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Thorn Sorcerer
Location	Liurnia of the Lakes Fort Laiedd Mountaintops of the Giants
Drops	104 - 661 Runes Staff of the Guilty Smoldering Butterfly

Thorn Sorcerer is an Enemy in Elden Ring. They accompany Fire Monks and Fire Prelates, and some can cast Aberrant Sorceries, such as Briars of Sin and Briars of Punishment, along with a flaming thorn whip attack from their staves.

 The guilty, their eyes gouged by thorns, lived in eternal darkness. There, they discovered the blood star.

Elden Ring Thorn Sorcerer Locations

Where to Find Thorn Sorcerer:

• Liurnia of the Lakes: on the land that surrounds the lake, there are a couple of Fire Monk camps where they can be found, although these do not drop the Staff of the Guilty.
• Fort Laiedd: they are battling against Leyndell Soldiers alongside Fire Monks and a couple of Flame Chariots outside of the fort.
• Mountaintops of the Giants: they are found accompanying the Fire Prelate just north of the Giants' Mountaintop Catacombs before the long thin bridge, as well as around the Guardians' Garrison.

Elden Ring Thorn Sorcerer Drops

Item	Drop Rate	Additional Info
Runes	100%	104 - 661
Briars of Sin	100%	Specific Thorn Sorcerer (Interactive Map Link)
Staff of the Guilty	2.00%	N/A
Smoldering Butterfly	25.00%	N/A

Thorn Sorcerer Notes & Tips

• There are two variants, one of which has a shorter, merely smoldering Staff of the Guilty; the other, a longer Staff of the Guilty, set ablaze. The latter is stronger, and has a flaming thorn slash attack with long reach, as well as the ability to use Briars of Sin and Briars of Punishment. One is found in Liurnia, and drops the Briars of Sin Sorcery once killed for the first time.
• Larger groups of the more powerful flaming staff variant of Thorn Sorcerers can be found outside Fort Laiedd and among the barricades leading up to the Guardians' Garrison. The flaming staff Thorn Sorcerers are the only ones that drop the Staff of the Guilty, so it is recommended that one farm in on of those two locations.
• The weaker smoldering staff Thorn Sorcerers only drop Smoldering Butterflies, and can not use the Aberrant Sorceries. They can be found in Liurnia and at the south end of the bridge leading from the initial mountaintop with Zamor Ruins on it, to the rest of the Mountaintops of the Giants.
• They can screech to alert nearby enemies of the player's presence, like when Foot Soldiers or Old Nobles blow their horn.
• According to the descriptions of the Aberrant Sorceries (also known as thorn sorceries) they use, Briars of Punishment and Briars of Sin, the guilty, who are exiled criminals, discovered the sorceries. The entries also say that their sorceries are the most reviled by the Academy. The Guilty wear very similar garb to what the Thorned Sorcerers wear, and it is most likely that the Thorned Sorcerers are Guilty that have embraced the Briars of Sin used to punish them.
• The description for Staff of the Guilty compares thorn sorceries to "hex magic," while the description for the sorceries they use imply the sorceries' power draws from the "blood star."
• The Staff of the Guilty's red glintstones are made from the blood of those pierced by the Staff. Furthermore, the thorn sorceries require only Faith, no Intelligence. The Staff of the Guilty also scales with Faith.
• The Shield of the Guilty description states that the eyes of the maiden depicted on the shield were crushed by Briars of Sin before she was reborn in "these lands." This shield inflicts blood loss when it is used to bash an enemy.
• The description of the Thorned Whip wielded by some Fire Prelates states that the whip is "A device of fearsome religious encouragement, it is fashioned in the image of briars of sin," confirming a relationship of some kind between Thorn Sorcerers and the Fire Monks and Fire Prelates.

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