Fortissax's Lightning Spear

Type

Incantation

FP cost

35

Memory slots

1

Stamina cost

42

Requires

46Fai

Spell school

Dragon Cult incantations

Incantation that channels the power of the ancient dragon Fortissax.

Creates two spears of red lightning and stabs them into the ground from above, one after another. On impact, each spear will burst into trails of lightning covering the area.

During the War of the Ancient Dragons, these twin red lightning stakes were the hallmark of one ancient dragon who was called the mightiest boulderstone.

Lichdragon Fortissax, then Roundtable Hold

Deeproot Depths

Starting Site of Grace: Across the Roots

Before you go

• Progress Ranni's quest through obtaining the Carian Inverted Statue.
• Keep Fia alive and give her the Cursemark of Death.

1. Reach the western Liurnia road and follow it north through Kingsrealm Ruins. Strike the illusory wall blocking the road at the northern end, then continue past Iji at Road to the Manor.
2. Ride toward the large manor while avoiding the magical strikes falling along the approach. Activate Main Caria Manor Gate grace at the entrance.
3. Inside, follow the courtyard path northwest toward the building in the far corner. Fingercreepers hide among the plants and beneath the ground; do not stop on a buried hand.
4. Enter the building with the seated spirit and climb its stairs to Manor Lower Level grace.
5. Take the elevated walkways east and continue straight along the main route at the first junction. Spectral soldiers appear along the bridges. Reach the far building and take its lift up to Manor Upper Level.
6. Leave the upper grace, pass the wolves in the garden and climb the main stone stairway toward the Troll Knight and sorcerers.
7. Continue up the stairs beyond the troll and Pages to the large circular courtyard. Defeat Royal Knight Loretta, then activate Royal Moongazing Grounds grace.
8. Leave through the rear exit into Three Sisters. Ranni's Rise is the western tower; climb to Ranni and agree to serve her.
9. Speak to the servant projections downstairs, including Seluvis, then return to finish Ranni's conversation. Go to Seluvis's Rise, the tower southwest of hers.
10. Defeat Starscourge Radahn at the Radahn Festival in Redmane Castle. His defeat opens the starfall crater in Limgrave; it is not the sealed Siofra River overlook reached from the Four Belfries.
11. Return to the Mistwood near Fort Haight and find the new crater marked by floating rocks. Use the descending ledges and openings to enter Nokron, Eternal City.
12. Follow the rooftops down into Nokron's streets, then continue to the Mimic Tear boss. Defeat it and cross the long bridge beyond the arena.
13. Leave the bridge on the left where it opens into woodland. Follow the western cliff to Ancestral Woods grace, overlooking the lower rooftops.
14. From beside the grace, drop to the roof below. Follow the roofs and narrow building ledges, fighting or avoiding the Silver Tears, until you can cross the broken stone arch into the large church.
15. Descend to the church's lower floor and watch the enormous rolling ball. Leave through the main doorway and go down to Night's Sacred Ground grace.
16. Follow the lower street past the Silver Tears toward the enormous seated skeleton. Climb the stairs below its throne and open the chest for Fingerslayer Blade. The nearby locked side room for Mimic Tear Ashes is not needed for this chest.
17. Finish Seluvis's optional rewards before giving away the blade. Return to Ranni's Rise and hand her Fingerslayer Blade to receive Carian Inverted Statue.
18. Follow Liurnia's eastern plateau south from the Artist's Shack toward the large round building north of Jarburg. Enter Carian Study Hall and activate Study Hall Entrance grace.
19. Place the statue on the celestial-globe pedestal in the entrance room to turn the hall upside down.
20. Go up the entrance stairs toward the now-empty lift shaft. Walk off onto the ledge just below, circle the opening and pass through the upside-down window. Do not drop down the open central shaft.
21. Clear the three small Fingercreepers beyond the window. Miriam is on the inverted arch across the next chamber and can shoot while you move along its edges.
22. Keep close to the wall while descending toward the inverted arch. Watch for Fingercreepers and spectral soldiers rather than running straight across the exposed middle.
23. Continue along the arch and right-hand route to Miriam's final platform. Defeat her if her shots are making the narrow route unsafe; her reward here is Lucidity.
24. At the far end, look below for the suspended chandeliers. Drop onto the nearby chandelier, then onto the next lower support and wooden beams. Line up each landing before leaving the edge.
25. Clear the rats on the beams and work inward toward the large central lift. Drop onto its platform and step on the panel to ride to the tower exit.
26. Open the doors and activate Liurnia Tower Bridge grace outside. The Godskin Noble on the bridge is a separate encounter from Miriam.
27. Cross the bridge toward the Divine Tower. The Godskin Noble can be defeated for his outfit or passed if you can reach the tower safely.
28. Open the tower doors, ride the lift up and climb the final stairs. Loot the summit corpse for Stargazer Heirloom and Cursemark of Death.
29. Return to Ancestral Woods grace in Nokron with the cursemark. Continue from the upper woodland beside that grace.
30. From the upper woodland, go toward the trees beside Hallowhorn Grounds and the Spirit Jellyfish along the northern cliff. Use the lower ledge below the edge, then follow the descending path into the cave to Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs grace. You do not need to light the ancestor pillars.
31. Leave the cave toward the aqueduct. Drop onto the stone support leading to the building, then onto the lower ledge. A Crucible Knight patrols nearby, so wait for an opening before moving across.
32. Continue toward the building with water pouring out. Another Crucible Knight stands by the waterfall. Go north through the water channel, turn into the area on the right and climb the stairs through the arch. D's twin sits near this approach to the boss.
33. Defeat both Valiant Gargoyles. Afterward, activate Great Waterfall Basin grace and rest in the coffin beside the waterfall to reach Deeproot Depths.
34. From Great Waterfall Crest, head west onto the huge roots. Use the root descending on the left to cross the gap, then continue west past the giant ants to Deeproot Depths grace beside the Finger Reader. The Erdtree Avatar and the ant cave are optional detours.
35. Head north into the shallow water and ruins. The map is in the gazebo. Continue west beneath the large root and past the ghostly soldiers to The Nameless Eternal City grace beside an arch.
36. Climb onto the partly sunken buildings east of that grace, then onto the roots above them. Take the right fork, continue past the tower toward the northeastern cliff and drop right to Across the Roots grace.
37. Go through the root opening into the large clearing beneath Godwyn. Defeat all three waves of Fia's Champions. The final wave has three opponents together; you can use a Spirit Ash here. Fia's Mist is the direct reward.
38. Speak to Fia after the champions. Choose No, I want to be held, then use her private conversation options. Do not attack her.
39. While Fia holds you, finish her private dialogue and give her the cursemark. Keep talking until her conversation repeats. Rest at the nearby grace and return for her later dialogue; repeat until she is asleep.
40. Touch the sleeping Fia to enter the Deathbed Dream. Defeat Lichdragon Fortissax, then collect Mending Rune of the Death-Prince from her body when you return.
41. Keep Remembrance of the Lichdragon rather than consuming it for runes. Return to Enia beside the Two Fingers at Roundtable Hold and choose Fortissax's Lightning Spear for 10,000 runes plus the remembrance.

Notes

• Requires 46 Faith, one memory slot and a sacred seal. The complete two-spear cast costs 35 FP; the second plunge is part of the attack rather than another paid cast.
• Drives two red-lightning spears into the ground one after another, with spreading lightning after each impact. It is a close-range sequence, not a spear you throw toward a distant enemy.
• Try to place the target within the main plunges as well as the ground lightning. A hit from one outer trail is not the same damage or stance pressure as landing both close impacts.
• The long sequence resists some interruption, but enemy attacks can still damage you. Starting it during a short opening can leave you stuck in the second plunge as the next combo begins.
• Despite coming from Lichdragon Fortissax, this spell does not inflict Death Blight. Death Lightning is his separate remembrance choice.
• Enia charges 10,000 runes and Remembrance of the Lichdragon for this reward. To obtain both incantations in one journey, duplicate the remembrance at a suitable Walking Mausoleum and redeem each option once. Fortissax does not require killing Fia; attacking her can prevent access to the fight.
• Damage follows the casting seal's Incantation Scaling. A Faith seal improves through Faith; a hybrid seal can use its other scaling attributes too, while the spell's Faith requirement still has to be met.
• Gravel Stone Seal boosts this Dragon Cult incantation by 15% while held in an active hand, even if a different seal casts it. Two active copies multiply to 32.25%. Death Knight armor adds its separate 2% bonus per piece.
• Lightning damage bonuses apply, but physical- or fire-only bonuses do not. Dragon Communion Seal's school bonus does not apply simply because an ancient dragon is named in the incantation.
• This spell cannot be charged, so Godfrey Icon does not strengthen it. Repeating a cast or having several hits is different from charging.