Elden Ring Weapon AR Calculator

Attack Rating (AR) is a weapon's total damage value before enemy defenses are applied.

AR includes:
- Base weapon damage
- Upgrade level bonuses
- Strength scaling
- Dexterity scaling
- Intelligence scaling
- Faith scaling
- Arcane scaling

A weapon with higher AR does not always deal more real damage because enemy defenses and damage types affect the final result.

The calculator uses Elden Ring weapon scaling formulas to estimate Attack Rating.

The calculation considers:
- Weapon base damage
- Upgrade level
- Scaling coefficients
- Stat values
- Soft cap reductions
- Two-handed Strength bonus

This allows you to test different builds without wasting upgrade materials.

Weapon scaling shows how much bonus damage a weapon receives from your attributes.

Scaling grades:
- S = Excellent scaling
- A = Very strong scaling
- B = Good scaling
- C = Average scaling
- D = Weak scaling
- E = Minimal scaling

A weapon with high Strength scaling benefits from STR investment, while a weapon with high Intelligence scaling benefits from INT.

Two-handing increases your effective Strength by 50%.

For example:
A character with 60 Strength becomes 90 effective Strength while two-handing.

This increases AR on Strength-scaling weapons but does not affect Dexterity, Intelligence, Faith, or Arcane scaling.

No.

AR represents your weapon's raw damage before enemy defenses.

Actual damage depends on:
- Enemy resistance
- Damage type
- Armor absorption
- Boss weaknesses

For example, a weapon with high Holy AR may perform poorly against enemies with strong Holy resistance.

However, AR remains one of the best ways to compare weapon performance.

The calculator supports 123 Elden Ring weapons, including:
- Greatswords
- Colossal swords
- Katanas
- Curved swords
- Spears
- Daggers
- Axes
- Hammers
- Twinblades
- Claws
- Fists
- Whips
- Bows
- And more

Yes.

The tool works as an Elden Ring damage comparison calculator by showing weapon Attack Rating under different stat setups.

Use it to compare:
- Different weapons
- Different builds
- Different upgrade levels
- Different stat distributions

For exact boss damage, enemy defense and damage modifiers must also be considered.

Common reasons include:

1. Wrong Stat Investment
A Strength weapon with high STR scaling will perform poorly if you invest mostly into Dexterity.

2. Weapon Upgrade Is Too Low
Upgrade level has a huge impact on final AR.

3. Ignoring Scaling
A weapon with lower base damage but better scaling can outperform a stronger-looking weapon later.

4. Poor Stat Efficiency
Investing beyond soft caps often gives smaller damage increases.