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How to Get Black-Key Bolts: Stats, Effects, and Locations

Black-Key Bolt is a type of Bolt found in Elden Ring. Read on to learn the stats for Black-Key Bolt, where to find Black-Key Bolts, lore description, and price!

Black-Key Bolt Overview

Black-Key Bolt Stats

Ammo Physical Magic Fire
Black-Key Bolt IconBlack-Key Bolt 30 0 0
Lightning Holy Critical
0 0 100
Passive Effects ・Causes scarlet rot buildup (60)
Buy Price 160 Sell Price Currently unknown

Black-Key Bolt Lore Description

Lore Description
"Bolts used in Crepus' Black-Key Crossbow, an assassin's tool of exquisite craftsmanship.

The intricate spirit tip bores deep, injecting scarlet rot far into the flesh of its target."

How to Get Black-Key Bolts

From a Treasure Chest in Rountable Hold

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You can find 20 Black-Key Bolts in a treasure chest in Rountable Hold. This area is blocked by a fog gate and requires 1 Stonesword Key to access. The treasure chest also contains Crepus's Black-Key Crossbow.

Dropped by Rileigh the Idle

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Rileigh the Idle drops 20 Black-Key Bolts after invading and defeating him as part of the Volcano Manor Questline.

How to Beat Rileigh the Idle

On a Corpse in Sellia Gateway

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You can find 20 Black-Key Bolts on a corpse on the wooden ramparts of Sellia Gateway in Caelid guarded by invisible sorcerers. You can access the location by going down the path from the Church of the Plague.

Sellia Gateway Location and What to Do

In the Kitchen in the Fortified Manor

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You can find 20 Black-Key Bolts in the kitchen area of the Fortified Manor in Leyndell, Royal Capital. It's in the same location as the chest in the Roundtable Hold.

Leyndell, Royal Capital Legacy Dungeon Walkthrough

On a Corpse in the Lake of Rot

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You can find 10 Black-Key Bolts from a corpse in north-western part of the Lake of Rot. The corpse is a few feet away from the first raisable platform where the Basilisks will spawn.

Use Quickstep or Bloodhound's Step

Make sure to equip a weapon with the Quickstep or Bloodhound's Step Ash of War to quickly dash through the lake.

These skills lets you cover greater distances than just running, and lets you to get to a safe platform faster where you can heal up or alleviate the Scarlet Rot.

Lake of Rot Location and What to Do

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