Frayed Blade is a Weapon in Dark Souls 3. It is part of The Ringed City.
A dragon weapon symbolizing Darkeater Midir.
The once-exquisite blade is now stained black, and frayed at the hilt. Without its sheath, it will soon crumble into nothing.
Skill: Hold
Assume a holding stance in which a normal attack sends a shockwave along the earth, and a strong attack commences a series of slashes.
Notes and Tips:
- Cannot be Buffed or Infused.
- Reinforced with Titanite Scale.
- Has the highest Dexterity requirement of any weapon.
- It has very low durability, thus it is sound to bring Repair Powder or the Repair sorcery.
- The downward slash of the weapon art deals more damage when both the blade and shockwave hit the target. However, this is parriable.
- At 60 DEX/16 STR it has 468 AR. It bests the Chaos Blade against enemies weak to dark and in critical hits.
- At 30 Luck it gets 41 Bleed. Upgraded to +5 at 70 Luck it gets 49?
- Wielded by Halflight, Spear of the Church in offline mode.
- The corroded texture of the weapon is similar to the weapons wielded by the Pontiff Knights and High Lord Wolnir. This may suggest that the blade was also eaten away by the insects of the Deep.
Location/Where to Find
- Transposed with Soul of Darkeater Midir.
Moveset and Videos:
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Frayed Blade Upgrade Table
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Regular | 104 | - | - | - | 41 | E | B | - | - | - | - | 34 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | |
Regular +1 | 117 | - | - | - | 48 | D | B | - | - | - | - | 34 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 30 |
Regular +2 | 134 | - | - | - | 55 | D | A | - | - | - | - | 34 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 30 |
Regular +3 | 150 | - | - | - | 62 | D | A | - | - | - | - | 34 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 30 |
Regular +4 | 167 | - | - | - | 69 | D | A | - | - | - | - | 34 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 30 |
Regular +5 | 184 | - | - | - | 76 | D | A | - | - | - | - | 35 | 45.0 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 40.0 | 30 |
Table Key
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Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has: Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)
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Still my favorite Fromsoft weapon second only to the Beasthunter Saif.
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after i finish every blue, darkmoon, sunbro with my murakumo. i pull out this sword for the host.
"If you wanna see some action
Gotta be the center of attraction
Make sure that they got their eyes on you, like the face that you see on every magazine
Be the focus of attention
Be the name that every one must mention... sen-SAAAY-SHANAL!!!"
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fashion suggestions for this blade anyone?
I like desert pyromancer set with fire keeper robe. red with black
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This weapon can finally confirm:
Dark eater midir is actually Vergil after he stabbed himself with his katana again,that's why you can create both yamato and mirage edge from midir's soul. dEePesT loRE
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Comparing this weapon to the Moonveil is an insult, this weapon is not only much cooler and more stylish, It's also actually balanced and isn't one of the number one tickets to making everyone hate you and see you as a complete sweatlord.
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As durable as a styrofoam cup, as stylish as a spiked collar and and black eyeliner
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I guess the fact this thing is so good is offset by requiring you to kill the worst boss in the game to get it
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Can't decide between bankai and motivation. I guess i'll just bury the light.
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L2 R1 does not hit onikiri and ubadachi weapon art. Learned this the hard way :(
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These absurdly high stats requirements of the late game weapons are the downside of DS3. Chikage from Bloodborne wants 14 skill points for example. Giving you way more options for your builds. While in DS3 (or ER) you are forced to make use of one build if you use this weapon and stick to it. Bloodgems are prolly the deciding factor here but still, Fromsoft had plenty of time to implement something similar in DS3 and ER aswell.
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This sword is made of the sharpest single-ply toilet paper I've ever seen. Incredible.
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Comparing this weapon to Mo***eil is an insult to Frayed Blade, because it is at least balanced
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Moonveil/RoB users won't be happy when they migrate to previous fromsoft titles only to find out that this is the closest similar weapon from the ones that they main and it isn't as busted as they expected.
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Hand it over that thing midir, your dark katana, for my dexterity build
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Moonveil, but it’s not broken and is actually fun to fight.
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The best katana I have ever used 100% worth investing into this weapon level up dex to 40 and strength to 11 and you’re good to go
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if this wasnt ds3, you wouldve had to cut off midirs tail for this. be grateful.
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So im thinking of a build. Using the weeb sword obviusly and the old wolf curved sword. The dooge sword is gonna be my main until weeb then ill keep the sword on my back and use the lothrick war banner or sacred oath, or carthus beacon, allong whith pontiffs right eye, also thinking about the billed mask but dont want to ruin my fashion. BUT because the weeb sword does 4 consecutive attacks that is enough for the pontif ring to proc as well as the dooge sword, now if im lucky then they will also bleed out casuing more damage, very eager to test this out however i have no idea how to use dooge sword and im not sure how much dps i can pull out whith it on midir so open to suggestions on different main.
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WA r1: dragon flash
WA r2: one mind
Coincidentally,both are skills from sekiro that you obtain by defeating two alternate final bosses
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One of two weapons in the Game that actually broke for me once. The other is the Moonlight Greatsword.
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frayed blade: eaten away by bugs in the deep
PKCS: also eaten by bugs
PKCS: most durable curved sword ig
Frayed blade: one of the lowest katanas in durability and in dex weapons
so what have we learned?
a sword being eaten by bug doesn't always make a weapon durable kids
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Monstrous piece of trash. In anchent time god gave abreham powerful pkcs to kill midir-anites wake up sheeple ***-ed blade is shït and ***-ed blade user is shït use divine pkcs instead and go to heaven or be trash Casul fat scrub and use blade that is frayed like ur mom
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HOHOHOHO IT'SA ME SANTA CLAUSE
THIS WEAPON IS NAUGHTY AND IF YOU USE IT, YOU WON'T GET ANY PRESENTS TO CHRISTMAS!!!
HOHOHO, THE MACE IS BETTER!!! I USE THE MACE EVERY DAY AND IT'S THE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREATEST WEAPON ON EARTH!!!
IF YOU WANT TO GET AAALL THE PRESENTS, USE THE MACE JUST LIKE ME!!!
MARRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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Is it worth leveling luck for this weapon to get more bleed or is it better to keep getting dex
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Would be cool if we got this weapon if we where able to cut midir's tail.
Why dit they remove that tail cutting T_T
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Katanas have two weaknesses.
1) low durability (Dark souls 3 removes this)
2) parry-able (weapon are removes this).
leaving this weapon with very little drawbacks if used correctly.
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"This may suggest that the blade was also eaten away by the insects of the Deep."
NO. It's literally said that it's symbolize Midir. He is nearly consumed by the Abyss - the sword looks accordingly.
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The ultimate Dex weapon
-solid ar
-Amazing R1 to WA R2 true combo
-{{{ Running R1}}}}}
- some dark damage
Honestly don’t know why you guys hate this katana
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I used to believe in Gwyn and the other gods of Lordran. After studying the Frayed Blade however, I realize how foolish and naive I was. The gods don't exist.
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D scaling in STR makes this a fun quality weapon. Is it the best weapon? Hell no but it looks sick and you're a nerd if you don't use cool weapons
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I don't know what everyone's saying, this thing slaps. kicked the **** out of a pyromancer in pvp and sister friede, but then again it was my first playthrough so it could get worse.
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Virgin ds3 player: this weapon sucks
Chad ds3 player : LOL frayed blade has anime weapon artt its best weapon
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Actually bad, and anyone who disagrees is actually stupid and incorrect
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How does this katana have a reach higher than it seems and somehow break 50 poise?
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One of the most satisfying bosses rewards one of the most underwhelming weapons, huh
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Although i haven't looked at the whole comment section, i bet that that pkcs troll guy's comments would be here as well
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Props to the person who got that gallery photo; Fashion and framing are *mwah*.
Just used midir's soul for this because the weapon art looked cool
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How exactly is this weapon related to midir? Is it concidered his "Tail weapon" if we could've cut his tail? Would be the only explanation for me. But why does Halflight wield this too? How did he get it? Any Lore on that?
Why is there so much trash on the comments page from these ad spammers bro
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Ah yes, I always wanted to know the location of the frayed blade
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There's no way it's 20 durability.. thing lasts longer than a greatsword
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I love spanking the weeaboos back to into reality when they pull this out. No you can't use friendship and magic to live your life, you actually have to get a job, go to work and make yourself useful to society.
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we could have get a cool abyssal greatsword... but yeah... a katana is cool too i guess
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Completely disappointed in this garbage sword. Having spent almost 14 hours in total to kill that fking dragon, I don't want a weapon that has abysmal damage, none existent durability, a shitty move set that is so fking hard to use. Literally took me whole day to land a single hit on someone with the beam and it's super annoying, just how tf are you supposed to use this shiit? Forget about pve thanks to it's 20 durability, you may as well use your fist to fight the bosses. Moral of the story? Just trade this shiit for souls or give it to some retard who want to have a taste of it's shitttyness. Wanna point down scrubs in pvp? Easy, just use lkss or pkcs. Wanna beat bosses? grab that lkgs or sstb.
I think that this is honestly one of my favorite weapons in the game, but it is way too over used and very difficult to get. I think it’s really cool that you can send a light beam from the katana, it reminds me of the bloodskall blade from Skyrim.
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Why bother using this sword when you already have the ultimate Dex weapon that is called pkcs?
Used this for a basic Samurai cosplay, Good to have fun with friends in pvp
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Wish Fromsoft did something more with this weapon rather than just another dex katana
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The chikage is better than this weapon because.... whoops wrong game.
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The most overplayed PVP weapon. Might as well be named "please parry me".
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This sword sucks so bad that i wanna pull out my pkcs and destroy it. The same way I destroyed casuls trash using this katana.
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Don't mind me. Just invalidating about every other katana in the game
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I saw someone rocking this with old wolf curved sword (and maybe pontiff right eye?) and using it with the flurry weapon art. holy hell, why dont I see that more often? the damage was actually insane.
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does heavy weapon art not stagger at all at pvp? i always get smacked even by light armor users while trying to be edgy
Moonveil and RoB are broken weapons and simple to obtain in Elden Ring.
This thing is hard to obtain and it's just a decent weapon in DS3, so not the same.
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