Elden Ring

Briars of Punishment Location and How to Use

Briars of Punishment is a Sorcery spell in Elden Ring. Read on to learn more about Briars of Punishment's effects, stat requirements, how to get Briars of Punishment, and tips and tricks on how to use it effectively, after its Version 1.04 buff.

Briars of Punishment Overview

Stats and Requirements

Briars of Punishment
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Effect
Wounds caster to unleash trail of bloodthorns.
Spell Type FP Cost Slots Used
Sorcery 13 1
Stat Requirements
Intelligence Faith Arcane
0 21 0

Briars of Punishment Lore

Lore Description
"An aberrant sorcery, discovered by exiled criminals. Theirs are the sorceries most reviled by the academy.

Wounds the caster with thorns of sin, sending a trail of bloodthorns running over the ground to impale enemies from below. This sorcery can be cast repeatedly.

The guilty, their eye gouged by thorns, lived in eternal darkness. There, they discovered the blood star.
"

Briars of Punishment Effects

Summon bloody thorns that track your target even from a distance and impale them from the ground. This spell also causes Blood Loss to your target and can also be used repeatedly. This spell consumes a bit of the caster's HP and FP and will also increase the user's blood loss gauge.

How to Get Briars of Punishment

Located Near Zamor Ruins

From the Zamor Ruins site of grace of the Mountaintops of the Giants region, travel northeast until you reach the steep path guarded by a Fire Prelate and its minions. The Briars of Punishment spell is with a corpse next to a dead tree.

How to Use Briars of Punishment

Takes a Single Target from a Distance

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The Briars of Punishment could take on a single target from a distance. Once released the briars will swiftly crawl to the ground going to the location of their target. Once a target is located, bloodied briars will shoot up from the ground of the target dealing massive damage while also increasing the target's blood loss gauge.

You can spam this spell more with its decreased recovery time and increased blood loss effect on enemies according to 1.04 patch.

Causes Blood Loss Gauge to Increase

HP and FP is consumed when using this spell it also increases the blood loss gauge of the player, so be mindful of your HP and blood loss guage when using this spell.

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