Assassin's Crimson Dagger

Type

Talismans

Weight

0.8

Effects

An assassin's dagger, misshapen and stained in crimson.

Critical hits restore HP.

This charm is modelled after the darkly gleaming blades used in the Night of Black Knives. Those which gave the demigods their first taste of Death.

Black Knife Assassin in Deathtouched Catacombs

Limgrave

Starting Site of Grace: Deathtouched Catacombs

1. From Saintsbridge in northern Limgrave, follow the road west uphill. Before the roadside camp, take the slope on your right to the higher cliffside ledge.
2. Look for the double doors with a seated spirit beside them. Open the doors, go inside Deathtouched Catacombs and activate the grace.
3. Descend toward the sealed boss door, then take the stairs to the left into the skeleton rooms. Hit fallen skeletons again while they begin glowing to stop them reassembling.
4. Continue through the wider main rooms into the lower chamber with skeleton archers. Follow the passage to the statue and lever at the western end.
5. Pull the lever to open the sealed entrance boss door. Retrace the main route up the stairs to that door rather than staying in the small side passages.
6. Enter the boss room and defeat the Black Knife Assassin, who starts this encounter with some health already missing.
7. Receive Assassin's Crimson Dagger as the victory reward. The chest behind the arena contains Deathroot instead.

Notes

• Restores 10% of your maximum HP plus 85 HP when a qualifying critical attack connects. At 1,800 maximum HP, that is 265 HP, provided you have enough missing health to receive it.
• Backstabs and ripostes after a parry or stance break qualify. The stance break itself does not heal you; you still need to perform the critical attack.
• A higher weapon Critical rating increases critical damage, not the healing. Raising maximum HP increases the percentage part of the heal, while the extra 85 HP stays fixed.
• Normal hits, headshots and killing blows do not trigger it simply because they deal high damage or defeat an enemy. It also provides no passive health regeneration.
• Can be equipped with Assassin's Cerulean Dagger for HP and FP recovery from qualifying critical attacks. Dagger Talisman can improve the critical's damage without replacing either recovery effect.
• The wounded Black Knife Assassin in Deathtouched Catacombs drops it as a guaranteed reward. The chest in her room is a separate pickup.
• A critical animation with two qualifying damage contacts can activate the heal twice. At 1,800 maximum HP that can restore 530 HP altogether, limited by missing HP. Do not assume every backstab or riposte has two qualifying contacts.