The Mountaintops Of The Giants is located to the north-east of the map; the weapons found in this area are characterized by the fact that a lot of them come with unique weapon arts – a lot of them good enough to tempt you to change your build. We have put together the complete list of all weapons in the Mountaintop of the Giants, along with their stats and where to find them.
Cranial Vessel Candlestand
The Cranial Vessel Candlestand is a unique looking weapon in the Great Hammer category with a pretty good range and split physical and fire damage. It has a unique Weapon Art which throws fireballs all around the Tarnished, and is extremely useful against enemy mobs.
Type | Great Hammer |
Weight | 12.5 |
Scaling | Strength D, Dexterity E, Faith D |
Requirements | Strength 26, Dexterity 8, Faith 22 |
Weapon Art | Surge of Faith |
Cranial Vessel Candlestand Location
The Cranial Vessel Candlestand is located behind a fog wall that needs a Stonesword key to unlock in the Giant Conquering Hero’s Grave located in the Mountaintops of the Giants area
Death Ritual Spear
The Death Ritual Spear is a good option for melee focused spellcasters as it scales with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence; and being a spear can be used to keep enemies at a distance. The weapon also has a unique Weapon Art which causes a set of spectral spears to rain on the enemy. This makes it a great Weapon Art especially against huge enemies.
Type | Spear |
Weight | 6.5 |
Scaling | Strength E, Dexterity D, Intelligence D |
Requirements | Strength 14, Dexterity 20, Intelligence 18 |
Weapon Art | Spearcall Ritual |
Death Ritual Spear Location
The Death Ritual Spear drops off the Death Rite Bird boss in the Mountaintops of the Giants area; west of Castle Sol Mountain Gate
Eclipse Shotel
The Eclipse Shotel is a great choice for a curved sword; and a pretty unique weapon in that the Weapon Art does Death Blight buildup on the enemies. It also looks quite the part, and does split physical and holy damage. The weapon is also part of the Legendary Armaments set in the game.
Type | Curved Sword |
Weight | 3.0 |
Scaling | Strength E, Dexterity D, Faith D |
Requirements | Strength 10, Dexterity 25, Faith 30 |
Weapon Art | Death Flare |
Eclipse Shotel Location
The Eclipse Shotel is located at the altar in the Church of the Eclipse; and is accessible from the Site of Grace of the same name in Castle Sol.
Gargoyle’s Black Axe
The Gargoyle’s Black Axe is a Greataxe that scales with Strength, Dexterity and Faith and does split physical and holy damage. Not the best of weapons in the category or against the stat requirements – there are better Strength + Faith based weapons on this list.
Gargoyle’s Black Axe location
The Gargoyle’s Black Axe drops off the Black Blade Kindred as you approach the Grand Lift of Rold from the Forbidden Lands Site of Grace
Giant’s Seal
The Giant’s Seal is a great option for non-Faith builds as it has very low stat requirements, and comes with an extremely useful property of making all Flame based spells more powerful by 20%.
Type | Seal |
Weight | – |
Scaling | Strength E, Dexterity C |
Requirements | Strength 4, Dexterity 14 |
Giant’s Seal Location
The Giant’s Seal is obtained while proceeding through the Giant Conquering Hero’s Grave. You will eventually reach a lift which descends; send the lift back up, pull the level on the alcove to the right and enter into the space available. You will then descend further down; from there move out, take a left and you will see a ladder at the end of the path. Climb that and move ahead to find the Giant’s Seal on the right.
Helphen’s Steeple
The Helphen’s Steeple is a good Greatsword option for melee focused spell-casters, as it scales with Intelligence as well in addition to Strength and Dexterity. It also comes with a unique Weapon Art which buffs the weapon with additional magic damage and frost build up. The weapon, and the Weapon Art both look cool enough to atleast give this weapon a shot.
Type | Greatsword |
Weight | 11.5 |
Scaling | Strength D, Dexterity E, Intelligence D |
Requirements | Strength 19, Dexterity 12, Intelligence 22 |
Weapon Art | Ruinous Ghostflame |
Helphen’s Steeple Location
The Helphen’s Steeple drops off the Tibia Mariner boss ; which can be accessed by descending down the cliffside north west of the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook in the Mountaintops of the Giants area.
Rivers Of Blood
Aah … Rivers Of Blood. A weapon that looked so cool, and one that dished out such levels of damage that early Elden Ring PVP was swarmed with people using just this weapon. In later patches, this got nerfed; but that still does not take away that it is still one of the best options for a dexterity / arcane build; and comes with an absolutely killer Weapon Art
Type | Katana |
Weight | 6.5 |
Scaling | Strength E, Dexterity D, Arcane D |
Requirements | Strength 12, Dexterity 18, Arcane 20 |
Weapon Art | Corpse Piler |
Rivers Of Blood Location
The Rivers Of Blood drops off Bloody Finger Okina, a hostile NPC who spawns and attacks as you approach the Church of Repose in the east part of Mountaintops of the Giants Area
Veteran’s Prosthesis
The Veteran’s Prosthesis has a Weapon Art that is good enough to want to switch over to a Fist based build. The weapon itself also has a unique split between physical and lightning damage; and that comes without a requirement in the Faith stat. The Weapon Art does a storm attack AoE, and a follow up to that does a charged lightning jump attack
Type | Fist |
Weight | 4 |
Scaling | Strength D, Dexterity D |
Requirements | Strength 15, Dexterity 12 |
Weapon Art | Storm Kick |
Veteran’s Prosthesis Location
The Veteran’s Prosthesis drops off Commander Niall boss fight at the very end of Castle Sol in Mountaintops of the Giants area
Zamor Curved Sword
The Zamor Curved Sword is a Curved Greatsword that scales off Strength and Dexterity, and does frost buildup on the enemy. The weapon also comes with an absolutely devastating Weapon Art that conjures up an Ice Storm around the Tarnished, inflicting heavy frostbite damage on the enemy.
Type | Curved Greatsword |
Weight | 15 |
Scaling | Strength D, Dexterity D |
Requirements | Strength 16, Dexterity 18 |
Weapon Art | Zamor Ice Storm |
Zamor Curved Sword Location
The Zamor Curved Sword drops off the Ancient Hero of Zamor boss at the very end of the Giant-Conquering Hero’s Grave