After completing most of the activities and getting the best items in Elden Ring, many players go searching for collectibles, and Rotten Crystal Staff is one of them. This weapon increases the damage of Crystallian sorceries and can apply a Scarlet Rot status effect to enemies, which can be helpful for some builds. However, you will probably have better equipment by the time you can get this weapon.

The bad news is that the only place you can get this weapon is Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. However, the enemy wielding a Rotten Crystal Staff found in several parts of the giant palace, so we will try to guide you along this thorny path.

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Where To Find The Rotten Crystal Staff in Elden Ring

Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree and Elevator on the map in Elden Ring

To get the Rotten Crystal Staff in Elden Ring, players must reach Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree, and defeat Lesser Crystalian wielding the appropriate weapon. To get to this location, you must visit Ordina, a Liturgical Town in the northwestern part of Mountaintops of the Giants, and light four torches to activate the portal leading to Miquella's Haligtree. Next, players must complete this dungeon by defeating Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree, which will allow you to reach Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.

Of course, this is not a close path, but this is not the end. Having reached the desired location, you have to find a Lesser Crystalian with a Rotten Crystal Staff in its hands, and fortunately, it is found in several locations:

  • The first place you can encounter this enemy is just a few meters from the Elphael Inner Wall Site of Grace, in the adjacent corridor. All you have to do is go down the stairs, turn left, and climb over the huge root. Here, you will fight three Lesser Crystalians, but only one uses the Rotten Crystal Staff.
  • The second location is near the Elevator in the northeastern part of the location. After using the Elevator, go a little north, and you will find a lone Lesser Crystalian with the weapon you need.
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It's worth noting that players can also encounter Lesser Crystalian much earlier in the story west of Folly on the Lake in the Liurnia of the Lakes area. However, only representatives with Rotten Crystal Spear appear in this place, so, unfortunately, there is no shortcut.

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