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You're raw enough for bareback pies.

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Giantdad's favorite infusion

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the passive hollows around the pus of man near the crystal lizard in high wall of lothric also drop these

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Does raw meat infusion impact luck scaling for weapons with innate status effects such as the bandit knife?

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First playthrough: why is there a raw gem in Lothric Castle?! I had to kill the dancer to get here!

Tenth playthrough: oh dang, rather than farm hollows on the high wall, I can just kill dancer before vordt to get another raw gem and an estus shard. May as well kill dragonslayer armor while I'm over here

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There is a raw gem pickup location in lothric castle that's not mentioned here

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Also this is really good for magic builds that are willing to use their weapon buff spells.

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RAW NO RUBBER

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Raw weapons are also good for characters either with a low level or investing into non-offensive stats like vitality.

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i guess some people are just lazy for builds or are just using this on a broadsword on sl1

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(Low level build) I can never have enough Raw Gems. Never!

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High wall of Lothric Bonfire
Kills 108 - Only counted the praying hollows
Item discovery 207
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Broken straight sword 5
Raw gem 1
Titanite Shard 2

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"Leave the jacket and GET OUT!!"

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Someone posted this on the home page to this wiki, but I think it really belongs here. It has some really good info in it, especially if you are new to the game, or just want to know how to make the most out of raw weapons since the last patch. It was anonymous post of course so I don't know who to credit, but it helped me out a lot because I had not played this game since 2016 and the nerfs have been very intense. Here it is: I had a few free minutes today and I was back playing some DS3 for the first time in awhile and I found a lot of inaccurate info about the best (highest AR) raw weapons in the game. A lot of it seems to stem from the various buffs and nerfs as the patches have changed the way we play the game very significantly from the time it was released until October 2019. I still cannot find an up to date list without individually searching for the specific weapon I want and then cross checking it with the raw infusion. So this is just some things I have come across naturally through trial and error. Note I am only including weapons that are very effectively wielded as raw weapons, meaning no stat investment higher than 13 in any category and weighing no more than 5 units, as the point of using raw weapons is that we want to focus instead on early game survivability by placing points into vigor and endurance, until hitting the soft caps of 40/40.Also it must be a weapon you can obtain early game, as in before Road of Sacrifices.There is however one exception I will make, only because of it's ridiculously high AR and that is the dragonslayer axe. You don't get this weapon until mid gameish (not counting DLC) but at +9 it has a 457 AR. Because of this it has to be mentioned. It's the only raw weapon that I can say is still formidable taking into NG +. However, it requires 18 str and 14 dex, it shares a good deal of split damage coming in the form of lightning, and you have to carefully follow the NPC Sirris's questline in order to receive. That said, many enemies are weak to lightning and the axe can also be buffed with with any resin and features the warcry skill that tacts on even more damage, so you have to mention it at the very least, it's really a monster and all over the PvP scene as I'm sure you all know. It's my favorite raw weapon and I think you might want to consider setting aside enough shards to take it to it's highest level possible as soon as you get it. If you have the ashes DLC, you can make it a +10 weapon the second you get it, and still have two slabs left over, if you have completed that part of the DLC. So that's pretty awesome. So here is my top 5 from highest AR to lowest at the +9 upgrade level (with an * next to the dragonslayer axe as it requires stats above 13): *1.DragonSlayer Axe (received as part of Sirris's questline found behind a gravestone near the Church Of Yorshka bonfire where you will be invaded by an NPC as part of the quest.) 2.Mace (sold by Greirat as soon as you save him) 3.Falchion (this is not a guaranteed drop, it must be farmed, but can be done so very early, check the site for farming location in undead settlement.It's definitely worth your time.) 4.Broadsword (found near the badly nerfed astora sword which makes it a pointless weapon imo) 5.Battle Axe (This is a guaranteed drop if you convert the deep axe into a raw weapon. I would probably not mess with this, but it's a decent raw weapon that features warcry.) I only learned english a couple years ago, I speak it better than I write it, so sorry if I spelled something wrong or have poor grammar. Please feel free to fact check this, I could be wrong about the order, or maybe I missed one that you know about. The one thing that really sucks about this list is that none of these weapons have a thrusting attack (RIP Astroa SS), despite the broadsword having a pointed tip that was designed for thrusting and sharing the same weapon art as the other straight swords. I just wish I knew more about raw weapons before starting the game, because I would have built my character very differently. My second character started as a knight, with a fire gem (first longsword right away!) used a combo of the raw mace and falchion and I was able to just pour stats into vigor and edurance until I got to 40/40. I then got the 18/14 for the dragonslayer axe and it was like the game went into easy mode. I began fine tuning into a strength build that used the insanely good millwood battle axe with a heavy gem, which again made the game feel like easy mode. Even the Ringed City was not bad with that weapon. So I hope this helps one person. Cheers

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I've noticed that de-leveled summons at sl10 pvp get really squishy when you use a raw weapon. Especially a blunt one for those maxSL havel goofs. They're so used to being tanks that they forget they're like 1/5 of their actual health

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The best location to farm them is actually Tower on the Wall bonfire, providing the dragon is still living and breathing, literally. Just allow it to fry hollows on top and below; all of them (even weaponless praying hollows) can drop Raw gems and your Item Discovery still accounts for those kills. Equip Crystal Sage's Rapier, Symbol of Avarice, use Rusted Coins, whatever you have already. Make a circle and get back to bonfire to repeat the process. Dragon's breath below can be avoided by rolling at the right moment and there are no burning patches left afterwards, unlike on top. Do some runs and you will get the idea. To deal with the Knight, use Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring for easy one-stab and occasional embers. You may avoid nearby Hollow Assassin by running closer to the wall by your left. The earliest you can get the ring is after you find either of scrolls in Farron Keep swamps, btw. And the last advice: simply resting at the bonfire does -not- restore broken props, so feel free to destroy any that are blocking your path. May the RNG be with you.

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Raw is the best choice in the early game. It took me three years to get that, but having good to decent damage early in the game and putting stats anywhere but dex and strength makes a big difference in in toughness from points in vitality and vigor and endurance.

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Ok so why on earth are gems not purchasable i will never know but ive been farming these on the high wall a goood 4 hours with gold serpent ring and have had 2 WTF

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See I don't get raw infusion. " Raw weapons inflict decent damage without relying on more stat investment than what is needed to wield the weapon", This isn't entirely true. The AR increase is about 20-25% depending on the weapon, and with little stat investment weapons like the LKS and CCS will naturally get decent DMG without this infusion

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IT'S *****ING RAW

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The info on this page for farming the raw gem says the best way is to kill the crossbow hollow near the bonfire and then refresh. Well surprise, that's absolutely the worst way to farm, considering if you turn around the other direction and go down the stairs there are 15 praying hollows you can mow down in just a few extra seconds. All the raw gems I've ever had to farm have been from those praying hollows, so I can guarantee they do drop them.

Or follow this page and spend hours tediously bonfire-refreshing one kill at a time for something that drops maybe every 300 kills.

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They should buff the raw enchantment to increase buffing items or spells' damage potential. Just a thought.

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drops by most hollows in High Wall of Lothric, I got mine from those praying hollows

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Idk if it matters, but after farming the "tower on the wall" bonfire for quite some time, a raw gem dropped from the hollow with the lantern that alerts the mobs

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made by the devil.

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Raw gems also make it so weapons don't gain ar for two handing because it takes all of the scaling bonuses away.

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Im using raw infusion on my 40 faith/40 intelligence build, have 20 str and 18 dex and still get 450ar on my katana with dark weapon buff, removing scaling and buffing your weapon with high inteligence or faith makes its a great choice for builds with no investiment in STR or DEX but still want some good weapon damage, not all weapons scales good with dark or chaos infusion soooooo RAW for the win xDD

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Been going Raw since 96'

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Raw infusions are extremely helpful for SL1 runs

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Does using a Raw Infusion negate the penalty for not meeting a weapons stat requirements?

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Lucerne infused raw outdamages heavy lucerne with 20 strength, good for a low strength faith build

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EASY FARMING WAY HIGH WALL:
Just kill the praying Hollows that dont attack you. They drop the Gem from time to time, although its not common at all.
Try your best.

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Raw weapons to consider:

- Mail breaker
- Greataxe
- Flamberge
- Dragonslayer's Axe
- Astora Sword/Longsword/Broadsword

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Will raw infusion on a bleed weapon remove the bleed increase of the luck stat?

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I just infused a raw gem into one of my Lothric Swords. However, according to the stats, it didn't drop the scaling. might it be a bug?

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Raw gem easy farming without any rings / equipment to add item discovery: High Wall Lothric go toward the tower shortcut boss, in the direction where there's a crosbow hollow on that small roof, walking the stairs up, theres an axe big hollow, drops them like candy.

I tried to thank him but he was too incessant on me checking out his massive axe, and you know how these enthusiastic guys can be, can't let it go...

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Lasted me all the way to Anor Londo whilst conserving materials for other stuff and allowing me to dump points into Faith and Intellect, until I got the Giants Coal for Chaos infusions.

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do stats affect it at all?

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I have a question. i am using an Uchigatana and its currently +9 i think? +8 ? should i use a raw gem? i do increase Dex a bit. but would it increase the damage even further? or is it a waste of time and a gem?

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Raw gems are really good for buffing, especially when its a great sword

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Spiked maze very high raw damage + Spell buff = insane damage ( you can even stay at 14str/13dex and just use it in two hands)Elonara, flamberge, pickaxe, large club (very underrated, only 15/16str need for two hands, dont rly know tbh) you can try almost evey weapon and go for a strong spell bufffor example spiked maze 14 str 13 dex + 60 faith and Darkmoon blade

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After the lothric castle bobfire there is a spot where 3 naked hollows climb over a ledge to jump you. Got 2 raw gems . Random drop but they drop em

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I think that spot is the best to farm Raw Gems. Just go to the second bonfire then use a coin before you trigger the fire breath and get all the hollows on the upper and lower wall killed. Repeat and Profit.

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Got a drop from the lantern hollows in the high wall of lothric, particularly the one right down the stairs from the first bonfire. It says that they have a chance of dropping from most hollows in the locations list above so I figured more specifc information would be useful.

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Godly infusion for early game, lets you vitality gouge early while still having great damage. It actually takes a surprisingly decent amount of investment in Str/Dex for most weapons scaling to outclass raw.

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Can you buff a raw weapon?

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