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Elden Ring is an incredible game with lots of depth that includes items, magic, and weapons to find in its perilous open world. Discovering these powerful weapons in the world will go a long way to helping players get through Elden Ring's bosses and enemies.

One of the most powerful weapons in Elden Ring, especially for players that enjoy wielding heavy swords is the Zweihander Colossal Sword. With some careful riding and the right directions, players can obtain it early from the Isolated Merchant's Shack at the Westernmost point of the Weeping Peninsula.

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Where To Find The Zweihander

Elden Ring Isolated Merchants Shack location

The location is marked out on the map above. However, before making the journey to find the Zweihander, one needs to make sure they have the Spectral Steed. It's unlocked by talking to the Maiden at the Gatefront.

It's advisable that the player character in Elden Ring levels up somewhat before making the trip, as some dangerous enemies are on the way. However, these can be easily avoided on horseback as Torrent is nimble enough to get the player's character out of quite a few tight spots in a hurry. Moreover, the player needs to have 3500 Runes to purchase the sword from the merchant.

The Journey To The Isolated Merchant

The journey to the Isolated Merchant can be a perilous one, so here are the steps to make it there safely as well as obtaining the Weeping Peninsula Map in Elden Ring, and unlocking Sites of Grace:

  • Go back to the original starting Site of Grace marked as The First Step on the map.
ahgeel lake north to south road
  • Then follow the path indicated on the map above to Agheel Lake North.
  • Rest at the Site of Grace found at Agheel Lake South.
  • Then head south to the Bridge of Sacrifice.
Elden Ring approaching the Bridge of Sacrifice
  • It's a heavily fortified and guarded location, so the player needs to charge across the bridge.
Elden Ring Running through the Bridge of Sacrifce
Elden Ring Ailing Village Outskirts to Castle Morne Rampart
  • Instead of going directly West to the Isolated Shack, collecting the Weeping Peninsula map first to unveil all the roads and pathways is advisable.
Elden Ring Irina
Elden Ring sneaking past enemies
collecting the Weeping Peninsula map avoiding giant arrows
  • Now it's time to grab the map from the location marked in red. However, an Archer Golem guarding Castle Morne fires giant arrows that can hit the player's character from long range, causing massive damage, so quickly grab the map and get out of there.
Elden Ring Weeping Penninsula
  • Fast travel back to the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace, take a right, and go in the direction that the arrow is pointing in the above image.
Elden Ring to Aisling village
  • Keeping to the left, the player will come to the Ailing Village Site of Grace rest there before venturing forward.
  • Continue hugging the left side of the wall while mounted, riding past the enemies, and the player will come to a wooden bridge.
Elden Ring Weeping Penninsula bridge
  • Charge past the enemy that's playing dead at the bridge's entrance.
Elden en route to Church pilgramage
  • As one reaches the other side of the bridge, the Church of Pilgrimage will be directly North to the right of the bridge's exit point. There's another Site of Grace there so activate it and rest.
Elden Ring Church to Isolated merchants shack
  • Once rested, the player needs to make their way to the area marked on the map. There are headless warriors on the way, one can avoid them, but they shouldn't be difficult to defeat using Mounted combat.
Elden Ring walking mausoleum
  • Ride past the Walking Mausoleum. It's best avoided for now as it doesn't become useful until later in the game.
Elden Ring Isolated merchants shack
  • Head towards the wooden shack, and the Merchant with the Zweihander for sale will be inside.
Elden Ring the isolated merchant
  • The Zweihander can be purchased for 3500 Runes. However, the player's character will need to be at least a Strength level of 19 and a Dexterity of 11 to wield it one-handed.

The Zweihander has power starting stats with its attack power at 141 and Critical at 100. Used as a two-handed weapon, it has good stats for guarding against physical and magic attacks. Moreover, it can be upgraded using Elden Ring's smithing stones, becoming one of the most powerful weapons in the game.

Elden Ring is available for the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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