Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear is a unique Shadow of the Erdtree great spear obtained from the Chief Bloodfiend in Rivermouth Cave. Its fixed Bloodfiend's Bloodboon skill showers an area with accursed bloodflame, creating delayed fire damage and blood-loss pressure.
Key Takeaways
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear is a Shadow of the Erdtree great spear built around blood loss and Arcane investment rather than a conventional physical-damage setup.
Bloodboon Ritual defines its role
Its unique skill, Bloodboon Ritual, drives the spear into the ground and creates a blood-based area attack, giving it an area-control option that ordinary great spears do not share.
DLC weapon with a fixed acquisition
It requires Shadow of the Erdtree and is obtained by defeating the Bloodfiend Chief in Prospect Town; it is not a standard base-game spear pickup.
Arcane supports its blood-loss identity
The weapon's Arcane-oriented requirements and scaling make it a more natural choice for blood-loss builds than great spears focused solely on Strength or Dexterity.
Its reach comes with commitment
The great spear moveset provides useful reach, but its attacks and skill demand more space and commitment than faster blood-loss weapons such as katanas or curved swords.
The upgrade path is fixed
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear follows a unique-weapon upgrade path using Somber Smithing Stones, and its signature skill is not treated like a freely interchangeable Ash of War.
It trades flexibility for a distinctive skill
Compared with more customizable great spears, it offers innate blood-loss pressure and Bloodboon Ritual, but less freedom to tailor its weapon skill and affinity to a particular build.
Overview
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear is a specialized Great Spear from Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It combines long-reach thrusting attacks and blood loss pressure with the distinctive Bloodfiend's Bloodboon skill, making it a dedicated choice for Arcane-oriented spear users rather than a general-purpose great spear.
As a DLC weapon, Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear belongs to the bloodfiend weapon family and has a more specific identity than an ordinary Great Spear. Its defining combat role is to keep enemies at thrusting range while building bleed and using its weapon skill to create an additional blood-based area threat. That combination gives it both conventional reach and a close-range burst option when an enemy presses into the wielder's space.
The spear is encountered during exploration of the Gravesite Plain in Shadow of the Erdtree, so it can become available relatively early in the expansion's progression without being tied to the base game's main route. Its placement makes it a practical target for characters already experimenting with blood loss or Arcane investment, while its specialized skill gives it a reason to remain relevant beyond simply replacing an earlier spear.
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear differs from more flexible Great Spears because its appeal is concentrated in its blood-themed passive pressure and fixed weapon identity. It is not best understood as a neutral platform for arbitrary weapon-skill combinations; its value comes from using the spear's reach, thrusting moveset, and Bloodfiend's Bloodboon together. That makes spacing and timing more important than treating it as a raw damage upgrade.
For players comparing it with other bleed weapons, the main distinction is the reach and attack cadence of the Great Spear class. Daggers and curved weapons can apply blood loss through faster, closer attacks, while other great spears may offer different skills or more general stat profiles. Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear instead suits a player who wants bleed-oriented pressure without giving up the deliberate spacing and commitment associated with a long spear.
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.
- CategoryGreat Spears
- Damage TypePierce/Blood
- Primary ScalingFai D / Arc D
- Weight10
- SkillBloodfiend's Sacred Spear Skill
- Str Req18
- Dex Req15
- Fai Req15
- Arc Req15
- 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 great spears
| Weapon | Str Req | Dex Req | Weight | Primary Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear | 18 | 15 | 10 | Fai D / Arc D |
| Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear | 18 | 15 | 10 | Arc C |
| Spear of the Impaler | 18 | 14 | 10 | Str D / Dex D |
| Siluria's Tree | 16 | 13 | 9.5 | Arc D |
| Poleblade of the Bud | 16 | 13 | 9.5 | Arc 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.
- The Bloodfiend Chief in Rivermouth Cave must be defeated.
- No stated quest, vendor, NG+, or additional story-progress requirement applies.
- 01Travel to Rivermouth Cave in Gravesite Plain, within the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. The cave is the weapon’s fixed acquisition location; it is not sold by a vendor or awarded by a quest.
- 02Reach the end of Rivermouth Cave and defeat the Bloodfiend Chief boss. The Bloodfiend’s Sacred Spear is a guaranteed reward from this boss encounter rather than a random enemy drop.
- 03Collect the reward after the fight. The weapon is not tied to a missable quest choice, and no separate alternate recovery route is required; it can be obtained on a later playthrough if missed in the current one.
Availability
Requires Shadow of the Erdtree expansion
This weapon is DLC content and is not available in the base game.
The weapon cannot be obtained in the base-game content.
Mechanics and Handling
Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear uses the standard Great Spear framework, so its ordinary attacks are committed forward thrusts rather than broad sweeps. Its reach lets the wielder threaten enemies from outside many shorter melee weapons, but the narrow attack line makes spacing important: sidestepping opponents can cause a thrust to miss, especially when the wielder attacks from an awkward angle. The weapon can be used one- or two-handed, with two-handing improving the handling of its attribute requirements and physical attacks through Elden Ring's normal rules rather than changing the spear's moveset into a different weapon type.
Bloodboon Ritual: layered bloodflame attacks
Bloodboon Ritual is the weapon's defining mechanic. The user raises the spear and drives it into the ground, producing a bloodflame eruption around the player. Additional inputs continue the skill's sequence, creating further eruptions rather than simply repeating the opening thrust. The area effect gives the spear a way to pressure several nearby targets at once, covering a weakness of its narrow normal attacks.
The skill is most reliable when enemies are close enough to remain within the eruption pattern or are committed to an attack of their own. It is not a safe long-range projectile: the opening animation and follow-up sequence require commitment, and the user can be interrupted or punished if the skill is started in open space. The eruptions deal fire damage and contribute to the weapon's innate Hemorrhage pressure, so the skill is particularly suited to clustered enemies and targets that remain near the player.
Reach, spacing, and status pressure
The spear's normal reach supports deliberate poke-based play, while its blood loss buildup gives repeated successful hits a purpose beyond their individual physical damage. Hemorrhage is conditional rather than a constant damage multiplier: it must build through successful attacks before the status effect triggers. Bloodboon Ritual adds area coverage and fire damage, but it should not be treated as a replacement for the spear's ordinary spacing game.
The weapon's fixed skill is central to its identity. Unlike an infusible Great Spear whose Ash of War can be selected to fill a different role, Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear cannot be reshaped into a parry, mobility, or generic buff setup through Ash-of-War selection. Its handling therefore rewards players who specifically want long-reaching thrusts combined with close-range bloodflame area attacks, rather than a fully customizable spear moveset.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Innate blood-loss buildup gives its physical thrusts a status-pressure option without requiring an affinity change.
- The Great Spear moveset supplies long-reaching thrusts that can punish enemies from outside many shorter melee weapons' effective range.
- Its unique Spearcall Ritual skill creates an area of blood-infused spear attacks, giving the weapon a way to threaten groups or stationary targets rather than relying only on single-target pokes.
- Arcane investment supports the weapon's blood-loss role while also contributing to its weapon scaling.
Weaknesses
- Spearcall Ritual has a committed activation and is less dependable when an enemy can rapidly interrupt, evade, or leave the affected area.
- The weapon's fixed skill and unique upgrade path reduce customization compared with an infusible Great Spear.
- Enemies resistant or immune to blood loss reduce the value of its status buildup, leaving its physical thrust damage and skill as the main reasons to use it.
- Its Strength, Dexterity, and Arcane requirements compete for investment, making it less convenient for builds that do not already support Arcane.
Best uses
- Use it for PvE encounters where repeated long-range thrusts can safely build blood loss before an enemy closes distance.
- Use Spearcall Ritual against grouped, large, or committed enemies that are likely to remain within its area long enough for the attack pattern to matter.
- It suits bleed-oriented Arcane builds that want a Great Spear's reach without giving up access to a weapon-specific area attack.
- Consider another weapon for bleed-resistant targets, highly mobile opponents, or builds that need interchangeable Ashes of War and affinities.
Compared With Similar Weapons
| Weapon | Class and role | Skill or customization | Blood-loss focus | Key distinction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear | Bloodboon Ritual; fixed weapon skill | Innate blood loss with Arcane support | The comparison baseline: combines great-spear reach with a bloodflame area attack. | — |
| Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear | Bloodboon Ritual; fixed weapon skill | Strong bloodflame and blood-loss identity | A closer unique great-spear alternative with a more explicitly Mohg-themed skill profile. | — |
| Bloodfiend's Fork | More flexible weapon customization than the fixed-skill great spears | Innate blood loss | Prefer it when spear handling and infusion flexibility matter more than great-spear reach and Bloodboon Ritual. | — |
| Vyke's War Spear | Fixed skill with a distinct frenzy component | Frenzy-focused rather than bleed-focused | A different status role: relevant for frenzy synergy, not a direct replacement for Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear's bleed setup. | — |
Used In
- Chief BloodfiendDefeating Chief Bloodfiend at Prospect Town awards the Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear in Shadow of the Erdtree.
- Prospect TownThis Shadow of the Erdtree location is the arena where Chief Bloodfiend is encountered and the spear is obtained.
Lore and Design
The Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear is associated with the bloodfiends of the Land of Shadow and their worship of the Formless Mother. Its item description identifies the spear as a ritual implement used to offer blood, giving the weapon a religious function beyond its use in combat. This establishes a direct connection between the weapon and the bloodfiends’ blood-centered devotion, rather than merely implying one from its name or appearance.
The description also presents the bloodfiends as beings whose relationship with blood separates them from ordinary human society, although it does not provide a complete account of their origin. The spear therefore serves as a small piece of the Formless Mother’s wider presence in the Shadow of the Erdtree setting. No documented developer commentary or official design source is established here, so claims about real-world inspiration or intended symbolism are omitted.