Bloody Glory is one of the best Grand Swords for hybrid Strength, and Radiance builds in Lords of the Fallen. Not only does it crush enemies with high Physical and Holy damage, but it also builds up Bleeding as well, eventually making affected targets even more vulnerable to its bone-breaking smashes.
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This weapon is found in a high-level area that players will likely only ever visit later on in their Lords of the Fallen playthrough. However, this doesn't mean that the sword can't be acquired early. Here's how to get it.
Lords of the Fallen Bloody Glory Location
Bloody Glory is found near an isolated sarcophagus in the tunnel network deep inside Pilgrim's Perch. Players need to purchase the Pilgrim's Perch Key from Captain Stomund and unlock the door in the Bellroom, right in front of the Vestige of Blind Agatha. The key costs 9,500 Vigor.
The tunnel network past the locked door is full of Hallowed Sentinels, pilgrims, and penitents. Their levels also appear to be much higher compared to the rest of the enemies in Pilgrim's Perch. Low-level players should avoid fighting them and just sprint through the area, preferably while in the Umbral realm. The video above shows the complete path to Bloody Glory, starting from the Vestige of Blind Agatha, including all the enemies players may encounter along the way.
The cave exit leads to the Path of Devotion, which hides a shortcut back to Skyrest Bridge alongside a spawn point for merchant Thehk-Ihir. Players can find him to the left of the cave, next to the Vestige of Dieter.
Bloody Glory is a massive two-handed sword with a broad, serpentine blade wrapped in barbed wire. Its attacks are slow, but it's capable of staggering most heavy enemies with its charged heavy attacks. It also inflicts high Bleed build-up per swing, often making smaller targets bleed with just one light attack.
Such power comes at a price, however — Bloody Glory requires 20 STR and a whopping 32 RAD, making it unusable to builds outside of pure paladin ones, and even then, players will require a significant investment into both Strength and Radiance stats.
It is best to capitalize on this weapon's Holy damage output due to its base C-rank scaling with Radiance, which can be improved all the way to A+ at +9 upgrade level. The Devoth and Orimon weapon runes further enhance Bloody Glory's Holy damage, and even more so if players equip the Empyrean Pendant.
This weapon is still effective even against Holy-resistant enemies thanks to its high physical damage, which only grows stronger once targets start bleeding.
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