Cross-Naginata Stats, Upgrades, and How to Get

The Cross-Naginata is a Spear available in Elden Ring. Read on for the Cross-Naginata's stats, upgrade info, how to use Cross-Naginata, and its location.

Cross-Naginata Overview

Cross-Naginata Basic Profile

Cross-Naginata	Type / Art / Weight
	Type: Spears Attack Type: Pierce Skill: Impaling Thrust Weight: 8
Description
Weapon consisting of a three-pronged blade affixed to a long pole. The long central blade closely resembles a katana. A weapon of the Land of Reeds, known for its ability to be wielded as a spear while still being capable of performing slashing attacks.

Basic Stats

Passive Effects

Attribute Scaling

Required Stats

Cross-Naginata Location

Obtained From a Corpse in Gael Tunnel

This weapon can be looted from a corpse found inside Gael Tunnel in Caelid, in the area with the Giant Land Octopus.

Gael Tunnel Location and What to Do

How to Use Cross-Naginata

Scales with Dexterity and Strength

The Cross-Naginata has a B scaling in Dexterity and D scaling in Strength at +25 with the Standard affinity. This weapon is a solid choice for Dexterity builds looking for a weapon with a passive Bleed effect and good reach.

The Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom talisman will raise your Dexterity and increase the damage of your attacks. You can also add or improve the default scaling of the weapon by applying different affinities with whetblades.

Whetblades Locations

Has a Passive Blood Loss Buildup

The Cross-Naginata has a passive Bleed buildup effect built in, even before changing the weapon's affinity. The bleed buildup rate can be improved by applying the Blood affinity with a Black Whetblade. On top of that, the Lord of Blood's Exultation talisman and the White Mask headwear will increase the damage of your attacks when Bleed is applied in the vicinity.

Alternatively, you could opt to go for inflicting multiple status effects at once. If you want to have Bleed buildup along with posion or frostbite, Ashes of War such as Chilling Mist, or Poisonous Mist are recommended with the Cold or Poison affinity, respectively.

List of All Status Effects and How to Cure

Infusable with Ashes of War

Since the Cross-Naginata upgrades via normal smithing stones, you can swap out its Ash of War at the Blacksmith or at sites of grace. By default it is equipped with Impaling Thrust which performs a lunging thrust attack which can pierce through shields. This move has great reach and is a good way of pressuring opponents with Greatshields.

Best Ashes of War

Cross-Naginata Upgrade Stats

Base and Max Upgrade Level Comparison

Max Upgrade Level in Each Affinity

Note: Passive Effect buildup numbers may change depending on your stats.

Elden Ring Related Guides

List of Weapons

Weapon Guides

List of Weapons by Damage Types

Standard	Strike
Slash	Pierce
Magic Weapons	Fire Weapons
Holy Weapons	Lightning Weapons

List of Weapons by Status Effects

Bleed	Frost
Scarlet Rot	Sleep
Poison	Madness

List of Weapon Types

Melee Weapons
Axes	Claws	Colossal Swords
Colossal Weapons	Curved Greatsword	Curved Swords
Daggers	Fists	Flails
Glintstone Staves	Greataxe	Greatswords
Great Hammers	Great Spears	Halberd
Hammers	Heavy Thrusting Swords	Katanas
Reaper	Sacred Seals	Spears
Straight Swords	Thrusting Sword	Torches
Twinblades	Whips	-
Ranged Weapons
Light Bows	Bows	Greatbows
Crossbows	Ballista	-
Shields
Small Shields	Medium Shields	Greatshields