Elden Ring is a difficult game, mainly because of the impossible enemies that you encounter throughout the Land Between. Fortunately, there are numerous ways to defeat these enemies, like magic spells, incantations, summons, and melee weapons.
However, most of the legendary weapons are hard to get, and you must defeat more enemies before you can acquire them. That’s where the weapon grease comes into the picture.
Weapon grease is an important consumable item in the game that can enhance a variety of melee weapons. This guide discusses all Elden Ring best grease and how to craft them for your weapons.
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How to Apply Grease on Weapons?
Applying grease to different weapons is a simple task. It is almost identical to the conventional enchantments in the Witcher series. First, you must acquire a suitable grease by exploring the Lands Between.
Once you have a grease of your choice, open inventory and add the grease to the quick access slot. Close the menu and press the X key to apply the grease to the currently equipped weapon. This triggers an animation in which the character applies the grease to the weapon. Now you can enjoy your enhanced weapon till the grease runs out.
All Elden Ring Best Greases
There are 12 different types of weapon grease in Elden Ring. The number of greases that you can find depends on their rarity.
For instance, some of these greases are listed as common items and are widely available from various locations in the game. Similarly, other types of grease like the Dragonwound Grease are rare items that you can only acquire in limited quantities and from selected locations. Here’s all you need to know about different grease in Elden Ring:
Shield Grease:
Shield Grease is a consumable item crafted from various magically solidified resonant materials. This grease is effective for dual-wielding weapons when you don’t have a shield on the left hand. This grease enhances the guarding points of your left-hand weapon to the extent that it acts like a shield for some time (60 seconds).
Buffs:
- Increases guard damage negation by 20%.
- Increases guard boost by 13%
Ingredients:
- Crystal Bud x1
- Silver Tear Husk x1
- Root Resin x1
Holy Grease:
Holy Grease is a common consumable item in Elden Ring. You can easily acquire it from over 10 locations. The benefit of this grease is that it increases the Holy damage of your weapons. So, this grease is suitable for fighting the damned and magical creatures. However, you can only apply it to the melee weapon in your right hand.
Buffs:
- Lasts for 60 seconds.
- Attacks deal 85 additional Holy Damage
Ingredients:
- Golden Sunflower (x1)
- Root Resin (x1)
Freezing Grease:
Freezing can be a devasting attack when used wisely against a suitable enemy. What it means is that some enemies in Elden Ring wear frost-resistant armor or are made of frost itself. In that case, the frostbite buff is completely useless against such foes.
However, the same buff can be a deathbed for other enemies. The freezing grease adds frostbite damage to your attacks, and the buff continues to slowly draw 10% health for some time. Moreover, the buff also reduces the damage negation of your enemies by 20% for 30 seconds.
Buffs:
- Max HP – 10% & Damage Negation reduced by 20% for 30 seconds
- Lasts for 60 seconds
- Attacks cause a buildup of 63 Frostbite
Ingredients:
- Rimed Crystal Bud x1
- Root Resin x1
Fire Grease:
Fire grease is the complete opposite of freezing grease. So, if you find that the freezing grease is ineffective against an enemy, you can always try your luck with the fire grease.
It adds 85 fire damage to all your attacks but doesn’t reduce the damage negation like the freezing grease. Still, it is a suitable grease to use against enemies with frostbite resistance.
Buffs:
- Attacks deal 85 additional Fire Damage
- Lasts for 60 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Smoldering Butterfly x1
Rot Grease:
Scarlet Rot is like a parasite in Elden Ring. When a character is buffed with the rot, his health gradually decreases over time until it runs out or you apply a cure. The same is the case with rot grease; it is crafted from a mixture of rotten materials.
When you attack an enemy with a rotten grease weapon, it buffs him with the scarlet rot. As a result, 1.8% + 15 points from the total HP slowly decrease for 90 seconds. This grease is particularly useful for boss fights where you get little to no chance of attack. So, this grease ensures that the enemy continues to lose HP even when you are busy dodging his attacks.
Buffs:
- Rot Damage = Max HP * 0.0018 + 15 health per second for 90s
- Attacks cause a buildup of 63 Scarlet Rot
- Lasts for 60 seconds
Ingredients:
- Aeonian Butterfly (x1)
- Root Resin (x1)
Dragonwound Grease:
Dragons are an important part of the Elden Ring lore. Legend says that when dragons were born from the ancients, they lost their stone scales. You can use these scales to deal earthly damage to them. The Dragonwound grease is a must-have consumable if you wish to defeat the dragons in the game.
This grease is made from the same gravel stone scales that the modern dragons lost during their birth. When you attack a dragon with this grease, it increases the inflicted damage by up to 30%.
Buffs:
- Damage against ancient dragons: Ancient Dragons +20%
- Damage against dragon Dragons +30%
- Lasts for 60 seconds
Ingredients:
- Beast Blood x1
- Root Resin x1
- Gravel Stone x1
Magic Grease:
The way magic works in Elden Ring is very different from any other game. For instance, the damage dealt with a magical strike lasts for a while and continues to drain the enemy’s HP. Magic grease is an important item, especially when you are facing non-magical foes.
In other words, when all seems to fail, the magic grease is your best shot against any enemy. When you attack someone with a magic grease weapon, it inflicts an additional 85 magic damage with every critical strike.
Buffs:
- Lasts for 60 seconds.
- Attacks deal 85 additional Magic Damage
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Crystal Bud x1
Drawstring Grease:
Drawstring is the lite version of every grease in Elden Ring. It is a small yet powerful consumable that provides double the buff but for half the time. There is a Drawstring version of every grease that quickly coats the armament and deals more damage than the original version.
Most of the time, a Drawstring buff only lasts for 10-20 seconds but deals double or even triple the damage.
Drawstring Fire:
Attacks deal 110 additional Fire Damage for 10 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Smoldering Butterfly x1
- String x1
Drawstring Holy:
- Attacks deal 110 additional Holy Damage
- Lasts for 10 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin (x1)
- Golden Sunflower (x1)
- String (x1)
Drawstring Lightning:
- Attacks deal 110 additional Lightning Damage
- Lasts for 10 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Fulgurbloom x1
- String x1
Drawstring Blood:
- Attacks cause a buildup of 38 Blood Loss
- Lasts for 15 seconds
- 100 + 15% health damage
- Poison Grease:
As the name suggests, poison grease is one of the most effective buffs to add to your attacks. Most of the time, the enemies either have frost resistance or fire resistance. Moreover, magical beings also have an extra tolerance for magic attacks.
So, the only way to counter all these negations is to use a poison attack. The poison grease is made from poisonous green materials that add 63 poison buildup on your enemies. In other words, if you encounter an impossible enemy in the game, the poison grease is the perfect way to deal with it.
Buffs:
- Attacks cause a buildup of Poison (63)
- Lasts for 60 seconds
- Poison buff decreases 7 + 0.07% of the total HP per second for 90 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Poisonbloom x1
Lightning Grease:
Lightning is what makes Zeus the most powerful Greek God in mythology. His lightning sword can deal damage to everyone regardless of their armor. The same is the case with the lightning grease in Elden Ring. It is a consumable item that adds a lightning buff to your attacks.
As a result, every critical strike produces an additional 85 lightning damage to your enemies. The benefit of this grease is that only a small fraction of foes in the game has lightning resistance. So, it is a universal grease that you can use against almost any enemy.
Buffs:
- Attacks deal 85 additional Lightning Damage
- Lasts for 60 seconds.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Fulgurbloom x1
Soporific Grease:
Sleep is your worst enemy in Elden Ring. Fortunately, you can use it to your advantage as sleep is equally dangerous for your enemies. The Soporific grease is a rare consumable in the game that causes 33 sleep buildup on your enemy. Overall, the grease doesn’t increase your weapon’s damage, but the sleep buildup can slow down your enemies.
Moreover, the sleep buildup also reduces the damage that your foes can lay on you. So, if you don’t have lightning-fast reflexes, you can always bring down the enemy to your level.
Buffs:
- Attacks cause a buildup of 33 sleep
- Lasts for 60 seconds
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Trina’s Lily x1
Blood Grease:
The bleeding buff is yet another parasitic foe in Elden Ring. When a character gets the bleeding buff, his HP slowly drains for quite some time. The Blood grease adds the factor of 30 blood loss to your attacks and causes bleeding buildup. So, even if you don’t attack the enemy, his HP will still drain till the buff fades out. It is an effective grease when fighting enemies without armor.
In short, the blood grease can turn any ordinary weapon into a deadly Katana for 60 seconds. However, most foes and bosses in Elden Ring have bleeding resistance, so it is best to check their stats before using this grease.
Buffs:
- Attacks cause a buildup of 33 Blood Loss
- Lasts for 60 seconds
- Bleeding buff consumes 100 + 15% HP.
Ingredients:
- Root Resin x1
- Bloodrose x1
FAQs
Can I use grease on legendary weapons?
No, you can only add grease and other enchantments to standard weapons. In other words, it is impossible to buff magical weapons, buffed weapons, and weapons that contain Ash of War. However, you can still enhance these weapons by consuming special stones and upgrading your character stats.
What is the best Elden Ring grease?
The efficiency of any grease in Elden Ring depends on your enemy’s stats. For instance, if he has fire resistance, you can try to freeze him and so on. In other words, the key to defeating any enemy is to study his abilities and use the opposite grease to deal some extra damage.
Overall, the Lightning grease is the best in Elden Ring as only a fraction of foes have lightning resistance.
How to use multiple greases on a weapon?
Unfortunately, you can only apply one grease to a weapon at a time. The only way to use another buff is to wait for the first grease to run out and then apply another grease of your choice. So, if you found the first grease useless against an enemy, you must wait 60 seconds before trying out another one.
What does the Rot grease do in Elden Ring?
The Rot grease adds a deadly buff to your weapons. When you attack an enemy with such a weapon, it adds the Scarlet Rot buff on him. As a result, his HP will start dropping quickly for 90 seconds. So, it is the perfect grease to add to your weapons when fighting against the strong bosses in Elden Ring.
How to craft a grease in Elden Ring?
Crafting greases is relatively simple in the game. First, you need an appropriate cookbook containing the recipe for the grease. For example, the Ancient Dragon Apostle’s Cookbook [1] contains the recipe for the Lightning grease, and the Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbook [6] contains the recipe for the Blood grease.
Once you acquire the respective cookbook, collect the required ingredients, and use the crafting menu to produce the grease.
Conclusion
Weapon greases are important consumable items in Elden Ring that add various buffs to a variety of armaments. You can use these items to enhance your weapons and use them against your enemies to deal some extra damage.
Moreover, some greases can also add bleeding, sleep, and rot buffs to gradually drain their HP over time. This article discusses all the best Elden Ring greases so that you can choose the one that best suits your requirements.
