Bloodfiend's Fork
Bloodfiend's Fork is a Shadow of the Erdtree spear dropped by fork-wielding Bloodfiends. It combines spear reach with innate blood-loss buildup and ordinary reinforcement, allowing compatible Ashes of War and affinities for Strength, Dexterity, or Arcane-oriented builds.
Key Takeaways
Bloodfiend's Fork is a Shadow of the Erdtree great spear built around reach, thrusting attacks, and innate blood loss rather than a fixed legendary moveset.
Bleed-focused great spear
Its defining trait is innate Blood Loss buildup on a long-reach great spear, giving Arcane-oriented builds a reason to consider it over ordinary thrusting weapons.
Flexible weapon skill
Bloodfiend's Fork uses Charge Forth and supports Ash of War customization, allowing its skill and affinity to be adjusted for different builds.
DLC acquisition
The weapon is associated with Bloodfiend enemies in Gravesite Plain, including the area around Prospect Town, and requires access to Shadow of the Erdtree content.
Reach with commitment
Its great spear moveset offers useful spacing and thrusting reach, but its attacks require more commitment than faster spear or katana options.
Arcane investment matters
The weapon is most relevant to characters willing to support its blood-loss role with Arcane investment; builds that avoid status effects lose much of its distinctive value.
A specialized great-spear choice
Compared with other great spears, Bloodfiend's Fork is distinguished less by a universal damage ranking than by the combination of reach, customizable affinity, and innate blood loss.
Overview
Bloodfiend's Fork is a Shadow of the Erdtree great spear built around reach, thrusting attacks, and innate blood loss buildup. Its Arcane-oriented profile gives it a distinct role among customizable great spears.
Bloodfiend's Fork is a standard great spear found in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It is not a named remembrance weapon or a fixed legendary armament; its identity comes from the combination of a long thrusting moveset, blood loss buildup, and an association with the Bloodfiend enemies of the Realm of Shadow. That makes it a practical weapon choice rather than primarily a collection or lore piece.
In combat, the fork occupies the space between a conventional reach weapon and a status-focused melee option. Its great-spear attacks let the wielder control distance with forward thrusts, while the innate blood loss effect gives repeated successful hits an additional payoff. The weapon is therefore most relevant to characters that can support Arcane investment, although its usefulness still depends on the chosen affinity, reinforcement state, and the rest of the build.
Unlike great spears that are valued mainly for physical damage, heavier defenses, or a distinctive fixed skill, Bloodfiend's Fork offers a more adaptable blood-loss role. Its standard upgrade path and compatibility with weapon customization give it room to fit different setups instead of locking the player into one complete package. The resulting choice is about combining reach with status pressure, not treating the fork as a universal replacement for every great spear.
Because it belongs to the expansion, Bloodfiend's Fork is relevant only within Shadow of the Erdtree content and should not be presented as an early-game option in the base-game route. Within the Realm of Shadow, it can serve as a progression weapon for players who want a spear-length moveset without abandoning a bleed-oriented build. Its strongest point of distinction is that the weapon's shape, range, and blood-loss identity work together rather than appearing as separate bonuses.
Statistics
Elden Ring publishes no 0–100 stat bars, so this page lists the verified requirements, scaling and handling figures instead. Taken from the project's verified weapons database, not from generated text.
- CategoryColossal Weapons
- Damage TypeStandard/Blood
- Primary ScalingArc C
- Weight16
- SkillBloodfiend's Fork Skill
- Str Req30
- Dex Req15
- Arc Req20
- How to ObtainDropped by a Bloodfiend enemy, Shadow of the Erdtree
- DLCShadow of the Erdtree
Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
Compared to similar colossal weapons
| Weapon | Str Req | Dex Req | Weight | Primary Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodfiend's Fork | 30 | 15 | 16 | Arc C |
| Shadow Sunflower Blossom | 30 | 15 | 17 | Arc D |
| Gazing Finger | 50 | 15 | 18 | Str C |
| Guardian's Swordspear | 20 | 15 | 13 | Str D / Dex D |
| Devonia's Hammer | 40 | 15 | 19 | Str C / Fai D |
Requirements, scaling grades and weight are the game’s own published figures. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
How to Obtain
- Shadow of the Erdtree access is required because Prospect Town is located in the DLC region.
- No boss defeat, quest completion, vendor purchase, or special key item is required. The acquisition is not tied to a missable quest step or a one-time reward, and no NG+ requirement applies.
- 01Travel to Prospect Town in the Gravesite Plain area of Shadow of the Erdtree. Search the Bloodfiends in the settlement for the enemy wielding Bloodfiend's Fork, then defeat that weapon-bearing Bloodfiend to obtain the weapon as its drop.
- 02The weapon-bearing Bloodfiend is a regular enemy rather than a boss, vendor, or quest reward. Rest at a Site of Grace and revisit the settlement if necessary; the area remains accessible after the initial encounter, allowing another attempt if the drop is not obtained.
Availability
Requires Shadow of the Erdtree required
Bloodfiend's Fork is not obtainable in the base Elden Ring content.
Requires Access to the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion
No separate vendor-price, difficulty, or NG+ availability condition is established here.
Mechanics and Handling
Bloodfiend's Fork uses the standard Great Spear attack language: deliberate forward thrusts with strong reach and a commitment cost that rewards spacing rather than frantic exchanges. Its attacks are most effective when the target is kept at the end of the spear, where the linear hit pattern is easier to place. The weapon does not replace the class's normal attacks with a separate stance or transformation.
Bleed pressure through repeated thrusts
The fork has innate Blood Loss buildup. Each successful hit contributes buildup to the target's hemorrhage meter; the eventual burst depends on the target's resistance and how consistently the fork connects. This makes its long, direct attacks useful for maintaining pressure, but the status effect should be treated as a payoff for repeated hits rather than guaranteed damage on every swing. The buildup does not remove the weapon's ordinary physical damage role.
Charge Forth creates a committed entry
Bloodfiend's Fork's weapon skill is Charge Forth. It sends the wielder forward into a committed thrust, giving the weapon a way to close distance and attack rather than relying only on a normal approach. The forward movement can also make the skill punishable if it is used without a clear opening, especially against enemies that can interrupt or evade a linear attack. Its value is therefore strongest when spacing has been established or an opponent's recovery is exposed.
Guard, two-handing, and spacing
As a Great Spear, the fork can continue to threaten from a guarded posture, making short defensive checks and counter-thrusts practical against suitable opponents. Two-handing changes its handling and attribute use, but does not turn the weapon into a sweeping crowd-control tool: its core attacks remain focused and directional. Against groups, repositioning and selecting a single target are generally safer than repeatedly committing into several attack angles.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Great Spear reach lets it threaten opponents from outside the spacing of shorter melee weapons while retaining thrusting attacks that can be used from behind a shield.
- Its innate blood-loss buildup gives repeated hits a status-pressure angle, especially against targets vulnerable to Hemorrhage.
- The Blood Tax skill adds a close-range multi-thrust sequence that can build blood loss quickly and restores health when its attacks connect.
- Its Arcane compatibility gives bleed-focused characters a natural stat path rather than requiring the weapon to serve only as a physical-damage sidearm.
Weaknesses
- The Great Spear moveset commits the player to deliberate thrusts, making missed attacks more costly than faster spear or straight-sword options.
- Blood-loss pressure is less valuable against enemies resistant or immune to Hemorrhage, where the weapon must rely more heavily on its ordinary thrust damage.
- Blood Tax requires the user to remain in close range for several hits, so the sequence can be interrupted or punished by aggressive enemies and bosses.
- Its DLC availability limits it to characters who have entered Shadow of the Erdtree, and its Arcane emphasis can be inefficient for builds that do not invest in that attribute.
Best uses
- A reach-oriented PvE spear for applying Hemorrhage while maintaining shield-based spacing.
- An Arcane melee build's status weapon when the target is susceptible to blood loss and Blood Tax can be used safely.
- Fights against large or predictable enemies that allow the multi-hit skill to connect without interruption.
Compared With Similar Weapons
| Weapon | Class / role | Distinctive mechanic | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodfiend's Fork | Innate Blood Loss buildup with an adaptable great-spear moveset | Strength/Arcane or bleed-focused builds that want a great spear without relying on a unique skill | — |
| Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear | Fixed Bloodboon Ritual skill creates bloodflame area attacks | Arcane builds seeking a distinctive weapon skill and area pressure rather than Ash-of-War flexibility | — |
| Siluria's Tree | Fixed Siluria's Woe skill provides a long-range projectile and charged attack | Strength/Faith builds that prefer skill reach and holy-oriented utility over bleed | — |
| Lance | Infusable and compatible with interchangeable Ashes of War | Players who want to tailor affinity and skill, but do not need innate Blood Loss | — |
Lore and Design
Bloodfiend's Fork is framed as a ritual weapon of the bloodfiends, rather than merely an improvised polearm. Its item lore connects the fork's sharpened prongs with blood sacrifice, establishing the weapon as part of the bloodfiends' religious practice.
That practice is directed toward the Formless Mother, tying the weapon to the bloodfiends' wider role and beliefs in Shadow of the Erdtree. The description supports a direct relationship between the weapon, the bloodfiends, and their deity; it does not establish a named wielder, a separate historical owner, or a documented real-world design reference.