Sanctum Crossbow is a weapon in Dark Souls 2.
Crossbow wielded by sanctum knights.
Strong attack fires dark bolts.
These guardian knights were sentenced to eternal stewardship of the Sanctum in a clandestine ritual carried out in the great depths, but today the sanctum receives nary visitor.
Acquired From
- Dropped by the Sanctum Knights
- On a body near the Sanctum Chamber hidden bonfire.
Hints and Tips:
- Fires a single precise bolt
- Two Handed Strong Attack on the supporting hand (If you wield it with left hand then it's located on right hand) fires a
Dark Orb.
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Special attack costs 10 durability (or 5 If you have Bracing Knuckle Ring +2)
- With 53 Int+Faith, special attack fired from Dark Sanctum Crossbow +10 deals approximately 736 damage
- Infusing the weapon with a Darknight stone reduces the physical damage while adding dark damage to special attack.
- With 30 Int+Faith, Dark Clutch ring adds 39 dark scaling, increasing it from 84 to 123. This adds roughly 2-300 damage to the special attack.
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Sanctum Crossbow Moveset
Required in Build:
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Sanctum Crossbow Upgrades
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| Regular | 169 | - | - | - | - | 100 10 |
- | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Regular +10 | 220 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Magic | 143 | 44 | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | C | - | - | C | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Magic +10 | 186 | 65 | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | C | - | - | C | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Fire | 143 | - | 44 | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | C | - | C | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Fire +10 | 186 | - | 65 | - | ^ | - | - | - | C | - | C | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 20 | 10 | |
| Lightning | 143 | - | - | 44 | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 20 | 10 |
| Lightning +10 | 186 | - | - | 65 | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | C | C | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 20 | 10 |
| Dark | 118 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Dark +10 | 154 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | 10 |
| Poison | - | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Poison +10 | - | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Bleed | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | ||
| Bleed +10 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | ||
| Raw | 185 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Raw +10 | 242 | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | |
| Enchanted | 169 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | D | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Enchanted +10 | 220 | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | D | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | |
| Mundane | 25 | - | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 |
| Mundane +10 | 33 | - | - | - | ^ | - | - | - | - | - | D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | |
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.
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Attack Values | Damage Reduction (%) Reducing the elemental damage taken in % |
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 Strength |
Physical |
Physical |
Bleeding |
 Durability |
 Dexterity |
Magic |
Magic |
 Poison |
Weight |
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Fire |
Fire |
 Petrify |
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Lightning |
Lightning |
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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)
AnonymousWhen the wiki states 53 int + faith, does that mean 53 int and also 53 faith? If so, that'd only be viable end game...
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I feel like this weapon can benefit hexers as well, even if they can do fine with Dark Orb. But still, hexes require a lot of attunement slots, so having this to free up for more spells would be good.
- Anonymous
Does dark scaling apply to every shot? Wondering in case I could pull good damage with a dark gem and dark bolts
- Anonymous
it´s a pretty cool weapon,specially to kill dudes with a one shot
- Anonymous
Can't seem to be able to increase the attack power of the special attack with either the Blue Dagger, Abyss Seal, or Black Witch Domino Mask. Thought I'd test Ring of Blades and Flynn's also for the sake of it, but unsurprisingly, no change. Perhaps it is only the Dark Clutch Ring that helps.
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Is this good backup weapon for Int character with 10 faith? If so is it better with dark infusion for special or uninfused for bolt shooting? Or maybe(not likely) enchanted?
So lame it takes off 10 durability just to cast dark. Some of the QOL decisions in this game is mind boggling. Did they try to make it as not fun as possible?
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