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Dagger

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Erdsteel Dagger

Pierce / SlashSmithing Stone—Ash of War changeable

An erdsteel dagger with a grass crest engraved upon its blade. Carried by the Erdtree royalty for self-defense in times of peace.

Attack rating—At your attributes

Weight2Equip load units

Requires7Str12Dex14Fai

Passive buildup—At your attributes

Attack & scalingUpdates as you edit

An erdsteel dagger with a grass crest engraved upon its blade. Carried by the Erdtree royalty for self-defense in times of peace.

Though forged to a high standard, the weapon is difficult to wield.

Attack power also scales with faith.

QuickstepFP 3 · Ash of War, changeable

Skill prized by the crafty and fleet of foot. Perform a quickstep maneuver that allows for circling around lock-on targets.Ash of War: Quickstep

Compatible Ashes of War (51)

These Ashes of War can be applied to this weapon.

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LocationKenneth Haight, north of Mistwood

Limgrave

Starting Site of Grace: Mistwood Outskirts

Before you go

From Mistwood Outskirts, follow the road northeast to the broken stone structure above the road. Climb onto it and speak to Kenneth Haight, who is calling for help. Agree to retake his fort.
Travel southeast through Mistwood to Fort Haight beside the coast. Enter the fort, climb its stairs, and defeat the knight on the upper rampart.
Return to Kenneth at the broken structure and tell him you cleared the fort. He gives you Erdsteel Dagger. The later parts of his quest are not required for this reward.

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LocationDrainage pit beneath Gransax's wing, Leyndell

Altus Plateau

Starting Site of Grace: Avenue Balcony

Before you go

From Avenue Balcony, descend the stairs to the lower street beneath the giant dragon's wing. Head northwest and look for the sunken drainage area with the broken fire-breathing statue.
Drop into the pit carefully and collect Erdsteel Dagger from the corpse near that statue. This is a second copy, separate from Kenneth's reward.

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Faith increases this dagger's physical damage even on its normal affinity. That is the important difference from a weapon where Faith only improves an added elemental damage type.
Sacred and Flame Art make especially good use of that property. Faith contributes to both the physical damage and the added Holy or Fire damage, so judge the whole weapon rather than dismissing it because the displayed scaling letter does not look exceptional.
There is an Arcane exception worth knowing before choosing Blood, Poison or Occult. Those affinities list Arcane scaling, but it is not applied to the dagger's physical attack power. Do not assume the listed letter gives it the normal physical damage benefit of an Occult weapon.
Its heavy attacks include a quick double slash, like Black Knife, Blade of Calling and Fire Knight's Shortsword. Landing both hits is useful for consecutive-attack bonuses, provided you can stay close enough to finish the attack.
Can use compatible Ashes of War. Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs. Sacred and Flame Art are alternatives to that setup, rather than affinities you can freely combine with an ordinary grease buff.
Kenneth Haight's reward and the Leyndell corpse are separate copies, so you can collect two in one journey. Get the Leyndell copy before the city changes to the Ashen Capital.
Upgrade it with Smithing Stones, up to +25. Its starting skill is Quickstep.

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