Elden Ring

Short Spear Stats, Upgrades, and How to Get

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

Short Spear Overview

Short Spear Basic Profile

Short Spear ImageShort Spear Type / Art / Weight
Type: Spears
Attack Type: Pierce
Skill: Impaling Thrust
Weight: 4.0
Description
A exceedingly plain spear of modest weight. Simple to wield compared to many of its peers, strong attack unleashes a series of successive piercing thrusts.

Basic Stats

PHYS ATK 112 PHYS DEF 40.0
MAG ATK 0 MAG DEF 25.0
FIRE ATK 0 FIRE DEF 25.0
LGHT ATK 0 LGHT DEF 25.0
HOLY ATK 0 HOLY DEF 25.0
CRIT ATK 100 GUARD BOOST 30
INCANT SCALING - RANGE -
SORCERY SCALING - - -

Attribute Scaling

STR DEX INT FAI ARC
D D - - -

Required Stats

STR DEX INT FAI ARC
10 10 0 0 0

Short Spear Location

Merchant List

Merchant Price
Twin Maiden HusksTwin Maiden Husks 600 Runes

Twin Maiden Husks Detailed Location

Through the Northern Corridor from the Table of Lost Grace.

How to Use Short Spear

Scales with Dexterity and Strength

The Short Spear has a C scaling in Dexterity and D scaling in Strength at +25 with the Standard affinity. Depending on your stats, you can get the most out of this weapon's scaling by applying either the Keen or Quality affinity. Keen gives a B in Dex at +25 and removes Strength scaling, but has higher base damage. Quality has a B scaling in both Strength and Dex but with lower base damage.

Equipping the Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom talisman that raises your Dex by +5 and the Starscourge Heirloom which raises Strength by +5 can also help take advantage of scaling to improve your damage. Make sure you equip the best affinity to your weapon by using a Whetblade at the blacksmith or a site of grace.

Whetblades Locations

Decent Early Spear

The Short Spear is easily accesible in the early game by either starting as the Prophet Class or it can purchased from the Twin Maiden Husks. Although this weapon has better reach than other starting weapons, it gets quickly outclassed by other spears with longer reaches.

The Short Spear has the default moveset for spears aside from a unique strong attack animation that performs two quick thrusting attacks at the same time. The Short Spear can also be used to inflict status effects if you pair it with certain affinities and Ashes of War such as Blood Tax, Seppuku, Chilling Mist, and Poisonous Mist.

List of All Status Effects and How to Cure

Infusable with Ashes of War

Since the Short Spear 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

Short Spear Upgrade Stats

Base and Max Upgrade Level Comparison

Level PHYS. DMG SEC. DMG STR DEX INT FAI ARC
+0 112 0 D D - - -
+25 274 0 D C - - -

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.

Affinity Phys. DMG Sec. DMG Scaling Passive Effect
+25 Standard 274 0 D/C/-/-/- -
+25 Heavy 251 0 B/-/-/-/- -
+25 Keen 251 0 E/B/-/-/- -
+25 Quality 219 0 B/B/-/-/- -
+25 Magic 208 208 E/E/C/-/- -
+25 Fire 181 181 C/E/-/-/- -
+25 Flame Art 208 208 E/E/-/C/- -
+25 Lightning 181 181 E/C/-/-/- -
+25 Sacred 208 208 E/E/-/C/- -
+25 Poison 230 0 D/C/-/-/D Poison (97)
+25 Blood 230 0 D/C/-/-/D Blood Loss (83)
+25 Cold 192 154 D/C/C/-/- Frost (105)
+25 Occult 240 0 E/D/-/-/B -

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