Dark Souls III – Where to Find All Melee Weapons Location Guide

Greatswords List:

Greatswords strike a balance between the monstrous hitting power of the Great Hammers and Ultra Greatswords, and the faster and lighter weaponry.

Bastard Sword

• Skill: Stomp
• Buy from Greirat, Shrine Handmaid

This is a heavy greatsword normally wielded with two hands. This is a good weapon against multiple enemies.

Black Knight Sword

• Skill: Perseverance
• Can be found in Smouldering Lake

This sword is wielded by the Black Knights who wander the lands. Designed to face chaos demons. It reduces damage when activated.

Claymore

• Skill: Stance
• Can be found in High Wall of Lothric

This is a large heavy sword normally wielded with two hands and can be swung broadly or thrusted.

Drakeblood Greatsword

• Skill: Stance
• Drop from Champion in Archdragon Peak

This sword, its blade engraved with script symbolizing dragon blood, inflicts magic and lightning damage wielded by an order of knights who venerate dragon blood.

Executioner’s Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Can be found in Cathedral of the Deep

This sword retains a keen memory of its executioner’s duty, and absorbs FP from each fallen foe.

Firelink Greatsword

• Skill: Ember
• Can be found in Soul of the Lords

This coiled sword, found thrust in the bonfire, existed long before the throneless lords themselves.

Flameberge

• Skill: Stance
• Drop from Hollow Slave

The blade, resembling flame, was crafted to mutilate flesh and induce bleeding.

Greatsword of Judgment

• Skill: Stance of Judgment
• Drop from Soul of Sulyvahn

A ceremonial sword, held in Pontiff Sulyvahn’s left hand, representing the judgment of the moon.

Hollowslayer Greatsword

• Skill: Stance
• Can be found in Rotted Greatwood Soul

Greatsword used for a lifetime by a masked knight. Bestowed to a proper Mirrah knight long ago. Two-hand to execute special sword techniques.

Moonlight Greastsword

• Skill: Moonlight Vortex
• Can be found in Oceiros’ Soul

This is a legendary dragon weapon associated with Seath the paledrake. Charge strong attack to its limit to unleash moonlight wave.

Storm Ruler

• Skill: Storm King
• Can be found in Profaned Capital, Siegward of Catarina

This broken blade greatsword also known as the Giantslayer for the residual strength of storm that brings giants to their knees.

Twin Princes’ Greatsword

• Skill: Sacred Light and Flame
• Combined by Ludleth from both Twin Princes swords

Sword forged from the reunion of the inseparable swords born from the souls of Lothric and Lorian, the twin princes.

Wolf Knight’s Greatsword

• Skill: Wolf Sword
• Can be found in Blood of the Wolf Soul

Greatsword of a knight tainted by the dark of the Abyss, and master of the wolf’s blood of Farron. The wolf knight was the first Abyss Watcher, and his sword is more punishing against creations of the abyss.

Wolnir’s Holy Sword

• Skill: Wrath of the Gods
• Can be found in High Lord Wolnir Soul

This holy sword, together with three armlets stripped from the corpses of clerics, gave him some semblance of comfort.

Ultra Greatswords List:

These swords are heavy weapons more slabs of metal than elegant blades. Ultra Greatswords are heavy and have high stat requirements, but in exchange they offer crushing hitting power, delivering hits hard enough to down weaker enemies in a single strike.

Astora Greatsword

• Skill: Charge
• Can be found in Cathedral of the Deep

This greatsword, bestowed only upon elite knights, is a relic of the ruined land of Astora. This sword is hard and sharp, but not unusually heavy.

Black Knight Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Drop from Black Knight

Ultra greatsword wielded by the Black Knights who wander the lands. It is designed to face chaos demons.

Cathedral Knight Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Drop from Knight of the Deep

Ultra greatsword wielded by the knights of the Cathedral of the Deep. It is highly destructive if intolerably heavy.

Farron Greatsword

• Skill: Parry
• Drop from Blood of the Wolf Soul

Greatsword of the Abyss Watchers which is atypically paired with an unusual dagger. The dagger is utilized as a wedge in the left hand while the greatsword is held in the right, a unique technique that was synonymous with the Undead Legion.

Fume Ultra Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Can be found in Smouldering Lake

This heavy weapon said to belong to a traitor from long ago, was so heavy that it found no owner, and became a forgotten relic of history.

Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Can be found in Farron Keep

This ultra greatsword, with its thick blade, is one of the heaviest of its kind.

Lorian’s Greatsword

• Skill: Flame of Lorian
• Drop from Twin Princes Soul

Ultra greatsword of Lorian, Prince Lothric’s older brother. Cast in smoldering molten steel, and stained black.

Lothric Knight Greatsword

• Skill: Stomp
• Drop from Lothric Knight, Greirat after pillaging Irithyll

Ultra greatsword of the venerable Knights of Lothric. Imbued with the strength of lightning, the trademark of dragon hunting.

Profaned Greatsword

• Skill: Profaned Flame
• Can be found in Sulyvahn’s Soul

A ceremonial sword, held in Pontiff Sulyvahn’s right hand, representing the Profaned Flame.

Zweihander

• Skill: Stomp
• Buy from Grierat

Ultra greatsword with a large, long blade. Wielded with two hands, yet still requiring great strength due to its weight.

Curved Swords List:

Curved Swords have a flowing combat style that lets them smoothly link one swing into the next with little delay. Curved Sword skills focus on mobile combat, with Spin Slash giving you the ability to move and strike repeatedly at the same time, and the other unique skills have similar behavior.

Carthus Curved Sword

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Drop from Skeleton Swordsman

This weapon’s thick, heavy blade is crafted to cause bleeding, and requires ample strength and dexterity to wield effectively, suggesting that the swordsmen of Carthus were amongst the mightiest.

Carthus Shotel

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Drop from Skeleton Swordsman

Strangely curved sword crafted to cause bleeding, wielded by Carthus swordsmen.

Crescent Moon Sword

• Skill: Crescent Blade
• Drop from Anor Londo

Ringfinger Leonhard’s weapon of choice, a type of shotel imbued with the power of the moon.

Dancer’s Enchanted Swords

• Skill: Dancer’s Grace
• Drop from Dancer’s Soul

Paired enchanted swords that Pontiff Sulyvahn bestowed upon the Dancer of the Boreal Valley.

Falchion

1. Skill: Spin Slash
2. Drop from Skeleton

Standard curved sword and widely-used slashing weapon.

Pomtiff Knife Curved Sword

• Skill: Frost Blade
• Buy form Greirat

Curved sword wielded by the Pontiff’s knights, frigid spirits that linger in Irithyll.

Painting Guardian’s Curved Sword

• Skill: Chained Dance
• Can be found in Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

A weapon described in legends passed down amongst heretics, wielded by the Painting Guardians.

Rotten GHRU Curved Sword

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Drop form Ghru

A crude, half-rotten curved sword. Its rancid blade is drenched in rotten waste, making it acutely poisonous.

Scimitar

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Buy form Shrine Handmaid

Small curved sword that excels in swift movements and consecutive attacks.

Sellsword Twinblades

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Can be found in Road of Sacrifices

The scimitars’ sharp blades make for effective slashing attacks, but fare poorly against metal armor and tough scale-covered hides.

Shotel

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Buy form Shrine Handmaid

Broadly curved sword known as the favored weapon of the tragic Embraced Knight. Shaped to sneak around the defenses of shields, this sword requires ample dexterity to wield effectively.

Storm Curved Sword

• Skill: Tornado
• Drop form Nameless King’s Soul

Curved sword imbued with the strength of the Stormdrake. Imbue blade with the wrath of storm in a spinning motion, and follow with a strong attack to bear that wrath upon foes.

Warden Twinblades

• Skill: Spin Slash
• Drop form Cathedral Grave Warden

Paired weapon wielded by the grave wardens of the Cathedral of the Deep.