In Elden Ring there are over 160 bosses, most of which are purely optional. To help you keep track and always be well prepared, we list here an optimal boss order.

We divide our order into level segments and tell you which regions you should visit in these level areas. In doing so, we list the most important bosses and reveal to you the best order to defeat them.

We separate the bosses into enemies that are necessary for progress and optional bosses that you should defeat for quest progress, good loot, or achievements.

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The perfect counterpart for this article is our regions guide in which we tell you which regions you should visit in what order and what level your character and weapons should have:

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Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 1 – 20

For the first 20 levels, you should not engage major bosses yet. Instead, you should try to level up yourself and your weapons before attempting to enter Stormveil Castle.

Therefore, we do not recommend any main bosses here, but rather the following small interim steps to start:

• Free exploration of Limgrave
• Recommended dungeon bosses:
  1. Half-human Ruler (Coastal Cave)
  2. Stonegrave Troll (Tunnel of Limgrave)
  3. Beastman of Farum Azula (Hazel Cave)
  4. Patches (Muddy Flow Catacombs)
  5. Gravekeeper Duelist (Muddy Flow Cave)
  6. Guardian Golem (Highroad Cave)
• Recommended open-world bosses:
  1. Tibia Mariner

Even if you see the Tree Sentinel right at the beginning – avoid engaging him before around level 30. The same goes for the dragon Agheel.

Here you can find all of our other tips bundled if you need more help to start:

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Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 20 – 40

From level 20, you can slowly start to face the real bosses. If Margit is still too hard for you, it’s worth taking a look at the Peninsula of Tears, all the way in the south of the map. Also, a quick detour to Caelid for the powerful Moonveil katana can help.

By now, you should be strong enough and have understood the game mechanics well enough to assess the bosses in dungeons and the open world on your own. Therefore, from this point on, we only recommend the most important bosses for story progress and loot.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Margit, the Fell Omen (Stormveil Castle)
  2. Godrick, the Grafted (Stormveil Castle)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Magma Wyrm (Caelid – Gael Tunnel)
  2. Dark Knight (Peninsula of Tears – at night in the open world)
  3. Lionel Beast (Peninsula of Tears – Castle Morne)
  4. Bloodhound Knight Darriwil (Limgrave – Bloodhound’s Cage)
  5. Tree Avatar (Lower Erd Tree)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 40 – 60

The next region is Liurnia, the Lake Region with the sub-regions of Academy of Raya Lucaria and Caria Manor. Again, we recommend only the most notable bosses, although you can kill any number of other bosses in dungeons and the open world.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Red Wolf Radagon (Academy of Raya Lucaria)
  2. Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon (Academy of Raya Lucaria)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Royal Knight Loretta (Caria Manor)
  2. Tree Sentinel (In the open world of Limgrave)
  3. Tree Avatar (Lower Erd Tree)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 60 – 70

Now it’s time to go to Caelid and the underground of the Lands Between with Ainsel and Siofra.

• Recommended main bosses:
  • Starscourge Radahn (Caelid – Redmane Castle)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Ancestor Spirit (Siofra)
  2. Commander O’Neil (Open World of Caelid)
  3. Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk (Caelid – Sellia, City of Sorcery)
  4. Putrid Tree Spirit (Caelid – Catacombs of the War Victims)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 70 – 100

Between levels 70 and 100, the game is most open. Here, the Altus Plateau, the Eternal Cities of Nokron and Nokstella, the Rotting Lake, the Depths of the Deep Roots, Gelmir, and Mt. Gelmir are recommended.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Magma Wyrm Makar (Liurnia – Cliffside Ruins)
  2. Paragon of the Gods (Gelmir – Mt. Gelmir)
  3. Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy (Gelmir – Mt. Gelmir)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Imitator’s Tear (Nokron, the Eternal City)
  2. Royal Ancestor Spirit (Nokron, the Eternal City)
  3. Astel, Naturalborn of the Abyss (Great Crossroad, beyond the Rotting Lake)
  4. Ancient Dragon Lansseax (Open World in Altus Plateau)
  5. Godefroy, the Grafted (Altus Plateau – Seal Cage of the Golden Tree)
  6. Elemer of the Boughs (Altus Plateau – Shadow Castle)
  7. Fia’s Champions (Depths of the Deep Roots)
  8. Lich Dragon Fortissax (Depths of the Deep Roots)

Elden Ring: Boss Order for Level 100 – 120

From level 100, the transition to endgame begins slowly. You will enter the capital Leyndell and its Underground Reserve of Shame. Then to the Mountaintops of the Giants and the Consecrated Snowfield.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Dragon Tree Sentinel (Altus Plateau, before the side entrance to the capital)
  2. Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Leyndell, Royal Capital)
  3. Morgott, King of Omens (Leyndell, Royal Capital)
  4. Fire Giant (Mountaintops of the Giants)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Mohg, the Omen (Underground Reserve of Shame)

Elden Ring: Boss Order from Level 120

From level 120, you are fully in the endgame. Now you will face the last bosses of the game as well as other optional main bosses in the locations Mohgwyn Palace, Miquella’s Haligtree, Elphael, the Fallen Farum Azula, and the Ashen Capital.

• Recommended main bosses:
  1. Duo of the Gods (Fallen Farum Azula)
  2. Beast Clergyman / Maliketh, the Black Blade (Fallen Farum Azula)
  3. Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)
  4. Godfrey, First Elden Lord / Hoarah Loux, the Warrior (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)
  5. Radagon of the Golden Order / Elden Beast (Leyndell, Ashen Capital)

• Other important bosses:
  1. Mohg, Lord of Blood (Mohgwyn Palace)
  2. Dragonlord Placidusax (Fallen Farum Azula)
  3. Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree (Miquella’s Haligtree)
  4. Malenia, Blade of Miquella / Malenia, Goddess of Rot (Elphael, Root of the Haligtree)

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• If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Vagabond. Due to its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any type of build. We will now explain why our points were allocated as follows.
  • Strength: 50
    • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 50, as we need to endure more in the Blood Build due to the risky attacks.
  • Mind: 15
    • Mind is only important for this build in order to cast our wonders and war ashes.
  • Endurance: 25
    • The soft cap for equipment load is 25. We don’t want to go into battle naked, and with this amount, we can wear armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
  • Strength: 70
    • With 70 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have a high strength scaling.
  • Dexterity: 15 (20 points from the “Millicent’s Prosthesis” talisman)
    • Dexterity is set at 15 points to wield the Gargoyle Double Blade.
  • Wisdom: 9
    • Not relevant for the build.
  • Faith: 25
    • With 25 points in Faith, you can use two important summons that buff you: Flame, Give Me Strength! and Golden Oath. Both are worth it for our build to deal even more damage.
    • Arcane: 20
      • Arcane is at 20 points to reach the first soft cap and trigger bleed faster.

  If you also want to play PvP in the long term, try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta-level has settled around 125 – 150.

  Because you will only encounter players with a similar level to yours in PvP, you will have a hard time finding opponents at a higher level. Since you need to reallocate all “purchased” levels when you respec, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only solution is to create a whole new character.

  This Equipment Makes the Bleed Build Really Powerful

  Which equipment does the build use? To make the build even stronger, you need to wear the following weapons, talismans, and armor:

  • Right-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
    • Affinity: Blood
    • War Ash: Rock Blade
  • Left-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
    • Affinity: Blood
    • War Ash: Rock Blade
  • Left-hand weapon 2: Finger Seal (for summons)
  • Head armor: White Mask
  • Chest armor: Black Bird Feather
  • Talisman 1: Claw Talisman
  • Talisman 2: Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
  • Talisman 3: Blood’s Favor
  • Talisman 4: Millicent’s Prosthesis

  We will now go into detail about our choice of weapons and equipment and explain why we chose them.

  

  Overview of Weapons

  Which weapons do I need? In a Bleed Build, one would expect either daggers, curved swords, or katanas, but double blades are unusual. This is understandable, but we utilize them for this build for a good reason: because of the jump attack.

  When wielding two double blades in hand, you can land up to 6 hits with the light jump attack – if you have practiced the attack. For a Bleed Build, this is optimal because your status effect, in this case “bleed,” is activated faster the more hits you land.

  

  To maximize our damage, we chose the Gargoyle Double Blades. They have the highest damage when equipped with a bloody affinity and additionally adorned with the war ash: Rock Blade.

  The war ash is essential because it increases your damage by 15% and damages your opponent’s posture by 10%. It’s important that both of your weapons have the same war ashes and affinities.

  Locations of Weapons and War Ashes:

  • Gargoyle Double Blade
    • Location: In the Siofra Aqueduct. Defeat the two gargoyles to receive the weapon after the battle
  • War Ash: Rock Blade
    • Location: At a scarab in Caelid, west of the grace “Impassable Great Bridge”

  Overview of Talismans

  Which talismans do I need? This Bleed Build has a special tactic for how to attack. To benefit from this, we have selected the following talismans:

  

  • Claw Talisman
    • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
    • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
  • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
    • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
    • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
  • Blood’s Favor
    • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
    • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
  • Millicent’s Prosthesis
    • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
    • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

  Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

  Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

  Overview of Armors

  Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

  

  

  • White Mask
    • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
    • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
  • Black Bird Feather
    • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
    • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

  Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

  Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

  What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

  • Summon: Golden Oath
  • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
  • Flask of Wondrous Physick
    • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
    • Blood-boiled Aroma

  Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

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  How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

  What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

  Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

  Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

  Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

  What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

  That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

  • If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Vagabond. Due to its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any type of build. We will now explain why our points were allocated as follows.
    • Strength: 50
      • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 50, as we need to endure more in the Blood Build due to the risky attacks.
    • Mind: 15
      • Mind is only important for this build in order to cast our wonders and war ashes.
    • Endurance: 25
      • The soft cap for equipment load is 25. We don’t want to go into battle naked, and with this amount, we can wear armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
    • Strength: 70
      • With 70 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have a high strength scaling.
    • Dexterity: 15 (20 points from the “Millicent’s Prosthesis” talisman)
      • Dexterity is set at 15 points to wield the Gargoyle Double Blade.
    • Wisdom: 9
      • Not relevant for the build.
    • Faith: 25
      • With 25 points in Faith, you can use two important summons that buff you: Flame, Give Me Strength! and Golden Oath. Both are worth it for our build to deal even more damage.
      • Arcane: 20
        • Arcane is at 20 points to reach the first soft cap and trigger bleed faster.

    If you also want to play PvP in the long term, try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta-level has settled around 125 – 150.

    Because you will only encounter players with a similar level to yours in PvP, you will have a hard time finding opponents at a higher level. Since you need to reallocate all “purchased” levels when you respec, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only solution is to create a whole new character.

    This Equipment Makes the Bleed Build Really Powerful

    Which equipment does the build use? To make the build even stronger, you need to wear the following weapons, talismans, and armor:

    • Right-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
      • Affinity: Blood
      • War Ash: Rock Blade
    • Left-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
      • Affinity: Blood
      • War Ash: Rock Blade
    • Left-hand weapon 2: Finger Seal (for summons)
    • Head armor: White Mask
    • Chest armor: Black Bird Feather
    • Talisman 1: Claw Talisman
    • Talisman 2: Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
    • Talisman 3: Blood’s Favor
    • Talisman 4: Millicent’s Prosthesis

    We will now go into detail about our choice of weapons and equipment and explain why we chose them.

    

    Overview of Weapons

    Which weapons do I need? In a Bleed Build, one would expect either daggers, curved swords, or katanas, but double blades are unusual. This is understandable, but we utilize them for this build for a good reason: because of the jump attack.

    When wielding two double blades in hand, you can land up to 6 hits with the light jump attack – if you have practiced the attack. For a Bleed Build, this is optimal because your status effect, in this case “bleed,” is activated faster the more hits you land.

    

    To maximize our damage, we chose the Gargoyle Double Blades. They have the highest damage when equipped with a bloody affinity and additionally adorned with the war ash: Rock Blade.

    The war ash is essential because it increases your damage by 15% and damages your opponent’s posture by 10%. It’s important that both of your weapons have the same war ashes and affinities.

    Locations of Weapons and War Ashes:

    • Gargoyle Double Blade
      • Location: In the Siofra Aqueduct. Defeat the two gargoyles to receive the weapon after the battle
    • War Ash: Rock Blade
      • Location: At a scarab in Caelid, west of the grace “Impassable Great Bridge”

    Overview of Talismans

    Which talismans do I need? This Bleed Build has a special tactic for how to attack. To benefit from this, we have selected the following talismans:

    

    • Claw Talisman
      • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
      • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
    • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
      • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
      • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
    • Blood’s Favor
      • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
      • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
    • Millicent’s Prosthesis
      • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
      • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

    Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

    Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

    Overview of Armors

    Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

    

    

    • White Mask
      • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
      • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
    • Black Bird Feather
      • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
      • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

    Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

    Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

    What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

    • Summon: Golden Oath
    • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
    • Flask of Wondrous Physick
      • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
      • Blood-boiled Aroma

    Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

    How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

    What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

    Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

    Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

    Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

    What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

    That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

    • If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Vagabond. Due to its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any type of build. We will now explain why our points were allocated as follows.
      • Strength: 50
        • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 50, as we need to endure more in the Blood Build due to the risky attacks.
      • Mind: 15
        • Mind is only important for this build in order to cast our wonders and war ashes.
      • Endurance: 25
        • The soft cap for equipment load is 25. We don’t want to go into battle naked, and with this amount, we can wear armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
      • Strength: 70
        • With 70 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have a high strength scaling.
      • Dexterity: 15 (20 points from the “Millicent’s Prosthesis” talisman)
        • Dexterity is set at 15 points to wield the Gargoyle Double Blade.
      • Wisdom: 9
        • Not relevant for the build.
      • Faith: 25
        • With 25 points in Faith, you can use two important summons that buff you: Flame, Give Me Strength! and Golden Oath. Both are worth it for our build to deal even more damage.
        • Arcane: 20
          • Arcane is at 20 points to reach the first soft cap and trigger bleed faster.

      If you also want to play PvP in the long term, try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta-level has settled around 125 – 150.

      Because you will only encounter players with a similar level to yours in PvP, you will have a hard time finding opponents at a higher level. Since you need to reallocate all “purchased” levels when you respec, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only solution is to create a whole new character.

      This Equipment Makes the Bleed Build Really Powerful

      Which equipment does the build use? To make the build even stronger, you need to wear the following weapons, talismans, and armor:

      • Right-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
        • Affinity: Blood
        • War Ash: Rock Blade
      • Left-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
        • Affinity: Blood
        • War Ash: Rock Blade
      • Left-hand weapon 2: Finger Seal (for summons)
      • Head armor: White Mask
      • Chest armor: Black Bird Feather
      • Talisman 1: Claw Talisman
      • Talisman 2: Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
      • Talisman 3: Blood’s Favor
      • Talisman 4: Millicent’s Prosthesis

      We will now go into detail about our choice of weapons and equipment and explain why we chose them.

      

      Overview of Weapons

      Which weapons do I need? In a Bleed Build, one would expect either daggers, curved swords, or katanas, but double blades are unusual. This is understandable, but we utilize them for this build for a good reason: because of the jump attack.

      When wielding two double blades in hand, you can land up to 6 hits with the light jump attack – if you have practiced the attack. For a Bleed Build, this is optimal because your status effect, in this case “bleed,” is activated faster the more hits you land.

      

      To maximize our damage, we chose the Gargoyle Double Blades. They have the highest damage when equipped with a bloody affinity and additionally adorned with the war ash: Rock Blade.

      The war ash is essential because it increases your damage by 15% and damages your opponent’s posture by 10%. It’s important that both of your weapons have the same war ashes and affinities.

      Locations of Weapons and War Ashes:

      • Gargoyle Double Blade
        • Location: In the Siofra Aqueduct. Defeat the two gargoyles to receive the weapon after the battle
      • War Ash: Rock Blade
        • Location: At a scarab in Caelid, west of the grace “Impassable Great Bridge”

      Overview of Talismans

      Which talismans do I need? This Bleed Build has a special tactic for how to attack. To benefit from this, we have selected the following talismans:

      

      • Claw Talisman
        • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
        • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
      • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
        • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
        • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
      • Blood’s Favor
        • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
        • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
      • Millicent’s Prosthesis
        • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
        • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

      Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

      Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

      Overview of Armors

      Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

      

      

      • White Mask
        • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
        • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
      • Black Bird Feather
        • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
        • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

      Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

      Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

      What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

      • Summon: Golden Oath
      • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
      • Flask of Wondrous Physick
        • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
        • Blood-boiled Aroma

      Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

      How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

      What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

      Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

      Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

      Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

      What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

      That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

      Bleed Builds have always been considered powerful options for taking down bosses in Elden Ring in seconds. They cut through health bars and deal massive damage. You can find out what the currently best Bleed Build looks like and which items and attributes you need here.

      Update from January 27, 2026: We have reviewed the Bleed Build and made slight structural adjustments.

      For a Bleed Build to be truly effective, various factors come into play: Do you have enough buffs? Which weapons are you using? Does the gear synergize with the build you’ve created? Many questions that can be overwhelming at first, but we’ve sat down and figured out what makes the best Bleed Build truly powerful.

      In our research, we came across a build so powerful that you can easily obliterate bosses in the new DLC for Elden Ring. What you need for it will be explained here in detail. If you want to jump to the individual parts of our guide, you can use our directory for that.

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      Attributes You Need for the Bleed Build in Elden Ring

      Why is this late-game build so strong? This build focuses primarily on strength because we’re using a weapon combination that perfectly harmonizes with the bleed status effect. It involves the weapon class of double blades.

      Points are also allocated to Faith and Arcane to activate bleed faster and buff our hero with summons. This creates a deadly combination, but that’s not all.

      What is bleed damage and why is it so good?

      Weapons like Bloody Streams cause passive blood loss with each attack. If you hit an opponent often enough within a certain timeframe, the opponent will immediately suffer massive bleed damage. You can recognize successful bleed damage not only by the opponent suddenly losing a large portion of their health but also by a big splatter of blood.

      How many hits you need and how long that timeframe is depends on the specific opponent’s resistances. Most enemies in the game, even the largest and hardest bosses, can suffer bleed damage.

      Items from the late game also come into play, driving the damage to the max. The build uses the strongest double blades, as well as talismans and armor that buff you with every instance of bleed damage.

      This build thus relies on a storm of incredibly fast attacks and a constant back and forth between the powerful bleed damage and the resulting DPS boosts.

      How do I level up best for this build? As with our overall best build, we recommend the necessary attribute points to get the most out of your build. Here, too, we pay attention to the “soft caps” to avoid leveling any stat beyond its value.

      Note that this is a Level 150 build. You can reallocate your attributes with respec if you want to try the build.

      

      • Claw Talisman
        • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
        • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
      • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
        • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
        • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
      • Blood’s Favor
        • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
        • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
      • Millicent’s Prosthesis
        • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
        • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

      Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

      Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

      Overview of Armors

      Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

      

      

      • White Mask
        • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
        • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
      • Black Bird Feather
        • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
        • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

      Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

      Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

      What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

      • Summon: Golden Oath
      • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
      • Flask of Wondrous Physick
        • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
        • Blood-boiled Aroma

      Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

      How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

      What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

      Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

      Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

      Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

      What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

      That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

      • If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Vagabond. Due to its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any type of build. We will now explain why our points were allocated as follows.
        • Strength: 50
          • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 50, as we need to endure more in the Blood Build due to the risky attacks.
        • Mind: 15
          • Mind is only important for this build in order to cast our wonders and war ashes.
        • Endurance: 25
          • The soft cap for equipment load is 25. We don’t want to go into battle naked, and with this amount, we can wear armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
        • Strength: 70
          • With 70 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have a high strength scaling.
        • Dexterity: 15 (20 points from the “Millicent’s Prosthesis” talisman)
          • Dexterity is set at 15 points to wield the Gargoyle Double Blade.
        • Wisdom: 9
          • Not relevant for the build.
        • Faith: 25
          • With 25 points in Faith, you can use two important summons that buff you: Flame, Give Me Strength! and Golden Oath. Both are worth it for our build to deal even more damage.
          • Arcane: 20
            • Arcane is at 20 points to reach the first soft cap and trigger bleed faster.

        If you also want to play PvP in the long term, try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta-level has settled around 125 – 150.

        Because you will only encounter players with a similar level to yours in PvP, you will have a hard time finding opponents at a higher level. Since you need to reallocate all “purchased” levels when you respec, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only solution is to create a whole new character.

        This Equipment Makes the Bleed Build Really Powerful

        Which equipment does the build use? To make the build even stronger, you need to wear the following weapons, talismans, and armor:

        • Right-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
          • Affinity: Blood
          • War Ash: Rock Blade
        • Left-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
          • Affinity: Blood
          • War Ash: Rock Blade
        • Left-hand weapon 2: Finger Seal (for summons)
        • Head armor: White Mask
        • Chest armor: Black Bird Feather
        • Talisman 1: Claw Talisman
        • Talisman 2: Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
        • Talisman 3: Blood’s Favor
        • Talisman 4: Millicent’s Prosthesis

        We will now go into detail about our choice of weapons and equipment and explain why we chose them.

        

        Overview of Weapons

        Which weapons do I need? In a Bleed Build, one would expect either daggers, curved swords, or katanas, but double blades are unusual. This is understandable, but we utilize them for this build for a good reason: because of the jump attack.

        When wielding two double blades in hand, you can land up to 6 hits with the light jump attack – if you have practiced the attack. For a Bleed Build, this is optimal because your status effect, in this case “bleed,” is activated faster the more hits you land.

        

        To maximize our damage, we chose the Gargoyle Double Blades. They have the highest damage when equipped with a bloody affinity and additionally adorned with the war ash: Rock Blade.

        The war ash is essential because it increases your damage by 15% and damages your opponent’s posture by 10%. It’s important that both of your weapons have the same war ashes and affinities.

        Locations of Weapons and War Ashes:

        • Gargoyle Double Blade
          • Location: In the Siofra Aqueduct. Defeat the two gargoyles to receive the weapon after the battle
        • War Ash: Rock Blade
          • Location: At a scarab in Caelid, west of the grace “Impassable Great Bridge”

        Overview of Talismans

        Which talismans do I need? This Bleed Build has a special tactic for how to attack. To benefit from this, we have selected the following talismans:

        

        • Claw Talisman
          • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
          • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
        • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
          • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
          • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
        • Blood’s Favor
          • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
          • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
        • Millicent’s Prosthesis
          • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
          • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

        Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

        Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

        Overview of Armors

        Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

        

        

        • White Mask
          • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
          • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
        • Black Bird Feather
          • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
          • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

        Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

        Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

        What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

        • Summon: Golden Oath
        • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
        • Flask of Wondrous Physick
          • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
          • Blood-boiled Aroma

        Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

        How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

        What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

        Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

        Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

        Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

        What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

        That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

        • If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Vagabond. Due to its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any type of build. We will now explain why our points were allocated as follows.
          • Strength: 50
            • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 50, as we need to endure more in the Blood Build due to the risky attacks.
          • Mind: 15
            • Mind is only important for this build in order to cast our wonders and war ashes.
          • Endurance: 25
            • The soft cap for equipment load is 25. We don’t want to go into battle naked, and with this amount, we can wear armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
          • Strength: 70
            • With 70 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have a high strength scaling.
          • Dexterity: 15 (20 points from the “Millicent’s Prosthesis” talisman)
            • Dexterity is set at 15 points to wield the Gargoyle Double Blade.
          • Wisdom: 9
            • Not relevant for the build.
          • Faith: 25
            • With 25 points in Faith, you can use two important summons that buff you: Flame, Give Me Strength! and Golden Oath. Both are worth it for our build to deal even more damage.
            • Arcane: 20
              • Arcane is at 20 points to reach the first soft cap and trigger bleed faster.

          If you also want to play PvP in the long term, try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta-level has settled around 125 – 150.

          Because you will only encounter players with a similar level to yours in PvP, you will have a hard time finding opponents at a higher level. Since you need to reallocate all “purchased” levels when you respec, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only solution is to create a whole new character.

          This Equipment Makes the Bleed Build Really Powerful

          Which equipment does the build use? To make the build even stronger, you need to wear the following weapons, talismans, and armor:

          • Right-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
            • Affinity: Blood
            • War Ash: Rock Blade
          • Left-hand weapon 1: Gargoyle Double Blade +25
            • Affinity: Blood
            • War Ash: Rock Blade
          • Left-hand weapon 2: Finger Seal (for summons)
          • Head armor: White Mask
          • Chest armor: Black Bird Feather
          • Talisman 1: Claw Talisman
          • Talisman 2: Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
          • Talisman 3: Blood’s Favor
          • Talisman 4: Millicent’s Prosthesis

          We will now go into detail about our choice of weapons and equipment and explain why we chose them.

          

          Overview of Weapons

          Which weapons do I need? In a Bleed Build, one would expect either daggers, curved swords, or katanas, but double blades are unusual. This is understandable, but we utilize them for this build for a good reason: because of the jump attack.

          When wielding two double blades in hand, you can land up to 6 hits with the light jump attack – if you have practiced the attack. For a Bleed Build, this is optimal because your status effect, in this case “bleed,” is activated faster the more hits you land.

          

          To maximize our damage, we chose the Gargoyle Double Blades. They have the highest damage when equipped with a bloody affinity and additionally adorned with the war ash: Rock Blade.

          The war ash is essential because it increases your damage by 15% and damages your opponent’s posture by 10%. It’s important that both of your weapons have the same war ashes and affinities.

          Locations of Weapons and War Ashes:

          • Gargoyle Double Blade
            • Location: In the Siofra Aqueduct. Defeat the two gargoyles to receive the weapon after the battle
          • War Ash: Rock Blade
            • Location: At a scarab in Caelid, west of the grace “Impassable Great Bridge”

          Overview of Talismans

          Which talismans do I need? This Bleed Build has a special tactic for how to attack. To benefit from this, we have selected the following talismans:

          

          • Claw Talisman
            • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 15%.
            • Location: You can find it in Stormveil Castle on the rooftops. Use the grace “Wall Tower” and jump north-west to the far-off roof. Try to find your way up until you find a ladder. You will find the talisman on a corpse at the highest point of the tower.
          • Rotting Winged Sword Insignia
            • Effect: Significantly increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 6%, 8%, and 13% depending on intensity.
            • Location: You receive it after helping Millicent in her battle against her sisters.
          • Blood’s Favor
            • Effect: Increases your damage by 20% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
            • Location: You can find it in the underground reservoir of shame beneath Leyndell. Defeat the enemy “Esgar, Priest of Blood” to obtain it.
          • Millicent’s Prosthesis
            • Effect: Increases your Dexterity by 5 points. Increases the strength of your attack series. Has three tiers, which increase your attacks’ damage by 4%, 6%, and 11% depending on intensity.
            • Location: Defeat Millicent during her quest after receiving the Golden Prosthesis.

          Why these talismans? This Bleed Build is all about fast attacks and bleeding. Since we attack while jumping, the Claw Talisman is perfectly suited. With the Sword Insignia and the Prosthesis, we increase our damage through the attack series generated by our six hits from the jump attack.

          Blood’s Favor is there to give us a significant damage buff when our opponent starts to bleed. These are many buffs from our talismans alone, but we can go even further with our armor.

          Overview of Armors

          Which armors do I need? To further increase our damage, there are two armor pieces that fit perfectly:

          

          

          • White Mask
            • Effect: Increases your damage by 10% for 20 seconds if someone nearby has suffered blood loss.
            • Location: Defeat one of the field surgeons who haunt you as intruders near the Mohgwyn Palace.
          • Black Bird Feather
            • Effect: Increases the damage of your jump attacks by 10%.
            • Location: Located southeast of Mt. Gelmir in the cave of the sage behind an illusory wall.

          Why these armors? Both items fit perfectly into the synergies of the talismans and the gameplay style of jump attacks, ensuring that your damage is further increased.

          Important Items for Optimizing the Bleed Build

          What else can I use? To further increase damage, it’s advisable to consume various buffs and items to become even stronger. The following are recommended:

          • Summon: Golden Oath
          • Summon: Flame, Give Me Strength!
          • Flask of Wondrous Physick
            • Strength-knot Crystal Tear
            • Blood-boiled Aroma

          Now we will briefly explain how to play the build.

          How to Play the Bleed Build Correctly

          What do I need to do? Before each fight, buff yourself first with your two summons. After buffing, drink a Flask of Heavens Tear and use your left double blade in both hands.

          Now buff this weapon with your Rock Blade talent. Then take both weapons in each hand again and buff your right double blade with Rock Blade. Finally, you can consume your items like Blood-boiled Aroma, Cooked Crab, or Flask of Wondrous Physick.

          Enter the fight and always try to perform a light jump attack when attacking.

          Once you reach the first blood loss, your damage numbers will soar towards 10,000 points – and beyond. It’s just a matter of time until the boss or enemy is processed into a red puddle. However, be mindful of your stamina during attacks, otherwise, you may not be able to evade in an emergency.

          What do I do against bosses that are immune to bleeding? The only weakness of the build is the fact that you cannot generate bleed against opponents that do not have flesh. For this reason, you should swap out your “Blood’s Favor” talisman and replace it with the “Ritual Shield Talisman”. This way, you at least deal more damage without the bleeding effect.

          That was all the important information about the build. Do you also enjoy playing with bleed or do you prefer other affinities like poison? Let us know in the comments how you found this build. You can find all our guides here: Elden Ring: All Guides, Beginner Tips, and Builds in Overview

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In Elden Ring you can collect not only ordinary talismans but also legendary ones. These rarities are well hidden, so we will show you all the locations of the legendary talismans so you can secure the trophy.

What do I need the legendary talismans for? Some of these talismans are among the best of their kind. If you want to optimize your holy or mage builds, one of the listed talismans might be important for you.

In addition, you need all eight copies to get the trophy or achievement “Legendary Talismans”. With our directory, you can quickly jump to the talismans you still need for your collection:

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How to get all legendary talismans

Which legendary talismans exist? There are a total of eight legendary talismans that you can collect on your journeys. They are as follows:

• Radagon’s Icon
• Radagon’s Scar Seal
• Godfrey’s Icon
• Moon of Nokstella
• Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Marika’s Scar Seal
• Talisman of the Old Lord
• Earth Tree’s Favor +2

We will show you in detail how to obtain the talismans and describe the way step by step so you don’t miss any of the pieces.

Radagon’s Icon

What can the talisman do? This talisman shortens your spell casting time. This means you can cast your spells faster and are not forced to stay long in the preparation animation.

Where can I find this talisman? You need to go to the Site of Grace “Debate Forum”, which is located in the Raya Lucaria Academy. Once there, head directly outside to the academy’s courtyard. Once you pass the iron gate, orient your compass southeast.

From there, jump over the stone railing and move directly to the ladder ahead. Follow the path until you reach the broken window. Jump over it and keep to the right. You should encounter a chest containing the talisman.

Radagon’s Scar Seal

What can the talisman do? This talisman significantly increases your attributes such as Strength, Endurance, and Dexterity, but you will take more damage. The attributes receive a bonus of five points.

Where can I find this talisman? The talisman is located in the Faroth Fortress in Caelid. Travel to the eponymous Site of Grace and storm the fortress. The talisman is hidden in the wooden scaffolding on a corpse.

You need to take the ladder that is in the fortress to reach the fortress and then make your way through the bats. The amulet is guarded by two rats.

Godfrey’s Icon

What can the talisman do? This talisman enhances charged spells and skills. This applies to all spells and skills that can be charged during their animation.

Where can I find this talisman? To obtain this talisman, you need to travel from the Site of Grace “Atlus Plateau” to the Golden Tree’s Seal Prison.

We have marked on the map where you need to travel with your horse. Defeat the prisoner there and receive this talisman as a reward.

Moon of Nokstella

What can the talisman do? This amulet increases your number of memory slots by two.

Where can I find this talisman? The Moon of Nokstella can be found in a chest in the grand cathedral of Nokstella. To gain access to this area of the map, you need to complete part of Ranni’s quest.

Then go to the Site of Grace “Nokstella, the Eternal City” and follow the path we marked on the map. The last church contains the chest with the talisman.

Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman

What can the talisman do? It significantly increases your resistance to physical damage. This allows you to withstand more hits.

Where can I find this talisman? This talisman is located in the hidden area of the Haligtree. Go to the Site of Grace “Sewage Canal”. Once there, balance over the large roots of the tree until you reach the roof of a cathedral.

Choose a hole in the broken roof and let yourself fall onto the wooden beams. From there, head west to find a chest among the infected insect creatures. Inside is the talisman.

Marika’s Scar Seal

What can the talisman do? This talisman significantly increases your attributes of Mind, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane, but also your damage taken. The attributes receive a bonus of five points.

Where can I find this talisman? You can find the talisman at the Haligtree, the optional area in the north of the Lands Between. Head to the Site of Grace “Prayer Room”. From there, take the next door outside and follow the round city wall until the railing ends and you stand before a stone bowl.

There, use the transition and let yourself fall onto the lower edge of the tower. Go around the tower. You should look towards the sea. Make the jump to the next city wall, ignore the foul offspring of the Erdtree, and run south.

When you reach the end of the wall, jump west onto the roof of a small building. Jump down further until you reach a fog door that you can open with a stone sword key. Before you is the amulet.

Beware: A stronger enemy spawns at the door, which can make your life difficult. Be prepared.

Talisman of the Old Lord

What can the talisman do? It extends the duration of spell effects.

Where can I find this talisman? The talisman is located in the ruined city “Farum Azula”. Start at the Site of Grace “At the Great Bridge”. From there, go up the stairs to the ascent. However, head north in the opposite direction of the boss fight with Malekith.

Then follow the path further through an open corridor, down the stairs, and back outside. Once there, turn south and take the ladder downwards. Then enter the tower in front of you and grab the talisman.

Earth Tree’s Favor +2

What can the talisman do? It significantly increases your maximum HP, stamina, and equipment load.

Where can I find this talisman? You only receive this talisman after defeating Maliketh, the Black Blade. Afterwards, Leyndell, the Royal Capital will be engulfed in ash and drastically change. You need to go to the Site of Grace “Forbidden Lands” and then follow the path back to the capital.

Once you reach the location where the monsters were, take the staircase down that heads north. The once vast lake is now full of ash and giant Elden worms. Run past them until you reach a tree trunk. On this, you will find the talisman.

For simplification, we have embedded a YouTube video to show you the exact location:

Once you have collected all the talismans, you will receive the trophy “Legendary Talismans”. However, it may happen that this achievement does not pop up.

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In this case, you can go to a safe location, drop all legendary talismans, and then collect them one by one. Sometimes Elden Ring does not register the collected items, so they must be picked up again.

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Since its release, Elden Ring has changed significantly with new patches. The meta has shifted. Old builds that were strong at launch are now considered weak. Therefore, we show you the overall best build and how to play it.

In Elden Ring, there are many builds, but none is as versatile as a Str/Faith build. The build we will present not only uses the strongest weapons from our tier list and the strongest summons in the game. It also offers the most adaptable and versatile gameplay in Elden Ring.

With this build, you can easily master any situation in the game. All without constant respecing. It is a build that relies on the attributes Strength and Faith, the so-called Str/Faith build.

We will explain to you why this build is so good, in what versatile forms you can play it, and how to play it correctly. Because the build excels even when you primarily bash enemies with your blunt weapons.

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How to level up properly for this build

Why is this build so strong? The Str/Faith build equally focuses on Strength and Faith. This covers several of the best categories in the game:

• Weapons that require Faith generally also scale with Strength – Such a build harmonizes perfectly
• Faith additionally possesses the best buff summons and debuffs in the game – This allows you to strengthen not only your surroundings and yourself but also weaken your enemies
• The strongest weapons in the meta, such as the Blasphemous Blade, Maliketh’s Black Blade, or the Vicar’s Longhorn can be easily swapped out to prepare for each boss
• The recommended equipment is lightweight, has the minimum requirement for balance, and ensures that you don’t falter after every hit
• The build allows you to use and swap many weapons
• Several great weapons can be combined for more flexibility and DPS
• The best weapons for the build utilize Darksmithing Stones, which makes weapon upgrades significantly cheaper, faster, and easier.

How do I level up best for this build? Although Strength and Faith are your most important attributes in a Str/Faith build, you should not underestimate the importance of the attributes Vigor, Mind, and Endurance.

Depending on which weapon you wish to use, you should level the attributes according to this priority list. Also, keep in mind that the choice of helmet and talismans can also influence these attributes. We also pay attention to the “soft caps” (you can read more about that on Reddit), meaning the values beyond which investments are hardly worth it:

• If you want to play the best class, you should choose the Wanderer. With its even attribute distribution, it has the best prerequisites to build any build from it. We now explain why our points are distributed as follows.
  • Strength: 45
    • The soft cap is 40. Therefore, we agreed on 45 to endure a little more.
  • Focus: 23
    • Focus is important for this build for three reasons: War ashes, summons, and spirit ashes.
    • With 23 points, you have enough FP to summon the most expensive spirit ash (Tiche of the Black Blade). Furthermore, you have more resources to not constantly need to refill with a flask of crimson tears.
  • Endurance: 25
    • The soft cap for equipment loads is 25. We do not want to go naked into battle, and with this amount, it is possible to equip armor with good balance while still wielding weapons.
  • Strength: 65
    • With 65 points, you are above the second soft cap (55 points) and can deal a bit more damage. Important for wielding weapons that have high Strength scaling.
  • Dexterity: 22
    • Dexterity stands at 22 points to be able to use the God’s Eater Greatsword and the God’s Scalphunter. Two strong weapons for Str/Faith builds.
  • Intelligence: 9
    • Not relevant for this build.
  • Faith: 33
    • With 33 points in Faith, you can use one of the strongest buffs in the game – Shabiri’s Wail. In addition to buffs, this amount of Faith also allows you to use strong summons such as Oh, Flame!, Lightning Strike of the Ancient Dragons, and Lightning Spear of the Ancient Dragons.
  • Arcane: 7
    • Not relevant for this build.

If you want to play PvP in the long run, you should try to keep your character below level 150. In the community, the meta level has settled between 125 and 150.

Because you will only find players in PvP who have a similar level to yours, you will find it hard to locate opponents at a too high of a level. Since you must redistribute all “purchased” levels when respecing, you cannot reduce this investment again – the only salvation here is a brand-new character.

How to find the right weapon for this build

Which weapons does this build use? The question of weapons in this build is perhaps the most exciting. Because you have many different options, all of which are similarly powerful and serve different niches. You have the following options:

• A weapon with Str/Faith scaling and a shield for blocking or parrying.
• A weapon with Str/Faith scaling and a seal in the off-hand.
• Two weapons with Str/Faith scaling of the same category, one in each hand (the so-called “Power Stance”).

Depending on preference, the following weapons are the best:

• The Blasphemous Blade
  • Location: Trade the Blasphemous Echo (Rykard) at the Finger Reader in the Grace Table.
• Maliketh’s Black Blade
  • Location: Trade the Echo of the Black Blade (Maliketh) at the Finger Reader in the Grace Table.
• Vicar’s Longhorn
  • Location: Can be farmed from the Vicar in Leyndell or the Haligbaum.
• Ordovis’ Greatsword
  • Location: Defeat the boss in the dungeon “Tomb of the Hero of Auriza” northwest of Leyndell.
• Siluria’s Root
  • Location: Defeat the boss in “The Depths of the Rooted Depths” near the tree trunk.
• Gods-Eater Greatsword
  • Location: Open the chest in “Holy Tower of Caelid” after the boss.
• Magmalindwurm Scaleward
  • Location: Defeat “Magmalindworm Makar” in “Ruins-Infested Abyss” northwest of the Great Lift of Dectus.
• Finger Seal for Buffs
  • Location: Can be acquired from the Twin Maiden Husks at the Grace Table for 800 runes.

If you are missing one of these special weapons, you can also use standard weapons like the Magma Blade or the God’s Scalphunter. This way, you can also use completely different weapon types than those listed here and, if possible, even outfit them with war ashes.

The perhaps most interesting decision is the one regarding the off-hand:

• With a shield for protection, you can play more cautiously, but you exchange offensive stamina for defensive actions.
• With a parry option, you can brutally punish many opponents, but parrying requires a lot of skill from you and is risky.
• With Power Stance, you deal the highest DPS but are also the most vulnerable. Here you must be able to dodge very well.

If you are looking for a good shield for defense, the Beast Triangular Shield is an excellent choice. For parrying, there is no better option than the small buckler. A brief overview of the best shields can be found here:

A seal must not be missing from the build: If you only want to buff and use your summons for support, the Finger Seal will suffice. However, if you also want to deal damage with your summons, the Seal of the Raging Flame is perfect for Str/Faith builds.

What are the best summons? What would a Str/Faith build be without summons? The wonders actually play a somewhat subordinate role here and are meant to buff you and your teammates. The summons you should definitely use include the following:

• Golden Oath
  • Effect: Increases your damage by 15%. Increases your defense by 10%
    • Location: In a hut at the site of grace “Hut with Corpse Stench” on Mt. Gelmir.
• Shabiri’s Wail
  • Effect: Increases your damage by 25%. Increases the damage taken by 30%.
    • Location: On the second floor of the tower “Tower of the Raging Flame” in a chest, south of the lift of Dectus.

If Shabiri’s Wail is too damaging for you, you can also use Flame, Give Me Strength! or Protection of the Black Flame instead.

There are also offensive summons, but these are somewhat limited and not the focus of the build. However, you can still equip the following:

• Oh, Flame!
• Lightning Spear of the Ancient Dragons
• Lightning Strike of the Ancient Dragons
• Stone of Gurranq
• Insect Threads
• Raging Explosion

Which weapon type is the best? This actually depends on the boss and the enemies you want damage from. Many weapons with Faith have strong effects that benefit you in combat.

Maliketh’s Black Blade or the Black Knife can weaken bosses with their unique talents, drain health over time, and temporarily minimize their health bar.

The Blasphemous Blade is an all-rounder. It handles every enemy, deals massive damage even at a distance, and heals you after each hit with its unique talent.

The Vicar’s Longhorn looks the silliest of all weapons but can especially annihilate huge enemies like dragons or monsters with small bursts in seconds. Practical if you want to attack from a distance.

However, if you prefer fast attacks, the Magma Blade or the Gods Scalphunter would be a better choice. They can deal massive damage in quick succession and also consume little stamina.

How to find the right equipment for the build

What armor should I take? Generally, for every build, pay attention to your balance and the overall weight of your armor.

It is important that you reach at least 51 balance with your armor. If you do not achieve this, you will be knocked back by almost every attack from your opponent and cannot withstand anything.

The weight of your armor also plays a role in dodging and stamina consumption. The heavier your equipment, the heavier the load you carry. So, always try to achieve a medium load and not fall below the balance value of 51. You can thus wear any armor as long as you follow our recommendations.

Which talismans should I take? The choice of talismans can be easily narrowed down. We recommend the following:

• Ritual Sword Talisman
  • Effect: Increases your attack power at maximum HP.
    • Location: Located in a chest after defeating the boss in the ruins of Lux (Altus Plateau).
• Shard of Alexander
  • Effect: Significantly enhances the attack power of talents.
    • Location: Complete Alexander’s quest.

  As a second and third talisman, you can use different talismans depending on which weapon you wield and how you fight. The following are appropriate:

  • Green Turtle Talisman
  • Dragon Greatshield Talisman
  • Fiery Scorpion Talisman
  • Lightning Scorpion Talisman
  • Holy Scorpion Talisman
  • Axe Talisman
  • Claw Talisman
  • Herb’s Canvas Talisman

  All weapons typically use their unique talents, and with these examples, you can increase their damage to the maximum.

  What does your build look like for the start of Shadow of the Erdtree? Do you also use Str/Faith or do you prefer Dex/Int? Feel free to exchange ideas with other users in the comments! If you are looking for more tips, information, and recommendations on Elden Ring from the MeinMMO editorial team, we have an overview here that we update continuously: Elden Ring: All our guides, beginner tips and builds in overview

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