Grease is a handy consumable item that increases weapon damage in Elden Ring. You can either loot Grease or craft it yourself using cookbooks. The effect of Grease is not permanent. It lasts only for a short time but should be enough to deal major damage to enemies and bosses.
How do you use weapon Grease in Elden Ring?
To use Grease in Elden Ring, first you need to equip your weapon with a compatible type of Grease. Go to Equipment, select the Quick Access Slots, open your inventory, and locate the Grease you want to use.
Select it to add it to your Quick Access slot. Then, press the X button to apply it to your weapon.
Keep in mind that you can’t use Grease on special weapons. This item works only on weapons that don’t already have an elemental damage.
Here’s what each type of Grease does in Elden Ring
- Freezing Grease increases Frost, causing buildup of Frostbite
- Holy Grease adds Holy damage to your attacks
- Fire Grease inflicts additional Fire damage
- Blood Grease causes blood loss buildup, making your enemies bleed to death
- Dragonwound Grease increases damage against dragons
- Drawstring Grease increases the damage inflicted by various types of Grease but reduces duration
- Lightning Grease adds Lightning damage to your attacks
- Magic Grease adds Magic damage to your attacks
- Rot Grease inflicts Scarlet Rot, the same thing that’s making Millicent’s body rot
- Shield Grease boosts your guarding ability by 13 percent and damage negation by 20 percent
- Poison Grease inflicts Poison damage
- Soporific Grease inflicts sleep, putting your enemies to sleep which makes them vulnerable to critical attacks
How long does Grease last?
The effect of Grease lasts between 10 to 60 seconds, depending on the type of Grease that you’re using. Short-duration Grease has higher potency. Drawstring Grease lasts only for a short time, typically between 10 to 15 seconds. Freezing Grease, Magic Grease, Fire Grease, Holy Grease, Blood Grease and Dragonwound Grease lasts for 60 seconds each.
Grease effect duration in Elden Ring
- Drawstring Fire Grease: 10 seconds
- Drawstring Blood Grease 15 seconds
- Drawstring Holy Grease: 10 seconds
- Drawstring Lightning Grease: 10 seconds
- Drawstring Rot Grease: 15 seconds
- Drawstring Poison Grease: 15 seconds
- Drawstring Magic Grease: 10 seconds
- Drawstring Freezing Grease: 15 seconds
- Freezing Grease: 60 seconds
- Holy Grease: 60 seconds
- Fire Grease: 60 seconds
- Blood Grease: 60 seconds
- Dragonwound Grease: 60 seconds
- Magic Grease: 60 seconds
- Rot Grease: 60 seconds
- Poison Grease: 60 seconds
Can you buy Grease in Elden Ring?
You cannot buy Grease in Elden Ring. The only ways to obtain Grease is loot it or craft it yourself using cookbooks. Grease is typically found in caves and on corpses.
And now you know.