Bolt of Gransax

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attack power elden ring wiki guide 18Attack
Phy 98
Mag 0
Fire 0
Ligt 63
Holy 0
Crit 100
guarded damage negation elden ring wiki guide 18Guard
Phy 60
Mag 31
Fire 31
Ligt 47
Holy 31
Boost 40
attribute scaling elden ring wiki guide 18Scaling
Str D
Dex D
attributes required elden ring wiki guide 18Requires
Str 20
Dex 40
Spear Pierce
Ancient Lightning Spear FP 25
Wgt. 8.5 passive effects elden ring wiki guide 18Passive -

Bolt of Gransax is a Spear in Elden Ring. The Bolt of Gransax scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a potent Lightning-imbued Weapon to hunt down dragon-like enemies or engage dangerous foes from afar. 

 

Spear whittled from the weapon wielded by Gransax.
One of the legendary armaments.

A great ancient dragon, Gransax once rained calamity upon the Royal Capital - the only time in historical record that Leyndell's walls have fallen. This marked the dawn of the war against dragons.

 

Where to Find Bolt of Gransax in Elden Ring

The Bolt of Gransax weapon can be found at the following location:

  • Can be found in Leyndell, Royal Capital, after beating Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade): From the Erdtree Sanctuary grace, walk out the western door, take the elevator down, go down the staircase to the walkway, jump down onto the giant spear lodged into the building, and then walk up it  (you should see the Bolt shining near the handle of the giant spear). [Elden Ring Map Link]
    • Additionally, the spear can be obtained upon first entry of Leyndell, Royal Capital, without having killed the Godfrey shade: From the East Capital Rampart Gate grace, go out the western door, follow the path south to the lift, ride it down, climb up the ladder inside the room ahead, go southwest onto the patio with two Perfumers, jump over the southwest railing onto the walkway below, go west along the pathway until you reach the railing around the giant spear on your left, make a running jump from the broken railing to the roof of the gazebo, make a running jump southwest onto the far right side of the ledge below the spear (this is hard, you need to jump from the right side of the roof and about halfway down—instead of the edge—to have enough height; you can head northwest to the stairs to try again if you miss), jump up the giant spear (carefully, there are several opportunities to fall), collect weapon. 
  • Cannot be acquired in Leyndell, Ashen Capital. You must get it before defeating Maliketh, the Black Blade at Crumbling Farum Azula.

spear location

Elden Ring Bolt of Gransax Notes & Tips

 

Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Bolt of Gransax

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lightning Dragoon Written Guide

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spears Breakdown

 

 

Bolt of Gransax Upgrades in Elden Ring

Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.

Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones

This upgrade can be enchanted with Magic or boosted with Consumables.

  Attack Power Stat Scaling Passive Effects Damage Reduction (%)
Bolt of Gransax Phy Mag Fir Lit Hol Sta Str Dex Int Fai Arc Any Phy Mag Fir Lit Hol Bst Rst
Standard 98 - - 63 - 44 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 40 20
Standard +1 112 - - 72 - 48 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 40.4 20
Standard +2 126 - - 81 - 52 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 40.8 20
Standard +3 140 - - 90 - 57 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 41.2 20
Standard +4 154 - - 99 - 61 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 41.6 20
Standard +5 169 - - 108 - 66 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 42 20
Standard +6 183 - - 117 - 70 D D - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 42.4 20
Standard +7 197 - - 126 - 74 D C - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 42.8 20
Standard +8 211 - - 136 - 79 D C - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 43.2 20
Standard +9 225 - - 145 - 83 D C - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 43.6 20
Standard +10 240 - - 154 - 88 D C - - - - 60 31 31 47 31 44 20

 

Elden Ring Spear
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    • Anonymous

      would've been awesome if you could get this before godfrey shade - he's weak to both lightning and pierce damage

      • Anonymous

        If you want a dex based character, this will be your strongest ranged attack, so even if you don't really want it as your main weapon, it's still very handy to have equipped.

        • Anonymous

          I was not able to get this, I missed out on it..... if someone would be willing to drop it for me? I have exgfas of someone items, or would be willing to farm or get an item for someone. Please let me know. My psn name is : DexySoulS Please message me on there, and let me know what I can do for you im exchange!!!

          • Anonymous

            getting all the legendary weapons for the achievement, this is the last on I need and I've already killed maliketh so I can't get it.




            ****.

            • Anonymous

              This doesn't scale with Faith for lore reasons. From the Ancient Dragonbolt Pot item description: "Allows one to wield ancient drake lightning regardless of faith. The residual power of relics is a purely natural phenomenon."

              I also need to get this off my chest and I guess this as good a place as any. FromSoft doesn't put gameplay first when considering balance. I know you're not allowed to say you enjoy the writing online, but to the devs these games are role-playing games and thus narrative-driven experiences. Rememeber when they added miniscule Faith scaling to the Great Club? Pretty ridiculous decision on their part. That is until you consider what I just said. It's a branch of the Erdtree that is "imbued with holy power," thus Faith should strengthen it. This was so important to them that they went out of their way to adjust it.

              So in the future whenever you find a certain weapon or spell useless, or its scaling weird, remember that the devs have different priorities than what you might expect.

              • Anonymous

                Had no idea that activating Ancient Lightning Spear skill right next to the glowing statues actually cracks them open (!!!) - The ones usually containing smithing stones which require you to lure a bigger enemy to them who would then crack them in half.

                • Anonymous

                  Some people seem to not understand what is the difference between STR and DEX. DEX is not agility, a DEX scaling just means that the weapon is more refined and needs actual dexterity to be used, whereas a STR weapon needs just raw brutal force. A quality weapon, like a greatsword, usually needs both and it fits perfectly.

                  • Anonymous

                    Elon Musk used this weapon’s hit box to bore the one tunnel he did, then like all bolt of gransax users, gloated after and quit

                    • Anonymous

                      So the Skill for this thing it's bugged as of patch 1.09, because it will always consume 24FP on use (charged or not) but you can actually cast it with only 12FP or more

                      • Anonymous

                        There are 2 types of BoG users: A brainless skill spammer and a man of culture who use it to kill casters or another spammers and put it back when the job is done.

                        • Anonymous

                          Since dragons and ancient dragons are resistant to lightning, this could imply that Gransax killed his own kind. It makes sense, since Godwyn allied with some of them. Maybe he was even killing and cannibalizing his kind before the war, which could explain how he already had the bolt.

                          • Anonymous

                            I swear this thing has some hidden 'aggro' mechanics. Fighting birds with my summons in Caelid? They didn't care I was spamming the AoW, only focused my summon. Summoned to Godfrey as a finger? I could not peel him with the AoW no matter how close I stood. I'm starting to wonder if the AoW itself doesn't register as the same 'source' as other things my character does -- i.e. mobs were treating it like environmental damage or something?

                            • Anonymous

                              I don't understand why it's a dex weapon, From doesn't understand why it's a dex weapon. Hell even god doesn't understand why it's a dex weapon

                              • Anonymous

                                Possibly my favorite weapon in the game and the reason I went from Faith to Dex/Faith

                                The AoW benefits from Lightning Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, and Godfrey Icon because it's chargeable.

                                I have no input on PvP because I'm not interested in it, but if your power fantasy in this game is hurling lightning this, along with Keen affinity Thunderbolt, was way more fun IMO than pure Faith because you also have solid melee options as well.

                                • Anonymous

                                  Why it doesn't have faith scaling?! I wanted to make a cool flashy lightning warrior build, but due to it being mainly DEX my lightning dmg feels lacking compared to previous build.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    With a summon and the right talismans once upgraded enough, this thing turns astel into an absolute joke. Lmao

                                    • The sit at the end of colosseum and spam your -80% hp ash. It's even more silly because it's on spears. Let's just say nobody is using this un-powerstanced. Unfortunately, even if you're spatially aware enough to not die to this, your teammates won't be.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        People with faith builds whining because only 99% of the flashy weapons in the game require faith and this one doesn't

                                        • Anonymous

                                          The ash of war on this is bit too costly for what you get from it, A +25 Keen Great Knife with Thunderbolt can outperform this on a FP/damage ratio and is much faster to perform and vastly cheaper stamina wise. For a Legendary Armament to be outperformed by a generic dagger in it's unique aspect is a bit of a let down. If this costed 20FP it would at least be competitive enough to be interchangeable but currently if your target doesn't suffer knockdown from the charged shots then just use a great knife and and find a high DPS offhand weapon to use with the now free 7 units of weight.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            everyone saying this thing is a dex weapon, when technically it has higher ar on a quality build, still definitely usable as a dex weapon but technically it is a quality weapon

                                            • Anonymous

                                              The "I dont really wana chase a flying lizard for 6 min straight and die from a random breath of bs AoEs on my horse" spear.
                                              Go go gadget dex sniper.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                Highly recommended for average and below average players.
                                                Probably the most OP weapon in PvE. Has a lot of potential in PvP as well. Late game, nothing can stand in your way.
                                                I used it on the very first playthrough i ever did.
                                                Chose it for the drip, kept it for the weapon art/skill.

                                                That lightning bolt ability is what makes this spear the best weapon in my opinion. Very few enemies can dodge the bolt and it hits like a truck (can knockdown enemies off their feet).
                                                You can keep your distance with the enemies and snipe them from range. Very helpful if you are not good at dodge roll timing. Most of the toughest mobs go down in 2 shots, once you are lvl 120+.

                                                For talismans i used Radagon soreseal, carian filigreed crest, shard of Alexander. For the 4th use ancestral spirit horn (at lower levels) or Godfrey icon / lightning scorpion charm (late game when you have enough Flasks for FP)

                                                Stats focus:
                                                Primary - dex, vigor and mind.
                                                Secondary - endurance and strength.

                                                I used brass shield in off hand (with Ash of war : no skill) for guard counters when dealing with weak mobs if I don't want to waste FP on ability. Spear + shield = pokey pokey goodness.

                                                P.S. For Majority of the players, Malenia is the toughest boss fight, but with this weapon, she is an absolute joke. She cannot dodge the bolt ability. Beat her on my very first try. Was like lvl 150 ish when I did.

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Simply hilarious to watch people get absolutely vaporized by this thing Colosseums, including myself. It’s just the perfect weapon for such chaos among 6 or more people

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    Hate that this needs 20 str. I'm running a pure dex/faith build (only invested a single point in str for the sole purpose of equipping Morgott's sword) and I'll need to use a physick just to be able to use this (or waste a talisman slot and 2-hand it). It requiring 20 str makes no sense

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      Let's be honest, everyone uses this thing because of its AoW. If From added an upgraded version of lightning spear as it should no one would wield it.

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        Not a fan of spears but got-daym is that weapon art amazing! It's so good that I've been using this mainly as a sacred seal solely to cast Ancient Lightning Spear while using an actual seal in my off hand to cast Fortisaxx spear if any of the creeps get too close. As some other Anon said of Ancient Spear, "it's basically the delete button" lol.

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          Put in enough levels, scorpion charm + godfrey icon, and there will be nothing left on your journey that cannot be solved with lightning bolt to the face.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            This is very nice on a faith/dex build when you're on your lightning spec.. I don't like pokey weps much so it's rdy to swap with a D pad input.. doesn't need faith scaling IMO because the DMG would be epicly busted. It still way our performs lightning spear for sniping (tested prior with capped faith) and that's good for me. Dex/faith and str/int (both oddball specs previously) got some love this game. I recommend giving them some play, very fun

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Biggest con to this weapon imo is that if you attack after your roll it swings upwards with a very small aoe

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                The real big brains will use its weapon art randomly in the middle of other attacks to throw people off. Works 90% of 50% of the time!

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  i'd say its op but its telegraphed as hell and moonveil can still pump out more damage in a fraction of the time

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    Made a build an invasion build for this and changed my name to 50. CAL aimed at U this is probably the most fun I have had in invasions in a long time

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Ahem.
                                                                      Shard of Alexander
                                                                      Godfrey icon
                                                                      Lightning scorpion charm
                                                                      Probably Carian filigreed or something
                                                                      Congrats, you have become Zeus

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Wow, every PVP build is now using this with concealing veil. Duelling has now become two invisible cowards throwing lightning bolts from 50 metres away.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          This, recruits, is a 20-kilo ferrous slug. Feel the weight! Every five seconds, the dirty hand of a tryhard-class ganker accelerates one to 1.3 percent of light speed. It impacts with the force of a 38-kiloton bomb. That is three times the yield of the city buster dropped on Hiroshima back on Earth. That means Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-***** in the lands between. Now! Serviceman Bleed build! What is Newton's First Law?

                                                                          Sir! An object in motion stays in motion, sir!

                                                                          No credit for partial answers, gonker!

                                                                          Sir! Unless acted upon by an outside force, sir!

                                                                          Damn straight! I dare to assume you ignorant jackasses know that the lands between is empty. Once you fire this hunk of metal, it keeps going till it hits something. That can be a host, or the phantom behind that host. It might go off into Farum Azula and hit somebody else in ten thousand years. If you pull the trigger on this, you are ruining someone's day, somewhere and sometime. That is why you check your damn targets! That is why you wait for your ganking boyfriend to give you a damn firing solution! That is why, Serviceman Chug, we do not "eyeball it!" This is a weapon of mass destruction! You are not a cowboy shooting from the hip!

                                                                          the funi slug (without the 2 talismans to make it stronger) does around 1200-1600 depending on the target build and conditions, it is the perfect "vigor check"

                                                                          if you rock the 2 talismans you can get it up above 2k

                                                                          it's as shrimple as that

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            oh, terrific...I beat the game already, and never got this....yay, another long, annoying perilous adventure JUST to get this weapon...grand.

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              my head is telling me its cheap bullshit, but my body.... my body is telling me its the funniest **** ever

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                thats a nice 60 vigor you have there... would be a shame if i completely ignored it with my alexander shard 80 dex build

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  High Level Strength:You can bonk harder Vs High Level Dex:Pull bolts of ancient dragon lightning out of your ass with the range of a 50.cal sniper, makes sense?

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    Watching carefully, the WA isn't throwing a bolt of lightning out of the spear, it's imbuing the spear WITH lightning and hurling it. You'll notice the animation has you throw it, come back down, and then it returns to your hands in a cloud of red lightning. It's interesting that Placidusax manifests a massive lightning spear in the likeness of this, especially given that the WA is called "ancient lightning spear". Perhaps this is a more powerful form of lightning spear, unique to or only remembered by placidusax, and the bolt of gransax was made in the likeness of it.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      Here’s a fun pure dex build. Keen or lightning infused cross-naginata with giant hunt AoW in the right hand, powerstanced with bolt of gransax in the left hand. Use giant hunt for big damage up close, or switch to two handing bolt of gransax to access ancient lightning spear for big damage at range.

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        This was very useful and helpful I would recommend this weapon for dragon hunting or pvp as it has a long charge before you attack with its ash of war

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          What if Gransax was trying to nuke Leyndell - similar to how when Placidusseax uses the shape of this spear to attack it causes an explosion - but his attack was frozen along in time with him, giving us his "bolt."

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            Currently using as secondary main-hand weapon. This thing two-shots Crucible Knights FAST, before they can even reach you with their spear.

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              It says +20% damage to dragons and +10% ancient dragons. Does that mean just +10% for ancient dragons or is it an additional 10% added to the %20 for normal dragons for a total of +30%?

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                Is it just me or does anybody else feels like the weapon has mediocre range and damage? Its a unfun weapon, stabs feel weightless, speed is sluggish. Only notable thing is its aow

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  Happy to have a unique AOW that doesn't require faith. Weird that people are upset they can't use it when they can cast a dozen spells of their choice. Dex dudes like flashy **** too!

                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                    I don't know if this was a bug/feature from the seamless co-op mod, but even after killing Malliketh and getting warped to Leyndell, Ashen Capital, even after beating the game... on PC I was able to hit F to view the list of sites of grace, and then go to the list for "Leyndell, Royal Capital" instead of Ashen Capital, and was able to warp to the "old" Erdtree Sanctuary site and still loot this item. Hope this helps others.

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