The horned skull of an Umbral creature, fashioned into a close-quarters weapon by the Nohuta.
Hidden lore — revealed in game at high Inferno or Radiance
The grand library of the Nohuta became the home of a vast amount of Umbral knowledge, including numerous texts related to the many creatures which inhabit the realm, that ancient repository now sealed away along with the rest of the Nohuta city, deep beneath the surface of Mournstead.
Damage
- Physical
- 39
- Wither
- 39
- Total
- 78
Base damage only. Your stats add more on top — see the planner. Deals no holy or fire damage at any upgrade level.
Scaling
- Strength
- C+ 69.3
- Agility
- - 0.0
- Radiance
- C- 48.0
- Inferno
- C- 48.0
Grades change with upgrade level — move the slider to see how far.
Requirements
- Strength
- 13
- Radiance
- 11
- Inferno
- 11
⚠ You can equip this without meeting the requirements, but all damage and defence are divided by 5.
Impact & sockets
- Poise damage
- 110
- Stagger damage
- 11
- Rune sockets
- —
- Block stability
- 0.13
- PvP damage
- ×0.48
- Spell slots
- 0
Sockets unlock as the weapon is upgraded. Letters are rune types.
Deals 52% less damage against other players. Figures on this page are PvE and unaffected. Datamined
Handling & guard
Handling
- Stamina cost
- 1.565
- Visceral damage
- ×1
- Stagger from behind
- ×3
- Parry window
- 0.184s
- Parry stagger
- 65
- Guard angle
- 180°
Guard protection
- Physical
- 22%
- Fire
- 9%
- Holy
- 9%
- Wither
- 22%
- Magic
- 10%
Guard resistance
- Bleed
- 30%
- Poison
- 50%
- Wither
- 30%
- Frostbite
- 50%
- Smite
- 30%
- Burn
- 30%
- Ignite
- 30%
Status buildup
- frost
- 60
Buildup per hit, and it does not rise with upgrade level — it carries no curve in the game's tables. What happens when the meter fills is covered on status effects.
Cost to fully upgrade
Everything the blacksmith needs to take this from +0 to +10, totalled across every step.
- Small Deralium Fragments
- 6
- Regular Deralium Nuggets
- 7
- Large Deralium Shards
- 20
- Deralium Chunk
- 1
- Vigor
- 29,250
Modelled
Set bonus — Horned Skull
A two-handed fist-weapon attack, and an ability tied to resurrecting at an anchor rather than to combat.
The only weapon in its set — the bonus is on the weapon itself rather than on a pairing.
What it takes
Meet the weapon's stat requirements and the special attack is available — at any upgrade level, with no quest to finish first.
Set membership is read from the weapon's own ItemTags in the game files.
What the bonus does is described from its ability assets. Unlock conditions were removed by patch 2.5.593 on 15 August 2026; before it, several
of these were gated behind questlines. The game itself never mentions any of this.
Where to find it
Acquisition
- How
- Not established
- Confidence
- Modelled
Value
- Sells for
- 800 vigor
- Purchasable
- No vendor stocks it
Under the hood
- Internal key
- WPN_PLA_FW_PostLaunch_HornedSkull
- Icon asset
- FW_PostLaunch_HornedSkull
- Game patch
- 2.5.591
- Provenance
- Datamined
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