In Elden Ring, there are many weapons, but not all are worth it in a build. Therefore, we show you 5 of the best weapons from the DLC Shadow of the Erdtree and from the base game, so you can defend yourself as best as possible.

How is the list structured? In our list, you will find five weapons from Shadow of the Erdtree as well as five weapons from the base game that are undoubtedly among the best weapons in Elden Ring. We will list where you can obtain them and what makes them so special. With our directory, you can jump to the respective weapons.

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If you prefer to see a large list of all current weapons in the ranking, you can access our Tier List. It includes all 411 weapons from Elden Ring and the DLC.

The 5 Best Weapons from Shadow of the Erdtree

Arm of a Bloodhound

• Weapon type: Gigantic weapon
• War Ash possible? Yes.
• Location: Farm the Bloodhounds that carry this weapon.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 28
  • Dexterity: 11
  • Arcane: 16

The Arm of a Bloodhound is considered one of the strongest weapons when focusing on “Strength” and “Arcane.” Paired with a bloody War Ash, it can quickly cause bleed damage. A perfect weapon if you enjoy crushing your enemies with two hands.

Backhand Blade

• Weapon type: Backhand Blade
• War Ash possible? Yes.
• Location: You can find the Backhand Blade near the Site of Grace “Three-Path Crossing.” Move east until you see the stone monuments from a distance. You will find the swords at the grave.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 10
  • Dexterity: 13

The Backhand Blade is a solid weapon for builds focusing on dexterity. When wielded with two hands, you can take a blade in each hand.

The interesting thing about the weapon is that you can still carry a shield on your back, which enhances your stamina regeneration or regenerates your health points. Moreover, the weapon can be equipped with a War Ash and even buffed with grease.

Euphoria

• Weapon type: Double Blade
• War Ash possible? No.
• Location: Located in Enir-Ilim in a secret room. We have described the exact path in our DLC weapon list.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 16
  • Dexterity: 15
  • Faith: 24

Euphoria is considered one of the best weapons from the DLC after patch 1.13. The weapon can deal a lot of damage in a Dex/Faith build when you have charged it. Use the unique ability “Euphoria Spiral” and unleash a holy beam upon your enemies that can melt their health bars.

Greatsword of the Fire Knights

• Weapon type: Giant Sword
• War Ash possible? Yes.
• Location: Must be farmed from the Fire Knights in the castle “Shadow Keep”.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 22
  • Dexterity: 18
  • Faith: 12

The Greatsword of the Fire Knights is a giant sword but has a light moveset with wide attacks. You can enhance the weapon’s damage by applying fire to it. Due to its large range and outstanding scaling in “Faith,” especially Faith builds can get the most out of the weapon.

Claws of the Night

• Weapon type: Claw
• War Ash possible? No.
• Location: Defeat Anna, Swordhand of the Night, underneath the Cathedral of Manus Metyr.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 8
  • Dexterity: 20

The Claws of the Night are excellent weapons for both melee and ranged combat. With their talent “Scattershot Throw,” many blades are thrown in the direction you aim. This can be advantageous and offers you a lot of room in combat. Additionally, the weapon causes bleed damage, which can make your fight against bosses easier.

The 5 Best Weapons from Elden Ring (Base Game)

Bloody Streams

• Weapon type: Katana
• War Ash possible? No.
• Location: Defeat Okina on the mountaintop of the giants.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 12
  • Dexterity: 18
  • Arcane: 20

Bloody Streams is the cult weapon from Elden Ring. The katana has a short range, but when you use its talent “Bloody Butcher,” your attack pattern will gain range. Additionally, attacks cause bleed damage – combine that with an Arcane/Dex build, and you will be nearly unbeatable.

Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear

• Weapon type: Great Spear
• War Ash possible? No.
• Location: Can be acquired from the Finger Reader Enia in the Roundtable Hold when you exchange the Echo of Mohgwyn.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 24
  • Dexterity: 14
  • Arcane: 27

The Great Spear of Mohgwyn can shred large areas of enemies in a proper build. With its talent “Bleeding Ritual,” all enemies in your vicinity keep losing health until they bleed out from the inside. A strong weapon, but its moveset is slow. So make sure when to initiate your attack.

Blasphemous Blade

• Weapon type: Greatsword
• War Ash possible? No.
• Location: Can be acquired from the Finger Reader Enia in the Roundtable Hold when you exchange the Echo of Rykard.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 22
  • Dexterity: 15
  • Faith: 21

The Blasphemous Blade is the perfect weapon for all players who have trouble surviving. With each enemy you defeat, you regenerate health points. Additionally, the talent “Vampiric Flames” ensures that every hit regenerates your health points. Bosses like Malenia can also be contained with the Blasphemous Blade and then easily defeated.

Giant Breaker

• Weapon type: Gigantic weapon
• War Ash possible? Yes.
• Location: In a chest on a cart near the outer wall – Phantom Tree in Altus Plateau.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 60

The Giant Breaker is the ultimate weapon for Strength builds. With this device, you can break bosses’ stance with just a few hits and crush them. A perfect weapon for all warriors among you who prefer simplicity.

Glaive of the Dark Cavalry

• Weapon type: Halberd
• War Ash possible? Yes.
• Location: Fight the Dark Cavalry on the eastern side of the Lucaria gates.
• Required Attributes:
  • Strength: 26
  • Dexterity: 10

The Glaive of the Dark Cavalry is a strong weapon for breaking stances and quickly defeating bosses. Many players use the Glaive along with blood grease, to annihilate bosses like Mohgwyn in seconds. A strong weapon that must first be mastered.

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Honorable Mentions

Which weapons are still worth it? For sorcerers, the catalysts are worth it:

• Carian Royal Scepter (Normal Sorcery)
• Lusat’s Glintstone Staff (In boss fights)

For the Sacred Seals, it depends on which summons you want to conjure. However, if you want the seal with the best summon scaling, you should go for the Seal of the Earth Tree. You can’t go wrong with this.

That was our list of the best weapons from the base game of Elden Ring and its DLC Shadow of the Erdtree. Which weapons are your favorites? Let us know in the comments! You can find more about Elden Ring here: Elden Ring: All Weapons from the DLC in the list with locations

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In Elden Ring, you can start the Millicent quest to get talismans and bypass the worst ending of the story. We will show you all the rewards and every step of the quest.

• Update, August 1, 2024: The article has been reviewed, updated with new links, and refreshed.

Who is Millicent? Millicent, the one-armed woman with scarlet hair, is one of the most interesting characters in Elden Ring. Her quest is particularly important, if you want to reach all the endings in the game as easily as possible.

Where can I find Millicent? You will find this NPC in the Church of Plague in Caelid. She is lying helplessly on the ground and needs your help. To start her quest, you need to find Gowry, a sorcerer not far from Millicent.

We will show you how to follow the quest and explain step by step what you need to do. With our index, you can quickly jump to the individual quest steps.

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Find Gowry and Start the Quest

You need to go to the NPC Wise Gowry. He is located in the dangerous region of Caelid. You can find Gowry’s hut by following the main path from Limgrave to Caelid around a rotting lake.

Through a large gate, you will find the hut, guarded by an oversized dog that you should definitely kill.

Talk to Gowry to find out how you can save Millicent. He will ask you to defeat a boss in the area to obtain the gold needle.

Find and Defeat Commander O’Neill

Now you need to defeat the boss Commander O’Neill. You can find him in the heart of the Aeonia swamp, directly west of Gowry’s hut.

O’Neill is a strong boss who uses Scarlet Rot. You should defeat him quickly. In combat, a strength or blood build is particularly effective, as it allows you to stagger O’Neill or cause bleed. This shortens the time in combat and helps you avoid being poisoned by Scarlet Rot. Once you defeat him, you will receive the gold needle.

Hand over the Gold Needle to Gowry and Wait

Give Gowry the gold needle you obtained from the boss. He tells you that he needs time to repair it. Reload the world (see gray box) and talk to him again. He will give you a complete gold needle back.

Present the Gold Needle to Millicent

Gowry now asks you to find Millicent. She is located in the Church of Plague. You can reach this by activating the lights in 3 towers in the ghost town of Sellia to the north. Then a gate will open in the north of the city that will lead you on the path to the Church of Plague.

Hand the needle to Millicent in the Church of Plague after the dialogue. Rest at the Site of Grace and talk to her again. You will now receive your first talisman of the quest – Heir of the Prosthesis Carrier.

Go back to Gowry’s hut; Millicent should be there. If she is not there, reload the world. Speak with her in the hut and reload the world again. Millicent should now be gone, and Gowry will be back instead.

Find Millicent in the Altus Plateau

You will now find Millicent in the Altus Plateau, slightly north of the viewpoint at the Erdtree. The latter is located north of the Dectus Lift. Talk to Millicent, and she will ask you to find a prosthesis for her lost arm.

Find the Golden Prosthesis in the Shadow Castle

This prosthesis is located in the Shadow Castle, at the northernmost point of the Altus Plateau. In the northwestern corner of the dangerous castle, a lone soldier from Malenia’s army awaits you. In the room behind him is a chest containing the arm prosthesis.

Hand over the Golden Prosthesis to Millicent

Return to Millicent at the viewpoint of the Erdtree and give her her prosthesis. After you are done talking with her, this step is complete.

Defeat the Apostle of the God-Scalpel and Meet Millicent

Go to the Windmill Hill, located northeast of the Lower Erdtree in the Altus Plateau. Defeat the boss there and reward yourself with the God-Scalpel, one of the best dual-wield weapons in our weapon tier list.

If you rest at the Site of Grace now, Millicent should appear nearby. If not, reload the world and try again. Talk to her until she has nothing new to say.

Find Millicent at the Giant’s Summit

The next location of Millicent is at the Site of Grace at the ruins of the Original Snow Valley, on the Giant’s Summit. Talk to her there until there is nothing new to report.

Find Haligbaum and Speak to Millicent

Millicent is waiting for you in the late-game region Elphael, Root of the Haligbaum. To reach it, you need the 2 halves of the Haligbaum medallion. Gideon Ofnir at the Roundtable will help you locate these.

When you are in this region, you will find Millicent at the Site of Grace “Praying Room.” Talk to her again until the conversation repeats.

Search the Sewage Canal in the Haligbaum

Deeper in Elphael, you will find the Site of Grace “Sewage Canal.” If you turn around from this place and climb back up the ladder, you can reach a small lake full of Scarlet Rot via a tree trunk. A mini-boss is hidden in it that you need to kill. After that, you must reload the world.

Help Millicent or Challenge Her

Millicent is no longer at the Praying Room; instead, you will find 2 symbols at the lake, one red and one gold. With the gold symbol, you help Millicent in her battle against her 4 sisters, while with the red you fight against Millicent instead.

Both endings of the quest yield different rewards. If you want all the rewards, you will have to play the quest again in New Game+ and make the other choice. The following decisions give you these rewards:

• Help Millicent: If you help Millicent, you must reload the world afterwards. You will find her at the lake and need to talk to her until she definitely has nothing left to say. You will be rewarded with 2 items: the Talisman Decaying Winged Sword Insignia and the Gold Needle.
  
  The talisman increases your damage on quick attacks by up to 22% and is part of our strong blood build. You can use the Gold Needle after the fight against Malenia to obtain Miquella’s Needle. With this, you can reverse the ending “Lord of the Frenzied Flame.”
  
• Defeat Millicent: If you fight Millicent, you will be rewarded with the Talisman “Millicent’s Prosthesis.” This gives you an extra 5 points in Dexterity and increases your damage on quick attacks by up to 14%.

Complete the Quest and Talk to Gowry

Regardless of how you decided: You can return to Gowry in his hut and hear his thoughts on this outcome. Alternatively, you can now also kill him for a talisman that improves your summons by 7.5%.

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These are all the steps you need to follow for Millicent’s quest. Would you have managed all this without a guide? How far did you get without a guide? And what do you think about the story that this quest tells? Feel free to let us know in the comments! By the way, we have summarized all the quest lines in the game for you in our guide: Elden Ring: List of all NPC quests, where to find them and how to complete them

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In Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, there is an important boss you must defeat, and that is Messmer the Impaler. He can be persistent, but if you consider his weaknesses and know what to pay attention to, this fight will become child’s play.

Who is Messmer? Messmer is an important key figure in the new DLC of Elden Ring. The boss must be defeated, to progress to the final boss. He is thus a mandatory boss that you will have to face sooner or later.

However, the secret son of Marika is a tough guy, as in his second boss phase, he unleashes nasty strikes upon you that want to engulf and burn you. We will show you below how to defeat him, but first, here are the most important details:

• Boss type: God
• Optional: No
• Health: 38,981 HP
• Weaknesses: Bleeding, Scarlet Rot, Poison, Strike, Frost
• Strengths: Fire
• NPC Summons: Yes. The Horn Herald and Jolan.
• Spirit Ashes: Yes
• Online Multiplayer: Yes
• Rewards: 400,000 runes, Echo of the Impaler, Messmer’s Ashes

With the help of the table of contents, you can jump directly to a desired point in the article. If you are looking for combat tips against Messmer, we have the best tactics for you here.

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Finding Messmer

Where can I find Messmer? Messmer is located in the Shadow Mountain Keep in Messmer’s dark chamber. You will get there by climbing higher and higher in the storage room until a path to the outside leads you to the southwestern corner, almost at the highest point of the room.

Follow the path past a fire knight to the place of grace “Entrance to the Dark Chamber.” Once there, you now need to prepare.

Defeating Messmer: How to Fight the Impaler Most Easily

These tips you should know: Messmer is a swift boss. He has combos that allow him to fly through the arena with his spear, engulfing you in fire. It is therefore important to wear equipment and consume items that reduce fire and thrust damage. We recommend the following:

• Lionel’s Armor (Armor with the highest defense against thrust damage)
• Flame Drake Talisman +3 (Increases fire defense)
• Dragon Greatshield Talisman (Increases physical defense)
• Cooked Crab (Increases physical defense)

Additionally, it might be a good idea to use the fingerprint shield. The shield offers you great stats for balance, which ensures that you lose less stamina when blocking attacks.

However, when using this kind of tactic, make sure to play with the turtle, great shield talisman, and increased stamina regeneration, or you will quickly lose your posture from Messmer’s wild attacks.

Finally, it is advisable to summon your Spirit Ash only after reaching the second phase of the boss fight. In this phase, Messmer becomes even wilder and summons vicious snakes that will attack you. It is therefore good to have a strong Spirit Ash ready that can take many hits.

Messmer’s Weaknesses

What are Messmer’s weaknesses? Despite his status as a god, Messmer also has weaknesses. He can be afflicted by poison, Scarlet Rot, bleeding, and frost like almost every other of his kind. Additionally, he is susceptible to losing his balance, which you can exploit to land heavy critical hits frequently.

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We will now individually address the phases of Messmer and explain how you should react to his attacks.

Phase 1: Attacks and Tactics

In the first phase, the boss is called “Messmer the Impaler”.

• When Messmer jumps up and charges his fireball, you should dodge as soon as he hits you and then again after waiting 1 second, otherwise you will be hit by the detonation of his ball.
• Sometimes Messmer will perform light combos like a double slash. You can easily dodge this by rolling away from Messmer.
• He also summons homing fireballs. These are usually created before a combo. Be careful not to dodge too early, as these balls will follow you with a delay.
• When Messmer winds up for his most powerful combo, he will ignite his spear, throw fire at you, and then retreat to rain a barrage of thrusts onto you, before slamming his spear into the ground to summon more spears from the ground. It is important to maintain distance. Try to roll away from him during his thrust attack and not block. When he wants to summon his spears, you should wait one second after his action before dodging, as his spears do not shoot out of the ground immediately.
• Sometimes Messmer will also throw a spear at you when he jumps up. You can easily avoid this with a roll to the right or left.
• Messmer also has a light four-hit combo, where he slowly spins with his spear and then stabs three times. During the spin, dodge towards Messmer while dodging to the right or left during the stabs.
• A lethal attack is his grab. When he charges his hand with fire, you should not run away but wait until the last moment to roll towards him. This way, you can avoid his attack.

Phase 2: Attacks and Tactics

The second phase starts when Messmer has lost over 50% of his health. Now, the boss transforms. His eye is shattered, and thus Messmer becomes the Evil Snake Messmer. Now, you must expect more aggressive attacks that will hit the entire area of your arena.

• When the second phase begins, Messmer will transform into a snake that throws a fireball at you. Wait until the snake lands on you and then dodge after 2 seconds to escape the explosion.
• When Messmer has transformed back, he can send large snakes towards you that want to bite you. Block these or dodge to the right or left.
• In a powerful combo, he will scream and summon many snakes around him that want to bite you one after another. Try to gain distance when he screams to better see which snake will attack you next. It is important to remain calm and dodge one snake after another. Blocking would be deadly. Once the snakes stop, Messmer will attempt another attack by summoning his spears from the ground. Here, you must dodge again with a delay, or you will be hit by the attack.
• With his wild attack, he charges his spear with fire and then whirls towards you to stab you down with a final thrust. Dodge first when he is whirling towards you. In this case, you should dodge towards him and keep dodging until he stops. For his ground stab, you should dodge away from him.
• An attack comes unexpectedly from the ground. When you notice dark liquids forming beneath you, you should immediately seek distance, as Messmer will summon a snake that wants to surprise you.
• In the second phase, there is also a grab attack. Wait until the last moment to roll towards him just before his grab. If you run away, he will be able to grab you.
• The Evil Snake Messmer also throws spears, and again you will need to dodge either to the right or left as soon as you see him throw.

That was everything you should know to easily defeat Messmer. Have you been able to defeat him already, or are you still trying? What do you think of the fight? Let us know in the comments! How you can defeat Rellana, you can find out here: Elden Ring: Finding and Defeating Rellana – Her Weaknesses and Best Tactics

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