Ash of War: Beast’s Roar is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material that provides Keen affinity and the Beast’s roar Skill.

Bestial Sanctum: Reward from Gurranq, Beast Clergyman after giving him the third Deathroot.

• Skill: Beast’s Roar.
• Provides the Keen affinity, which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage.

The Ash of War: Bloodhound’s Step is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material that gives the user the Keen affinity and the Bloodhound’s Step Skill.

The Ash of War: Bloodhound’s Step is dropped by the Night’s Cavalry (Dragonbarrow) at the bridge in front of the Lenne’s Rise tower, in Dragonbarrow.

• Grants the skill Bloodhound’s Step.
• Usable with an Affinity Upgrade.

Ash of War: Double Slash grants the Keen affinity (which increases Dexterity scaling, but decreases Strength and Base damage) once attached and allows for the use of the Skill: Double Slash when the weapon is equipped.

• Found from a drop off a Teardrop Scarab in Sellia, Town of Sorcery. Go to the far west side of the town to find a giant root which is accessible by jumping from the rooftops. The Scarab is high above ground on the root there.

• Usable on swords and polearms capable of slashing (colossal weapons excepted).

Ash of War: Impaling Thrust is alters the damage type of a weapon to Keen (which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage) and allows for the use of the Skill: Impaling Thrust.

• Can be purchased from Knight Bernahl at the Warmaster’s Shack in Limgrave for 1,000 Runes.
• Can also be bought from the Twin Maiden Husks after offering them Bernahl’s Bell Bearing.

• Can be used on armaments capable of thrusting (colossal weapons excepted).

Ash of War: Piercing Fang grants the Keen affinity to a weapon (which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage) and allows the use of the Skill: Piercing Fang ability. This is the signature move of Yura, the Bloody Finger Hunter.

• The skill can be acquired by receiving the katana Nagakiba during Bloody Finger Hunter Yura’s questline or by killing Yura.

• Can be used on medium and large armaments capable of thrusting.

Ash of War: Quickstep is an Ash of War and Upgrade Material that provides Keen affinity and the Quickstep Skill.

Ash of War: Quickstep can be purchased at the following locations:

• Sold by Knight Bernahl at the Warmaster’s Shack for 800 Runes.
• Purchased from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold after giving them Bernahl’s Bell Bearing.

• Skill:: Quickstep.
• Provides the Keen affinity, which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage.

Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists is an Ash of War and Upgrade Materialt that provides Keen affinity and the Raptor of the Mists Skill.

• This Ash of War can be found by defeating the Bloody Finger Ravenmount Assassin as part of Yura’s quest line in Raya Lucaria Academy. You can find Yura requesting your help via a red summon sign on the bridge north of the Main Academy Gate site of grace.

It can be equipped on all melee armaments.

Raptor of the Mists provides Keen affinity which enhances Dexterity scaling at the expense of all other attributes.

Ash of War: Repeating Thrust grants the Keen (which increases Dexterity scaling, but decreases Strength and Base damage) affinity to a weapon once attached and also allows for the use of the Skill: Repeating Thrust.

• Dropped from the Night’s Cavalry that patrols the bridge near Agheel Lake North in Limgrave.

• It can be used on all thrusting weapons. (Colossal Weapons excepted)
• 7 FP Cost to use.

Ash of War: Spinning Slash grants the Keen weapon affinity (which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage) and the Skill: Spinning Slash to a weapon.

• Can be purchased from Knight Bernahl at the Warmaster’s Shack in Limgrave for 1,200 Runes.
• If Knight Bernahl is dead, it can then be purchased from the Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold after giving them Bernahl’s Bell Bearing.

• Can be used on Swords, Axes, and Polearms (colossal weapons excepted).

Ash of War: Sword Dance grants the Keen affinity (which increases Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage) when attached to a weapon and allows for the use of the Skill: Sword Dance when the weapon is equipped.

• Dropped from a Teardrop Scarab near the Minor Erdtree in the southwest of Liurnia of the Lakes. Head west from the tree to find a cliffside path leading to a group of jellyfish. The scarab is found at the base of the cliffs here.

• Usable on swords, axes, and polearms capable of slashing (colossal weapons and great spears excepted).

Ash of War: Unsheathe grants the Keen affinity (which provides increased Dexterity scaling, decreases Strength and Base damage) when attached and allows for the use of the Skill: Unsheathe when the weapon is equipped.

• Found from a Teardrop Scarab north west of the Agheel Lake South Site of Grace, in the south east of Lake Agheel.

• Usable on katana.