Pontiff's Right Eye |
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Pontiff's Right Eye is a Ring in Dark Souls 3.
Pontiff's Right Eye Effect
- Boosts Attack Rating, as long attacking persists.
- Initial boost is 3%, then 5%, and maxes out at 10%
- Weight: 1.4
Where to Find Pontiff's Right Eye
- Located in the Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. The giant Sulyvahn's Beast you face the first time crossing the bridge. Defeating this enemy rewards you this ring.
- If you run past this enemy the first time you meet it, through the barrier on the other side of the bridge, it will stop spawning there. It will appear later in the water-filled area past Yorshka's church, where you can kill it and loot the ring.
Notes
- Will boost attack power after every 3-5 hits, depending on weapon type, table listed below.
- When triggered, the following occurs:
- Red character aura
- Sound effect plays
- Upward Sword status Icon appears under Stamina Bar.
- If attacking stops, the boost will decrease and eventually end.
- Stacks with Carthus Beacon & Old Wolf Curved Sword
- Bows, Crossbows, and Magic seem unable to increase the buff.
Story & Lore
- The name Sulyvahn means "little dark eye" or "dark-eyed" in Irish.
- Cut content suggests that Sulyvahn's character was to appear in The Untended Graves.
| Weapon Class | One Handed Light | Two Handed Light | One Handed Heavy | Two Handed Heavy |
| Dagger | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Dagger Paired | 4 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Straight Swords | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Paired Straight Swords | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Greatswords | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Farron Greatswords | 3 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Ultra Greatswords | 3 | 3 | 4 | Too Slow |
| Curved Swords | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Paired Curved Sword | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Katanas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Paired Katanas | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Curved Greatswords | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Piercing Swords | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Axes | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Greataxes | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Hammer | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Hammer Paired | 4 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Great Hammer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Paired Axes | 4 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Fist | 5 | - | 3 | - |
| Cestus | 5 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Claws | 5 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Spear | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Lance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Twin Spear | 4 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Halberd | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rapiers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Whips | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Testing Methodology
- Test character used 40 END, Chloranthy Ring +2 and Ring of Favor +2 for stamina. Was proficient in every weapon used for testing.
Notes for Damage
- Damage was tested via backstab to get consistent damage. The increase is in attack-rating, which is why some weapons benefit more from the buff. It seems to increase in 3 steps; first acquired at immediate proc, a second step at around 10 hits, and a last stage at 14 hits. Here are 3 weapons tested at their different stages.
| Weapon | Backstab Damage |
| Mailbreaker Unbuffed
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186 |
| Mailbreaker @ 5 hits | 194 |
| Mailbreaker @ 10 hits | 198 |
| Mailbreaker @ 15 hits | 210 |
| Scimitar Unbuffed |
136 |
| Scimitar @ 5 hits | 140 |
| Scimitar @ 10 hits | 143 |
| Scimitar @ 15 hits | 151 |
| Cestus Unbuffed | 100 |
| Cestus @ 5 hits | 102 |
| Cestus @ 10 hits | 107 |
| Cestus @ 15 hits | 110 |
- As seen in the graph above for research, the damage buff is inconsistent. The first buff varies between 3-6% from normal, second buff varies between 7-8% from normal, and the max buff varies between 10-13% from normal. Very inconsistent damage increase. Source of damage increase unknown, but the general scaling seems to be in the range of 10-15% for max buff.
- Addendum to the above: The buff is to AR which is why it seems inconsistent. A 5% increase in AR will mean a bigger damage increase to a weapon that does more damage than one that doesn't.
Trivia
- Trivia goes here
Anonymous
- Anonymous
22 Dec 2020 20:11
Say for Instance I buff with lightning blade/darkmoon blade, and use power within, will the ring increase damage further or no?
- Anonymous
21 Nov 2020 02:00
Works with Farron Flash Sword. Would of been fun if it would have worked with Farron Dart as well.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
01 Jul 2020 11:48
He gave away all his eyes so no wonder that he couldn't see those mfn parries coming for him ayylmao.
- Anonymous
25 Apr 2020 18:47
Sulyvahn(Sullivan) does NOT have anything to do with the word 'dark', its Irish form is comprised of the words 'súil' and 'amháin', which mean eye and one. So, one-eyed. The Irish for dark is 'dorcha'.
- Anonymous
17 Mar 2020 04:29
someone needs to update this table and the one with the left eye*****'s outdated af.
- Anonymous
05 Feb 2020 02:07
How quick do you have to chain the hits for it to count? And how long does the buff last? Proccing it once takes my entire stamina bar. Need to wait for it to fill up but the buff is gone by then.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
12 Sep 2019 02:43
That table is just wrong, who even tested this. Did you know a single L1 from RKGS will trigger the buff? That's because it's 2x1 UGS hits. UGS take two hits not one, and that's just for starters. The faster and lighter weapons needs much more hits. Half assed effort or outdated information
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
21 Jul 2019 22:35
Why are people trying this ring with heavy weapons. More efficient with quicker weapons like gotthard sword with carthus beacon
- Anonymous
17 Jul 2019 00:50
Why do the damage increasing rings need to be so confusing & near useless in DS3? Remember the DS1 RTSR or DS2 Ring of Blades & Flynns Ring? Good times.
- Anonymous
19 Feb 2019 14:37
So I noticed when using this ring with my heavy Greatsword +4 that two normal hits trigger the red aura while one fully charged 2 triggers it as well. Is the buff actually determined by hits or DPS?
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
19 Feb 2018 03:13
I tested Pontiff's ring with Vordt's Great Hammer Light Attack against the knights in Anor Londo.
The buff starts on the second hit, not the third hit.
At the time I was SL65 with 34 STR, 30 Endurance and +3 Vordt.
First hit - 422 tooltip
Second Hit - 434 tooltip
Third hit - 443
Running to the second knight.
Fourth hit - 443
Fifth hit - 443 / 464
Sixth Hit - 464
The increase would be roughly 3%- 5% -10% in three stages for Great Hammers.
Running to the second knight takes 2-3 second. Which might have resulted in dropping in stages. That's probably why the third stage can happen on the Fifth or Sixth hit.
Thrid Stage doesn't happen on the fourth hit.
Although I only tested it with having my first hit blocked, but being blocked or not shouldn't affect it, as the first stage still activated on the second hit even whent he first hit got blocked.
06 Jan 2018 19:04
So I summoned a phantom to help me kill the demon. Then i died, but the summon killed it. I didn’t get the ring when I spawned at bonfire. Did i lose this ring?
- Anonymous
13 Dec 2017 08:21
Tried with OWCS + Pontiff right eye (1handed) can easyly go from 560 AR to 670 AR and with Cathus beacon go to around 750 in about 3 -4 hits
AR are aproximate since with the 3 buff the AR seems to be unstable (keep changing)
- Anonymous
29 Sep 2017 02:21
Broadsword user here. Went from 424 to 466 AR max, a 9.9% increase. However, resin buffs do not benefit from the ring :(
- Anonymous
15 Aug 2021 01:02
One thing to keep in mind.
The strike that procs the attack DOES NOT get the benefit. So if Third strike of a weapon procs the attack the benefit starts from Forth strike. This could be a deal breaker for heavy weapons that capitalize on each hits.
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