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Morning star

Morning Star+10

Stats
icon wp physicalAttack 220(*198) icon wp counterStrength 120
icon magicbonus 0 (*132) icon wp poiseDamage 30
icon firebonus 0(*132) icon wp stability 40
icon lightningbonus 0(*132) icon durabilitiy 60
icon darkbonus 0(*132) icon weight 4.0
Requirements & Bonus
icon strength 22 icon dexterity 22 icon intelligence 22 icon faith 22
15
A (*B)		 7 – –
icon magicbonus green icon firebonus green icon lgtngbonus green icon darkbonus green
*B *B *B *B
Weapon Type Hammer
Attack Type Strike
Enchantable Yes
Special 120 Bleed Aux
*When infused: 198 physical dmg/132 elemental dmg and B scaling with chosen element. Str scaling changes to B.

Morning Star is a Hammer and one of the available Weapons in Dark Souls 2. Morning Star is a spiked club known for causing bleeding damage. Typically wielded by clerics,it is upgraded with regular Titanite and cannot be infused with Bleed. It's the first hammer you can pick up for free in the game and is useful for non-cleric classes, particularly against Heide's Tower knights.

 

A club fitted with a spiked head. The spikes of this blunt weapon cause bleeding. Normally wielded by clerics, but clearly intended to draw blood. 

How to get Morning Star in Dark Souls 2

  • Treasure in Majula. Along the cliffs leading to the tutorial zone there's a gap in the rocks to jump down to.
  • Treasure in: Huntsman's Copse inside one of the circular rooms after the second bonfire, the same room that has the lever to move down the bridge to the Undead Purgatory
  • Unlimited can be bought from Blue Sentinel Targray for 1600 souls. Please note that you must be in the covenant to use him as a vendor.

 

DS2 Morning Star Hints and Tips

  • Upgraded with regular Titanite. Cannot be infused with Bleed.
  • The first hammer you can pick up for free in the game. Useful for non-cleric classes who don't want to buy a Mace as it works well against Heide's Tower knights.


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Dual Wield Tutorial
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DS2 Morning Star Upgrades Table

  Attack ValuesBonus
 Parameter Bonus Auxiliary Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Name
icon wp physicalAttack
icon wp magdmg
icon wp firedmg
icon wp lightningdmg
icon darkbonus
icon Counter%26poisedamage
icon strengthscale green
icon dexscale green
icon magicbonus green
icon firebonus green
icon lgtngbonus green
icon darkbonus green
icon wp poisonbld
icon wp bleed
icon wp physicaldef
icon wp magicdef
icon wp firedef
icon wp lightningdef
icon wp darkdef
Regular 110 - - - - 120
30		 C - - - - - - 80 45 10 30 30 40
Regular +10 220 - - -   ^ A - - - - - - 120 45 10 30 30 40
Magic 99 66 - - - ^ C - C - - - - 60 42.9 26.6 27.9 27.9 37.9
Magic +10 198 132 - - - ^ B - B - - - - 90 42.9 26.6 27.9 27.9 37.9
Fire 99 - 66 - - ^ C - - C - - - 60 42.9 7.9 46.6 27.9 37.9
Fire +10 198 - 132 - - ^ B - - B - - - 90 42.9 7.9 46.6 27.9 37.9
Lightning 99 - - 66 - ^ C - - - C - - 60 42.9 7.9 27.9 46.6 37.9
Lightning +10 198 - - 132 - ^ B - - - B - - 90 42.9 7.9 27.9 46.6 37.9
Dark 99 - - - 66 ^ C - - - - C - 60 42.9 7.9 27.9 27.9 56.6
Dark +10 198 - - - 132 ^ B - - - -  B - 90 42.9 7.9 27.9 27.9 56.6
Poison 99 - - - - ^ C - - - - - 96 60 42.9 7.9 27.9 27.9 37.9
Poison +10 198 - - - - ^ B - - - - - 120 90 42.9 7.9 27.9 27.9 37.9
Bleed (N/A) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Raw 126 - - - - ^ E - - -  - -  - 77 45 10 30 30 40
Raw +10 253 - - - - ^ D - - - - - - 115 45 10 30 30 40
Enchanted 110 - - - - ^ E - D - - - - 67 45 10 30 30 40
Enchanted +10 220 - - - - ^ D - C - - - - 100 45 10 30 30 40
Mundane 55 - - - - ^ D - - - - - - 33 45 10 30 30 40
Mundane+10 110 - - - - ^ C - - - - - - 50 45 10 30 30 40

 

Dark Souls II Morning Star Table Key

Please see the Upgrades page for details on Upgrade paths, ore and blacksmiths. You can see the Stats page for detailed explanations on what they do.

 

Requirements/
Parameter Bonus		 Attack Values Damage Reduction (%)
Reducing the elemental damage taken in %		 Auxiliary Effects Others
icon strength icon strengthscale green
Strength		 icon wp physicalAttack
Physical		 icon wp physicaldef
Physical		 icon wp bleed
Bleeding		 icon durabilitiy
Durability
icon dexterity icon dexscale green
Dexterity		 icon wp magdmg
Magic		 icon wp magicdef
Magic		 icon wp poisondef
Poison		 icon weight
Weight
icon intelligence
Intelligence		 icon wp firedmg
Fire		 icon wp firedef
Fire		 icon wp petrifydef
Petrify		  
icon faith
Faith		 icon wp lightningdmg
Lightning		 icon wp lightningdef
Lightning		 icon wp cursedef
Curse		  
icon magicbonus green
Magic Bonus		 icon wp counterStrength
Counter Strength		 icon wp stability
Stability		    
icon firebonus green
Fire Bonus		 icon wp poiseDamage
Poise Damage		      
icon lgtngbonus green
Lighting Bonus		 icon wp CastSpeed
Cast Speed		      
icon darkbonus green
Dark Bonus		 icon wp range
Range		      

 

Parameter Bonus: Strength, Dexterity,Magic, Fire, Lightning and Dark bonuses - The scaling multiplier applied to the [Attack: stat]. Scaling quality is from highest to lowest as follows: S/A/B/C/D/E.
The higher the player's [Str, Dex, Mag, Fire, Light] stat, the higher the [Attack Bonus: Stat] is (found on the player status screen). The higher the scaling letter, the higher the percent multiplier applied to the [Attack: Stat].
This resulting bonus damage is added to the base physical damage of the weapon and is shown in the equipment screen in blue numbers as a "+ X".
Durability: The weapon's HP, when the durability hits 0, the effectiveness of its attacks become weakened to the point of almost uselessness. When an items durability is low, a message will come up saying "Weapon At Risk!" at this point the weapon does not perform at it's best.
Weight: How much the item weights when equipped.
Stability: How well the player keeps stance after being hit
Attack Type: Defines what kind of swing set the weapon has.
Regular(R), Thrust(T), Slash(Sl), Strike(St)

Hammers
Aldia Hammer  ♦  Barbed Club  ♦  Black Dragon Warpick  ♦  Blacksmith's Hammer  ♦  Club  ♦  Craftman's Hammer  ♦  Handmaid's Ladle  ♦  Homunculus Mace  ♦  Mace  ♦  Mace of the Insolent  ♦  Reinforced Club



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    • Anonymous
      19 Mar 2023 20:05  

      I sure love missing enemies at point-blank with a weapon that is way slower and shorter than a Broadsword while also doing less damage to anything that isn't specifically weak to strike damage, Just use the Mace, It's better in every way other than the lack of bleed, which isn't even that much of an advantage anyway since this weapon takes absolutely forever to bleed anything when i used it, enemies would die long before the bleed would ever proc, which is saying something considering how this weapon's damage is less-than-impressive against anything that isn't very weak to strike damage.

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      • Anonymous
        25 Nov 2022 21:57  

        With the bleed I found 2 handing this weapon the best when farming/against Ogres (hippo enemy) in beginning parts of the game for 1,000 souls each.

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        • JhonathanDj
          20 Nov 2022 20:15  

          A really good choice for and infused element, as it don't loose that much damage and scaling, and do at the same time a ton of damage, if you wonder why not using the Mace instead, it is because that weapon works better with pure physical damage.

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          • Anonymous
            22 Apr 2021 04:42  

            Range is terrible. Attack animations are terrible. Attack hit boxes are terrible. This weapon is terrible.

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            • Anonymous
              20 Mar 2021 21:02  

              Underestimated weapon. Strike damage good for amored enemies and bleed damage good for unarmored enemies. Really good weapon

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              • Anonymous
                27 Jan 2019 19:18  

                It's not superb since it deals too little bleed to proc it (except on really tough enemies like bosses) but it beats the broken straight sword so if you go warrior (the only class who can start off one-handing it), make sure to grab this from the cliffside when you make it to Majula.

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