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Elden Ring Nightreign

How to Get Madness Weapons

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Madness Weapons

This is a list of all Madness weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign. Read on to learn how to get Madness weapons during your run and see a list of all Madness weapons available in-game.

How to Get Madness Weapons

Guaranteed Drop from Towers with the Eye of Madness

Eye of Madness
Event Rewards

Ruined towers with the Eye of Madness are random events that have a chance to spawn at the start or in the middle of an expedition. If you kill all the worshippers around and at the top the tower, you are guaranteed to get a Madness weapon like Vyke's War Spear or a Frenzied Flame Seal, as well as a Dormant Power drop.

These towers appear on your map as a large red circle. Approach them with caution since the Eye of Madness will keep flaring, causing Madness buildup whenever you're in its line of sight. Tank through the damage using flasks and focus on taking out the worshippers. Kill them all to despawn the eye and reap your rewards.

Has a Chance to Drop from Camps with the Madness Element

Madness weapons have a very small chance of dropping when clearing out Main Encampent POIs that have the Madness elemental icon. Defeat the Frenzied Flame Troll boss to get its dormant power drop.

Note: The chance to get Madness weapons from Frenzied Flame Encampaments is extremely low. If you're struggling to get Madness weapons, try pivoting over to a spellcaster class since it is easier to farm Sacred Seals that can roll with Frenzied Flame incantations.

List of All Madness Weapons

All Weapons with Madness Buildup

Weapon Type Stat Scaling
Attack Power
VykeVyke's War Spear Great Spear
(B / C / - / D / -)

VykePhys: 86
VykeMagic: 0
VykeFire: 57
VykeLight: 0
VykeHoly: 0
Madness Icon Madness (70)
Fingerprint Stone Shield ImageFingerprint Stone Shield Greatshield
(A / D / - / - / -)

Fingerprint Stone Shield IconPhys: 120
Fingerprint Stone Shield IconMagic: 0
Fingerprint Stone Shield IconFire: 0
Fingerprint Stone Shield IconLight: 0
Fingerprint Stone Shield IconHoly: 0
Madness Icon Madness (56)
Frenzied Flame Seal ImageFrenzied Flame Seal Sacred Seal
(- / - / - / S / -)

Frenzied Flame Seal IconPhys: 25
Frenzied Flame Seal IconMagic: 0
Frenzied Flame Seal IconFire: 0
Frenzied Flame Seal IconLight: 0
Frenzied Flame Seal IconHoly: 0
Madness Icon Madness (65)

Of the 3 Madness buildup weapons in the game, only Vyke's War Spear can actually cause decent Madness buildup in melee.

If your team needs a way to deal Madness buildup (e.g., against Libra), don't rely on getting madness weapons. Instead, bring along a caster class (Recluse or Revenant) since the chances of getting Frenzied Flame Incantations are higher than getting this spear to drop.

Madness is a Status Effect and Not an Elemental Affinity

Unlike weapons with an elemental affinity (e.g., Fire, Magic, Holy, and Lightning), there are no weapons with a Madness "element". Madness in Nightreign is a status ailment similar to Blood Loss (Bleed) or Poison.

However, unlike those two status ailments, there are no non-unique weapon skills that cause Madness buildup. Therefore, regular weapons cannot drop with inherent madness buildup, limiting your choices to the 3 uniques listed above.

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Elden Ring Nightreign - Weapons

List of All Weapons

All Weapons by Main Stat

Strength Dexterity Intelligence
Faith Arcane

All Weapons by Damage Type

Fire IconFire Magic IconMagic Lightning IconLightning
Holy IconHoly Madness IconMadness

All Weapons by Rarity

Common Uncommon
Rare Legendary

All Weapons by Type

Melee Weapons
Axes Claws
Colossal Swords Colossal Weapons
Curved Greatswords Curved Swords
Daggers Fists
Flails Greataxes
Greatswords Great Hammers
Great Spears Halberds
Hammers Heavy Thrusting Swords
Katanas Reapers
Spears Straight Swords
Thrusting Swords Torches
Twinblades Whips
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Glintstone Staffs Sacred Seals
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