Bloodflame Blade

Adds fire attack power equal to 40% of the casting catalyst’s Faith-based scaling for 60 seconds. Other catalyst scaling attributes do not increase this bonus.

FP cost20

Memory slots1

Requires12Fai10Arc

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Reference values

Type: Incantation
FP cost: 20
Memory slots: 1
Stamina cost: 10
Requires: 12Fai10Arc
Spell school: Blood Oath incantations

Effects

Adds fire attack power equal to 40% of the casting catalyst’s Faith-based scaling for 60 seconds. Other catalyst scaling attributes do not increase this bonus.

Hits apply delayed Blood Loss buildup for 2 seconds. Additional hits apply their own stacking effects. This delayed buildup does not scale with Arcane.

Technical details

Fire Attack Power

Adds 40% of the catalyst's Faith-based scaling as fire damage to the right-hand weapon. Other scaling attributes on a hybrid catalyst do not increase this enchantment. Lasts 60 seconds. Applies only to the selected weapon or shield. It does not add damage or protection to your other hand. Old Lord's Talisman extends this spell buff while it remains equipped.

attribute: Fire Attack Power
duration: 60
model: fth-spbuff
type: positive
value: 0.4

Blood Loss Buildup

Each confirmed receiving contact starts an independent two-second Bloodflame effect. Each native pulse applies its separate child for 2 raw Blood Loss buildup when the recipient can receive it. The child uses a fresh default scaling context, so Arcane and the original attack status motion value do not multiply this delayed buildup. Repeated contacts create independent parents rather than refreshing one burn. Use actual receiving applications and continuous update deltas; the enchantment duration, visible hit count and an assumed frame rate do not establish the delivered pulse count. Status resistance, decay and Hemorrhage procs are separate from the raw buildup returned here.

attribute: Blood Loss Buildup
duration: 2
model: additive
target: opponent
tick interval: 0.10000000149012
type: negative
value: 2

In-game description

A Blood Oath incantation, granted by the Lord of Blood.

Engulfs armament held in the right hand with bloodflame.

This incantation can be cast while in motion.

After dealing damage, bloodflame continues to build up onset of blood loss for a very short time.

Where to find

Scarab northwest of Rose Church

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Folly on the Lake

From Lake-Facing Cliffs after Stormveil, take the slope down to Liurnia Lake Shore. You can also reach this side of Stormveil by the cliff path around the castle without defeating Godrick.
Ride northwest through the shallow lake toward Rose Church, the ruined church on an island southwest of Raya Lucaria Academy. Folly on the Lake is a nearby grace for the approach.
From Rose Church, move northwest off the island into the shallow water. Look for the rolling scarab rather than searching the church interior.
Kill the scarab for Bloodflame Blade. Varre's dialogue and his invasion quest are not required for this drop.

Notes

Enchants a compatible right-hand weapon for 60 seconds. It adds Fire attack power equal to 40% of the Faith-based part of your seal's Incant Scaling, plus delayed Bleed buildup on qualifying hits.
The added elemental attack power uses only the Faith contribution to your seal's Incant Scaling. Strength from Clawmark Seal, Intelligence from Golden Order Seal and Arcane from Dragon Communion Seal do not strengthen this enchantment.
The bloodflame effect adds 40 Bleed over two seconds after contact. This delayed buildup is separate from the weapon's innate Bleed, so it can help keep an enemy's meter rising between attacks.
Arcane does not increase the bloodflame's fixed 40 delayed buildup. The 10 Arcane requirement allows you to cast it; it is not a scaling rule that increases every part of the enchantment.
A weapon with innate Bleed can still use Bloodflame Blade if that weapon and affinity allow buffs. A Blood affinity is usually incompatible, while a buffable Standard, Heavy or Keen weapon can retain its own innate Bleed.
Hold a sacred seal in your left hand and the weapon in your right. Grease or weapon enchantments can be applied while using an affinity that allows weapon buffs, usually Standard, Heavy, Keen or Quality. Some unique weapons have their own exceptions.
Shares the weapon-buff slot with grease and other weapon enchantments. Applying another coating replaces this one; switching to an incompatible weapon does not transfer it onto that weapon.
You can move during the cast. Old Lord's Talisman extends the coating to 78 seconds, rather than changing the duration of each delayed bloodflame application.
Requires 12 Faith, 10 Arcane, one memory slot and a sacred seal. Costs 20 FP. This is a weapon enchantment, rather than the separate Bloodflame Talons attack.