How much 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. At this point in the game the Drake sword is almost too good, it is blowing through things!
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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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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.
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How many arrows are needed for 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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Is it worth it to level up the 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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DARK SOULS™: Strength vs dexterity.

What does the Drake Sword scale with?

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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What is better than the Drake Sword?

Your best options are probably Zweihaender, Man Serpent Greatsword, Black Knight Axe, Gargoyle Halberd or Claymore. And upgrade that stuff, pronto. The difference between a unupgraded and a +5 is massive, nevermind +10 or +15, which is why all your weapons seem so bad compared to Drake Sword.
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When should I replace Drake Sword?

After Capra, go get the Large Ember in the early part of the Depths. Then, you can take weapons to +10 if you have enough titanite. At that point you should be able to make something to outclass drakes. If you haven't found a weapon you want to upgrade, there's always the lightning spear in Sen's.
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What sword should I get after Drake Sword?

Personally, once you get to Sens Fortress, you should farm the Man Serpents for a Man Serpent Great Sword and get that bad boy to a +15. In the meantime, you can also use zweihander and claymore, both are good. If you're lucky a Black Knight may drop a halberd, which is pretty popular.
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Is the Drake Sword better than the zweihander?

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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Can you miss the Drake Sword?

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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How long should I use the Drake Sword?

As it doesn't scale with any stats and upgrading it has little effect in exchange for scarce upgrade material, it should be replaced early on. After reaching Andre and when reaching the point of being able to upgrade weapons to +5, it should be permanently ignored.
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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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What stats do you need for Drake Sword?

You need 16 strength.
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How to get hellkite Drake Sword?

To get it, you are going to have to cut off the tail of the Hellkite Dragon: The way I've always done it is to buy a bow from either the undead merchant or Andre the Blacksmith, and a LOT of arrows. Then, go under the bridge (where there are the two hollows, and the little ledge that leads to the room with the rats).
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How much strength does a one hand Drake Sword have?

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. At this point in the game the Drake sword is almost too good, it is blowing through things!
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Is the Drake Sword a Dex weapon?

The Drake Sword neither scales with dex (or anything for that matter), nor has a particularly high dex requirement. So my answer is no. The Drake Sword is not good for a dex thief.
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Should I make a diamond AXE or sword?

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

with 16 dex, short bow, and standard arrows it took me 17 shots. Make sure you aren't standing too far away. You need to be in the closest area under the bridge to the drake, just far enough back so your arrows don't hit the brick wall.
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Is Drake the leader of sword?

X Drake: Captain (隊長, Taichō?) of SWORD and former Marine Rear Admiral, formerly undercover as a member of Kaidou's Beasts Pirates, and an infamous member of the Worst Generation.
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What does the god killer sword do?

As Slade was mortal, he was granted the use of this sword to enable him to fight and kill gods. The sword holds many wondrous attributes, although its primary directive is the slaying of immortals. To some degree it also possesses a consciousness of its own, capable of altering its physical form.
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Should I pay for the Drake scale armor?

The dragon armour will be average if you didn't pay for the last set made. The dragon armour will be much better however if you paid Wade for the previous set of armour made. So just pay for the next set of drake armour he makes. Junpei: This is a tough case, even for Junpei Iori, Ace Detective.
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What is the strongest Weapon in Dark Souls?

The Dragon King Greataxe is arguably the most powerful, at least in terms of single-hit damage potential.
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