Claymore Blade · max level 10

How the Claymore plays, where it wins and where it loses, read from its stats, traits and moveset.

The weapon's trait and the in-game description, then how its damage compares with the other Blades.

Trait: Powerful

• Can channel Nephtoglobin Transmutations.
• Focused on overpowering enemies.

Damage against the other Blades

Saber

20 → 60

Rapier

25 → 45

Claymore

50 → 100this weapon

Damage at level 1 → max level, before attack multipliers.

Every stat the game stores for each weapon level, the materials that level costs, and the running total from level 1.

Damage is the weapon's base per hit; each attack multiplies it (see the moveset).

Everything needed to go from level 1 to 10: 16 materials, 45,000 Catalysts if you buy every one a merchant sells.

• Crude Blade Material×6
• Pure Blade Material×6
• Distilled Blade Material×3
• Quintessential Blade Material×1

Materials to max the Claymore

Item	Tier	Amount	Price	Subtotal (Catalysts)
Crude Blade Material	Tier 1	6	1,500	9,000
Pure Blade Material	Tier 2	6	3,000	18,000
Distilled Blade Material	Tier 3	3	6,000	18,000
Quintessential Blade Material	Tier 4	1	Not sold	—
Total		16		45,000

Calculated from the level table × the cheapest merchant price. No merchant sells 1× Quintessential Blade Material: those come only from the world, so the Catalyst total covers the rest.

How the damage values rise from level 1 to 10 (+100% overall).

Hover a level for its values; the same numbers are in the level table above.

5 traits unlock as the weapon levels up. Where two traits share a slot you choose one of them: Bulwark / Willpower.

1. Weapon lv 2
   Rampage

   Attacking builds up Rampage, which can be spent to increase the damage of the next Heavy Attack or decrease the cost of the next Nephtoglobin Transmutation.

   • Damage 2
   • Posture 2
2. Weapon lv 5
   Pick one

   Bulwark

   Decreases the damage taken from explosions and projectiles while Blocking.

   • Endurance cost change -10
   • Damage while blocking ×0.5
   • Explosive resistance 50%

   or

   Willpower

   Regenerates Endurance faster when holding Block.

   • Endurance use multiplier ×0.8
3. Weapon lv 8
   Flesh Wound

   Grants damage reduction while Attacking.

   • Damage multiplier ×0.4
4. Weapon lv 10
   Bloodlust

   Health is restored when spending Rampage.

   • Health restored 30

Traits unlock at the weapon level shown. Parameters are the game's own values (seconds, metres, multipliers); [Reload] / [Attack] are your key bindings.

Every attack in its combo chains and special attacks: the game's damage and posture multipliers, stamina cost and timings, plus the resulting damage at level 1 and 10.

• Attack range: 1 m
• Charge time: 0.5 s
• Perfect-parry posture damage: 100
• Backstab range: 2 m
• Critical attack range: 3 m
• Defence: Block only (cannot parry)

Special attacks

Attack handling

Knockback, lunge distance, recovery time and the flask field per attack; only the fields this weapon actually uses are shown.

Raw game values: knockback is an engine force (compare it between attacks only), lunge is how far the attack carries you, recovery is the overswing time after the hit, and Last Flask restore is the attack's LastFlaskRestorePercent field (the game text does not describe its effect).

"Damage at lv" = the weapon's damage at that level × the attack's multiplier (calculated). Ambers, coatings and upgrades are not included.

The Claymore is acquired in a story scene in Cursed Hollow; the nearest Lantern is Deep Water, about 199 m away.

• Location: Cursed Hollow · acquired in a story scene
• Nearest Lantern: Deep Water · about 199 m away (straight line, calculated)
• Show the spot on the map

Basic hits needed to bring down each boss at weapon levels 1 / 5 / 10. It takes 36 to beat General Lothaire at level 1 and 50 for Entity at level 10.

Hits to kill every boss with the Claymore

Boss	Health	Weapon level 1	Weapon level 5	Weapon level 10
General Lothaire	1,800	36 · 50 per hit	23 · 80 per hit	18 · 100 per hit
The Iron Marshall	2,400	48 · 50 per hit	30 · 80 per hit	24 · 100 per hit
Sphinx	2,000	40 · 50 per hit	25 · 80 per hit	20 · 100 per hit
Slaughtermill	3,250	65 · 50 per hit	41 · 80 per hit	33 · 100 per hit
Anna	2,200	44 · 50 per hit	28 · 80 per hit	22 · 100 per hit
High Justicar Aurelius	1,500	30 · 50 per hit	19 · 80 per hit	15 · 100 per hit
Experiment 83	3,400	68 · 50 per hit	43 · 80 per hit	34 · 100 per hit
The Orphan	4,000	80 · 50 per hit	50 · 80 per hit	40 · 100 per hit
Captain Raphael	4,000	80 · 50 per hit	50 · 80 per hit	40 · 100 per hit
Entity	5,000	100 · 50 per hit	63 · 80 per hit	50 · 100 per hit

Calculated: weapon damage × the first light attack's multiplier (firearms: one shot) × (1 − the boss's resistance). Upgrades, Ambers, coatings, the stat board and phase changes are not included.

Cosmetic variants the game defines for this weapon: Grandiose Claymore.

• Grandiose Claymore

Grandiose skins are part of the game's premium cosmetic content; they change the look, not the stats.

Compare the Claymore

Side-by-side comparisons with similar weapons, or pick any two in the comparison tool.

• Rapier vs Claymore
• Saber vs Claymore

Open the weapon comparison tool with the Claymore

Data: Steam build 25907482 (1.0 launch). How we source this