Black-Key Bolt

The Black-Key Bolt is built for Crepus’s Black-Key Crossbow, an assassin’s tool. Its twisting tip drives deep and carries scarlet rot into the target.

It is fired with crossbows.

Attack power

Physical 30, Scarlet Rot 60

Guarded damage negation

Weapon skill

Passive effect

Causes scarlet rot buildup (60)

Damage negation

Resistance

Special effect

Effect

Upgrades / variants

Skill effect

Compatible weapon types

Abilities

Where to find it

Roundtable Hold: 20 behind the first Imp Statue, next to the Black-Key Crossbow.
Caelid: 20 on top of Sellia Gateway.
Leyndell, Royal Capital: 20 in a room in the eastern wing of the Fortified Manor.
Lake of Rot: 10 on a corpse near the Lake of Rot Shoreside grace.
Altus Plateau: 20 received after defeating Rileigh the Idle in the Volcano Manor assassination questline.

Item description & lore

Notes & tips

Weapon

Type: Ammunition, Bolt

Game: Elden Ring