Aspects of the Crucible: Breath is an incantation spell in Elden Ring. It is one of the Erdtree incantations.
Description[]
One of the ancient Erdtree incantations.
Creates a throat pouch on the caster's neck, allowing them to spew fiery breath while walking. Charging increases the duration of the breath.
This is a manifestation of the Erdtree's primal vital energies—an aspect of the primordial crucible, where all life was once blended together.
Acquisition[]
Aspects of the Crucible: Breath is acquired upon defeating Tanith's Knight, which can be fought after killing Tanith in Rykard's arena in the Volcano Manor, at the end of her questline.
Effect[]
Creates a large pouch on the caster's neck before breathing out tongues of flame with Fire Attack Power equal to 98% of Incantation Scaling.
Notes[]
- Costs 40 points of Stamina to cast.
- Attack Power is boosted by 10% by the Roar Medallion.
- Attack Power is boosted by wearing pieces of the Crucible Set (4% per piece, 17% for the whole set because 1.04^4 = 1.17).
- Doesn't immediately start to consume FP for the upkeep cost, instead only starting after about 2-3 seconds. This seems to coincide with the initially created throat pouch shrinking to roughly the width of the character's torso.
- The caster must always move forward at a walking pace as long as this spell is being channeled.
- Decent in PvP as a "wake-up" attack (i.e., after an attack that has knocked down an opponent, such as a Critical Attack), since it has a relatively short start-up animation and a wide attack area, which can cause the additional damage needed to finish off a target.
Trivia[]
- This spell is used by Crucible Axe Knights (except for the two found in Limgrave).
- Aspects of the Crucible: Breath creates a throat pouch similar to those of the basilisks.