Elden Ring: Where To Get The Meteoric Ore Blade | Screen Rant
Katanas in Elden Ring are not exactly plentiful, but each offers players a very unique experience, such as the Meteoric Ore Blade. This katana is an excellent weapon that players can acquire very early in the game without having to defeat a single enemy. Although it cannot be enchanted or modded with Ashes of War, its weapon art, Gravitas, is very powerful, and its native Intelligence scaling makes it a perfect choice for early sorcerer builds. Additionally, the Meteoric Ore Blade requires somber smithing stones to be upgraded in Elden Ring, meaning that players don't have to split regular smithing stones between their Glintstone Staff and their melee weapon.
Like most katanas in Elden Ring, the Meteoric Ore Blade applies Hemorrhage with its attacks. The way it works is that when enemies are hit, they will receive a certain amount of Hemorrhage that will quickly begin to decrease. However, if players can keep up the pressure and stack Hemorrhage until it fills an invisible bar, the target will suffer Blood Loss and suffer a high burst of damage based on a percentage of their total health. It is important to note that, while most enemies can bleed, their resistances vary, and some are even immune to this effect.
This effect has been present in previous FromSoftware games, such as Dark Souls but was instead known simply as Bleed. Although functionally it was very similar, Hemorrhage is a much more powerful status effect in Elden Ring than it was in Dark Souls for two reasons. First, the game has many more bosses, and Hemorrhage is particularly effective against them since the damage dealt increases with enemy HP. Secondly, players can increase the effectiveness of Hemorrhage by leveling up their Arcane stat, which has revealed itself to be one of the highest damage dealing builds in the game.
Starting at the First Step Site of Grace at the beginning of the game, players can head east towards the south section of the lake to find the Dragon-Burnt Ruins. In the middle of the ruins surrounded by enemies is a set of stairs leading down into a basement. At the back of it is a steel door that players can raise to find a chest that, when opened, will transport them to the Sellia Crystal Tunnel in Elden Ring's region of Caelid. Players should be warned that after being warped by the chest, they will need to use a Site of Grace before being able to teleport again. Therefore, it is not a good idea to hold onto many runes when doing this, as Elden Ring's mines are very dangerous for low-level characters.
In the Crystal Tunnel, players will spawn inside a wooden structure in the middle of the mine. Players must leave that shack and head down to find the path leading out of the cave. Before heading out, players will pass through a Site of Grace that they can use to come back whenever needed. After that, players must proceed southwest, as shown on the map, until they find the Caelid Waypoint Ruins. Once again, find the set of stairs leading into a basement at the western section of the ruins and find the steel door at the back of the room. Behind it, players will find a chest, and inside it, one of the best weapons to pick up first in Elden Ring, the Meteoric Ore Blade.
Elden Ring is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.