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PassiveRuins Greatsword is a Colossal Sword in Elden Ring. The Ruins Greatsword scales primarily with Strength and Intelligence and is a good Weapon for its additional magic damage.
Originally rubble from a ruin which fell from the sky, this surviving fragment was honed into a weapon.
One of the legendary armaments.
The ruin it came from crumbled when struck by a meteorite, as such this weapon harbors its destructive power.
Where to Find Ruins Greatsword in Elden Ring
The Ruins Greatsword weapon can be found at the following location:
- Ruins Greatsword can be acquried by defeating Misbegotten Warrior + Crucible Knight at Redmane Castle Plaza. [Elden Ring Map here] This boss fight is only accessible before the festival OR after defeating Starscourge Radahn and exhausting Witch-Hunter Jerren's subsequent dialogue. Video Location
Elden Ring Ruins Greatsword Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Wave of Destruction
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Cannot be enchanted with Magic nor boosted by Consumables
- Ruins Greatsword can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- Wave of Destruction: The weapon skill damage scales primarily with weapon level. There are minor increases in damage from STR levels, and the least increase from INT levels.
- Charged strong attacks cause a small burst of gravity magic upon slamming the ground. This slam causes additional damage, as well as staggering enemies in close proximity. This doesn't cost FP, but consumes more Stamina than normal charged heavy attacks.
- If the player doesn't meet the stat requirements to wield the weapon, the following penalties are applied:
- They will become unable to use the Weapon Skill.
- Their stamina cost on each attack is increased.
- They cannot benefit from the weapon's magic scaling.
- However, meeting the STR requirement allows the physical damage and scaling of the weapon remain the same. The base magical damage also remains unaffected.
- This could prove useful for pure Strength builds if the player manages to acquire it early in the game, provided they can find the Somber Stones to upgrade it.
- Sell Value:
1000 - Normally you can rotate to attack in any which direction during the final stages of the animation but with this weapon the 1H R2 is seemingly locked into whatever direction you were facing when pressing R2. (This bug been patched as of 1.07).
- One of 9 Legendary Armaments.
- Note: As of Patch 1.08, the Speed of Crouching and Rolling Attack has been slightly increased.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below. Additionally, the speed of guard counters for this weapon has increased
- Other notes and player tips go here
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Ruins Greatsword
Ruins Greatsword 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.
One-Handed Attacks
- 1H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 460.8/322.56/322.56
- 1H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 489.6/489.6
- 1H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 1056+(176 AoE)/1056+(176 AoE)
- 1H R1 Jumping: 460.8
- 1H R2 Jumping: 844.8
Two-Handed Attacks
- 2H R1 (1/2/3 Attacks): 599.04/419.328/419.328
- 2H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 636.48/636.48
- 2H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 1182.72+(176 AoE)/1182.72+(176 AoE)
- 2H R1 Jumping: 599.04
- 2H R2 Jumping: 929.28
Ruins Greatsword 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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| Ruins Greatsword | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 124 | 37 | - | - | - | 84 | B | - | E | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 56 | 28 |
| Standard +1 | 141 | 42 | - | - | - | 92 | B | - | E | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 56.56 | 28 |
| Standard +2 | 159 | 47 | - | - | - | 100 | B | - | E | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 57.12 | 28 |
| Standard +3 | 177 | 53 | - | - | - | 109 | B | - | E | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 57.68 | 28 |
| Standard +4 | 195 | 58 | - | - | - | 117 | B | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 58.24 | 28 |
| Standard +5 | 213 | 63 | - | - | - | 126 | A | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 58.8 | 28 |
| Standard +6 | 231 | 69 | - | - | - | 134 | A | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 59.36 | 28 |
| Standard +7 | 249 | 74 | - | - | - | 142 | A | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 59.92 | 28 |
| Standard +8 | 267 | 79 | - | - | - | 151 | A | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60.48 | 28 |
| Standard +9 | 285 | 85 | - | - | - | 159 | S | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 61.04 | 28 |
| Standard +10 | 303 | 90 | - | - | - | 168 | S | - | D | - | - | - | 82 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 61.6 | 28 |
AnonymousI regret not using this sooner in my playthrough. So much fun.
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i spammed Malenia with R2 (Wave of Destruction) using this, and killed her alongside my clone. She could not recover easily from the stagger
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im using this sword with malikeths blade as a strenght build. is this smart?
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I wish its Ash of War did more Damage cause you can do 2x dmg with a Jump attack with the right tailsmans than the Ash of War with the ight tailsmans.
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Obvious reference to King´s Ultra Greatsword from DS2. DS2 once again recognized.
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Why you get this weapon in Redmane Castle instead of Faram Azula is beyond me
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Why is this not a strike weapon? You literally smash a rock into their face, this is not a sword, it's a sharpened rock on a stick
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How in the world this weapon deals piercing weapon with rolling R1 is beyond me
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Imagine if this was buffable like Great Club or Clayman's Harpoon? It would've been so much cooler!
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god i wish i hadn't chosen not to use this on my first playthrough. it's literally 16 int!!! that's all it took for me to hem and haw my way out of having any fun. try new things folks, force yourself if you have to.
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This weapon was why I committed to a Str/Int playthrough for my first character.
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booking it to redmane at lvl 12 was the best decision i ever made
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Heavy Watchdog's Greatsword+25 and Ruins Greatsword+10 have the same exact strength scaling value, but Ruins has 2 more base physical damage and the magic base+scaling tacked on for free. Ruins also has better guarding stats all the way down.
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A fine weapon. There are times that it feels like the most broken weapon. S scales with strength and the weapon art just obliterates pretty much everything in its path. And, the crazy thing is I'm using this at +9 and it is still just silly!
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I used this weapon on my first playthrough and this thing absolutely slaps. Does great damage and the WA does good damage and makes up for the short length of the weapon. Overall really fun weapon and although I didn’t use it much the charged heavy has that nice delayed gravity explosion for some bonus damage.
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I've been laying waste with this collosal sword. Beat the Sol castle boss and Lord of blood on the first try. It went thru them like hot butter. Definitely a great sword for bosses.
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Does this weapon deal bonus damage to gravity type enemies, like other gravity weapons?
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I never once thought vendricks ultra great sword needed a magic buff.
This thing packs a wallop! The L2 gravity attack is brutal and has incredibly long range, really cant go wrong with this weapon but if you missed it I feel sorry for you.
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In your house, I long to be
Room by room, patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
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As of 1.09, this weapon's pure physical damage now surpasses the Heavy GUGS's total damage at high Strength values, and this weapon ALSO deals some magic damage on top, so it's the supreme bonk colossal (but it has the second least reach while the GUGS has the most reach... but it has a really cool ranged Skill).
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This should have better fire and lightning absorptions. Its made of stone for chrissakes, how is that not less conducive of heat and electricity. How are these the same as the greatsword.
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I really think the 16 int requirement paired with one of the highest Strength requirements was a terrible idea. 16 is a bit steep, 13 or 14 would be more appropriate for a weapon that already has one of the highest strength requirements in the game.
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the int requirement gives you access to scholars shield, if you want to make an ultra beefcake tank build.
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The charged r2 has a lower-than-average motion value, but coupled with the explosion it actually ends up being higher than other UGS.
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I've been a enjoyer of the dragon greasword in ds1, the king's ultra greatsword in ds2 and the fume ultra greatsword in ds3. I had not the chance to use the dragon bone smasher in Des, but i got to smash and slice my way through with the amygdalan arm.
I feel like i've come full circle with this one.
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This weapon is too amazing in PVE. Together with good spirit summon, you can beat bosses easily by spamming skill.
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Anon 27 Dec 2022 03: 55... TRUE, the weapon itself has horrible range and its ash of war is the weakest ash of war, with no buff "waves of destruction" deals less than 600 damage in pvp... it's s.a.d. and extremely disappointing that "FROM" only thinks about Faith & Dexterity, while not even looking at Intelligence & Arxane & Strength are at a huge disadvantage compared to Dex and Faith...
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1000+ hours in and had no idea this thing left a gravity explosion after a charged r2. (Never used it and invaders just spam L2.) Shout out to that summon who actually used a weapons full move set as I'm finna make a graviturgy warrior because of you.
This is a good weapon for the Mohg Rune farm area if you don't have any of the other options, it has decent range and damage.
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I initially didn’t want to use this weapon because I thought it looked dumb but after I gave it a try I can safely say: this weapon ****s
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How do I not see anyone using this weapon? The Ash of War on it is AWESOME! GETSUGA TENSHOOO
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66 str, butt-ass naked, flynn's ring (super valuable 5% ar), axe tali, charge attack physick, and shart of alexander. Time to turn every living creature in the lands between into a red streak on the floor
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htf r u supposed to figure out all this stuff!!! oh yeah just add a big boss fight and great sword in case i just wander back to redman caste for no reason!!?!?!
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Went from using the GUTs to this recently. Made life so much easier! Such a cool weapon and that wave of darkness rips!
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Always love surprising invaders with a couple waves of destruction to the face to make them second guess dropping in
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This sword does a bit more damage with most attacks than a heavy greatsword at high strength levels (all light attacks and jumping, rolling, back-step heavy attacks) thanks to its extremely high strength scaling and added magic damage. However, its basic R2 attacks seem to have low attack modifiers and do less damage uncharged. When the heavy attacks are charged, they will out-damage the greatsword's charged R2s only if the gravity burst hits, otherwise the sword alone does less. Though the gravity effect will hit most of the time when the sword does, the range is extremely short, so if the sword knocks the target back even a little it may miss. Just something to be mindful of.
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Ds1:Dragon ultra greatsword
Ds2 Fume ultra greatsword
Ds3Fume ultra greatsword
Elden ring: Ruins greatsword
Truly a legendary weapon
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this weapon is truly legendary. pretty much every other legendary weapon is unremarkable apart from its weapon art
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Even better than the extra damage of the charged heavy's gravity burst is the high poise damage of it. Anything stunned by the sword itself from the charged R2 will be stunned again, and that extra few seconds of vulnerability makes landing a second charged R2 much more realistic. It's one of the slowest attacks in the game that can actually stun-lock an enemy, even some of the toughest ones.
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using this on a build with tons of charged attack buffs and landing the heavy deletes pretty much anything off the face of the earth
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I was unable to get this weapon on my first playthrough since I did the festival and missed the boss, then did sellen's quest before talking to Jerren, and killed him so now im unable to revert redmane castle
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Finished the game with ruins on left and and ultra greatsword on my right arm dual wield. I almost melt everything late game with mimic teat except ofc melania. She took 20 times to master.
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Odd how it doesn't do strike damage, like just look at it, sure it'll definitely turn dudes into jam on contact, but it sure as hell won't be cutting anything.
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Hello? Where's the AR at 60 str?
I want to know if this would be an upgrade and here I am with no useful information
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Using this against any big monster makes you feel like you're playing Monster Hunter and I'm all for it
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Ruins Greatsword? With this weight it's more like Ruins Your Back Greatsword
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A the Albinuriac bow summon got me through this boss.
I killed the misbegotton then summoned her at one end of the arena then drew the knight across the arena and she peppered his back with arrows. Eventually the knight slowly walks over to her and some strong attacks to his back re draws his aggro and resets the tactic.
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If you’re trying to do it this fight at a relatively low enough level, I heavily recommended flame of the redmanes. Spam it for the poise break and you should be able to sneak in a jump attack into a repoiste.
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Wave of Destruction is one of the best rune-farming weapon skills in the game. It requires a little skill to line up your shot correctly. Using target lock can help with that.
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I don't like how this looks but how much does INT come into play with its scaling? It says here the weapon skill scales to whatever upgrade level the sword is at and a little from STR, I only have 17 INT so what about the base damage from the sword itself does that scale to INT?
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Kinda cool how most fromsoft games have atleast one ultra greatsword thats just a gigantic piece of rubble/rock/steel etc. fashioned into a weapon vaguely resembling a sword.
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Vertical r1s would've made more sense than the default r1's considering it doesn't even have a blade, its just a massive chunk of meteorite fashioned into something that hardly resembles a sword afterall.
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You need to level blue dex to use this (dont tell anyone you leveled that up tho)
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Haven't played since doing 2 playthroughs right after launch, with the patch that buffed speed and guard for colossal weapons, is this one more viable (as in you can actually get away with doing something other than jump R2 spam) and fun than it used to be?
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Fume knight and tsorig are pissing themself rn after seeing this
84 strength, I don't meet the Int requirement yet with only 7, +10 Two Handed AR 950.
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