Elden Ring Horse Crest Wooden Shield Builds

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Horse Crest Wooden Shield

Weapon Type:

Medium Shield

Damage Type:

Strike

Weight: 3.5


Stat	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc
Requires	8
Scaling	D

Elden Ring Horse Crest Wooden Shield is a Medium Shield that inflicts Physical Damage in the form of Strike Attacks with the ability to use the Regular Skill (No Skill). Horse Crest Wooden Shield will require Strength 8, and scales based on Strength D, Stats.

Description: A tall, medium-sized wooden shield. Light for its size, and easy to handle. The circular horsehead design evokes a swift gallop.


Tier	Passive	Wgt	Phy	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy
F	N/A	3.5	76	0	0	0	0


Skill	Type	FP Cost	Description
No Skill	Regular	0	This armament has no skill. If the armament in the other hand has a skill, that skill will be used instead.

Can Be Buffed?

Custom Ash of War?

YES

Attack Type:

Strike

For a medium shield slot, Horse Crest Wooden Shield is bottom-tier. It's light enough to dual-wield easily and won't eat much equip load, but don't expect to tank heavy bosses with it. The guard numbers below show its limits. Parrying is where this category really shines.

Navigate this Horse Crest Wooden Shield Guide using the links below.

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Stats

Horse Crest Wooden Shield is a light enough to dual-wield easily medium shield that's the weakest in its category for blocking. Physical guard percentage tells you how much damage bleeds through. Guard Boost controls stamina cost per block.

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Attack Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
D	Physical Attack	76	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

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Guard Stats
Rank	Stat	Base	Max
B	Physical Guard	81	TBD
D	Magical Guard	50	TBD
E	Fire Guard	32	TBD
D	Lightning Guard	43	TBD
D	Holy Guard	42	TBD
E	Guard Boost	38	TBD

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Affinity Comparison

Compare how different affinities change the Horse Crest Wooden Shield damage, scaling, and guard stats. Apply affinities using Ashes of War at a Site of Grace.

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Damage by Affinity
Damage	Heavy	Keen	Quality	Fire	Flame Art	Lightning	Sacred	Magic	Cold	Poison	Blood	Occult
Physical	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74
Magic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	63	-	-	-
Fire	-	-	-	74	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lightning	-	-	-	-	-	74	-	-	-	-	-	-
Holy	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	-	-	-	-	-

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Scaling by Affinity
Scaling	Heavy	Keen	Quality	Fire	Flame Art	Lightning	Sacred	Magic	Cold	Poison	Blood	Occult
Str	D	E	D	D	E	E	E	E	D	D	D	D
Dex	-	D	D	E	-	D	-	-	-	-	-	-
Int	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	E	E	-	-	-
Fai	-	-	-	-	E	-	E	-	-	-	-	-
Arc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	D	D	D

Where To Find Horse Crest Wooden Shield Location in Elden Ring

You'll find Horse Crest Wooden Shield inside Patches. The map pin below shows the exact spot. Grab it and go.

Best Builds for Horse Crest Wooden Shield in Elden Ring

Pairing Horse Crest Wooden Shield with the right weapon creates a tanky frontline. It's light enough to dual-wield easily for a medium shield. Check the builds below for complementary weapon choices and stat allocation.

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Builds
Tier	Build	Equipment	Skills/Spells/Spirits	Items
B	Holy Tank Build Class Confessor Prophet Hero Stats Primary: Faith Primary: Endurance Secondary: Vigor	Weapon Coded Sword Halo Scythe Eclipse Shotel Miquellan Knight's Sword Erdtree Greatshield Brass Shield Carian Knight's Shield Armor Banished Knight Set Scaled Set Carian Knight Set Talisman Faithful Canvas Talisman Sacred Scorpion Charm	Spells Blessing's Boon Skills Ash of War Golden Vow Ash of War Sacred Blade Ash of War Barricade Shield	Items Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear
B	Paladin Build Class Confessor Prophet Stats Primary: Vigor Primary: Faith Secondary: Mind Secondary: Strength	Weapon Godslayer's Seal Small Shield Medium Shield Armor Use Light Armor or Medium Armor Talisman Radagon Icon Two Fingers Heirloom Radagon's Soreseal	Spells Lightning Spear Urgent Heal Flame of the Fell God Frozen Lightning Spear Black Flame
C	Pure Tank Build Class Vagabond Warrior Hero Stats Primary: Strength Primary: Vigor Secondary: Endurance Secondary: Dexterity	Weapon Lordsworn's Greatsword Gargoyle's Greatsword Bastard Sword Dragonclaw Shield Great Shield Armor Use Heavy Armor Bull-Goat Set Lionel's Set Talisman Bull-Goat's Talisman Erdtree's Favor Starscourge Heirloom Green Turtle Talisman	Skills Ash of War Endure Ash of War Square Off Ash of War War Cry Ash of War Cragblade Ash of War Vow of the Indomitable Ash of War Barricade Shield
E	Starter Astrologer Build Class Astrologer Stats Primary: Intelligence Primary: Mind Secondary: Endurance Secondary: Vigor	Weapon Glintstone Staff Small Shield Armor Use Light Armor Talisman Radagon Icon	Spells Glintstone Pebble Glintstone Arc Loretta's Greatbow Great Glintstone Shard Carian Slicer Carian Piercer Skills
E	Starter Confessor Build Class Confessor Prophet Stats Primary: Vigor Primary: Faith Secondary: Endurance Secondary: Strength	Weapon Sacred Seal Axe Straight Sword Brass Shield Armor Use Heavy Armor or Use Medium Armor Talisman Faithful Canvas Talisman	Spells Urgent Heal Heal Skills Ash of War Barricade Shield Ash of War Golden Vow

Horse Crest Wooden Shield Upgrade Costs in Elden Ring

+25 with Smithing Stones. Horse Crest Wooden Shield lets you pick any Ash of War and affinity infusion. Buff spells and greases don't work here, so choose your infusion carefully.


Level	Material	Rune Cost
+1	Smithing Stone [1]	340 Runes
+2	Smithing Stone [1]	408 Runes
+3	Smithing Stone [1]	476 Runes
+4	Smithing Stone [2]	544 Runes
+5	Smithing Stone [2]	612 Runes
+6	Smithing Stone [2]	680 Runes
+7	Smithing Stone [3]	748 Runes
+8	Smithing Stone [3]	816 Runes
+9	Smithing Stone [3]	884 Runes
+10	Smithing Stone [4]	952 Runes
+11	Smithing Stone [4]	1,020 Runes
+12	Smithing Stone [4]	1,088 Runes
+13	Smithing Stone [5]	1,156 Runes
+14	Smithing Stone [5]	1,224 Runes
+15	Smithing Stone [5]	1,292 Runes
+16	Smithing Stone [6]	1,360 Runes
+17	Smithing Stone [6]	1,428 Runes
+18	Smithing Stone [6]	1,496 Runes
+19	Smithing Stone [7]	1,564 Runes
+20	Smithing Stone [7]	1,632 Runes
+21	Smithing Stone [7]	1,700 Runes
+22	Smithing Stone [8]	1,768 Runes
+23	Smithing Stone [8]	1,836 Runes
+24	Smithing Stone [8]	1,904 Runes
+25	Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	1,972 Runes
Total	All Levels	28,900 Runes