The Prince of Death’s Staff is a mid-game staff in Elden Ring that you can acquire from Nokron, Eternal City. Like all staffs, the Prince of Death’s staff casts sorceries and spells. Finding it, however, can be quite difficult.
In this guide, we’ll go over the exact location of The Prince of Death’s Staff in Elden Ring. We’ll also cover its stats and scaling and compare it to another similar staff, the Carian Regal Scepter. Without wasting any more time, let’s get into it.
Prince of Death Staff location in Elden Ring
The Prince of Death’s Staff is at the top of a tower in The Nameless Eternal City. However, you must reach the Deeprooth Depths first. The Prince of Death’s Staff is at the top of a tower that can only be accessed from the rooftops.
These rooftops are very easy to climb as they are structured ramp-like. You can mount any roof, and just after reaching the first interaction, you can jump down toward the left side.
Keep going until the branch turns left toward the tower. You just have to reach the top of the tower to get your hands on the Prince of Death’s Staff in Elden Ring. There are two ways you can reach the Deeproot Depths in Elden Ring:
1) Defeat Valiant Gargoyle
The first way requires you to defeat the Valiant Gargoyles at the Siofra Aqueduct Site of Grace in Elden Ring.
Once the gargoyles are taken care of, go to the waterfall area at the back of the boss arena. You will find a coffin here that will transport you straight to Deeproot Depths. Even better, when you leave the coffin, you will be right next to a Site of Grace to rest before proceeding.
From the Site of Grace, named The Great Waterfall Crest, proceed ahead while keeping to your right. Here, you’ll find a root jutting outward from a cliff. Get on it and drop down to the log below.
Continue straight while keeping to your right once again, and you’ll eventually come across an area with several large roots covering it. Towards the right will be a series of roofs acting as ramps to take you upward, leading to another root. Follow it to get to the top of the tower before you to find the corpse with the Prince of Death’s Staff.
2) Explore Frenzied Flame Proscription
You can only use this method after defeating the Mohg, the Omen boss.
Head to the Cathedral of the Forsaken Site of Grace. There will be a chest you need to move out of the way to reveal a hidden passage at its back. Take the passage to the Frenzied Flame Proscription Site of Grace in Elden Ring.
From there, you must roll toward the southeastern wall to open up a hidden passage that will take you toward another chest. You can loot the chest and move into the wall behind the chest to unlock another secret pathway. This pathway will take you toward the Deeproot Depths in Elden Ring.
Now all you have to do is follow the instructions above and find yourself at the exact location of the Prince of Death Staff in Elden Ring.
Prince of Death Staff stats
The Prince of Death’s Staff deals 25 Physical and 144 Sorcery damage. This weapon is also capable of inflicting 100 critical damage.
The biggest advantage of this stuff is that it grants a 10 boost to death sorceries. So their potency will be much higher when you cast something like Ancient Death Rancor or Explosive Ghostflame.
This weapon scales primarily with Intelligence and Faith but cannot be infused with an Ash of War and does not come with a default skill either.
Is Prince of Death’s Staff better than Carian Regal Scepter?
The Prince of Death’s Staff has a higher sorcery scaling than the Carian Regal Scepter in Elden Ring. Hence, it becomes far more powerful in the late game than the Carian Regal Scepter through just your Faith and Intelligence scalings.
However, you can use the unique Ash of War with your Carian Regal Scepter Staff that boosts the damage and puts the CRS staff in the best Staff category in Elden Ring. So, if you are looking for a Staff for the super-late-game playthrough, Prince of Death’s Staff is better in Elden Ring.
On the other hand, you can use Carian Regal Scepter through the mid-phase of your game to benefit fully from the boosted full moon sorceries and infused ash of war in the game.
