Erdtree Greatshield

StrikeSomber Smithing Stone—Unique skill

Weighty greatshield forged of gold carried by the order of Tree Sentinels, heavily equipped knights. Blessed by an old incantation of protection.

Attack rating—At your attributes

Weight11.5Equip load units

Requires30Str12Fai

Passive buildup—At your attributes

Attack & scalingUpdates as you edit

Weighty greatshield forged of gold carried by the order of Tree Sentinels, heavily equipped knights. Blessed by an old incantation of protection.

The living rampart of the Erdtree, the Tree Sentinels are the standard to which all defenders of the Erdtree aspire.

Golden RetaliationFP 4 · Unique skill

Ready the shield to unleash its protective incantation. This will dispel sorceries and incantations, retaliating with golden power.

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LocationSouthern gate to the Capital Outskirts

Altus Plateau

Starting Site of Grace: Outer Wall Phantom Tree

Before you go

Reach Altus Plateau by the Grand Lift of Dectus or Ruin-Strewn Precipice, then follow the eastern highway to Altus Highway Junction. Take the broad northeastern road and climb the great staircase toward the capital walls.
Follow the main road northeast toward Leyndell. At the large southern gate into the Capital Outskirts, two mounted Tree Sentinels guard the entrance.
Ride past them if you want to activate Outer Wall Phantom Tree first. Return toward the gate and draw one sentinel away so you can fight them separately.
Defeat both Tree Sentinels to receive Erdtree Greatshield. The single Tree Sentinel near the start of Limgrave has a different reward.

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Requires 30 Strength and 12 Faith, and weighs 11.5. It blocks 100% Physical and 76% Holy damage, with 69 base Guard Boost. Lightning protection is only 45%.
Golden Retaliation costs four FP per attempt. Time the raised sigil to catch a compatible magical projectile and fire a Holy projectile back. The FP is spent even when nothing is caught.
The retaliation projectile scales with Faith and shield reinforcement. Ordinary shield strikes instead split their damage between Physical scaling from Strength and Holy scaling from Faith.
You can trigger retaliation with your own returning Discus of Light. This needs the projectile to meet the active sigil; simply casting a spell while carrying the shield does not trigger it.
Shard of Alexander boosts the skill, and Holy damage bonuses improve its Holy projectile. Godfrey Icon does not apply because the retaliation cannot be charged.
Upgrade it with Somber Smithing Stones to +10. Golden Retaliation and the affinity are fixed, so you cannot replace the skill with No Skill to expose the right-hand skill.
Both Tree Sentinels at the southern capital gate must be defeated. You can lure them apart and fight them separately; the first knight alone does not award the shield.

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