Elden Ring Golden Order Greatsword [Location, Stats & Build]

The Elden Ring Golden Order Greatsword is one of the nine legendary armaments that players are quite fond of for a couple of reasons. The weapon primarily scales off of the Faith stat with a couple of hybrid stats, making it an excellent addition to most players running a Faith Build. My favorite build for the weapon consists of using it with another weapon. Still, before I discuss that, it is important that you understand its stats, Ash Of War, and, most importantly, the location of where you can acquire it.

If you happen to have the Golden Order Greatsword already, then here is a quick look at how you should set it up in Elden Ring:

Golden Order Greatsword Location

Unfortunately, the Golden Older Greatsword can be obtained relatively toward the late-game events of your playthrough via a cave. I have detailed the exact steps on where you can find this cave and the strategy against the boss fight:

• The Golden Order Greatsword can be obtained by completing the Cave of the Forlorn, which is essentially like a mini-dungeon in the game.
• As shown in the image I have provided above, you will need to make your way toward the Mountaintop of the Giants area in the Lands Between.
• The cave is located towards the far-right side of the area on the map, and the exact location of the cave is towards the ground level on the frozen river.
• You can easily travel to the area using your trusty steed, Torrent but be careful as there are a couple of giant crabs on the frozen river path as well as a Giant Land Octopus guarding the entrance to the cave.

In terms of the Cave’s layout, it is worth recommending that you carry a lantern on you as, like almost any other cave or dungeon, the Cave of the Forlorn can tend to sidetrack you. Thankfully, the only enemies you will need to worry about here are the Misbegotten beastmen. They are lurking all over the place here, ready to ambush you.

The cave doesn’t have too many side-tracking paths, so proceed straight normally without any worries, taking out any enemies in your path. You will eventually reach an area where you will have to jump and navigate along a small ledge towards the upper left side, which will lead you to the Misbegotten Crusader boss fight.

Misbegotten Crusader Boss Fight

The final boss fight of the Cave of the Forlorn will pit you against the Misbegotten Crusader, which might be familiar to quite a few players. It is because he is the same boss you fought if you completed the entirety of Castle Morne back in the Weeping Peninsula region. However, this variant of the boss is a little different, but you can still easily take him down if you’re adequately leveled at this point in the game.

• The Misbegotten Crusader has access to his own Golden Order Greatsword, so he boasts a special attack where he will slam the sword into the ground, as depicted in the image above.
• Aside from that, I strongly encourage you to watch out for his slashes and swings, where he can take your HP out easily if not careful enough.
• However, you can easily make short work of him if you’re someone who’s using Mage builds or even the selection of the Best Remembrance weapons in Elden Ring.
• I found that using weapons such as the Blasphemous Blade worked best, or any weapon with a flame-imbued specialty to it since it can heavily stagger the boss and take it down with minimal effort.

Best Build

Following are the base-level stats for the Golden Greatsword, which should give you a rough idea of its attack rating as well as any additional damage properties:

However, the stat requirements also play a pivotal factor here, as you will need to min-max them in order to use the Golden Order Greatsword at its full potential:

The complete build I have prepared for the weapon in my image above involves ‘power-stancing’ it with the Blasphemous Blade. It essentially means that you will dual-wielding both swords in conjunction and use the double sword attacks to deal tremendous damage to foes, almost staggering them. You will need the following gear items to make it work at the optimal experience:

• Weapon Infusion: Cannot Be Infused
• Weapon Skill: Establish Order
• Talismans: Dragoncreast Greatshield Talisman, Erdtree’s Favor, Claw Talisman, and Shard Of Alexander.
• Sacred Seal: Erdtree Seal
• Wondrous Physick Mix: Flame-shrouding cracked tear, faith-knot crystal tear
• Incantations: Flame Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow

Weapon Skill

• FP Cost: 20

The Establish Order is a unique skill of the Golden Order Greatsword, which allows me to unleash an AoE explosion that can damage foes caught within it. You can further do an input of the skill right after, which launches a golden energy arc to the target. The skill dishes out Holy damage, which can be highly effective against undead enemies.

Talismans

In your Powerstancing or dual-wielding build for Elden Ring, the choice of talismans is crucial for maximizing your effectiveness. Here’s a breakdown of the talismans you’ve selected:

1. Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman: This talisman provides a 20% boost to physical damage negation. 
2. Erdtree’s Favor Talisman: The +2 variant of Erdtree’s Favor Talisman significantly increases your HP, Stamina, and Equip Load. 
3. Claw Talisman: The Claw Talisman is a favorite choice for this build because it boosts your jump attack damage by 15%. 
4. Shard of Alexander: This talisman is used to effectively boost your weapon skill damage, which is crucial for both weapon arts of the Golden Order Greatsword and the Blasphemous Blade. 

Seal And Incantations

The Erdtree Seal primarily scales with Faith, making it an excellent choice to use with my Powerstance loadout. I will also use a few incantations here to boost my damage before heading into boss fights and other tough encounters of Elden Ring.

• The “Flame, Grant Me Strength” incantation is a must for the build, as it greatly increased my Physical along with the fire-affinity attack power, which makes it a no-brainer to have on the Golden Order Greatsword Build.
• Lastly, Golden Vow is optional, but it is also a great buff to apply to yourself as well as allies before engaging with a tough boss such as Malenia as you will gain a boost to attack and defense for a short duration.

Wondrous Physick Mix

• Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear: In some instances, I found that using this tear with my wondrous Physick allowed me to use the Blasephemous Blade’s weapon art efficiently, which you also might end up using in its single-handed state for some extra trick up your sleeve against enemies or bosses.
• Faith-Knot Crystal Tear: Since I used the weapon arts of either the Golden Order Greatsword or the Blasphemous Blade for some circumstances, it is imperative that you use the Faith-Knot Crystal Tear. 

Summing It Up

Elden Ring is the winner of several Game of the Year accolades, and gamers all around the world can never seem to get enough of the game. The following Subreddit Post might serve as an indication that several players in the community adore the Golden Order Greatsword. Though it might not come too close to the potential of our Best Bleed weapons or Curved Greatsword Weapons, It’s still a solid greatsword to use in both PVE & PVP.

Since you’ll be grabbing the weapon fairly late, and if you’re on your first playthrough, then I strongly encourage you to brush up on the Best boss order for Elden Ring. It will allow you to strategically plan ahead of time and secure the Best Remembrances to duplicate from the likes of Starscourge Radahn.

But for now, this wraps up my Golden Order Greatsword Elden Ring guide. If you have any sort of question related to the weapon or the build hand-picked by us, then be sure to let me know in the comments section below! As always, Exputer wishes you luck!

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