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PassiveSword of Light is a Straight Sword in Elden Ring. It is a brand new Straight Sword in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The Sword of Light scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity and Faith and is a good Weapon for __goodfor__.
Sword of light, pulled from its stone scabbard at an altar. From the quick of the root, unswerving rays of light intersect and reflect to give the silver blade form.
Where to Find Sword of Light in Elden Ring
The Sword of Light weapon can be found at the following location:
- Obtained by raising the Stone-Sheathed Sword at the altar in the Ruins of Unte. The altar area is only accessible after using a Hefty Furnace Pot and throwing it at the head of the deactivated Furnace Golem that blocks the entrance so that it moves away. [Elden Ring Map]
- You can get Stone-Sheathed Sword it at one of the 3 Altar locations: Fog Rift Catacombs (on top of the 3 trap platforms and run to the furthest right corner), Unte Ruins (flowery courtyard), or Ancient Ruins of Rauh (on a tower connected by invisible floor). Once have it, you can transfrom it into Sword of Darkness or Sword of Light at 2 other altars.
Elden Ring Sword of Light Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Light
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Sword of Light can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- When +10 with 80 strength and 24 faith it has an attack rating (AR) of 641, skewing towards physical damage. When hybridized with strength/faith both at 50 it has 639 AR split almost down the middle. When going dexterity/faith (50/50) it has an AR of 611, also split down the middle. Going pure faith (80 faith) nets 584 AR or 589 (99 faith). With 20 strength, 50 dexterity and 50 faith it has an AR of 625. These numbers are assuming builds in the 145 to 160 range.
- Due to the nature of the weapon skill this weapon can function effectively on hybrid builds in the main hand. When test with a +0 clawmark seal (20 strength/50 dexterity/50 faith) the damage of Golden Arc was 281 before using the weapon skill. Tested against sword and torch Godrick Soliders at level 160. Enemy was unaware of player (ie player was sneaking). After using the skill Golden Arc had a damage of 337 (enemy was unaware of player). When aware of the player, Godrick Soldiers took 223 damage from Golden Arc without the weapon skill active and 267 with the skill active.
- When tested against Godrick Soldiers (sword and torch) at +10 with 50 dexterity/50 faith and 20 strength the weapon skill did 367 damage while the enemy was unaware of the player. When aware of the player the enemies took 291 damage. When the passive boost was active the skill itself did no increased damage against enemies.
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Sword of Light
- Videos for the Sword of Light Coming Soon
Sword of Light 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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| Sword of Light | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 93 | - | - | - | 93 | 47 | D | E | - | E | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 31 | 15 |
| Standard +1 | 106 | - | - | - | 106 | 51 | D | E | - | E | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 31.31 | 15 |
| Standard +2 | 119 | - | - | - | 119 | 56 | D | E | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 31.62 | 15 |
| Standard +3 | 133 | - | - | - | 133 | 61 | D | E | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 31.93 | 15 |
| Standard +4 | 146 | - | - | - | 146 | 65 | D | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 32.24 | 15 |
| Standard +5 | 160 | - | - | - | 160 | 70 | D | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 32.55 | 15 |
| Standard +6 | 173 | - | - | - | 173 | 75 | D | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 32.86 | 15 |
| Standard +7 | 187 | - | - | - | 187 | 79 | D | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 33.17 | 15 |
| Standard +8 | 200 | - | - | - | 200 | 84 | D | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 33.48 | 15 |
| Standard +9 | 214 | - | - | - | 214 | 89 | C | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 33.79 | 15 |
| Standard +10 | 227 | - | - | - | 227 | 94 | C | D | - | D | - | - | 26 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 34.1 | 15 |
AnonymousIf anyone wants to use both Sword of Light and Sword of Dark add me, PSN LionelNietszche
They are apparently droppable so just backup your save first and we’ll drop each other which ever one the other doesn’t have.
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If anyone wants to dupe it to get light and dark my PSN is LionelNietszche
Just backup your save first! Add me if you have questions or wanna do it
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amazing sword thats ruined by not being able to change its ash of war. seriously in what scenario are you gonna use that ash of war in combat, dogshit
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There's 3 altars in the game, the one at unte ruins, the one at rauh ruins, and the one in the fog rift catacombs, depending on which altar you pick up the stone sword at, the other two become light and dark. For example, I picked up the stone sword at unte, the one in rauh is light, and the one in fog rift is dark.
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When i first stepped into this area i got heavy shadow of the colossus vibe's, finding this sword was like "yep that's SOTC inspired"
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I'm unsure how I feel about the Sword of Light as a buffing weapon. It's a Straight Sword so it's moveset is great and the AoW damage is nice however the AoW is a Body buff which will make it overwrite common Body buffs like Howl of Shabriri or Flame, Grant Me Strength. In the case of pure Holy damage builds it is a nice option to have over using Howl of Shabriri to boost damage since while you lose 5% damage you aren't taking 30% more damage but as soon as any other damage type comes into play that gap in damage boosts widens.
I do like its AoW much more than the Sword of Darkness though which is a shame because the debuff the Sword of Darkness give is probably more useful to builds that want to pump out as much Holy damage as possible but getting the debuff on the enemy feels like ass because of how long it takes for that swords AoW to start.
I feel if the Sword of Light matched Howl of Shabriri's numbers and buffed Holy damage by 25% or worked like Flame, Grant me Strength with a 20% Physical + Holy Buff this weapon would be far better. I still quite like it though as a pure Holy damage buff alternative it just has room to be better without being busted, especially with how bad of a reputation Holy damage has in this game.
Oh and since everyone else has posted about it I'll make the obligatory hate post that it's pretty stupid that a Holy damage boosting weapon only has a D scaling in Faith but gets a C in Strength....
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Alright, I just got to the Altar in Unte Ruins, and it is dark and giving me the prompt to make the Sword of Darkness. For some reason, I cannot open replies right now to check why I have a Dark Alter instead of a Light Alter there, so I did some digging and investigating on my own.
I first checked the Altar at nighttime, but then I went back to the Sight of Grace without reloading the area and set the time to Day and checked the Altar again - still Dark. I then fast-traveled back to the grace to reload the area and still at day time checked the Altar again, and it was still Dark.
I then decided to check some other sources online and different sources show screenshots of different Altar States in the same Location, so I think there is some way to change if you have a Light Altar or a Dark Altar at a given location. If I had to guess what Light/Dark related thing I might have done that may have set my Unte Ruins Altar to Dark mode is that I killed the Furnace Golem blocking the gate into the ruins before interacting with the Altar. Maybe I had "snuffed out the nearby light" of the Golem and that turned it Dark.
Unfortunately, I did not back up a save to check the Altar's state before I killed the Golem, as I only noticed the Altar was there after I had put down the Golem. I may need to verify this on a future playthough.
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oh good, another holy damage buff that probably won't work in pvp cause they never fixed the holy damage bug
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this is weird, cuz i got sword of darkness in the ruins of unte for some reason, not sword of light
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You don't need to kill the furnace golem. Just go left at the golem and then follow the area. Then when you get to the rot area face the stairs out and ride that way. After some pests the altar area is there over an invisible bridge.
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Most underrated dlc weapon imo: getting 1.1k dmg with a r1 without a good setup
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Sword of Light, ash of war increases holy damage done BUT it scales D in faith...
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my pure faith build is ruined.
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Does Rotten sword insignia/millicent Prosthesis work with ash of war
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I truly wonder motivates Fromsoft to make a so many faith weapons that suck to play with faith builds because the faith scaling is non existent.
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You can access this without using a pot on the Furnace Golem. On the south-east corner of the fort, you'll see the wall is broken. Just to the left of the broken wall, Use your mount to jump the 3 different elevations of skinny ledge, and then double jump over to the broken wall. Took me about 8 or 9 tries, or about 2 minutes to do it. Hope this helps!~~
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Confirmed you can swap back and forth by visiting the two Last Shrines.
Personally I think they should’ve bumped the base damage to 100 or 105 and made it C scaling across the board. That way it could either go pure faith or hybrid fth/dex or fth/str to add versatility for faith builds.
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Didn't need to activate the golem. The nearby spiritspring was able to get me up to the cliff that the invisible bridge connects to, no hefty firebombs required
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any reason why the altar at the Unte ruins wouldnt be lit up/not work to change the sword?
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could've been combined into "Sword of Light and Dark" with a split stance like sonaf
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At +10 the sword has a C scaling in Strength, D and Dex and in Faith.
Meaning if you are looking for a good faith one hander this isn't it. Stick to Lordsworn Straight Sword or Longsword. So between this, darkness and Leda's sword we got 3 faith based weapons that barely scale off faith.
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Time to dual wield Sword of Light with Sword of Darkness for a Holy Str/Fth build. Make it happen people.
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see,s like you can swap between the two swords, as I had already made the sword of Darkness. but when i got to the playform past the invisible bridge it still let ke transform sword of dsrkness i to sword of light.
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I got the Sword of Darkness at the Unte Alter? Maybe which one you get depends on the time of day or something? Or are you supposed to get the Dark one first?
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I got a sword of darkness here instead of a sword of light?
what does this mean
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How does this not primarily scale with faith when you need 24 to use it
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The buff on the sword seems to remain even after switching to other weapons, and even when resting at grace. Its also very powerful buff to sacred damage, no exact percentage yet.
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The Ash of War on this weapon grants a 20% Increase to Holy Damage for 1 minute on activation. This buff also stacks with the Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear!
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Dragon Quest fans: "Hey Mom, can we have Sword of Light?"
Mom: "Its okay lambkin, we have Sword of Light at home."
Sword of Light at home:
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Got it at a different spot after going through the rot zone near the ancient ruins (top left part of the map). You have to cross an invisible bridge
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Pretty cool looking sword, fancy ash of war, bizarre scaling choice. If they manage to fix that it'd be a fantastic pairing for a faith build rather than just fine.
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