Jar Cannon | Elden Ring Wiki

THE invasion weapon. Nobody is safe from my bolts of fury

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Ah yes, I can finally practise the ancient ways of blowing stuff up with MANPADS.

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Ash Of War: Parry This

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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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guts hand cannon.

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Gauge size: Big

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Why doesn't this use throwing pots as ammo?

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Jar Cannon. Does not use jars as ammo. **** you, fromsoft. Sincerely.

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Medieval Megaman

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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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strong

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Heavy Jartillery

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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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This thing is worthless. It's just too damn slow.

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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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an invader's best friend

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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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this weapon is so goofy, luv it.

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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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Need this for my guts build

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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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If it ain't got kick, it just ain't worth it.

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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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The elden ring elden gun is a blast to use

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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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But I want to wear it on my head.

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Bring this with you to Ordina
You'll thank me later

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I am Demoman, Blade of Scrumpy

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this will turn you into The Funny in invasions.

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What makes me a good demoman?

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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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Set Phaser to Kaplowee

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Thankyou Fromsoft for the ****Jar B o l l they are about to receive

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This and explosive bolts = rpg

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First canonical firearm in a souls game. Hopefully by ER 2 they’ll have primitive muskets.

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best item description ever

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Part 1 of every AFK hunter build. ESSENTIAL bois.

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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

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Is anyone having issues with this weapon missing easy shots when locked on?
Like, you're locked on an enemy standing still, a few metters away from you, but when you shoot the bolt goes to the right and hits the wall...

I've been using this weapon a lot, and I keep seeing this happening from time to time. It's like if the character decides to just ignore the lock on and shoots somewhere else.

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"I am melania, blade of miq-BOOM"


And I, am Paolo, booming of jar."

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anyone know the strength requirement to wield it since ur just gonna be twohanding anyways? like the bare minimum

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This comment section is JARing...!



Yeah, I'll see myself out. :D

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"lol" said the Jarnished.
"lmao"

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Parry this, you ****ing casual!

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Tip for anyone using this. Try not to be directly over edges of cliffs and mountains when using this. Sometimes the recoil of the cannon will send you back and then forward of the edge of the cliff (like you clipped through it and it repositions you directly in front of the edge having you fall to your death.)

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It should be mentioned that lightning greatbolts fired with this travel extremly far in a straight line before they start dropping.

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Am I the only one who wants to make a Transformers 5 Megatron build using this, and the Sword of Milos?

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Some tips on how I use this badass weapon, in case it hasn't been mentioned yet:

This cannon will blast enemies backwards if they are small to mid sized (men, dogs, heralds, imps, etc)
You can use this cannon to blast enemies off of perches and roofs from afar, hopefully causing them to fall to their deaths.
In addition, often times when an enemy falls from their camping spot their AI will become confused and they will be an easy target for you to then drop down and target them safely from behind while they are standing and blankly looking at a wall now, after aggro has worn off.

There are many enemies I have knocked to their deaths using this cannon.

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Gotta love how they designed the handles on this thing so that your character is obviously holding it like an invisible greatsword. Now you can't unsee it.

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So happy this is in the game. Amazing weapon. Great for dealing with invaders who cower behind strong enemies or in crowds

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Elden Ring needs more guns tbh I loved how they played in Nioh

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Ymfah no, not again

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if only we could fire this weapon on the left hand...

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Just found out something intriguing, Jar cannon does full dmg without consuming ammo, while horseback riding. however the weapon wont fire but will result in the player Jabbing the fat end of the cannon at each side. so incase you are fighting horseback, don't be afraid to use this as a back-up.

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I thought this would use cracked pot items as amo. Kinda disappointed. Still looks cool though

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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."
LMAO

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Such a cheeseball invader tool

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One of the greatest things ever created. Goofy and gimmicky enough to be a meme, but just enough actual firepower to be a threat.

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We need to bring back pkcs guy. But jar cannon instead.

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This page says that you can use the Blue Dancer's Charm to increase attack power, but the Jar Cannon does not scale.
The Blue Dancer's Charm wiki page says it only affects physical scaling.
Which one is true?

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Finally, I can cosplay as Agent Black

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Ahh the "I'm a loser invader whose too scared to fight up close" weapon. Funny how as soon as invaders who use this weapon have to actually fight, me and my phantombros kill them instantly with my trusty Rivers of Blood.

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Everybody speaking of killing afk farmers while I just want a f**king hand cannon. Best used with explosive greatbolt, not practical at all, but feels so good

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1/10 weapon you can't do rocket jump (jar jump eldne rign real)

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Its hilarious every time to one shot a low level enemy and watch their body fly 30 feet. Such an entertaining weapon

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Ah yes. Give a weapon to the players which seems fun and then make it complatly nonunsable because of the 80 million years reload animation after every shot and you cant skip it. Typical fromsoft, thank you.

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MORTAAAAR KOMBAAAAAT

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Take this thing to the bottom of the elevator before the great bridge in farum azula and turn the bridge full of birds into a host shooting gallery

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haha boom

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One of the funniest descriptions of any weapon in the game. So none of the soldiers were taught how to use it correctly before the big siege? lmao

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Filthy AFK farmers

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THERE IS A WAR GOING ON BETWEEN AFK'ERS AND INVADERS. USE THIS CANNON TO CLEAN OUT ALL THE AFK RATS FROM BUILDINGS, CLIFFS, AND ROOFS. GLORY TO THE BLOODY AND RECUSANTS!!!!

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The bane of afk rune farmers everywhere.

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Get this weapon just to kill AFK hosts :D

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I use this as Guts prosthetic cannon arm

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So does the jar cannon make normal bolts explode too? If so does that mean using explosive bolts increases the damage or radius?

I'm just wondering because I love the hand ballista for the fact I can use normal bolts to penetrate and deal higher damage, and switch to explosive bolts if enemies are in a group. So I was wondering if the jar cannon is ALWAYS explosive

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"Must be two-handed to fire. This also means you effectively only need 23 Strength and 8 Dexterity to wield it"
I really appreciate listen the actual str requirement, but dex is not modified by two handing.

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Im having difficulty finding an answer so ill ask here. Which Bolts should i use? i have this Weapon as an Invasion Tool, mostly to Deal with afk Hosts on Rooftops are whatever. But im not sure which is better for Invasions, Explosive or Lightning Greatbolts?

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jar cannon 10+ my beloved

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Though the jar cannon's damage does not scale with any stat, failing to meet the str requirement will cause it to deal reduced damage like any other weapon.

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