Honed Bolt Location and How to Use

Honed Bolt is a Incantation spell in Elden Ring. Read on to learn more about Honed Bolt's effects, stat requirements, how to get Honed Bolt, and tips and tricks on how to use it effectively, after its Version 1.04 buff.

Honed Bolt Overview

Stats and Requirements

Honed Bolt
Effect
Strikes foe with lightning bolt from above.
Spell Type	FP Cost	Slots Used
Incantation	12	1
Stat Requirements
Intelligence	Faith	Arcane
0	24	0

Honed Bolt Lore

Honed Bolt Effects

Honed Bolt is a Dragon Cult incantation which conjures a bolt of lightning from the sky, striking targeted enemies from above with each cast. After the first bolt hits, players can keep pressing the cast button (R1 or L1) to continue casting Honed Bolt repeatedly until either their FP or stamina runs out.

How to Get Honed Bolt

Give the Dragon Cult Prayerbook to Miriel or Corhyn

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You can obtain the Dragon Cult Prayerbook after killing the roaming Leyndell Knight in the area near the Artist's Shack site of grace, east of the Liurnia of the Lakes region. Give the Dragon Cult Prayerbook to Corhyn or Miriel to be able to purchase the Honed Bolt incantation.

Purchase From a Merchant

Honed Bolt can be purchased from the following merchants:

Merchant	Price
Corhyn	7000 Runes
Miriel, Pastor of Vows	7000 Runes

How to Use Honed Bolt

Can be Used to Surprise Enemies in PvP

When facing multiple enemies in PvP, Honed Bolt is a great way to pick them off if they start keeping their distance. Due how easy it is to repeatedly cast the spell and change targets at the same time, Honed Bolt functions as a nice bit of pressure for the enemy backline as a solo invader.

Note: While this is one of the better uses of Honed Bolt, having its counterpart, Ash of War: Thunderbolt, equipped to a weapon is far superior as the transition between spellcasting and combat is seamless. Using the seal, unfortunately, telegraphs the move too early.

Good Damage for Moving Targets

Honed Bolt has great tracking when it comes to moving targets, often better than many of the incantations available to the player. In PvE, constantly moving enemies like the Night's Cavalry and NPC Invaders are easily tracked and punished by multiple casts of this spell.

Damage is Boosted by the Gravel Stone Seal

Players can boost the damage of Honed Bolt by equipping the Gravel Stone Seal. Since the best Faith-scaling seal is the Erdtree Seal, wield the Gravel Stone Seal in your off-hand while casting with your primary seal to boost the damage of Honed Bolt significantly.

Since the seal's buff effect is passive, it is not necessary to upgrade your Gravel Stone Seal unless you will be using it as your primary casting seal.

How to Get the Gravel Stone Seal

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Beast Claw	Cure Poison	Dragonfire
Greyoll's Roar	Heal	Litany of Proper Death
Catch Flame	Rejection	The Flame of Frenzy
Urgent Heal	Dragonclaw	Dragonice
Glintstone Breath	Rotten Breath	Dragonmaw
Frozen Lightning Spear	Fortissax's Lightning Spear	Lansseax's Glaive
Howl of Shabriri	Bestial Sling	Poison Mist
Order's Blade	Magic Fortification	Flame Fortification
Flame Sling	O, Flame!	Surge, O Flame!
Flame, Cleanse Me	Smarag's Glintstone Breath	Ekzykes's Decay
Aspects of the Crucible: Tail	Aspects of the Crucible: Horns	Flame of the Fell God
Whirl, O Flame!	Order Healing	Darkness
Scouring Black Flame	Assassin's Approach	Protection of the Erdtree
Golden Vow	Lightning Fortification	Great Heal
Discus of Light	Noble Presence	Lord's Heal
Lord's Aid	Divine Fortification	Lightning Strike
Bloodflame Blade	Poison Armament	Black Flame
Black Flame Blade	Lightning Spear	Black Blade
Flame, Fall Upon Them	Flame, Grant Me Strength	Flame, Protect Me
Giantsflame Take Thee	Burn, O Flame!	Black Flame Ritual
Black Flame's Protection	Bloodboon	Barrier of Gold
Wrath of Gold	Erdtree Heal	Blessing's Boon
Blessing of the Erdtree	Lord's Divine Fortification	Triple Rings of Light
Radagon's Rings of Light	Elden Stars	Law of Regression
Immutable Shield	Law of Causality	Stone of Gurranq
Gurranq's Beast Claw	Bestial Vitality	Bestial Constitution
Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike	Honed Bolt	Ancient Dragons' Lightning Spear
Electrify Armament	Vyke's Dragonbolt	Dragonbolt Blessing
Agheel's Flame	Magma Breath	Theodorix's Magma
Borealis's Mist	Placidusax's Ruin	Pest Threads
Swarm of Flies	Scarlet Aeonia	Death Lightning
Inescapable Frenzy	Unendurable Frenzy	Frenzied Burst
Aspects of the Crucible: Breath	Fire's Deadly Sin	Golden Lightning Fortification
Bloodflame Talons	Shadow Bait	Messmer's Orb
Rain of Fire	Fire Serpent	Divine Bird Feathers
Divine Beast Tornado	Spira	Giant Golden Arc
Watchful Spirit	Midra's Flame of Frenzy	Pest-Thread Spears
Rotten Butterflies	Ghostflame Breath	Bayle's Flame Lightning
Bayle's Tyranny	Electrocharge	Dragonbolt of Florissax
Knight's Lightning Spear	Roar of Rugalea	Multilayered Ring of Light
Light of Miquella	Wrath from Afar	Land of Shadow
Minor Erdtree	Aspects of the Crucible: Bloom	Aspects of the Crucible: Thorns
Heal from Afar	Furious Blade of Ansbach	Golden Arcs

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