Golden Epitaph

A sword made to commemorate the death of Godwyn the Golden, first of the demigods to die.

Infused with the humble prayer of a young boy; "O brother, lord brother, please die a true death."

The Golden Epitaph weapon can be found at the following location:

• Auriza Hero's GraveGrace: Found on a corpse in a room locked behind an Imp Statue Seal just past the Site of Grace near the entrance. Use a Stonesword Key to unlock the seal and beware the Basilisk guarding the treasure. [Elden Ring Map Link]

• Weapon Skill: Last Rites

• This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War.

• Cannot be enchanted with Magic nor buffed by Consumables.

• Golden Epitaph can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones.

• Deals +30% damage innately to Undead type enemies and prevents Skeletons from reviving.

• Combined with it's 30% damage bonus against Undead and the potent Ash of War aura that adds (multiplicatively) 100% on top of that, this weapon can tolerate minimal Faith investment during early-to-mid game encounters, unless wielded against non-Undead and Holy-resistant enemies.

• Sell value: 500 Runes.

• 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 sword 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.