Elden Ring: 10 Best Talismans For Intelligence Builds

Elden Ring

By Kai Adler

Updated May 31, 2024

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.

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Players looking to get their hands on the best and most powerful talismans in Elden Ring should look no further than these.

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 May 31, 2024 by Erik Petrovich: The best Intelligence Talismans in Elden Ring are those that tend to increase spell power, decrease the time it takes to cast Sorceries, or otherwise benefit Sorcery-based builds. In Elden Ring, Intelligence talismans can take that variety of forms and benefit a variety of combat styles. Like the Ancestral Spirit Horn, which restores FP when killing enemies, or Marika's Soreseal, which increases all Sorcery-adjacent stats by 5 in exchange for increased damage from enemies. This guide has been updated to more obviously point out what each Talisman's specific effect is, as well as how to get each of these best Intelligence Talismans in Elden Ring. New tables in each entry also point out the Talismans' weights and separate primary and often negative secondary effects.

This list is only comprised of items that can be found in the base version of Elden Ring. For information regarding Shadow of the Erdtree, stay tuned as Game ZXC covers the Elden Ring DLC on launch.

10 Ancestral Spirit Horn

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
1.2	Restores 3 FP upon defeating enemies	N / A

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.

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.

9 Marika's Soreseal

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.8	Increases Mind, Int, Faith, Arc by 5	Increases damage taken by 15%

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.

8 Graven-Mass Talisman

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
1.0	Greatly raises the potency of Sorceries by 8%	N / A

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.

7 Graven-School Talisman

the graven-school talisman in elden ring

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.7	Raises the potency of Sorceries by 4%	N / A

The Graven-School Talisman is essentially the less powerful talisman 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).

6 Radagon Icon

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.7	Shortens the casting time of all Spells	N / A

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 Radagon's 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.

5 Primal Glintstone Blade

the primal glintstone blade talisman in elden ring

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.6	Reduces all FP costs for all Spells by 25%	Reduces Max HP by 15%

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.

4 Moon Of Nokstella

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.8	Increases Memory Slots by 2	N / A

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.

3 Old Lord's Talisman

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.5	Extends the duration of all Spells by 30%	N / A

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%.

Elden Ring: 10 Best Talismans For Intelligence Builds

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.

2 Magic Scorpion Charm

the magic scorpion charm talisman in elden ring

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.8	Increases all Magic damage by 12%	Increases all Physical damage taken by 10%

The Magic Scorpion Charm is part of a series of alike 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.

1 Godfrey Icon

Talisman Weight	Talisman Primary Effect	Talisman Secondary Effect
0.8	Raises the power of all Charged Spells and Charged Skills by 15%	N / A

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).