Halberd - Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Database

A long-handled polearm that combines the functions of both axe and spear.

Can be used to press a single enemy with continuous thrusting attacks, or swept at groups, taking advantage of its great reach and cleaving blade. A versatile weapon for any situation.

The Halberd scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for a starting melee weapon choice.

• Weapon Skill: Charge Forth
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

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A finely-crafted halberd intricately engraved with an ancient motif.
Given to knights who, whether by misfortune or misdeed, were forced to abandon their homes.

Most of these knights were sent to the fringes, where they were forced to start anew with only despair for company.

The Banished Knight’s Halberd scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity, and is a good Weapon choice for melee characters that like to quickly engage enemies from a safe distance.

• Location: Stormveil Castle
• Chance for it to be looted off the Banished Knight enemies that you’ve killed.
• Farming guide available on the Banished Knight Page.
• Edgar the Revenger drops a Banished Knight’s Halberd upgraded to +8 upon his defeat at the Revenger’s Shack.

• Weapon Skill: Charge Forth
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables
• Banished Knight’s Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

Yes

Yes

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This polearm features a hard, sharpened beak-like spike attached to its head, designed to pierce armor.

Though designed mainly as a thrusting weapon, its long handle can be utilized to get around an enemy’s guard with a sideward sweeping attack.

A Halberd that has higher Dexterity (C) than Strength (D) scaling, the Lucerne is a halberd perfect for breaking an enemy’s guard to deal piercing damage.

• On the east side of Liurnia of the Lakes is the Liurnia Highway North, where you can find a few items. The Lucerne is found on the floor in front of a broken wagon with scattered sacks spilling out of it just to the right of the road.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables
• Lucerne can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Pierce

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Weapon comprised of a sharp blade affixed to a long grip. It is in fact a sickle repurposed to be a tool of war.

This far-reaching weapon excels at slashing attacks.

The Glaive scales with Strength and Dexterity.

Dropped by Graveyard Skeletons wielding it. One can be found on the road leading up from Sellia Backstreets Site of Grace.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Glaive can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones.

Slash/Pierce

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Yes

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A hooked blade attached to a long handle. Wielded by the vulgar militia, its attacks can slip through an enemy’s guard.

The vulgar militia are the undecorated stewards of rancid, scorched battlefields that none dare approach, and forbidden domains better forgotten by the rest of the world.

The Vulgar Militia Shotel scales primarily with Dexterity and is a good Weapon for bypassing enemy shields.

• Rare drop form Vulgar Militant

Standard/Pierce

Yes

Yes

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A weapon comprised of a saw blade attached to a long grip. Brandished by the vulgar militia, its serrated edge is very effective at inflicting blood loss. The saw is said to also be used to cut up bodies to feed the militia, but there are no firsthand witnesses to confirm the dire rumor.

Vulgar Militia Saw is a Halberd that scales with Strength and Dexterity and also features a passoive that causes blood loss build up (55).

• Dropped by enemies wielding this weapon near the Bestial Sanctum in Greyoll’s Dragonbarrow.

• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash.
• Vulgar Militia Saw can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones.

Standard/Pierce

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Weapon comprising a long handle and broad blade sharpened from the hard wood of old trees.

Wielded by guardians of the Minor Erdtrees, known as experts in the arts of combat. The power of this weapon scales greatly with dexterity.

The Guardian’s Swordspear scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for those with high Dexterity stat, since it greatly scales with it it is combined with the spinning slash which is also beneficial during combat.

• Dropped by Erdtree Guardians.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Guardian’s Swordspear can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

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Bronze halberd wielded by Valiant Gargoyles.

Just like the wielder, the missing parts have been mended with corpse wax; a patchwork of champions.

The Gargoyle’s Halberd scales primarily with Strength and to a lesser extent Dexterity.

• Dropped by the Valiant Gargoyle enemy near the West Capital Rampart site of Leyndell Royal Capital.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War
• Gargoyle’s Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

Yes

Yes

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Bronze halberd wielded by Valiant Gargoyles, mended with blackened corpse wax.
Deals holy damage.

Such is the mark of those who serve Maliketh, the Black Blade.

The Gargoyle’s Black Halberd scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity and Faith.

• Dropped by Black Blade Kindred

• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash
• This weapon cannot be enchanted with an Ash of War
• Gargoyle’s Black Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

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No

No

A jet-black glaive with a blade as weighty as a bludgeon. Weapon of the Night’s Cavalry who ride funeral steeds.

This glaive excels at weighty slash attacks that crash into foes, making it a powerful weapon even on horseback.

The Nightrider Glaive scales primarily with Strength and is a good Weapon for horseback combat based on its size and length. This allows the weapon to keep its power. When on ground, the Spinning Slash can be implemented to make a damaging spin action and deal a follow up attack.

• As its name would suggest, the Nightrider Glaive is carried, and dropped by, the member of the Night’s Cavalry that patrols Bellum Highway, the path that runs through the central part of Liurnia of the Lakes, near to Bellum Church.
• Dropped by Troll knight east of Frenzied Flame Village Outskirts.

• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Nightrider Glaive can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Yes

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Glaive made from a hard, sharpened shell. Wielded by the pests who emerged from the Swamp of Aeonia.
Slightly increases non-physical damage negation.

Though men might recognize the keen intellect of the pests evidenced by this spear’s uncanny design, it will never be understood by them.

The Pest’s Glaive scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and it is a good Weapon for those users with high Dexterity builds who can use the Pest’s Glaive to slash Enemies while spinning.

• Drops from Lesser Kindred of Rot (Pests)

• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash
• This weapon can be infused with Ash of War.
• Pest’s Glaive can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Yes

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Weapon wielded by young Albinaurics.

The blade is said to resemble a partial image of a ripple, and its attack power scales with one’s arcane attribute.

The Ripple Crescent Halberd scales solely with Arcane and is a good Weapon for any Arcane build with its descent range and flexible moveset, and great for Arcane casters in need of a buffable weapon.

• Has a low chance to drop from Albinaurics that wields it, found in Academy Gate Town.

• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War, but CAN be buffed with Magic and Consumables.
• Ripple Crescent Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

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Weighty halberd forged of gold. Wielded by the Order of Tree Sentinels, heavily equipped knights.
Deals holy damage.

A masterfully crafted weapon that lives up to its heft, but is difficult for one of mere human strength to wield.

The Golden Halberd scales primarily with Strength, Faith and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for dealing Holy Damage in addition to Physical Damage during combat. It is complemented with the Golden Vow Skill that increases the attack power and defense stats of the users as well as allies within range.

• Drops from the Tree Sentinel in Limgrave.

• Weapon Skill: Golden Vow
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables
• Golden Halberd can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

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No

No

Halberd shaped like a dragon, enwreathed with both ice and lightning.

Alas, the Dragonkin Soldiers never attained immortality, and perished as decrepit, pale imitations of their skyborn kin.

The Dragon Halberd scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and it is a good Weapon for those users with high Dexterity builds who can use the Dragon Halberd to slash Enemies while spinning.

• Dropped by the Dragonkin Soldier boss in Siofra River.

• Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash
• This weapon can be infused with Ash of War.
• Dragon Halberd can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

No

No

No

Intricately crafted silver war sickle wielded by Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree.

Originally given for service as a personal guard to Carian royalty, the weapon’s blue glintstone has been replaced with unalloyed gold.

The Loretta’s War Sickle scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence, it is a good Weapon for those users with high Intelligence builds who can use the Loretta’s Slash skill.

• Dropped by Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree upon defeat.

• Weapon Skill: Loretta’s Slash
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Loretta’s War Sickle can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

Slash/Pierce

No

No

No

A beaten red battle standard is furled around this time-worn halberd.

Even after his lord was fled, Commander O’Neil continued to brandish this flag in the devastation of the rot-eaten field of battle, the sole veteran who remembers this battle with pride.

The Commander’s Standard scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity.

• Dropped by Commander O’Neil upon his defeat. He can be found in eastern Caelid, in a clearing within Aeonia Swamp.

• Weapon Skill: Rallying Standard
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Commander’s Standard can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

Standard/Pierce

No

No

No

Sharp blade sculpted into a twisted shape. A glaive that has seen many years of use in the gravesite. Said to serve as a medium for communion with spirits.

Slash/Pierce

Yes

Weapon of Romina, Saint of the Bud. A scarlet glaive with a dangling bud-like blade. Attacks cause buildup of rot. Once, in the crumbling, burning church, Romina held the bud in speechless silence. That bud would become her blade.

Slash/Pierce

Yes