Sword of Night

Sword of Night
Attack	110 Physical, 33 Magic
Critical	100
Scaling	Dex C
Requires	Str 11, Dex 20
Effect	Causes blood loss buildup (45)
Guard	43% physical, 30 guard boost
Type	Katana
Attack Type	Slash/Pierce
Skill	Witching Hour Slash
FP Cost	21
Weight	6.5
Upgrades With	Somber Smithing Stones, to +10
Sell Price

The Sword of Night is a Katana in Elden Ring. It is one of the expansion's additions, found in the Land of Shadow.

The Sword of Night is a blade of all-consuming, bottomless black that devours even the light falling on it, wielded by Jolán, Swordhand of Night. Jolán drops it at the Cathedral of Manus Metyr when given an Iris of Occultation at the end of the questline shared with Count Ymir. Its blade is only semicorporeal, so its light attacks ignore half of a block's damage negation and its heavy attacks ignore even more, and its heavy double slash is shared with the Serpentbone Blade. Its reach is short for a katana, but its unique skill, Witching Hour Slash, pulls the wielder forward into a fast triple slash that goes through shields and combos into a heavy attack. It scales only with Dexterity, builds 45 blood loss and adds a little magic damage, so it suits a pure Dexterity character.

How to Get Sword of Night Guide

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Jolán gives it in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr after Count Ymir's questline ends, in exchange for an Iris of Occultation.

1. Talk to Count Ymir in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr to receive the Ruins Map and the Hole-Laden Necklace.
2. Ring the bells at the Finger Ruins of Rhia and the Finger Ruins of Dheo, returning to Ymir after each for the next map.
3. Descend beneath Ymir's throne to the Finger Ruins of Miyr and defeat Metyr, Mother of Fingers.
4. Return to the throne and defeat Jolán, Swordhand of Night and Count Ymir when they attack.
5. Rest, then find Jolán slumped against her pillar in the cathedral.
6. Give her an Iris of Occultation to receive the sword; an Iris of Grace continues her questline instead.

Where to find Sword of Night Location?

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Sword of Night map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Upgrades

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Somber Smithing Stones take it up to +10.

Level	Material	Amount	Attack	Scaling
+1	Somber Smithing Stone [1]	x1	125 Physical, 37 Magic	Dex C
+2	Somber Smithing Stone [2]	x1	141 Physical, 42 Magic	Dex C
+3	Somber Smithing Stone [3]	x1	157 Physical, 47 Magic	Dex C
+4	Somber Smithing Stone [4]	x1	173 Physical, 52 Magic	Dex C
+5	Somber Smithing Stone [5]	x1	189 Physical, 56 Magic	Dex C
+6	Somber Smithing Stone [6]	x1	205 Physical, 61 Magic	Dex B
+7	Somber Smithing Stone [7]	x1	221 Physical, 66 Magic	Dex B
+8	Somber Smithing Stone [8]	x1	237 Physical, 71 Magic	Dex B
+9	Somber Smithing Stone [9]	x1	253 Physical, 76 Magic	Dex B
+10	Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	x1	269 Physical, 80 Magic	Dex B

Skill

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Witching Hour Slash costs 21 FP. The wielder holds the sword level, infuses it with the dark of Night, and unleashes a series of incorporeal slashes that cannot be blocked. Charging makes the slashes sweep around the wielder and hit harder, and the Godfrey Icon boosts the charged version. The repeated hits also work with multi-hit boosters such as the Winged Sword Insignia. The skill is unique to this weapon and cannot be swapped out.

"Hold the sword level and infuse it with the dark of Night before unleashing a series of incorporeal attacks. This attack cannot be blocked. Can be charged to increase its power."

Builds

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Void Knight Build

Shadow of the Erdtree · Level 150+

Class	Any
Level	150+
Focus	Dexterity
Main Stats	Dexterity, Vigor
Other Stats	Endurance, Mind
Requires	20 Dexterity, 11 Strength
Weapon	Sword of Night
Shield	Shield of Night
Armor	Helm of Night, Armor of Night, Black Knight Gauntlets, Black Knight Greaves
Talismans	Crusade Insignia, Shard of Alexander, Blessed Blue Dew Talisman, Godfrey Icon
Swap In	Millicent's Prosthesis or Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Bull-Goat's Talisman
Skills	Witching Hour Slash, Revenge of the Night
Flasks	Equal Charges
Crystal Tear	Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear, Opaline Hardtear
Other Tear	Thorny Cracked Tear
Great Rune	Malenia's Great Rune or Radahn's Great Rune

Notes

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"Sword of an all-consuming, bottomless black that devours even the light that shines upon it. Wielded by Jolán, Swordhand of Night. The blade of the sword is only semicorporeal, and thus cannot be guarded against completely."

All Katanas

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The table below lists all Katanas in Elden Ring.

Name	Image	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Dragonscale Blade		110 35	0 25	0 25	0 50	0 25	100 30	5.5	D 12	C 20	0	0	0	500	Ice Lightning Sword
Hand of Malenia		117 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 33	7	E 16	C 48	0	0	0	1000	Waterfowl Dance
Meteoric Ore Blade		112 50	72 45	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 33	7.5	D 15	E 14	D 18	0	0	500	Gravitas
Moonveil		73 31	87 57	0 26	0 26	0 26	100 31	6.5	E 12	D 18	C 23	0	0	500	Transient Moonlight
Nagakiba		115 49	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100 33	7	D 18	C 22	0	0	0	100	Unsheathe
Rivers of Blood		76 36	0 26	76 52	0 26	0 26	100 31	6.5	E 12	D 18	0	0	D 20	500	Corpse Piler
Serpentbone Blade		120 45	0 30	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 30	6	E 11	C 22	0	0	0	200	Double Slash
Star-Lined Sword		82 34.0	82 48.0	0 24.0	0 24.0	0 24.0	100 29	5.0	E 10	C 23	D 21	0	0	500	Onze's Line of Stars
Sword of Night		110 43.0	33 35.0	0 27.0	0 27.0	0 27.0	100 30	6.5	11	C 20	0	0	0	0	Witching Hour Slash
Uchigatana		115 45.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	100 30	5.5	D 11	D 15	0	0	0	100	Unsheathe