Elden Ring Death Ritual Spear Builds

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Death Ritual Spear

Weapon Type:

Spear

Damage Type:

Pierce

Weight: 6.5


Stat	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Requires	11	20	18
Scaling	E	D	D

Elden Ring Death Ritual Spear is a Spear Weapon that inflicts Physical and Magic Damage in the form of Pierce Attacks with the ability to use the Skill (Spearcall Ritual). Death Ritual Spear will require Strength 11, Dexterity 20, Intelligence 18, and scales based on Strength E, Dexterity D, Intelligence D, Stats.

Description: Ritual spear used by priests of old who were permitted to come among the Deathbirds. The priests became guardians of the birds through the rite of Death, which also serves as an oath sworn to their distant resurrection.


Tier	Passive	Wgt	Phy	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy
A	N/A	6.5	99	64	0	0	0


Skill	Type	FP Cost	Description
Spearcall Ritual

Can Be Buffed?

Custom Ash of War?

Attack Type:

Pierce, Standard

For Str builds, Death Ritual Spear offers a high-tier spear with Magic damage baked in. You can't change the affinity, but the split damage output works well against most enemies. Check the skill table above to see what its weapon art does.

Navigate this Death Ritual Spear Guide using the links below.

Death Ritual Spear Stats

Death Ritual Spear is a high-tier spear with built-in Magic damage. Against low-resist targets, that split actually hits harder than pure physical would. Dexterity scaling at D drives the elemental portion.

Death Ritual Spear Attack Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
C	Physical Attack	99	TBD
D	Magical Attack	64	TBD
F	Fire Attack	0	TBD
F	Lightning Attack	0	TBD
F	Holy Attack	0	TBD
F	Attack Crit	110	TBD

Death Ritual Spear Guard Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
D	Physical Guard	54	TBD
D	Magical Guard	42	TBD
F	Fire Guard	27	TBD
F	Lightning Guard	27	TBD
F	Holy Guard	27	TBD
E	Guard Boost	36	TBD

Where To Find Death Ritual Spear Location in Elden Ring

Head to Death Rite Bird for Death Ritual Spear. The exact pickup spot is marked on the map below.

Boss Drop From

Death Rite Bird


Location	How To Get
Mountaintops of the Giants

The Death Ritual Spear is a Spear obtained from an enemy. Below, we will list the directions you can take in order to get this Weapon.

First, travel to the Stargazer's Ruins in the Mountaintops of the Giants
Find Death Rite Bird north of the Ruins
The enemy will drop the Spear upon defeat

Death Rite Bird north of the Stargazer's Ruins Location

Best Builds for Death Ritual Spear in Elden Ring

Death Ritual Spear fits Str builds as a spear. Dexterity (20 minimum) is the priority, with Intelligence as backup. The builds below show optimized stat spreads and gear pairings.

Death Ritual Spear 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
A	Frostbite Build Class Prisoner Astrologer Hero Stats Primary: Intelligence Secondary: Vigor Secondary: Mind	Weapon Clayman's Harpoon Glintstone Staff Brass Shield Armor Haima Glintstone Crown Hierodas Glintstone Crown Spellblade Set Cuckoo Knight Set Talisman Magic Scorpion Charm Carian Filigreed Crest Greatshield Talisman	Spells Scholar's Shield Magic Glintblade Greatblade Phalanx Skills Ash of War Ice Spear Ash of War Carian Retaliation
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

Death Ritual Spear Upgrade Costs in Elden Ring

Death Ritual Spear takes Somber Smithing Stones to reach +10. No Ash of War swaps, no buff compatibility. You're committing to Spearcall Ritual and the weapon's base stats.


Level	Material	Rune Cost
+1	Somber Smithing Stone [1]	380 Runes
+2	Somber Smithing Stone [2]	570 Runes
+3	Somber Smithing Stone [3]	760 Runes
+4	Somber Smithing Stone [4]	950 Runes
+5	Somber Smithing Stone [5]	1,140 Runes
+6	Somber Smithing Stone [6]	1,330 Runes
+7	Somber Smithing Stone [7]	1,520 Runes
+8	Somber Smithing Stone [8]	1,710 Runes
+9	Somber Smithing Stone [9]	1,900 Runes
+10	Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	2,280 Runes
Total	All Levels	12,540 Runes