Elden Ring: Best Talismans For Intelligence Builds

Elden Ring talismans are among some of the most important items that players can equip to their created character. Right behind armor and weapons, talismans should not be overlooked, especially within certain character builds. Talismans in Elden Ring withhold unique abilities and effects that can alter the way different mechanics work in the game, and even boost stats for the player.

In intelligence builds, which are some of the most popular builds in Elden Ring, there are plenty of talismans to take advantage of in creating the best intelligence builds. Pair these talismans up with the best staffs and intelligence armor, and players have themselves a worthy magic build.

Updated January 25, 2024 by Erik Petrovich: There’s quite a lot of variety in how players can create various builds in Elden Ring thanks to the sheer number of items that can be equipped, like Talismans, to increase your power. When it comes to the best Talismans for mages, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree added quite a few options that Intelligence builds can take advantage of. This guide to the best Sorcery Talismans Elden Ring players can get has been updated to include two of these Sorcerer talismans that you should consider equipping: the Cerulean Amber Medallion +3, which boosts max FP, and the Blessed Blue Dew Talisman, which passively regenerates FP.

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Cerulean Amber Medallion +3

A Decent Boost To Base FP

The Cerulean Amber Medallion +3
is the highest-tier version of the Cerulean Amber Medallion talisman, and is exclusive to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. This powerful Elden Ring Intelligence Talisman has a basic effect, but it’s not bad if you don’t have anything more useful.

The Cerulean Amber Medallion increases your max FP by “the utmost”, meaning about 12%.

It’s certainly not bad, and having more FP is always nice for casting more spells. But when it comes to the best Intelligence talismans in Elden Ring, there are better options than this.

How To Get Cerulean Amber Medallion +3

The Cerulean Amber Medallion +3 can be found exclusively in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC’s Realm of Shadow. To get this Talisman, you must head to the Scorpion River Catacombs in an out-of-the-way location in the northwest of the Scadu Altus region. Defeat the Death Knight at the end of the Scorpion River Catacombs to get the Death Knight’s Longshaft Axe and the Cerulean Amber Medallion +3.

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Blessed Blue Dew Talisman

Slowly Restores FP, But It Helps In Long Fights

Like the Cerulean Amber Medallion, the Blessed Blue Dew Talisman
offers a useful effect for Intelligence builds, but is ultimately outclassed by other, more powerful Sorcery talismans. The Blessed Blue Dew Talisman grants a small amount of passive FP recovery, about 1 FP every two seconds.

If that doesn’t sound like a lot, it’s because it’s not. Over a two-minute boss fight, you will recover about 60 FP total with this talisman equipped. Decent passive mana recovery can be attained by using this talisman alongside other FP-restoration effects – it’s just not that useful on its own.

How To Get Blessed Blue Dew Talisman

The Blessed Blue Dew Talisman can be found exclusively in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC’s Realm of Shadow. From the Main Gate Site of Grace, head south and hug the cliff wall to find a secret path that leads to a western, raised area of the Gravesite Plain. The Church of Benediction can be found at the very south of this raised area, just above the starting point for the DLC. The Blessed Blue Dew Talisman is on the ground in front of the Statue of Marika.

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Ancestral Spirit Horn

FP Restoration When Enemies Die Nearby

The Ancestral Spirit Horn is a go-to talisman for any players that have a focus on FP usage in Elden Ring. That’s because the Ancestral Spirit Horn talisman allows players to recover FP whenever they defeat an enemy.

This talisman is arguably much better in PVE than it is in PVP, so any players utilizing an intelligence build to fight the various enemies in the Lands Between should make use of this talisman.

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How To Get Ancestral Spirit Horn

To obtain Ancestral Spirit Horn, players must defeat the Regal Ancestor Spirit
boss in Nokron and use the Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor to purchase the talisman in the Roundtable Hold.

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Marika’s Soreseal

Marika’s Soreseal
is one of the best talismans for intelligence users in Elden Ring. The talisman is often confused with its lesser counterpart, Marika’s Scarseal, but players should make use of Marika’s Soreseal as it is stronger in comparison.

Marika’s Soreseal boosts the mind, intelligence, faith, and arcane stats by five points each. Essentially, that is twenty levels divided between those stats. In return, the player takes 15% more damage.

How To Get Marika’s Soreseal

To obtain the talisman, players must delve into Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree. Head north from the Prayer Room Site of Lost Grace, then travel to the southern end of the rampart where the Erdtree Avatar patrols. Jump down at the very end to reach a Stonesword Key statue-sealed door.

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Graven-School Talisman

Slightly Boosts Power Of All Sorceries

The Graven-School Talisman
is essentially the less powerful version of the Graven-Mass Talisman. Other than sharing comparable names, the Graven-School Talisman also raises the damage dealt by sorceries, but by 4% rather than 8%.

The Graven-School Talisman stacks with the Graven-Mass Talisman, giving players a boost to their sorcery damage by 12%.

How To Get Graven-School Talisman

​​​​​​To obtain this talisman, players must travel to the Raya Lucaria Academy and get past an Illusory Wall just before the Debate Parlor (where the Red Wolf of Radagon boss is fought).

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Graven-Mass Talisman

Strengthens The Power of All Sorceries

The Graven-Mass Talisman
is thrown around the community of Elden Ring as being the most important aspect of an intelligence build.

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That is because the Graven-Mass talisman increases the damage done by sorceries by an incredible 8%. This goes for the damage done by all types of sorceries.

How To Get Graven-Mass Talisman

If players wish to seek out the Graven-Mass Talisman, they must travel to the Consecrated Snowfield. The Graven-Mass Talisman will simply be found lying within a chest atop Albinauric Rise.

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Radagon Icon

Shorter Casting Time With No Drawbacks

The Radagon Icon
is an important talisman if players utilizing intelligence wish to wield magic against other players and invaders in Elden Ring’s PVP. The Radagon Icon shortens the player’s casting time for sorceries and most incantations.

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Reportedly, this adds 30 dexterity towards spell-casting, while spell-casting speed caps at 70 dexterity. Players who don’t level up dexterity much should definitely make use of Radagon’s Icon.

How To Get Radagon Icon

​​​​​​To obtain the Radagon Icon, players must reach the second floor of the Debate Parlor room. Head outside from the Debate Parlor and immediately turn right. Jump over the railing, then go up the ladder to reach the second floor and the chest containing this Talisman.

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Beloved Stardust

Incredibly Fast Casting Speed, But At Great Cost

The Beloved Stardust
Talisman is one of the best Elden Ring Intelligence Talismans, but it’s one of the few that has a noticeable downside. Like Marika’s Soreseal
, Beloved Stardust grants an exceptionally powerful bonus at the cost of taking significantly more damage.

With this equipped, you will cast Sorceries and Incantations significantly faster, faster than with the Radagon Icon
equipped. But you will also take about 30% more damage. If you are committed to the ranged Spell build, and are good at avoiding incoming damage, consider equipping this over the Radagon Icon. But its relatively small extra casting speed bonus is not worth the extra incoming damage if you don’t rely on Spells.

How To Get Beloved Stardust

The Beloved Stardust talisman location is in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr. Begin Count Ymir, Mother of Fingers
‘s questline, and return to him after completing the first step. For sounding the bells in the Finger Ruins he guides the Tarnished to, he will reward the Beloved Stardust talisman.

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Primal Glintstone Blade

Reduces FP Required For All Sorceries & Incantations

The Primal Glintstone Blade
talisman will allow players to use spells more often. The way that this talisman works, is by reducing the FP cost of spells by 25%, but in return, the player’s health is also reduced by 8.5%.

The talisman’s effects on a player’s intelligence build are extraordinary, so the downside is easy to look over.

How To Get Primal Glintstone Blade

Players can find the Primal Glintstone Blade by heading to the Stargazer’s Ruins and summoning their Spirit Jellyfish near the other jellyfish. This will open up a secret entrance in which players can find the talisman.

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Moon Of Nokstella

Adds Two Memory Slots

Players who spend a lot of time switching between different spells and having fun with each one will adore the Moon of Nokstella
. The Moon of Nokstella, upon equipping it, will immediately increase the player’s memory slots by 2.

There’s no catch either. This means that players can equip two more spells to their current build.

How To Get Moon Of Nokstella

To collect the Moon of Nokstella, players will have to battle their way through Nokstella, Eternal City towards the highest point accessible in the area. The talisman will lie under a grand throne, which a few enemies will guard.

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Old Lord’s Talisman

All Sorcery and Incantation Durations Increased By 30%

The Old Lord’s Talisman
is a wonderful talisman that players can equip to their character in order to buff their spells’ duration time. The Old Lord’s Talisman will increase the duration time of spells by a whopping 30%.

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Players looking to capitalize on an Intelligence build in Elden Ring should keep their eyes peeled for these talismans.

This goes for healing spells as well, such as Blessing of the Erdtree.This pairs well with many intelligence sorceries that have lasting effects.

How To Get Old Lord’s Talisman

To obtain the Old Lord’s Talisman, head to the Great Bridge Site of Grace and go into a building with a balcony. Go down a ladder from this balcony to get to a Rotunda, which houses the chest containing this Tlaismna.

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Magic Scorpion Charm

Boosts All Outgoing Magic Damage

The Magic Scorpion Charm
is part of a series of similar talismans that boost various elements’ damage. In the Magic Scorpion Charm’s case, the talisman boosts the magic damage by 12%.

With that much of a boost, it is only reasonable that the talisman also increases the physical damage taken by the player by 10%.

How To Get Magic Scorpion Charm

To obtain this incredible talisman, players must seek out the Amber Starlight and deliver the item to Preceptor Seluvis after the NPC tells the player about his plan. If Seluvis is dead, the player is unable to obtain the talisman.

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Godfrey Icon

All Charged Spells & Skills Get Much Stronger

The Godfrey Icon
talisman, which depicts Godfrey on the item, boosts the power of charged spells and skills by an incredible 15%. This allows for spells that have the ability to be charged to deal more damage and pack more of a punch against various enemies.

This even works for Stars of Ruin, one of the best sorceries in the game. To make things even easier, the boss that rewards this item is not Godrick, but a boss that is essentially Godrick the Grafted without a second phase.

How To Get Godfrey Icon

To collect the Godfrey Icon talisman, players will need to take on Godefroy the Grafted in the Golden Lineage Evergaol, just off the road in the southwestern Altus Plateau (not inside the city gates).

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Released

February 25, 2022

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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

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