Highlights

• The Finger Seal is a good option for early-game characters who don't heavily invest in incantations. It is easily upgradable and scales well with Faith.
• The Erdtree Seal is the best seal for pure Faith casters, offering excellent scaling and top-tier healing incantations. It is versatile and does not boost a specific school of magic.

Finding the best seal Elden Ring has to offer can be challenging without a clear build in mind, as the best seal for casting damage-focused incantations varies depending on the type of incantation. If you haven't settled on a build, or, if you're a collector, you could instead grab as many of the best seals in Elden Ring that you can find.

Ultimately, seals allow you to cast awesome incantations, typically requiring points in your Faith stat, which you'll want to upgrade if your heart is set on a specific seal. Luckily, finding the best seal in Elden Ring is as much of an accomplishment as it is a journey of discovery to locate your perfect seal.

Updated December 6th, 2023, by Andrew Scariati: The best seal Elden Ring can offer depends entirely on your build, but a few stand above the rest. If you're looking for an undisputed best seal in Elden Ring, you'll be disappointed to know that it's impossible to crown one, but we can narrow it down to let you decide which one fits your needs.

9 Finger Seal

The Finger Seal is a starter weapon for the Confessor and Prophet classes. Even so, it's still pretty impressive no matter what build you go for. It's probably one of the best incantation seals for those who avoid investing heavily in incantations and only really use them if they even remember they exist.

Nevertheless, the Finger Seal is ideal for any early-game character since it doesn't provide any specialized buff improvements. It's easily upgradable and scales well with Faith — just don't expect it to grant you any buffs to your incantation spells.

8 Giant's Seal

Almost the direct opposite of the Finger Seal, the Giant's Seal is one you'll only be able to get relatively late in the game. With all the effort of finding it, compared to the kind of power it gives you, it's not great. It's only good for those who love using a bit of fire.

The Giant's Seal offers a nice boost to Flame incantations, ideal for a fun, fire-slinging build. Its weapon scaling is in line with the Finger Seal, so don't expect to increase in power instantly. A seal like this being that late in the game seems pointless, but if you get north of the Erdtree quickly, it could be useful.

7 Frenzied Flame Seal

The Frenzied Flame Seal is one of the best seals Elden Ring has for niche builds, especially if you enjoy the Madness status effect. It also causes a pretty impressive Madness buildup, so it is relatively niche and predominantly for PvP.

Nevertheless, when it comes to weapon scaling, it's extremely versatile and generally performs well. This is the best seal in Elden Ring to balance a build utilizing Dexterity, Strength, Intelligence, and, of course, Faith.

6 Gravel Stone Seal

The Gravel Stone Seal is another Sacred Seal you can get later in the game. However, unlike other seals, this one is worth getting, particularly if you like casting Dragon Cult incantations. The only problem is that trying to get it sucks. You'll need to kill the knight just past the West Capital Rampart site of grace.

It may be a pain to get, but once you have the Gravel Stone Seal, you can cast some impressive Dragon Cult incantations. This is perfect if you like throwing a little bit of Lightning. It just would have been great to cast those more powerful spells on the knight you just killed to get it.

5 Godslayer's Seal

If you thought traveling to the Erdtree and fighting knights was a tough way to get some seals, you haven't tried to get the Godslayer Seal yet. Despite being one of the most well-rounded seals in the game, you need to defeat Margit before you even consider acquiring it.

That said, it has fantastic weapon scaling and pretty impressive damage output. The Godslayer's Seal will (naturally) grant a buff to any Godslayer incantations you choose to use. The only issue is that you'll need a whopping 27 Faith before you can wield it, making it a little hard for those who chose to ignore that stat.

4 Golden Order Seal

Many of these Sacred Seals are a real challenge to get hold of, and the Golden Order Seal is no different. You'll only be able to obtain it later in the game, near the Minor Erdtree Church. However, if you like mixing around your incantations and sorceries, then you need to get hold of this seal.

It's perfect for any hybrid caster who focuses on Faith and Intelligence since the scaling for those stats is impressive. The Golden Order Seal boosts all your Fundamentalist incarnations, the majority of which are a real challenge to get and cast. So it's a lot of work, but it's worth it.

3 Clawmark Seal

Another relatively easy and early-game seal to find; you just need to hunt for some Deathroot and give them to Gurranq. The Clawmark Seal is perfect for anyone who prefers being more versatile with their attacks, focusing mainly on melee and Beast spell damage.

It will grant you a buff to your Beast incantations and has impressive scaling with Strength for such an early-game Sacred Seal. It's also a superb option if you dabble in incantations without committing heavily to Faith.

2 Dragon Communion Seal

The Dragon Communion Seal is the best seal Elden Ring can offer to boost your Dragon incantations. Due to this, it can be a superb choice if you want to dabble in Arcane and Faith. It's also one of the first seals you can find, making it one of the most powerful early game seals in Elden Ring.

You will still need to fight a few tougher battles and look out for the Fringefolk Hero's Grave.

Due to the power and usefulness of the seal, you will need relatively high Arcane and Faith to use it. However, if you have that already, you can watch your weapon scale well, and do some great damage. If you can find any Dragon Hearts, that is.

1 Erdtree Seal

For pure Faith casters, the Erdtree Seal is easily the best seal in Elden Ring, offering excellent Faith scaling and a variety of top-tier healing incantations that benefit from its instant casting. Given that healing spells only scale with Faith, this makes the Erdtree Seal the best healing seal in Elden Ring.

Despite its name, this seal does not boost Erdtree Incantations.

This seal will make your attacks incredibly powerful and is versatile enough that it doesn't need to boost a specific school of magic. However, what it does do is give you one of the highest damage outputs for any of your incantations in just a small seal. Once you master the high-level requirements, you can look forward to an S-Faith scaling for the Erdtree Seal+5.