A great katana with the tempering pattern of its blade forever stained red with blood. Weapon of Rakshasa, who cuts down and devours. A berserker's weapon used to endure enemy attacks and reply with one's full fury. When attacking, the wielder is less likely to stagger from counterattacks, but will also take increased damage.

Dropped by Rakshasa in Eastern Nameless MausoleumMausoleum. This area can only be accessed by using the ladder in Shadow KeepDungeon to get down to a special teleport coffin (this Map location). This will take you to Ruins of UnteLandmark and you must follow the cliffs downstream and then carefully drop down to bottom level to reach the mausoleum. Weed Cutter. This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War. Can't be buffed by Magic or Consumables. Rakshasa's Great Katana can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones. This weapon has hyper armor on its attacks. This comes at the cost of reducing all absorptions by 10 while attacking. Light, Heavy and powerstanced attacks grant 77 poise (7.7 for PvE) Charged Heavy attacks grant 154 poise (15.4 for PvE) Guard Counter attacks grant 38.5 poise (3.85 for PvE) All other attacks grant 57.75 poise (5.775 for PvE) This weapon has a unique R2 thrusting poke. Some jumping attacks from this weapon can be parried if you start the attack while you're descending, specifically the two-handed jumping light attack and the one-handed jumping heavy attack. This weapon is the only instance of parriable jump attacks in the entire game, and is likely a bug. At 16 Strength and 80 Dexterity, Rakshasa's Great Katana has 777 AR while one-handing and 789 AR while two-handing.