Bolt Of Gransax After Ash

How to become the Bolt of Gransax in Elden Ring

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Elden Ring'southward Bolt of Gransax is one of the ten legendary armaments (opens in new tab) in the game. Crucially, this i can be made inaccessible by proceeding likewise far into the master path, then it's all-time to secure this Elden Ring weapon (opens in new tab) equally before long every bit it'due south available.

Bolt of Gransax Location: Where to find it in Leyndell

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The Bolt of Gransax is located deep in the Leyndell, Royal Upper-case letter legacy dungeon on the Altus Plateau, far to the north of Limgrave. You'll want to go along through the level to the Artery Balcony site of grace in the heart of the city. From in that location, climb upwards the massive dragon statue's fly. From the top, you should see a balcony with a ladder. Drib downward there, climb the ladder, and go on forward. You lot'll quickly come across the West Capital Rampart site of grace.

Close by, you lot can observe some massive roots coming downwards from the mount into the city. Yous tin climb this root only like the dragon statue's fly. Practise so, and ignore the Erdtree Guardians on the path. At the top of the winding root, you'll observe a side entrance into the Erdtree Sanctuary Cathedral, domicile to a dominate fight with a shade of Godfrey, the First Elden Lord.

The safest strategy, equally per many of Elden Ring's difficult encounters, is to summon help and/or stay at range. As for the melee route, Godfrey's shade is a archetype Souls series "big guy with a big weapon:" highly mobile and aggressive, with well-telegraphed attacks which however can lead into long combos and the surprising mix ups you'll have come to expect from Elden Ring's bosses (opens in new tab).

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After defeating Godfrey, go through the cathedral's western go out and accept the elevator down. You lot'll meet a giant replica of the Commodities of Gransax, and that's where you'll want to go. Accept the stairs down from the elevator and keep your eye out for a cleft in the balustrade to your left.

Looking down, you'll encounter the spear embedded in a platform. Jump downwardly, then walk up the replica spear and claim the actual weapon at the top.

Elden Ring Bolt of Gransax: stats and requirements

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The most desirable affair nigh the Bolt of Gransax is its unique Ash of War (opens in new tab), Ancient Lightning Spear. Pressing L2 will send out a fast-moving and highly damaging bolt of lightning reminiscent of one of Elden Ring's incantations, Lightning Spear, only without any Faith investment required. Otherwise, the Bolt of Gransax has the standard spear moveset, with stat requirements as follows:

Dexterity: Yous'll need 40 Dex to equip the spear, a steep price, and it only has D scaling in Dex, increasing to C scaling after upgrading the Bolt of Gransax to +seven.
Forcefulness: The Bolt also requires xx Str, and has D scaling in Strength. For these reasons, it may be useful to approach this as a Quality weapon instead of a Dex one.
Mind: The Bolt of Gransax'south essential lightning attack eats upwardly a lot of FP, so if you program on building effectually it, investing points in Mind is a skilful idea.

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