Sacred Blade

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Sacred

FP cost

19 FP

Skill

Sacred Blade

About this Ash of War

This Ash of War grants an armament the Sacred affinity and the following skill:

"Sacred Blade: Grants armament's attacks holy essence and fires off a golden blade projectile. The armament retains its holy essence for a while."

Usable on melee armaments (whips, fists, and claws excepted).

Slope north of the Third Church of Marika

Limgrave

Starting Site of Grace: Third Church of Marika

1. From Mistwood Outskirts in eastern Limgrave, follow the road east and northeast to Third Church of Marika beside the water. This is the lower Limgrave church, not the church on the Caelid border.
2. Reach the Third Church of Marika in eastern Limgrave, beside the Flask of Wondrous Physick pickup.
3. Leave the church and cross the small watercourse to the north. Climb the slope toward the nearby spiritspring.
4. Kill the scarab on the slope before the spiritspring. You receive Sacred Blade directly from the kill.

Notes

• Costs 19 FP, fires a Holy projectile and adds 90 Holy attack power to the weapon for 40 seconds. This coating can be applied by the skill even on Sacred affinity.
• The projectile improves with Faith and weapon reinforcement. The added 90 Holy on later weapon hits is a fixed amount rather than an extra bonus that grows with Faith.
• The weapon itself can hit during the casting slash as well as the projectile. At close range, both can connect; farther away, only the projectile reaches the enemy.
• The active blessing doubles damage against eligible Those Who Live in Death and prevents skeleton revival. Simply dealing ordinary Holy damage without this anti-undead effect does not always prevent revival.
• The projectile does not carry the weapon's innate Blood Loss or other ailment buildup. The actual blade contact can apply the weapon's buildup.
• Shard of Alexander improves the damaging skill, while Holy bonuses improve its Holy damage. Godfrey Icon does not apply because the attack cannot be charged.
• Another incompatible weapon coating replaces the blessing. Choosing Standard instead of Sacred changes the weapon's ordinary scaling without removing the skill's Faith-scaled projectile.
• Compatible weapon classes: Dagger, Straight Sword, Greatsword, Colossal Sword, Curved Sword, Curved Greatsword, Katana, Twinblade, Thrusting Sword, Heavy Thrusting Sword, Axe, Greataxe, Hammer, Great Hammer, Flail, Spear, Great Spear, Halberd, Reaper, Colossal Weapon, Thrusting Shield, Light Greatsword, Great Katana. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Sacred. The supported choices are Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Lightning and Sacred; the appropriate whetblade is needed for additional options.