Medium ShieldChanged in 2 patchesVerified on build 25080141

Beast Crest Heater Shield

With its requirements met (Str 10), Beast Crest Heater Shield reaches 204 attack rating at +25; the strongest affinity at those stats is Sacred at 320.

Attack rating by affinity 13

At Str 10 · Dex 10 · Int 10 · Fai 10 · Arc 10 (each stat at the weapon's requirement, 10 where it has none), one-handed.

Affinity	+0	Max	Damage at max	Scaling at max
Standard	80	204 +25	Physical 204	Str CDex –Int –Fai –Arc –
Heavy	77	201 +25	Physical 201	Str BDex –Int –Fai –Arc –
Keen	77	201 +25	Physical 201	Str EDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Quality	74	185 +25	Physical 185	Str CDex CInt –Fai –Arc –
Fire	126	279 +25	Physical 138Fire 141	Str DDex EInt –Fai –Arc –
Flame Art	130	319 +25	Physical 154Fire 165	Str DDex –Int –Fai DArc –
Lightning	126	285 +25	Physical 140Lightning 145	Str EDex DInt –Fai –Arc –
Sacred	115	320 +25	Physical 155Holy 165	Str DDex –Int –Fai DArc –
Magic	115	319 +25	Physical 153Magic 166	Str EDex –Int DFai –Arc –
Cold	122	270 +25	Physical 145Magic 125	Str CDex –Int DFai –Arc –
Poison	68	182 +25	Physical 182	Str CDex –Int –Fai –Arc D
Blood	68	182 +25	Physical 182	Str CDex –Int –Fai –Arc D
Occult	74	198 +25	Physical 198	Str DDex –Int –Fai –Arc C

Try your own stats, two-handing and any upgrade in the AR calculator.

Strength scaling (Standard, +25)

Soft caps at 18, 60, 80: the breakpoints of this weapon's scaling curve, where each point of Strength starts adding a different amount. Other stats stay at the requirement.

By upgrade level (Standard)

Level	AR	Physical
+0	80	80
+1	85	85
+2	90	90
+3	95	95
+4	99	99
+5	104	104
+6	109	109
+7	114	114
+8	119	119
+9	124	124
+10	129	129
+11	134	134
+12	139	139
+13	144	144
+14	149	149
+15	154	154
+16	159	159
+17	164	164
+18	169	169
+19	174	174
+20	179	179
+21	184	184
+22	189	189
+23	194	194
+24	199	199
+25	204	204

Patch history 2

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

1.03.1from 1.02.1
- Guard boost44→51
1.14.1from 1.13.2
- Guard boost51→54

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Overview

Class: Medium Shield
Weight: 3.5
Requires: Str 10
Affinities: Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood, Occult
Game ID: 31280000