Uchigatana

Acquisition

Samurai starts with one. Other classes can find one on a corpse in Deathtouched Catacombs in northern Limgrave. There is one dungeon copy per world; two copies in a first playthrough require the Samurai start or a player trade.

Choose for your stats

Keen favors a Dexterity investment. Occult lets Arcane support physical scaling and also scales the katana’s innate bleed. Blood affinity trades some direct-damage potential for buildup. The Black Whetblade needed for broader Occult choices is in Nokron, after Radahn.

Unsheathe’s heavy branch is a short, useful punish. An applied Unsheathe Ash of War lets you retain the skill while changing affinity. Elemental and status affinities generally prevent external grease or spell buffs; do not promise a buffed Occult katana.

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Ash of WarUnsheatheAsh of WarBloody SlashPvE buildDragonblood DuelistField guideAshes, affinities & weapon buffs