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Great Katana

The Great Katana is a Shadow of the Erdtree weapon with a black blade and a striking temper pattern. It deals physical damage, causes blood loss buildup, and scales evenly with Strength and Dexterity.

It is built for aggression and needs you to put your whole body into every swing. It comes with the Overhead Stance skill.

Attack power
Physical 145
Guarded damage negation
Physical 60.0
Magic 30.0
Fire 30.0
Lightning 30.0
Holy 30.0
Guard boost 35
Weapon skill
Overhead Stance
Passive effect
Causes blood loss buildup (55)
Damage negation
Resistance
Special effect
Effect
Upgrades / variants
Skill effect
Compatible weapon types
Abilities

Where to find it

Found on a corpse in the lake in the northern Gravesite Plain, where the Ghostflame Dragon is fought.

Item description & lore

A large katana typical of the warriors of the Land of Reeds, and the finest of its kind.

Notes & tips

  • Causes blood loss buildup.
  • Patch 1.17 changed its item description.

Found at

Location

Gravesite Plain

Dropped by

Reward from

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Weapon
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Attribute scaling: Str D / Dex D
Requirements: Str 14, Dex 18
Weight: 10.5
FP cost: 18
Critical: 100

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