Troll Knight's Sword
Troll Knight’s Sword is a physical-and-magic colossal sword obtained from Troll Knights associated with Caria Manor. Its fixed Troll’s Roar skill and Strength/Intelligence profile offer heavy stance pressure without the ranged magic of more specialized colossal alternatives.
Key Takeaways
Troll Knight's Sword is a colossal sword for Strength/Intelligence characters that trades flexibility for innate magic damage and a fixed weapon skill.
Mixed-damage colossal sword
Its physical-and-magic damage profile distinguishes it from more conventional colossal swords and gives it a natural place in Strength/Intelligence setups.
Fixed Troll's Roar skill
Troll's Roar provides the weapon's signature attack and follow-up heavy strike, but the fixed skill means it does not use a customizable Ash of War.
Requires Intelligence as well as physical attributes
The sword's attribute requirements include Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence, so it is not a straightforward choice for a purely physical colossal-sword build.
Heavy, deliberate commitment
Its colossal-sword class brings substantial weight and slower attacks, making spacing and attack commitment more important than with lighter greatswords.
Somber reinforcement path
Troll Knight's Sword follows the unique-weapon upgrade path and uses Somber Smithing Stones rather than the standard reinforcement materials used by ordinary infusible weapons.
A specialized alternative to standard colossal swords
Compared with conventional colossal swords, it offers innate magic damage and an Intelligence-oriented identity, while giving up Ash of War and affinity customization.
Overview
Troll Knight's Sword is a unique Greatsword in Elden Ring that combines conventional heavy sword attacks with innate magic damage and the Troll's Roar weapon skill.
Troll Knight's Sword occupies a distinctive place among Elden Ring's Greatswords. It is a unique weapon rather than a normal armament that can freely accept Ashes of War, and its mixed physical-and-magic profile gives it a different damage identity from more conventional strength-focused Greatswords.
Its defining feature is Troll's Roar, a weapon skill that releases a forceful roar and supports a follow-up heavy attack. This gives the sword a combat option beyond its standard melee sequences, although using it effectively requires space and timing rather than treating the weapon as a purely interchangeable Greatsword.
The sword also asks its wielder to account for Intelligence alongside its physical attributes. That requirement makes it especially relevant to characters that already invest in Intelligence or want a heavy melee weapon with a magical component, while making it less straightforward for a purely physical build than many ordinary Greatswords.
Troll Knight's Sword is part of Elden Ring's base-game arsenal and is associated with exploration around Liurnia of the Lakes. It is best understood as a specialized progression weapon: a heavy, skill-centered alternative for players who want Greatsword reach and commitment without giving up access to magic damage and a distinctive weapon skill.
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.
- CategoryStraight Swords
- Damage TypeSlash
- Primary ScalingStr D
- Weight8.5
- SkillStamp (Upward Cut)
- Str Req22
- Dex Req10
- How to ObtainDropped by Troll Knights
Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
Compared to similar straight swords
| Weapon | Str Req | Dex Req | Weight | Primary Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troll Knight's Sword | 22 | 10 | 8.5 | Str D |
| Troll's Golden Sword | 22 | 10 | 9 | Str D / Fai D |
| Claymore | 12 | 17 | 7 | Dex D / Str D |
| Iron Cleaver | 16 | 10 | 6 | Str D |
| Stone-Sheathed Sword | 12 | 10 | 6 | Str D |
Requirements, scaling grades and weight are the game’s own published figures. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
How to Obtain
- Access to Caria Manor in the base game; no DLC, quest, vendor, or special item prerequisite is required.
- 01Travel to Caria Manor in northwestern Liurnia of the Lakes and progress through the manor until reaching the courtyard immediately before the Manor Upper Level Site of Grace.
- 02Defeat the Troll Knight in this courtyard. It drops Troll Knight's Sword as a guaranteed reward; collect it after the fight. The enemy can be defeated again in later playthroughs, so the weapon is not missable and is not limited to one copy per playthrough.
Availability
Requires 20 STR, 14 DEX, and 18 INT to wield effectively
No DLC, vendor-stock, difficulty, or NG+ requirement is associated with its availability. It is not a priced vendor item.
Mechanics and Handling
Troll Knight's Sword uses the standard Greatsword class moveset rather than the slower Colossal Sword moveset. Its attacks have broad forward coverage and meaningful recovery, so spacing and attack commitment matter more than rapid pressure. The weapon is most comfortable when used from deliberate openings instead of repeated attacks against enemies that can interrupt its swings.
Greatsword handling and spacing
The light-attack sequence provides wide slashes suited to catching nearby targets, while the strong attack is more committed and rewards attacking during a clear opening. The weapon's reach and sweeping arcs help against groups in front of the player, but its recovery makes missed swings costly. Jumping and running attacks retain the weapon's close-range, commitment-focused identity rather than turning it into a fast dueling weapon.
Troll's Roar
Troll Knight's Sword has the fixed weapon skill Troll's Roar. The skill releases a forceful roar around the wielder and can stagger or disrupt susceptible nearby enemies. Its distinctive follow-up is a strong attack that drives the sword into the ground, giving the skill both an area-disruption phase and a committed finishing strike. The follow-up should be used only when the roar has created enough space or stagger; it is not a risk-free replacement for the normal attack chain.
Damage and weapon restrictions
The sword deals physical and magic damage, so its role is not identical to a purely physical Greatsword. It has no innate status buildup to manage. As a unique Somber weapon with a fixed skill, it does not use the normal Ash of War and affinity-customisation process; its defining skill therefore remains part of the weapon's handling rather than a freely replaceable loadout component. Like other Elden Ring weapons, it has no combat durability or reload mechanic.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Deals both physical and magic damage, giving a Strength/Intelligence build a way to apply two damage types through one colossal sword.
- Its lower weight than many weapons in the Colossal Sword class makes it easier to carry alongside heavier armor or a secondary weapon without treating equip load as the only build constraint.
- Troll's Roar provides a distinctive opening roar followed by a strong follow-up attack, giving the weapon a deliberate burst option beyond its normal colossal-sword swings.
- The colossal-sword moveset supplies long reach and substantial hit commitment, which can reward spacing against large PvE enemies and openings where stagger pressure matters.
Weaknesses
- The Intelligence requirement and split physical/magic damage make it a poor fit for a pure Strength build that does not invest in Intelligence.
- Troll's Roar has a committed setup, so using it in a neutral exchange or against fast enemies can leave the wielder vulnerable before the follow-up connects.
- Its unique weapon status prevents normal Ash of War and affinity customization, limiting how far the sword can be tailored to a specific physical-damage or status-focused build.
- As a colossal sword, its attacks are slower and more stamina-committing than those of greatswords, straight swords, or other faster classes; missed swings are correspondingly costly.
Best uses
- A Strength/Intelligence hybrid that wants a single weapon combining colossal-sword reach with physical and magic damage.
- PvE encounters with readable attack windows, where Troll's Roar can be prepared safely and the follow-up is more valuable than rapid neutral attacks.
- Players who want colossal-sword spacing and stagger potential without committing their entire equip load to the heaviest weapons in the class.
- A fixed-skill setup for users who prefer a defined weapon identity over the flexibility of changing Ashes of War and affinities.
Compared With Similar Weapons
| Weapon | Class and role | Skill / customization | Build distinction | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claymore | Infusible and compatible with changeable Ashes of War | Supports a wider range of affinities and stat plans than Troll Knight's Sword | You want moveset and affinity flexibility rather than a fixed skill | — |
| Knight's Greatsword | Infusible with a changeable Ash of War | Better suited to customizable Strength, Dexterity, or hybrid setups | You want a conventional greatsword that can be tuned to the build | — |
| Death's Poker | Fixed skill, Ghostflame Ignition; Somber reinforcement | Offers a more specialized frost-and-fire skill identity, while Troll Knight's Sword combines physical and magic damage through its fixed design | You want an Intelligence greatsword whose weapon skill is the main attraction | — |
Lore and Design
The Troll Knight’s Sword is associated with the Troll Knights who served the Carian royal family. Its item lore places the weapon within that relationship, connecting the sword to the Carians’ use of trolls as retainers rather than presenting it as an ordinary soldier’s arm. This is the weapon’s clearest story significance.
The game provides no confirmed developer commentary or documented real-world design reference for the sword. Its large scale and Carian associations support its in-game identity, but visual resemblance alone is not evidence of an external inspiration.