In the new, and so far the only addition to the game Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree There are a variety of weapons to choose from, suitable for any character. The game has also added 8 new types of weapons, from which you can find many worthy options to deal with the expansion's stronger enemies.
By balancing any weapon of your choice with talismans and Ashes of War, you can create a powerful build. In this guide, we will tell you about the best weapons in the DLC, as well as how to find them, and what to upgrade them with.
How to choose the right weapon
Each weapon has its own characteristic requirement for its use. If the weapon is not suitable, it will be possible to equip it, but the special ability will no longer work.
You can learn more about the technical part of the characteristics and various bonuses, as well as get acquainted with the best weapons of the main game in in this guide.
Best Weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree
Great Dragon Hunter Katana
- Upgrade: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
The Great Katana is one of new types of weapons, added to the game. This katana has 152 base damage and a special effect "Wounding the Dragon".
This effect gives an advantage in I fight specifically with dragons : Deals +15 extra damage to Ancients and +30 to all others. This large katana's special skill increases the Talisman Godfrey's Sign, obtained for killing the boss Godfroy the Hundred-Handed. How to find this boss, as well as learn about the other talismans of the main game, can be found in of this guide.
This katana can be useful in completing the quest of Egon and the Priestess of the Dragon Communion, especially for defeating the main boss - Bale the Terrible.
Where to find
The Greater Katana of the Dragon Hunter can be obtained by destroying Ancient Dragon Man in the Dragon Pit location. The exact location, as well as details on how to complete the Igon and Priestess quest, are described in this article.
Milady
- Upgrades: Requires smithing stones
- Ashes of War: Can be installed
Another representative of the new type of weapon is light two-handed sword. Unlike a regular two-handed sword, a light sword maintains a good balance between strength and dexterity.
One of them is Milady, who has the skill "Piercing Strike", which deals damage capable of penetrating an enemy's block.
This sword can be imbued with the properties of the Ashes of War. This sword is ideally suited to Ashes of War: Half-Turned Stand, which can only be used with light two-handed weapons.
If we add here also Rellana's Cameo, which can enhance attacks from a stance, the damage of this light sword, combined with its mobility, will be almost perfect. You can also add Alexander's Fragment, increasing the damage of weapon skills by an additional 15%.
Where to find
The sword can be found in the location Ensis Castle, in a treasure chest on a high observation tower.
Knight's Sword Moonrithil
- Upgrades: Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
Knight's Sword Moonrithil - A huge, jeweled sword with an interesting special skill. "The Enormous Phalanx", which allows you to summon three blades that attack nearby enemies. The skill is very easy to activate during combat, which will add more damage without wasting any time.
The special skill is an exact copy of the spell "Big Sword Phalanx".
This powerful sword is more focused on intelligence based builds, especially when combined with strength or agility.
Where to find
This huge sword, like the previous one, is located in Ensis Castle. Drops when killed Carrian Knight Moonrithil.
You can get to it from the save point. "A Halt at Ensis Castle", heading south. Jump straight into the hole in the ground and go forward to the waterfall. Climb up the stone path to the top of the waterfall and on the left you will see a long staircase leading up. Climbing it, you will come out directly onto the Castle grounds.
Go up the large stone staircase, then turn right into the passage between the buildings. Turn right again and you will see a chapel, at the entrance of which there will be a Carrian Knight.
Rellana's Two-Handed Sword
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
This two-handed sword is actually two swords that act as one. It has a move "Fire and Moon Stance".
The normal attack with this two-handed sword creates light waves and, in addition to physical damage, deals additional magic damage.
A strong attack that can cause a whirlwind of flames, dealing fire damage. You can increase the skill damage when performing a special move by 15% by using a talisman Rellana's Cameo Additionally, you can use talismans aimed at increasing the power of consecutive attacks, endurance or protection from damage.
Where to find
Go through the entire Ensis Castle and fight the boss Rellana, Knight of the Double Moon. After her defeat, you will receive a Memory, which can be exchanged at the Round Table Fortress with Enya, the finger readers.
Ancient Meteorite Ore Two-Handed Sword
- Upgrade: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
This ancient sharpened two-handed sword has a special move. "Dash of the Ancient Light", capable of imbuing weapons with light and then piercing the enemy.
When this attack is used again, lightning is released and deals additional magic damage In addition, the sword has a good set of different attacks and an excellent block.
You can enhance his truly powerful attacks with Alexander's Splinter And talisman of the Axe.
Where to find
The ancient two-handed sword is located in The ruined forge of Starfall in the location of Shadow Altus. At the grace of the same name, on the other side of the room you will see the first lever. Interact with it to open the passage into the depths of the forge. Follow further until you see another lever. Activate it to lower the stone slab that closes the passage.
Once the plate is lowered, activate the lever again and stand on the rising plate. Use it as an elevator to get to the place where the required altar is located. Interact with it to get the Ancient Meteorite Greatsword.
Fire Knight's Two-Handed Sword
- Upgrades: Requires smithing stones
- Ashes of War: Can be installed
This two-handed sword has an emphasis on strength, dexterity and faith, and also has an initial fire damage.
Has a special skill "Stomp (lower strike)", allowing you to step from a low stance to block your opponent's strikes. A strong attack allows you to perform a powerful blow from the bottom up.
Since Ashes of War can be applied to this weapon, it is worth paying attention to those options that can change its tempering to "Burning". It will be effective Ashes of War: Flame of the Redmanes, which will significantly increase the attack of the two-handed sword. Also Ashes of War, which can only be found in the DLC: Blazing Spear or Blazing Spit. Of the talismans, this one would be a good choice. Alexander's Fragment, increasing weapon skills by 15%.
Where to find
Two-handed sword can drop from Fire Knights, located in the location Haven of Shadows However, you can't get it from the first kill, as it has a low drop rate.
When trying to knock out the sword, you can use Pickled bird's foot, temporarily increasing the chance of finding items
Spear of the Impaler
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
Has fairly high Dexterity and Faith stats, as well as good fire damage.
Has a special skill "Messmer's Attack", which allows you to throw a fiery spear at your enemies. When used again, the spear explodes and covers a small area with stakes and fire.
Rotting Winged Sword Emblem, which increases the power of consecutive attacks, is perfect for this spear. And also Amulet with a fire scorpion, which increases fire damage.
Where to find
In the Haven of Shadows, defeat the boss Messmer the Impaler and receive the Impaler's Memory, which you can exchange in the Round Table Fortress to obtain this weapon.
Sword of the Dancing Stars
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
The Sword of Dancing Stars is one of the most powerful katanas in the game, dealing magic damage. With the help of a special skill "Onze Constellation" can perform a series of chopping blows. Each subsequent blow deals more damage than the previous one. This weapon also has a high requirement for the Dexterity and Wisdom characteristics.
Of the talismans, this katana can be ideally complemented with the help of Rotting Sword Emblems, which will increase the power of consecutive attacks. You can also add The Triumph of the Blood Lord, since the Dancing Stars sword is capable of accumulating bleeding.
Where to find
To get this sword you need to defeat the boss Queen of the demihumans Marigga, which is located on the southern coast. There is only one way to get there. From grace "Cote d'Azur, West", turn around and go into the gorge between the mountains.
Follow the river and turn left after the waterfall. To the west you will see an exit to the coast, where you will find Marigga, surrounded by a large number of demi-humans.
Dancing Sword of Ranaha
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
When equipping this sword, it is better to focus on its special skill - "Endless Dance". This skill allows you to deliver cutting blows to the enemy while dancing until your stamina runs out.
When combined with talismans that increase stamina, this weapon is truly capable of laying waste to many opponents Two-headed turtle talisman.
The best choice of armor would be Dancer's set, which increases the damage of dance attacks by 10% if the entire set is worn.
Where to find
From the point "Cote d'Azur, West", move forward to the southeast until you see a large dead tree. Next to the tree there will be a small path leading down directly to a small rift.
Jump down, go through the entire cave until you reach an island with a Unnamed southern mausoleum. Go into it, go through the fog and defeat the boss. Dancer Ranaha, after defeating which you will receive a unique dancing Sword, as well as the rest of the Dancer's set.
Poisonous Hand
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
Poison Palm is one of the most powerful weapons in the game, dealing poison damage.
Special action "Poison Strike", is able to turn his hand into a spear and poison the enemy with his blow. It is good to use in conjunction with Mushroom crown, which increases attacks near poisoned enemies by 10%.
Mascot Triumph of the kinsman of rot Increases attack power when near poisoned enemies, and stacks with the Mushroom Crown effect.
Where to find
The Poisonous Hand can be found in the location Belurat To get to it, you need to find the key, go down into the sewer and, after opening the door, go through the poisonous swamp.
The drain to the sewer is located near the point "Belurat, settlement near the tower". Go south through the alley until you reach a small square with a fountain, follow it further to reach the road. Turn right where you can find a ladder leading to a well. Before going down, find a key that opens the door in the sewers.
To find The Key to the Well's Depths, you need to get to the location of the key to the pantry, needed for the quest Old Woman's Horn. The location of the key is described in detail in this article.
From the corpse with the key for the Horned Old Woman, exit the room and turn left, where you can see a small sloping roof. Climb onto it and jump onto the bridge along the purple cloth. Go into the room where the key to the sewers will be.
Return to the well and go down. Open the door and you will find yourself in a huge space with a poisonous swamp. Turn right and follow it to the end until you see a small half-drowned building, next to which there is a corpse from which you can take the hand.
Bloodletter's Hand
- Upgrades: Requires smithing stones
- Ashes of War: Can be installed
The Bloodletter's Hand is a huge weapon with physical damage of 147 units and the ability to inflict bleeding. His special skill "Excerpt", is able to reduce the damage inflicted on you and at the same time increase your balance.
The Hand can also apply bleeding almost immediately if you use any Ashes of War with this ability. Along with this, use Blood Lord Talisman, which increases attack power when the owner is near a bleeding enemy.
Where to find
From the point "The Last Stop on the Mountain Road" you will see the Prospect City ruins you need. Go up to the highest floor, where you will see a group of Bloodletters, one of whom will be armed with a trident. This huge weapon should fall from one of them.
Cleaver of Rot
- Upgrades: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
The Rot Cleaver will be quite a powerful weapon if made emphasis on strength and magic. Has the skill "The Revolving Guillotine", the name of which speaks for itself. Delivers a powerful cutting blow with a turn until the end of stamina.
The best talismans are: Alexander's Fragment And Two-headed turtle talisman The shard will enhance the special attack, and the turtle talisman will help make the attack last longer, since it depends on stamina.
Where to find
Can be obtained in exchange for Memory of the Rotten, which drops from the boss The Rotting Knight. This boss is located in the location Purple Garden, underground sea off the southern coast.
You can find out the detailed route to the garden, as well as the passage of the related quest of Saint Trina and Tiolier in in this detailed walkthrough.
Leda's Sword
- Upgrade: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
Leda the Needler's Sword has a good range of different attacks, as well as physical and holy type of damage.
This weapon has a special skill "Sharp Needles". It allows you to create 10 golden needles that pierce the victim, simultaneously removing all buffs from them, but also any negative effects you may have placed on them. Can be used Amulet with the sacred Scorpio to increase holy type damage.
Where to find
Follow the cross line Leda's Needlewomen. The sword can be obtained by defeating her in the final battle in Belurat, near the save point "The hallway of the chamber of purification".
Claws of the Night
- Upgrade: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
This weapon has a good skill "Scatter", which distinguishes this weapon from other claws. This skill is capable of creating multiple copies of sharp needles to throw at enemies.
Night Claws can accumulate bleeding and throw out quite a large number of needles, which will be difficult for your opponents to dodge. We recommend using the special skill, as well as the heavy attack.
To complete the claws, use Blacksmith's Talisman, which adds +10 damage to his special ability. Can also be used Milicent's prosthesis, to achieve the necessary dexterity that you need to focus on, and Spear Talisman.
Where to find
They fall out Night Swordswoman Anna. You can find it only for Count Ymir's quest in the Cathedral of Manus Metir. How to start the quest and complete it read in this guide.
Sword of Light and Sword of Darkness
- Upgrade: Requires Dark Forge Stones
- Ashes of War: Unable to Install
In this section we will tell you about one nondescript, at first glance, weapon that can be turned into Sword of Light or Sword of Darkness, following a certain algorithm.
First, you need to get the initial basic version - Sword in a stone sheath, which does not deal any special damage.
In order to transform this blade into a sword of Light or a sword of Darkness, you need to find the other two altars and activate them. You can use them in any order and, if desired, in the future, change one sword to another. Also, when pumping with blacksmith stones of darkness, the improvement will be saved when changing the sword.
The Sword of Light and Darkness differ only in their special skill. In other respects, they will be the same: inflict damage in equal amounts of physical and holy damage.
The special skill can deal area damage while making the enemy vulnerable to holy damage by 20%, but only for one minute.
Talismans that protect the player from any damage during a special attack are suitable for these swords. For example: Talisman with Crimson Amber and prayer Black Flame Protection.
Where to find
There are three altars scattered across different locations. You can start from any altar and each subsequent one will change the sword to the one you need.
We recommend that you start with the altar in the Mist Rift Catacombs, so that you can find the initial version of the sword there. So that when changing the sword of Light to the sword of Darkness or vice versa, you do not have to go through all the catacombs again.
Misty Rift Catacombs
Enter the catacombs and follow forward until you reach the hall with the bridge. Go forward to the exit and jump down into the next room, beware of falling spikes from above. Go further to the lift and go down on it.
You need to get to the huge hall, which is in the south. Go to the very end of the hall to the guard, hiding from the platforms with spikes in the arches on the left. Kill the guard and turn to face the hall. As soon as the platform falls in front of you again, there will be a small room in it. Jump into it and when the platform rises up, jump out. There will be a chest with Ashes of War in front of you.
Turn around and now jump on top of the platform. Go along the top to the opposite side of the hall to the room where the altar will be. If this is the first altar you found, there will be a Sword in a stone sheath.
Ruins of the Rauch monastery
From the point "Ruins of the Rauch Monastery, West", go into the ruins and go deeper until you see an exit to the outside where there will be a gazebo with Ashes of the glorious spirit.
Enter the next ruins and go through them to the outside, where you will see a half-ruined tower The road to it will be invisible. Run along this road to get to the next altar.
Ruins of Unte
From teleport "Castle Watering Hole" head straight ahead to the Unte Ruins, where the inactive Furnace Giant lies. The final altar is located in the ruins themselves, but can only be accessed by activating the giant with A large pot from the oven.
To the northeast, you'll find some buildings. Walk through them to reach the rooftop directly above the giant and throw the Big Pot at him. All that's left is to defeat the awakened giant and enter the ruins, where you'll see the final altar on the right.
These are all the best weapons in the Shadow of the Erdtree add-on for Elden Ring. If you have information about other powerful swords, axes, katanas and other weapons, you can tell us about it in the comments to the article.
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