Great-Jar's Arsenal

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status effect 15 elden ring wiki guide 44pxVastly raises maximum Equip Load, by 19%

Great-Jar's Arsenal is a Talisman in Elden Ring. Great-Jar's Arsenal raises maximum Equip Load by 19%. Players can use talismans in Elden Ring to boost a variety of Stats.

 

A charm that resembles a great jar overflowing with weaponry.
Vastly boosts maximum equipment load.

The great jar grants this talisman to their warriors. Carry as much as you can — grow big and strong.

 

Great-Jar's Arsenal Effect in Elden Ring

Great Jar's Arsenal raises maximum Equip Load by 19%.

 

Where to find Great-Jar's Arsenal in Elden Ring

Where to find Great-Jar's Arsenal: 

  • Reward for completing the The Great-Jar's challenge of defeating three NPC duelists in Dragonbarrow (northern Caelid). [Map link]
  • You must kill all three NPC duelists in one life; dying will make it so you have to start from the first duelist again. You can access this area by coming up from Siofra Deep River Well in the underground.
    • This area can also be accessed by climbing the roots above the large crystal at the bottom of the valley. However, this is most likely unintentional.
  • Obtaining this talisman while playing online results in player's build being uploaded to the Elden Ring server to be used as randomized Knight of the Great Jar for other players.
  • When you talk to the Great-Jar, he will only respond with "..."
  • After talking to him, three red summon signs appear to summon three Knights of the Great-Jar.
    • In two of the four corners of the "arena", there are narrow rock outcroppings. Crouching or blocking in these spots will often cause the NPCs to fall off of the cliff as they attack. This is especially useful when sequence-breaking into this area with a low-level character.
    • Consider killing the closer of the two archer golems, as he will shoot arrows at you and disrupt your fights.

 

Elden Ring Great-Jar's Arsenal Notes & Tips

  • Sell Value: runes currency elden ring wiki guide 18 1,000
  • Incompatible with Arsenal Charm.
  • Patch 1.07 increases Armor's poise in general, so you no longer need this talisman to reach certain poise break point (such as Flame Dancer build etc.). You can switch it to other talismans to further boost your damage or protection, such as Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman.

 

 

 

 

 

Elden Ring Talismans
Ancestral Spirit's Horn  ♦  Arrow's Reach Talisman  ♦  Arrow's Sting Talisman  ♦  Arsenal Charm  ♦  Assassin's Cerulean Dagger  ♦  Assassin's Crimson Dagger  ♦  Axe Talisman  ♦  Blessed Dew Talisman  ♦  Blue Dancer Charm  ♦  Blue-Feathered Branchsword  ♦  Boltdrake Talisman  ♦  Bull-Goat's Talisman  ♦  Carian Filigreed Crest  ♦  Cerulean Amber Medallion  ♦  Cerulean Seed Talisman  ♦  Clarifying Horn Charm  ♦  Claw Talisman  ♦  Companion Jar  ♦  Concealing Veil  ♦  Crimson Amber Medallion  ♦  Crimson Seed Talisman  ♦  Crucible Knot Talisman  ♦  Crucible Scale Talisman  ♦  Curved Sword Talisman  ♦  Daedicar's Woe  ♦  Dagger Talisman  ♦  Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman  ♦  Dragoncrest Shield Talisman  ♦  Entwining Umbilical Cord  ♦  Erdtree's Favor  ♦  Fire Scorpion Charm  ♦  Flamedrake Talisman  ♦  Flock's Canvas Talisman  ♦  Furled Finger's Trick-Mirror  ♦  Godfrey Icon  ♦  Godskin Swaddling Cloth  ♦  Golden Scarab  ♦  Graven-Mass Talisman  ♦  Graven-School Talisman  ♦  Greatshield Talisman  ♦  Green Turtle Talisman  ♦  Haligdrake Talisman  ♦  Hammer Talisman  ♦  Hosts' Trick-Mirror  ♦  Immunizing Horn Charm  ♦  Kindred of Rot's Exultation  ♦  Lance Talisman  ♦  Lightning Scorpion Charm  ♦  Longtail Cat Talisman  ♦  Lord of Blood's Exultation  ♦  Magic Scorpion Charm  ♦  Marika's Scarseal  ♦  Marika's Soreseal  ♦  Millicent's Prosthesis  ♦  Moon of Nokstella  ♦  Mottled Necklace  ♦  Old Lord's Talisman  ♦  Pearldrake Talisman  ♦  Perfumer's Talisman  ♦  Prince of Death's Cyst  ♦  Prince of Death's Pustule  ♦  Radagon's Scarseal  ♦  Radagon's Soreseal  ♦  Radagon Icon  ♦  Red-Feathered Branchsword  ♦  Ritual Shield Talisman  ♦  Ritual Sword Talisman  ♦  Roar Medallion  ♦  Rotten Winged Sword Insignia  ♦  Sacred Scorpion Charm  ♦  Sacrificial Twig  ♦  Shabriri's Woe  ♦  Shard of Alexander  ♦  Silver Scarab  ♦  Spear Talisman  ♦  Spelldrake Talisman  ♦  Stalwart Horn Charm  ♦  Starscourge Heirloom  ♦  Taker's Cameo  ♦  Twinblade Talisman  ♦  Two Fingers Heirloom  ♦  Viridian Amber Medallion  ♦  Warrior Jar Shard  ♦  Winged Sword Insignia



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    • Anonymous

      Got lucky today. My third opponent was obviously doing a Rahdan cosplay. Except they must’ve not have had the correct stats for the starscourge greatsword. Every time they did the weapon art nothing happened. So either someone just made a mistake, or deliberately nerfed their build to make it easy. Either way im thankful haha

      • Anonymous

        To get this at level 1 do this:

        1) Go offline. 2) Get finger seal. 3) Get the incantation ‘Rejection.’ 4) Get 2 Finger Heirloom if you need more faith. 5) Stand near the right side of the fog gate when the Jar spirits are summoned. 6) Bait them close to the edge and knock them off with rejection. Rejection can be charged for a stronger knock back. Charging it seems to mess up the NPC’s timing too, making them run into the forcewave rather than block

        • Anonymous

          On my first character back when the game first launched this was easy. Now it's like every jar knight summon is an duelist is an elite monster

          • I got this using a +4 Dragon Halberd in offline mode, but a Banished Knight's Halberd will also work for this. 2H Halberds do enough Poise damage to interrupt anything the phantoms try to do so you can just keep swinging, just make sure you have enough stamina to dodge away afterwards. Another tip is to use jumping attacks against the guy with the buckler, he can't parry jumping attacks, and play more passively against the guy with the Great Mace because he uses Prayerful Strike, which will poise through your Halberd and delete you. You need to play smart against the Mage, if you give them distance, they'll spam spells at you and if you get too close, they'll poke you with their Estoc. You need to stay close enough where you can run in to interrupt their spell casts and then roll away from the Estoc.

            • Anonymous

              Don't see a single character that looks below lvl 100 at lvl 65, they don't scale them to your level at all do they?

              • Anonymous

                Good luck to the next player who will face these duelists, i had a bloodhound step build when finishing the last guy.

                • Anonymous

                  How to make someone’s day: kill first two knights normally and then once you’re suuuper close to killing the third completely unequip everything and finish it off w/ your fists. Someone will be thrilled to get an easy fight among the plethora of Moonveil/Rob spammers

                  • Anonymous

                    Why is it that the talisman that is supposed to lower your equip load weigh more than most talismans, it makes no sense lol

                    • Anonymous

                      easy cheese: speak to great jar, activate the first red sign on the ground, start running away towards the colosseum, wait a moment until the challenger is spawned, then try to focus / lock on target -> wont work because the invis wall is in the way. Spells cant get through, just single attacks, second attack usually bounces off the wall.
                      you can either kill them slowly by baiting out an attack and counter, or walk to the left tree stump (when facing away from the colosseum) and make em face the gravity. Carefull at the stump as they can poke through!

                      • Anonymous

                        I don't like how they've been toning down the rings from their og versions, would this really be too op if it increased equip load by 50% like it does in ds1

                        • Anonymous

                          the root shortcut from the giant crystal by the Evergaol no longer works, it was removed several patches ago. Maybe time to remove the part on this page where it says it's still viable.

                          • Anonymous

                            I did everyone a favor and stopped at lv100 for this. Great shield duelist with Godskin Stitcher. Cleared everything easily without flasks, and I wish you all luck vs. this AI build :)

                            • Anonymous

                              Me when I'm cheesing the duelists to get this item but they get stuck in an infinite loop walking back and forth trying to get a parry: "What, are you broken? You are a Great Jar Knight! You kill who it tells you to kill!"

                              • Anonymous

                                Biggest waste of time if you don't absolutely need it for your build. You might as well come here at max level or use the offline trick. They overnerf your damage just to f with you. Not a fun experience- like most things in this game.

                                • Anonymous

                                  Do this challenge offline. The default NPC duelists are less obnoxious to fight than the cheese builds real people use to clear this.

                                  Also, if you're using the cliff cheese and they get stuck trying to path to you, drink a flask. It occasionally causes them to more directly run towards you.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Equip Shield Crash on a great shield. Go stand near the high cliff (left side when facing the Great Jar). Dodge the initial attack and position so that you can shove them off the cliff with Shield Crash. Rinse repeat, profit.

                                    • Anonymous

                                      anyone able to confirm by now if and at what point ones build is added to the rooster? i cannot be the only one with a low level makeshift build defeating the challenge yet, the builds being shown clearly are end game material of cheesy and yet well balanced builds...would make no sense to me if all the regulars would get added too and i just don't see them

                                      • Anonymous

                                        Once you realize fatrolling is viable in pvp... No, lemme start over. Once you have realized fatrolling is viable in pvp and you’d rather sacrifice medium roll and great jar talisman for crucible knot talisman... then you have achieved true enlightenment. Melee headshots are a thing, and they usually come from fast overhead attacks, jump attacks, running thrusts and ranged surprises such as stormblade. And stormblade true combos into stormblade after a headshot. By the way, I’m not joking, and I really do fatroll with 82 poise, hyper armor weapons and faith heals/buffs.

                                        • Anonymous

                                          "This area can also be accessed by climbing the roots above the large crystal at the bottom of the valley. However, this is most likely unintentional."


                                          you cannot climb on the root anymore to skip, they removed it

                                          • Anonymous

                                            I wish vastly would stand for more than a 4% increase. Why can't we get another Havels Ring? Fast roll means destroyed fashion

                                            • Anonymous

                                              The notes and tips for this mentions " a certain poise break point", in which way does your equip load relate to poise? This is the first time I've come across that term.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                So while everyone seemed to recommend doing this at lower levels to fight weaker NPCs, I honestly had a better time doing it at level 140. Mostly because fighting the NPCs is fun. Fighting the golems every time you die, however, gets real old real fast when you’re not strong enough to make quick work of them. At lvl 140 those golems were nothing to me, so getting back to the summon signs wasn’t a big deal. Got it on my 3rd or 4th run.

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Very bloody fun *sarcasm*

                                                  Killing 2 golems on every try, just to get oneshot by some shmuck tryhard build with Ekzykel's Breath and RoB at lvl60. Like, every R1 from those phantoms takes out 80% of my HP bar at 30 Vigor. Not to mention that any weapon art straight out oneshots you, while you need over 20+ hits to kill someone with 450 AR.

                                                  Very fun indeed.

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    Level 28 w/ Lordsworn's Straight Sword and Icon Shield (Great Shield). I was usually able to cheese two "online" guys off of the cliff but there was always one that had enough poise to withstand spamming. So I tried the offline mode and all three are susceptible to being staggered off. However, there's a guy with a thrusting sword that dealt a lot of damage and the nature of how it played made it hard to get to the edge of the cliff. So I tried just spamming throwing daggers. Bots dodge thrown items very well. But it ended up rolling off of the edge without me even hitting it once. Mission complete. Now I can enjoy the talisman whilst being a Sun Bro.

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      It’s insane that there’s no stake of Marika closer to the challenge. That run from the well site of grace is like seriously not fun

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        The root pathway at the bottom of the valley has been patched, the roots above the crystal are gone. Please update

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          It's a little frustrating getting ape'd by one of them, but I love the fact that it is other players builds going into this. They easily could've made it just 3 generic NPC invaders, but actual player builds is so much better, IMHO.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Just did this online at level 120. First attempt success and no cheese. Just gave me 3 mainly melee builds like mine is and the AI wasn't great.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Anyone want to hazard a guess the levels of the NPC's we face? I wonder if they're the exact same level as whoever they copied, or if they have more thrown on.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                A whip is very useful for taking on the offline champions as it cannot by guarded or parried against, while also staggering the champions every hit. I can't say the same for online but it is a safe option that worked for me.

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  This challenge is very unfulfilling after level 80 as you will almost always be facing at least two builds out of the three that are somehow trying to exploit bleed.

                                                                  Hemorrhage does far, far too much damage for how fast it accumulates, how slow it drains, and the fact it can be immediately reapplied. at 42 vigor with 25-30% resists we are talking about close to 25% of your health bar. Before even calculating the damage your taking from the strike

                                                                  If Fromsoft wants hemorrhage to be an execution it needs to be much more difficult to proc than it is currently.

                                                                  In this game, gear and attributes decide most fights before they start. In Dark Souls 3 clever gear and attributes could indeed confer advantage but as long as your opponents recognized what your tactics were going to be you had a fight on your hands

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    At low level seek cheese. Most weapon arts and many spells will one shot leading to frustration from one mistake. super dumb and does not scale to level. at high level they are a joke. low to medium and they're stupid.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Hide on a small ledge in the very corner behind the jar and watch the invaders jump off the cliff to their deaths. Wiggle a bit to repath them if they get stuck.

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        Pushed them into the rocks one the left side and spinning strike'd the sobs to death with my scythe.
                                                                        I was fed up with all the rob bs builds that continued to appear but I also didn't want to put the game on offline mode.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          Got really annoyed with it and just used a Greatshield and Vyke’s Spear. I assume bleed spears/thrusting swords would also work marvelously. Feel bad that people have to face that build now tho.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            Lol I was reading comments about how hard the npcs are so I came there prepared with Prelate's Inferno Crozier (collosal hammer) and just used its skill Prelate's charge to throw them off the cliff :D easy cheese in offline mode but I believe it should work online too. You can get the weapon on Mt. Gelmir or AoW in the Mountaintop of Giants. New players can collect Dectus medallion to get to the Altus Plateau and from there to Mt. Gelmir... Have fun!

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              Hold up, your build gets 'uploaded' when you win, and can become someone's adversary?

                                                                              ...I wonder how good my phantom will be at parrying?

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                As a shield & spear build, I was able to do it in a couple tries after getting Ash of War: Barricade Shield. it only lasts about 5 seconds at a time but it seems to raise block boost by 30 and you can get a greatshield and upgrade it to have more than 70 block boost. and it costs little FP so I could enjoy no stamina consumption while blocking and just stab'em while they attacked, back off for a moment to recharge or heal any chip damage and repeat.

                                                                                sometimes human-build enemies get stuck in the loop of their weapon bouncing off the shield repeatedly and I think it's because their AI responds to the player attempting attack, which includes counter attack with thrusting weapon while blocking.

                                                                                if you have a even better shield with above block 75, you can use Scholar's Shield sorcery which lasts much longer and also gives extra elemental negation.

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  Probably the most toxic moment so far in ER. No stake of marika, no grace site, getting sniped just riding there and actually have to quit the game just to get the one golem to de-aggro or get shot during a fight. Tips (as you approach the big jar). The one on the right is all heavy armor/attacks, he'll one shot you with his weapon art. I finally got tired of his crap and used rejection to knock him off the edge, he was perfect for that. Godslayer's greatsword weapon art for the other two. Beware the center one, he is the easiest to stun lock and take down, but if you drop your guard his dagger attack will break your poise fast. Got me once at 32 poise with heavy armor. One on the far left is mixed epee-spells, but he stunlocks too with heavy hits. Way too many tries to just gain an extra 4% carry load over the +1. The left and center adversaries seem too mobile to easily reject them off the edge, but I didn't try.

                                                                                  • Nothing says "fair fight" like one of three opponents you have to defeat having like 10K HP. The reward is so great it might be worth it. Hard to cheese these opponents with Rotten Breath or the like, you would have to "proc" them like three or four times a piece if the one enemy is anything to go by.
                                                                                    With great rewards, come great sacrifice.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      On first play through as a strength build, fire damage weapons weren’t cutting it and wound up dominating these bastards with the dragon halberds ice spin ash, I don’t think they can escape it

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        If you're struggling getting past the OP meta build Jar Knights: switch to offline mode. I had no trouble defeating the three knights on my first play through, but now the red summons are bull goat double river or double hammer monstrosities. Offline, the basic guys are fair.

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          I can't believe they removed the roots for the shortcut. I used them on my first two playthroughs, but I can confirm it's gone now. They're probably going to find a way to stop the 3 summons from falling off the cliff too

                                                                                          • Why are people linking build videos on random pages? These build guide videos mean nothing to virtually every single person possibly on this page and serve nothing more than to just bloat the page.

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              Was able to shove two of the fighters off the side of the cliff to the Great Jar's left. You could potentially get this really early if you manage to get all three that way.

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                I don’t really get the Golem complaints, they stagger so easily. Just spam charge attacks at their legs.

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  i wish the NPC fighters/invaders followed the rules of the players. you jump and get hit, you take damage. any NPC jumps, it counts as a dodge and they're invincible. what trash.

                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                    They've removed the roots coming out from the side of the cliff view so you can no longer get this early, you must go through the river

                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                      Night Comet is the absolute easiest way to complete this (as well as the most powerful tool for breezing through all of the Volcano Manor quests & any NPC invasions). It's in Sellia just on the other side of the cliffs, so it seems like a pretty clear suggestion, as they're also the source of spells like Eternal Darkness which is very PvP-focused.

                                                                                                      With Night Comet, you just stand a little ways away and cast as soon as you can target lock as they summon in. Even without backing away, they usually won't even reach you before they die — because it's an invisibility spell so the AI doesn't input read and therefore won't ever dodge it. They will just directly approach you and tank every single hit to the face until they fall. If you're up against a bunch of Azur's-glass-cannon Sorcerers & naked-bleeding-katana meta builds… you might not even have to use a single flask to dispatch all 3.

                                                                                                      Also, as of 1.04 they also fixed the bug with the spell, so firing off the charged version to start the fight doesn't even cost any extra FP, but significantly raises your damage on the initial cast. Then, just kick back and enjoy your +19% carrying capacity.

                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                        Honestly? The npc ai is kinda doodoo. They always roll after getting hit instantly (like normal players) but it's always to the side. I had a night rider glaive on and I just did running r1 into a charged r2 and it kept working. Also the golems are easy. You don't have to fight both at the same time and they only have two attacks to do when youre at their feet, the stomp one being really easy to hit and run. Also, fellow full str flame of the red mane enjoyers? It is simply too free.

                                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                                          If you're having trouble with the giant archers disrupting your fights, something I found useful was running straight through as best I could and then ducking behind the great jar before touching any red signs and briefly restarting the game - this de-aggroed them every time in my experience and was much faster than outright taking the time to deal with them.

                                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                                            I found you don't have to fight the golems, certainly not the first one. Just try to ride past them without getting hit. The closest one to the jar will keep trying to hit you, but if you fight the invaders up at the top, the arrows are blocked by the hill.

                                                                                                            I fought offline, as a heavy build the only invader that gave me issues was Mr. Pokey stick with the phalanx spell. Don't give him time to get his spells out, and watch out for his multiple quick melee attacks.

                                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                                              For those looking for an easier cheese for this fight, Inescapable Frenzy incantation is your friend (https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Inescapable+Frenzy). Stand right by where they appear, cast the moment you can target them. They take a good second to start moving and you're almost guaranteed to grab them.
                                                                                                              If your right hand weapon has a good critical first hit it's an instant kill. Inescapable Frenzy is utterly broken against NPC invaders like this. I took them all out without taking a single hit.

                                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                                " This is especially useful when sequence-breaking into this area with a low-level character."

                                                                                                                FFS. Please just STOP telling people wow to twink. All of those "helpful speedrunning tips" are used for twinking, primarily. The online is more of a shitshow than it's ever been.

                                                                                                                Just stop.

                                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                                  The fact that you have to fight those two giants EVERY ****ING TIME you want to attempt those NPC summons is pure AIDs. It takes so ****ing long to get to that point again. God damn why does From hate heavy builds so much

                                                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                                                    Can you combine this with either of the Dragoncrest (Great)Shield talismans? I mean, without faith, damage resistance is almost nonexistent. Have to use consumables and the AOW from the Caelid swamp boss' weapon.

                                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                                      Kinda overrated ring I think i see it on almost every build. Consider bull goats talisman is better for poise on low endurance builds, like significantly below 20

                                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                                        whoever decided to put those golem archers in the wings coupled with the garbage runback should be run over with a semi-truck

                                                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                                                          As a side note, I'd recommend never killing all 3 summonable NPCs on your NG+ as they serve as really good dummies for testing PvP builds/weapons.

                                                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                                                            Pretty much a best case scenario for using buff incantations. I stacked Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon, Dragonbolt Blessing, and Bloodflame Blade before every fight.

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