How many crossbow bolts for Drake Sword?

As long as you hit the dragon anywhere with approximately 50 arrows the tail will fall off and you will be rewarded with the Drake Sword.
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How many crossbow bolts does it take to get 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.
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What are the requirements for the Drake Sword?

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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Is it worth reinforcing Drake Sword?

Each upgrade will add 20 more points of physical damage, and it maxes at +5 (300 damage). And they don't scale with stats. So, good in the beginning - less so as time goes on. It's up to you if that's worth it.
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When should you stop using the Drake Sword?

The drake sword is a trap, by the way. It's a bad weapon that's really only good for the immediate area that you get it in. Once you've found a blacksmith, upgrade any other weapon that you like and stop using the Drake Sword.
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Dark Souls Walkthrough - Getting The Drake Sword from the Red Dragon (MUST DO THIS!!!!) (Part 010)

Why 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.
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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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How many shots does it take to get Drake's sword?

As long as you hit the dragon anywhere with approximately 50 arrows the tail will fall off and you will be rewarded with the Drake Sword.
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Is The Black Knight Sword better than the Drake Sword?

Prefer Drake because of the attack speed. Try them both and you'll see the Black Knight Sword is pretty damn slow. I also have both, but I actually prefer black knight's sword. Let's me running one hit crap in the swamp, and took down asylum stray demon in a much shorter time.
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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. Damn powerful. Almost anything out-classes the Drake Sword, though.
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Can you upgrade the Drake Sword?

Drake Sword can be upgraded by using Dragon Scales. When equipped grants Magic DEF +15 and Flame DEF +15. It's not recommended to spend Dragon Scales and 10,000 Souls per upgrade on this weapon as the resulting low increase in damage does not offset the high cost.
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Can you get more than one Drake Sword?

You can technically hit him in the face/body and once you deal enough damage you will get the sword. Only once sword per playthrough.
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Is The Drake Sword the best?

Drake sword is pretty good and it's not that hard to finish the entire game with just that weapon. However many weapons are way better. Take for example a regular longsword, it swings faster has a better moveset and does more damage when regular upgraded and with the right stats or you can upgrade it elementally.
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How many crossbow bolts in a case?

This wooden case can hold up to twenty crossbow bolts.
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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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How much strength do you need to wield Drake Sword?

16 is the required strength to hold it in one hand effectively.
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What is the best weapon for Valley of Drakes?

IIRC the fury sword worked pretty well against the drakes. You don't really even need to fight them unless you are trying to farm for dragon scales. Priscilla's dagger works well too.
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Does Drake Sword scale with Dex?

The Drake Sword neither scales with dex (or anything for that matter), nor has a particularly high dex requirement.
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Should I upgrade Zweihander or claymore?

Claymore is amazing, the are both quality weapons. The claymore is a greatsword where the zwei is an ultra greatsword. It is much slower but hits harder. The claymore is lighter but way more versatile and quicker.
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How much damage does the Drake Sword do?

The Drake Sword comes with a starting damage output of 200, making it far superior to any other non-upgraded weapons players are likely to find in the game's early stages. Most of them tend to range between 50-90 at a push, and will not pack nearly the same punch.
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Who is No 1 in claymore?

Teresa. Strongest no 1 and one of the strongest 8 creature .
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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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Should I get a diamond sword or AXE?

In Java Edition, a diamond axe deals more (9) damage but has slower attack speed. In Bedrock Edition, a diamond sword deals more (7) damage. Attack speed does not exist in Bedrock Edition.
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