Dark Souls Remastered Knights Honor Trophy Guide

Knight’s Honor
Acquire all rare weapons.

Author: FuzionByte.
Genres: Action Adventure, RPG, Souls.
Dark Souls Remastered directory.

The 50 Rare Weapons and their locations are as follows, broken down into categories. Please read the full list before you start the game so as not to potentially miss any as in subsequent playthroughs they can become very hard to acquire. I’ll also include the stat requirements you will need to effectively wield all of the rare weapons.

Boss Soul Weapons

Here is a list of the boss souls and how many times you’ll need that particular soul, meaning you’ll need to defeat the boss and acquire its’ soul over multiple playthroughs (ng, ng+, ng++) etc;

Moonlight Butterfly x2 souls.
Chaos Witch Queelag x2 souls.
Great Grey Wolf Sif x3 souls.
Iron Golem x2 souls.
Crossbreed Priscilla x1 soul.
Dark Sun Gwyndolin x2 souls.
Executioner Smough x1 soul (can only be acquired if you defeat Ornstein first).
Dragon Slayer Ornstein x1 soul (can only be acquired if you defeat Smough first).
Gwyn Lord of Cinder x1 soul.

Now I’ll list all of the Boss Soul weapons and the stat requirements you will need to wield them effectively.

Crystal Ring Shield

Soul of a Moonlight Butterfly, any +10 Shield.
10 Str.
You can fight the Moonlight Butterfly at the top of the Darkroot Garden, easy enough fight, bring some firebombs and take her out. Once you have the Moonlight Butterfly soul, reinforce any shield to +10 and take it to Giant Blacksmith to forge the Crystal Ring Shield.

Moonlight Butterfly Horn

Soul of a Moonlight Butterfly, any +10 Spear.
12 Str, 14 Int.
Exactly the same as the Crystal Ring Shield, except this time, you need any +10 Spear. Once you have the soul and Spear, you can create the Moonlight Butterfly Horn.

Chaos Blade

Soul of Queelag, any +10 Katana.
16 Str, 14 Dex.
Chaos Witch Queelag is a compulsory boss, defeat her to gain her soul, get any Katana to +10 then go off to the Giant in Anor Londo to create the Chaos Blade.

Queelag's Furysword

Soul of Queelag, any +10 Curved Sword.
11 Str, 13 Dex.
My personal favourite weapon in the game, as above, except this time you’ll need any of the Curved Swords in the game. A good location for these in Anor Londo, kill any of the Painting Guardians to acquire the Painting Guardian Sword, take a +10 version to the Giant to acquire Queelag’s Furysword.

Greatshield of Artorias

Soul of Sif, any +10 Shield.
34 Str.
Sif is an optional boss in the game, and is found at the very back of the Darkroot Garden. To obtain all 3 rare weapons he holds the soul for, you will need to complete the game twice and then get back to Sif for the final soul which will hopefully lead to your last trophy in the game if you follow the rest of the guide properly. Take the Soul of Sif and any +10 Shield off to the Blacksmith to acquire the Greatshield of Artorias.

Greatsword of Artorias

Soul of Sif, any +10 Straightsword Hilt / Broken Straight.
24 Str, 18 Dex, 20 Int, 20 Faith.
See Greatshield of Artorias for information on how to obtain the Soul of Sif. Once acquired, take the Soul of Sif and any +10 Straightsword hilt or Broken Straight Sword to the Giant in Anor Londo to acquire the Greatsword of Artorias.

Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed)

Soul of Sif, any +10 Straightsword or Greatsword.
24 Str, 18 Dex, 18 Int, 18 Faith.
See Greatshield of Artorias for information on how to obtain the Soul of Sif. Once acquired, take the Soul of Sif and any +10 Straightsword or Greatsword to the Giant in Anor Londo to acquire the Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed).

Dragon Bone Fist

Core of an Iron Golem, any +10 Fist weapon.
20 Str.
The Caestus is probably the easiest fist weapon to acquire in Dark Souls and can be purchased from Andre the Blacksmith for 200 souls. Take a +10 version of this to the Giant Blacksmith to acquire the Dragon Bone Fist.

Golem Axe

Core of an Iron Golem, any +10 Axe.
36 Str, 8 Dex.
Take any +10 axe and the Soul of an Iron Golem to the Giant in Anor Londo to acquire the Golem Axe.

Lifehunt Scythe

Soul of Priscilla, any +10 Halberd.
16 Str, 14 Dex.
You can fight Crossbreed Priscilla in the Painted World of Ariamis. Try and cut her tail off in the fight to acquire another material required for another rare weapon (see Tail Cut Weapons for more information). Take her soul and any +10 Halberd to the Giant Blacksmith to acquire the Lifehunt Scythe.

Tin Darkmoon Catalyst

Soul of Gwyndolin, any Catalyst.
4 Str, 16 Faith.
You can fight Dark Sun Gwyndolin in Anor Londo by moving the central tower down to its lowest level. Once he’s defeated, you will acquire the Soul of Gwyndolin, take this along with any Catalyst (an item used to cast sorceries) to the Giant in Anor Londo to acquire the Tin Darkmoon Catalyst.

Darkmoon Bow

Soul of Gwyndolin, any +10 Bow.
7 Str, 16 Dex, 16 Faith.
As with the Tin Darkmoon Catalyst, take any +10 Bow to the Giant in Anor Londo to acquire the Darkmoon Bow.

Smough's Hammer

Soul of Smough, any +10 Hammer or Great Hammer.
58 Str.
In order to acquire the Soul of Smough, you need to kill Dragon Slayer Ornstein in the first half of the boss fight. This will then allow you to kill Executioner Smough acquiring his soul. Take the Great Club (found in the Blighttown swamp) as well as the Soul of Smough to the Giant to acquire Smough’s Hammer. Please Note: I strongly recommend you go for this one in your first playthrough as Smough on ng+ hits incredibly hard making the fight a lot more challenging.

Dragonslayer Spear

Soul of Ornstein, any +10 Spear.
24 Str, 24 Dex.
As above, except this time you will need to take out Executioner Smough first in order to be able to kill Dragon Slayer Ornstein and acquire his soul. Take the Soul of Ornstein and any +10 Spear to the Giant to acquire the Dragonslayer Spear.

Great Lord Darksword

Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, any +10 Straightsword or Greatsword.
20 Str, 10 Dex.
Lord Gwyn is the final boss in the game, once defeated, you will need to make your way through the game on ng+ back to the Giant Blacksmith. Be especially careful not to use / drop this soul as you’ll only have one more chance to acquire it (ng+) to make the Knight’s Honor trophy simpler to acquire.

Tail Cut Weapons

For these specific rare weapons, you will need to cut the tails off of certain enemies / bosses / NPCs’, you will need a very sharp weapon such as the Halberd / Dagger or a decent bow with plenty of arrows and a good amount of luck in being able to acquire the required tails.

Drake Sword

Hellkite Dragon, Undead Burg.
16 Str, 10 Dex.
The Hellkite Dragon is the large Red Dragon you will encounter after you have defeated the Taurus Demon. Make your way through to the ladder shortcut to make getting back here a lot easier, equip your bow and arrows. You will need to get underneath the bridge where the Hellkite Dragon is and shoot at its’ tail until you “cut ” it off, once you have severed the tail the Drake Sword will be placed in your inventory automatically (you’ll see this on-screen).

Gargoyle Tail Axe

Bell Gargoyle Boss, Undead Burg.
14 Str, 14 Dex.
You will face the Bell Gargoyles as part of the main story, ensure you only attack their tails in this fight which can be a tall order. They have a chance when killed to drop the Gargoyle Tail Axe, this is not the weapon you’re after, you actually need to sever their tail so you can actually see the difference on their bodies. Only that version of the Gargoyle Tail Axe will count, it will be worth as with a few of these tail cut weapons, to die if you have nearly won the fight then try and get the tail weapon again, otherwise you will need to try again on on ng+, ng++, ng+++ and so on until you’re successful. Once you have severed the tail and received the Gargoyle Tail Axe.

Dragon King Greataxe

Gaping Dragon, The Depths.
30 Str, 8 Dex.
You’ll need to go through The Depths as part of the main story, however, the Gaping Dragon is a completely optional fight and one that might take a good few attempts to sever its tail. The problem here is the Gaping Dragon is very large and moves around a lot so even getting a look at the tail is difficult enough without even trying to hit the thing. Keep trying and as always, if you haven’t acquired the rare weapon, simply allow the Gaping Dragon to kill you then go back and have another try for the tail. Once successful, you’ll receive the Dragon King Greataxe.

Dragon Greatsword

Stone Dragon, Ash Lake.
50 Str, 10 Dex.
Ash Lake is a completely optional area found deep underneath Blighttown, you’ll need to be seriously levelled in order to make it all the way through to the Stone Dragon, who, fortunately is an NPC. From the Blighttown bonfire in the tunnel just off from the swamp, take a left go forward until you get to a large sloped tree trunk, attack the dead end walls (there are 2) until you get to The Great Hollow. Proceed down through the Hollow, taking care not to fall down all the way to the bottom, then proceed through to Ash Lake. Make your way all the way through this area, taking care not to be hit by the Hydra’s down here, at the end you’ll find the Stone Dragon. Hit its tail with any melee attack to acquire the Dragon Greatsword.

Priscilla's Dagger

Crossbreed Priscilla, Painted World of Ariamas.
6 Str, 20 Dex.
You will find the Painted World of Ariamas, in Anor Londo, at the back of the large room with the Painted Guardians will be a large Painting. Interact with this Painting to land in Ariamas, the boss here is Crossbreed Priscilla, keep attacking her tail with a charged attack (hold R2) to eventually sever her tail, acquiring Priscilla’s Dagger.

Moonlight Greatsword

Seath The Scaleless, Crystal Cave.
16 Str, 10 Dex, 28 Int.
This is by far the hardest of the tail weapons to acquire in the game, Seath is a very tough boss at the best of times. The problem is it utilises a lot of tail attacks, so trying to cut the tail off you’re going to be taking a lot of damage in the process, that combined with the fact you need to be very accurate in hitting the tail all adds to up to a bad time here. Bring a long reach weapon with like a Halberd and charge the attack (hold R2) the second Seath finishes a moveset / combo, then hit the tail. Rinse and repeat until you have acquire the tail, if you’re about to defeat Seath and still haven’t severed the tail, allow it to kill you and try again. Once you have successfully severed Seath the Scaleless’ tail you will acquire the Moonlight Greatsword.

Enemy Loot Weapons

As you go through the game, you will face some very powerful enemies, some of which you’ll need to defeat multiple times in order for them to drop their rare weapons. Several of these rare weapons are also only acquired by taking out certain NPCs you’ll come across, however, fail to kill them the first time and you’ll need to do another playthrough in order to face them again. Ensure you are strong enough before taking them on the first time as they get a lot stronger on subsequent playthroughs. Ensure you equip the Covetous Gold Serpent Ring or the Symbol of Avarice to increase the drop rate of these rare weapons. The rare weapon locations are as follows.

Stone Greatshield

Stone Knights, Darkroot Garden.
38 Str.
Just before you ascend the stairs to fight the Moonlight Butterfly boss will be an area with 3 Stone Knights. These Knights are asleep until you get close to them and can prevent you dodging, bring a very powerful, upgraded blunt weapon. The Knights have a very low chance of dropping the Stone Greatshield, there is a bonfire behind a wall, just before you get to this area, next to the door you will need to open in order to get to the Sif boss fight. This might take you a good number of hours or you might get lucky with the drop. It personally took me around 3 hours of straight farming to acquire the Stone Greatshield.

Stone Greatsword

Stone Knights, Darkroot Garden.
40 Str, 10 Dex.
As above, except this time, you’re after the Stone Greatsword, the Stone Knights have a very low chance of dropping either the Shield or the Greatsword so keep farming until you have both. Alternatively, you can purchase the Stone Greatsword from Shiva of the East in Blighttown after joining the Forest Hunters covenant.

Crescent Axe

Patches the Hyena, The Catacombs.
18 Str, 12 Dex, 16 Faith.
There are various ways to obtain the Crescent Axe, firstly, you can kill Patches once you find him next to the second spiked bridge to obtain the weapon, however, you can also deny being a Cleric once he talks to you. Then survive being pushed down the hole in the Tomb of the Giants, defeat Gravelord Nito after obtaining the Lordvessel which will then see Patches relocated to Firelink Shrine. Where you can purchase the Crescent Axe for 10,000 souls, whichever way you choose to acquire this weapon, once it’s in your inventory you won’t need to worry about acquiring it again.

Giant's Shield

Sentinels, Anor Londo.
36 Str.
Once you get to Anor Londo, you will encounter a Sentinel as soon as you go down the first set of stairs, in total in this area, there are 6 Sentinels. 3 in the first area, and 3 at the opposite end (left or right out from the bonfire), any of these enemies have a very low chance of dropping the Giant’s Shield. Keep killing them until you acquire the Giant’s Shield.

Giant's Halberd

Sentinels, Anor Londo.
36 Str, 12 Dex.
The same as the Giant’s Shield, except this time, you are looking for the Giant’s Halberd, which again, has a very low chance of dropping from the Sentinels.

Silver Knight Shield

Silver Knight, Anor Londo.
14 Str.
Once you’re inside Anor Londo, any of the Silver Knights have a chance of dropping the Silver Knight Shield.

Silver Knight Spear

Silver Knight, Anor Londo.
16 Str, 22 Dex.
You will encounter several spear-wielding Silver Knights throughout Anor Londo, as long as the Silver Knight has a spear as a main weapon.
You have a chance once its been defeated to drop the Silver Knight Spear.

Silver Knight Straight Sword

Silver Knight, Anor Londo.
16 Str, 22 Dex.
The sword-wielding Silver Knights are the most common of the Silver Knights, any of these Knights have a chance of dropping the Silver Knight Straight Sword.

Crest Shield

Oscar, Knight of Artorias, Undead Asylum (2nd visit).
10 Str.
You can fight Oscar, Knight of Artorias by returning to the Undead Asylum area (curl up into a ball in Snuggly the Crows’ Nest at the top of Firelink Shrine), defeat Oscar to receive the Crest Shield.

Demon's Catalyst

Demon Firesage, Demon Ruins.
12 Str, 10 Dex, 10 Int.
The Demon Firesage is an optional boss and can be found down the stairs from the second bonfire in the Demon Ruins. Simple enough fight, watch out for the AOE attacks, bring some fire resistant armour, when you’ve defeated the Demon Firesage, you will acquire the Demon’s Catalyst.

Izalith Catalyst

Izalith Catalyst, Daughter of Chaos, Lost Izalith.
6 Str, 14 Int.
You will find a very powerful NPC Pyromancer just outside the fog gate leading to the Bed Of Chaos boss fight. Defeat the Pyromancer to acquire the Izalith Catalyst.

Channeler's Trident

Channeler, Duke’s Archives.
16, Str, 16 Dex, 24 Int.
There will be plenty of Channelers in the Duke’s Archives, there are a few Channelers before you get to the Archives (Undead Parish, The Depths). However, they don’t respawn once defeated leaving the Archives as your only option to farm for the Channeler’s Trident if the previous Channeler’s didn’t drop you their Trident. Keep defeating the Channelers until you have acquired the Channeler’s Trident.

Grant

Paladin Leeroy, Tomb of the Giants.
50 Str, 30 Faith.
Ensure you have placed the Lordvessel and are human, at which point, Paladin Leeroy will invade you when you can see Ash Lake off in the distance in the Tomb of the Giants. Just before you go along the final area towards Gravelord Nito. He is a very tough fight, but can be parried, use this to your advantage. Please Note: If Paladin Leeroy falls or gets knocked off the cliff, you will be unable to acquire either the Grant or the Sanctus until your next playthrough. So on that basis, don’t use charged attacks against him, stick with standard attacks with no knock-back to ensure you will collect the loot once he’s been defeated.

Sanctus

Paladin Leeroy, Tomb of the Giants.
10 Str, 18 Faith.
As with the Grant above, once Paladin Leeroy has been defeated you will acquire both the Grant and the Sanctus.

Black Knight Shield

Black Knights, Kiln of the First Flame.
16 Str.
In the final area of the game, The Kiln of the First Flame, you will need to get through several Black Knights. Any of these Knights have a chance of dropping the Black Knight Shield.

Black Knight Sword

Black Knights, Kiln of the First Flame.
20 Str, 18 Dex.
The same as with the Black Knight Shield, except you will acquire the Black Knight Sword from sword wielding Black Knights.

Black Knight Greataxe

Black Knight, Kiln of the First Flame.
36 Str, 18 Dex.
There is one Greataxe wielding Black Knight, in this area, fortunately the Black Knight Greataxe appears to have a higher drop-rate than the other weapons, making it easier to acquire. Keep running the Kiln until the Black Knight drops the Black Knight Greataxe.

Black Knight Greatsword

Black Knight, Kiln of the First Flame.
32 Str, 18 Dex.
You can find two Greatsword wielding Black Knights, take them out until they drop the Black Knight Greatsword.

Black Knight Halberd

Black Knight, Kiln of the First Flame.
32 Str, 18 Dex.
There is one Halberd-wielding Black Knight, this is the rarest of the Black Knight weapons as it has the lowest drop rate. Personally I spent nearly 5 hours of straight farming with the Gold Covetous Serpent Ring equipped to finally get the Black Knight Halberd to drop.

World Loot Weapons

You will come across these rare weapons as you make your way through the game, they are all collected either on corpses or in chests throughout the world. Take care though as some are guarded by very powerful enemies.

Astora's Straight Sword

Corpse, Valley of Drakes.
10 Str, 10 Dex, 14 Faith.
In front of the Undead Dragon in the Valley of Drakes on a corpse.

Dragon Crest Shield

Corspe, Valley of Drakes.
10 Str.
In the same location as Astora’s Straight Sword above on a different corpse will be the Dragon Crest Shield.

Black Iron Greatshield

Corpse, Anor Londo.
36 Str.
From where you first fight the Painted Guardians in Anor Londo, make your way down from the rafters to the floor. At the back of this room is a large painting, which will take you to the Painted World of Ariamis, next to the painting on a corpse will be the Black Iron Greatshield.

Dragon Tooth

Chest, Anor Londo.
40 Str.
From the bonfire inside Anor Londo with the Silver Knights around, go through the door to find a fireplace. Hit this fireplace to remove the illusionary wall, go through to this new area, in the top corner, there will be 4 chests, they’re not mimics. However, as always in Dark Souls, always give them a tap to make sure they’re safe, the chest on the left of the 4 will contain the Dragon Tooth.

Havel's Greatshield

Chest, Anor Londo.
50 Str.
In the same location as the Dragon Tooth, ensure you open all 4 chests to acquire Havel’s Greatshield (always check for mimics before opening a chest).

Dragonslayer Greatbow

Corpse, Anor Londo.
20 Str, 20 Dex.
Once you have made your way through Anor Londo and are in sight of the Ornstein and Smough boss fog gate, go to the highest part of this area on the top balcony. Jump through the window at the front of Anor Londo to land a small ledge, on a corpse on this ledge will be the Dragonslayer Greatbow.

Bloodshield

Corpse, Painted World of Ariamis.
10 Str.
Proceed to the far side of the Ariamis to find a long bridge at the end of which is a very powerful Undead Dragon. Roughly halfway across this bridge is a corpse with the Bloodshield.

Velka's Rapier

Corpse, Painted World of Ariamis.
8 Str, 16 Dex, 16 Int.
From the centre of the area where you can fight the Phalanx, head over to the right of the area, use the Annex Key (underground sewers of the Ariamis) to open the door. Go up the stairs then hit the wooden planks on the right, at the end of this walkway will be Velka’s Rapier on a corpse.

Effigy Shield

Corpse, Tomb of the Giants.
10 Str, 16 Faith.
Upon entering the Tomb of the Giants, proceed through until you get to the area with the large Skeleton Beasts. Go across the small walkway on the right, then down the slope to the left and double back on yourself, walk along the walkway. Smash the rocks at the end to find a corpse with the Effigy Shield.

Covenant Weapons

You will need to join 2 separate covenants as you make your way through the game, by joining them you will then acquire their rare weapons automatically, the 2 Covenants are as follows;

Gravelord Sword

Gravelord Servant Covenant, The Catacombs.
24 Str, 13 Dex.
In order to join the covenant, you will need an Eye of Death (3 of which can be found behind the Titanite Demon) and to get through the Catacombs until you are in the long corridor with the stone coffins lining the walls. Here will be a Titanite Demon (behind of which are your Eye Of Death x3) in this room, you will see one stone coffin protruding out from the rest, interact with this coffin and select the option “Nestle Into It“. After the cutscene, you will need to go the large coffin and pledge your allegiance to Gravelord Nito.
Please Note: this is only possible providing you haven’t already defeated Gravelord Nito, if you have then you can retry on subsequent playthroughs. Once you have successfully joined the Gravelord Servant covenant, you will acquire the Gravelord Sword.

Dark Hand

Darkwraith Covenant, The Abyss.
This is definitely one of the longest of the rare weapons to acquire…usually. Allow me to explain, As you make your way through the New Londo Ruins, lower the water to reveal the Darkwraith enemies, these have an incredibly low chance of dropping the Dark Hand, this can take many hours of farming to acquire a Dark Hand. Alternatively, you can join the Darkwraith Covenant, to do so you need to not speak Frampt at Firelink Shrine or place the Lordvessel. You need to go through the New Londo Ruins, defeat The Four Kings (after defeating Sif), once they’re defeated, you will be able to run to the back of the Abyss to find Kaathe. You need to answer “Yes” the first time he asks you, otherwise, you will not be able to join the Darkhand Covenant. Once you have joined the Darkhand Covenant, you will then acquire the Dark Hand.

That’s all 50 rare weapons throughout Dark Souls, once you have collected all of them, your Trophy will unlock.

That’s the Dark Souls Remastered Knights Honor Trophy Guide complete I hope it helps you acquire every rare weapon.

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