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Envoy's Greathorn

Envoy's Greathorn is a rare colossal weapon dropped by the largest Oracle Envoys in Miquella's Haligtree. Great Oracular Bubble launches a huge slow holy bubble that can deal heavy damage, but the weapon's enormous weight and difficult farm demand a dedicated Strength/Faith build.

Importance

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Key Takeaways

Distinctive skill

Envoy’s Greathorn is a colossal weapon built around Great Oracular Bubble, a weapon skill that launches a large, slow-moving bubble projectile for ranged pressure.

Acquisition

It is obtained as a rare enemy drop from an Oracle Envoy in Miquella’s Haligtree, making availability dependent on reaching the late-game area and farming the relevant enemy.

Upgrade path

As a unique weapon, Envoy’s Greathorn uses Somber Smithing Stones and retains its fixed skill rather than accepting interchangeable Ashes of War.

Main trade-off

Its reach and bubble skill provide options beyond ordinary close-range colossal attacks, but its heavy handling and the projectile’s slow travel limit fast, reactive play.

Comparison point

Compared with more conventional colossal weapons, Envoy’s Greathorn gives up skill flexibility in exchange for a distinctive ranged attack and holy-themed offensive identity.

Overview

Envoy's Greathorn is a unique colossal weapon in Elden Ring, distinguished by its oversized horn attacks and the Great Oracular Bubble skill.

Envoy's Greathorn is a base-game colossal weapon associated with the Oracle Envoys. Its identity is less about flexible weapon customization than about committing to a slow, heavy moveset and a distinctive ranged skill. That combination gives it a different role from ordinary colossal weapons, which generally rely more heavily on their standard attacks and interchangeable Ashes of War.

The defining feature is Great Oracular Bubble, which blows a large magical bubble toward enemies before it bursts. The projectile travels slowly, so it is not a universal substitute for a fast spell or a direct melee attack. Instead, it gives this otherwise close-range weapon a way to pressure targets at a distance or create an opening while maintaining its unusual horn-themed identity.

The weapon is encountered late in the game through the Oracle Envoys of Miquella's Haligtree. That placement makes it a specialized progression choice rather than an early-game staple. Its relevance depends on whether a character can support a colossal weapon's commitment and make useful decisions around the bubble's travel time, rather than simply treating the skill as a stronger version of a normal strike.

Envoy's Greathorn should be distinguished from related envoy weapons such as Envoy's Horn and Envoy's Long Horn. Those weapons belong to different weapon classes and use different combat identities, while the Greathorn's combination of colossal attacks and Great Oracular Bubble is its central point of difference. It is part of Elden Ring's base-game arsenal, not a Shadow of the Erdtree weapon.

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.

Category
Colossal Swords
Damage Type
Standard/Magic
Primary Scaling
Arc C
Weight
18
Skill
Envoy's Long Horn
Str Req
20
Dex Req
13
Arc Req
25
How to Obtain
Astel, Naturalborn of the Void drop

Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.

Compared to similar colossal swords

Weapon	Str Req	Dex Req	Weight	Primary Scaling
Envoy's Greathorn	20	13	18	Arc C
Watchdog's Greatsword	44	8	20	Str D
Zamor Curved Sword	28	10	16	Str D
Fallingstar Beast Jaw	60	8	22	Str D
Bastard's Stars	17	12	22	Str D / Arc C

Requirements, scaling grades and weight are the game’s own published figures. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.

How to Obtain

Before you start

Access to Miquella's Haligtree through the Consecrated Snowfield and the Haligtree Secret Medallion route; no DLC or NG+ requirement.

01Reach Miquella's Haligtree, then travel to the Haligtree Town Plaza area and locate the large Oracle Envoy on the branch overlooking the town. Defeat this enemy to have a chance of obtaining Envoy's Greathorn.
02The weapon is a random drop rather than a guaranteed reward. If it does not drop, rest at a Site of Grace to respawn the envoy and repeat the fight; the weapon is farmable and not missable.

Mechanics and Handling

Envoy's Greathorn is a slow, commitment-heavy great hammer whose distinctive attacks extend its threat beyond ordinary melee range. Its normal swings favor broad arcs, while its special bubble attacks create delayed pressure rather than instant projectile damage. Spacing and timing matter more than repeated attack speed: the bubbles travel slowly, giving mobile enemies time to evade them.

Bubble attacks and spacing

The charged heavy attack releases a large bubble without requiring the weapon skill. The bubble drifts forward before bursting, so it is most useful against large targets, enemies recovering from an action, or opponents being funneled through a narrow approach. It is unreliable as a quick reaction attack against agile targets, and the slow release leaves the wielder committed during the animation.

Great Oracular Bubble

Envoy's Greathorn's weapon skill, Great Oracular Bubble, launches another oversized bubble with the same delayed-pressure character. It is a dedicated skill rather than a conventional buff or melee enhancement: the attack spends FP and produces a slow-moving holy projectile that detonates when it reaches its target or completes its travel. The skill is strongest when cast from a safe distance or after an enemy has been staggered, trapped, or committed to a long animation.

Melee commitment

Outside its bubble attacks, the weapon behaves like a heavy great hammer: attacks are deliberate, consume meaningful stamina, and are poor choices for frantic exchanges. Its reach and wide swings can punish enemies that stay close, but the recovery makes missed attacks costly. The weapon has no noted innate status buildup or durability-specific mechanic; its handling is defined chiefly by heavy swings, holy bubble projectiles, and FP management.

Upgrades and Variants

Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses

Strengths

Its Great Oracular Bubble skill provides unusual ranged pressure for a colossal great hammer, allowing a player to threaten enemies without remaining in melee range.
The weapon deals both physical and holy damage, giving its attacks a damage component beyond ordinary blunt strikes.
Its large weapon class supports committed, high-impact attacks that can punish openings against sizeable or slow enemies.

Weaknesses

The colossal moveset is slow and heavily committed, making missed swings costly against agile targets.
Great Oracular Bubble travels slowly and gives many mobile enemies time to evade it.
Its holy damage is less effective against enemies with strong holy resistance, while its weight and attribute demands compete with lighter or more flexible weapons.

Best uses

PvE encounters with large or predictable targets that give the bubble and heavy attacks time to connect.
Strength/Faith-oriented play where a heavy melee weapon and a distinctive ranged skill are useful in the same loadout.
Situations requiring pressure from outside normal melee distance, provided the opponent cannot easily sidestep the slow bubble.

Compared With Similar Weapons

Compared With Similar Weapons
Weapon	Class and role	Skill flexibility	Build fit
Envoy's Long Horn	Fixed Bubble Shower skill	Strength/Faith builds wanting a related bubble weapon with a more manageable class	—
Giant-Crusher	Infusable and Ash of War-compatible	Strength builds prioritizing customizable melee attacks over Envoy's Greathorn's unique skill	—
Prelate's Inferno Crozier	Infusable and Ash of War-compatible	Strength or fire-oriented builds seeking a flexible colossal weapon rather than a fixed holy skill	—

Lore and Design

The item description links Envoy's Greathorn to the Oracle Envoys, enigmatic horn-bearing beings associated with omens of a coming age. Its lore presents the horn as part of their ceremonial or prophetic imagery rather than identifying a named wielder, faction commander, or historical event. The weapon therefore has thematic significance through the envoys’ mysterious role, but the game does not explain their origins or the meaning of their music in full.