A staff used by sorcerers vowing to become knights in the future, the Carian Glintstone Staff in Elden Ring is used to empower sword sorceries. Imbued with a blue glintstone, this staff is a must-have for intelligence builds that love to fight enemies up close.
Staffs in Elden Ring are used to cast sorceries, and the Carian Glintstone Staff is no different. However, it has a unique purpose: to enhance the attack of sorceries that summon magic swords.
In this guide, we will tell you how to acquire this staff and how you can use it to craft an amazing Carian Sorcerer Knight build in Elden Ring.
Carian Glintstone Staff Location
Carian Glintstone Staff can be obtained from a corpse on the second floor of the Carian Study Hall. This place is located in the northeastern Liurnia and can be accessed via the Liurnia Highway North site of grace.
Start from the site of grace and go north by using the Torrent. Soon, you will come across large stone ledges that you can cross. As soon as you cross them, turn them and go south until you reach the Carian Study Hall.
From the Carian Study Hall site of grace, go left until you reach a room with a lift. Use it to go to the upper floor, where you will be attacked by Preceptor Miriam.
Run through the area while avoiding all the magic enemies, and keep going upstairs while using the ladders to the left. Soon, you will come across a small altar with an item present on it. Interact with it to obtain the Carian Glintstone Staff in Elden Ring.
Carian Glintstone Staff Stats and Requirements
Carian Glintstone Staff is an Intelligence-based staff that requires 24 Intelligence, 8 Dexterity, and 6 Strength to wield and cast sorceries.
It has C scaling with Intelligence and E scaling with Strength stat. This staff has no weapon skill but can be infused with the Spinning Weapon Ash of War. You also can’t apply any magic or grease to it either.
You can upgrade the Carian Glintstone Staff up to +25 with the help of Smithing Stones. This weapon has a base damage of 163, which can be increased up to 329 (with 70 Intelligence).
It weighs 3 and can be sold for 200 Runes to any merchant in the game. As a unique weapon, we strongly recommend against it. This staff also enhances Carian Sword Sorceries by 15%. Sorceries affected by the Carian Glintstone Staff are.
This staff is also used by Sir Gideon Offnir when you confront him in Leyndell, the Ashen Capital.
Carian Glintstone Staff Best Build
For this build, we will be using a fully upgraded Carian Glintstone Staff and Carian Knight’s Shield. As this is an endgame build, distribute your stat points as follows.
- Vigor: 50
- Mind: 40
- Intelligence: 70
Equip the Beast Champion Set and Greathelm for protection against physical attacks. Use the following talismans with this build.
- Magic Scorpion Charm. Increases magic attacks by 12% at the cost of increased physical damage taken.
- Graven Mass Talisman. Increase the attack power of sorceries by 8%.
- Radagon Icon. Decreases the time to cast spells.
- Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman. Increases defense against physical attacks.
For this build, we will be using the following spells to make this build perfect.
- Gavel of Haima
- Terra Magica
- Loretta’s Greatbow
- Carian Slicer
- Carian Piercer
- Carian Greatsword
- Adula’s Moonblade
To use the non-sword sorceries, use a fully upgraded Lusat’s Glintstone Staff. Equally spread your flasks to avoid running out of FP during combat scenarios. With this build, you can easily take down any boss or enemy.
Is Carian Glintstone Staff better than Meteorite Staff?
Carian Glintstone Staff easily outperforms the Meteorite Staff when it comes to using the Carian Sword Sorceries. However, to reach that particular level of output, you must at least get a +10 upgrade on Carian staff and have around 30 Intelligence in Elden Ring.
