Ancient Death Rancor

Type

Sorcery

FP cost

21

Memory slots

1

Stamina cost

27

Additional stamina cost

8

Hold action

Charge

Damage types

magic

Requires

34Int24Fai

Spell school

Death sorceries

Sorcery of the servants of Death.

Summons a horde of vengeful spirits that chase down foes. Charging enhances potency.

They are cinders of the ancient death hex, raked from the fires of ghostflame by Deathbirds.

Death Rite Bird south of Gate Town North

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Gate Town North

Before you go

• Visit the bird's location at night.

1. Rest at Gate Town North and pass time until night. Head south into the sunken ruins on the eastern side of Raya Lucaria Academy.
2. Approach the ruined ground to make the Death Rite Bird appear. Defeat it to receive Ancient Death Rancor. If it does not appear, check that it is night.
3. This is the Death Rite Bird beside the academy's sunken eastern ruins. The ordinary Deathbird farther south near Scenic Isle gives another reward. The spell is awarded on the correct bird's defeat, not from a chest afterward.
4. If you die, return to the grace and set the time to night again before retrying. You do not need to enter Raya Lucaria or obtain its Glintstone Key for this outdoor boss.

Notes

• Requires 34 Intelligence, 24 Faith and one memory slot. Costs 21 FP and is cast through a glintstone staff. The spirits deal magic damage and do not inflict Frostbite or Death Blight.
• Releases nine pursuing spirits. A charged cast improves their damage, pursuit time and stance damage while keeping the same FP cost and spirit count. Godfrey Icon strengthens the fully charged version.
• The spirits arrive over time rather than as one hit. Their small explosions can keep lighter enemies flinching while you move or prepare another spell. Resistant bosses can continue attacking through that pressure, so do not count on a guaranteed stun lock.
• Damage depends on how many spirits actually connect. A moving target, a wall or poor spacing can waste some of the group. Leave a clear path and cast during an opening long enough to finish the preparation.
• The delayed arrival makes it useful for setting up another attack. You can move after the cast instead of standing still until the spirits finish, while still keeping enough distance to avoid the enemy's response.
• Prince of Death's Staff gives a 10% damage bonus. You can hold it active in the other hand while a different staff casts, and two copies multiply to 21%. Only the staff doing the casting supplies sorcery scaling.
• Meeting both spell requirements does not force every staff to scale with both attributes. An Intelligence staff still gets its casting strength from Intelligence, while Prince of Death's Staff uses Intelligence and Faith. Choose the casting staff around the attributes you have invested in.
• The correct reward comes from the Death Rite Bird directly south of Gate Town North at night. Killing the ordinary southern Liurnia Deathbird will not award it.