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Faith is one of the Stats in Elden Ring. Stats refer to various properties that govern your character's strengths and weaknesses, as well as how they are affected by interactions in and out of combat. Faith primarily affects a player's ability to cast Incantations, as well as equipping the weapons required to cast them. It is one of the 8 Main Attributes that players can spend Runes on to level up, increasing the Stat's effectiveness and influencing their relative secondary stats. Stats such as Faith are an important aspect of character progression in Elden Ring.

Faith Stat General Information

• Faith (FTH) is a Main Attribute that is required to cast most Incantations. It is also a requirement to cast death Sorceries and thorn sorceries. It is a primary requirement for equipping Sacred Seals, which are used to cast incantations.
• Weapons in Elden Ring have a minimum Stat requirement that needs to be met before the weapon can be wielded. In the case of spell-based weapons, most of them require investment in either the Intelligence or Faith stats, or a combination of both. For example, the Finger Seal requires 10 FTH to equip. Some weapons may also require points in Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence or Arcane in order to wield.
• Weapons are also given a Scaling Grade denoting the degree to which they scale with an attribute. Each point allocated to the Faith stat increases the effectiveness and damage dealt by Incantations cast with weapons that have Faith scaling. A weapon with a Faith scaling grade of S will benefit the most from the Faith Attribute, followed by grades A, B, C, D, and E.
• Note that attributes will incur diminishing returns at higher levels, significantly reducing their benefits after a certain point with regards to weapon scaling. This is often referred to as the 'Soft Cap'. A 'Hard Cap' also exists in which additional points in an attribute returns little to no benefit.
• When scaling the attack power of a melee armament, like all stats, Faith soft caps differ depending on the weapon and the damage type being scaled. Scaling on magic, fire, lightning, or holy damage is always 20/50/80. Scaling on physical damage may be 18/60/80 or 20/60/80.
• When scaling the sorcery scaling or incantation scaling of a Catalyst, Faith soft caps differ depending on the catalyst. The soft caps can be 18/60/80, 25/60/80, or 15/30/45. The Dryleaf Seal has a unique scaling formula, with soft caps of 20/40/80. The soft caps of Faith on each catalyst are as follows:
  • Gelmir Glintstone Staff - 15/30/45
  • Prince of Death's Staff- 25/60/80
  • Staff of the Guilty - 18/60/80
  • Finger Seal - 18/60/80
  • Godslayer's Seal - 18/60/80
  • Giant's Seal - 18/60/80
  • Gravel Stone Seal - 18/60/80
  • Clawmark Seal - 15/30/45
  • Golden Order Seal - 15/30/45
  • Erdtree Seal - 25/60/80
  • Dragon Communion Seal - 15/30/45
  • Frenzied Flame Seal - 15/30/45
  • Fire Knight's Seal - 25/60/80
  • Dryleaf Seal - 20/40/80
• Faith is one of the Main Attributes that players can spend Runes on in order to level up. The ability to level up is unlocked shortly after meeting Melina for the first time near the beginning of the game.

Elden Ring Best Faith Builds Guide

Adding Faith Scaling to Weapons

On weapons that do not have innate faith scaling, players can obtain certain whetblades to add specific elemental damage and affinities to a weapon when infusing it with Ashes of War. Weapons that cannot be infused with Ashes of War cannot have scalings added.

Name	Notes	Location
Red-Hot Whetblade	When applying an affinity using physical or flame-type ashes of war, a base faith scaling of D can be added with Flame Art. This will also add Fire Damage to the weapon.	Caelid. After defeating Radahn, found inside Redmane Castle past an Iron Maiden.
Sanctified Whetblade	When applying an affinity using physical or golden-type ashes of war, a base faith scaling of D can be added with Sacred. This will also add Holy Damage to the weapon.	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Inside the Fortified Manor on a corpse laying next to an anvil.

List of Faith-Scaling Weapons

All scalings shown are currently listed at weapon level 1. Visit the individual weapon pages to see their max level scaling.

Name	Type	AP	GDN	STR	DEX	INT	FTH	ARC	Wgt	Skill/Passive Effects	Location
Black Knife	Dagger	66 0 0 0 65 110	26 15 15 15 42 15	8 E	12 D		18 D		2.0	Blade of Death	Altus Plateau. Sainted Hero's Grave. Dropped by the Black Knife Assassin defending the entrance.
Blade of Calling	Dagger	71 0 0 0 43 110	31 18 18 18 30 15	6 D	13 D		15 C		1.5	Blade of Gold	Forbidden Lands. At the Grand Lift of Rold, the player must make a jump while the elevator is moving. The dagger will be on a table in a room just before reaching the second floor.
Erdsteel Dagger	Dagger	67 0 0 0 0 100	36 21 21 21 21 15	7 D	12 D		14 D		2.0	Quickstep	Reward from Kenneth Haight for clearing out Fort Haight in east Limgrave. Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Northwest of the Avenue Balcony site of grace, down a pit on a corpse.
Coded Sword	Straight Sword	0 0 0 0 85 100	13 22 22 22 58 27				20 B		2.5	Unblockable Blade	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Inside a room a pathway above an abandoned horse stable.
Golden Epitaph	Straight Sword	85 0 0 0 85 100	25 15 15 15 40 30	12 D	10 D		14 D		3.5	Last Rites	Altus Plateau. Auriza Hero's Grave. On a corpse in a room requiring a Stonesword Key to open.
Miquellan Knight's Sword	Straight Sword	105 0 0 0 68 100	40 28 28 28 40 30	11 D	11 D		16 E		3.5	Sacred Blade	Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. Found atop a bell tower.
Sword of Night and Flame	Straight Sword	87 56 56 0 0 100	36 42 42 26 26 31	12 E	12 E	24 D	24 D		4.0	Night-and-Flame Stance	Liurnia. In a locked room on the east side of the Caria Manor; can be accessed by dropping down on the walkways above.
Blasphemous Blade	Greatsword	121 0 78 0 0 100	56 39 54 39 39 15	22 D	15 D		21 D		13.5	Taker's Flames	Roundtable Hold. Trade Remembrance of the Blasphemous with Enia.
Gargoyle's Blackblade	Greatsword	102 0 0 0 122 100	44 33 33 33 66 38	18 D	10 E		22 D		11.5	Corpse Wax Cutter	Caelid. Bestial Sanctum. Dropped by Black Blade Kindred.
Golden Order Greatsword	Greatsword	86 0 0 0 103 100	40 30 30 30 60 35	16 E	21 D		28 C		10.0	Establish Order	Mountaintops of the Giants. Dropped by Misbegotten Crusader in the Cave of the Forlorn, located in the Consecrated Snowfield.
Inseparable Sword	Greatsword	98 0 0 0 98 100	44 34 34 34 52 36	18 D	18 D		20 C		10.0	Sacred Blade	Deeproot Depths, at the Prince of Death's Throne. The player must have completed Fia's questline and given D's armor to his brother. The sword will be there along with the Twinned Set.
Ordovis's Greatsword	Greatsword	107 0 0 0 69 100	52 37 37 37 50 39	25 C	13 E		15 D		12.0	Ordovis's Vortex	Altus Plateau. Auriza Hero's Grave, dropped by Crucible Knight Ordovis.
Sacred Relic Sword	Greatsword	118 0 0 0 76 100	47 33 33 33 45 36	14 E	24 D		22 D		11.0	Wave of Gold	Roundtable Hold. Trade Elden Remembrance with Enia.
Godslayer's Greatsword	Colossal Sword	119 0 77 0 0 100	49 38 49 38 38 40	20 D	22 D		20 D		17.5	The Queen's Black Flame	Caelid. Divine Tower of Caelid. Chest found in the back of Godskin Apostle's arena after their defeat.
Maliketh's Black Blade	Colossal Sword	127 0 0 0 82 100	51 36 36 36 49 38	34 D	12 E		20 D		22.0	Destined Death	Roundtable Hold. Trade Remembrance of the Black Blade with Enia.
Eclipse Shotel	Curved Sword	77 0 0 0 77 100	35 25 25 25 50 25	10 E	25 D		30 D		3.0	Death Flare	Mountaintops of the Giants. Castle Sol. Found at the altar of the church in the southeast section of the castle.
Magma Blade	Curved Sword	96 0 62 0 0 100	44 30 44 30 30 27	9 D	15 D		16 D		4.0	Magma Shower	Altus Plateau. Volcano Manor. Dropped uncommonly from sword-wielding Man-Serpents.
Magma Wyrm's Scalesword	Curved Greatsword	114 0 74 0 0 100	48 33 48 33 33 42	24 C	15 D		18 D		15.0	Magma Guillotine	Liurnia. Dropped from Magma Wyrm Makar at the Ruin-Strewn Precipice.
Gargoyle's Black Blades	Twinblade	81 0 0 0 97 100	32 26 26 26 59 32	18 C	15 E		22 D		8.5	Spinning Slash	Mountaintops of the Giants. Dropped by Black Blade Kindred.
Gargoyle's Black Axe	Greataxe	100 0 0 0 120 100	36 27 27 27 54 31	24 D	8 E		22 D		8.5	War Cry	Mountaintops of the Giants. Dropped by Black Blade Kindred.
Envoy's Horn	Hammer	96 0 0 0 62 100	38 26 26 26 38 28	10 D	12 D		16 D		4.0	Oracular Bubble	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Dropped uncommonly by Oracle Envoys.
Marika's Hammer	Hammer	101 0 0 0 65 100	44 30 30 30 44 33	20 D	12 D		19 D		6.0	Gold Breaker	Roundtable Hold. Trade Elden Remembrance with Enia.
Beastclaw Greathammer	Great Hammer	116 0 0 0 75 100	62 33 33 33 45 42	20 D	10 D		18 D		9.0	Regal Beastclaw	Gurranq will reward the player with this after turning in their 7th Deathroot.
Cranial Vessel Candlestand	Great Hammer	98 0 98 0 0 100	54 37 51 37 37 40	26 D	8 E		22 D		12.5	Surge of Faith	Mountaintops of the Giants. Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave. Found on a corpse at the end of a hallway with an Imp Statue, directly above a room with a flamethrower.
Devourer's Scepter	Great Hammer	107 0 69 0 0 100	47 33 45 33 33 35	24 D	20 D		25 D		11.5	Devourer of Worlds	Dropped from Knight/Recusant Bernahl when invaded at either Warmaster's Shack in Limgrave or in Crumbling Farum Azula.
Envoy's Long Horn	Great Hammer	120 0 0 0 78 100	44 31 31 31 42 35	23 D	11 D		18 D		9.5	Bubble Shower	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Dropped uncommonly by the large Oracle Envoy in the West Capital Ramparts.
Envoy's Greathorn	Colossal Weapon	121 0 0 0 78 100	70 43 43 43 55 50	28 D	12 D		24 E		19.5	Great Oracular Bubble	Dropped by the Giant Oracle Envoy in Miquella's Haligtree.
Great Club	Colossal Weapon	154 0 0 0 46 100	70 41 42 40 47 47	35 C						Golden Land	Dropped by a Teardrop Scarab in Deeproot Depths.
Staff of the Avatar	Colossal Weapon	113 0 0 0 73 100	57 45 45 45 57 42	34 C	8 E		24 D		20.0	Erdtree Slam	Deeproot Depths. Dropped by the Erdtree Avatar nearby the Great Waterfall Crest site of grace.
Troll's Hammer	Colossal Weapon	153 0 45 0 0 100	66 41 46 41 41 46	28 C	8 E		10 D		16.0	Troll's Roar	Found in a storage shed inside the Old Altus Tunnel dungeon.
Cleanrot Spear	Spear	102 0 0 0 66 100	49 25 25 25 38 33	16 D	16 D		14 D		5.5	Sacred Phalanx	Dropped uncommonly from Cleanrot Knights located in multiple locations: Caelid. South of the Heart of Aeonia. Caelid. War-Dead Catacombs. Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
Inquisitor's Girandole	Spear	102 0 66 0 0 100	56 28 43 28 28 37	18 D	15 D		16 D		7.5	Charge Forth Causes blood loss buildup	Altus Plateau. Volcano Manor. Dropped by Abductor Virgins.
Siluria's Tree	Great Spear	90 0 0 0 90 100	46 36 36 36 55 38	27 D	13 D		20 D		10.0	Siluria's Woe	Deeproot Depths. Dropped byCrucible Knight Siluria in the western part of The Nameless Eternal City.
Treespear	Great Spear	122 0 0 0 79 100	50 35 35 35 48 40	15 D	22 D		18 D		9.5	Sacred Order	Liurnia. Found on a caravan at the end of the collapsed bridge bordering Liurnia and Limgrave, east of the Lake-Facing Cliffs site of grace.
Vyke's War Spear	Great Spear	103 0 66 0 0 100	47 33 45 33 33 35	16 E	20 C		18 D		8.0	Frenzyflame Thrust	Liurnia. Church of Inhibition. Dropped from Festering Fingerprint Vyke, who invades the player on the way to the church.
Gargoyle's Black Halberd	Halberd	103 0 0 0 123 100	48 36 36 36 72 42	26 D	10 E		22 D		12.0	Spinning Slash	Caelid. Bestial Sanctum. Dropped by Black Blade Kindred.
Golden Halberd	Halberd	134 0 0 0 87 100	58 41 41 41 56 43	30 D	14 E		12 D		13.5	Golden Vow	Limgrave. Dropped by the Tree Sentinel, which can be seen when the player first enters the open world.
Halo Scythe	Reaper	118 0 0 0 76 100	42 29 29 29 42 31	13 D	16 D		15 D		8.5	Miquella's Ring of Light	Caelid. Dropped from Cleanrot Knights south of the Heart of Aeonia in the Aeonia Swamp.
Winged Scythe	Reaper	87 0 0 0 104 100	30 25 25 25 55 30	16 E	16 D		24 D		7.5	Angel's Wings Causes blood loss buildup	Limgrave. Chest reward from Tombsward Ruins in the Weeping Peninsula.
Giant's Red Braid	Whip	82 0 53 0 0 100	24 12 26 12 12 15	18 D	12 D		21 D		2.5	Flame Dance	Roundtable Hold. Trade Remembrance of the Fire Giant with Enia.
Magma Whip Candlestick	Whip	72 0 72 0 0 100	21 10 36 10 10 15	8 E	16 D		18 D		2.5	Sea of Magma	Altus Plateau. Volcano Manor. Reward from Patches for assassinating Great Horned Tragoth. Cannot be obtained if Patches is not spared in Murkwater Cave.
Cipher Pata	Fist	0 0 0 0 85 100	9 14 14 14 61 19				30 C		0.0	Unblockable Blade	Roundtable Hold. In a room to the left of the area where the player is invaded by Mad Tongue Alberich.
Grafted Dragon	Fist	89 0 57 0 0 100	27 18 44 18 18 22	20 D	14 D		16 D		2.5	Bear Witness!	Roundtable Hold. Trade Remembrance of the Grafted with Enia.
Erdtree Bow	Bow	40 0 0 0 50 100		8 E	12 E		14 D		4.0	Mighty Shot	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. In a chest on the second floor of the Erdtree Sanctuary.
Erdtree Greatbow	Greatbow	60 0 0 0 65 100		20 E	14 E		14 D		11.0	Through and Through	Limgrave. Fringefolk Hero's Grave. Rewarded after destroying the chariot with one of 3 large hanging pots on the ceiling.
Gelmir Glintstone Staff	Glintstone Staff	29 0 0 0 0 100	23 14 14 14 14 14	6 E		14 D	14 D		2.5	Boosts lava sorcery	Altus Plateau. Volcano Manor. Dropped rarely from the Man-Serpent sorcerer in the throne room.
Prince of Death's Staff	Glintstone Staff	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	6 E		18 D	18 D		3.0	Boosts death sorcery	Deeproot Depths. On a tower that can be reached by walking across multiple large tree roots.
Staff of the Guilty	Glintstone Staff	38 0 0 0 0 100	28 17 17 17 17 17	8 D			12 C		4.5	Boosts thorn sorcery Causes slight blood loss buildup	Altus Plateau. Dropped uncommonly by red-robed, skeletal cultists outside of Fort Laiedd.
Clawmark Seal	Sacred Seal	31 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	4 D			10 D		1.5	Boosts Bestial Incantations	Reward from Gurranq Beast Clergyman after trading to him his first Deathroot.
Dragon Communion Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15				10 D	10 C	0.0	Boosts Dragon Communion Incantations	Limgrave. Fringefolk Hero's Grave. Guarded by a knight at the top of a chariot's path.
Erdtree Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 15 100	25 15 15 15 15 15				40 C		0.0		Altus Plateau. Volcano Manor. On a dead body at the bottom of a village between the Guest Hall and Prison Town Church sites of grace.
Finger Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	4 E			10 C		1.5		Roundtable Hold. Purchased from the Twin Maiden Husks for 800 runes. Confessor and Prophet class starting weapon.
Frenzied Flame Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	- E	- E	- E	- D		0.0	Boosts Frenzied Flame Incantations Causes slight madness buildup	Reward for completing Irina, Edgar, and Hyetta's questline and accepting the three fingers flame. Accepting the flame will lock the player into a specific ending unless Millicent's questline is completed and the player obtains Miquella's Needle.
Giant's Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	4 E			14 D		1.5	Boosts Giants' Flame incantations	Mountaintops of the Giants. Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave, in a basement section with an enemy Fire Monk.
Godslayer's Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	4 E			27 C		1.5	Boosts Godslayer Incantations	Limgrave. Stormveil Castle, in a room requiring a Stonesword Key to open.
Golden Order Seal	Sacred Seal	24 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15			17 D	17 D		0.0	Boosts Fundamentalist Incantations	Altus Plateau. On a corpse in front of a tree at the Minor Erdtree Church site of grace.
Gravel Stone Seal	Sacred Seal	25 0 0 0 0 100	25 15 15 15 15 15	4 D			18 C		1.5	Boosts Dragon Cult Incantations	Dropped by a lance-wielding knight supported by an archer in Leyndell, Royal Capital, in an area to the west of West Capital Rampart site of grace.
Sentry's Torch	Torch	56 0 0 0 100 100	30 21 21 21 36 22	15 D	8 E		15 D		5.0	Torch Attack	Altus Plateau. Bought from the Hermit Merchant at the Hermit Merchant's Shack in the outskirts of Leyndell, Royal Capital for 7,000 runes.
St. Trina's Torch	Torch	51 0 91 0 0 100	25 15 40 15 15 20	10 E	10 D		14 D		3.0	Fires of Slumber	Mountaintops of the Giants. In a chest in one of the two caravans roaming the Consecrated Snowfield.

List of Faith-Increasing Equipment

Name	Type	Faith Increased	Location	Notes
Marika's Scarseal	Talisman	+3	Siofra River. Found on a corpse at the base of the waterfall found at the highest level. Map Link	Incompatible with Marika's Soreseal.
Marika's Soreseal	Talisman	+5	Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. On an altar in a sealed room requiring 2 Stonesword Keys to unlock.	Incompatible with Marika's Scarseal.
Two Fingers Heirloom	Talisman	+5	Liurnia. Purified Ruins. Treasure chest reward in the basement of the Purified Ruins in eastern Liurnia. Map Link
Imp Head (Corpse)	Head	+2	Altus Plateau. Leyndell, Royal Capital. Northeast of the Avenue Balcony site of grace and at the end of an alley after dropping down a railing. Map Link
Ruler's Mask	Head	+1	Altus Plateau. Found alongside the Ruler's Robe on a corpse at an abandoned carriage northeast of the Abandoned Coffin site of grace in western Altus. Map Link
Haligtree Helm	Head	+1	Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. A possible random drop from Haligtree Soldiers.
Haligtree Knight Helm	Head	+2	Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree: Looted from a corpse located near the Elphael Inner Wall site of grace.
Commoner's Garb	Chest	+1	Dropped by Commoner enemies found in Stormveil Castle, Leyndell, Royal Capital, and other areas of the map.	The altered version and the Commoner's Simple Garb variant also give +1 Faith.
Sacred Crown Helm	Head	+1	Drops from the ballista soldiers just outside of the Elpheal Inner Wall site of Grace. Elden Ring Map here
Greathood	Head	+2	Given as a reward for solving the puzzle of the Sorcerer Painting. Elden Ring Map here	Also gives +2 Intelligence
Circlet of Light	Head	+1	Received at the end of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.	Also gives +1 Intelligence, +1 Arcane, and boosts the power of Light of Miquella
Oath of Vengeance (Grafted Blade Greatsword Skill)	Skill	+5	+5 All Attributes	30 Seconds
Faith-knot Crystal Tear	Crystal Tear	+10		3 Minutes
Godrick's Great Rune	Great Rune	+5	Dropped as a reward for defeating Godrick the Grafted located at Stormveil Castle. Map Link	Godrick's Great Rune Raises all attributes +5

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