Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreehas been received incredibly well by fans all over the world. The vast library of new content that opens up to the player with this DLC makes the price point well-worth it, unlike the majority of DLCs coming out these days. In fact, it almost feels like a sequel.
With the new DLC comesnew sets of armor and weapons. The Messmer Soldier set includes not just four armor pieces, but also a spear and an axe. It’s not the most exciting collection of equipment, but they’re solid choices for the early parts of the DLC, and give the player a taste of what’s to come. Here’s everything that players need to know about finding and using these items inShadow of the Erdtree.
Messmer Soldier Armor Set Overview: Pieces & Stats
InElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, the Messmer Soldier Armor set is made up of four pieces: the Messmer Soldier’s Armor, Messmer Soldier’s Gauntlets, Messmer Soldier’s Greaves, and Messmer Soldier’s Helm. When all four pieces are equipped, the Messmer Soldier set’s weight is 21.6.
The Messmer Soldier Armor set hasa very ordinary appearance, looking like typical adventuring gear, or something that a normal soldier would wear. Its stats aren’t amazing, but they aren’t bad either. It’s fairly mundane armor, though it has a timeless Anglo-saxon look that’s hard to hate.
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Messmer Soldier’s Spear Overview: Stat Requirements, Effects, & Skill
Weapon used by the soldiers who serve Messmer the Implaer. A greatspear with a steel blade worn from use.
Being made for overwhelming onslaughts, attacks with this weapon can be charged to unleash consecutive strikes.
InElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, theMessmer Soldier’s Spearis a new weapon of theGreat Spear weapon type. It weighs 8.5 and deals 122 damage when not upgraded. As a piercing weapon, it can be used alongside a shield. The charged consecutive strikes are one of the best features of this weapon. The charge time for these attacks isn’t prohibitively high, and they deal a great deal of damage.
The Messmer Soldier’s Spear can be upgraded usingSmithing Stones to +25, and can benefit from spell-based or consumable weapon buffs. It’s the ultimate template, encouraging players to play around with it and experiment with all kinds of buffs and ashes of war.
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Messmer Soldier’s Spear Weapon Skill: Impaling Thrust
Skill that lets piercing armaments overcome enemy shields. Build power, then lunge forward for a strong thrust that pierces an enemy’s guard.
The Messmer Soldier’s Spear Ash of War isImpaling Thrust, which can be changed.The customizability of the weaponmakes it highly desirable. It is one of the few Great Spears that can be tweaked according to the player’s needs.
This weapon skillcosts 9 FPto cast, and cannot be chained into a follow-up attack. The skill isn’t game changing, but it’s decent enough to keep equipped until the player finds something they really like. It’s useful against armored opponents, and can ignore shields to deal a devastating attack.
Messmer Soldier’s Axe Overview: Stat Requirements, Effects, & Skill
Weapon used by the soldiers who serve Messmer the Imapler. A steel axe, worn from use.
A favorite of those who lost themselves utterly in their lord’s war. Capable of performing powerful charge attacks.
InElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree,Messmer Soldier’s Axeis a new weapon of the Axe weapon type. It isa typical axe, but has incredibly high damage numbers, dealing 133 physical when not upgraded. It weighs 5.5 and has a great moveset. The Messmer Soldier’s Axe can be upgraded usingSmithing Stones to +25, and can benefit from spell-based or consumable weapon buffs.
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Messmer Soldier’s Axe Weapon Skill: War Cry
Give a war cry to rally the spirit and increase attack power. While active, strong attacks change to charging attacks.
The Messmer Soldier’s Axe Ash of War is War Cry, which can be changed. The war cry increases the attack power of the player. Furthermore, it changes the type of attack the weapon can do, giving the player slightly more range.
This weapon skillcosts 16 FPto cast, and cannot be chained into a follow-up attack. However,the strong attacks of the weaponare the main way of attacking. You can use them both one after the other: one to slam the axe down, and the other to do an uppercut with the weapon. Combined, these two weapons deal a lot of damage and can stagger many enemies.
Where To Find the Messmer Soldier’s Full Set
To get the Messmer Soldier’s Full Set inShadow of the Erdtree, you mustfarm the Messmer soldiers scattered around the map.They’re the ones that show up in the various encampments in the DLC. All of these soldiers have a chance to drop their armor pieces, and can also drop whichever weapon they’re using.
One good location to farm these soldiers is theCastle Ensis Checkpoint site of grace.Once you’ve opened the castle gates by following the path to its right, go straight in and kill the enemies in the left room. One of these two is a spear user and might drop the weapon. Then, go straight and get rid of the four enemies that show up. Three of them are axe users and have a chance to drop that weapon, while the other one uses the spear.
Use an Arcane build with theSilver Beetle talismanequipped to maximize item discovery, and give yourself better chances of enemies dropping the items.
If players only need the spear to complete their set, travel to theCastle Front site of grace. From there, turn back and farm the enemies in the encampments surround you, or the ones standing on the bridge. Just because they’re normal enemies,you shouldn’t underestimate them. They pack a mean punch and can kill the player in the blink of an eye.
