Staff of the Guilty | Elden Ring Wiki (2024)

Attack Phy38 Mag0 Fire0 Ligt0 Holy0 Crit100 Sor127	Guard Phy 28 Mag17 Fire17 Ligt17 Holy17 Boost17
Scaling StrD Fai C	Requires Str8 Fai 12
Glintstone Staff	Strike
No Skill	FP-
Wgt. 4.5	Passive (45) Boosts Thorn Sorcery

Staff of the Guiltyis a Glintstone Staffin Elden Ring. The Staff of the Guiltyscales primarily with Faith and Strength and is a good Weapon for Blood Thorn Sorcery.

Where to Find Staff of the Guilty

• Drops only from Thorn Sorcerers wielding blazing staves, not from Thorn Sorcerers wielding smoldering staves.
• Fort Laiedd: Can be dropped by theThorn Sorcerers at Fort Laiedd, though it is rare (2% base).
• Guardians' Garrison: There are several Thorn Sorcerers on the slope leading up to the garrison.

Staff of the Guilty Notes & Tips

• Weapon Skill: No skill.
• This weapon can be infused with Spinning WeaponAsh of War.
• Staff of the Guilty can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones.
• CausesBlood lossBuildup:(45)
• Does not scale with intelligence, though any spell's minimum required intelligence is stillneeded when using the staff.
• Boosts the damage ofThorn Sorceriesby 20%.Thorn sorceries include Briars of Punishment and Briars of Sin.
• Sell Value:100
• Base drop rate is 2% (at 100 Discovery).
• Equipping the Ash of War: Spinning Weapon to this weapon will allow you to make use of it's native bleed build up.
• Due to its subpar scaling, this staff is best used in the off-hand while power-stancing with the Albinauric Staff in the main hand, which scales with Arcane and thus boosts the Bleed build up of the Abberant Sorceries. On the other hand, for pure Faith builds with more than 60 Faith and low Intelligence stat, this staff is invaluable for casting Abberant Sorceries in terms of raw damage output.
• At80 Faith, the Staff of Loss has 305 Sorcery Scaling.
• NOTE:As ofPatch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to theUpgrades Tableof this weapon below.
• Other notes and player tips go here.

Moveset & Videos inElden Ring forStaff of the Guilty

Staff of the Guilty PvP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring

Patch 1.10adjustedPVPPoise Damageof all Weapons including someSpellsandIncantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive toPVP.

Staff of the Guilty Upgrades in Elden Ring

Please see theUpgradespage to understand the weapon bolstering process.

Requires regular reinforcementwithSmithing Stone [1],Smithing Stone [2],Smithing Stone [3],Smithing Stone [4],Smithing Stone [5],Smithing Stone [6],Smithing Stone [7],Smithing Stone [8], andAncient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Sorcery Scaling for this staff is based on Faith stat, unlike other staffs. The Sor Scaling reflected in the table below takes data from a user with 24 Faith; you may see different numbers at different Faith levels.

This upgrade can be enchanted withMagicor boosted withConsumables. The Sorcery Scaling displayed on this table shows Minimum Requirement and Faith 80 as xx-yy.