Elden Ring Serpent-Hunter Builds

Weapons List

Serpent-Hunter

Weapon Type:

Great Spear

Damage Type:

Pierce

Weight: 12


Stat	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Requires
Scaling	B	E

Elden Ring Serpent-hunter is a Great Spear Weapon that inflicts Physical Damage in the form of Pierce Attacks with the ability to use the Unique Skill (Great-Serpent Hunt). Serpent-hunter will require and scales based on Strength B, Dexterity E, Stats.

Description: Weapon that serves as both greatsword and spear. Thought to have been used to hunt an immortal great serpent in the distant past, it manifests a long blade of light when facing such a creature. When their master's heroic aspirations degenerated into mere greed, his men searched for a weapon with which they might halt their lord.


Tier	Passive	Wgt	Phy	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy
B	N/A	12	111	0	0	0	0


Skill	Type	FP Cost	Description
Great-Serpent Hunt	Unique	15	powerful forward lunge and follow up with an upward thrust

Can Be Buffed?

Custom Ash of War?

Attack Type:

Pierce, Standard

Serpent-Hunter is an unique great spear defined by its unique weapon skill, which sets it apart from standard options. It's mid-tier and works well with Str builds. Can't swap the skill, so you're committing to this specific playstyle.

Navigate this Serpent-hunter Guide using the links below.

Serpent-Hunter Stats

Serpent-Hunter is a solid mid-tier choice as a great spear dealing pure physical damage. One defense check per hit keeps output consistent against most enemies. Keep in mind the heavy equip load commitment.

Serpent-Hunter Attack Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
B	Physical Attack	111	TBD
F	Magical Attack	0	TBD
F	Fire Attack	0	TBD
F	Lightning Attack	0	TBD
F	Holy Attack	0	TBD
F	Attack Crit	100	TBD

Serpent-Hunter Guard Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
D	Physical Guard	60	TBD
D	Magical Guard	42	TBD
D	Fire Guard	42	TBD
D	Lightning Guard	42	TBD
D	Holy Guard	42	TBD
E	Guard Boost	40	TBD

Where To Find Serpent-hunter Location in Elden Ring

Drop from Rykard Lord of Blasphemy's. The map below pins the exact fight location. It's a guaranteed drop, so you only need to win once.

Found in

Mt. Gelmir


Location	How To Get
Altus Plateau

Drop from Rykard Lord of Blasphemy's

Best Builds for Serpent-hunter in Elden Ring

Serpent-Hunter fits Str builds as a great spear. The builds below show optimized stat spreads and gear pairings. Factor in the heavy equip load commitment for your equip load.

Serpent-Hunter Builds
Tier	Build	Equipment	Skills/Spells/Spirits	Items
S	God of Blood Build Class Warrior Vagabond Samurai Bandit Wretch Stats Primary: Arcane Primary: Vigor Secondary: Endurance	Weapon Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear Eleonora's Poleblade Rivers of Blood Medium Shield Dragon Communion Seal Armor White Mask Talisman Lord of Blood's Exultation Shard of Alexander Godfrey Icon Marika's Soreseal	Spells Golden Vow Skills Bloodboon Ritual Corpse Piler
A	Frenzied Flame Madness Build Class Prophet Confessor Stats Primary: Faith Primary: Arcane Secondary: Vigor Secondary: Mind	Weapon Vyke's War Spear Fingerprint Stone Shield Dragon Communion Seal Armor Silver Tear Mask Talisman Godfrey Icon Ritual Sword Talisman Faithful Canvas Talisman Fire Scorpion Charm	Spirits Mimic Tear Ashes Spells The Flame of Frenzy Frenzied Burst Unendurable Frenzy Howl of Shabriri Golden Vow Flame Grant me Strength Skills Bloodhound's Step	Items Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear Faith-knot Crystal Tear Stanching Boluses
B	Diablo Style Barbarian Class Vagabond Warrior Hero Stats Primary: Strength Primary: Endurance Secondary: Vigor Secondary: Dexterity	Weapon Colossal Sword Colossal Weapon Gargoyle's Blackblade Dragon Greatclaw Grafted Blade Greatsword Armor Use any Heavy Armor or Medium Armor Crucible Set Elden Lord Set Talisman Green Turtle Talisman Erdtree's Favor Crimson Seed Talisman	Skills Ash of War War Cry
B	Whirlwind Warrior Build Class Warrior Stats Primary: Vigor Primary: Endurance Secondary: Dexterity Secondary: Strength	Weapon Starscourge Greatsword Magma Wyrm's Scalesword Scimitar Armor Bull-Goat Set Hoslow's Set Talisman Great-Jar's Arsenal Erdtree's Favor Green Turtle Talisman	Skills Ash of War Quickstep Ash of War Storm Blade Ash of War Sword Dance Ash of War Spinning Slash

Serpent-hunter Upgrade Costs in Elden Ring

Serpent-Hunter upgrades to +10 with Somber Smithing Stones. It's locked into Great-Serpent Hunt with no option to change the Ash of War or apply buffs. What you see is what you get.


Level	Material	Rune Cost
+1	Somber Smithing Stone [1]	650 Runes
+2	Somber Smithing Stone [2]	975 Runes
+3	Somber Smithing Stone [3]	1,300 Runes
+4	Somber Smithing Stone [4]	1,625 Runes
+5	Somber Smithing Stone [5]	1,950 Runes
+6	Somber Smithing Stone [6]	2,275 Runes
+7	Somber Smithing Stone [7]	2,600 Runes
+8	Somber Smithing Stone [8]	2,925 Runes
+9	Somber Smithing Stone [9]	3,250 Runes
+10	Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	3,900 Runes
Total	All Levels	21,450 Runes