Carian Greatsword
| Carian Greatsword | |
|---|---|
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| School | Sorcery |
| Type | Carian |
| FP | 12 |
| Stamina | 22 |
| Slots | 1 |
| Requires | Intelligence 24 |
| Damage | Magic |
| Price | 10,000 |
The Carian Greatsword is a Carian sorcery in Elden Ring. It is a mid-game find in Liurnia of the Lakes.
Carian Greatsword is one of the sorceries of the Carian royal family, said to grant sorcerers the strength of knights whose loyalty is sworn to the moon. It conjures a huge magic blade for a wide sweeping slash, and repeated inputs chain into a combo of alternating sweeps. The swing has a slight delay before it lands, but its wide arc covers groups well, can hit enemies through walls and breaks stance reliably for a caster. It flows naturally into Carian Piercer for a thrust after the slash, and the Carian Glintstone Staff raises its damage. Black Knife Assassins struggle against it because their side leaps cannot escape the arc, and it remains a staple for spellblades and pure casters who want a melee-range option.
Why Players Pick It
The Carian Greatsword conjures a magic greatsword for a wide sweeping blow that can be cast repeatedly, and its broad arc handles groups of enemies well. It costs 12 FP, and the Carian Glintstone Staff boosts it by 15%, making it a staple of sword sorcery builds.
Effect
Conjures a magic greatsword and delivers a wide sweeping slash; it can be cast repeatedly for a combo. Each cast costs 12 FP and 22 stamina and takes up one memory slot.
How to Get Carian Greatsword Guide
- Sold by Miriel, Pastor of Vows at the Church of Vows for 10,000 runes.
- If Miriel dies, give Miriel's Bell Bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold to buy it there.
Where to find Carian Greatsword Location?
Carian Greatsword map location:
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Build
Casting it takes 24 Intelligence and a Glintstone Staff. It fits spellblade builds, where it is often cast alongside Carian Slicer, Adula's Moonblade, Glintblade Phalanx and Scholar's Armament.
All Sorceries
| Name | Image | Effect | Type | FP | Slots | INT | FAI | ARC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adula's Moonblade |  |
Frost greatsword slash | Carian | 22 | 1 | 32 | - | - |
| Ambush Shard |  |
Strikes target from behind | Night | 13 | 1 | 23 | - | - |
| Ancient Death Rancor |  |
Nine homing spirits | Death | 21 | 1 | 34 | 24 | - |
| Blades of Stone |  |
Rock blades from ground | Gravity | 18 | 2 | 48 | - | - |
| Briars of Punishment |  |
Bloodthorn trail | Thorn | 9 | 1 | - | 21 | - |
| Briars of Sin |  |
Bloodthorn spiral around caster | Thorn | 6 | 1 | - | 24 | - |
| Cannon of Haima |  |
Explosive arcing shot | Glintstone | 38 | 1 | 25 | - | - |
| Carian Greatsword |  |
Magic greatsword slash | Carian | 12 | 1 | 24 | - | - |
| Carian Phalanx |  |
Nine defensive glintblades | Carian | 24 | 1 | 34 | - | - |
| Carian Piercer |  |
Magic greatsword thrust | Carian | 17 | 1 | 27 | - | - |
| Carian Retaliation |  |
Dispels spells, counters | Carian | 8 | 1 | 17 | - | - |
| Carian Slicer |  |
Fast magic sword slash | Carian | 4 | 1 | 14 | - | - |
| Cherishing Fingers |  |
Finger ring, deflects projectiles | Finger | 20 | 1 | 36 | - | - |
| Collapsing Stars |  |
Nine pulling gravity orbs | Gravity | 18 | 1 | 36 | - | - |
| Comet |  |
Great piercing comet | Glintstone | 24 | 1 | 52 | - | - |
| Comet Azur |  |
Huge channelled comet beam | Primeval | 40 (10) | 3 | 60 | - | - |
| Crystal Barrage |  |
Volley of crystal shards | Glintstone | 14 (2) | 1 | 23 | - | - |
| Crystal Burst |  |
Close range crystal spread | Glintstone | 14 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Crystal Release |  |
Crystal rain around caster | Crystalian | 34 | 1 | 41 | - | - |
| Crystal Torrent |  |
Channelled crystal torrent | Crystalian | 24 (6) | 1 | 47 | - | - |
| Eternal Darkness |  |
Pulls in enemy spells | Night | 25 | 1 | 35 | - | - |
| Explosive Ghostflame |  |
Ghostflame ground explosion | Death | 36 | 1 | 42 | 30 | - |
| Fia's Mist |  |
Death blight mist | Death | 25 | 1 | 23 | 18 | - |
| Fleeting Microcosm |  |
Bursting microcosm under foe | Finger | 26 | 1 | 42 | - | - |
| Founding Rain of Stars |  |
Star rain from cloud | Primeval | 27 | 2 | 52 | - | - |
| Freezing Mist |  |
Frostbite mist | Cold | 20 | 1 | 21 | - | - |
| Frozen Armament |  |
Frost weapon buff | Cold | 20 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| Gavel of Haima |  |
Magic hammer slam | Glintstone | 22 | 1 | 25 | - | - |
| Gelmir's Fury |  |
Magma surge around caster | Magma | 16 (3) | 1 | 28 | 15 | - |
| Glintblade Phalanx |  |
Five defensive glintblades | Carian | 18 | 1 | 22 | - | - |
| Glintblade Trio |  |
Three delayed seeking glintblades | Carian | 19 | 1 | 28 | - | - |
| Glintstone Arc |  |
Wide horizontal magic arc | Glintstone | 9 | 1 | 13 | - | - |
| Glintstone Cometshard |  |
Piercing comet with tail | Glintstone | 17 | 1 | 36 | - | - |
| Glintstone Icecrag |  |
Frostbite ice projectile | Cold | 12 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| Glintstone Nail |  |
Strong tracking magic nail | Finger | 10 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Glintstone Nails |  |
Six tracking magic nails | Finger | 23 | 1 | 32 | - | - |
| Glintstone Pebble |  |
Basic magic projectile | Glintstone | 7 | 1 | 10 | - | - |
| Glintstone Stars |  |
Three homing stars | Glintstone | 12 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| Gravitational Missile |  |
Pulling gravity orb, explodes | Gravity | 18 | 1 | 36 | - | - |
| Gravity Well |  |
Pulls foe toward caster | Gravity | 12 | 1 | 17 | - | - |
| Great Glintstone Shard |  |
Large magic projectile | Glintstone | 12 | 1 | 16 | - | - |
| Great Oracular Bubble |  |
Giant drifting magic bubble | Claymen | 16 | 1 | 25 | - | 18 |
| Greatblade Phalanx |  |
Three large defensive glintblades | Carian | 30 | 1 | 29 | - | - |
| Impenetrable Thorns |  |
Thorn trails from ground | Thorn | 15 | 1 | - | 24 | - |
| Loretta's Greatbow |  |
Long range magic arrow | Carian | 24 | 1 | 26 | - | - |
| Loretta's Mastery |  |
Four magic great arrows | Carian | 39 | 1 | 46 | - | - |
| Lucidity |  |
Clears sleep and madness | Carian | 10 | 1 | 17 | - | - |
| Magic Downpour |  |
Raining magic projectiles | Carian | 18 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| Magic Glintblade |  |
Delayed seeking glintblade | Carian | 12 | 1 | 14 | - | - |
| Magma Shot |  |
Exploding magma lump | Magma | 16 | 1 | 19 | 10 | - |
| Mantle of Thorns |  |
Thorns damage on dodge roll | Thorn | 9 | 1 | - | 20 | - |
| Mass of Putrescence |  |
Ghostflame bursting mass | Death | 41 | 1 | 28 | 22 | - |
| Meteorite |  |
Channelled meteorite rain | Gravity | 30 (10) | 1 | 30 | - | - |
| Meteorite of Astel |  |
Channelled meteorite hail | Gravity | 60 (12) | 2 | 55 | - | - |
| Miriam's Vanishing |  |
Short invisible teleport | Carian | 9 | 1 | 26 | - | - |
| Night Comet |  |
Undodgeable dark comet | Night | 21 | 1 | 38 | - | - |
| Night Maiden's Mist |  |
Life-sapping mist | Night | 20 | 1 | 14 | - | - |
| Night Shard |  |
Fast undodgeable shard | Night | 7 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Oracle Bubbles |  |
Nine drifting magic bubbles | Claymen | 12 | 1 | 19 | - | 15 |
| Rancorcall |  |
Homing vengeful spirits | Death | 12 | 1 | 16 | 14 | - |
| Ranni's Dark Moon |  |
Dark moon, frost, magic debuff | Carian | 57 | 2 | 68 | - | - |
| Rellana's Twin Moons |  |
Twin moons crash down | Carian | 47 | 2 | 72 | - | - |
| Rennala's Full Moon |  |
Full moon, magic debuff | Carian | 47 | 2 | 70 | - | - |
| Rings of Spectral Light |  |
Six frost spectral rings | Death | 14 | 1 | 24 | 18 | - |
| Rock Blaster |  |
Magic drill and shockwave | Glintstone | 22 (4) | 1 | 21 | - | - |
| Rock Sling |  |
Three flung rocks | Gravity | 18 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Roiling Magma |  |
Delayed magma mine | Magma | 28 | 1 | 21 | 12 | - |
| Rykard's Rancor |  |
Homing skull, fire trail | Magma | 23 | 2 | 40 | 18 | - |
| Scholar's Armament |  |
Magic weapon buff | Glintstone | 25 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| Scholar's Shield |  |
Shield negation buff | Glintstone | 30 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| Shard Spiral |  |
Twin spiralling piercing shards | Glintstone | 14 | 1 | 27 | - | - |
| Shatter Earth |  |
Ground shockwave, follow-up | Glintstone | 10 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| Shattering Crystal |  |
Close range crystal burst | Crystalian | 21 | 1 | 38 | - | - |
| Star Shower |  |
Six homing stars | Glintstone | 23 | 1 | 24 | - | - |
| Starlight |  |
Floating light source | Glintstone | 9 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| Stars of Ruin |  |
Twelve homing dark stars | Primeval | 32 | 1 | 43 | - | - |
| Swift Glintstone Shard |  |
Fast small projectile | Glintstone | 5 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| Terra Magica |  |
Magic damage boost zone | Glintstone | 20 | 1 | 20 | - | - |
| Thops's Barrier |  |
Deflects enemy spells | Glintstone | 7 | 1 | 18 | - | - |
| Tibia's Summons |  |
Three skeleton summons | Death | 17 | 1 | 28 | 20 | - |
| Unseen Blade |  |
Invisible weapon buff | Night | 13 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| Unseen Form |  |
Semi invisibility | Night | 20 | 1 | 16 | - | - |
| Vortex of Putrescence |  |
Ghostflame jets around caster | Death | 29 | 2 | 32 | 26 | - |
| Zamor Ice Storm |  |
Frost tornado around caster | Cold | 17 | 1 | 36 | - | - |
Notes
- The Carian Glintstone Staff boosts it.
- Can follow up into Carian Piercer for a thrust after the slash.
- Can be cast while riding Torrent.
