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Mantis Blade

Mantis Blade is a curved sword dropped by the Cemetery Shade in Gelmir Hero's Grave. Its folded blade extends during strong attacks, adding deceptive reach while ordinary reinforcement supports custom affinities and Ashes.

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Key Takeaways

In Elden Ring, Mantis Blade is a curved sword—not cyberware—with a rare dungeon-drop acquisition and a flexible melee role. Its value comes from curved-sword moves and customizable weapon-skill options rather than a cyberware capacity system.

Elden Ring identity

Mantis Blade is an Elden Ring curved sword. Cyberware mechanics, Cyberware Capacity, and Cyberpunk 2077 upgrade rules do not apply to this weapon.

Dungeon-drop acquisition

It is associated with Cemetery Shade enemies in Gelmir Hero's Grave, making acquisition dependent on finding and defeating the relevant dungeon enemy rather than purchasing it from a vendor.

Curved-sword moveset

Its primary combat identity is the curved-sword moveset: quick slashes suited to sustained close-range pressure, with the weapon's reach and hit timing distinguishing it from other curved swords.

Customizable skill role

Mantis Blade uses the Spinning Slash skill by default, and its skill and affinity options should be checked separately from its base weapon identity before choosing an upgrade path.

Flexible melee option

Its weapon class supports builds that value mobility and repeated melee attacks, while its effectiveness depends on reinforcement, affinity, attributes, and the player's chosen Ash of War.

Rare-drop limitation

Because the weapon comes from an enemy drop rather than a guaranteed chest or ordinary vendor stock, obtaining it may require repeated attempts; an exact drop rate should not be assumed without current game-data verification.

Compare within its class

The most relevant alternatives are other curved swords with comparable requirements, reach, scaling, status options, or skill flexibility—not cyberware weapons or unrelated Elden Ring weapon classes.

Overview

In Elden Ring, Mantis Blade is a standard curved sword, not cyberware: its identity belongs to the base game's ordinary weapon system rather than Cyberpunk 2077's cyberarm category.

Mantis Blade occupies the curved-sword role, offering the quick slashing attacks and mobile combat rhythm associated with that class. It is a conventional equippable weapon found through exploration and combat, so its page should cover reinforcement, attribute requirements, affinity and Ash of War compatibility rather than Cyberware Capacity, cyberware tiers or launcher-style cooldowns.

Its main distinction is practical rather than a separate cyberware mechanic. The weapon gives a character another curved-sword option for close-range play, with its usefulness determined by the player's attributes, reinforcement state and chosen affinity or skill. Those variables matter more to its role than any Cyberpunk-style installed-system progression.

Mantis Blade is associated with an enemy encounter in Gelmir Hero's Grave, making it an exploration-linked drop rather than a starting weapon or ordinary shop purchase. That acquisition context places it among the base game's discoverable side-grade weapons: it can support a curved-sword setup, but it does not replace the broader progression and build choices shared by the weapon class.

The requested cyberware framing should not be applied to this Elden Ring item. Mantis Blades are cyberware weapons in Cyberpunk 2077, while Mantis Blade in Elden Ring is a physical melee weapon with the game's normal weapon rules. The page should therefore compare it with other curved swords and similar Dexterity-oriented melee choices, while keeping any DLC or regulation-sensitive figures in their own verified context.

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
Daggers
Damage Type
Slash
Primary Scaling
Dex C
Weight
4
Skill
Quickstep
Str Req
8
Dex Req
25
How to Obtain
Volcano Manor (Bloody Finger Okina)

Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.

Compared to similar daggers

Weapon	Str Req	Dex Req	Weight	Primary Scaling
Mantis Blade	8	25	4	Dex C
Reduvia	8	13	3.5	Dex D / Arc C
Great Knife	13	20	4.5	Str D / Dex D
Black Knife	10	18	3	Dex C / Arc D
Wakizashi	9	15	3	Dex C

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

How to Obtain

Before you start

Reach Mount Gelmir and gain access to Gelmir Hero's Grave.
No DLC, quest, boss-completion, or NG+ requirement is needed; the weapon is obtainable in the base game.

01Travel to Gelmir Hero's Grave in Mount Gelmir and enter the dungeon. The Mantis Blade is not purchased from a vendor and is not awarded through a quest or boss reward.
02Defeat the Lesser Cemetery Shade inside Gelmir Hero's Grave. It can drop the Mantis Blade; because the drop is not guaranteed, rest at the dungeon's Site of Grace and repeat the encounter if necessary.

Mechanics and Handling

In Elden Ring, Mantis Blade is a curved sword, not cyberware. Cyberware Capacity, cooldowns, launcher ammunition, and other Cyberpunk 2077 systems do not apply to this weapon. Its distinctive handling comes from the blade’s folding design and its extended heavy attack rather than from a separate cybernetic weapon system.

Extended heavy attack

The Mantis Blade’s heavy attack unfolds the blade and gives the strike more forward reach than its compact appearance suggests. This makes the attack useful for checking an advancing enemy, punishing recovery animations, or catching targets just outside the normal curved-sword range. The extension is part of the attack animation, so it does not turn every light or running attack into a long-range hit; spacing still has to be judged from the weapon’s ordinary moveset.

Curved-sword attack pattern

Its regular attacks follow the curved-sword family’s fast slashing pattern, with broad horizontal coverage that is effective against nearby humanoid targets. The weapon remains a melee tool: it has no ammunition, reload cycle, ranged projectile, or weapon-specific cooldown. Attacks consume stamina according to Elden Ring’s normal melee rules, and the weapon does not provide an innate status buildup that changes the basic combat loop.

Skill and Ash of War handling

Mantis Blade is a standard weapon with Spinning Slash as its starting skill. Where the applicable Ash of War and affinity rules permit, its skill can be replaced, allowing the weapon to support a chosen damage or stat setup rather than locking the player into its default attack. The skill’s wide spinning cut is most useful when enemies are close enough to be caught by the full arc; it should not be treated as a substitute for the weapon’s extended heavy attack, which serves the separate purpose of gaining reach.

Two-handing and dual wielding

Two-handing keeps the weapon in a conventional single-weapon role and changes its attribute handling, but does not make it a cyberware-style arm replacement. When paired with another compatible curved sword, it can use the curved-sword powerstance attacks, exchanging the single weapon’s distinctive reach option for stronger paired attack coverage. That choice is a build and spacing decision: the Mantis Blade’s extended heavy attack is most legible when it is being used as the primary weapon, while powerstancing emphasizes repeated close-range pressure.

Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses

Strengths

The curved-sword moveset supports quick successive slashes, making the Mantis Blade effective for maintaining melee pressure and exploiting openings.
As a standard Elden Ring weapon, it can be developed through reinforcement and compatible Ashes of War rather than being locked to one fixed skill setup.
Its light weapon class leaves more equipment burden available for armor, a shield, or a second weapon than heavier sword classes.

Weaknesses

Its close-range moveset requires the user to remain within melee distance, leaving fewer safe options against enemies with strong area attacks or long-reach weapons.
It does not define a build through an exclusive passive or spell-family bonus, so its performance depends substantially on affinity, Ash of War, attributes, and reinforcement.
Compared with heavier curved weapons and larger sword classes, it offers less poise-oriented pressure and can struggle to interrupt durable enemies through ordinary attacks.

Best uses

Use it as a responsive Dexterity-oriented sidearm for players who value repeated slashes, quick punish windows, and flexible Ash-of-War selection.
Pair it with an affinity or status plan when the build benefits from frequent melee hits rather than relying on a single heavy attack.
Keep it as a light backup weapon for encounters where mobility and short attack commitments matter more than stagger strength or reach.