Fingerprint Stone Shield | Elden Ring Wiki

Fingerprint Stone Shield is a Greatshield in Elden Ring. The Fingerprint Stone Shield is a Shield that scales primarily with Strength. Greatshields weigh a decent amount and provide the best protection in the game. Greatshields provide a greater value of blocking and protecting one's self from enemy and boss attacks, but greatly increases the weight and reduces the player's mobility. This type of shield works best at reducing damage or guarding instead of parrying.

 

 

Where to Find Elden Ring Fingerprint Stone Shield

The Fingerprint Stone Shield Shield can be found at the following location:

Cathedral of the Forsaken. [Elden Ring Map here]

IMPORTANT: Before you start, you must first defeat Morgott, the Omen King; otherwise a seal will be blocking the final area before the shield.

NOTE: This needs 3 platforming jumps down that are a bit difficult.

After defeating Mohg - The Omen in the Cathedral of the Forsaken you can roll/attack the altar behind the chest and it will move down out of the way revealing a path. The area after Mohg contains a large vertical shaft. After descending the shaft to a certain point, the only way to descend further is by dropping down to various tiny graves sticking out of the walls.

Shunning Grounds, Video Location

1. You'll be at the last wooden beam on the southern side of the shaft. There'll be a Nomad on the final southern platform playing a violin. Where this Nomad is is exactly where you need to drop off to start dropping down the gravestones on the eastern shaft wall.
   
2. Carefully drop off of this southeast corner of the shaft onto the first tiny headstone. 
   
   
   You'll be able to see the next headstone you need to reach down the shaft's eastern side.
   
3. For the first jump, starting at the southern most part of the first tiny headstone you're standing on, walk forwards, press the jump button, then let go of forward immediately (try not to hug the eastern wall as the geometry will move you out into the shaft). This will usually reach the second headstone.
4. On the second headstone, turn to face the southern wall, and do the same thing you did in the previous step (remember not to hug the eastern wall while doing it, or the geometry might push you in a weird direction). This will usually reach the third headstone.
   
5. Finally, from the southernmost part of the third headstone, just walk off the headstone facing the north wall. You'll reach the fourth headstone. There is an item here you can pick up but there's still another step left before getting the shield.
   
6. Enter the alcove that the fourth headstone jutted out of. Turn right then walk down a corridor moving west. The shield is at the end of this corridor, along with a Nomad. The Nomad's attacks can be used to destroy the environment at the other end of the corridor where you came from to obtain another item, so be careful about killing it too quickly.  [Elden Ring Map here]

 

Elden Ring Fingerprint Stone Shield Notes & Tips

• Shield Skill: Shield Bash
• Skill Description: Brace behind shield before using bodyweight to ram foes while maintaining guarding stance. Weaker enemies will be shoved backwards, and can even be staggered.
• This shield can be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables.
• Prior to Patch 1.07, using Scholar's Shield would grant this weapon 100% Guard Boost and excellent damage negation.
• Since Patch 107, the Guard Boost has been reduced.
• If set to an Arcane scaling affinity (Occult, Blood, or Poison), the default Madness build up on this weapon will also increase with points spent on Arcane.
• If Magic infusion is applied, it receives up to 96.25% magic damage reduction at the slight cost of guard boost and physical damage reduction.
• If Fire infusion is applied, it receives up to 100% fire damage reduction at the slight cost of guard boost and physical damage reduction, making this shield very useful against enemies using fire-based attacks as it can completely block fire damages.
• It can be countered by using the Coded Sword and Cipher Pata's weapon skill: Unblockable Blade, which can pierce through the shield while ignoring all damage reductions. The same applies to the Ash of War Piercing Fang.
  • Impaling Thrust ignores 85% damage negation from blocks rather than ignoring all damage reductions.

• Sell Value: 200 At the Round table smith.
  
  
• NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.

The Fingerprint Stone Shield can be infused with Ashes of War. Click below for a list of all possible Ashes of War that can be applied to the greatshield.

 

Fingerprint Stone Shield PvP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring

Patch 1.10 adjusted PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.

 

Fingerprint Stone Shield Upgrades in Elden Ring

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