This guide shows all Elden Ring Weapon Locations. Shield locations are also included here. There are many types of weapons. Some are found in the open world, others are dropped by enemies and bosses, and several are bought at merchants. You can upgrade the weapons at the smith in Roundtable Hold if you have the necessary smithing stones.
If you are missing a site of grace or other area referenced below, refer to Elden Ring All Sites of Grace Locations.
Weapons
- Ornamental Straight Sword – Drop from the tutorial boss “Grafted Scion”. You can still replay this boss later by going to Liurnia of the Lakes: The Four Belfries, open the chest at the top of the hill to get Imbued Key, use the key on the portal at the top tower and it will transport you back to this boss.
- Golden Halberd – Limgrave: The First Step – Drop from Tree Sentinel boss
- Flail – Limgrave – Gatefront Ruins – Obtained from the chest on the back of the large black carriage close to Agheel Lake North site of grace
- Lordsworn’s Greatsword – Limgrave: Gatfront Ruins – Obtained from the chest on the back of the large black carriage close to Gatefront site of grace
- Forked Hatchet – Limgrave: Stormfoot Catacombs – Drop from Stone Imp enemies
- Twinblade – Limgrave: Dragon-Burnt Ruins – Obtained from chest in underground part of ruins
- Cipher Pata – Roundtable Hold – Jump off the balcony to the east, then follow the hallways to the dead-end to find this on a body on a bed
- Falchion – Limgrave: Church of Elleh – Drop from Demi-Humans on the south side of the beach, south-west of here.
- Club – Limgrave: Church of Elleh – Drop from Demi-Humans on the south side of the beach, south-west of here.
- Broadsword – Limgrave: Church of Elleh – Purchasable from the Merchant on the south side of the beach south-west of here, below an arch.
- Dismounter – Limgrave: Church of Elleh – Drop from the Kaiden Mercenary by the Campfire on the north side of the beach, south west of here.
- Greataxe – Limgrave: Waypoint Ruins – in the back of the cart being pulled by two giants
- Erdsteel Dagger – Limgrave: Mistwood Outskirts – North of here, talk to Haight who is on top of a stone structure, he will call out to you. He will ask you to clear out Fort Haight (south-east, past the forest), return to him and he will give you the dagger.
- Torch – Sold by Mechant Kale at the Limgrave: Church of Elleh for 200 Runes
- Shamshir – Limgrave: Highroad Cave – inside the large cave section where lots of bats are, on a body in the middle
- Morning Star – Weeping Penninsula: Bridge of Sacrifice – South of the bridge in the next open area, inside the chest in the wrecked black carriage
- Winged Scythe – Weeping Peninsula: Tombsward Ruins – Chest in underground area in the ruins
- Crepus’s Black-Key Crossbow – Roundtable Hold – Through the first Stonesword Key gate downstairs, in a chest in the dining room
- Warhawk’s Talon – Can be dropped by Warhawk/Stormhawk enemies (flying birds with blades on their feet), found at Limgrave – after Stormveil Main Gate
- Hookclaws – Stormveil Castle: Stormveil Cliffside – Continue up the path until you enter the castle. This is on the lowest floor of the first interior in the back corner on a body.
- Brick Hammer – Stormveil Castle: Stormveil Cliffside – Continue through the area until you unlock the door and climb the ladder. Go to the right and jump to the platform to get back outside, then this is in the tower on the ledge that drops you back into the interior.
- Highland Axe – Stormveil Castle: Rampart Tower – Continue out along the ramparts until you reach the room with the spider enemy in it. This weapon is on the body below the painting at the front of the room.
- Misericorde – Stormveil Castle: Rampart Tower – From the room with the spider enemy, go out the side door farther away from the painting, then through the Stonesword Key locked door to find this on a body.
- Pike – Stormveil Castle: Rampart Tower – From the room with the spider enemy, go out the door closer to the painting to reach the courtyard. The pike will be on one of the bodies in the middle (this might actually be a drop from an Exile, there’s a bunch of stuff in this area)
- Rogier’s Rapier +8 – Roundtable Hold – Speak to Rogier after defeating Rodrick, he will then spawn at Roundtable Hall
- Bloodhound’s Fang – Forlorn Hound’s Evergaol – Reward for defeating Bloodhound Knight Darriwal.
- Hand Axe – Can be purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 600 Runes
- Godslayer’s Seal – From Rampart Towers Site of Grace head down the shortcut and make your way forward to the courtyard with all the enemies sitting outside. Hug the left wall as you enter the courtyard and there will be a set of stairs leading back down into the castle. The room you enter into has 4 rats. After taking care of them there is a fog wall you can lift with a Stonesword Key. Head into the following room and this is in a chest on the left.
- Horn Bow – Limgrave: Siofra River Well Depths – Left of the staircase that indicates all the braziers you need to light you can drop down underneath, behind a few pillars
- Caestus – Can be purchased from Gatekeeper Gostoc after opening the Main Gate in Stormveil Castle for 800 Runes
- Reduvia – Obtained after defeating Bloody Finger Nerijus outside of Murkwater Cave (in Limgrave, the long river north of Dragon-Burnt Ruins)
- Icerind Hatchet – Liurnia of the Lakes: Temple Quarter – South end of the sunken town, this is in a chest in a tower basically at ground level.
- Nightright Glaive – Liurnia of the Lakes: Converted Fringe Tower – Defeat the Giant outside the tower to receive this.
- Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword – Liurnia of the Lakes: Magma Wyrm – Magma Wyrm Makar boss drop
- Golden Order Seal – Leyndell, Royal Capital: Minor Erdtree Church – At the foot of the tree, on a body.
- Dragon Communion Seal – Limgrave: Fringefolk Hero’s Grave – Dropped from a sword and shield wielding spectral enemy, at the top of a pathway in the area with the moving statue trap.
- Golden Epitaph – Lyndell, Royal Capital: Auriza Hero’s Grave – Behind the Stonesword Key door in the same room as the site of grace
- Dragon Greatclaw – Lyndell, Royal Capital: Auriza Hero’s Grave (above) – Boss drop from Draconic Tree Sentinel
- Cane Sword – Lyndell, Royal Capital: West Capital Rampart – Go south out of the room with the site of grace and down the flight of stairs to the floor underneath, on a body around the corner.
- Pulley Bow – Mt. Gelmir: First Mt. Gelmir Campsite – Continue west and climb the war tower to the very top, where this is on a body on the edge.
- Erdtree Greatbow – Limgrave: Fringefolk Hero’s Grave – Obtained automatically for destroying the moving statue trap using the hanging spheres.
- Halberd – Limgrave: Saintsbridge – Purchasable from the merchant on the right after going across the bridge, by a campfire and playing an instrument.
- Estoc – Liurnia of the Lakes. Liurnia Lake Shore: Bought from Nomadic Merchant at this site of grace.
- Astrologer’s Staff – Liurnia of the Lakes. Liurnia Lake Shore: Bought from Nomadic Merchant at this site of grace.
- Cross-Naginata – Caelid: Gael Tunnel – found inside Gael Tunnel, in a section with a large Land Octopus, from a corpse holding this item
- Crystal Knife – Liurnia of the Lakes: Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel – Found in a chest at the bottom of the tunnel, where the arrow enemies are.
- Academy Glintstone Staff (Mage’s Staff) – Liurnia of the Lakes: Schoolhouse Classroom – Can be dropped by the mages throughout this area, keep farming them until one of them drops the weapon.
- Urumi – Liurnia of the Lakes: Manor Lower Level – after the Manor Lower Level site of grace, go across the manor walls, and before entering the next building drop down to the walls below on the right. There you find this on a corpse (a type of whip weapon).
- Serpent-God’s Curved Sword – Liurnia of the Lakes: Ruin-Strewn Precipe – After this site of grace, continue on the path until you reach 2 bird enemies before an elevator. Instead of going to the elevator, head the opposite side and up the ladder, then across a wooden board and you’ll come to a balcony with some tentacle enemies and this weapon on a corpse.
- Marais Executioner’s Sword – Altus Plateau, The Shaded Castle: Shaded Castle Inner Gate – dropped by the boss “Elemer of the Briar” at the end of The Shaded Castle.
- Knight’s Greatsword – Leyndell, Royal Capital – Dropped by knights (human enemies with shields) in Royal Capital
- Gargoyle’s Halberd – Leyndell, Royal Capital – Dropped by Gargoyles, the large standing bird enemies
- Gargoyle’s Greatsword, Gargoyle’s Twinblade – Nokron, Eternal City: Great Waterfall Basin – dropped by the boss “Valiant Gargoyle“
- Rivers of Blood – Mountaintops of the Giants: Church of Repose – Dropped by the NPC invader “Bloody Finger Okina” in front of the Church of Repose.
- Vyke’s War Spear – Liurnia of the Lakes: Church of Inhibition – Dropped by Festering Fingerprint Vyke (Invader) at Church of Inhibition.
- Meteorite Staff – Caelid: Street of Sages Ruins – Found in a stone tower building south-west of the Street of Sages Ruins in the big red lake in the south of of Caelid.
- Loretta’s War Sickle – Miquella’s Haligtree: Haligtree Promenade – dropped by the boss “Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree”, see How to reach Haligtree.
- Serpentbone Blade – Mt. Gelmir: Volcano Manor – Reward from doing the questline for the lady on the chair in Volcano Manor, after defeating the 2nd enemy for her. Talk to her to get a key, then enter the last door on the left of the hallway to grab the letter, talk to her again, read the letter from inventory, then a red marker will be placed on the map in the north of Limgrave, go there to kill an enemy, return to Volcano Manor and talk to her. Then pick up another letter from the last room on left, talk to her again and read a letter, then a 2nd enemy gets marked in Altus plateau, kill him and return to the lady to get this weapon as a reward.
Shields
- Golden Beast Crest Shield – Drop from the tutorial boss “Grafted Scion”. You can still replay this boss later by going to Liurnia of the Lakes: The Four Belfries, open the chest at the top of the hill to get Imbued Key, use the key on the portal at the top tower and it will transport you back to this boss.
- Brass Shield – Limgrave: Gatefront Ruins (or other areas around Limgrave) – Dropped by shield wielding soldiers.
- Bear Crest Heater Shield – Limgrave: Warmater’s Shack – Follow path east to the enemy camp, in a chest beside the large stone structure.
- Large Leather Shield – Sold by Merchant Kale at the Limgrave – Church of Elleh for 600 Runes
- Great Turtle Shell – Weeping Penninsula: Castle Morne Rampart – Jump in the Spiritspring nearby and use it to jump on top of the tower.
- Gilded Iron Shield – Weeping Penninsula: Church of Pilgrimage – Just outside the church, in the graveyard on the west side on a body
- Marred Leather Shield – Stormveil Castle: Stormveil Cliffside – Just up the walkway from the site of grace on a body
- Hawk Crest Wooden Shield – Stormveil Castle: Rampart Tower – From the room with the spider enemy, go out the side door farther away from the painting, then through the Stonesword Key locked door to find this on a body.
- Wooden Greatshield- Stormveil Castle: Rampart Tower – From the room with the spider enemy, go out the door closer to the painting to reach the courtyard. This will be in the wooden platform on the west side of the courtyard
- Riveted Wooden Shield – Can be purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 600 Runes
- Blue-Gold Kite Shield – Can be purchased from the Traveling Merchant for 1,000 Runes.
- Jellyfish Shield – Liurna of the Lakes: Foot of the Four Belfries – Directly north on a body by the four spirit Jellyfish
- Inverted Hawk Heater Shield – Limgrave: Siofra River Well Depths – After going up the elevator in to a new open area, past the site of grace, go forward then up right past 3 blue enemies, on a corpse further up here.
- Buckler – Can be purchased from Gatekeeper Gostoc after opening the Main Gate in Stormveil Castle for 1,500 Runes
- Blue-White Wooden Shield – Liurnia of the Lakes: South Raya Lucariara Gate – Go back south towards the area with the soldiers, then to the west edge of the platform behind the buildings to find this on a body.
- Carian Knight’s Shield – Academy of Raya Lucaria: Debate Parlor – Continue out into the courtyard, then up the stairs into the next area. Defeat Moongru, Carian Knight to obtain this shield.
- Dragonclaw Shield – Lyndell: Royal Capital – Auriza Hero’s Grave (above) – Boss drop from Draconic Tree Sentinel
- Kite Shield – Liurnia of the Lakes: Liurnia Lake Shore – Bought from Nomadic Merchant at this site of grace.
- Ice Crest Shield – Liurnia of the Lakes: Caria Manor – On the ground level of the manor in the central-east section, on a corpse behind a rock.
- Briar Greatshield – Altus Plateau, The Shaded Castle: Shaded Castle Inner Gate – dropped by the boss “Elemer of the Briar” at the end of The Shaded Castle.
The remaining items are still being added.
For all other item types check out the full Elden Ring Wiki & Strategy Guide.
Michelle Michelle says
Note on “River’s of Blood” : You cannot claim it after defeating Fire Giant. The NPC doesn’t spawn after that point.
StaleBeat says
Any swords dropped by a npc invader won’t show up if you defeat that area’s boss (like the firegiant)
StaleBeat says
Tested this out in 3 playthroughs already.