Where do I get the Drake Sword?

After you shoot the wyvern's tail, it will fly to the bridge above and try to find you. After a few moments, it will return to its position guarding the bridge and the tail will be in the same spot as before. Repeat shooting the tail until you receive the Drake Sword.
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Where does the Drake Sword drop?

How to Get / Where to Find the Drake Sword. Obtained by cutting off the tail of Hellkite Wyvern in the Undead Burg (either by fighting him normally or by shooting off his tail with a bow and arrows from below the bridge).
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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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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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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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Dark Souls: Drake Sword Guide

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 Drake Sword any good?

The Drake Sword is probably one of the most powerful early game weapons in Dark Souls.
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How many shots 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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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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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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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 Drake Sword a dex weapon?

The Drake Sword neither scales with dex (or anything for that matter), nor has a particularly high dex requirement.
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What does the Drake Sword scale with?

The Drake Sword does not scale with any stat.
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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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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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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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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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Can Black Knight Sword go past 5?

All weapons upgraded with twinkling and demon titanite go to +5 max. BKGS is op in the first half of the game, but it gets outdamaged by most ultras once you get them to +15.
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Is Black Knight Sword rare?

Availability. Semi-common drop from Black Knights wielding the Black Knight Sword. One (non-respawning) is encountered midway through the Undead Burg; two more are found in the Undead Asylum if revisited; two sword Black Knights respawn in the Kiln of the First Flame.
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Is the silver sword better than the black metal sword?

The silver sword is a better weapon against undead enemies like Skeletons and Draugr thanks to its extra spirit damage.
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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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Should I use claymore or Zweihander?

If you use a shield, use the claymore. If you love huge and very powerful 2 handed weapons, use the Zweihander. You can still use a shield with the Zweihander, you just do the Combat Kick first to knock people off balance.
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Why is the Zweihander so good?

The Zweihander can be a very strong weapon early in the game due to its close proximity to the starting area and relatively low stat requirement of 16 Strength to two-hand the weapon. Even un-upgraded, its base damage and staggering abilities are formidable for the Undead Burg area.
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How do you get the Hellkite sword?

The Drake Sword is probably one of the most powerful early game weapons in Dark Souls. 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.
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