Katana - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Database

A katana with a long single-edged curved blade.
A unique weapon wielded by the samurai from the Land of Reeds.

The blade, with its undulating design, boasts extraordinary sharpness, and its slash attacks cause blood loss.

The Uchigatana scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for Piercing and Slash Damage in combat.

• Starting Equipment for the Samurai Class.
• It can be found inside the Deathtouched Catacombs. You need to turn the lever down in order to unlock the door of one of the previous halls. You will find the Uchigatana on a dead body hanging over the edge of the platform.

• Weapon Skill: Unsheathe
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Uchigatana can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Yes

No

Katana with a ferociously long blade.
Signature weapon of Yura, hunter of Bloody Fingers.

Reminiscent of a reinforced spear, its imposing length can be put to good use with powerful thrusting attacks.

The Nagakiba scales primarily with Dexterity and Strength. It is a very long bladed Katana.

• Dropped by Bloody Finger Hunter Yura to the north of Murkwater Cave or in his camp near Seaside Ruins Site of Grace.
• Can also be obtained by completing Bloody Finger Hunter Yura’s questline at the 2nd church of marika allowing you to also obtain Elenora’s Poleblade.

• Weapon Skill: Piercing Fang
• Nagakiba can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• Nagakiba is great for dual wielding in the right hand as its range can roll-catch in PvP

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Yes

No

Sinister katana modeled after a serpent bone.

The densely packed row of spines that jut away from the cutting edge are coated in a lethal poison.

The Serpentbone Blade scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for high Dexterity characters to engange in mid-range combat and it is capable of inflicting both Slash and Pierce attacks.

• Given as a reward for completing the second letter quest in Volcano Manor from Tanith.

• Weapon Skill: Double Slash
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Serpentbone Blade can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

Yes

No

No

Katana forged from meteoric ore to dispatch lifeforms born of falling stars.
Deals magic damage.

The blade is weighty, known to deliver slashes of such ferocity that the impact is said to resemble the crash of a falling meteor.

The Meteoric Ore Blade scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence and is a good Weapon for dealing melee Slash and Pierce damage in combat. Its accompanying unique skill can also allow the user to thrust their weapon into the ground to create a gravity well to pull in enemies and damage them in the process.

• Caelid Waypoint Ruins: Found inside a chest in a small room at the back of an underground hall filled with sarcophagi and Prawn Miner enemies. The entrance to the area is found in the northwest section of he ruins.

• Weapon Skill: Gravitas
• This weapon can’t be infussed with Ashes of War
• Can’t be enchanted with Magic nor boosted by Consumables
• Meteoric Ore Blade can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
• Causes Blood loss Buildup: hemmorage (50)

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

Katana forged of glintstone.
Masterpiece of a Sellian swordsmith.

Light enwreathes the blade when sheathed, explaining its Moonveil moniker.

The Moonveil scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence and is a good Weapon for dealing melee Slash and Pierece Damage in Combat. Its accompanying unique skill can also allow the user to draw the weapon at great speed for an instant slash attack and fires off a wave of light.

• Drop from Magma Wyrm (Gael Tunnel).

• Weapon Skill: Transient Moonlight
• This weapon can’t be infused with Ashes of War
• Moonveil can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

Weapon of Okina, swordsman from the Land of Reeds.
A cursed weapon that has felled countless men.

When Mohg, the Lord of Blood, first felt Okina’s sword, and madness, upon his flesh, he had a proposal, to offer Okina the life of a demon, whose thirst would never go unsated.

The Rivers of Blood scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity, and Arcane and is a good Weapon for mid-range combat and it is capable of inflicting both Slash and Pierce attacks.

• Katana dropped by NPC invader Bloody Finger Okina Spawns near the Church of Repose in the later areas of the game.

• Weapon Skill: Corpse Piler
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Rivers of Blood can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
• You cannot obtain this weapon after killing Fire Giant because Okina will not spawn.
• Works well for either a pure Dexterity or Pure Arcane build. Blood Loss buildup increases with Arcane.

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

A weapon made by sharpening a Gravel Stone scale, thought to be the source of ancient dragon immortality, into an unclouded blade.

Alas, the Dragonkin Soldiers never attained immortality, and perished as decrepit, pale imitations of their skyborn kin.

The Dragonscale Blade scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity.

• Drops from Dragonkin Soldier (Lake of Rot) in the Lake of Rot.

• Weapon Skill: Ice Lightning Sword
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Dragonscale Blade can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
  Guard Boost goes from 32 to 30 at +10

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

Blade built into Malenia’s prosthetic arm.
Through consecration it is resistant to rot.

Malenia’s war prosthesis symbolized her victories.
Some claim to have seen wings when the weapon was raised aloft; wings of fierce determination that have never known defeat.

The Hand of Malenia scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for Samurai Build and Bleed Builds.

• Can be drawn by Enia out of the Remembrance of the Rot Goddess, obtained after killing Malenia, Blade of Miquella.

• Weapon Skill: Waterfowl Dance
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Hand of Malenia can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

Sword encrusted with a line of stars fashioned from small pieces of crude glintstone. Weapon of the demi-human swordsmen. When bestowed with this weapon by their queen, the swordsmen swear to find the truth that lies at the end of the procession of stars.

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Sword of an all-consuming, bottomless black that devours even the light that shines upon it. Wielded by Jolán, Swordhand of Night. The blade of the sword is only semicorporeal, and thus cannot be guarded against completely.

Slash/Pierce

Yes