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Red Bear’s Claw Build Guide In Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

By Waseem Muhammad

Published Aug 6, 2024

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Red Bear's Claw is one of two Beast Claws added to the Elden Ring DLC. The weapon has a normal Bleed buildup as its passive effect, which increases slightly if the player puts points into Arcane. The main form of damage comes from the weapon skill Red Bear Hunt, which has follow-up slash attacks as well.

Patch 1.13 has increased the damage of the Ash of War on Red Bear's Claw and the Poise value when using the skill. Roar of Rugalea has also seen a buff in its damage and poise, so a build can be catered around these two. This guide includes building for the Red Bear's Claw, such as the best Armor, Talisman, and more in Shadow of the Erdtree.

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How To Obtain The Red Bear's Claw In Shadow Of The Erdtree

To obtain the Red Bear's Claw, head west of the Ancient Ruins Base Site of Grace, following the main path and hugging the wall on the left. There will be two Golem that you can deal with before proceeding to the Spiritspring on the left. This Spiritspring will be blocked, and the seal is slightly ahead. Jump up using your Torrent, and you will come across another Spiritspring. Proceed in this area to come across the Northern Nameless Mausoleum. Inside the Mausoleum, you can find the Red Bear boss, who drops the Red Bear's Claw and their Armor Set.

Red Bear's Claw Stats & Scaling

Scales Primarily With Strength

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The following are the stat requirements, as well as the scaling on a fully upgraded Red Bear's Claw:

Attribute	Level	Scaling (Max)
Strength	20	B
Dexterity	10	D

The attribute requirements are quite low, given that this weapon is obtainable in the DLC, as you will have to complete a good portion of the main game to reach the Realm of Shadow. On max level, the weapon has a B scaling with Strength, meaning you should put more points into Strength over Dexterity.

Red Bear's Claw can be upgraded to +10 using Somber Smithing Stones.

Best Incantations To Pair With Red Bear's Claw

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There are several Supportive Incantations, most of which can be stacked and are great for this weapon. However, there is an Offensive Incantation, which is a must if you plan to go full Red Bear. The Roar of Rugalea is a Roar Incantation that damages and knocks down enemies who do not have enough Hyper Armor. This makes it great for groups of enemies that have you surrounded, as one cast of the Roar can knock them all down and finish the job in most cases.

Incantation	Description
Roar of Rugalea	Dropped by Rugalea the Great Bear. This Incantation allows you to emit a furious roar.
Golden Vow	Found on a corpse in the Corpse-Stench Shack on Mt. Gelmir. This Incantation increases your damage output by 15% and negates all damage by 10%. The buff lasts for 80 seconds.
Flame, Grant me Strength	Found behind Fort Gael, guarded by two flame chariots. This Incantation boosts your physical and fire damage output by 20%, and the buff lasts for 30 seconds.

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Best Talismans To Pair With Red Bear's Claw

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When it comes to Talismans, it depends on whether or not you will be using the Roar of Rugalea. Having this Incantation means equipping the Flock's Canvas Talisman is a must to increase the overall damage of the Roar. Meanwhile, all the other Talismans listed below are present to increase the damage of the weapon and its Ash of War.

Talisman	Description
Shard of Alexander	Obtained upon completing Iron Fist, Alexander's questline, the Shard of Alexander increases the damage output of skills/Ash of War by 15%.
Lord of Blood's Exultation	It is obtained by defeating Esgar, Priest of Blood, in Leyndell Catacombs. The Talisman raises attack power by 20% for 20 seconds when Blood Loss occurs in the vicinity.
Rotten Winged Sword Insignia	Obtained upon proceeding further into Millicent's questline. Rotten Winged Sword Insignia greatly raises attack power with successive attacks.
Flock's Canvas Talisman	It is obtained by killing Gowry. The Talisman raises the potency of Incantations by 8%.
Millicent's Prosthesis (Honorable Mention)	Obtained upon proceeding further into Millicent's questline, the Millicent Prosthesis increases Dexterity by five and raises attack power with successive attacks.

Best Armor To Pair With Red Bear's Claw

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The Rakshasa Armor is one of the best armor in the game because the whole set provides a damage boost. However, there is a downside, as you will take increased damage. If you plan on using the Roar of Rugalea, you can switch the Rakshasa Helm for the Pelt of Ralva. This increases the damage of the Bear Incantations.

Armor Type	How To Obtain
Pelt of Ralva	Obtained after defeating Ralva the Great Red Bear.
Rakshasa Armor	Obtained upon defeating Rakshasa.
Rakshasa Gauntlets	Obtained upon defeating Rakshasa.
Rakshasa Greaves	Obtained upon defeating Rakshasa.

Best Wondrous Flask Of Physick Combination For Red Bear's Claw

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You can also use the Wondrous Flask of Physick, which allows you to use two Crystal Tears, which can help boost your offensive or defensive capabilities. In the case of Red Bear's Claw, as the weapon has multi-hitting attacks, you can go for the Thorny Cracked Tear to increase your damage on consecutive attacks.

Flask Tear	Description
Greenburst Crystal Tear	Obtained upon killing Putrid Avatar in Caelid. This tear increases stamina recovery by 15 per second for 3 minutes.
Thorny Cracked Tear	Obtained upon killing the Putrid Avatar in Consecrated Snowfields. This tear increases the damage of consecutive attacks and lasts for 3 minutes.

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Best Character Attribute Distribution For Red Bear's Claw

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Leveling up your attributes depends highly on whether or not you will be using the Roar of Rugalea for this Build. You can redirect the points from Faith and put them into Arcane to get a high scaling on Bleed. However, you must make sure that you have enough Faith to be able to use Golden Vow. As the weapon scales better with Strength, you should have 50 in Strength because of the soft cap.

Attribute	Level
Vigor	60
Mind	30
Endurance	30
Strength	50
Dexterity	20
Intelligence	9
Faith	50
Arcane	30

Best Great Rune To Pair With Red Bear's Claw

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Rune Arc allows you to activate any Great Runes you have equipped at the Site of Grace. Most of the Great Runes are quite good, and you can use any of them. However, the following three stand out because they synergize with Red Bear's Claw, mainly Malenia's Great Rune.

Great Rune	Description
Godrick's Great Rune	Obtained upon defeating Godrick, the Grafted. Activating this Great Rune grants five flat levels across all of your attributes.
Malenia's Great Rune	Obtained upon defeating Malenia, Blade of Miquella. This Great Rune allows you to recover lost HP when attacking immediately after getting hit.
Radahn's Great Rune	Obtained upon defeating Starscourge Radahn. This Great Rune boosts your maximum HP, FP, and Stamina.

Red Bear's Claw Buffing Routine & Attack Strategy

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Before the fight begins, you must buff yourself with Incantations that persist for quite some time.

Apply the Golden Vow incantation to boost damage output and negate damage to self.
Apply Flame, Grant Me Strength incantation to increase damage output.
Consume the Wondrous Flash to increase Stamina Regeneration and increase the damage of consecutive attacks.

As soon as the fight starts, you can start with the Roar of Rugalea, which deals quite a lot of damage, and you can tank a few attacks because of its increased poise. The Charged R2, as well as the weapon skill, are the things you must utilize next. The damage from the multi-hits you perform will increase with the Crystal Tear and the Talismans.

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ESRB: M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Base Game: Elden Ring
Developer(s): FromSoftware
Publisher(s): Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware
Multiplayer: Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Platform(s): PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S

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