Guide to choosing a starting weapon in Elden Ring

Combining elements from Dark Souls and open-world titles, Elden Ring takes players into the Lands Between to test their skills. Besides choosing a character class to start playing Elden Ring, choosing a weapon also plays a very important role.

The Elden Ring has a ton of different weapons to choose from and is available within the first ten hours (a very short amount of time by game standards). When starting in the first 2 main areas, the player can find good weapons.

In this article, learn how to find and choose a starter dance in the Elden Ring, making your adventures in the Lands Between a little easier.

Instructions for choosing the starting dance in Elden Ring

Flail

The Flail is a really powerful weapon, found on the first trip through Limgrave, Stormhill and Stormveil Castle. Consecutive attacks with Flail deal bleeding damage.

After a number of successful hits, the player cuts off a portion of the enemy's health bar, when a certain level of health loss is reached. Usually between 5-10 hits for most normal enemies, more times when hitting the boss.

The main downside of Flail is the lack of range, but good positioning and dodging can help gamers not need to worry about this. The bonus damage from bleed damage can be the difference in survival for some enemies and bosses.

The player can pick it up in one of the carts at Gatefront Ruins, right where the Torrent horse is received.

Lordsworn's Straight Sword

Lordsworn's Greatsword can be obtained by killing any knight in Limgrave or Stormhill as they all have a chance to drop it. If you still can't find it, hit the minion until it randomly drops.

This makes a straight sword, which comes with some high performance stats early in the game. It balances both Strength and Dexterity, so Lordsworn's Greatsword is suitable for most players.

This is a great weapon for the early part of Elden Ring and is best suited for those who want a traditional battle, but don't want to experiment with a lot of different things.

Battle Hameer

If you are looking for a great weapon to carry during the opening boss battles, the Battle Hammer is the perfect weapon.

Offering high power, powerful skills that speed up the recovery of a character's attack, defense, and stamina, the Battle Hammer is the Elden Ring starter weapon for players looking to make a devastating impact. . However, with its awesomeness, the attack speed will be quite slow.

The Battle Hammer can be found while defeating the Grave Warden Duelist boss in Murkwater Catacombs, located along the river that leads to the eastern edge of Stormhill.

Great Epee

The Great Épée is a strong choice for players who prefer weapons that focus on pushing enemies back. Therefore, this weapon is not suitable for large groups of enemies, but if the character rotates, it can hit many attackers.

Its skill is also very handy, overpowering shields and breaking through enemy defenses to allow the player to track next attacks.

This weapon can be found south of Limgrave, in a chest at a small enemy camp located just up the hill. Let's go through the main lake where the Flying Dragon Agheel is fought.

Lesley Montoya

Update 28 February 2022