Clinging Bone is a Fist in Elden Ring. The Clinging Bone scales primarily with Dexterity and is a good weapon for melee attacks that lets piercing armaments overcome enemy shields.
Horrific weapon made of a hardened skeletal arm. Wielded by Ensha of the Royal Remains.
Fitted by placing one's hands into the fists' grips until they dig in.
"O clinging creature. A king relinquishes not the hand."
Where to Find Clinging Bone in Elden Ring
Clinging Bone can be found at the following location:
- Clinging Bone is dropped by Ensha of the Royal Remains (Roundtable Hold)
Elden Ring Clinging Bone Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Lifesteal Fist
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Can't be buffed by Magic or Consumables
- Clinging Bone can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- This weapon does not deal Slash Damage despite its ingame description.
- Sell Value:
200. - NOTE: As of Patch 1.08, the speed of some attacks has been increased and the recovery time has been reduced.
- NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below.
- NOTE: Patch 1.13 Increased poise damage of dual wield attacks of all Fists (in PVP)
- Other notes and player tips go here
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Clinging Bone
Clinging Bone PvP Poise Damage Values in Elden Ring
Patch 1.10 adjusted PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.
One-Handed Attacks
- 1H R1 (1/2/3/4/5/6 Attacks): 135/67.5/67.5/67.5/67.5/135
- 1H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 270/270
- 1H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 810/810
- 1H R1 Jumping: 202.5
- 1h R2 Jumping: 540
Two-Handed Attacks
- 2H R1 (1/2/3/4/5/6 Attacks): 129.6+32.4/32.4+129.6/81/129.6+32.4/81/81+81
- 2H R2 (1/2 Attacks): 202.5/202.5
- 2H Charged R2 (1/2 Attacks): 202.5+202.5/202.5+202.5
- 2H R1 Jumping: 121.5+121.5
- 2h R2 Jumping: 324+324
Clinging Bone Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones.
| Attack Power | Stat Scaling | Passive Effects | Damage Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Clinging Bone | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 80 | 24 | - | - | - | 47 | E | C | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 10 |
| Standard +1 | 91 | 27 | - | - | - | 51 | E | C | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21.21 | 10 |
| Standard +2 | 103 | 30 | - | - | - | 56 | E | C | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21.42 | 10 |
| Standard +3 | 114 | 34 | - | - | - | 61 | E | C | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21.63 | 10 |
| Standard +4 | 126 | 37 | - | - | - | 65 | E | C | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21.84 | 10 |
| Standard +5 | 138 | 41 | - | - | - | 70 | E | B | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22.05 | 10 |
| Standard +6 | 149 | 44 | - | - | - | 75 | E | B | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22.26 | 10 |
| Standard +7 | 161 | 48 | - | - | - | 79 | E | B | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22.47 | 10 |
| Standard +8 | 172 | 51 | - | - | - | 84 | E | B | - | - | D | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22.68 | 10 |
| Standard +9 | 184 | 55 | - | - | - | 89 | E | B | - | - | C | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22.89 | 10 |
| Standard +10 | 196 | 58 | - | - | - | 94 | E(18) | B(117) | - | - | C(63) | - | 31 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 23.1 | 10 |
AnonymousI have noticed it has the same move set as the Pata, which is extraordinary in Pvp, the running light is quite quick and good for chase downs but does it get the same running heavy to heavy true combo as the Pata?

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AnonymousHear me out = casle sol and its frigid sun is said to give life to soulless bones, Lord Ensha was a soulless lord, Sol means Sun. Casle Sun was build by Miquella on the ruins of the sun realm, in an attempt to save Godwyn from his soulless fate, but Miquella discovered that this would not work. But Enshas remains were stolen by Gideon and he gave them to his personal bodyguard. Gideon is one of the tarnished that did not follow Godfreys boats, he stayed. The armor and the Clinging Bones are the remains of Ensha, someone is in the armor to wield the kings hands.

Anonymous"O clinging creature. A king relinquishes not the hand."
I think Ensha killed the king that owned the armor, but his even after death, he refused to let go until you avenged him.
AnonymousUse this when you wanna give someone a letter.
It's the best way to keep distance, while speaking without any words, just like how Ensha, Lord of Edge does!
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AnonymousIf you're feeling alone, not loved, and wanting to have a helping hand... Congrats, you just found the perfect pairs of hands to hold for the rest of your life.
It might be very skelly, but at least, you're holding hands.
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AnonymousThat running R1 is nasty.
Even Consort Radahn and most PVP players should fear it.
AnonymousSo, this weapon kinda slaps actually. The one hand charged R2 is super quick and does good poise damage making it easy to stun bosses then go nuts with dual wield. You can also absolutely BULLY crucible knights since the ash actually works on them then easily stun them with charged R2s.

AnonymousAfter actually trying them, I just noticed that they hold hands with you.

AnonymousThis weapon is actually great in PVP.
The running attack is a roll catching machine and gives this weapon unbelievable reach, considering the small size.
The AoW is situational but still has got me plenty of kills in PvP.
It's slow, but the recovery from a miss is pretty quick.
It seems very effective against parry spammers and will do 75-80% of their health bar on average, and refills about 30% of mine.
AnonymousDoes standard damage, not Slash like all fists.
Works fine against Borealis, unlike a slash weapon that gets 80% resistance
AnonymousPros:
High DPS
Comes as a pair
Somber stone upgrade
Mostly physical damage
Arcane scaling adds physical and magic damage
Excellent running R1 for roll catching
Easy to acquire
Pretty good reach for a fist weapon
Very light
Low stamina usage
AOW is very useful against invaders, heavy knight enemies (including Crucible), and other players.
Cons:
Scales with three stats but very little Strength
Low magic damage
Stupid looking (bone fists were cooler)
Still low reach compared to most weapon classes
AoW is still fairly slow and people will probably dodge it in PvP
No choice of AoW
Overall this is one of my favorites. Very strong weapon
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AnonymousThe closest that the Royal Remains edgelords will ever come to holding hands with someone

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AnonymousWhen you block it looks like your flipping the bird with a giant boney middle finger!! Style points.

AnonymousWhen you block it looks like your flipping the bird with a giant boney middle finger!! Style points.

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Anonymousphenomenal midgame weapon for a dex and arc build. respectable damage with a useful skill for human enemies, but the biggest amount of mileage you're going to get from this weapon is how fast it attacks and how little stamina it consumes. all the good parts of using a dagger but with the power of a good straight sword. not to mention it powerstances with itself, so you're getting the damage you want with a fraction of the weight.

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AnonymousSuprisingly good weapon despite it's reputation.
The trick is to only use it 1-handed. That turns the R1 into super fast horizontal swipes. The R2 charges ridiculously quick and deals good poise damage.
AnonymousWhy won't they make it buffable? Magic damage is negligible anyway

AnonymousIf you're not afraid to roll the bones, put em up, take a stab at it
Feeding knuckles; dodge a bolt of something mad, dab at It
Breakfast, dinner, lunches
Rollin punches, Taunted up,
Toxic draining, bad habit
CHECK YO JIB, DONT LIKE THE CUT,
Bloodhounds Step, behind ya now, once more round, slice ya GUTS, grinding, leeching your PRECIOUS BLOODS
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Idk bit of a flow came to me while reading comments, kinda rock tempo and beat maybe
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AnonymousTo get the best damage with this at level 125, you should have 54 dex and 31 arc. This leaves room for 60 vigor, 11 mind, 20 endurance, and 10 faith to cast protective fortification incantations. You also have to start with the bandit for most efficient stat allocation. This gives 501 attack power.

AnonymousShould have had a unique version of lifesteal fist like the reduvia having a special blood blade.

AnonymousWe wanted to port the dark hand into Elden Ring but found it wasn't possible, so we sent Ensha to literally rip off one of the darkwraith's hands and it worked.

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AnonymousThe game says it deals slash/pierce damage not standard/pierce.

AnonymousThe game says it deals slash/pierce damage not standard/pierce.

AnonymousThe game says it deals slash/pierce damage not standard/pierce.

"I've got a BONE to pick with you" - people who use this weapon

AnonymousI discovered something interesting, one handed this weapon charged strong attack make alot more poise damage than powerstanced, and the charged strong attack is really fast

AnonymousSince this has inherent magic damage scaling, you can wear rogier's set to capitalize on the magic damage that the skill normally does ON TOP of the magic damage innately added from the weapon. Couple this with magic cracked tear physick, dagger talisman, shard of alexander, and magic scorpion charm and you can one-shot players handily, as well as do 2.5k+ damage to PvE (tested at 80 arcane).

Anonymousnot gonna lie, this isn't bad at 150 level pvp. the running attacks are quick, and the scaling and damage is adequate

AnonymousUseful if you want to give another player a hand.
...I'll see myself out.
Anonymouslikely the worst weapon in the game. at least varre's bouquet has bleed

AnonymousThe arcane scaling i this is too bad don't even try making it work with an Arcane build on top of that it cant be buffed and the split magic damage is way too low.

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No one else has mentioned it yet, but the running attack on this absolutely slaps in pvp.

AnonymousRogier's Spellblade set boosts the weapon skill - probably because this is the only way to get magic damage on that Ash of War.
Useful. Kinda.
I find a good approach with this weapon's skill is to roll/dash in after an enemy does a strong attack and immediately L2. Alternatively, abuse the low stance your character takes when using the ability to duck underneath some enemy attacks (varies per enemy, some have horizontal swipes that are very duckable)

AnonymousWeapon art shouldve been you holding out the arms & the rest of the skeleton materializes and you just swing him around in a circle

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AnonymousAlmost 3 seconds of channel time for a grab that, even though it goes through shields, it is affected by poise. If someone has a certain amount of poise, the grab won't work **even though the attack lands** and you also do not have hyperarmor. Regardless of whether this is a bug or just a mere oversight, it needs to be remedied in my opinion.

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AnonymousNote: the clinging bone's lifesteal doesn't work against shielded opponents

AnonymousI wish these either replaced your hands or went over them like a pair of gloves.....

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AnonymousShould have just put the Bone Fists from Dark Souls 2 back in the game. Instead of making half the fist weapons be essentially arm swords with boring movesets.

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AnonymousThat atrociously slow cast animation on the lifesteal ability though... maybe my grandchildren will enjoy the lifesteal.

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AnonymousDoes split damage Physical(80)/Magic(20). Weight is 3.0 not 2.5. Scaling: Str. E/Dex. C/Arc. D.
Attributes Required: Str. 8/Dex.22/Arc.16.
Talent seems to work like the old "Dark Hand" but goes through shields (Sidenote: All attacks do), a hit with the talent is not a crit. tested with both assassin talismans neither worked.
No hyperarmor as far as I can tell. Health "stolen" was 319HP with the following stats: (Str. 17/Dex. 24/Arc.17).
All tested with the soldiers on the "Bridge of Sacrifice".
Hope that helps; we can now finally Finger-but-hole...
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AnonymousReminds me of the Dark Hand but it's sorta unusable until it gets scaling

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What does the weapon art damage scale with?
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