Lothric Knight Greatsword

[Silvershock]

i've been farming the 4 of the lothric knights on the highwall near the boreal dancer room and i've read that the sword drops off these guys, but after 2 hours of farming i've gotten nothing... even killing the blue dude as well... does it not drop from these guys ?

[Viruz]

It's better if you buy it from the handmaiden after you give her the ashes of greirat

[Silvershock]

yeah i know , but this is a new character, and wanna see if this is the sword i'm gonna use all game with this character...and if i can get it now bonus =)

[Silvershock]

just curious if it actually drops off these guys even if it is rediculously low drop rate...
good piles of xp either way ... lol

[Aenidh]

I don't recall getting a greatsword from them, although I think I did get some sort of sword.

[Silvershock]

yeah i got a lothric knight sword so far, as well as lothric armor... but not teh greatsword

[Call Sign: Raven]

Those guys do not drop the greatsword! Only Knights wielding the actual greatsword will drop it. You'll have to wait until later when you can get it through Greirat, or much later when you get to Lothric Castle and you can fight the ones holding the Greatsword. Good luck!

[Serrassi Effect]

you'll only get the greatsword from the greatsword weilding varient of them. so in lothric castle and grand archives only. but yes, buying it from Grerat after the irithyll valley pillage is easier

[Silvershock]

ahh damn, thats what i was worried about,, i wish there was a shared loot box between characters... cause some weapons would be great to make a build around but you get them long after you're already stuck into a build.... probably go dark sword again... *sigh*

[Silvershock]

every tiem i send geriat to irithyll valley he dies. and i always do the onion knight quests. so he should be saved but i alaways find his corpse in that sewer with teh water spider hags =(

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Silvershock-:

ahh damn, thats what i was worried about,, i wish there was a shared loot box between characters... cause some weapons would be great to make a build around but you get them long after you're already stuck into a build.... probably go dark sword again... *sigh*

I recommend planning your build in advance. I would suggest starting as either the Warrior (16 Strength) or the Mercenary (16 Dex) and leveling from there towards the sword. You actually can get it very soon in the game if you save Greirat as soon as possible, and it only costs 7000 souls! Plus, no pointless farming! A good weapon to get you to the sword would be the Broadsword or the Astora Straightsword. Level those up to +4 or +6 and you'll have an easy time getting your Lothric Sword from Greirat. It's definitely worth getting that weapon...it's very good and hits very hard. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. Have a nice night!

[Serrassi Effect]

hmm. if you get onion bro to irithyll, it should be good
butr if you enter irithyll dungeon, onion bro will move on and greirat wont be saved

[Aenidh]

I know what you mean about getting stuck in a build. The only way to change your stats is to trade tounges with Rosaria, but the only way to get tongues is to win at invading, and a sorcerer will never win at invading. Such is life, at least we still have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for succor.

[Silvershock]

eyah thanks man, this is my 7th or more character. i just find i get stuck with a weapon very early on and all those cool boss weapons seem awesome but not built for them by thte time i get them, i'm on ng+3 with my main, like i said i wis htehre was a shareable trade box lol
thanks for the help though...
i heard geriat was bugged that he alwasy died, but read somewhere that was fixed ? i dunno if thats true tho.

[FlyBee]

If you want the GREATsword you have to kill the knights wielding them, which as far as i remember, they congregate in the lothric castle areas

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by Silvershock-:

eyah thanks man, this is my 7th or more character. i just find i get stuck with a weapon very early on and all those cool boss weapons seem awesome but not built for them by thte time i get them, i'm on ng+3 with my main, like i said i wis htehre was a shareable trade box lol
thanks for the help though...
i heard geriat was bugged that he alwasy died, but read somewhere that was fixed ? i dunno if thats true tho.

He's not bugged. Here's how you save him:

1. Start Seigward's questline in Undead Settlement.
2. Save Greirat from prison (order of these two steps don't matter)
3. Get Loretta's Bone and give it to him.
4. Have him pillage his first area, kill any boss, and he'll return safely.
5. Go to Cleansing Chapel, find a big door near the Deacons boss fight (from the boss room, go straight, then go to the right through a small passage to a short elevator) Take the elevator up and find a big blue door. Open it, reload the area, then go down the opposite way to find Patches. Kill Patches and take the armor. Make sure you do that BEFORE you kill the Deacons of the Deep.
6. Go to Cleansing Chapel, exit the building and turn right. Find Seigward in a well. Give him the armor.
7. Play the game until you get to Irrithyl of the Boreal Valley.
8. Get all the bonfires in the area, including the Distant Manor. Do not kill the Pontiff, yet. DO NOT GO TO IRRITHYL DUNGEON OR GREIRAT DIES.
9. Send Greirat to pillage a second time.
10. Go back to Distant Manor bonfire, talk to Onion Bro, who should be in the room past the creepy centipedes. Make sure you kill all the centipedes, because I hear this can affect Greirat's survival. Exhaust his dialogue.
11. Kill any boss. After that, Greirat will return unharmed. If you send him to pillage a third time, he will die permanently. You can then retrieve his ashes to get the last set of his items, but in my opinion it's not worth it because all the good stuff is in his second run. I never send him to do his third pillage because I like having him alive. Hope that helps!

If you do all this, you can potentially get Greirat's second stash in under an hour, if you know the game well enough. You do not have to kill the Pontiff to save Greirat. I always kill the Demon King, as it's faster and easier. Let me know if I missed anything!