Daggers - Elden Ring Database

The Black Knife scales primarily with Faith and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for dealing addition Holy Damage and for its Unique Skill, Blade of Death, that allows the user to fire an additional projectile.

• Dropped by Black Knife Assassin in Altus Plateau. This boss is directly west of the Rampartside Path site

• Weapon Skill: Blade of Death
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Black Knife can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• The range of Blade of Death is longer than Reduvia Blood Blade and equivalent to Sorceries and Incantations.
• The animation of Blade of Death is slow so be sure to be away from the enemy when performing the attack.
• Incantations like Black Flame Blade and Blood Flame Blade cannot be used with this dagger.
• Stealth attacks with Blade of Death do not crit.

The Blade of Calling scales primarily with Faith and to a lesser extent Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat with additonal Holy damage.

• Blade of Calling can be found in Forbidden Lands, on a table at second level.
• From the Forbidden Lands site of grace, turn back and head towards the elevator. Face southwest before activating the elevator, and then watch for an opening to jump off into. The Blade of Calling is on the table in the room at the end of this hall.

• Weapon Skill: Blade of Gold
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Blade of Calling can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Bloodstained Dagger scales primarily with Strength and to a lesser extent Dexterity. It is a good Weapon for short range melee combat. This dagger is paired with the Quickstep skill to help gain an advantage in position. This potentially can avoid damage while provide an opening to follow up with a combo of attacks. Furthermore this particular dagger passively builds bleed.

• Dropped by Demihuman chief/Demihuman assassin sleeping before the wooden bridge leading to the minor eldtree in the Weeping Peninsula.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Bloodstained Dagger can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• Killing the sleeping assassin and teleporting to a nearby grace site seems to increase the chance of a drop.
• Combining the normal bleed with another ash of war can allow you to build up multiple effects.

The Celebrant’s Sickle scales with Dexterity and is a good Weapon for rune farming.

• Rare drop from the Celebrants wielding it at the Windmill Village. These enemies are easily recognizable by their blue coats. Two are found in the large group midway between the Windmill Village and Windmill Heights Sites of Grace. These enemies are passive until provoked, and in addition to the weapon have a chance to drop Human Bone Shards and Golden Runes [3], so farming them can be both easy and lucrative.

• This weapon can be infused and buffed.
  Celebrant’s Sickle can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• It is advised not to upgrade the Celebrant’s Sickle, as each consecutive hit grants 10 Runes. This Rune gain does not have any delay between hits, and can easily grant as many Runes as the kill itself, given that you have the time.
• Hitting the death animation of an enemy continues to grant Runes.

The Cinquedea scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat. This dagger is paired with the Quickstep skill to help gain an advantage in position.

Cinquedea can be found at bottom of the Bestial Sanctum, near a broken rat corpse statue.

• Weapon Skill: Quickstep
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Cinquedea can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Crystal Knife scales with Intelligence, Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat enhanced with extra Magic Damage stats.

• Found in the northeast of Liurnia of the Lakes, in the Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel.
• Head inside and take the elevator down to reach the Site of Grace. Move through the tunnels to the east until you reach a large cavern and some wooden walkways. Follow the south platform past the miners and into another tunnel that leads south/southeast. Follow the wooden stairs down north towards another elevator. At the bottom, make your way into the next room and carefully use the wooden beam that leads west across the chasm. Finally, follow the past west to find a chest that contains the Crystal Knife. Like all crystal weapons, it has magic great magic damage and scales equally with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence.

• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Crystal Knife can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Dagger scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short-ranged melee combat, and for when you need an extra lightweight weapon on hand.

• Purchased from Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold for 400 Runes.
• Obtained from looting a foot soldier at the Agheel bridge.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Dagger can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Erdsteel Dagger scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat.

• Given by Kenneth Haight as a reward for clearing out Fort Haight.

• Weapon Skill: Quickstep
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Erdsteel Dagger can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Glintstone Kris scales with Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence and is a good Weapon for those looking to wield a dagger that boosts magic.

• Rewarded to players for progressing through the Sorceress Kellen Questline and siding with her.

• Weapon Skill: Glintstone Dart
• This weapon can’t be infused with Ashes of War. Can’t be enchanted with Magic nor boosted with Consumables.
• Glintstone Kris can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones

The Great Knife scales primarily with Dexterity and is perfect for fast, agile Dex builds.

• Starting Equipment for the Bandit Class
• Found in the Lakeside Crystal Cave just northwest of Stormveil Castle in Liurnia of the Lakes. It is a rare drop from a Demi-Human that leaps out of a bush just a bit past the Site of Grace inside. This may take you several tries to acquire.

• Weapon Skill: Quickstep
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Great Knife can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

A magic dagger that scales well with Intelligence and Dexterity, it’s a good weapon for spellsword builds to quickly defeat enemies vulnerable to magic attacks.

• Found in the Village of the Albinaurics in the southwest of Liurnia of the Lakes. Head directly east from the Site of Grace to come to a sarcophagus that contains the Ivory Sickle.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War
• Ivory Sickle can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• Can’t be enchanted with Magic nor boosted with Consumables.

The Misericorde scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat.

• Stormveil Castle.
• Looted off a corpse that can be found in the large armory room, next to the fortress of the Many Armed Key Master.
• You will need to use the Stonesword Key on the imp statue to dispel the white fog that’s blocking the doorway.

• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Misericorde can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Parrying Dagger scales primarily with Dexterity and Strength and is a good Weapon for parrying enemies as its name states. It also has a Parry skill and can deflect enemy attacks while potentially providing an opening for your next attack.

• Sold by Patches at Murkwater Cave after he sets up shop.

• Weapon Skill: Parry
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Parrying Dagger can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones

The Reduvia scales with Strength and Dexterity, and is a good Weapon for melee users who like to backstab enemies but also want some ranged attacks.

Considering the amount of damage and attack speed, this weapon can be considered very useful, but it’s only drawback is its limited range.

• Dropped by Bloody Hunter Nerijus.

• Weapon Skill: Reduvia Blood Blade
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War and buffed with Magic and Consumables
• Reduvia is upgraded with Somber Smithing Stones
• The Skill on this Weapon cannot be replaced by Ashes of War
• The range of Reduvia Blood Blade is shorter than other spells and abilities.

Scorpion’s Stinger is a Dagger in Elden Ring. The Scorpion’s Stinger scales primarily with Dexterity and to a lesser extent Strength. It is a good Weapon for quickly applying the rot effect and dealing powerful damage-over-time. Particularly great for defeating dragons.

• Found in the Lake of Rot. Cross the swamp and go through the entrance with the large statues on either side to reach the Grand Cloister Site of Grace. Use the ledges to drop down to the bottom, and head straight ahead (westward) to find the dagger in a chest.

• Weapon Skill: Repeating Thrust
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War.
• Can’t be enchanted with Magic can’t be boosted with Consumables.
• Scorpion’s Stinger can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
• Causes Scarlet Rot Buildup: scarlet rot status effect (50)

The Wakizashi scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for short range melee combat.

• Weapon Skill: Quickstep
• This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War.
• Wakizashi can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones
• Causes Blood loss Buildup: hemmorage (??)
• You can powerstance with Katanas
• when wielded in the left hand, L1 (left hand attack) attacks with both weapons
• weapon skill uses katana weapon skill