Pulley Crossbow | Elden Ring Wiki

It's Gideon.

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I just realized something, what if Radagon made the pulley weapons? Miquella could fit but he left the golden order and we see none of his soldiers with this crossbow in the haligtree if I recall. Goldmask wasn't an inventor but a philosopher plus seemingly a pacifist. One guy speculated it was Rykard but he probably never liked the golden order enough to become a fundamentalist plus most of his creations are either sorceries or torture devices. Radagon on the other hand is pretty much THE golden order fundamentalist and if you look closely those golden pages wield this crossbow and they are present in both Leyndell and Raya Lucaria, Radagon's two kingdoms. The crossbow is also a clear red color just like his hair and it would explain why we find them on Mt Gelmir since Rykard is Radagon's son.

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People saying the "certain genius who learned Golden Order fundamentalism" mentioned in this item description is either Goldmask or Miquella. But what if it's simply Rykard? You find all these advanced projectile weapons - Pulley Bow, Pulley Crossbow, Jar Cannon - in the Mt. Gelmir region after all.

Lets also not forget that in order to be a blasphemer, you have to have been a believer before. And indeed, as Gideons informs us, Rykard was once a justiciar and inquisitor. Of what? Of the Golden Order of course. To further support this, his are one of three kinds of spells that require both Faith and Intelligence. The first are Golden Order incantations, the second Death incantations, which are an inversion of the Golden Order, and the third are Rykard's blasphemous sorceries.

Maybe the answer really was right there in front of us the entire time.

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Using this to apply rot to large bosses like dragons or the fire giant is fun, really helped me in NG+3. Triple shots of rotbone darts against large targets gets that job done relatively quick from a modest distance. Some bosses like Placidusax are so resistant you may feel it doesn't pay to try, but theoretically they would succumb within 10 shots (30 bolts) from this crossbow.

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Do the bolts still apply status buildup if you do not meet the requirements for the crossbow?

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First you're gonna want to get the Pulley Crossbow and some Rot Darts. Then slap Repeating Thrust and a Blood infusion on the Antspur Rapier. Use Darkness (I know!) and the Crepus Vial or Assassin's Approach for spacing and you've got a lore accurate Confessor that can proc rot in two shots and kill most enemies before they get anywhere near you. Most Two Finger Incantations (lore accuracy) have low requirements, so I keep my Faith at utility level and grow my Dex/Arc. It fun.

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Imagine power stancing two with explosive bolt hehe

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De ting goes skrrraa
PAPAPAPAPA

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perfect with the cross naginata for a glock saint cosplay

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i need to kill fast but arrow too slow

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i see this as a shotgun

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A classic in the souls series, the M16 Assault Rifle.

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I got a glock in my pulley
30 shots no bone bolts

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elden glock

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Two hand this and you can shoot while jumping!

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did the guy that made this crossbow also write the description for it or am i trippin

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The enemies using this need to get removed from the game.
Not only nerfed, but straight up removed.
Fromsoft should have known better than to put garbage bullshit like this into a game.

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It's useless unless you want to kill someone that has 30 hp because you can't do more damage than that using this crossbow.

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It takes too many dex levels to equip this

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*Puts on Perfumer Bolts*

“I AM THE PAGE NOW, I AM THE PAGE NOW.”

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Avelyn, my beloved...

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Using this against Malenia you can sometimes get headshots off her.

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Unlike ds3 variant this does not recieve any penalty on status infliction. Monster if used with bleed and rot bolts.

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Anti-dragon-breath gat

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For love of god from software, please buff bows

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I hope the DLC adds more stuff like this and the jar cannon, the more renaissance inspired part of Elden Ring's worldbuilding is really cool and helps to set it apart from the more Dark Ages inspiration of most other fantasy games

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Oh how my blood boils

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"Where the f*** are all my arrows?!" bow

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Oneshot build, use this with sleep arrows. If all of them hit instant sleep.

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Hand it over. That thing. Your ammo.

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Reading the description and taking into context the location of the weapon, as well as the description of the Ghiza's Wheel, I believe Ghiza to be the one who made this crossbow since he would be familiar with gears and mechanisms and would be adept in making painful instruments like burred bolts

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I wonder if the genius mentioned in the weapon description could be Miquella. Might be a bit of a stretch, but he studied Golden Order fundamentalism, and according to Gowry is a master artisan whose needles are marvels of craftsmanship. Oh, and the Craftsman Shack where you find this crossbow also has a Miquella's Lily in its backyard. I'm sure it was put there for a reason considering Miyazaki's way of environmental storytelling,

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Oh dear. What was it? The mages? The moonveils? Or the horrible bleed? Oh it doesn't matter. It always comes down to the trusty sidearm to clean up after these sorts of messes. Tonight, the pulley crossbow joints the hunt.

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****ing machine gun

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Avelyn my beloved

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This crossbow un-upgraded can often hit foes from afar and not aggro them do to doing 0 damage; use this to your advantage by freely applying a status effect. Works well on the FGFSB in Mt. Gelmir, just shoot a few barrages then ride off after the status procs the aggro.

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This doesn't have the longest range, or the highest damage, it's also horribly inaccurate and chews through bolts like crazy, but I'll be damned if this isn't one of the most fun to use weapons in the game

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Put this in left hand because there put the bow
And maaaaan
Feels like Bloodborne when stop the enemy animation of a skill or atack then slash with pizza cutter xD

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Hopefully they fix the bug with this taking on the status of your main weapon.

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Can you still use proc bolts with this if you lack dex

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So we are now at the stage in elden rings life cycle where everyone uses sleep bolts to counter the other broken bugs in the game.

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Without bugs, bleed bolt makes you kill things you'd otherwise barely tickle.

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It’s a no stat weapon that any build can enjoy. Using a str build. Pump some 3 shot burst frost to freeze, then come in. Or some bleed bolt, really strong status application. Reloading is way faster than I thought it would be.

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A versatile crossbow used in a number of ways, both legit and unintended. With an Eclipse Shotel mainhand, an offhand Pulley Crossbow will apply Deathblight. With Bleed/Rot/Poison bolts, it will apply those statuses amazingly fast. With explosive bolts, it makes a good roll-catcher. Commonly used offhand with Sleep Bolts to put someone to sleep and then Lion's Claw/Giant Hunt them, although I'm trying to personally make it work with mainhand pulley and offhand One-Eyed Greatshield -- will let you know.

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For whatever reason I couldn't get the blood flame to work on it

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I really wish they just let us infuse ranged weapons. It feels bad when exploiting is the only way to get a faith crossbow.

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I just made this crossbow do 787 per bolt

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gael cosplay

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Burred bolts, Seppuku, Pulley Crossbow, Turns this thing into the equivalent of being shot by an Uzi

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Really cool weapon, just sucks that the only time you'll ever see it in pvp is to cheesily apply status effects.

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Glocksaint build, Glocksaint build.

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aah you were at my side all along. my true mentor... my Avelyn

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Perfect for finishing off bosses from a safe distance. Feels totally badass racking it after the kill, too.

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ye olde shotgun

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not sure how, put someone one shot me with this thing in a duel. 120 1826 HP. really unsure

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Absolutely excellent weapon; I use it on every one of my characters. It excels in applying status effects, and poison, bleed, and frost bolts are relatively painless to acquire. Put it in your off-hand and you've got a solid backup ranged weapon.

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The ever-brilliant Goldmask does it again!

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More Dakka

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This thing shits out status effects.

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O blessed dragonslayer. you have let me slay vile lizards and fire giants at ranges the camera doesn't suck at so many times. You are not always good. But when you're good, you're great.

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Lore wise can someone explain if the inventor is someone we know? Like Goldmask? Or just some nobody

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People don’t level vigor. Need I say more?

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Mimic Tear + Pulley Crossbow + infinite sleep bolts = easy Godskin Duo

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If you infuse your right hand weapon with bloodflame, the bolts will also deal bloodflame effect :)

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Do sleep bolts cause less buildup in this?
I just put a boss to sleep with like 10 sleepbone arrows. But I tried again with the pulley crossbow, and I fired 99 sleepbone bolts, at least 90 hit, and he didn't fall asleep

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I guess this is the closest thing to a glock for my Isshin cosplay.

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This weapon pairs incredibly well with the dragon halberd's lightning buff.

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yup, this thing is aids in pvp

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This is the strongest weapon in the entire game...
sometimes

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this and cannon on left hand, Greatsword+lion claw on right, "my brother" on earphones.

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Mine fires FOUR (4) bolts, not three

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Gael's peaceful gun 2.0

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Burst-fire lever-action crossbow?

Sign me up.

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Gun

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I see a lot of sleep arrow spammers using this weapon

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It feels so good finishing off jump attack and moonveil spammers with this. Burred bolts are expensive and hard to get but worth every rune. And it's not crazy on the stat investment side either. Just equip radagons soreseal and call it a day.

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Kick someone and then shoot. Halo 2 BXR.

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IT'S CHU KO NU TIME!

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the "I can't aim but I will hit you with one of these god damn it" crossbow

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the "I can't aim but I will hit you with one of these god damn it" crossbow

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Dual wield this with bleed arrows is a thing.

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Extremely good at shutting out Dragon Breath Spammers in PvP, run it with Bloodbolts and Explosives
Explode for stun and roll catch, Bleed to stuff whiffs
A Melee Arcane Build's best friend

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If you don't upgrade this, the damage drop off is very early, allowing to shoot some foes without them aggro-ing. Used this with Rot Bolts to get Rot on the FGFSB without it targeting me until after it kicked in.

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Really good with bleed bolts vs bosses, especially useful during malenia's huge flower move. The bleed bolts are easy to get too since they come in an unlimited amount for the merchant in mogwyns palace.

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Benefits from buffs applied to a melee weapon if you're wielding the cross bow in your left hand. Things like Greases and spells make it one of the scarier non-magic ranged tools. For reference: The giant right outside of the 3rd Church of Marika bled with just one volley of bleed bolts combined with Bloodflame Blade.

When testing it on a friend, they said it built up about 90%.

Speaking of, this tool inherited the ol' "shoot at your feet with explosive bolts" strategy from the Avelyn. You can buy infinite explosive bolts from a merchant NPC at Mt. Gelmir and they can be extremely potent at harassing aggressors in PvP, and is an excellent tool for catching rolls. Recommended if you're looking for an area of denial tool and aren't spec'd into magic.

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Are the damage values given here per shot or per 3 bolt burst?

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Are there any penalties to status effect with this weapon? If not, then it seems like great tool for all those poison, rot and bleed bolts.

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Hello Avelyn I've been looking for you

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This bow does not allow any ashes of war...

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If this is in your off hand it benefits from the Seppuku buff if you've got bleed bolts. Don't know if this is an intended interaction, but it's absolutely brutal.

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Can confirm this weapon hits like a truck at +10 if all 3 bolts hit, slightly less than the regular ballista but with a much faster firing rate, reload and without two handing, also more ammo because you can only fire 20 greatbolts with ballistas.

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This is the Avelyn of the game (a 3-burst Crossbow)

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while its base damage may look similar to the arbalast and the heavy crossbow, its upgraded with somber stones, so it'll deal less damage later in the game vs. early on when the two others can go up to +25 while this is only +10

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Do you think it is possible to power stance with two of these?

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Be Wary of Avelyn

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think i might have sold this earlier in my playthrough, anyone know if it drops from any enemies?

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upgrade uses somber not regular smithing stones

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upgrade uses somber not regular smithing stones

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If this is anything like the one used by the soldier under east capital rampart then its the most powerful thing in the game. Ive fought dragons and demons and trolls but nothing has ever killed me as many times as this one lowly soldier who hits for 2k damage a shot.

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Spawn at mount gelmir ( seethewater terminal near fort laiedd then run all the way around the volcano ( you will know you are in the right direction if you pass the fire dragon keep going all the way to the bottom past the hermit shack

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