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PassiveVerdigris Greatshield is a Greatshield in Elden Ring. It is a brand new Greatshield in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The Verdigris Greatshield is a Shield that scales primarily with Strength. Greatshields weigh a decent amount and provide the best protection in the game. Greatshields provide a greater value of blocking and protecting one's self from enemy and boss attacks but greatly increases the weight and reduces the player's mobility. This type of shield works best at reducing damage or guarding instead of parrying..
Greatshield made of the unusual metal known as verdigris. Boasts greater guard capacity than damage negation. To the extent that the shield will continue to protect its target even if its bearer should die.
Where to Find Verdigris Greatshield in Elden Ring
The Verdigris Greatshield Shield can be found at the following location:
- Rewarded upon killing the NPC invader Moore, who appears north of the Church of the Crusade in Scadu Altus in the Realm of Shadow. [See Shadow of the Erdtree Map]
Elden Ring Verdigris Greatshield Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Moore's Charge
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Verdigris Greatshield can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- At +10, has 90 Guard Boost, the highest of any shield in the game.
- Compared to the Fingerprint Shield, the Verdigris Greatshield is lighter by one point, and has 4 points higher Guard Boost. However, the Fingerprint Shield has higher non-physical resistances, and can be customized with any Ash of War.
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Verdigris Greatshield
- Videos for the Verdigris Greatshield Coming Soon
Verdigris Greatshield Stats & Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Verdigris Greatshield 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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| Verdigris Greatshield | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 194 | - | - | - | - | 128 | D | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 82 | 34 |
| Standard +1 | 212 | - | - | - | - | 136 | D | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 82.82 | 34 |
| Standard +2 | 230 | - | - | - | - | 145 | D | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 83.64 | 34 |
| Standard +3 | 247 | - | - | - | - | 154 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 84.46 | 34 |
| Standard +4 | 265 | - | - | - | - | 162 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 85.28 | 34 |
| Standard +5 | 283 | - | - | - | - | 171 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 86.1 | 34 |
| Standard +6 | 301 | - | - | - | - | 179 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 86.92 | 34 |
| Standard +7 | 319 | - | - | - | - | 188 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 87.74 | 34 |
| Standard +8 | 336 | - | - | - | - | 196 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 88.56 | 34 |
| Standard +9 | 354 | - | - | - | - | 205 | C | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 89.38 | 34 |
| Standard +10 | 372 | - | - | - | - | 214 | B | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 68 | 90.2 | 34 |
One thing to note here is that although the Guard Boost is best in game, this is a Somberstone weapon, and thus can't have the 'No Skill' Ash of War put on it. As a consequence you can't use a mainhand weapon ash of war without swapping the shield away or two-handing your mainhand weapon and losing the ability to block temporarily. Also the negations are just worse across the board compared to Fingerprint. Pretty drippy shield, but sadly lacking in usable utility imo.
- Anonymous
Does more dmg then a finger print shield but it can't be infused with lightning for instance.
- Anonymous
Can this reach 100 Guard boost with the Greatshield Talisman?
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So I can't find anywhere but can this reach 100 guard boost like Fingerprint use to with the talisman or did they change the talisman as well when they nerfed Fingerprint?
I have it at +9 and not sure I want to waste the somber smithing stone on a shield that has less elemental resistant across the board and can't change weapon skill if it's just going to take me from 96% stamina reduction to 99% or something.
Figured if it did there would be videos and guides all about it and I've seen no one say that and no video show it can.
- Anonymous
This+Antspur rapier and any boss becomes a cake walk. With the exception of Malenia.
- Anonymous
Can't advance in Moore's questline so the shield is unobtainable
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The only thing fingerprint shield does better is that its AOW can be changed. Meaning, you can put no skill on it and have your main hand weapons AOW instead. Made a mistake a couple of times and dying because i kept ending up using moore's charge instead of my main hand AOW sigh
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So I've been using this two handed for the last couple of days, and I was really confused by the comments about the weapon art doing no damage since mine was doing about 1700 on the fast version and a lot more on the held. It was a slow, but really useful weapon art and this shield was one of the most fun weapons in the DLC for me.
Thing is, I've been playing offline on PS5 and sleep mode meant the game never closed so it never updated the calibration. After reading those comments I went online, which updated to calibration 1.12.1 and now it does literally zero. It's a huge shame, this thing was one of the most fun weapons of the DLC for me.
- Anonymous
standard 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 82 guard
+1 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 82 guard
+2 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 83 guard
+3 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 84 guard
+4 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 85 guard
+5 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 86 guard
+6 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 86 guard
+7 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 87 guard
+8 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 88 guard
+9 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 89 guard
+10 82phys, 72mag, 74 fire, 67 light, 68 holy 90 guard
- Anonymous
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People don't understand how much better this is compared to fingerprint. The higher the guard boost is, the even greater returns.
-If fingerprint shield has 86 guard boost, you take 14% stamina damage, which would be 140 from an attack that drains 1000 stamina
-If verdigris shield had 90 guard boost, you take 10% stamina damage, which would be 100 from an attack that drains 1000 stamina
This is equivalent to taking a massive 29% less stamina damage compared to the old king, fingerprint greatshield.
it's over fingerprint bros.
- Anonymous
Somber stones, so can't use AOW on right hand weapon hard pass
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I think the Moore's Charge attack is bugged on this thing? From the description it just seems like a more FP expensive Shield Crash that ends with a non-damaging shock-wave, but the entire charge does no damage. Bummer.
- Anonymous
Finally, no more rough slab of stone. We are well and truly saved.
If this wiki's numbers are true, then this thing is now both the highest guard boost shield in the game, beating out the fingerprint shield, as well as having the highest raw damage out of all great shields now, beating out the visage shield.
Certain Great shield attacks have guard points on them; I wonder if this thing will be strong enough to compete with more orthodox weapons in upfront damage?
I beat the final boss of the DLC using this while at RL 80. I used the Bloodfiends bloody fork or whatever at +17. 40 vigor, 29 endurance, 45 strength (Use str talisman for the 49 req) and 13 arcane. Hero base class and all other stats were default. I had all 14 flasks allocated to healing, no fp. You can essentially stand and bang with him, but you absolutely need to learn his moves to know when you can let your guard down to regen stamina. If he guard breaks you, you will die. I used the shield talisman, golden braid, great jar arsenal, and favor+2. Just had basic knight armor and commoner head band altered.
This was the only way I found I could beat him while staying in my preferred PvP bracket. Took hours, but that bleed is your friend. If you're going to use mimic tear, wait until second phase!
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