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Sword of Night and Flame is a Straight Sword in Elden Ring. The Sword of Night and Flame scales primarily with Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Faith and has a powerful Unique Skill, Night-and-Flame Stance, which allows the user to hold the sword level and follow up with a normal attack to cast the Comet Azur sorcery or a strong attack to sweep forward with a burst of flame causing Fire Damage.

Storied sword and treasure of Caria Manor.
One of the legendary armaments.

Astrologers, who preceded the sorcerers, established themselves in mountaintops that nearly touched the sky, and considered the Fire Giants their neighbors.

Sword of Night and Flame Location in Elden Ring

The Sword of Night and Flame weapon can be found in Caria Manor in a locked room behind the gardens in the east side of the manor.

Begin at the Manor Lower Level site of grace and proceed east across the rooftops, being wary of any spirit soldiers that may appear. From the first intersection, head north and continue down the pathway until the next junction is reached.

At this next junction, face north and continue for a few steps.

Looking down over the edge of the walkway (around halfway through to the next junction), you should see a platform containing a ladder. This is your goal -- see image below. You can jump from the walkway down onto the upper roof, then down again to reach the platform where the ladder is.

Once you've descended the ladder, there will be a chest containing the sword next to a chair near the center of the room.

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Elden Ring Sword of Night and Flame Notes & Tips

• Weapon Skill: Night-and-Flame Stance
• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
• Can't be enchanted with Magic nor boosted by Consumables.
• Sword of Night and Flame can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones.
• This weapon utilizes Thrusting R2s when one-handed, and Slashing R2s when two-handed. Due to the very low STR scaling, and the superior thrusting moveset, one-handing this weapon is advised in most scenarios
• The Comet (L2+R1) weapon skill does not count as a sorcery but does inflict magic damage; its damage is affected by the INT portion of the weapon's scaling and weapon level. The night beam is also buffed by the Spellblade Set.
• The Flame Burst (L2+R2) weapon skill is affected by the FTH portion of the weapon scaling and weapon level.
• Although damage from the two weapon art attacks scale with INT or FTH, they do so at a relatively low level, and are still very effective even at minimum stat requirements.
• Sell Value: 1000
• Due to its inherently high FP cost, it's highly recommended to either have high Mind or the Carian Filigreed Crest.
• One of the few weapons that can make good use of the Greathood, a unique piece of armor that provides +2 to INT and FTH.
• When utilized with a high Intelligence build, even the damage from the L2+R1 can be substantial. However, the L2+R2 suffers from a long cast time and is most useful when sneaking up on large packs of enemies.
• The Confessor starting class starts with exactly 12 Strength and 12 Dexterity, which already meets the minimum Strength and Dexterity requirements of the weapon, allowing one to only invest on Intelligence and Faith for the weapon with the said class.
• The Astrologer starting class starts with 8 Strength and 12 Dexterity, which meets the Dexterity requirements of the weapon. While requiring 4 more Strength to meet the Strength requirement, can also be used for creating a dedicated SoNaF build without any excessive Strength or Dexterity stat.
• One of the 9 Legendary Armaments.
• NOTE: As of Patch 1.08, Straight Swords poise damage has been reduced only on PVP.
• NOTE: As of Patch 1.09, the scaling values of this weapon were changed. Please refer to the Upgrades Table of this weapon below. Additionally, the running attack speed, first attack speed, and speed of guard counter of straight swords has increased. The attack recovery time has also decreased.
• NOTE: Patch 1.13 Increased poise damage of dual wield attacks of all Straight Swords (in PVP)
• Other notes and player tips go here.

Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for the Sword of Night and Flame

One-handed moveset:

• Light Attack is a 5-hit combo of diagonal and horizontal strikes, ending in a diagonal downward slash from right to left
• Strong Attack is a thrust, followed by an uppercut slash on the second input
• Charge Attack is identical to Strong Attack
• Running Light Attack is a horizontal slash from left to right
• Running Strong Attack is a downward slam
• Backstep Light Attack is a diagonal slash from left to right
• Rolling Attack is a thrust
• Jumping Light Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left
• Jumping Strong Attack is a downward slam

Two-handed moveset:

• Light Attack is a 5-hit combo of diagonal and vertical strikes, ending in a diagonal downward slash from right to left
• Strong Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left, followed by a diagonal uppercut slash from left to right on the second input
• Charge Attack is identical to Strong Attack
• Running Light Attack is a downward slash
• Running Strong Attack is a slash from right to left
• Backstep Light Attack is an uppercut slash
• Rolling Attack is a thrust
• Jumping Light Attack is a horizontal slash from right to left
• Jumping Strong Attack is a downward slam

Left-handed and power-stance moveset:

• Left-handed Light Attack is a 5-hit combo, ending in a downward slash
• No rolling, backstep, running, or jumping attacks exist in the left-handed moveset
• Power-stance Light Attack is a cross slash with both weapons, followed by a dual horizontal slash, followed by two staggered thrusts, ending with a diagonal downward slash from left to right
• Power-stance Running Attack is a thrust with the left weapon, followed by a slash with the right weapon
• Power-stance Backstep Attack is a thrust with both weapons
• Power-stance Rolling Attack is a horizontal sweep from left to right with both weapons
• Power-stance Jumping Attack is a cross slash with both weapons

Mounted moveset:

• Light Attack is a three-hit combo of up-and-down slashes
• Strong Attack is a single uppercut slash
• Charge Attack holds the sword close to the ground, dealing continuous damage, and ends with an uppercut slash.

Elden Ring Builds that use Sword of Night and Flame

These 6 builds use Sword of Night and Flame as their main weapon:

Build	Level	Stats
Deathblade	100	INT
Sword Sage	50	INT
Death Mage	150-200	INT/FAI
Golden Sword Sage	150-200	INT/FAI
All-Knowing Sage	172	INT
Death Knight	150	INT

Sword of Night and Flame Buffs

Name	Buff Type	Night Buff	Flame Buff	Duration	Notes
Spellblade Set	Armor	8%	0%	Passive	Each piece grants a 2% damage buff
Magic Scorpion Charm	Talisman	12% (8% PvP)	0%	Passive	Increases physical damage taken by 10% (15% PvP)
Fire Scorpion Charm	Talisman	0%	12% (8% PvP)	Passive	Increases physical damage taken by 10% (15% PvP)
Warrior Jar Shard	Talisman	10%	10%	Passive	Does not stack with Shard of Alexander
Shard of Alexander	Talisman	15%	15%	Passive	Does not stack with Warrior Jar Shard
Rellana's Cameo (DLC)	Talisman	45%	45%	Passive	Sword must be held level for a second before attacking
Blade of Mercy (DLC)	Talisman	20%	20%	20 Seconds	Activates after landing a Critical Hit
Crusade Insignia (DLC)	Talisman	15%	15%	20 Seconds	Activates after defeating an enemy
Dried Bouquet (DLC)	Talisman	15%	15%	20 Seconds	Activates after a summoned Spirit dies
Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear	Unique	20% (15% PvP)	0%	3 Minutes
Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear	Unique	0%	20% (15% PvP)	3 Minutes
Terra Magica	Unique	22.5%	0%	30 Seconds	Must remain within the area of effect
Flame Grant Me Strength	Body	0%	20%	30 Seconds

Note: All buffs are multiplicative.

With the Spellblade Set, Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion, Rellana's Cameo, Magic-Shrouded Cracked Tear, and Terra Magica, the Night attack's damage can be increased by 135%. Adding Blade of Mercy can increase this buff to 182%.

With the Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion, Rellana's Cameo, Flame-Shrouded Cracked Tear, and Flame, Grant me Strength, the Flame attack's damage can be increased by 113%. Adding Blade of Mercy can increase this buff to 156%.

Elden Ring Sword of Night and Flame Videos

Sword of Night and Flame PvP Poise Damage in Elden Ring

Patch 1.10 adjusted the PVP Poise Damage of all Weapons including some Spells and Incantations. Please take note that these adjustments are exclusive to PVP.

Sword of Night and Flame 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 (%)
Sword of Night and Flame	Phy	Mag	Fir	Lit	Hol	Sta	Str	Dex	Int	Fai	Arc	Any	Phy	Mag	Fir	Lit	Hol	Bst	Rst
Standard	87	56	56	-	-	47	E	E	D	D	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	31	15
Standard +1	99	64	64	-	-	51	E	E	D	D	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	31.31	15
Standard +2	112	72	72	-	-	56	E	E	D	D	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	31.62	15
Standard +3	124	80	80	-	-	61	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	31.93	15
Standard +4	137	88	88	-	-	65	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	32.24	15
Standard +5	150	96	96	-	-	70	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	32.55	15
Standard +6	162	104	104	-	-	75	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	32.86	15
Standard +7	175	112	112	-	-	79	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	33.17	15
Standard +8	187	120	120	-	-	84	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	33.48	15
Standard +9	200	129	129	-	-	89	E	E	C	C	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	33.79	15
Standard +10	213	137	137	-	-	94	D(25)	D(25)	B(90)	B(90)	-	-	36	42	42	26	26	34.1	15