The Iron Cleaver is an Axe available in Elden Ring. Read on for the Iron Cleaver's stats, upgrade info, how to use Iron Cleaver, and its location.

Iron Cleaver Overview

Iron Cleaver Basic Profile

Iron Cleaver	Type / Art / Weight
	Type: Axes Attack Type: Standard Skill: Wild Strikes Weight: 6
Description
Fairly large iron cleaver, commonly used by the maltreated misbegotten.

Basic Stats

Attribute Scaling

Required Stats

Iron Cleaver Location

Dropped by Misbegotten Enemies

This weapon has a chance to drop from the Misbegotten enemies in Castle Morne in the Weeping Peninsula.

Castle Morne Location and What to Do

How to Use Iron Cleaver

Scales with Strength and Dexterity

The Iron Cleaver primarily scales with Strength leveling up this attribute will have the most increase to the damage of your physical attacks. The damage output can be increased with the Starscourge Heirloom talisman that raises your Strength

The weapon can get even more bonus scaling from Strength by applying a Heavy affinity that will improve its scaling grade.

All Whetblades Locations

Versatile Weapon

The Iron Cleaver is one of the highest damaging Axes in the game that can be customized to fit any build or playstyle. Its normal attacks has the same animation as the Club and a unique strong attack animation that lunges forward before slamming the weapon forward.

It can be used to apply status effects and the Blood affinity will grant the weapon the ability to apply Bleed. The Ashes of War Chilling Mist will allow you to apply Frostbite while Poisonous Mist will grant you Poison.

List of All Status Effects and How to Cure

Infusable with Ashes of War

This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War and has the weapon skill Wild Strikes by default. This skill allows the user to swing the weapon continuously by holding the skill button. It can be followed up with either normal or strong attack for an additional finishing blow.

The weapon skill gives the user high Poise while attacking and consecutive attacks are extremely effective at stun locking enemies. It uses both FP and Stamina while in use, good talismans to pair with Wild Strikes are the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Green Turtle Talisman, and Shard of Alexander. These talismans will increase the damage dealt by the skill and give you fast Stamina recovery.

Best Ashes of War

Iron Cleaver 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