How many arrows does it take to get Drake's sword?

Obtaining the Drake Sword An easy way to obtain the sword is to purchase ~100 arrows and the short bow from the Undead Merchant in Undead Burg and fire up at the drake from the lower part of its bridge.
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What are the requirements for the Drake Sword?

The Drake Sword is obtainable in the Undead Parish. To obtain the sword, the player must deal enough damage to the Hellkite Dragon's tail to sever it, placing the sword in their inventory. One method of doing this is to stand on the right side of the bridge under the drake and shoot its tail with a bow.
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Does the Drake Sword break easily?

It breaks fast if you use it's R2 two-hand special. It goes down 30 durability a pop.
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Is it worth it to level up the Drake Sword?

It's up to you if that's worth it. You cannot add lightning damage to it, at best it gets to 300 attack. People refrain from upgrading it because you obtain dragon scales relatively late and can lean off the crutch onto their favorite weapon +10 after blighttown.
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How many hits does it take to get the Drake Sword?

If you continue shooting the wyvern's tail, after 20 or so shots (determined by your weapon damage stats and the size of your arrows) you will see a screen prompt saying you have received the Drake Sword. Congratulations!
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Dark Souls Walkthrough - Getting The Drake Sword from the Red Dragon (MUST DO THIS!!!!) (Part 010)

Is Claymore better than Drake Sword?

If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems. There is no illusion about damage. It can't be lower as it seems.
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Is Zweihander better than Drake Sword?

The zwei is also pretty solid, but it's more efficient for a STR oriented build. The Drake sword is only useful if you plan on keeping the base requirements to wield it because of its lack of scaling. A quality build will be better off with just about any other straight sword.
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What sword should I get after Drake Sword?

Your best options are probably Zweihaender, Man Serpent Greatsword, Black Knight Axe, Gargoyle Halberd or Claymore.
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Can I repair the Drake Sword?

You can get to a blacksmith from Firelink shrine..., find the huge circular elevator (just go down the only set of stairs you can find near the bonfire, and then down another set of stairs after that) go down the elevator and then drop down, go to the right and take the stairs that go down... you'll see a blacksmith in ...
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Is The Drake Sword the best?

The Drake Sword is probably one of the most powerful early game weapons in Dark Souls.
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What is better than the Drake Sword?

If you can get it, the Black Knight Sword will last almost the entire game, and is a beast once it's upgraded to +5. Even better, especially if you like polearms, is the Black Knight Halberd.
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Is The Black Knight Sword better than the Drake Sword?

The requirements on the BKS are higher than the Drake sword, but the Drake sword is just too hard to upgrade, and it does not scale with ANY stats. Actually range wise i'd give it to the Drake because of it's two handed R2 attack.
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Is the Drake Sword missable?

Drake sword isn't required to win the game; go on without it. If you really want it though, just run across the bridge a few times, and it should come back.
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Is the Drake Sword good DS?

The Drake Sword is an invaluable resource during the initial few areas of Dark Souls. The Drake Sword can be upgraded, but most players would advise against doing so, as it requires Dragon Scales -- a somewhat rare in-game item that can be better spent on upgrading much greater weapons later.
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How do you get the Drake Sword if the dragon is gone?

The dragon flew away before I could kill it and now I can't get the Drake Sword. Any solutions? Reload the area and cross the bridge again, it will come back. reload the area and it should come back.
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Should I use Drake Sword?

My advice is to ditch the Drake Sword as soon as you feel like it's not doing enough damage anymore. Depending on your build, there is a variety of weapons you could use. Seeing as how you're leveling your strength and dexterity evenly, the Claymore isn't a bad choice at all.
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How much strength do you need to wield Drake Sword?

16 is the required strength to hold it in one hand effectively. The sword also provides some sort of defense boost as well, which is what the shield with the up arrow means.
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How much damage does the Drake Sword do?

Scaling is not available on most Dragon Weapons.

So, the Drake Sword will usually stay at 200 attack, unless you upgrade it, which in total means spending 10 dragon scales which are hard to come by, and using about 10,000 souls for each upgrade if I remember right.
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Is Zweihander a long sword?

Zweihänder swords developed from the longswords of the Late Middle Ages and became the hallmark weapon of the German Landsknechte from the time of Maximilian I (d. 1519) and during the Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The Goliath Fechtbuch (1510) shows an intermediate form between longsword and Zweihänder.
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Why is the Zweihander so good?

The zwei is one of the best two-handed ultra greatswords available early on, and there are tons of builds that utilize it. Commonly, though, it's an excellent option for strength builds. Two-handed, it can cleave a decent amount of health from an enemy, and might even stagger them if you're lucky.
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Should I upgrade Zweihander or claymore?

If you use a shield, use the claymore. If you love huge and very powerful 2 handed weapons, use the Zweihander. You can still use a shield with the Zweihander, you just do the Combat Kick first to knock people off balance. All things considered, PvP and PvE.
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Who is the weakest claymore?

Clarice has exceptionally low skills and strength due to the fact that she was a "failed creation" and being a color-headed. Thus, she was ranked as No. 47 and considered as the weakest Claymore overall of her generation. At times, she was not able to sense a Yoma aura due to her weak capability.
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Is Bloodhounds Fang better than claymore?

Claymore is more versatile, owing to the fact you can slap any ash of war on it. Infuses well to almost any build, and you can adjust ashes based on the situation. But the Bloodhound's Fang tends to be better on average than most other ashes of war.
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What sword is bigger than the claymore?

Yes. The German Zweihänder is generally longer than the Scottish Claymore. In fact most of the continental Great Swords are longer than a Claymore such as the Italian Spadone or the Spanish Montante.
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