Do weapons get damaged in Dark Souls?

Every time a weapon is employed, it loses a small amount of durability. Striking solid objects and stone walls hastens this breakage. A weapon's durability status is indicated by a thin red bar beneath the Weapon on your equipment HUD. When too much durability is expended, the Weapon breaks.
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Do weapons break in Dark Souls?

Weapons can lose durability by hitting enemies, walls or breakable objects. Attacks that are deflected, such as when striking a wall, suffer double the durability damage.
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Does ds1 have weapon durability?

Dark Souls 1 has no durability issues, it would take you weeks of swinging a weapon at a wall or corpse for it to break (excluding low durability weapons). Armour had insanely high durability so it'd take months for someone to break yours unless they specifically used the durability degrading items like acid urns.
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Do you repair weapons in Dark Souls?

You need to periodically repair your weapons and armor. To do this you need to purchase the Repairbox from the Undead Male Merchant. If a weapon reaches 1/3 its max durability it will become "at risk", where it will do only 70% its damage. If durability reaches 0, it becomes "broken", where it does only 35% its damage.
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How do you fix weapon durability in ds1?

You have 3 options:
  1. Go to a blacksmith and repair your weapon.
  2. Go to a bonfire and use the repair box. You should have one. Don't be a ninny.
  3. The undead merchant in the Burg sells repair powder, enabling you to repair on the go.
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What happens if my weapon breaks ds1?

You may have run out of weapon durability. If your weapons break, their damage goes right down the drain, and you need to take them to a smith to get em fixed back up again.
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What is the most physical damage weapon in ds1?

The Dragon King Greataxe is arguably the most powerful, at least in terms of single-hit damage potential. It can be obtained from the Gaping Dragon.
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Why can't i repair my weapon ds1?

Accepted Answer. Crystal weapons cannot be repaired once broken, for the rest you can use magic, powder or a repairbox that you can buy. Of course, blacksmith's will do it for you as well.
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Does weapon durability affect damage Dark Souls?

Your weapon should do the same amount of damage until the "Weapon at Risk"warning pops up which I believe it's at 30%. At that point you need to repair it or just switch to another weapon. This is correct, at 30% you weapon will lose a large part of it's damage output until you repair it.
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Should I upgrade my weapon Dark Souls?

If you find a weapon you really like that's better than other weapons of its class, upgrade it, as upgrading it makes a big difference. They'll be special weapons, but they upgrade with stuff such as demon titanite/twinkling titanite etc.
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Why do weapons break in Dark Souls?

When too much durability is expended, the Weapon breaks. Broken Weapons can be Repaired at the Blacksmith's shop. Resting at a Bonfire restores any unbroken Weapon durability. It is thus advisable to rest whenever possible in order to preserve your arsenal.
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What is the strongest sword in ds1?

If you want raw damage output then the actual strongest sword in the game is the Greatsword of Artorias but in order to unlock its full potential you have to level your character up quite a bit as it scales with 4 stats, whereas most weapons scale with 2 at most.
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What is the fastest sword in ds1?

Balder Side Sword is a really effective fast weapon. It has decent reach, packs a punch, and can really stunlock your opponents in PvP. With it looking almost like a rapier, people don't expect it to drain so much stamina per hit, and if you have high dex/str it makes for an excellent +15 wep.
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Do you lose items in Dark Souls?

But dying isn't really that bad.

Here's the thing about death in Dark Souls: It's a setback, not a game-ender. For one thing, you keep all your gear, including anything you picked up since visiting your most recent bonfire (which serve as checkpoints and fast-travel hubs).
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How long does dark weapon last?

This is why a lot of people prefer Dark Weapon to Resonant Weapon, because it lasts 90 seconds, whereas Resonant only lasts a minute. (Also the damage boost is almost unnoticable, it has less casts and uses souls, but that's kind of irrelevant).
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Does two handing a weapon increase damage in Dark Souls?

Two handing a weapon increases the damage regardless of STR scaling because two-handed moves have a higher innate damage modifier.
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What weapon has the most poise damage in Dark Souls?

Pretty much all Great class weapons deal a lot of poise damage, but Great Hammers in particular have the highest poisebreak. So a fully charged heavy two-handed Great Hammer attack is the highest possible poise damage you can deal per singular attack.
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How does damage work in Dark Souls?

Damage calculations in Dark Souls generally follow a simple pattern, where only the number and value of components varies by context. In general, to determine the Damage of an attack: A product is taken of different factors relating to physical or a specific elemental damage type.
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Does strength increase damage in Dark Souls?

Damage for certain weapons will scale up based on your strength stat, meaning higher strength grants more damage for those weapons.
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Should I get the Repairbox in Dark Souls?

He'll sell you an item known as the Repairbox, and once you've got this, every time you rest at a bonfire you'll be given the option to repair your armor and weapons just like you would if you visit a blacksmith. This is really an essential purchase for any player.
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Where do you reinforce weapons in ds1?

The Blacksmiths are located in various locations around the game, and each one has access to unique abilities that can upgrade your weapons in certain ways. They can all however upgrade your equipment in its most basic form provided you have the right items.
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How do you turn weapons into boss weapons in ds1?

To do this you must first give the Large Ember (found in The Depths to Andrei or another suitable blacksmith such as the giant in Anor Londo. Ascend the weapon by using the giant blacksmith in Anor Londo, 5,000 souls and the boss souls to then create the Boss Soul Weapon.
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Is the Zweihander a quality weapon DS1?

It would be impossible to talk about weapons that are compatible with a Quality build without mentioning the absolute monster that is the Zweihander.
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What is the max AR in Dark Souls?

Maximum attack rating in Dark Souls : 1271, with 99 Strength and Faith, Crystal Demon's Greataxe +5, Darkmoon Talisman, and Darkmoon Blade.
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What weapons can hit ghosts in DS1?

Curse weapons are a special type of weapons that can hit ghosts without being cursed or using a Transient Curse ; those include :
  • Jagged Ghost Blade.
  • Ghost Blade.
  • Greatsword of Artorias.
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