The Bastard Sword is a Greatsword available in Elden Ring. Read on for the Bastard Sword's stats, upgrade info, how to use Bastard Sword, and its location.

Bastard Sword Overview

Bastard Sword Basic Profile

Bastard Sword	Type / Art / Weight
	Type: Greatswords Attack Type: Standard/Pierce Skill: Stamp (Upward Cut) Weight: 9.0

Basic Stats

Attribute Scaling

Required Stats

Bastard Sword Location

Merchant List

Merchant	Price
Nomadic Merchant (Weeping Peninsula)	3000 Runes

Nomadic Merchant (Weeping Peninsula) Detailed Location

Can be found beside the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace in the Weeping Peninsula.

Limgrave Interactive Map and Region Guide

How to Use Bastard Sword

Scales with Strength and Dexterity

The Bastard Sword initially scales equally with Strength and Dexterity but will have a higher scaling grade with Strength once the weapon has been upgraded. Investing in this attribute will have the most stat scaling bonus to physical attack gain.

If you want this weapon to scale better with your attributes, changing the weapon's affinity with Whetblades can improve the scaling grade of specific stats.

All Whetblades Locations

Good Early Game weapon

This weapon can be acquired early in the game and its attacks have a substantial range. It deals a good amount of physical and Poise damage, when wielded with one-hand uses horizontal slashes that can hit multiple enemies in front of you. While two-handing it gives you more damage and attacks with upward and downward vertical slashes.

Infusable with Ashes of War

This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War and is equipped with Stamp (Upward Cut) as its default weapon skill. When activated it places the user in a readied stance and can be followed up with a strong upward slash that can launch enemies upward.

Bastard Sword Upgrade Stats

Base and Max Upgrade Level Comparison

Max Upgrade Level in Each Affinity

Scaling is ordered as (from left to right) STR, DEX, INT, FAI, and ARC. Additionally, passive Effect numbers are affected by your stats.

Elden Ring Related Guides

All Weapons List

Weapon Guides

List of Weapons by Stat Scaling

List of Weapons by Damage Types

Standard	Strike	Slash	Pierce
Magic	Fire	Holy	Lightning

List of Weapons by Status Effects

Bleed	Frost	Scarlet Rot
Sleep	Poison	Madness

List of Weapon Types