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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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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Should you use dragon scale on 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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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 level should I be at Valley of Drakes?

This is a small optional area, but you should probably be at least SL 50-60 before you try to tackle it unless you have a good supply of poison arrows and are good at kiting, in which case you can clear this area at any level.
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Should I level up 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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Is Valley of the Drakes hard?

If you have the Master Key when you start, you will be able to access the Valley of Drakes straight from here, the enemies here are pretty difficult, so we recommend that you only come to clear the area after you have placed the Lordvessel.
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Can you get 2 Drake swords?

The drake's tail will respawn, but the sword can only be obtained once per playthrough.
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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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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 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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Should I pay for the Drake scale armor?

Pay them twenty gold coins with the last three Drake Scales, and you'll get more quality armor. Each set of armor will give you a breastplate, gloves and boots. This entire side quest is simple and, while expensive, totally worth your time.
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How much damage for Drake Sword?

It does 200 damage and that's it. (Well, it also has a neat special attack when you hold it with two hands, but that is highly situational and also breaks your weapon.) The only way to improve the damage of Drake Sword is to upgrade it.
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Is Drake Sword or Claymore better?

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. If you have good stats, the claymore will display higher damage, thus the drake swords damage will be as low as it seems.
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What stats do I need to wield the Drake Sword?

Players will need a minimum of 16 Strength and 10 Dexterity to efficiently wield the sword, but for most classes, this won't require much work at all.
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Is Drake Sword a unique weapon?

This sword, one of the rare dragon weapons, is formed by a drake's tail. Drakes are seen as undeveloped imitators of the dragons, but in they are likely their distant kin. The sword is imbued with a mystical power, to be released when held with both hands.
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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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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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Is the Drake Sword good in DS1?

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 rare is the bone sword?

The Bone Sword has a 1/200 (0.5%) chance of being dropped by Skeletons and Spore Skeletons in the Cavern layer.
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How rare is reins of the blue drake?

Reins of the Blue Drake has an extremely low (1% - 2%) chance to be found inside Alexstrasza's Gift after defeating Malygos in the 10-player version of the Eye of Eternity.
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Does kalameet have a tail weapon?

This greataxe, one of the rare dragon weapons, is formed by the tail of the one-eyed black dragon Kalameet, the last of the ancient dragons. The mystical power of its obsidian blade will be released when held with both hands.
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What level should I be for New Londo Ruins?

the recommended level for new londo ruins is level 50-70 your going there way to early. dark souls has a funny thing where it just allows you to go into areas way too early than you suppose to. you gonna hit a dead end once you beat that area anyway since you need an item to progress.
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Is Darkroot Basin optional?

Darkroot Basin is an optional area you can visit from The Valley of Drakes, Undead Burg and Darkroot Garden in Dark Souls.
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Are Drakes weak to fire?

Three varieties of Drakes exist; The more common type will breathe flames, the other two have ice (Wyrm which is weak to fire) and lightning breath (Wyvern which is weak to fire also) attacks.
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