Stone-Sheathed Sword

Stone-Sheathed Sword

Attack	119 Physical
Critical	100
Scaling	Str C, Dex D
Requires	Str 16, Dex 8
Effect
Guard	54% physical, 32 guard boost
Type	Straight Sword
Attack Type	Strike
Skill	Square Off
FP Cost	6 / 8
Weight	3.5
Upgrades With	Smithing Stones, to +25
Sell Price	100

The Stone-Sheathed Sword is a Straight Sword in Elden Ring. It carries the highest physical attack of any straight sword in the game.

When to Use It

Shadow of the Erdtree. It is found around Ancient Ruins of Rauh in the expansion, which opens only once Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood are beaten.

Upgrades

Ordinary Smithing Stones carry it all the way to +25, and because it is not a Somber weapon it will also hold a grease or a weapon buff, which is a damage source the unique blades simply do not have.

Build

Its scaling runs Str at C and Dex at D, so Str is the stat worth levelling, and you need Str 16 and Dex 8 before you can lift it. Any Ash of War and any affinity will sit on it, so its scaling can be re-cut towards whichever stat you are already levelling.

Notes

A sword that none can pull from its scabbard of cracked stone. Relic of a lost civilization from a time long past, said to have served a ritual purpose at altars of light and darkness.

How to Get Stone-Sheathed Sword Guide

Found at an altar in either Fog Rift Catacombs, Ruins of Unte, or Ancient Ruins of Rauh. Since the altar in Fog Rift Catacombs is the most complicated to reach, it's recommended that the sword be taken there so that the later interactions with altars are less time-consuming.
WARNING: Once either the Sword of Darkness or Sword of Light has been acquired, though the two forms can be freely switched between by traveling to their assigned altars, the Stone-Sheathed Sword itself cannot be reacquired until you enter the next new game cycle.
Fog Rift Catacombs: From the start, follow the path so that you pass the first and second falling-spikes roofs to the elevator. Continue to the third falling-spikes roof and get to the other side of the room (be wary of the pit in the second saferoom to the left). Use the raised platform at the end of the room to enter the hidden compartment in the falling roof, then ride it to a higher platform so you can stand on top of the falling roof. The altar is in the opposite right corner of the room, on the roof.
Picking the sword up here means it turns into the Sword of Darkness at Ruins of Unte and the Sword of Light at Ancient Ruins of Rauh.
Ruins of Unte: Found to the right inside the courtyard, blocked by a Furnace Golem (a Hefty Fire Pot can get it going again to open the path).
Picking the sword up here means it turns into the Sword of Darkness at Fog Rift Catacombs and the Sword of Light at Ancient Ruins of Rauh.
Ancient Ruins of Rauh: From Ancient Rauh Ruins, East Site of Grace, head across the bri.

Where to find Stone-Sheathed Sword Location?

Map credit by Map Genie.

All Straight Swords

Name	Physical	Magic	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit. Boost	Weight	Str.	Dex.	Int.	Fai.	Arc.	Sell Price	Skill
Broadsword	117 47.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	100 31	4	D 10	E 10	0	0	0	100	Square Off
Cane Sword	96 41	0 27	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 27	2.5	E 8	D 11	0	0	0	200	Square Off
Carian Knight's Sword	88 36	88 52	0 26	0 26	0 26	100 31	4	D 10	D 10	D 18	0	0	200	Carian Grandeur
Coded Sword	0 13.0	0 22.0	0 22.0	0 22.0	85 58.0	100 27	2.5	0	0	0	B 20	0	200	Unblockable Blade
Crystal Sword	106 44	68 44	0 30	0 30	0 30	100 33	4.5	D 13	E 10	D 15	0	0	200	Spinning Slash
Golden Epitaph	85 25.0	0 15.0	0 15.0	0 15.0	85 40.0	100 30	3.5	D 12	D 10	0	D 14	0	500	Last Rites
Lazuli Glintstone Sword	79 30	94 55	0 25	0 25	0 25	100 30	3.5	D 8	E 9	D 13	0	0	100	Glintstone Pebble
Longsword	110 45.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	0 30.0	100 30	3.5	D 10	D 10	0	0	0	100	Square Off
Lordsworn's Straight Sword	115 45	0 30	0 30	0 30	0 30	110 30	3.5	D 10	D 10	0	0	0	100	Square Off
Miquellan Knight's Sword	105 40	0 28	0 28	0 28	68 40	100 30	3.5	D 11	D 11	0	E 16	0	100	Sacred Blade
Noble's Slender Sword	101 43	0 29	0 29	0 29	0 29	110 30	3.5	E 8	C 11	0	0	0	1000	Square Off
Ornamental Straight Sword	101 42	0 28	0 28	0 28	0 28	110 28	3	E 10	D 14	0	0	0	200	Golden Tempering
Regalia of Eochaid	89 48.0	57 40.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	0 31.0	100 33	5.5	E 12	D 18	0	0	D 15	500	Eochaid's Dancing Blade
Rotten Crystal Sword	102 48	66 38	0 31	0 31	0 31	100 33	4.5	D 13	E 10	D 15	0	0	200	Spinning Slash
Short Sword	102 42.0	0 28.0	0 28.0	0 28.0	0 28.0	100 28	3	D 8	D 10	0	0	0	100	Kick
Stone-Sheathed Sword	119 54	0 33	0 33	0 33	0 33	100	3.5	C 16	D 8	0	0	0	100	Square Off
Sword of Darkness	93 26	0 15	0 15	0 15	93 42	100	4.0	D 14	E 11	0	E 24	0	1000	Darkness
Sword of Light	93 26	0 15	0 15	0 15	93 42	100	4.0	D 14	E 11	0	E 24	0	1000	Light
Sword of Night and Flame	87 36	56 42	56 42	0 26	0 26	100 31	4	E 12	E 12	D 24	D 24	0	1000	Night-and-Flame Stance
Sword of St. Trina	107 39	32 33	0 27	0 27	0 27	100 28	3	D 10	D 12	E 14	0	0	500	Mists of Slumber
Velvet Sword of St Trina	95 37	61 37	0 25	0 25	0 25	100	2.5	E 10	D 12	E 14	0	0	500	Mists of Eternal Sleep
Warhawk's Talon	101 42	0 28	0 28	0 28	0 28	100 30	3	D 10	C 16	0	0	0	100	Spinning Slash
Weathered Straight Sword	103 43	0 29	0 29	0 29	0 29	100 27	3.5	D 7	D 10	0	0	0	100	Square Off