Jar Cannon is a Ballista in Elden Ring. The Jar Cannon does not scale with any stats, and is a good Weapon for a ranged combat option. This weapon deals high damage, but users must be tactful with positioning and aim due to its slow reload speed.
Jar cannon which uses explosives to fire greatbolts. Deals great damage but is slow to reload.
Experimental firearm brought to the assault on Volcano Manor, where it was discovered that no one knew how to use it.
Where to Find Jar Cannon in Elden Ring
The Jar Cannon weapon can be found at the following location:
- Dropped by the boss Demi-Human Queen Margot at the end of Volcano Cave north of Mt. Gelmir. [Elden Ring Map here]
Elden Ring Jar Cannon Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Kick
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Jar Cannon can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- Ammunition: Any type of Greatbolt, such as Ballista Bolt, Bone Ballista Bolt, Explosive Greatbolt, Lightning Greatbolt.
- The Jar Cannon has no scaling with any stat
- The Jar Cannon does 672 physical damage at +10
- Must be two-handed to fire. This also means you effectively only need 23 Strength and 12 Dexterity to fire it.
- Sell Value: 500
- The Jar Cannon's projectile attack benefits from the +10% damage of the Arrow's Sting Talisman, the +10% damage of the Ritual Sword Talisman, and the range bonus of the Arrow's Reach Talisman. It can also be increased by the Lord of Blood's Exultation and the White Mask, which can be easily activated using Seppuku.
- Golden Vow and Flame Grant Me Strength also increase the damage of bolts, with the latter enhancing Explosive Bolts more as they include fire damage.
- The Jar Cannon projectile attack does not count as a charge attack, therefore the Spiked Cracked Tear and Axe Talisman do not benefit it in any way.
- You can skip the long post-firing animation by using the recoil to push you backward off a ledge. If your character falls at least from a waist-high drop, the entire post-firing animation is skipped, allowing you to reload and fire immediately. If done optimally, you can fire twice in the same time it takes to fire once normally.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.
- Like most ranged weapons, leveling Dexterity can marginally improve the draw speed & projectile velocity of the Jar Cannon.
- Other notes and player tips go here
Best Jar Cannon Buffs
Use these Buffs to maximize the performance of the Jar Cannon weapon. Note that increases in attack power are multiplicative unless stated otherwise.
Jar Cannon | Buff Description | Notes |
Arrow's Sting Talisman | +10% Attack Power | |
Arrow's Reach Talisman | Increases Range | Your great bolts will fly straighter for longer, allowing for both longer range and easier to aim shots. |
Blue Dancer Charm | +0%-11% Attack Power | The minimum weight of both the cannon and the charm (15.9) will grant you 11% attack power bonus, but that bonus decreases as your Equip Load goes up. |
Flame Grant Me Strength | +20% Attack Power (+15% PvP) | Lasts 30 seconds. |
Lord of Blood's Exultation | +20% Attack Power | Lasts 20 seconds when a nearby player or enemy is inflicted with blood loss. |
Rallying Standard | +20% Attack Power | Lasts 30 seconds. |
Ritual Sword Talisman | +10% Attack Power | Must be at full health. |
White Mask | +10% Attack Power | Lasts 20 seconds when a nearby player or enemy is inflicted with blood loss. |
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Jar Cannon
- Videos for the Jar Cannon Coming Soon
Jar Cannon 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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Jar Cannon | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
Standard | 192 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +1 | 240 | - | - | - | - | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +2 | 288 | - | - | - | - | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +3 | 336 | - | - | - | - | 117 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +4 | 384 | - | - | - | - | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +5 | 432 | - | - | - | - | 135 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +6 | 480 | - | - | - | - | 144 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +7 | 528 | - | - | - | - | 153 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +8 | 576 | - | - | - | - | 162 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +9 | 624 | - | - | - | - | 171 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Standard +10 | 672 | - | - | - | - | 180 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Decoration looks kinda like one of the snake symbols... I sure do hope we get more cannons in the DLC.
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JarC was made to shoot lighting greatbolts, they travel an awful lot for a good reason.
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i have nothing to really add except that the last sentence of the description is unintentionally hilarious
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had on blaidds leggings raging wolf gauntlets chain draped tabard and aristocrat hat got rotted and started making throw up noises on death with this in my off hand
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i feel like crossbows should scale with arcane, or at least the bolts themselves should.
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Why are ranged non-magic options so trash. Except you one eyed shield, my beloved
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Use in conjunction with unaltered Reeds armor and bloodstained mask, and if someone poisons you in pvp perform Dejection emote and make puking sounds in voice chat
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One of only a few items I would consider absolutely essential if you’re going online — this, or the Hand Ballista if you can’t wield it. Whether you’re a host, a co-oper, or an invader, it’s just too effective and irreplaceable a tool against your fellow Tarnished to leave at home. Bring your explosive and lightning greatbolts.
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The tarnished must be a natural genius considering they immediately know how to use it the moment they pick it up.
N’ overleveled phantom come crawlin’ out the back door, 90% hp missin’. Lula May’s baby boy. He looks up at me, he says ‘Host. I cant feel muh 1900 hp!’
I said ‘It'sq rl 30. They ain’t there!’
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"Ayo Steve how the **** do we use this thing"
"**** if I know"
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Imagine you are in a sword duel. You have inflicted a serious wound on your opponent and you are about to finish him off. But then he runs away, grabs this thing and says, "Parry this you filthy casual!"
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Combine this with a samurai build to become a canonically accurate Sengoku samurai wielding an oversized gun. Kinda hope that we get to see more early gunpowder weapons in the DLC, like a matchlock.
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Twinks love to run away and whip this out when they know they can't fight you head on.
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The melee attack on horse is actually punching a lot. At +10 in ng+1,the charged r2 makes 752 damage on the trolls behind warmaster shack, and has quite some reach. I wish we could use it that way on foot too, it would be pretty fun
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I miss the times when this was popular. But nowadays everyone is using Greatbows with Golem Arrows, because they are just superior in almost every way.
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"Eperimental firearm brought to-"
Americans: "You had me at firearm."
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If your invading limgrave, and you find a host that has hidden on that inaccessible ledge on the cliff behind the starter cave, this with explosive greatbolts has a good chance of knocking them off.
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This with Lightning Greatbolts, Concealing Veil, and new players coming in from the summer sale equals lots of funny blast off ledge kills.
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I still love this thing's weapon description. Someone made this thing, gave it to the soldiers, but never told them how to use it. That's hilarious.
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I know this is supposed to be more of a tool for long-ranges than an actual all-uses weapon but i really wish i could use this in bossfights effectively.
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Really, it should have been a great hammer with ash of war that lauches pots...
The most sophisticated Unga Bunga lad's answer to a sword duel.
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This weapon should have 100% used your different crafted jars are optional ammo. Missed opportunity.
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This weapon appears to be based on a medieval depiction of a weapon that may or may not have existed. Medieval depictions themselves are not reliable sources of information without detailed descriptions along side them and this weapon lacks such descriptions. Never the less Royal Armouries had one reconstructed to test and found that the weapon was less powerful than many bows and crossbows. Increasing the charge to try and make it more powerful only resulted in the destruction of the projectile.
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Me pulling up to the volcano manor with the mysterious device
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Ah yes, I can finally practise the ancient ways of blowing stuff up with MANPADS.
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Aww, man...I respected to str to do a jar warrior build, and you're telling me I can't bazooka people with volcano pots? Lame.
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Jar Cannon. Does not use jars as ammo. **** you, fromsoft. Sincerely.
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Useful when invading shitters who camper in places where you can't go without torrent
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I wish you could shoot this one-handed like the Bloodborne cannon
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It's not good in pve but in pvp it is incredible at long range bullying.
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There are two things that could be done to make this and the Hand ballista more usable. Either faster shooting and reload animation, or make it act like a crossbow by splitting the animations to to separate parts allowing for shooting and reloading at different times.
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The Elden Beast behaves much more passively if you confront it from long range, as it tends to use its runnings-away moves more often when battled in melee.
As such, this weapon in particular is good at god-slaying, and very little else.
— Courh the Explorer
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Just a reminder that Roundable Hold’s lower rooms have crates full of cannonballs for much larger cannons. Can’t wait for the over powered DLC version of the jar cannon that doubles as a great hammer.
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They should add a matchlock Arquebus gun in the DLC that is just a weaker but faster reloading Jar Cannon, they had those in the 1400s. And while we're at it why not a matchlock pistol that takes regular bolts instead of great bolts.
Or just a hand cannon which they had in the 1300s.
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PLEASE LET ME HAVE A BLOODBORN PISTOL I NEVER PLAYED BLOODBORN AAAAHHHH
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Combine with the Jar helm and Jar Bairn talisman to become a true Jarnished soldjar of fortune.
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wandered into radahn's arena without really thinking, long before i was ready. was streaming for a friend so i thought "well if i'm gonna lose anyway, let's be silly about it." pulled this out, +6. bloody near defeated radahn dancing around in a dress just using this and the summons
10/10
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Man, the tarnished is truly a weapons master, being able to wield weapons no one else knows how to use.
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I hope From notices the cult following jar stuff has received and adds more in a dlc
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"Experimental firearm brought to the assault on Volcano Manor, where it was discovered that no one knew how to use it." is probably the most blatant example of straight up comedy ive ever seen in an item description.
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So I'm confused, does the fact that it doesn't scale with player level mean I can upgrade it to max and still invade people at level 11?
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Great weapon overall, but useless in PvP when players are lagging.
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Two questions:
1. Would a ballista-type weapon be good at fighting DragonLord Placcidusaxophone?
2. If so, this or hand ballista?
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Use this weapon and mimic tear against malenia but roll before you use it
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Consider sticking with Hand Ballista which only requires regular smithing stones and gets to 600 at +25. Jar cannon is 624 at +9 assuming you don’t want to burn a Somber for +10. Not worth the extra damage for the addition weight 15 vs only 10 for the Hand Ballista.
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Ok but why didn’t we get an absurdly large knight enemy who wields these. I want cathedral knight head butt into jar cannon
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Is this worth the somber smithing stones to get it to +10? specifically is it worth using up a somber ancient dragon smithing stone?
I have plenty of somber stones but it's obvious there aren't going to be that many somber ancient dragon stones in a single playthrough. So worth it? or not?
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Have your mimic use ONLY this against Melania. It stuns her every time, allowing a critical. She wont target the mimic as long as you land the crit aftet each stun
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Upgrade this to +10 and bring it with you when you face the Elden Beast. Don't bother with melee. You'll thank me later.
— Courh the Explorer
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when you bring a gun to a knife fight but everyone is too busy trying to figure out what soap is and how not to die of typhoid to know what this strange "trigger" you keep referring to is
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Thankyou Fromsoft for the ****Jar B o l l they are about to receive
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First canonical firearm in a souls game. Hopefully by ER 2 they’ll have primitive muskets.
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I wish the companion jar talisman, alexander's shard talisman, and jar helmet stacked with this weapon. It would make pot only builds extremely fun.
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Equip explosive great bolts and jar cannon. Invade at Haligtree. Profit.
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This is good game design for invaders. So many hosts run away (which wastes everyone's time). This plus the concealing veil forces them to advance like they're supposed to. Without this invasions would last 4 times as long.
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"Experimental firearm brought to the assault on Volcano Manor, where it was discovered that no one knew how to use it."
Nice to see Terry Pratchet also had a hand in this game.
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I don't understand why people call this thing the "cowardly invader" weapon. If invaders wanted to fight you from range using cheesy tactics, they'd use spells. If they want to fight you up close using cheesy tactics, they'd use RoB or spam dual blood naginata running R1 or moonveil something. Invaders that fight from extremely long range aren't cheesy, they're annoying at worst and impressive or funny at best. This cannon is so cool and unique compared to all other options. Unlike the weapons I just mentioned, the cannon's drawbacks are no joke and force you to use it intelligently. But they're not so severe that it becomes unviable. I've only been invaded once by someone who used this exclusively and it was a pretty enjoyable experience. They jumped us in carian manor with a super long-range shot to knock us off an edge, but they missed. From that point, they'd try to jumpscare us as we walked around corners and at the tops of stairs or elevators. I'm not sure what they were hoping for cuz they knew it wouldn't one-shot us and they barely ever got the chance to shoot at us while we were distracted by enemies. It was pretty entertaining though. I think they ended up crashing out right as the odds turned against us so I'm really sad we never got to see how that resolved, but shoutout to whoever that was.
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Time to keep a character at level 31 so that I can use this to obliterate new players in limgrave
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Finally I get to fulfill my dream of playing a souls game as Megatron
Greatbows are awesome but with this, u can spend some stat to Endurance instead on your STR focused build, sadly u missed the Radahn's Rain and Rain of Arrows, but look you don't need to farm that Golem Arrow at least, Lightning Greatbolt is purchasable
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