Elden Ring

Staff of the Guilty Location, Stats, and Scaling

Staff of the Guilty is a Glintstone Staff in Elden Ring that scales with Strength and Faith. Read on to learn how to get the Staff of the Guilty, as well as its location, description, upgrades, stat requirements, and best Ashes of War.

Staff of the Guilty Farming Location

Dropped by Guilty Enemies That Wield the Staff

The Staff of the Guilty is a potential drop from Guilty enemies that wield a flaming staff. While they can be encountered across multiple regions, the best location to farm the staff will be the surrounding area of Guardians' Garrison in the Mountaintops of the Giants.

Fast travel to the Whiteridge Road site of grace and you will immediately spot several enemies wielding a torch-like staff, along with some fire monks. You can farm the weapon without alerting the fire monks by defeating the nearest Guilty enemies and reloading the area via the site of grace.

Boost Drop Rate by Increasing Item Discovery and Arcane Stats

Items That Boost Item Discovery
Talismans Silver Scarab (+ Item Discovery)
Outer God Heirloom (+ Arcane)
Marika's Soreseal (+ Arcane)
Consumables Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot
Silver Horn Tender
Armor Silver Tear Mask (+ Arcane)

The Staff of Guilty has a base drop rate of 2% from Guilty enemies so we highly recommend boosting your item discovery rate by using items like the Silver-Picked Fowl Foott and the Silver Horn Tender.

Additionally, you can also equip the Silver Scarab talisman to give you a hefty boost to your discovery rate.

Staff of the Guilty Description and Stats Overview

Basic Information

Elden Ring - Staff of the GuiltyStaff of the Guilty Overview
Type: Glintstone Staff
ATK Type: Strike
Skill: No Skill
Passive: Boosts Thorn sorcery.
Weight: 4.5
Description
A heretical staff fashioned from a smoldering, withered sapling that turns the blood of sacrifices pierced by it into glintstone. Similar to hex magic. Sorceries are scaled with faith rather than intelligence when wielding this staff which enhances thorn sorceries in particular.

Required Stats to Equip

STR DEX INT FAI ARC
8 0 0 12 0

Stat Scaling

STR DEX INT FAI ARC
D - - C -

Basic Stats

Sorcery Scaling 305
Phys. Atk. 38 Phys. Def. 28.0
Mag. Atk. 0 Mag. Def. 17.0
Fire Atk. 0 Fire Def. 17.0
Lght. Atk. 0 Lght. Def. 17.0
Holy Atk. 0 Holy Def. 17.0
Crit. Atk. 100 Guard Boost 17.0

Staff of the Guilty Upgrades

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Base vs. Max Max Upgrades Req. Materials

Base and Max Level Comparison

Lvl. Phys. Dmg. Sec. Dmg. STR DEX INT FAI ARC
+0 38 0 D - - C -
+25 66 0 C - - S -

Max Upgrade Level in Each Affinity

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Required Upgrade Materials

Levels Material Quantity
+1~+3 Smithing Stone 1 (2/4/6)
+4~+6 Smithing Stone 2 (2/4/6)
+7~+9 Smithing Stone 3 (2/4/6)
+10~+12 Smithing Stone 4 (2/4/6)
+13~+15 Smithing Stone 5 (2/4/6)
+16~+18 Smithing Stone 6 (2/4/6)
+19~+21 Smithing Stone 7 (2/4/6)
+22~+24 Smithing Stone 8 (2/4/6)
+25 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone (1)

Staff of the Guilty requires a total of 12 Smithing Stones for every 3 levels to upgrade, with the exception of the final level at +25 which requires an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.

Smithing Stones Farming Guide

Staff of the Guilty Ashes of War

Infuse with Spinning Weapon to Get a Defensive Ash of War

Spinning WeaponSpinning Weapon

The only Ash of War that Staves can be infused with is Ash of War: Spinning Weapon with a Standard affinity. If you plan to main-hand a stave, you can infuse it with this Ash to give your build a defensive option when being mobbed by smaller enemies.

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