KEY POINTS
The Rivers of Blood is a late-game weapon with a singular talentThe sword will be discovered within the Mountaintops of the GiantsPresently, the Rivers of Blood doesn’t scale with every other stats
Any Arcane-Bleed construct in “Elden Ring” requires a weapon that may inflict bleed injury at an honest diploma. There are loads of choices on the market, however there’s one katana that’s each ridiculously sturdy and really enjoyable to make use of.
The Rivers of Blood might really feel like simply one other katana at first. It shares the identical moveset because the Uchigatana and the remainder of its sort, however it has the distinctive Corpse Piler Ash of War that offers excessive quantities of hemorrhaging throughout a number of hits in a brief span of time.
High bleed injury paired with a quick assault pace may end up in frequent Blood Loss procs that may shred “Elden Ring” bosses very quickly. This makes the Rivers of Blood essential boss-slayer for bleed-focused builds, however truly getting the weapon goes to be an issue.
To get this sword, “Elden Ring” gamers have to make vital progress within the story. The Rivers of Blood will be discovered roughly 60-70% into the principle questline on the Church of Repose, which will be discovered within the Mountaintops of the Giants.
The Rivers of Blood blade’s Corpse Piler talent Photo: Elden Ring
Players must be sturdy sufficient to beat Shardbearer Morgott, the Omen King, at Leyndell to unlock the raise resulting in the mountain. It’s extremely suggested that gamers no less than beat Shardbearer Radahn at Caelid first earlier than even trying Morgott.
Then, gamers have to traverse the snowy mountain and attain the Church of Repose on the southern quadrant. Ride previous Castle Sol and observe the mountain ridge resulting in the Guardian’s Garrison. Afterward, cross the chasm through the massive chain on the left facet of the garrison, then observe the trail straight to the church.
Here, gamers might want to struggle the Okina, the sword’s proprietor. He fights like every other pink phantom NPC, however he does use Corpse Piler, which makes him a bigger menace than the others. Defeat him to get the Rivers of Blood.
The sword is superb in opposition to something with a excessive well being pool, however it’s poor in opposition to weak targets as a result of its lack of stat scaling. There’s been a lot dialog inside the “Elden Ring” group about Arcane weapons and their seemingly-bugged scaling values, and developer FromSoftware has but to verify whether or not or not this can be a bug or an meant function.
