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All Weapon Affinities in Elden Ring and what they mean

An affinity for every occasion.

Tai Hofmann

Published: Mar 8, 2022 11:05 am

Like many other RPGs, Elden Ring offers a wide variety of weaponry, status effects, and affinities for players, enemies, and weaponry to take on. Those aiming to conquer the Lands Between must learn and master these many types of statuses. Weapon Affinities in Elden Ring are paramount for player success, so make sure you know where each Affinity excels.

Weapon Affinities and Effects

Affinity	Effect
Blood	Adds Arcane Affinity to attacks in addition to Bleed buildup. Original scaling diminishes with this Affinity.
Cold	Adds Intelligence scaling to weapons and includes Frostbite buildup to attacks. Diminishes original stat scaling.
Fire	Creates a dual physical and Fire damage type in exchange for a reduction to original weapon scaling.
Heavy	Boosts scaling depends on the Strength stat but lowers all other stat affinities.
Keen	Bolsters scaled the Dexterity stat for weaponry to lower all other stat scalings.
Lightning	Creates dual physical and Lightning damage types while bolstering Dexterity scaling. It also lowers original weapon scaling.
Magic	Adds Intelligence scaling to weapons and adds a dual physical and magic attack type while lowering original weapon scaling.
Occult	Adds Arcane scaling to weapons, even preventing undead enemies from reviving once defeated, but lowers original weapon scaling.
Poison	Boosts scaling for Arcane, Dexterity, and Strength while adding Poison affinity to attacks. Once a Poison meter fills, enemies will receive poison damage until the status dissipates.
Quality	Improves Strength and Dexterity scaling values while lowering all other types of stats in the process.
Sacred	Creates dual physical and holy damage types while simultaneously improving the scaling of Faith. Sacred Affinity lowers default scaling values.
Standard	The most common stat scaling changes depending on the weapon players use.