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. 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 for 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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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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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 Drake Sword or claymore better?

The claymore is a fantastic versatile weapon for a quality build like you're going for. 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.
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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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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 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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How many arrows to cut a Drake 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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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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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 good late game?

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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How much strength does Zweihander need?

The Zweihander can be found in the cementary where the The_Catacombs is. When you enter the cementary you will see a few skeletons and at least one giant skeleton. It can be found on the first grave you will find. You need 24 Strength and 8 Dexterity to wield.
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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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Does Drake Sword scale with strength?

It does not scale with stats, so increasing your strength will not increase its damage.
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What stats do I need to wield the Drake Sword?

Strength needs to be 16 and Dexterity needs to be 10. That icon means your defensive stats have increased. I think the Drake Sword has some sort of enchant on it that does that.
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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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What is the dragon tail weapon?

Dragon's Tail is an exotic weapon and the precursor to the legendary mace Aurene's Tail crafted in the Mystic Forge, through various materials and tasks.
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Can you get the Drake Sword later?

it comes back when you go to the middle of the bridge. (if it doesnt come back try reloading again). note that you just have to cut its tail, not kill it, to get the drake sword.
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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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Who is the weakest claymore?

Even Clare, the weakest Claymore (at the time), dispatched five Yoma at once with minimal effort. Claymores receive extensive combat training from the Organization, and a dangerous final exam ensures that only the most competent trainees become fully-fledged warriors.
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Who is the strongest claymore?

Definitely Isley, The Silver King of the North and then eventually South and Teresa of the Faint Smile. Both Claymores Ranked at # 1 , Both Beasts in their own rights and their own generations. Isley, one of the three (North) Abyssal Ones , is widely known to be the most powerful of the three.
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