Scythe of Want is a Reaper and one of the Weapons available in Dark Souls 2. To obtain the Scythe of Want, players need to trade the Soul of Nashandra with Weaponsmith Ornifex. The scythe can be reinforced with Petrified Dragon Bone to +5, but it cannot be infused or enchanted.
Original:
A scythe born from the soul of Nashandra.
The old one of the Abyss was reborn in death, split into miniscule fragments, and spread across the land.
The pieces began to coalesce again, becoming human in shape,Scholar of the First Sin changed to:
A scythe born from the soul of Nashandra.
The old one of the Abyss was reborn in death, split into miniscule fragments, and spread across the land.
After regaining their shapes, they crawled forth yearning for strong souls, in search of greater power.
How to get Scythe of Want in Dark Souls 2
- Trade Weaponsmith Ornifex the Soul of Nashandra.
DS2 Scythe of Want Hints and Tips
- Reinforced with Petrified Dragon Bone to +5.
- This weapon cannot be infused or enchanted.
- Seems to have a smaller reach than most reapers.
Trivia
- Strongly resembles the nameless scythe wielded by Rurufon in Shadow Tower Abyss, FromSoftware's early title.
DS2 Scythe of Want Upgrades Table
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| Regular | 104 | - | - | - | 120 | 110/15 | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| Regular +1 | 135 | - | - | - | 136 | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| Regular +2 | 166 | - | - | - | 152 | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| Regular +3 | 197 | - | - | - | 168 | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| Regular +4 | 228 | - | - | - | 184 | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
| Regular +5 | 260 | - | - | - | 200 | ^ | D | B | - | - | - | C | - | - | 40 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 45 |
Dark Souls II Scythe of Want 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 |
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 Strength |
Physical |
Physical |
Bleeding |
 Durability |
 Dexterity |
Magic |
Magic |
 Poison |
Weight |
 Intelligence |
Fire |
Fire |
 Petrify |
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Lightning |
Lightning |
 Curse |
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 Counter Strength |
 Stability |
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 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)
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i don't what i hate more, the stamina use off 1 r2, how good this is regardless or how hard it invalidates every other scythe in fromsoft history because of how good it is
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Not infusable, not enchantable, no special attack, verdict : bland/10
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When I first aquaired this weapon and saw the INT and FTH requirements, I thought that it would have some cool dark damage special effect or a attack but turned out to be a real stamina killer (especially when doing strong atacks). Long story short I was dissapointed.
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This or forlorn Scythe? I really like the strong R2. But should I infuse it with dark?
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It has the moveset of scythe of the forlorn without the disadvantage of having to be hollow. Nice damage and the satisfying two handed strong attack.
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scythes are pretty difficult to use but when you hit that sweetspot its so satisfying...
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Has the page been locked? I wanted to put an update in about a unique R2 attack the SoW has that is not listed. At +5, on my all-20's character (20 str/dex/int/faith), this attack can do roughly 500+ damage and as far as I know, has a unique animation among Reaper weapons where the player takes a step back in place while twirling it similar to a twinblade R2 I believe? Hits I believe 3 times for a large amount of stamina, and seems to have good stagger potential in both PvP and PvE, and even hits enemies on your right side/close to your right backside oddly enough. Maybe that was lag from online play however, but it was a good deterrent against a backstab.
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Could somebody maybe drope some shit for my new char? Just got the ps4 version and really don't wanna start all over again
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for some reason this weapon has significantly more AR in the menu than other scythes but has a built-in 20 % damage reduction on every attack (found this while browsing the MV spreadsheet). if you wanna compare this to other weapons remember to multiply the AR by 0.8
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