Unlike other Affinities like Cold or Holy that speak for themselves, Occult in Elden Ring isn’t so clear. Here is what Occult is in Elden Ring and how to apply it to your weapons.
What is Occult in Elden Ring?
Like Poison, Blood, or Heavy,Occult is an Affinity you can select when applying an Ash of War to a weapon. Occult doesn’t give you extra status damage like Holy or Fire; all it does islet your weapon scale with Arcane. You’ll see a letter next to Arcane in the Attribute Scaling section and see your Physical damage increase in the Attack Power section depending on how many points you have in Arcane.
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The only caveat to this is Occult, like the other status effect Affinities including Magic, Lightning, Sacred, Poison, Blood, and Cold, canonly be applied on non-status effect Ashes of War. For example, you may’t put Occult on the Glintblade Phalanx or Bloody Slash Ashes of War, but you can put it on the Sword Dance or Determination Ashes of War.
How to use Occult Affinity in Elden Ring
The only way to be able to apply Occult to your Ashes of War in Elden Ring is tohave the Black Whetblade. This isfound by going to Siofra River,which is accessible via the hole the falling star creates in the forest of Limgrave after defeating Radahn.
Continue forward until you reachthe Ancestral Woods Site of Grace. Use the rooftops to continue forward toward the cathedral on your left. After jumping intothe Night’s Sacred Ground cathedral, you’ll find the Black Whetbladeon a corpse in front of the large altar.
With the Black Whetblade acquired,you can now always apply the Occult Affinity to any Ash of War. If Arcane isn’t your thing or you want to do that and Faith, you need to know whatthe best Incant Scaling Sealsare.
Noah Nelson
From his early days of blog-style music, movie, and game reviews to working as the Esports Writer at Coastline Community College, Noah Nelson now works fulltime as a Staff Writer for Attack of the Fanboy and PC Invasion. He has been helping gamers everywhere with Destiny 2 god rolls, Warzone 2 DMZ missions, and collectibles in any indie game for over a year and a half. His Bachelor’s Degree in English Rhetoric and Composition with a minor in Journalism from CSULB has shaped him to be a strong writer and editor. His fondest gaming memory is playing Sly Cooper 2 after begging his mom (for hours) to play it before his birthday and he still cries myself to sleep remembering the time he accidentally saved over his 99% completion save file in Kingdom Hearts 2.
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