Ashes of War in Elden Ring add special skills to your weapons, allowing you to perform unique feats besides the usual light and heavy attacks. All weapons come equipped with an Ash of War, and many weapons even allow you to replace their Ashes of War with the ones you find while out exploring.

Some of the interesting Ashes of War can also be found in optional areas, like the Ash of War: Blood Tax in Moghwyn Palace. Here’s how you can acquire this life-stealing Ash of War in Elden Ring.

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Where To Find Blood Tax Ash of War in Elden Ring

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You can find the Blood Tax Ash of War by eliminating a treasure scarab in a northeastern cave in the Moghwyn Palace. You can reach this location in two ways: acquire the Pureblood Knight’s Medal by completing a portion of White Mask Varre’s questline, or use the waygate in the Consecrated Snowfields.

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Depending on what approach you take to reach Moghwyn’s Palace, you’ll start your hunt from two different Sites of Grace:

  • Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance: If you use the Pureblood Knight’s Medal to reach Moghwyn’s Palace, you’ll need to ride northwest through the blood pool to find the cave with treasure scarab.
  • Palace Approach Ledge-Road: If you used the waygate to reach Moghwyn’s Palace, you can ride a short distance north of Palace Approach Ledge-Road Site of Grace, and find the same cave to your east.

If you’re below level 90, the Moghwyn Palace can be an extremely challenging place to traverse, especially if you get caught up in a fight. The area is teeming with bloodborne Albanaurics, giant spectral skeletons, and giant crows.

However, if you’re quick enough, you can evade these enemies and collect the Blood Tax Ash of War from the treasure scarab.

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Blood Tax Ash Of War Overview

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When applied to a weapon, the Blood Tax Ash of War allows you to deal four quick stabs at an enemy, each strike dealing damage to the enemy while also recovering a portion of your HP.

The Blood Tax Ash of War can be applied to a variety of weapons, including:

  • Dagger
  • Katanas
  • Straight Swords
  • Greatswords
  • Light Greatswords
  • Twinblades
  • Thursting Swords
  • Heavy Thusting Swords
  • Spears
  • Great Spears
  • Halberds

Connecting all hits using the Blood Tax Ash of War regenerates a total of 140HP. If you prefer an aggressive playstyle, and use one of the above-listed weapon types, you can consider infusing the weapon with this Ash of War.

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