Elden Ring - Weapon List and Types

List of obtainable weapons in Elden Ring, including their description, range, scaling, and skills. Weapons are grouped under each weapon type and the best weapons are given.

Elden Ring - Weapon List and Weapon Types

All Weapons and Types in Elden Ring

Below is a list of obtainable weapons in Elden Ring, including their description, range, scaling, and skills. Weapons are grouped under each weapon type and the best weapons are given.

Weapon Type Weapon Info Best Weapons
Axes
  • Range: Short Range
  • Scaling: Strength, Dexterity
  • Jawbone Axe
  • Rosus’ Axe
  • Highland Axe
Description
  • Have a wide variety of attacks using one hand. Works well as for close combat.
Skills
  • Frenzy, Quick Step, War Cry, Wild Strikes, Quickstep, Wind Strikes, Rosus’s Summons, and Thunderstorm
All Weapons
  • Battle Axe, Hand Axe, Highland Axe, Iron Cleaver, Forked Hatchet, Jawbone Axe, Rosus’ Axe,  Gargoyle’s Black Axe, Stormhawk Axe, Warped Axe, Sacrificial Axe, Crescent Moon Axe, and Ripple Axe
Ballistas
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Hand Ballista
  • Jar Cannon
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Kick
All Weapons
  • Hand Ballista and Jar Cannon
Bow
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Longbow
  • Horn Bow
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Mighty Shot
All Weapons
  • Longbow and Horn Bow
Claws
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Hookclaws
  • Cipher Pata
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Quickstep and Bloodhound’s Step
All Weapons
  • Hookclaws, Raptor Talons, and Bloodhound Claws
Colossal Swords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Grafted Blade Greatsword
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Starcaller Cry, Stamp (Upward Cut), Oath of Vengeance, Destined Death,  Troll’s Roar, and The Queen’s Black Flame
All Weapons
  • Starscourge Greatsword, Zweihander, Grafted Blade, Maliketh’s Black Blade, Troll Knight’s Sword, Godslayer’s Greatsword, Ruins Greatsword, and Greatsword
Colossal Weapons
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • ? Weapon
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Endure, Gravity Bolt, Spinning Wheel, Charge Forth, Troll’s Roar, Golden Land, Prelate’s Charge, Regal Roar, and Strike
All Weapons
  • Dragon Greatclaw, Fallingstar Beast Jaw, Ghiza’s Wheel, Golem’s Halberd, Troll’s Hammer, Great Club, Prelate’s Inferno Crozier, Axe of Godfrey, and Giant-Crusher
Crossbows
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Pulley Crossbow
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Kick
All Weapons
  • Pulley Crossbow, Light Crossbow, Soldier’s Crossbow, Crepus’s Black-Key Crossbow, and Arbalest
Curved Greatswords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Bloodhound’s Fang
  • Onyx Lord’s Greatsword
  • Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Spinning Slash, Bloodhound’s Finesse, Magma Guillotine, Cursed Blood-Slice, Onyx Lord’s Repulsion, and Zamor Ice Storm
All Weapons
  • Dismounter, Bloodhound’s Fang, Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword, Morgott’s Cursed Sword, Omen Cleaver, Onyx Lord’s Greatsword, and Zamor Curved Sword
Curved Swords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Grossmesser
  • Falchion
Description
  • Have slash-based attacks that inflict a decent amount of damage without the cost of mobility. Works well in dealing damage to fast and moving enemies since the user can attack quickly.
Skills
  • Spinning Slash, Death Flare, Nebula, and Flowing Form
All Weapons
  • Falchion, Scimitar, Grossmesser, Mantis Blade, Scavenger’s Curved Sword, Shotel, Eclipse Shotel, Wing of Astel, and Serpent-God’s Curved Sword, and Shamshir
Daggers
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Crystal Knife
  • Reduvia
  • Misericorde
Description
  • Have extremely short range but can make up for its fast attack speed and high critical damage. Works well for stealth builds and relies on backstabs, ripostes, and parries.
Skills
  • Quickstep, Blade of Death, Parry, Blood Blade, and Repeating Thrust
All Weapons
  • Dagger, Black Knife, Crystal Knife, Erdsteel Dagger, Great Knife, Misericorde, Parrying Dagger, Reduvia, Scorpion’s Stinger, Bloodstained Dagger, Wakizashi, and Cinquedea.
Fists
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Grafted Dragon
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Bear Witness!, Endure, Impaling Thrust, Storm Kick, Unblockable Blade, and Lifesteal Fist
All Weapons
  • Grafted Dragon, Spiked Caestus, Katar, Veteran’s Prosthesis, Cipher Pata, Clinging Bone, and Star Fist
Flails
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Nightrider Flail
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Spinning Chain, Nebula, and Familial Rancor
All Weapons
  • Flail, Chainlink Flail, Nightrider Flail, Bastard’s Stars, and Family Heads
Glintstone Staves
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Digger’s Staff
  • Azur’s Glintstone Staff
Description
  • Have damage using Magic Spells. Works well when partnered with a secondary or tertiary weapon.
Skills
  • Spinning Weapon, Boosts Invisibility Sorcery, and Boosts Gravity Sorcery
All Weapons
  • Astrologer’s Staff, Glintstone Staff, Academy Glintstone Staff, Carian Regal Scepter, and Demi-Human Queen’s Staff, Digger’s Staff, and Azur’s Glintstone Staff, Carian Glintstone Staff, Staff of Loss, Meteorite Staff, Lusat’s Glintstone Staff, and Staff of the Guilty
Greataxes
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Axe Godrick
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Barbaric Roar, I Command Thee, Kneel!, Soul Stifler, and War Cry
All Weapons
  • Greataxe, Axe of Godrick, Butchering Knife, Winged Greathorn, Executioner’s Greataxe, and Rusted Anchor
Greatbows
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Lion Greatbow
  • Greatbow
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
  • Through and Through and Radahn’s Rain
All Weapons
  • Greatbow, Lion Greatbow, and Golem Greatbow
Great Spears
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Treespear
  • Vyke’s War Spear
Description
  • Have the longer range to deal damaging blows at the cost of attack speed and weight. Works well while on horseback but exceptionally heavy.
Skills
  • Charge Forth, Sacred Order, Frenzyflame Thrust, Great Serpent Hunt, and Bloodboon Ritual
All Weapons
  • Lance, Treespear, Vyke’s War Spear, Serpent-Hunter, and Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear
Greatswords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Marais Executioner’s Sword
Description
  • Have massive amounts of damage in exchange for mobility and open vulnerability to upcoming attacks. Works well in dealing damage to multiple enemies due to its long reach.
Skills
  • Stamp (Upward Cut), Lion’s Claw, Corpse Wax Cutter, Vaccum Slice, Eochaid’s Dancing Blade, Shriek of Milos, Moonlight Sword, Taker’s Flame, Alabaster’s Lords’ Pull, and Ordovis’s Vortex
All Weapons
  • Banished Knight’s Greatsword, Bastard Sword, Claymore, Flamberge, Gargoyle’s Blackblade, Gargoyle’s Greatsword, Knight’s Greatsword, Lordsworm’s Greatsword, Marais Executioner’s Sword, Sword of Milos, Dark Moon Greatsword, Blasphemous Blade, Alabaster Lord’s Sword, and Ordovis’s Greatsword
Halberds
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
  • Golden Halberd
  • Guardian’s Swordspear
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
All Weapons
Hammers
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have powerful but slow attacks that can destroy shields and break guards. Works well against heavily armored enemies.
Skills
All Weapons
Heavy Thrusting Swords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
All Weapons
Katanas
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have significant damage through slash-based and thrust-based attacks. Works well with mid-range combat while inflicting Hemorrhage status effects.
Skills
All Weapons
Light Bows
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have damage from a distance without the need of Magic Spells. Works well in inflicting status ailments using different arrows.
Skills
All Weapons
Reapers
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • ? Description
Skills
All Weapons
Sacred Seals
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have the range to deal melee damage from a distance. Works well while on horseback.
Skills
All Weapons
Spears
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have the range to deal melee damage from a distance. Works well while on horseback.
Skills
All Weapons
Straight Swords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have a balance between slashing and thrusting attacks. Works well when combined with a shield and is one of the easiest weapons to use in the game.
Skills
All Weapons
Thrusting Swords
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have fast attacks at moderate damage. Works well when used at mid-range since it can pierce and slash enemies quickly.
Skills
All Weapons
Torches
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have small damage that can hit multiple targets. Works well when used to damaging enemies while illuminating dark locations.
Skills
All Weapons
Twinblades
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have spinning slash attacks that can deal damage to multiple targets but are difficult to wield for beginners. Works well as dual weapons rather single-handed.
  • Have spinning slash melee damage that can hit multiple targets. Works well when used dual-handed and relies on high Dexterity stat.
Skills
All Weapons
Warhammers
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have heavy damage, especially against heavily armored enemies including their shields. Works well when attacking from short to medium-range but attacks slow and relies on high Strength stat.
Skills
All Weapons
Whips
  • Range: ?
  • Scaling: ?
Description
  • Have little to moderate damage, especially against heavily armored enemies. Works well when attacking from mid to long-range.
Skills
All Weapons

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