What are occult weapons good for?

What do occult weapons do?
  • Faith Scaling (higher than Divine weapons).
  • Magic Damage.
  • Reduction of Dexterity and Strength scaling (higher than Divine weapons.
  • Extra damage to the following types of enemies: Black Knight. Royal Sentinel. Sentinel. Silver Knight. Paladin Leeroy. Ornstein. Gwyndolin. Gwyn.
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What does Occult do on a weapon?

An Occult infusion adds Magic damage to any given weapon as well as the Occult auxiliary effect. It also adds Faith scaling to weapons, while reducing Strength and Dexterity scaling. The Occult auxiliary effect deals extra damage to certain enemies and bosses - namely, to the Gods and their following.
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What is the point of Occult Elden ring?

Hi Occult just makes your weapon scale with your Arcane stat, it doesn't add any bleed or give any bleed scaling. Weapons that are infused with bleed OR unique weapons that also scale with Arcane will have their bleed chance increased by increasing your arcane.
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What is Occult good against?

Occult is unholy damage and is strong against Living. For example against silver knights. Deals NO extra damage to hosts. Occult weapons have increased damage against Black Knights, Silver Knights, Ornstein, Gwyndolin, and Gwyn.
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What does Occult damage do?

Occult weapons do extra damage to "divine" enemies such as Silver Knights or Gwyndolin. It has no effect on enemies that are themselves "occult" such as skeletons and necromancers, beyond what it does to say... a rat.
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Dark Souls: Divine/Occult's Mechanic explained

Is divine or occult better?

Divine weapons tend to have stronger secondary scaling (usually DEX) Whereas occult weapons have higher base damage and better faith scaling. Divine is good for a faith strong build and has the bonus of being very useful in the catacombs.
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What is the difference between divine and occult weapons?

Occult: Higher base physical damage, lower base magical damage. Less physical scalings and greater faith scaling. Divine: Higher base magical damage, lower base physical damage. Slightly better physical scalings but also slightly less faith scaling.
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Can you enchant occult weapons?

Like Divine weapons, Occult weapons cannot be augmented. With large investments in Strength, Dexterity and Faith, a standard weapon enchanted with Sunlight Blade or Darkmoon Blade will out-damage Occult weapons for the duration of the enchantment.
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What is the best Occult straight sword in Elden Ring?

The Broadsword is the best non-unique Straight Sword in Elden Ring when it comes to dealing damage. That distinction comes with a few drawbacks; the Broadsword is slightly shorter than most of the game's Straight Swords and has a slightly different moveset.
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What's the difference between Occult and blood Elden Ring?

Blood: Weakens the weapon's default scaling but adds Arcane scaling. Adds Bleed build-up to attacks. Occult: Weakens the weapon's default scaling but adds Arcane scaling.
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What is the occult affinity in Elden Ring weapons?

All Occult Type affinities will lower all native Status buildups on the weapon they are applied to, but will allow these buildups to scale with the Arcane attribute. Poison and Bleed affinities will add Arcane scaling Blood Loss or Poison buildup to a weapon if applied, respectively.
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Do occult weapons scale with faith?

An occult weapon is basically a divine weapon that scales more off of faith but does less damage if you don't have high faith. It's only for characters who pump a lot of faith and even then unless they've really pumped it up the divine weapons will outdamage it.
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Is Ornstein weak to Occult?

Ornstein is weak to occult damage and it would be stronger than your silver knight sword or the divine scimitar in this fight.
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Is Gwyn weak to Occult?

He's weak to Fire, Magic and Occult type damages. He's resistant to Lightning. GJ using it for Gwyn XD.
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How do you occult a weapon?

How to unlock Occult Weapon. You need to upgrade any occult weapon to +5. You can use the Occult Ember or the Occult Club (dropped by the mimic in the room with Havel's set in Anor Londo. The Occult Ember is found in the Painted World of Ariamis (use the Annex Key and follow the straight path after opening the door.
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Can I enchant my own shroud creature?

A creature with shroud cannot be the target of any spell or ability — including yours! No combat tricks, no enchantments, no equipping — nothing! If a permanent gains shroud, any other permanents that were previously attached to it or affecting it will still apply.
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Can you enchant weapons twice?

as of now, you can have only one enchantment on a weapon. trying to enchant an already enchanted weapon does not give you two enchantments but replaces the earlier one instead. however the Daisho is seen to have two enchantments.
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What are the divine weapons in Christianity?

Arma Christi ("weapons of Christ"), or the Instruments of the Passion, are the objects associated with the Passion of Jesus Christ in Christian symbolism and art. They are seen as arms in the sense of heraldry, and also as the weapons Christ used to achieve his conquest over Satan.
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Can you use magic weapon on a divine weapon?

You can't cast Magic Weapon on a Divine weapon without glitching, and if you're glitching it on there, then it doesn't matter, since the weapon will still have the divine attribute. That attribute has nothing to do with the actual damage you do with the weapon.
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What weapons can become divine?

Weapons
  • Astora's Straight Sword.
  • Crescent Axe.
  • Grant.
  • Greatsword of Artorias.
  • Silver Knight Spear.
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Is occult good against Elden beast?

The Best Tips for Elden Beast:

If your build is Arcane-focused, the Occult enhancement gives you excellent physical damage in lieu of ailments which cannot affect this boss. Use Lord's Divine Fortification to greatly reduce the damage of Elden Beast's many holy attacks.
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How do you add an occult to weapon Elden ring?

Elden Ring Black Whetblade Use

Black Whetblade adds the Poison, Blood, and Occult Affinities to the menu when selecting compatible Ashes of War.
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How do you use the sunlight blade in ds1?

Sunlight Blade may only be used on enchantable weapons that are upgraded down the Standard, Raw, or Crystal paths, as well as a limited amount of exceptions. Sunlight Blade adds 1.8x the equipped talisman's magic adjust in Lightning Damage to the equipped weapon.
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