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Buffs and Debuffs in Elden Ring are categories of Status Effects. This page covers how Buffs and Debuffs stack, the potency of their effects, their FP costs, and their stat requirements.

The tables provided below do not provide an exhaustive list of every status effect in the game, only those that fall into exclusive categories and are prone to being overwritten.

See Status Effects for all status buildups and other effects applied to your character.
See Damage Types to identify the best sources and resistances for all damage types.
See Calculating Damage for in depth information regarding dealing damage.
See Special Weaknesses for details on types of enemies weak to particular equipment.
See Crystal Tears for a list of all the potential buffs from the Flask of Wondrous Physick.
See Fall Damage for related buffs and how falls from survivable heights are calculated.
See Dodging for information about buffs regarding dodge rolls and i-frames.

Stacking Buffs & Debuffs in Elden Ring

Persistent Buffs, their effects denoted by square borders, can be freely stacked:

Temporary Buffs, denoted by diamond borders, fall into categories, only one of each can be active at a time:

Armament
Body

Aura
Health Regen

Temporary Variant Buffs can stack with each other unless they provide a similar effect.

Temporary Debuffs fall into categories, only one of each can be active at a time:

Power Shred
Destined Death
Flask Disable

'Temporary Unique 'Buffs & Debuffs can be freely stacked.

Buff & Debuff Order Tips in Elden Ring

Spells require a catalyst to be cast:

The Old Lord's Talisman increases the duration of buff Spells by 30%.

Armament buffs, excluding Skills, require wielding the armament in a certain hand:

Weapons: Right
Shields: Left

Armament buffs are lost when the armament is swapped. Thrusting Shields can have either kind of armament buff.

When dual-wielding, Skills are used from the right-hand armament:

Shields Skills take priority, regardless of the hand they're held in
- Encourages the use of the Ash of War: No Skill

Buffs & Debuffs often stack multiplicatively (e.g., Red-Feathered Branchsword (+20% Damage) and Exalted Flesh (+20% Physical Damage) would result in +44% Physical Damage).

For buff Skills (such as Golden Vow), the Caestus and the Dagger are immediately usable by all Classes, and have the lowest weight among all weapons. Buffs & Debuffs can be removed with Law of Regression or Needle Piercer.

Temporary Buff Categories

Armament

Body

Aura

Health Regen

Variant

Unique

Armament

Armament Buffs improve the offensive capability of a weapon or shield, often adding attack power, damage negations, or status buildup.
Non-Skill weapon buffs cannot be applied to Somber weapons (Bloodhound's Fang, Varre's Bouquet, and Bonny Butchering Knife excluded) or those with non-physical Affinities.
They also cannot be applied to Ivory Sickle, Crystal Knife, or Serpentbone Blade, despite them being Standard weapons.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Greases	Consum.	Magic Grease – Adds 85 base Magic Damage Fire Grease – Adds 85 base Fire Damage Lightning Grease – Adds 85 base Lightning Damage Holy Grease – Adds 85 base Holy Damage Poison Grease – Causes buildup of Poison (63) Rot Grease – Causes buildup of Scarlet Rot (63) Blood Grease – Causes buildup of Bleed (30) Freezing Grease – Causes buildup of Frost (63) Soporific Grease – Causes buildup of Sleep (33) Dragonwound Grease – Damage vs. Dragons +30%, Ancient Dragons +20% Shield Grease – Raises guard boost by 35% and guarded damage negations by +20%	60	–	–
SOTE Greases	Consum.	Royal Magic Grease – Adds 120 base Magic Damage Messmerfire Grease – Adds 120 base Fire Damage Dragonbolt Grease – Adds 120 base Lightning Damage Golden Grease – Adds 120 base Holy Damage Festive Grease – 25 runes on enemy kill and adds 100 base Holy Damage Eternal Sleep Grease – Causes buildup of Eternal Sleep (28) Dragon Communion Grease – Damage vs. Dragons +38%, Ancient Dragons +28%	60	–	–
Drawstring Greases	Consum.	Drawstring Magic Grease – Adds 110 base Magic Damage Drawstring Fire Grease – Adds 110 base Fire Damage Drawstring Lightning Grease – Adds 110 base Lightning Damage Drawstring Holy Grease – Adds 110 base Holy Damage	10	–	–
Status Drawstring Grease	Consum.	Drawstring Poison Grease – Causes buildup of Poison (80) Drawstring Rot Grease – Causes buildup of Scarlet Rot (80) Drawstring Blood Grease – Causes buildup of Bleed (38) Drawstring Soporific Grease – Causes buildup of Sleep (42)	15	–	–
SOTE Drawstring Grease	Consum.	Drawstring Royal Magic Grease – Adds 135 base Magic Damage Drawstring Messmerfire Grease – Adds 135 base Fire Damage Drawstring Dragonbolt Grease – Adds 135 base Lightning Damage Drawstring Golden Grease – Adds 135 base Holy Damage Drawstring Eternal Sleep Grease – Causes buildup of Eternal Sleep (37)	25	–	–
Scholar's Armament	Sorcery	Adds Magic Damage equal to 0.75 * Sorcery Scaling (INT portion)	90	25	INT 12
Scholar's Shield	Sorcery	Raises guard boost by 35% Boosts guarded magic damage negation by +70% Boosts other guarded damage negations by +30%	60	30	INT 12
Frozen Armament	Sorcery	Causes buildup of Frostbite (63)	60	20	INT 15
Unseen Blade	Sorcery	Turns weapon mostly invisible Movement trails remain visible	45	13	INT 12
Black Flame Blade	Incant.	Adds Fire Damage equal to 0.65 * Incant Scaling (FTH portion) Deal 20+2% Max HP damage over 2 seconds (does not stack) on hit	7	15	FTH 17
Electrify Armament	Incant.	Adds Lightning Damage equal to 0.75 * Incant Scaling (FTH portion)	90	27	FTH 15
Vyke's Dragonbolt (Weapon)	Incant.	Adds Lightning Damage equal to 0.75 * Incant Scaling (FTH portion)	70	35	FTH 23
Order's Blade	Incant.	Adds Holy Damage equal to 0.75 * Incant Scaling (FTH portion) Deal +100% damage to Those Who Live in Death and prevents Skeletons from reviving	90	22	INT 13 FTH 13
Immutable Shield	Incant.	Nullify Elemental Damage Nullify Status Buildup	30	15	INT 19 FTH 19
Bloodflame Blade	Incant.	Adds Fire Damage equal to 0.40 * Incant Scaling (FTH portion) Causes buildup of Blood Loss (40) over 2 seconds	60	20	FTH 12 ARC 10
Poison Armament	Incant.	Causes buildup of Poison buildup (70)	60	15	FTH 10
Regal Roar	Skill	Adds 7.5% Physical Damage Adds +5 Strength scaling Altered Strong Attack	40	25	STR 42 DEX 14
Golden Tempering	Skill	100 base Holy Damage Altered Strong Attack	60	24	STR 10 DEX 14
Moonlight Greatsword	Skill	Adds 65 base Magic Damage Causes buildup of Frostbite (15) Empowered charged heavy attack, sends out a projectile	60	32	STR 16 DEX 11 INT 38
Ice Lightning Sword	Skill	Adds 160 base Lightning Damage Causes buildup of Frostbite (80)	45	25	STR 12 DEX 20
Spinning Slash	Skill	Adds 160 base Lightning Damage Causes buildup of Frostbite (80)	45	17	STR 22 DEX 10
Ruinous Ghostflame	Skill	Adds 110 base Magic Damage Causes buildup of Frostbite (80)	60	20	STR 19 DEX 10 INT 22
Thunderstorm	Skill	Adds 120 base Lightning Damage, scaling with weapon upgrade and Dexterity	40	19	STR 19 DEX 15
Bloodboon Ritual	Skill	Adds 30 base Fire Damage Causes buildup of Blood Loss (60) over 2 seconds	20	20	STR 24 DEX 14 ARC 27
Shriek of Milos (Buff)	Skill	Adds 7.5% Physical Damage Adds +5 Strength scaling Altered Strong Attack	40	30	STR 15 DEX 19
Death Flare	Skill	Adds 65 base Holy Damage Causes buildup of Death Blight (70)	45	16	STR 10 DEX 25 FTH 30
Mists of Slumber	Skill	Adds buildup of Sleep (20)	30	20	STR 10 DEX 12 INT 14
Mists of Eternal Sleep	Skill	Adds buildup of Eternal Sleep (15)	30	23	STR 10 DEX 12 INT 14
Euporia Vortex	Skill	Adds Holy Damage based on number of consecutive attacks	Varies	28	STR 16 DEX 16 FTH 24
Hone Blade	Skill	Increases Damage by 6% (4% in PvP) and increases the amount of HP restored on hit from the weapon to 1% of the user's max HP per hit	40	16	STR 16 DEX 20
Flare, O Serpent	Skill	Adds 90 Fire Damage	30	8	STR 10 DEX 24 FTH 21
Barricade Shield	Ash of War	Halves the stamina cost when blocking attacks for medium and small shields, irrespective of the shields' Guard Boost stat. Greatshields only receive a 30% reduction in stamina cost. Grants Tier 4 Hardness	10	12	–
Cragblade	Ash of War	Adds 15% Physical Damage Poise Damage +10% Stamina Damage +50% against guarding enemies	60	16	–
War Cry	Ash of War	Adds 7.5% Physical Attack Adds +5 Strength scaling Altered Strong Attack	40	16	–
Barbaric Roar	Ash of War	Adds 7.5% Physical Attack Adds +5 Strength scaling Altered Strong Attack	40	16	–
Braggart's Roar	Ash of War	Adds 10% Physical Attack Stamina Recovery Speed +10/s (+20%) Damage Negation +10% Altered Strong Attack	60	16	–
Determination	Ash of War	Next hit's Damage +60% (30% in PvP), but reduced for critical hits Next hit's Stamina Damage +200%	10	10	–
Royal Knight's Resolve	Ash of War	Next hit's Damage +80% (40% in PvP), but reduced for critical hits Next hit's Stamina Damage +300%	10	15	–
Flaming Strike	Ash of War	Adds 90 base Fire Damage	40	4	–
Flame Skewer	Ash of War	Adds 95 Fire Damage	15	18 - 8	–
Flame Spear	Ash of War	Adds 95 Fire Damage	40	19	–
Lightning Slash	Ash of War	Adds 85 base Lightning Damage	40	10	–
Sacred Blade	Ash of War	Adds 90 base Holy Damage Deal +100% damage to Those Who Live in Death and prevents Skeletons from reviving	40	19	–
Sacred Order	Ash of War	Adds 10% Damage (2.5% in PvP) Deal +100% damage to Those Who Live in Death and prevents Skeletons from reviving	60	18	–
Poisonous Mist	Ash of War	Causes buildup of Poison (60), scaling with Arcane	40	14	–
Chilling Mist	Ash of War	Causes buildup of Frost (60)	40	14	–
Seppuku	Ash of War	Adds 30 base Physical Damage Causes buildup of Blood Loss (30), scaling with Arcane	60	4	–
Shriek of Sorrow	Ash of War	Adds 10-25% Physical Attack based on current HP missing Adds +5 Strength scaling	40	19	-

Body

Body Buffs are primarily selfish buffs that boost attack power, damage negation, or resistances.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Boiled Seafood	Consum.	Boiled Prawn – Physical Damage Negation +15% (10% in PvP) Boiled Crab – Physical Damage Negation +20% (15% in PvP)	60	–	–
Livers	Consum.	Spellproof Dried Liver – Magic Damage Negation +15% (10% in PvP) Fireproof Dried Liver – Fire Damage Negation +15% (10% in PvP) Lightningproof Dried Liver – Lightning Damage Negation +15% (10% in PvP) Holyproof Dried Liver – Holy Damage Negation +15% (10% in PvP)	120	–	–
Pickled Livers	Consum.	Spellproof Pickled Liver – Magic Damage Negation +25% (12% in PvP) Fireproof Pickled Liver – Fire Damage Negation +25% (12% in PvP) Lightningproof Pickled Liver – Lightning Damage Negation +25% (12% in PvP) Holyproof Pickled Liver – Holy Damage Negation +25% (12% in PvP) Opaline Pickled Liver - Elemental Damage Negation +18% (6% in PVP)	120	–	–
Cured Meats	Consum.	Dappled Cured Meat – Immunity, Robustness, and Focus +100 Immunizing Cured Meat – Immunity +100 Invigorating Cured Meat – Robustness +100 Clarifying Cured Meat – Focus +100	35	–	–
White Cured Meats	Consum.	Dappled White Cured Meat – Immunity, Robustness, and Focus +75 Immunizing White Cured Meat – Immunity +75 Invigorating White Cured Meat – Robustness +75 Clarifying White Cured Meat – Focus +75	105	–	–
Exalted Flesh	Consum.	Physical Damage +20% (15% in PvP)	30	–	–
Fingerprint Nostrum	Consum.	+6 Mind, Intelligence, Faith, and Arcane while draining 3 HP/s	90	–	–
Dragon Communion Flesh	Consum.	+6 Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity while draining 4 HP/s	90	–	–
Dragonscale Flesh	Consum.	+8 Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity while draining 4 HP/s	90	–	–
Sacred Bloody Flesh (Body)	Consum.	+10 Arcane Damage +7%	30	–	–
Scorpion Stew (Body)	Consum.	Physical Damage Negation +10% (8% in PvP)	60	–	–
Gourmet Scorpion Stew (Body)	Consum.	Physical Damage Negation +10% (8% in PvP)	60	–	–
Bloodboil Aromatic	Consum.	Physical Damage +30% (20% in PvP) Max Stamina +20% Stamina Recovery Speed +5/s Damage Negation -25%	60	–	–
Ironjar Aromatic	Consum.	Physical Damage Negation +40% Tier 4 Hardness Prevents most damage stagger Immunity, Robustness, and Focus +45 Lightning Damage Negation -60% Unable to Sprint Heavy Dodge Rolls	40	–	–
Baldachin's Blessing	Consum.	Physical Damage Negation +35% Poise +50% Max HP -5% while held or effect is in use	15	10	–
Radiant Baldachin's Blessing	Consum.	Physical Damage Negation +35% Poise +81% Only 1 per New Game	70	20	–
Cleanrot Knight Finlay (Body)	Spirit Ash	Fire Damage Negation +60%	30	127	–
Barriers	Incant.	Magic Fortification – Magic Damage Negation +35% Flame Fortification – Fire Damage Negation +35% Lightning Fortification – Lightning Damage Negation +35% Divine Fortification – Holy Damage Negation +35%	90	20	FTH 10
Greater Barriers	Incant.	Black Flame's Protection – Physical Damage Negation +35%, Crimson Tear Flask Restoration -20% Barrier of Gold – Magic Damage Negation +60% Flame, Protect Me – Fire Damage Negation +60% Golden Lightning Fortification – Lightning Damage Negation +60% Lord's Divine Fortification – Holy Damage Negation +60% Protection of the Erdtree – Elemental Damage Negation +30%	70	30	FTH 30 FTH 24 FTH 24 FTH 24 FTH 27 FTH 35
Flame, Grant Me Strength	Incant.	Physical Damage +20% (15% in PvP) Fire Damage +20% (15% in PvP) Stamina Recovery Speed +5/s (11.1%)	30	28	FTH 15
Howl of Shabriri	Incant.	Damage +25% Damage Taken +30% Enemies are more likely to attack the caster	40	21	FTH 33
Fire's Deadly Sin	Incant.	Deals Fire Damage to nearby enemies Deals unmitigable damage to caster	40	26	FTH 19
Dragonbolt Blessing	Incant.	Immunity, Robustness, and Focus +30 Tier 2 Hardness Lightning Damage Negation -35%	70	20	FTH 21
Vyke's Dragonbolt (Body)	Incant.	Max Equip Load +15% Lightning Damage Negation -35%	70	35	FTH 23
Electrocharge	Incant.	Deals Lightning Damage in an AoE every 0.2 seconds Is chargeable and effected by the Godfrey Icon	45	26	FTH 30
Light	Skill	Holy Damage +20%	60	30	STR 14 DEX 11 FTH 24

Note(s):

Cured Meats' and White Cured Meats' listed durations are 25 and 15 seconds shorter than their actual durations, respectively, to account for the time it takes for the initial buildup to wear off.
Ironjar Aromatic supersedes other Body Buffs. After using it, you must wait until the end of its duration to apply another Body Buff.

Aura

Aura Buffs increase the stats of your party, often raising attack power and/or damage negation.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Uplifting Aromatic (Aura)	Consum.	Physical Damage +10% (7.5% in PvP)	40	22	–
Ancient Dragon's Blessing	Consum.	Damage Negation +10% Guard Damage Negation +20%	70	15	–
Golden Vow (Item)	Consum.	Damage +12.5% Damage Negation +8.8%	45	30	–
Golden Great Arrow	Ammo	Damage +11.5% (2.5% in PvP) Damage Negation +7.5% (1.5% in PvP)	45	–	–
Dragonbolt of Florissax	Incant.	Damage Negation +10% Guard Damage Negation +20%	70	35	FTH 52
Golden Vow (Spell)	Incant.	Damage +15% (7.5% in PvP) Damage Negation +10% (5% in PvP)	80	47	FTH 25
Last Rites	Skill	Armaments gain 25 base Holy Damage Deal +100% damage to Undead and prevents Skeletons from reviving Armaments are buffed 10% for all damage types (5% in PVP)	60	25	STR 12 DEX 10 FTH 14
Rallying Standard	Skill	Damage +20% (2.5% in PvP) Damage Negation +20% (5% in PvP)	30	30	STR 24 DEX 14
Golden Vow	Ash of War	Damage +11.5% (2.5% in PvP) Damage Negation +7.5% (1.5% in PvP)	45	40	–
Shared Order	Ash of War	Damage +10% (2.5% in PvP) Deal +50% damage to Undead and prevents Skeletons from reviving	60	20	–
Stormhawk Deenh	Spirit Ash	Physical Damage +20% Stamina Damage +20% Poise Damage +20%	60	47	–
Perfumer Tricia	Spirit Ash	Physical Damage +20%	30	78	–

Note(s):

Rallying Standard is affected by the duration increase of the Old Lord's Talisman, despite it not being a Spell.

Health Regen

Health Regen Buffs temporarily restore Health (HP) over time. See HP page for ways to stack HP regen.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Bestial Vitality	Incant.	Restore 5 HP/s (600 Total)	120	18	FTH 12
Blessing's Boon	Incant.	Restore 8 HP/s (720 Total)	90	30	FTH 24
Blessing of the Erdtree	Incant.	Restore 12 HP/s (1080 Total)	90	60	FTH 38
Scorpion Stew (Health Regen)	Consum.	Restore 8 HP/s (480 Total)	60	–	–
Gourmet Scorpion Stew (Health Regen)	Consum.	Restore 12 HP/s (720 Total)	60	–	–
Cleanrot Knight Finlay (Health Regen)	Spirit Ash	Restore 7 HP/s (210 Total)	30	127	–
Crimsonburst Crystal Tear	Crystal Tear	Restore 7 HP/s (1260 Total)	180	-	-

Note(s):

Old Lord's Talisman increases the total healing from Incantations instead of only extending their durations.

Variant

Variant Buffs can stack with each other unless they provide a similar effect in which case they will overwrite. For example the two stamina boosting turtle necks, or one of the DLC transformation tools canceling out the other two when used etc.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Pickled Turtle Neck	Consum.	Stamina Recovery +10/s (22.2%)	60	–	–
Well-Pickled Turtle Neck	Consum.	Stamina Recovery +12/s	60	–	–
Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot	Consum.	Runes from defeating Enemies +30%	180	–	–
Golden Horn Tender	Consum.	Runes from defeating Enemies +40%	180	–	–
Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot	Consum.	Item Discovery +50	180	–	–
Silver Horn Tender	Consum.	Item Discovery +60	180	–	–
Warming Stone	Consum.	Restore 25 HP/s (750 Total)	30	20	–
Sunwarmth Stone	Consum.	Restore 30 HP/s (900 Total)	30	24	–
Soft Cotton	Consum.	Silences footsteps Reduces Fall Damage	20	–	–
Assassin's Approach	Incant.	Silences footsteps Reduces Fall Damage	30	15	FTH 10
Rock Heart	Tool	10% Damage Negation across the board and 50 Resistances after initial use When used in dragon form, +20% damage to Dragon Communion Incantations for 60 sec	60	–	–
Priestess Heart	Tool	7% Damage Negation across the board and 70 Resistances after initial use When used in dragon form, +20% damage to Dragon Cult Incantations for 60 sec	60	–	–
Lamenter's Mask	Tool	+5% Damage Negation to all damage types except Holy which gets +20% after initial use Passively raises Arcane by 8 after initial use When used in lamenter form, performs a headbutt attack dealing Strike Damage	-	–	–

Unique

Unique Buffs are the remaining temporary buffs that lack a shared category and can be freely stacked.

Name	Type	Description/Effects	Dur. (s)	FP	Stat Req.
Contagious Fury	Skill	Damage +12.5% (12% in PvP) Buff lost if shield is swapped	30	9	STR 20 DEX 14
Terra Magica	Sorcery	Magic Damage +22.5% (15% in PvP)	30	20	INT 20
Holy Ground	Ash of War	Damage Negation +20% Restore ~17 HP/s (600 Total)	35	30	–
Unseen Form	Sorcery	Turns you semi-invisible (PvP) Reduces your lock-on range	30	20	INT 16
Mantle of Thorns	Sorcery	Costs 50 HP Adds 25 bloodloss buildup to caster Adds 87 Physical Damage to rolling	30	9	FTH 20
Sacred Bloody Flesh (Blood-loss proc)	Consum.	Damage +18% after proccing blood loss	30	–	–
Lulling Branch	Consum.	Restore 5 FP/s (150 Total) Builds up Sleep on self (20 per 2 sec) Procced Sleep results in no FP loss	60	–	–
Uplifting Aromatic (Shield)	Consum.	Damage Negation +90% until hit Stacks with the Opaline Bubbletear	40	22	–
Starlight Shards	Consum.	Restore 2 FP/s (120 Total) Limited Quantity per New Game Currency for select Spirit Ashes	60	–	–
Frenzyflame Stone	Consum.	Restore 35 HP/s (1050 Total) to those who met with the Three Fingers Inflicts Madness to non-followers	30	15	–
Oath of Vengeance (Stat Increase)	Skill	All Attributes +5	60	20	STR 40 DEX 14
Oath of Vengeance (Endure)	Skill	Prevents most damage stagger Damage Negation +45% (40% in PvP)	5	20	STR 40 DEX 14
Endure	Ash of War	Prevents most damage stagger Damage Negation +45% (40% in PvP)	3	9	–
Assassin's Gambit	Ash of War	Grants near invisibility Silences movement	30	5	–