Elden Ring Tier List – All 411 Weapons in Ranking

On the upcoming pages, we will sort the weapons into a tier list.

The rankings mean:

• S-Tier: The absolute best weapons in the game, regardless of weapon category.
• A-Tier: These weapons are generally strong and among the best in their category. Weapons with particularly good scaling of individual attributes often land in A-Tier.
• B-Tier: These weapons are good in their category and niche, but they are replaceable or there are better weapons overall.
• C-Tier: These weapons should only be used if you specifically like them.
• D-Tier: You should not use these weapons because they are either generally bad or currently do not function as intended.
• No rating: There is currently too little known about these weapons or the experiences are too divided to evaluate them.

To find the location of each weapon, use the interactive map. To make it easy, we list the English name of the weapon additionally in parentheses, when applicable. If only the English name is currently known, only this will be listed.

All weapons in the tier list, sorted by category

Throwing Knife

• S-Tier: –
• A-Tier:
  • Smithing Texts Dagger (DLC)
• B-Tier: –
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Dagger

• S-Tier:
  • Black Knife
• A-Tier:
  • Left-Hand Dagger (DLC)
  • Reduvia
  • Dagger (Dagger)
  • Parrying Dagger (Parrying Dagger)
  • Misericorde (Misericorde)
  • Great Knife (Great Knife)
• B-Tier:
  • Celebrant’s Sickle
  • Bloodstained Dagger
  • Scorpion’s Stinger
• C-Tier:
  • Crystal Knife
  • Glintstone Kris
  • Ivory Sickle
  • Blade of Calling (Blade of Calling)
• D-Tier:
  • Crystal Knife
  • Erdsteel Dagger
  • Cinquedea
  • Wakizashi

Straight Sword

• S-Tier:
  • Sword of Night and Flame
  • Regalia of Eochaid
• A-Tier:
  • Fire Knight’s Shortsword (DLC)
  • Longsword (Longsword)
  • Lordsworn’s Straight Sword
  • Carian Knight’s Sword
  • Coded Sword
  • Noble’s Slender Sword
• B-Tier:
  • Stone-coated Sword (DLC)
  • Broadsword (Broadsword)
  • Ornamental Straight Sword
  • Golden Epitaph
  • Sword of St Trina
  • Warhawk’s Talon
• C-Tier:
  • Crystal Sword
  • DLC Sword of Darkness
  • DLC Sword of Light
  • DLC Purplish Sword of St. Trina
  • Lazuli Glintstone Sword
  • Miquellan Knight’s Sword
  • Short Sword
  • Rotten Crystal Sword
• D-Tier:
  • Cane Sword
  • Weathered Straight Sword

Light Greatsword

• S-Tier: –
• A-Tier:
  • Ledas Sword (DLC)
  • Milady (DLC)
• B-Tier:
  • Rellana’s Twin Blades (DLC)
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Greatsword

• S-Tier:
  • Dark Moon Greatsword
  • Blasphemous Blade
• A-Tier:
  • Greatsword of Loneliness (DLC)
  • Bastard Sword (Bastard Sword)
  • Knight’s Greatsword
  • Flamberge
  • Sword of Milos
  • Lordsworn’s Greatsword
  • Banished Knight’s Greatsword
  • Gargoyle’s Greatsword
  • Death’s Poker
  • Iron Greatsword
  • Forked Greatsword
  • Marais Executioner’s Sword
• B-Tier:
  • Lizard Greatsword (DLC)
  • Alabaster Lord’s Sword
  • Helphen’s Steeple
  • Golden Order Greatsword
• C-Tier:
  • DLC Greatsword of Damnation
  • Sacred Relic Sword
  • Ordovis’ Greatsword
  • Inseparable Sword
• D-Tier:
  • Gargoyle’s Blackblade

Colossal Sword

• S-Tier:
  • Maliketh’s Black Blade
  • Godslayer’s Greatsword
  • Greatsword
• A-Tier:
  • Ancient Meteorite Greatsword (DLC)
  • Fire Knight’s Greatsword (DLC)
  • Greatsword (DLC)
  • Greatsword of the Watchdog
  • Royal Greatsword
  • Grafted Blade Greatsword
  • Ruins Greatsword
• B-Tier:
  • Radahn’s Greatsword (Lord) (DLC)
  • Radahn’s Greatsword (Light) (DLC)
  • Ruins Greatsword
• C-Tier:
  • Moonrithyll’s Knight’s Sword (DLC)
  • Troll Knight’s Sword
• D-Tier:
  • Troll’s Golden Sword

Thrusting Sword

• S-Tier:
  • Rogier’s Rapier
• A-Tier:
  • Estoc
  • Antspur Rapier
  • Frozen Needle
• B-Tier:
  • Rapier
  • Caria Magic Sword (DLC)
• C-Tier:
  • Noble’s Estoc
  • Cleanrot Knight’s Sword
• D-Tier: –

Heavy Thrusting Sword

• S-Tier: –
• A-Tier:
  • Sword Lance (DLC)
  • Bloody Helice
  • Great Épée
• B-Tier:
  • Quellign’s Greatsword (DLC)
  • Godskin Stitcher
  • Dragon King’s Cragblade
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Curved Sword

• S-Tier:
  • Wing of Astel
  • Magma Blade
• A-Tier:
  • Horned Warrior’s Sword (DLC)
  • Great Knife
  • Shamshir
  • Scavenger’s Curved Sword
  • Beastman’s Curved Sword
  • Serpent-God’s Curved Sword
  • Bandit’s Curved Sword
• B-Tier:
  • Falx (DLC)
  • Dancing Blades of Ranah (DLC)
  • Nox Flowing Sword
  • Scimitar
  • Falchion
• C-Tier:
  • Eclipse Shotel 
  • Shotel
• D-Tier:
  • DLC Sword of Spirits
  • Mantis Blade
  • Flowing Curved Sword

Curved Greatsword

• S-Tier:
  • Bloodhound’s Fang
  • Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword
  • Freya’s Greatsword (DLC)
• A-Tier:
  • Horned Warrior’s Greatsword (DLC)
  • Beastman’s Cleaver
  • Dismounter
  • Omen Cleaver
  • Morgott’s Cursed Sword
  • Onyx Lord’s Greatsword
• B-Tier:
  • Zamor Curved Sword
• C-Tier:
  • Monk’s Flameblade
• D-Tier: –

Backhand Sword

• S-Tier:
  • Backhand Sword (DLC)
• A-Tier:
  • Smithing Texts Cirque (DLC)
• B-Tier:
  • Smithing Texts Cirque d. Cursed Blade (DLC)
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Katana

• S-Tier:
  • Moonveil
  • Rivers of Blood
  • Nagakiba
• A-Tier:
  • Sword of Night (DLC)
  • Meteoric Ore Blade
  • Uchigatana
• B-Tier:
  • Constellation Sword (DLC)
  • Hand of Malenia
  • Serpentbone Blade
• C-Tier:
  • Dragonscale Blade
• D-Tier: –

Great Katana

• S-Tier: –
• A-Tier:
  • Great Katana (DLC)
• B-Tier:
  • Dragon Hunter Great Katana (DLC)
  • Rakshasa’s Great Katana (DLC)
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Twinblade

• S-Tier:
  • Godskin Peeler
  • Gargoyle’s Twinblade
• A-Tier:
  • Black Steel Twinblade (DLC)
  • Twinblade (Twinblade)
  • Twinned Knight Swords
• B-Tier:
  • Euphoria (DLC)
  • Gargoyle’s Black Blades
  • Eleonora’s Poleblade
• C-Tier: –
• D-Tier: –

Page 3 continues with 10 more weapon categories, including axes, hammers, and spears.