How Red Tearstone Ring Works in Dark Souls 1

Since the Dark Souls 1 came into sight of players , RTSR(Red Tearstone Ring) which can improve markedly players' damage has always become the treasure of speedruners . But how it works? In the darksouls-wikidot ,the page of RTSR shows that it can increase the attack power by at least 50%, and common increase is about 66%. 

And the page of critical damage shows “Some buffs, such as Power Within, Red Tearstone Ring or the Hornet Ring, multiply damage AFTER the damage calculation, which significantly increases damage, but doesn’t influence the ratio of damages between attacks buffed by them. Due to the way the damage formula works, such a flat damage multiplier is always weaker than an equal modifier of AR.” 

BUT it seems not to be accurate.

Because my PS4 is not available, I will use the data of the speedrun of Maarionete in Sept 15th 2022 which is the 1st place in All Bosses Speedrun in 59m47s.(https://youtu.be/U3nVNx-idzM) Well, let’s begin.

First of all, it’s significant to know what is the MV(Motion Values) of Bluetooth (Moveswap of dragon tooth and rapier ). The 2H dash attack MV of dragon tooth is 135 and the rapier is 130, let’s check it with the Boss Dark Sun Gwyndolin.

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 27Strength=590

MV:130 OR 135

ATK:767 OR 796.5

DEF:251

DMG:566.3 OR 594

Dash attack*2:1132.6 OR 1188

Compared with the picture we can see the MV is 135.And we will check how RTSR works with the Boss Sanctuary Guardian.

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 27Strength=590

MV:135

ATK:796.5

DEF:300

DMG:566.4

RTSR*1.5:566.4*1.5=849.6

Dash attack*2: 849.6*2=1699.2

It’s obvious that the damage we calculate can’t match what in picture, so why?If we multiply damage BEFORE the damage calculation, what will happen? Let’s try .

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 27Strength=590

MV:135

ATK:796.5

RTSR*1.5:796.5*1.5=1194.75

DEF:300

DMG:948

Dash attack*2: 948*2=1896

Perfect! It works! Let’s check it again with the Boss Manus.

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 27Strength=590

MV:135

ATK:796.5

RTSR*1.5:796.5*1.5=1194.75

DEF:324

DMG:928

Dash attack*2: 928*2=1856

Well done! Another check is based on Sif.

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 27Strength=590

MV:135

ATK:796.5

RTSR*1.5:796.5*1.5=1194.75

DEF:260

DMG:984

Dash attack*2: 984*2=1968

So what about the critical damage? I will check it with the Boss Gwyn.

First hit in critical damage:

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 34Strength=595

MV:60

ATK:357

RTSR*1.5:357*1.5=535.5

DEF:354

DMG:305

Hornet Ring *1.3: 305*1.3=397

Second hit in critical damage:

AR: Dragon Tooth+5 & 2H & 34Strength=595

MV:191

ATK:1136.45

RTSR*1.5:1136.45*1.5=1705.125

DEF:354

DMG:1421

Hornet Ring *1.3: 1421*1.3=1847

Compared with the picture we can see it is absolutely accurate. The RTSR increase damage BEFORE the damage calculation.

Darksouls-wikidot is always being my favorite soulswiki but it seems to need a little data refresh.

Pictures cr：

https://www.yxbao.com/xw/93198.html

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%BB%91%E6%9A%97%E4%B9%8B%E9%AD%82/3159672

http://darksouls.wikidot.com

https://youtu.be/U3nVNx-idzM