Watchdog's Staff

Watchdog's Staff

Attack	165 Physical
Critical	100
Scaling	Str D, Dex D
Requires	Str 34, Dex 10
Effect
Guard	75% physical, 50 guard boost
Type	Colossal Weapon
Attack Type	Strike
Skill	Sorcery of the Crozier
FP Cost	15
Weight	19
Upgrades With	Somber Smithing Stones, to +10
Sell Price	200

The Watchdog's Staff is a Colossal Weapon in Elden Ring.

When to Use It

Mid game. It is found around Liurnia of the Lakes, which opens up past Stormveil Castle, so it arrives once a build has taken shape.

Why Players Pick It

404 physical at max standard, tied for second in the class, and available very early, behind an illusory wall in Road's End Catacombs in Liurnia. Its Sorcery of the Crozier does 1369 magic damage at +10 and scales only with upgrade level, giving a melee build homing ranged damage with zero spellcasting investment. Somber, not infusible.

Upgrades

It takes Somber Smithing Stones rather than the common kind, one per level up to +10, and it keeps its own skill for good: no Ash of War will replace it and no affinity will re-cut its scaling.

Skill

Sorcery of the Crozier costs 15 FP. Channel magic into the glintstone to activate an ancient sorcery, producing floating magic projectiles that chase enemies automatically. It belongs to this weapon alone: no Ash of War will move it onto anything else, and nothing will replace it here.

Build

Its scaling runs Str at D and Dex at D, so Str and Dex are the stats worth levelling, and you need Str 34 and Dex 10 before you can lift it. Because the skill is its own, the build has to come to the weapon rather than the other way round.

Notes

Large stone staff embedded with glintstone. Wielded by Erdtree Burial Watchdogs who protect catacombs. The Watchdogs, battered and broken over their lengthy tenure, rule the catacombs and are even said to command the imps.

How to Get Watchdog's Staff Guide

Found on a corpse behind an illusory wall under a stairwell, inside Road's End Catacombs, located in Liurnia of the Lakes.

Where to find Watchdog's Staff Location?

Map credit by Map Genie.

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Bloodfiend's Arm	147 76	0 46	0 46	0 46	0 46	100	20	28	11	0	0	16	100	Endure
Devonia's Hammer	147 73.0	0 45.0	0 45.0	0 45.0	44 51.0	100	20	C 30	E 13	0	D 19	0	500	Devonia's Vortex
Dragon Greatclaw	120 66	0 40	0 40	78 52	0 40	100 47	16	D 30	D 14	0	0	0	500	Endure
Duelist Greataxe	170 78	0 47	0 47	0 47	0 47	100 52	20	E 30	D 10	0	0	0	200	Endure
Envoy's Greathorn	121 70	0 43	0 43	0 43	78 55	100 50	19.5	D 28	D 12	0	E 24	0	100	Great Oracular Bubble
Fallingstar Beast Jaw	131 70	85 55	0 43	0 43	0 43	100 50	21.5	D 34	D 12	E 20	0	0	500	Gravity Bolt
Gazing Finger	133 66.0	86 50.0	0 38.0	0 38.0	0 38.0	100	15	C 20	8	D 20	E 14	0	1000	Kowtower's Resentment
Ghiza's Wheel	156 73	0 43	0 43	0 43	0 43	100 48	19	D 28	D 18	0	0	0	200	Spinning Wheel
Giant-Crusher	155 88	0 52	0 52	0 52	0 52	100 58	26.5	C 60	0	0	0	0	100	Endure
Golem's Halberd	158 75	0 45	0 45	0 45	0 45	100 50	21.5	D 36	D 14	0	0	0	200	Charge Forth
Great Club	154 71	0 42	0 42	0 42	0 42	100 47	17	C 35	0	0	0	0	100	Golden Land
Prelate's Inferno Crozier	156 82	0 49	0 49	0 49	0 49	100 55	23.5	C 45	E 8	0	0	0	200	Prelate's Charge
Rotten Greataxe	162 78	0 47	0 47	0 47	0 47	100 52	20	E 30	D 10	0	0	0	200	Endure
Rotten Staff	165 75	0 45	0 45	0 45	0 45	100 50	18	D 34	E 8	0	0	0	500	Erdtree Slam
Shadow Sunflower Blossom	114 55.0	0 37.0	0 37.0	0 37.0	114 64.0	100	16.0	D 24	E 8	0	D 25	0	1000	Shadow Sunflower Headbutt
Staff of the Avatar	113 73	0 45	0 45	0 45	73 57	100 52	20	C 34	E 8	0	D 24	0	500	Erdtree Slam
Troll's Hammer	153 66	0 41	45 46	0 41	0 41	100 46	16	C 28	E 8	0	D 10	0	200	Troll's Roar
Watchdog's Staff	165 75	0 45	0 45	0 45	0 45	100 50	19	D 34	D 10	0	0	0	200	Sorcery of the Crozier