The Nagakiba Katana is arguably one of the best katanas in the Elden Ring. It is also one of the best early weapons players can use. It is a long katana that deals a good amount of damage along with its special skill, which hits enemies with unblockable slashes. This katana is carried by “Yura, Hunter of Bloody Fingers,” and can be taken from him in multiple ways. In this article, we shall look into the different ways to get this katana, with or without the means to spill unnecessary blood.
Get Nagakiba By Killing Yura
The easiest way to get your hands on the Nagakiba Katana in Elden Ring is to kill an NPC named Yura, who wields the katana. Yura can be found at the Murkwater Cave.
Go to the Murkwater Cave and run towards the center of the river from there. Once there, an invasion will begin where Bloody Finger Nerijus will attack you. Defeat Bloody Finger Nerijus, then run towards the bridge on the northern end of the river. Under the bridge, you’ll find Bloody Finger Hunter Yura.
To get the Nagakiba Katana from him, you’ll have to kill him and get it from his body. Yura will use the Nagakiba Katana in this fight, so make sure to keep your distance from him during the battle. After killing Yura, you can loot the Nagakiba Katana from his body.
How To Get Nagakiba Without Killing Yura
To go for a non-lethal approach, complete Yura, Hunter of Bloody Fingers’ Questline. Instead of killing him at the Murkwater Cave, interact with him and start his quest line. To complete his questline, you will have to travel to different regions in the game and kill the Bloody Finger Hunters of these regions. This takes time and you will probably reach half of the main storyline until you kill all the hunters. Once you’ve defeated all of the hunters, Yura will reward you with the Nagakiba Katana.
One other way to get the katana early and without the need to complete Yura’s questline is to loot the Katana from Yura’s Camp. If you failed to complete Yura’s questline before meeting Shabriri at the Mountaintops of the Giants, you wouldn’t be able to get the Katana from him through his questline. But that doesn’t mean that the Katana is forever gone. You can also loot it from Yura’s camp at Seaside Ruins.
Travel to the Seaside Ruins and look for its Site of Grace. Once you’ve found it, you’ll find Yura’s camp close by. Once at the camp, you can pick up the Nagakiba Katana from the ground adjacent to the fire.
Nagakiba Katana not only deals good physical damage but also applies an extra blood loss effect on its targets, increasing its damage further. But the best thing about the Nagakiba Katana has to be its incredible reach. It has the longest reach among all the Katanas in the game, making this weapon very powerful, versatile, and fun. The weapon primarily scales with Strength and Dexterity so it’s a good option if you want to use a dex build in Elden Ring.
The Nagakiba Katana has the following stats:
| Stat | Offensive | Defensive |
| Physical | 115 | 49 |
| Magical | 0 | 33 |
| Critical | 100 | 33 |
| Fire | 0 | 33 |
| Lightning | 0 | 33 |
| Holy | 0 | 33 |
To be able to wield the Nagakiba Katana, you will need to have 18 Strength and 22 Dexterity. The weapon skill of the Nagakiba Katana is “Piercing Fan,” an unblockable slash with the weapon.
As for how well Nagakiba fairs against Unchigatana, it’s a great weapon to wield. If you have been using Uchigatana, I suggest you give Nagakiba a shot with a similar build (use seppuku ash of war) to the one you use on Uchi. You might not go back to Uchigatana after that. It’s just that Uchigatana became more popular first, so players kept using that.
