Where To Find Briars Of Punishment

Bleed sorceries are powerful spells in Elden Ring that deal large amounts of magic damage to your enemies while also causing an additional bleed build-up. With a wide array of spells to find and use in the Lands Between, it’s important to branch out and deal with different types of damage and status effects.

Bleed has historically been a powerful status effect both in Elden Ring’s short history and even the longer-running Dark Souls series. Bleed effects deal a percentage of damage to an enemy based on their max health, making it incredibly useful again to powerful enemies with massive health bars.

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Where To Find Briars Of Punishment

To find the Brairs of Punishment, start from the Zamor Ruins Site of Grace in the northern mountains of the Lands Between. From here, go to the left side of the ruins, hugging the nearby mountain, and follow the path east, using torrent to continue around the mountain with it on your left.

Follow this mountain around its base, keeping it on your left the entire time. Eventually, you’ll come to the other side, where you’ll see a long bridge and three different cliffsides to run along. Go to the middle plateau that has a large tree on the edge. Here you’ll find three Thorn Sorcerers, each having the different Briars spells at their disposal. With all three of them being so close, it’s best to kill them from a distance or on horseback to not quickly get a bleed effect from their three spells hitting you at once. A lootable body will be at the base of the dead tree, with you obtaining the Briars of Punishment.

Using The Briars Of Punishment

Briars of Punishment is a unique spell in that it requires faith to memorize along with scaling for damage, making it a more likely option for faith-based builds that predominantly use incantations. Brairs of Punishment requires 21 faith to memorize, taking up one memory slot, along with requiring 9 FP to cast. Much like its counterpart Briars of Sin, this spell also requires the player’s own HP to cast, using their own blood to make the Briars. This spell deals magic damage in an AOE around the caster, along with applying a bleed buildup to any enemies hit.

Due to its faith requirements, this spell may not be the best option for an intelligence-heavy build. This spell is cast from a staff and may work better as a unique alternate skill for players who usually focus on incantations. This spell has a slightly wider AOE than Briars of Sin, hitting more enemies at a greater range but dealing less damage and a smaller bleed buildup. While this spell is less effective, the longer range makes it a safer option for those not wanting their enemies to get too close.

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