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Elden Ring: Ashes Of War

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Elden Ring: Ashes Of War

Ashes of War in Elden Ring are special items found throughout the sport which enable the player to change the Weapon Skills and Affinities of your equipment. Players can use Ashes of War on their weapons and their shields which help them to change their affinities and obtain new skills. they’ll even be used to unlock new abilities and powers together with stats changes and perks to scaling.

Purpose of Ashes of War

Ashes of war are very useful for players throughout the game. They allow the players to adapt each type of equipment to their respective Build and playstyle. Broadly categorizing they perform the following functions:

  • increase certain stats and scaling.
  • Decrease other stats and scaling.
  • Replacing a skill with another one.

How to use Ashes of War

Ashes of war are very simple to use in Elden Ring. To use them go to any site of grace in the game and rest next to it. After that select Ashes of war menu which will allow you to use your ashes of war to modify your equipment. However, The item will be available after you get the Whetstone knife. Whetstone knife will be found in an underground tunnel in Gatefront Ruins on the West Limgrave map. You can go to options to select and remove the Ashes of War from a compatible weapon. You can also use it on a weapon that was previously without the Ashes of War.

How to use Ashes of War

How to get Ashes of War

Players can get ashes of war in multiple ways throughout the gameplay helping them in tougher battles. A play can obtain them in the following way:

  • By killing enemies and bosses
  • Looting from the corpses lying around
  • Purchasing them from NPCs.

Types of Ashes of War

There are a lot of types of Ashes of War found in Elden Ring. Each of them has a different role in modifying and upgrading the equipment throughout the game. The following kinds of Ashes of War are found in the game:

Standard Ashes of War

  • Don’t change the official damage of weapons
  • Can be used to alter skills.
  • Available for shields and weapons

Subtypes

  • Mighty Shot
  • Parry
  • No Skill
  • Storm Wall
  • Barrage

Keen Ashes of War

  • Decreases strength and base damage
  • Increases Dexterity scaling.
  • Can be used for Swords, Katanas, Greatswords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears, Great

Subtypes

  • Repeating Thrust
  • Unsheathe
  • Quickstep
  • Impaling Thrust
  • Spinning Slash
  • Sword Dance
  • Beast’s Roar

Quality Ashes of War

  • Decreases base damage
  • However, provides a balance between strength and dexterity scaling.
  • Can be used for Swords, Katanas, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears, Great Spears, Hammers, Axes.

Subtypes

  • Storm Blade
  • Storm Stomp
  • Determination
  • Charge Forth
  • Square Off
  • Giant Hunt

Lightning Ashes of War

  • Decreases strength and base damage.
  • Increases Dexterity Scaling.
  • Adds lightning damage
  • Can be used for Swords, Katanas, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears, Great Spears, Hammers, Axes.

Subtypes

  • Lightning Slash
  • Lightning Ram

Magic Ashes of War

  • Decreases Strength and Base Damage.
  • Provides Magic Damage and Intelligence Scaling.
  • Can be used with Swords, Katanas, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears, Great Spears, Hammers, Axes.

Subtypes

  • Gravitas
  • Glintstone Pebble
  • Carian Greatsword
  • Spinning Weapon
  • Carian Grandeur
  • Loretta’s Slash
  • Thops’s Barrier
  • Glintblade Phalanx

Sacred Ashes of War

  • Decreases physical damage and damage negation.
  • Provides with Damage and Faith scaling.
  • Can be used with Shields and Small Shields.

Subtypes

  • Golden Vow
  • Sacred Blade
  • Sacred Order
  • Prayerful Strike
  • Vow of the Indomitable

Heavy Ashes of War

  • Decreases all scaling types except for Strength scaling.
  • Can be used with Swords, Axes, and Hammers.

Subtypes

  • Stamp (Sweep)
  • Stamp (Upward Cut)
  • Kick
  • Endure
  • War Cry
  • Wild Strikes
  • Ground Slam
  • Lion’s Claw

Fire Ashes of War

  • Decreases default scaling.
  • Provides Fire Damage.

Subtypes

  • Flaming Strike

Occult Ashes of War

  • Decreases all scaling types except for Arcane Scaling.

Subtypes

  • Spectral Lance
  • Lifesteal Fist

Blood Ashes of War

  • Decreases all scaling types except for Arcane Scaling.
  • Provides with Bleed buildup attacks.

Subtypes

  • Hoarfrost Stomp
  • Chilling Mist

Cold Ashes of War

  • Decreases all scaling types except for Intelligence Scaling.
  • Provides with Frostbite buildup.

Subtypes

  • Hoarfrost Stomp.
  • Chilling Mist.

Poison Ashes of War

  • Increases Strength, Dexterity, and Arcane scaling.
  • Provides with Poison buildup.

Subtypes

  • Poison Moth Flight.

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