Nightreign Bosses

Bosses are powerful enemies that can be encountered in Elden Ring Nightreign.

Overview[]

Boss encounters in Limveld are randomized at the start of each Expedition. Minor bosses roam the region during the day, while a powerful boss appears at the end of each night. Surviving two in-game nights leads to a climactic battle against one of eight final Nightlord bosses.

Nightlords[]

Main article: Nightlords

Nightlords are fought on the third night. Unlike other encounters, the final boss is not randomized; instead, they are selected between rounds by interacting with the Table of Lost Grace at the Roundtable Hold.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Expedition	Nightlord	Description
Tricephalos	Gladius, Beast of Night	A cerberus that wields a chained blade and can split into three separate wolves. Deals Fire damage and is vulnerable to Holy damage.
Gaping Jaw	Adel, Baron of Night	A monstrous dragon boss with a horizontal jaw and gravity powers. Deals Lightning damage and is vulnerable to Poison.
Sentient Pest	Gnoster, Wisdom of Night	A duo comprised of a great white moth and a mole cricket-like insect. Deals Magic damage, inflicts Poison, and is vulnerable to Fire damage.
Augur	Maris, Fathom of Night	A Nightlord that resembles the Elden Beast. Inflicts Sleep and is vulnerable to Lightning damage.
Equilibrious Beast	Libra, Creature of Night	A humanoid goat-man that utilizies both Frenzied Flame and Erdtree incantations. Deals Holy damage and inflicts Madness, but is also vulnerable to Madness.
Darkdrift Knight	Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow	A one-armed, masked centaur boss with a massive sword. He can regrow his missing left arm. Deals Holy damage and is vulnerable to Lightning damage.
Fissure in the Fog	Caligo, Miasma of Night	A dragon with icy powers that resembles an Everlasting Dragon. Deals Magic damage, inflicts Frostbite, and is vulnerable to Fire damage.
Night Aspect	Heolstor the Nightlord	"Beyond the boundless Night there lies the hazy figure of a person. That is the Night's origin, and enemy to the world. The signs shall reveal — where the footprints of the Primordial Nightlord lead." Vulnerable to Holy damage.

Nightlord Weaknesses

Each Nightlord has a scripted weakness to a particular source of damage. For example, dealing even a small amount of Lightning damage to Maris, Fathom of Night as it channels its global Sleep spell is enough to break its stance and cancel the attack. The damage negation and status resistances for each Nightlord boss are listed in the table below. A positive value indicates reduced negation (more damage taken), while a negative value indicates increased damage negation (less damage taken). For Resistances, lower values indicate a vulnerability (faster buildup), while higher values require more buildup to inflict the Status Ailment. The 🛇 symbol denotes full immunity. These weaknesses still apply if the boss is fought on Day 1 or Day 2.

Damage Types — A positive value (+) indicates bonus damage.
Resistances — A lower value indicates faster procs.

Nightlord	Weakness	Standard	Slash	Strike	Pierce	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy	Poison	Rot	Bleed	Frost	Sleep	Madness
Gladius, Beast of Night	Holy	+0%	+0%	+0%	+10%	+0%	-50%	+0%	+35%	541	252	252	541	154	🛇
Adel, Baron of Night	Poison	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	-20%	-50%	+0%	154	154	541	154	154	🛇
Gnoster, Wisdom of Night (Moth)	Fire	+15%	+25%	+15%	+25%	-50%	+40%	-10%	-10%	541	154	154	154	541	🛇
Gnoster, Wisdom of Night (Shears)	Fire	-10%	-20%	+20%	+10%	-10%	+35%	-10%	-10%	252	154	154	154	154	🛇
Maris, Fathom of Night	Lightning	+0%	+15%	-20%	-10%	-20%	-50%	+40%	-15%	🛇	252	🛇	252	🛇	🛇
Libra, Creature of Night	Madness	+0%	+10%	+0%	+0%	-20%	+20%	+0%	+35%	154	154	252	252	🛇	154
Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow	Lightning	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+0%	+20%	-30%	154	154	154	154	154	🛇
Caligo, Miasma of Night	Fire	-15%	-15%	+15%	-10%	-20%	+35%	-20%	-20%	252	252	252	541	541	🛇
The Shape of Night (phase 1)	Holy	+0%	+15%	-10%	+10%	+0%	+20%	+0%	+35%	🛇	252	🛇	🛇	541	🛇
Heolstor the Nightlord (phase 2)	Holy	+0%	-10%	+10%	+15%	+0%	+0%	+20%	+20%	🛇	252	🛇	🛇	541	🛇

List of Night Bosses[]

The following bosses appear in Limveld on the first and second Night:

List of Minor Bosses[]

The following bosses appear in Limveld on the first and second days:

List of Remembrance Bosses[]

The following bosses appear in the Realm of Remembrance during specific Remembrance Quests:

Blinding Elder Lion
Fell Omen
Night Idol
Night-Swallowed Golden Hippopotamus
Onestrike Warrior
Tunnel Crystalian
White Horn

Notes[]

Bosses are promoted or simply get stronger on day two.
Bosses do not regenerate health over time or between days.
Defeating a boss creates a Site of Grace and a purple Dormant Power. Interacting with the object opens a menu with three reward choices. Nightfarers may obtain boss loot even if they were too far away to earn runes. The object will not vanish or expire between days.
- They can drop Armaments, Smithing Stones, or a passive boon that is bound to the character for the remainder of the Expedition.
Evergaols contain bosses, but must be unlocked with a Stonesword Key.
Version 1.01: the Runebear duo boss is currently bugged on PC. Only one bear has the boss HP bar but both bears drop boss loot.^[verified]

Trivia[]

Eight all-new Nightlord bosses were crafted for Nightreign.
Many bosses first appeared in Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III, and Elden Ring.
- Some returning Elden Ring bosses were renamed to be more generic. Many use "new" moves that were originally cut content.
- A few of the Demigods make an appearance. Morgott, the Omen King returns with an updated moveset, Alongside Godrick the Grafted.
Unlike previous FromSoftware titles, bosses in Nightreign cannot be reattempted in quick succession.^[2]
The Fire Monk boss was mislabeled as "Fire Prelate" during the Nightreign Network Test.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ FromSoftware and Bandai Namco reveal ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN (in English). Bandai Namco Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved on 2024-12-13. "At the end of each night, players will face a powerful boss and, if victorious, awaken to bigger challenges. Each session will culminate in the third night when they must face off against the chosen Nightlord."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 'Elden Ring: Night Rain' is an online cooperative survival action game in which three people survive for three days. The director talks about the details in an exclusive interview with Japanese media (in Japanese). Famitsu. (2024-12-13). Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved on 2024-12-13. "Ishizaki: 'Rather than calling it a mission or stage, you choose a boss that appears on the third day and challenge it with three people. Each day has day and night, and the area you can explore narrows as time passes. At night, a boss battle begins, marking the turning point of the day. You can clear the game by defeating the final boss that appears on the third day.'"
↑ Oglive, Tristan (2024-12-13). Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! (in English). IGN. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved on 2024-12-20.

[1] FromSoftware and Bandai Namco reveal ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN (in English). Bandai Namco Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved on 2024-12-13. "At the end of each night, players will face a powerful boss and, if victorious, awaken to bigger challenges. Each session will culminate in the third night when they must face off against the chosen Nightlord."

[Famitsu-2] 2.0 ^2.1 'Elden Ring: Night Rain' is an online cooperative survival action game in which three people survive for three days. The director talks about the details in an exclusive interview with Japanese media (in Japanese). Famitsu. (2024-12-13). Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved on 2024-12-13. "Ishizaki: 'Rather than calling it a mission or stage, you choose a boss that appears on the third day and challenge it with three people. Each day has day and night, and the area you can explore narrows as time passes. At night, a boss battle begins, marking the turning point of the day. You can clear the game by defeating the final boss that appears on the third day.'"

[IGN3-3] Oglive, Tristan (2024-12-13). Elden Ring Nightreign - We Played It! (in English). IGN. Archived from the original on 2024-12-21. Retrieved on 2024-12-20.

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