Black Knife (2024)

Black Knife (黒き刃, Kuroki Yaiba) is a melee armament found in Elden Ring.

Description[]

Acquisition[]

Received upon defeating the Black Knife Assassin in front of Sainted Hero's Grave located in Altus Plateau.

Notes[]

• Technically leans towards a pure Dexterity build with its scaling, but practically speaking a hybrid Dexterity/Faith build gains about as much Attack Power (AP) while also making the skill stronger since it only scales with weapon upgrade level and the user's Faith.
  • Effectively, the hybrid build loses about 2% AP compared to the pure build in exchange for dealing about 13% damage with the initial hit of the skill.
• Despite its often resisted Holy damage this weapon still pulls its weight well due to the percentage-based damage effect its skill also causes, even when dodged through.
  • This health drain effect triggers even when rolled through so to fully avoid it can't be allowed to touch your body when dodged.
• Has a unique double-hitting heavy attack shared with the Blade of Calling, Erdsteel Dagger, and Fire Knight's Shortsword.
  • This unique attack grants 4 points towards the scaling of the Winged Sword Insignias instead of the usual 2 due to hitting twice.

Upgrade Information[]

• Upgraded with Somber Smithing Stones.
• Cannot have its Affinity and Skill changed.
• The upper number in the Atk column denotes Physical base damage while the lower, colored number in the Atk column denotes elemental base damage: red for Fire damage, yellow for Lightning damage, orange for Holy damage, and cyan for Magic damage.
• See the Weapon Scaling page for what the scaling values mean.

Trivia[]

• While the Black Knife is a legendary item, it does not count as one of the Legendary Armaments (Achievement/Trophy).

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