Swift Spear

Notes

• Requires 10 Strength and 26 Dexterity and weighs 3.0. On Standard affinity its physical damage scales only with Dexterity. Strength is an equipment requirement there, so two-handing does not add an ordinary Strength damage bonus to that affinity.
• Its light chain uses quick consecutive thrusts, with some steps producing several contacts. Each small contact deals less than a full ordinary spear hit, so the speed does not mean every thrust has a normal spear's full damage or status buildup.
• The rapid light contacts use 60% of the weapon's ordinary status buildup, while retaining full added flat weapon-buff damage. This makes a suitable weapon enchantment useful without making every status affinity an automatic best choice.
• It has no innate bleed or poison. Blood, Poison or Cold can supply their matching buildup, while Occult alone does not invent a status. Arcane does not improve Cold's fixed Frostbite buildup.
• Starts with Impaling Thrust, costing 9 FP. It gives a single forward lunge with guard penetration, rather than simply speeding up the normal multi-hit chain.
• Can use compatible Ashes of War and affinities. Grease or a weapon enchantment can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs. Upgrade with Smithing Stones to +25.
• This is a fixed corpse pickup southeast of Castle Front. It does not need to be farmed from the soldiers guarding the body, and the much larger Messmer Soldier's Spear is a different weapon class.