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Fire Knight’s Shortsword

The Fire Knight’s Shortsword is a Shadow of the Erdtree dagger that deals both physical and fire damage. It scales D in Strength, Dexterity and Faith and needs 8 Strength, 13 Dexterity and 12 Faith. Its skill is Quickstep.

A good sidearm for Faith builds that like fire.

Attack power
Physical 75
Fire 32
Guarded damage negation
Physical 32.0
Magic 18.0
Fire 31.0
Lightning 18.0
Holy 18.0
Guard boost 15
Weapon skill
Quickstep
Passive effect
Damage negation
Resistance
Special effect
Effect
Upgrades / variants
Skill effect
Compatible weapon types
Abilities

Where to find it

It is a 4% drop from Fire Knights that fight with two daggers.

Item description & lore

The Fire Knights carried this slender, flame-shaped shortsword. It is blessed with a flame incantation, and further fire imbuement makes it much stronger.

Notes & tips

  • Leans more towards Dexterity than Strength.
  • Despite the description, Sacred gives it higher Faith scaling and raw attack power than Flame Art. Flame Art usually still deals more effective damage, since only two damage types have to get through enemy defences instead of three.

Found at

Dropped by

Enemy

Fire Knight

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Attribute scaling: Str D / Dex D / Fai D
Requirements: Str 8, Dex 13, Fai 12
Weight: 2.0
FP cost: 3
Upgrade material: Smithing Stones
Critical: 110

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