Handmaid's Dagger | Dark Souls 3 Wiki

If only you could slap a simple infusion on this thing...

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does the left handed stab mode do thrust damage/work with the leo ring?

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"Pathetic damage" is a stretch. It's pretty good considering how fast it swings and how little stamina it uses. Also, it barely weighs anything. Makes a nice backup weapon in PvE, especially if your main weapon is slow. Great for dogs and other fast enemies, the WA hits around shields, and it can stunlock a lot of things to death. Awesome PvE tool.

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Still better than sage's rapier

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If you compare this to a simple caestus, you'll notice that they both weigh the same.
The Caestus passively grants you 1 fp per 2.85 seconds at +10, or 21 fp per minute.
This dagger grants 1 fp per hit, you'll even get 1 fp back if you hit the weapon art, and on the offhand you'll get 2 fp per stab.
Now, I don't know the exact attack speed but I assume 1 handed main hand daggers land 2 attacks per second, meaning in the time your caestus gets 1 fp, you get 6 by slashing your opponent.
Now, you'll most likely wanna spend your stamina on strong attacks with your main weapon but on easy prey like hollows or Irythill slaves for example, this dagger can serve as a really potent fp source.
Also the pathetic damage and scaling of this dagger means it takes more attacks to kill something, meaning you'll get more fp.

Certainly not a weapon I'd recommend using in pvp but in pve or if you're getting invaded and are low on fp, you should give this thing a try.

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Really fun invasion weapon if you aren't terrified of dying in video games. Blindspot is the goat

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The weapon art should be a grab that deals 6 stabs. The damage would like 10 - 12 per hit so obviously the total damage wouldn't be broken, but it would restore at least 30 fp per stab for a total of 180 fp restored. I think this would make it relevant for any fp user.

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If you want to use it purely as utility I suggest you don't upgrade this weapon at all. Find an enemy you know won't hit you or isn't a threat to you. The lower the upgrade of the weapon, the more hits it takes to kill an enemy. And more hits means more FP for you.
For invaders though, you're better off killing a phantom to refill your ashen flask and vice versa.

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what would have been interesting is if it gave you fp for crits and also gave fp based on damage done
as is your best bet is actually to break the thing and find an enemy to farm fp on
i use it to finish off people with tears

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Would have been real nice if it could be simple infused, providing a nice means of restoring FP both passively and by attacking. The extra FP wouldn't have been game breaking and would have increased the usage of this weapon.

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Not as cool as a Ladle...

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looks cool

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I used for an Assasins Creed cosplay

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Honestly not a bad weapon, just outclassed by other better daggers. Blindspot is still a pretty nasty WA when you repeatedly catch people with it. A good backup weapon for light mages

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you can generate tons of fp if you use this dagger along with the executioner greatsword. Good for casters whose spells costs above 55 fp

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I actually find this weapon quite challenging to use but once you get the hang of it then its a good weapon. Its not only the damage it deals but who uses it and what skill they have with it

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I found an unorthodox use for this thing. Because I always run dark hand for a caster while leveling to save shards for the catalyst, I thought I'd try this as an off hand between fireball nukes. Dark hand light attack does a step which stuns and also closes the gap while tracking. You can then true combo into offhand dagger twice and repeat the process to stun lock enemies. Curiously enough, you seem to be able to true Combo into combustion in a loop as well.

That needs further testing but could be the big brain meta use for this thing. A true caster tool.

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Is the weapon art parryable?

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“This weapon is bad because I can’t main it”

cool

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if you win the game with this weapon, in NG+7, you unlock a secret ending, called "You are a masochist"

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I just wish it had longer range, I think a really long utility dagger with low damage output could be fun to use but it looks shorter than the other daggers. At least it'll always be useful as an FP regen tool.

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I wish it could be simple infused for extra fp and I also wish it did greatsword damage

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In my honest opinion, there is no weapon in this game that is bad,




I didn’t say they’re all good.

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A purely niche, utility weapon. Does poor damage, but that's kind of the point since you regen FP from each hit, not each kill, and you can't hit an enemy anymore once they're dead. Only for those desperate for FP with no other recourse.

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im pretty sure this is the only backhanded knife(if i remember correctly) in the game(the blade's point faces behind you)

isnt a great weapon but its interesting

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If this restored more fp, or could at least be infused (with simple), it could have cut out a niche as a nice backup weapon for a pure caster. But it's doomed to be worse then literally anything else with a simple infusion.

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the only thing it used to be good for was the banner glitch and now you can't even do that

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im gunna blow your mind if you want the buff just infuse the offhand weapon with simple

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this shouldn't exist it serves no purpose

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It's not the worst weapon exactly, just the most niche. Actually, I think it might be the only pure utility weapon in the game. Old Wolf Curved Sword, Lothric War Banner, even Lothric Long Spear are all viable enough to use on their own. But not this bad boy.

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with it's awful scaling and ludicrously low base damage, it makes it actually rather good for players who don't have an ashen flask on them, run out of FP? well no worry young ex-giant dad! just pull out this dagger and stun lock some snovabich until your FP's full again!

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What one For my sorcerer build, when I run out of FPs I can just stab.

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These sell for a thousand souls each. Probably the only good thing about it.

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Everyone wants to parry blindspot. Let them try

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It’s not useless...when you are desperate for some FP.

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lol bad

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When something is worse than the broken straight sword in every way, you know is objectively bad

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bad lol

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If you are a noob that googled this weapon to see if it was any good, no, no it isn't. It's arguably the worst weapon in the game. Sell it, stuff it in your storage box, discard it; just don't use it.

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We have found the Handmaid's Ladle's little sister!

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Typical women, taking pleasure in hurting other people

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Ah yes... another weapon that is outclassed by everything else in favor of a gimmick that doesn't do anything. Literally use a simple infused offhand tool instead

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FEAR MY BUTTERKNIFE

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Clearly not enough FP regen for a build with spells. But Blindspot is neat cuz it allows for a very aggressive play style. And Since this weapon kicks back fp for every hit, maybe all it's supposed to do is feed its own weapon art. More swiping = more WA = more damage? Sounds good on paper, but I need to test it out.

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Because This is a weapon meant for PVE, not PVP. Aside from the Ashen Estus, there are 4 other ways to get back FP. 1st is from consummables that replenish FP, 2nd from simple infusion, third is from Aldrich's Sapphire, and last is from weapons, which exclusively count the Handmaiden's Dagger, and Executioner's Greatsword. You could used consummables, but who really uses them when you have estus? Let's say, you exclusively use a simple caestus/small parry shield alone. That gives you 3.5 FP in 10s. Which means if you're empty on FP, you have to kite an enemy for 100s to get back enough FP for 1 Soulspear. Given that you could potentially die in clutch which usually amounts to less than half the time it takes to get 3.5 FP, this is goddamn pathetic and inefficient. The icing on this turd cake is that if an enemy/boss attacks with an unparryable move, you're basically equipping dead weight. And really, no one uses a ceastus to fight unless you're desperate in PVE or for builds in PVP. It's the same as using short fingernails to separate 2 lego pieces stuck together. On the other hand, the Handmaid's Dagger is a lightweight weapon that gives 1 FP on every single hit. It deals so little damage, because From wants you to get as much FP as you can per enemy. This is basically the FP version of the Sun Princess Ring. It's trying to encourage a semi-agressive playstyle similar to the rally mechanic in Bloodborne. Because it has low weight, you can go for a light build with fast rolls, get 2-3 whiffs in, and dodge away. Now imagine if you combine the Handmaid's Dagger, a simple infused caestus/parry shield, executioner's greatsword, and Aldrich's Ruby. You can basically farm FP back from killing mobs in PVE. And if you add this lot further; Sun Princess Ring, Blessed Weapon, Prayer for Favor from Filianore's Chime, and Replenishment, that would make for one-hell of an interesting no-estus run. Viable challenge for anyone who isn't a hardcore speedrunner or LobosJr.

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what's the best overall armor set for protection?
So I know armor isn't that that good, but however, I really just wanna try the highest overall armor. I've been looking forever but It's all so confused with calcs and what not. Does anyone know the best hybrid armor set that generally covers the most damage you'd take?

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I tried backstabbing with this thing. It didn't even do better than the rest of my weapons with 100 critical modifier.

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On a faith character with healing and lighting spell you can kill yhorm without stormruler.

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Look up the lothric banner fp glitch if you need a use 4 this.

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The wiki is wrong, that's not the worst dagger but the worst WEAPON, item, thing in the game, or in the universe

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Shame it cannot be infused, it would have been the perfect FP source once infused with Simple. Regain FP just sitting around and simply attacking.

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Just a quick note if you don't bother to upgrade it you can deal less damage there for gaining more hits available to generate more FP just saying

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theres something weird, right now I have this weapon upgraded to +9and its giving me 161 base damage at +10 its giving me 170 idk whats going on :l

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Severely underrated weapon. No, it doesn't do a lot of damage, but that's the point. Its an FP recovery tool, not a killing tool.

There are a lot of mobs in the game that are relatively easy to staggerlock and/or are easily dodgable. Smack those enemies around a bit with this thing to restore FP and extend the amount of time you have before needing to use an ashen estus. This is especially handy on casters, who can really appreciate the ability to effectively extend their FP bar before having to use an ashen estus. The rate of recovery is also significantly faster than a maxed-out Simple infusion when you can attack with it, and due to its light weight you can pair it with a Simple infused caestus for a total of only 1 weight, allowing you to increase FP gains by either equipping both at the same time, or swapping to the caestus when not using the dagger. Go even further by holding an executioner's greatsword in your other hand while you murder things with this dagger.

An example: it takes a couple seconds for my 12 str/20dex caster to kill a basic, non-threatening corvian in the corvian village on NG, with the dagger using the offhand moveset (recovering 2 fp a hit). By holding an executioner's greatsword in my right hand while doing this, I recover 16 FP. Even without the Dusk Crown Ring on, that's still a charge of, say, Great Chaos Fire Orb every 2 kills. Pretty nice if you ask me!

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Too op please nerf.

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What if this thing got some Intelligence scaling (probably D rank, about) on its base physical damage? Just as sort of a niche thing for it to do. Admittedly, I don't have much lore justification for this one, just thought it'd be neat way to buff it. Speaking of buffs, why couldn't one be able to buff it? I understand infusing, given its unique FP regain property, but its not like it applies some self-buff or has a weird WA, its WA is just a variant attack. If they did that, you might see it being used as an off-hand/sidearm type weapon for Intelligence builds, which is more of a role than it seems to fill right now...

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Great for cosplaying as joker from persona 5

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Why this weapon cant be infused? Its a weapon that restores fp but cant be used properly by a wizard or pyro. Why, just why o.O?

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The blind spot weapon art is actually quite nice on this dagger because of how underused and inconspicuous it is. No one expects it.
The weapon art travels far, comes out fast and recovers quickly making this dagger quite useful against parry fishers and also the very low weight.

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It should automatically have a simple infusion and recover fp from riposte

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NEEds a serious buff in overall dog and go gained per hit

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I would totally pay for this thing to parry in left hand lol. I would pay so *****en much. T_T it would be so much better...

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Guys, this is actually a nice soul farming bonus. They sell for 1K souls each in and drop in a very nice soul farming area.

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Buff the FUGS

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At the very least it seems to.

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Could someone who can do it correctly remove the extra tables seeing as it cannot be infused?

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The should buff the FP it gives back 1 FP is USELESS.

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This thing's got its uses for low level invasion builds going through the game. It has neato damage for no investment at all beyond upgrading it, and the AR multiplier for its offhand icepick grip is almost the same as its 2H moveset's AR multiplier. If you have a slow main hand weapon, definitely consider using this, especially since it can obliterate shield mobs. Too bad it comes in so late into the game, and its scaling is utter trash despite the incredible base damage.I only wish that its offhand moveset had the icepick swings on L1 AND Blind Spot on L2, not blocking with it! Seems like programming such a thing would be too hard for From Software...

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Works with backstabs and ripostes

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see lots of comments on it but no ones updated wiki

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Equipped.

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This thing doesn't have a parry on left hand. Blocking animation is just so stupid...

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Anyone else notice that when this dagger is equipped in the left hand it's reversed? From brief checks it seems to be the only dagger which does. I just thought it was pretty neat.

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if this weapon had a parry when equipped in you offhand wold have been a pretty cool tool

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Wanted to do a simple infusion... But nooooo. Why have infusion restrictions with this? I FP per attack sucks.

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It's no ladle but it'll do I guess.

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