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

Morning Star Overview

Morning Star Basic Profile

Morning Star	Type / Art / Weight
	Type: Hammer Attack Type: Strike Skill: Kick Weight: 5
Description
Warhammer comprised of a globe attached to a handle. Though a bludgeon dealing strike damage, the appellative star is covered in spikes which cause blood loss. Ironic given its graceful name, this weapon often reeks of blood.

Basic Stats

Passive Effects

Attribute Scaling

Required Stats

Morning Star Location

Obtained From a Chest in the Weeping Peninsula

Obtained from a treasure chest in an abandoned carriage on the path to Castle Morne.

Castle Morne Location and What to Do

How to Use Morning Star

Scales with Strength and Dexterity

The Morning Star mainly scales with Strength and has the most scaling bonus to your physical attack damage. The Starscourge Heirloom talisman can further increase the damage output by raising this stat.

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

All Whetblades Locations

Has a Passive Blood Loss Buildup

This weapon's physical attacks cause blood loss to build up and filling up the meter will inflict Hemorrhage to an enemy dealing damage that is relative to their HP. It has a good buildup rate with high damaging attacks that can breakthrough enemies with shields or high Poise.

It has the standard move set for hammers with moderately fast normal attacks that can be used to effectively apply a status effect. An Ash of War such as Chilling Mist are recommended as additional damage sources that can complement the weapon's passive ability.

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 Kick by default. When activated it performs a strong kick that is effective against an enemy's guard and can break Poise.

The kick is guaranteed to open up a blocking enemy for a critical attack and stagger high Poise enemies. Pairing this with the Dagger Talisman will enhance the damage dealt by critical strikes.

Best Ashes of War

Morning Star 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