
      • Pharis’s Set
      • Hard Leather Set
      • Brigand Set
      • Lucatiel Set
      • Chain Set
      • Northern Set
      • Creighton Set
      • Iron Set
      • Sellsword Set
      • Drang Set
      • Undead Legion Set
      • Herald Set
      • Knight Set
      • Nameless Knight Set
      • Fallen Knight Set
      • Elite Knight Set
      • Alva Set
      • Drakeblood Set
      • Faraam Set
      • Sunset Set
      • Sunless Set
      • Brass Set
      • Favor Set
      • Eastern Set
      • Thorn Set
      • Catarina Set
      • Morne Set
      • Lothric Knight Set
      • Cathedral Knight Set
      • Winged Set
      • Outrider Knight Set
      • Pontiff Knight Set
      • Fire Witch Set
      • Dancer Set
      • Dark Set
      • Black Knight Set
      • Silver Knight Set
      • Dragonslayer Set
      • Wolf Knight Set
      • Smough Set
      • Lorian Set
      • Golden Set
      • Firelink Set
      • Black Iron Set
      • Executioner Set
      • Exile Set
      • Gundyr Set
      • Havel Set
      • Assassin Set
      • Black Hand Set
      • Black Leather Set
      • Shadow Set
      • Leonhard Set
      • Pale Shade Set
      • Black Set
      • Painting Guardian Set
      • Sorcerer Set
      • Clandestine Set
      • Old Sorcerer Set
      • Court Sorcerer Set
      • Karla Set
      • Dusk Set
      • Xanthous Set
      • Scholar Set
      • Sage Set
      • Pyromancer Set
      • Cornyx Set
      • Conjurator Set
      • Cleric Series
      • Maiden Set
      • Evangelist Set
      • Deacon Set
      • Archdeacon Set
      • Jailer Set
      • Prayer Set
      • Fire Keeper Set
      • Ragged Set
      • Worker Set
      • Grave Warden Set
      • Soldier Set
      • Thrall Set
      • Wolnir Set
      • Avarice Set
      • Dragon Set
    • Rings
    • Arrows & Bolts
      • Overview
      • Arrows
      • GreatArrows
      • Bolts
  • The Bestiary
    • Overview
    • Cemetery of Ash
    • High Wall of Lothric
    • Undead Settlement
    • Road of Sacrifices
    • Farron Keep
    • Cathedral of the Deep
    • Catacombs of Carthus
    • Smouldering Lake
    • Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
    • Irithyll Dungeon
    • Profaned Capital
    • Anor Londo
    • Consumed King’s Garden
    • Untended Graves
    • Lothric Castle
    • Grand Archives
    • Archdragon Peak
    • Dark Spirits
    • NPCs
  • NPC Questlines
    • Overview
    • Andre the Blacksmith
    • Anri and Horace
    • Cornyx the Pyromancer
    • Greirat
    • Hawkwood the Deserter
    • Irina of Carim
    • Eygon of Carim
    • Karla the Witch
    • Leonhard, The Ringfinger
    • Ludleth of Courtland
    • Holy Knight Hodrick
    • Orbeck of Vinheim
    • Shrine Handmaid
    • Unbreakable Patches
    • Rosaria
    • Siegward of Catarina
    • Sirris of the Sunless Realms
    • The Fire Keeper
    • The Giant of the Undead Settlement
    • The Nestling of Firelink Shrine (Snuggly the Crow)
    • Yoel of Londor
    • Yorshka
    • Yuria of Londor
  • Trophies and Achievements
    • Achievements
    • Gestures
  • Videos
    • Iudex Gundyr
    • Dancer of the Boreal Valley
    • Vordt of the Boreal Valley
    • Abyss Watchers
    • Deacons of the Deep
    • High Lord Wolnir
    • Pontiff Sulyvahn
    • Yhorm the Giant
    • Oceiros, the Consumed King
    • Dragonslayer Armour
  • Maps
    • Illustrated World Map
    • Cemetery of Ash
    • High Wall of Lothric
    • Undead Settlement
    • Road of Sacrifices
    • Farron Keep
    • Cathedral of the Deep
    • Catacombs of Carthus
    • Smouldering Lake
    • Irithyll of the Boreal Valley
    • Irithyll Dungeon
    • Profaned Capital
    • Anor Londo
    • Consumed King's Garden
    • Untended Graves
    • Lothric Castle
    • Grand Archives
    • Archdragon Peak
  • Artbook
    • NPCs
    • Enemies
    • Bosses
  • Credits
    • Legal

Dark Souls III Guide (Steam) › Equipment › Melee Weapons

Ultra Greatswords

Sharing the podium for heaviest weapon class with Great Hammers, Ultra Greatswords are massive weapons, more slabs of metal than elegant blades.

Ultra Greatswords are heavy and have high stat requirements (right up to the incredibly demanding 50 Str for the Fume), but in exchange they offer crushing hitting power, delivering hits hard enough to down weaker enemies in a single strike, and deal impressive damage even to bosses in a few hits.

They pay for this power with their huge weight requirements and sluggish handling, and between the weight and the stat requirements, most Ultra Greatswords remain unusable until later in a playthrough, when you have enough stat muscle to properly wield these beasts.

Appropriately, most Ultra Greatswords have the Stomp skill, though there are a few others mixed in as well. The Farron Greatsword is particularly notable for possessing an offhand light blade that can be used to Parry!

Ultra Greatswords Type Art/Cost Weight Power Add. Effect Scaling Requirements Material
Astora Greatsword Standard/Thrust Charge/13/13 8.0 122p - D/C/-/- 16/18/0/0 Titanite
Black Knight Greatsword Standard/Thrust Stomp/10/16 16.0 185p - C/D/-/- 30/18/0/0 Twinkling Titanite
Cathedral Knight Greatsword Strike/Thrust Stomp/10/20 15.0 149p - C/E/-/- 26/10/0/0 Titanite
Farron Greatsword Standard/Thrust Parry/- 12.5 125p - D/C/-/- 18/20/0/0 Titanite Scale
Fume Ultra Greatsword Strike Stomp/10/18 25.5 189p - A/E/-/- 50/10/0/0 Twinkling Titanite
Greatsword Standard Stomp/10/20 20.0 159p - D/D/-/- 28/10/0/0 Titanite
Lorian’s Greatsword Standard/Thrust Flame of Lorian/10/18 14.0 151p/79f - D/D/D/D 26/10/0/0 Titanite Scale
Lothric Knight Greatsword Standard/Thrust Stomp/10/15 16.5 131p/87l - D/D/-/- 24/16/0/0 Titanite
Profaned Greatsword Standard/Thrust Profaned Flame/10/17 13.5 161p - C/D/-/- 22/10/0/0 Titanite Scale
Zweihander Standard/Thrust Stomp/10/15 10.0 140p - D/D/-/- 19/11/0/0 Titanite

Astora Greatsword

This greatsword, bestowed only upon elite knights, is a relic of the ruined land of Astora.

Designed for a focus on thrust attacks, this sword is hard and sharp, but not unusually heavy.

Skill: Charge

Hold sword at waist and charge at foe. Use strong attack while charging to extend the length of the charge.

Found/Dropped: Cathedral of the Deep

Standard/Thrust
Charge / 13 / 13
8.0
122
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
C
-
-
16
18
-
-
Titanite

Black Knight Greatsword

Ultra greatsword wielded by the Black Knights who wander the lands.

Designed to face chaos demons.

The Black Knights constantly faced foes larger than themselves, and this sword’s unique attack greatly reduces enemy poise.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with a crushing strong attack.

Found/Dropped: Black Knight

Standard/Thrust
Stomp / 10 / 16
16.0
185
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
C
D
-
-
30
18
-
-
Twinkling Titanite

Cathedral Knight Greatsword

Ultra greatsword wielded by the knights of the Cathedral of the Deep.

Highly destructive if intolerably heavy.

Its blade is flattened for use as a strike weapon, but the point at the end allows for thrusting.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with strong attack for spinning slash.

Found/Dropped: Knight of the Deep

Strike/Thrust
Stomp / 10 / 20
15.0
149
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
C
E
-
-
26
10
-
-
Titanite

Farron Greatsword

Greatsword of the Abyss Watchers which is atypically paired with an unusual dagger.

The dagger is utilized as a wedge in the left hand while the greatsword is held in the right, a unique technique that was synonymous with the Undead Legion. Confounds foes in the manner of wolves hunting prey.

Skill: Parry

Deflect an attack when timed properly and follow up with a critical hit, executed with the dagger.

Found/Dropped: Blood of the Wolf Soul

Standard/Thrust
Parry / 0
12.5
125
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
C
-
-
18
20
-
-
Titanite Scale

Fume Ultra Greatsword

This twisted sword, the heaviest of all ultra greatswords, resembles black slate.

This weapon, said to belong to a traitor from long ago, was so heavy that it found no owner, and became a forgotten relic of history.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with a crushing strong attack.

Found/Dropped: Smouldering Lake

Strike
Stomp / 10 / 18
25.5
189
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
A
E
-
-
50
10
-
-
Twinkling Titanite

Greatsword

This ultra greatsword, with its thick blade, is one of the heaviest of its kind.

Highly destructive if intolerably heavy.

There would appear to be some credence to the rumors that this sword tested the true limits of human strength.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with strong attack for a spinning slash.

Found/Dropped: Farron Keep

Standard
Stomp / 10 / 20
20.0
159
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
D
-
-
28
10
-
-
Titanite

Lorian’s Greatsword

Ultra greatsword of Lorian, Prince Lothric’s older brother. Cast in smoldering molten steel, and stained black.

Before Lorian embraced his brother’s curse, he was a knight who single-handedly slayed the demon prince, but the victory eternally scorched his sword with flame.

Skill: Flame of Lorian

Lunge forward to transform smolder into flame, and follow with strong attack to launch flame across ground.

Found/Dropped: Twin Princes Soul

Standard/Thrust
Flame of Lorian / 10 / 18
14.0
151
0
79
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
D
D
D
26
10
-
-
Titanite Scale

Lothric Knight Greatsword

Ultra greatsword of the venerable Knights of Lothric. Imbued with the strength of lightning, the trademark of dragon hunting.

Very few have demonstrated the extreme strength and dexterity required for this weapon, even in the long history of the Lothric Knights.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with strong attack for an upward slash.

Found/Dropped: Lothric Knight, Greirat after pillaging Irithyll

Standard/Thrust
Stomp / 10 / 15
16.5
131
0
0
87
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
D
-
-
24
16
-
-
Titanite

Profaned Greatsword

A ceremonial sword, held in Pontiff Sulyvahn’s right hand, representing the Profaned Flame.

Long ago, when Sulyvahn was yet a young sorcerer, he discovered the Profaned Capital and an unfading flame below a distant tundra of Irithyll, and a burning ambition took root within him.

Skill: Profaned Flame

Temporarily summon the Profaned Flame. Lunge forward and use strong attack to enshroud blade in flame.

Found/Dropped: Sulyvahn’s Soul

Standard/Thrust
Profaned Flame / 10 / 17
13.5
161
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
C
D
-
-
22
10
-
-
Titanite Scale

Zweihander

Ultra greatsword with a large, long blade. Wielded with two hands, yet still requiring great strength due to its weight.

Execute powerful attacks that take advantage of its weight, or utilize its sharp blade in thrust attacks.

Skill: Stomp

Use one’s weight to lunge forward with a low stance and increased poise, and follow with strong attack for an upward slash.

Found/Dropped: Grierat

Standard/Thrust
Stomp / 10 / 15
10.0
140
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
0
0
D
D
-
-
19
11
-
-
Titanite

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