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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How many arrows do I need for the 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. Walk into the room with the three Undead Rats and kill them. Now walk back out of the room and go right. Walk as far to the right as possible.
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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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What level strength do you need for 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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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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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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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 the Drake Sword break?

The wave attack with the Drake Sword is the R2 attack when using it two handed. It also drops the sword's durability by 30 points, so it breaks quickly if you continuously use it, so just repair it.
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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 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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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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What is the best sword in ds1?

Here are the best swords in Dark Souls.
  1. 1 Lothric Knight Sword. Speaking of spamming light attacks, this sword is the pinnacle of that.
  2. 2 Estoc. ...
  3. 3 Zweihander. ...
  4. 4 King's Ultra Greatsword. ...
  5. 5 Gael's Greatsword. ...
  6. 6 Moonlight Greatsword. ...
  7. 7 Quelaag's Fury Sword. ...
  8. 8 Gold & Dark Silver Tracers. ...
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Can you repair 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 a good weapon?

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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Can you get the Drake Sword later?

Yes, you can get the Drake sword with soul arrow post patching. Go down under the bridge, and you should see a bit of Moss on the right hand side. This is about where you want to be.
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Can the Master Sword break Zelda?

The Master Sword cannot break due to its unique nature.

After a few more hits, the Master Sword will run out of energy. While the weapon technically disappears from Link's hand it is still in inventory. On the weapons tab, the Master Sword will be faded out.
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Is Drake Sword or Claymore better?

+10 Claymore has 206 base damage, it's flat out better than an unupgraded Drake Sword. Even a +5 Claymore will almost match the Drake Sword for damage once you factor in the bonus damage from your Strength and Dexterity stats.
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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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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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How many wooden arrows does it take to get Drake's 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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Who is sac sword good for?

As a Support, Sacrificial Sword immensely increases Kazuha's ability to control enemies while generating double the amount of Energy he usually regenerates. The Sacrificial weapon will also allow Kazuha to cast his Elemental Burst, Kazuha Slash, more frequently.
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How many bolts does it take to get Drake's sword?

You need to shoot the dragons tail when you are underneath the bridge. It should take about 20 arrows to do it.
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