Crystal Release
| Crystal Release | |
|---|---|
 | |
| School | Sorcery |
| Type | Crystalian |
| FP | 34 |
| Stamina | - |
| Slots | 1 |
| Requires | Intelligence 41 |
| Damage | Magic |
| Price | - |
The Crystal Release is a Crystalian sorcery in Elden Ring. It is a mid-game find.
Crystal Release is a sorcery of the mysterious Crystalians, used by high-ranking adepts among them and sometimes called the Crystal Sun. The caster hunches over while a blue aura raises stagger resistance, then lifts both arms to shatter a mass of crystal and rain shards over a wide area around them, with the shards closest to the caster hitting hardest. The long opening is the risky part, although the aura makes the caster harder to interrupt until the arms go up. The Crystal Staff and Rotten Crystal Staff both boost it, which makes it a natural pick for crystal-focused sorcerers who want an area attack against groups surrounding them.
Effect
Creates a mass of crystal above the caster, then shatters it to rain crystal shards over a wide area around them; the caster resists staggering during the first part of the cast. Each cast costs 34 FP and takes up one memory slot.
How to Get Crystal Release Guide
Dropped by the pair of Crystalian bosses at the end of the Academy Crystal Cave in Liurnia of the Lakes.
Where to find Crystal Release Location?
Crystal Release map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Build
Casting it takes 41 Intelligence and a Glintstone Staff.
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 Crystal Staff and the Rotten Crystal Staff boost it.
- The stagger resistance ends once the caster raises their arms to release the shards.
"Sorcery of the mysterious Crystalians. Creates a mass of crystal, then shatters it to scour a wide area with a violent rain of crystal shards. This sorcery is used by high-ranking adepts among the Crystalians. Some also call this sorcery 'the Crystal Sun.'"
