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PassiveCrystal Sword is a Straight Sword in Elden Ring. The Crystal Sword scales primarily with Intelligence, Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for dealing additional Magic Damage complemented by the Spinning Slash Skill that allows the user to spin and deal a follow up attack..
Sword fashioned from pure crystal; a deed impossible for a human. Enwreathed with powerful magic, its attack scales with intelligence. The inscrutable Crystalians have but one clear purpose; to safeguard their crystals unto the end. One theory posits that they yearn for the return of their creator who will carve for them new brethren.
Where to Find Crystal Sword in Elden Ring
The Crystal Sword weapon can be found at the following location:
- Can be found at Village of the Albinaurics. Past the well and the wooden bridge, on a body near the edge.
[Elden Ring Map here]
Elden Ring Crystal Sword Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Spinning Slash.
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War.
- Can't be enchanted with Magic nor boosted by Consumables.
- Crystal Sword can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones.
- Sell Value:
200. - NOTE: As of Patch 1.08, Straight Swords poise damage has been reduced only on PVP.
- Other notes and player tips go here
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Crystal Sword
One-handed moveset:
- Light Attack is a 5-hit combo of diagonal and horizontal strikes ending in a diagonal downwards slash from right to left
- Strong Attack is a thrust, followed by an uppercut slash on the second input
- Charge Attack is identical to Strong Attack
- Running Light Attack is a horizontal slash from left to right
- Running Strong Attack is a downward slam
- Backstep Light Attack is a diagonal slash from left to right
- Rolling Attack is a thrust
- Jumping Light Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left
- Jumping Strong Attack is a downward slam
Two-handed moveset:
- Light Attack is a 5-hit combo of diagonal and vertical strikes ending in a diagonal downwards slash from right to left
- Strong Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left, followed by a diagonal uppercut slash from left to right on the second input
- Charge Attack is identical to Strong Attack
- Running Light Attack is a downwards slash
- Running Strong Attack is a slash from right to left
- Backstep Light Attack is an uppercut slash
- Rolling Attack is a thrust
- Jumping Light Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left
- Jumping Strong Attack is a downward slam
Left-handed and power-stance moveset:
- Left-handed Light Attack is a 5-hit combo ending in a downwards slash
- No rolling, backstep, running or jumping attacks exist in the left-handed moveset
- Power-stance Light Attack is a cross slash with both weapons, followed by a dual horizontal slash, followed by two staggered thrusts, ending with a diagonal downward slash from left to right
- Power-stance Running Attack is a thrust with the left weapon, followed by a slash with the right weapon
- Power-stance Backstep Attack is a thrust with both weapons
- Power-stance Rolling Attack is a horizontal sweep from left to right with both weapons
- Power-stance Jumping Attack is a cross slash with both weapons
Mounted moveset:
- Light Attack is a three-hit combo of up-and-down slashes
- Strong Attack is a single uppercut slash
- Charge Attack holds the sword close to the ground, dealing continuous damage, and ends with an uppercut slash
Crystal Sword 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 (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Crystal Sword | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 106 | 68 | - | - | - | 49 | D | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 16 |
| Standard +1 | 121 | 77 | - | - | - | 53 | D | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 16 |
| Standard +2 | 136 | 87 | - | - | - | 58 | D | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 16 |
| Standard +3 | 152 | 97 | - | - | - | 63 | D | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 16 |
| Standard +4 | 167 | 107 | - | - | - | 68 | D | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 16 |
| Standard +5 | 182 | 117 | - | - | - | 73 | C | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 16 |
| Standard +6 | 198 | 127 | - | - | - | 78 | C | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 16 |
| Standard +7 | 213 | 137 | - | - | - | 83 | C | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 16 |
| Standard +8 | 228 | 146 | - | - | - | 88 | C | E | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 16 |
| Standard +9 | 244 | 156 | - | - | - | 93 | C | D | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 16 |
| Standard +10 | 259 | 166 | - | - | - | 98 | C | D | D | - | - | - | 44 | 44 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 16 |
AnonymousThe best weapon of all time, it even killed morgott (i didnt even kill a demigod) when i first equipped the weapon which shows how op this weapon is
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decent 3-way scaling makes this a good choice for higher level builds
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In pvp this is good for overcoming barrier of gold on a pure mage, but in general pvp, it will fail to overcome the resistances of str builds. For this reason I actually recommend the rotten version since the ash applies rot very quickly and every bit matters when fighting a str build or any build with barrier of gold.
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would be nice if it passively buffed crystal spells like how the beast clergyman knife buffs beast spells
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Would have been cool if the crystal weapons were pure physical that scaled with intelligence so int builds could do a damage type besides magic
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was happy when I first got this sword for my then strength/intelligence build at the time, then completely disappointed at how useless it is
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Do you wanna make a shard bearer-cosplay? Combine this with the crystal spear and lets go.
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I wish the spin slash added range similar to the pkcs spin slash where it had a magic blade extend out of the slash
Why would anyone use this over the carian sword? Plus this looks like ass
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I wish crystal weapons were more unique. Like maybe crystal weapons could ignore some of enemies' defense and negation, which would make it useful against strength builds and heavy armor
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They could have just given it square off and it would have been perfect. No one would even want to change it.
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perfect early game weapon for my steve playthrough, upgrading to the rotten one as it looks like it's enchanted
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What, exactly, is powerstancing a weapon? I'd always assumed it was twohanding it.
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Ash of war should be the the sorcery "Shattering Crystal"
Give the same to it's counterpart the Rotten one
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completely outclassed by the monveil, even post nerf (it's still really good)
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Oddly enough this is probably the 2nd best straight sword for Str Builds. I did some math with 50 Str and bare minimum stats for wielding (aka: if sword needs 16 Dex, I have 16 Dex) with all S.Swords and this and the Broadsword were the ones that came out top. There are others that work ''fine'' but in general: Broadsword for pure physical, Crystal Sword for Str/Int. Again, for Strenght builds.
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Only reason you'd want to wield this weapon is for dual-wielding with the Carian Knight's sword. Otherwise it might as well not exist.
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Finally got my intelligence to 15 to use this cause it looked so cool...only for it to not even be able to use ashes of war. I could've used the straight sword I started with and even then could've used strong ashes with it and it would've been better
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If you like this weapon, it is best used powerstanced in the offhand with Carian Knight's Sword. As they share the same scaling but this has higher damage. you also get the good ash of war from the carian sword
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Shame how none of these magic swords scale better with dex than strength, given that you want dex to boost casting speed.
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I'm so confused as to why so many weapons with innate magic infusions have such poor Intelligence scaling.
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If only its weapon skill was Spell-Casting instead of a generic Spinning-Slash. Would've rose this cool looking sword to the top. Equipped for a Battlemage that'd make Master Hughes proud.
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why da hell d intelligence scaling? man i needed this for lusat drip
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Could this be effective against hardened enemies?
Trying to find a reason to use it, besides looking pretty cool.
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50str 50int and this sword goes nuts with over 650 AR - best used as off hand dual wield with a main hand straight sword that has a good weapon skill like the lazuli (which is also strong af tho)
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Works best if you dual wield it with any other straight sword (atleast for mid to late game bosses) Decent reach, nice damage and attacks are super fast so bosses will rarely punish you while attacking.
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C scaling with strength and D scaling with intelligence, I'm confused...
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Map location is way off. Might need to update the coordinates to have it in the correct location.
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Cool sword with decent damage output, but it's shame it isn't a pure magic damage sword like how the coded sword is pure Holy. Let's just hope they add pure magic or fire weapons in a DLC.
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Welcome to the stage of history, re- Wait a minute, wrong Bandai-Namco game.
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I use this in my left hand alongside the carian sword. Don't really care that the scaling isn't great, still looks cool
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good weapon better than the rotten variant (lower dps but scralet rot build up) not as good as carian sword
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Worse version of the carian Knight Sword, the base damage is lower by 5 AR lol
Pretty sure it also has worse range. the rotten version of it might be better tho
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This sword lowkey reminds me of the Infinity Blade from Infinity Blade mobile game series. Good times
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IDC about the scaling. The sword looks too cool to not look. It sucks that the worst looking weapons have the bst scaling whereas the best looking ones have rly bad stats.
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Keep an eye out for Carian Knight's sword as an alternative to this, better damage/scaling and lower str requirement.
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Cool as it may look, this sword scales very poorly with Dex and not particularly great with Int, personally i wouldnt upgrade it past 2 (you can buy unlimited sombering shards 1 and 2 pretty early on so its inconsequential to use those)
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There's also a rotten version of this sword that applies scarlet rot. Where to get it? I have no idea, can't remember, but I got it so I know it exists!
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decided to use this as my backup weapon for my sorcery build and it has become one of the best weapons i have. it has saved me more times than i can count. you will not be remiss if you use this
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is worth it upgrade the intel to the samurai just to play with this sword?
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is this not parryable? did the mimic tear bossfight and neither me or the mimic parried a single attack despite going for many. bad timing, bug or op weapon?
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At +10 the scaling is C for strength, E for Dex and D for Int
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...why is this the best straight sword ? Just got it and I don't see anything that special about it. It's very pretty, but the reach is fairly short, the weapon art has nothing unique either outside of being a curved sword WA but on a straight sword... does it has some insane strength and intelligence scaling or something ?
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If you play Astrologer this sword slaps early, especially considering you can go straight to it from the start.
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I'm assuming this weapon can't be buffed with sorceries or miracles
ah, yes... the Heisenberg weapon
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