Hardest Nightlords In Elden Ring Nightreign, Ranked

In Elden Ring: Nightreign, there are eight Nightlords, however, you can’t face the final boss until you’ve finished at least four of the initial seven missions. Some of the toughest missions in Nightreign may require multiple tries to conquer, and even the less demanding Nightlords pose a formidable challenge for players who aren’t well-prepared.

Following your victory over the Tricephalos expedition, which is the sole mandatory expedition in ‘Nightreign’, you will gain access to six additional expeditions. These further expeditions are essential for meeting the conditions necessary to confront the Night Aspect. The toughest Nightlords in ‘Nightreign’ are ranked on a tier list, considering the intricacy of each boss’s moveset, the impact of each weakness on each Nightlord, and the challenge of defeating them even under optimal circumstances.

8. Augur

Maris, Fathom of Night

Weakness: Lightning

The Augur Expedition can be relatively straightforward, but its difficulty greatly depends on your Nightreign composition. If your team primarily consists of melee characters, you may struggle to hit the boss when it’s airborne and might find it challenging to keep up with Maria as she floats around the battlefield.

If your team includes at least two characters who can attack from a distance, Augur will seem quite simple, particularly if you can obtain Bows or spells that have the Lightning attribute to exploit Augur’s vulnerability. Bring along an Ironeye and a Recluse, or experiment with an all-Ironeye composition, to maintain the damage output and neutralize the ethereal Nightlord without encountering many issues.

The boss possesses some potent maneuvers, yet lacks immediate knockouts, and the majority of its most formidable skills can be dodged or avoided by swiftly escaping via Surge Sprint or with a strategically timed dodge.

7. Tricephalos

Gladius, Beast of Night

Weakness: Holy

In the world of this game, players encounter Gladius, known as Nightreign among the Nightlords, as their initial adversary needed to be defeated to progress further into Nightlord expeditions. However, contrary to being the first (and compulsory) foe, the Tricephalos expedition is not the most straightforward journey within the game. This complexity arises from Gladius’s unique phase transition, where it morphs into three distinct enemies momentarily, its swift movement and capacity to traverse large distances in a short time, as well as its long-range fire breath attacks and chain assaults.

Unlike Augur, Gladius is versatile against various playstyles. However, it’s crucial to distribute the dogs among all players when the boss separates, preventing them from targeting you individually. Additionally, having Holy weapons handy can help stagger the boss and its split forms, thereby interrupting its most potent attacks. This should make tackling Tricephalos less challenging for you.

6. Sentient Pest

Gnoster, Wisdom of Night

Weakness: Fire

The Sentient Pest is essentially two bosses in one: a flying Moth and a colossal Grub. As you progress, the difficulty increases as you need to strategize and divide your focus between these two adversaries. When the Grub hardens, it’s time to target the Moth. Conversely, when the Grub’s shell softens, you should quickly switch your attention back to the Grub.

In this challenging boss battle (Nightreign duo), you’ll encounter two bosses with swift lethal moves that can catch players off guard. Imagine it as a fusion of the Moonlight Butterfly from Dark Souls 1 and the Magma Wyrm from Elden Ring. The Moth primarily uses ranged magical attacks, while the Grub inflicts massive physical damage and spreads poison at close quarters.

If you manage to find a means to inflict Fire damage, you’ll be able to swiftly deplete the health bars of the bosses. Notably, when either boss is struck by Fire, it triggers a persistent damage effect that is exclusive to the Nightlord.

5. Gaping Jaw

Adel, Baron of Night

Weakness: Poison

At The Gaping Jaw, the action gets intense, as your abilities as a player and understanding of the boss’s attack patterns become crucial. Compared to the first three bosses in Nightreign, The Gaping Jaw is particularly challenging due to its swift movement across the arena, dealing heavy damage with both its sudden grabs, close-range area-of-effect attacks, and long-range lightning strikes.

When encountering this new boss for the first time, take some moments to familiarize yourself with its attack patterns and the ideal instances to evade its grab and close-quarter assaults. Furthermore, consider equipping something that causes poison or a spell like Poison Mist, as it will be beneficial to have a source of poison in the battle against Adel.

When you apply Poison to the Fang-Open Mouth, it will recoil and vomit violently to expel the poison. This reaction won’t happen repeatedly, but when you do poison it, you can expect an uninterrupted barrage of attacks for about 5-6 seconds while the boss is heaving.

Moreover, once Frostbite affects Adel, it will decrease his speed after taking damage. While this impact isn’t as significant as the Poison effect on the Gaping Jaw, it can be useful in managing the boss’s fast-paced attack pattern.

4. Fissure in the Fog

Caligo, Miasma of Night

Weakness: Fire

In the game Nightreign, The Fissure in the Fog is one of the toughest bosses you’ll encounter. Much like Libra, it demands a good understanding of mechanics to overcome. This boss primarily inflicts Frostbite damage with its attacks, routinely blasts frostbite across the battlefield, and possesses an attack that can swiftly wipe out even heavily defensive characters at their highest level if they’re not careful.

To stay safe from an imminent attack that’s usually signaled by a dense fog covering the entire arena, it’s essential to hide yourself behind the unique ice pillars.

In the game Nightreign, Caligo and the Sentient Pest are vulnerable to fire-based attacks. Dealing fire damage to these bosses will cause them to take continuous damage over time. Although this isn’t as powerful as some other boss weaknesses in the game, having a source of fire damage can help maintain your DPS during their lengthy battles.

3. Equilibrious Beast

Libra, Creature of Night

Weakness: Madness

Initially conquering the initial five leaders in the complete itinerary might prove challenging, but if you approach them with appropriate vulnerabilities and tactics, you’ll often fare quite well. However, things get significantly harder when you encounter the Equilibrious Beast, marking the beginning of the toughest Nightlord bosses in Nightreign. Overcoming these requires substantial preparation and knowledge.

Initially, it’s important to note that the boss has a vulnerability called Madness, which can be challenging to encounter during regular gameplay. To find weapons that inflict Madness, search for the Frenzy Eye symbol on notable locations marked on your map. However, relying solely on Madness might not be enough in this battle; understanding the boss’ mechanics, particularly the Sigil mechanic, is crucial. Additionally, you should carefully consider Libra’s offer at the start of the fight as it could significantly impact the outcome.

At the start of the fight, Libra will offer you a choice between three or four different effects, most of which have a trade-off in exchange for a boon.
- In most situations, it’s best to ignore this deal and just smack the boss to start the fight, giving you and your team a few seconds to deal damage before the boss starts to fight back.
The most important thing in this fight, aside from learning how to avoid its most damaging normal moves, is the Sigil mechanic. When the boss reaches certain HP thresholds, it will begin to meditate and summon Sigils around the boss arena.
- You must destroy all of these Sigils as fast as possible, but some of them are high above the ground where no melee character can reach.
- For this reason, it is essential to bring at least one (preferably two) ranged characters into this fight to deal with this mechanic efficiently.
When the boss inflicts Madness on everyone and drops shards around the arena, you must quickly sprint between shards to prevent Madness buildup from triggering a damage burst

Leaving any Sigil intact could empower the boss with an Angered skillset that increases its short-term damage output.

2. The Night Aspect

Heolstor, The Nightlord

Weakness: Holy

As a dedicated gamer of Elden Ring Nightreign, I’ve encountered many formidable foes, but none have tested my skills quite like the final boss, the elusive Nightlord, Heolstor. Compared to the Fissure in the Fog and Equilibrious Beast expeditions, this battle presents a substantial leap in difficulty.

Heolstor is armed with weapons familiar to any seasoned player, such as the Moonlight Greatsword, and possesses an uncanny ability to teleport across the arena at will. His arsenal of attacks is diverse and unpredictable, capable of catching even the most experienced Elden Ring Nightreign player off guard. Truly, defeating Heolstor will require all my wit, reflexes, and strategic prowess. I can hardly wait to give it a go!

Remarkably, The Night Aspect is among the few Nightlords who enter a complete second stage once you deplete the boss’ health meter to zero. In this stage, Heolstor’s HP bar regenerates, making him noticeably faster, stronger, and equipped with new abilities. Overcoming Heolstor is challenging and it’s probable that many players will need multiple attempts just to reach the second phase, let alone conquer the final boss in Nightreign.

The Night Aspect, like other leaders, possesses a vulnerability – in this instance, it is weak against Holy damage. Repeatedly attacking Heolstor with Holy strikes will cause him to stumble and emit a golden radiance. Once the glow fades, you can interrupt him again using Holy attacks. Ensure that each member of your team has the ability to inflict Holy damage in some fashion, as this will greatly facilitate the final battle.

1. Darkdrift Knight

Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow

Weakness: Lightning

In Elden Ring: Nightreign, I’ve come across no foe as formidable as the Darkdrift Knight. This Nightlord is a real challenge, even surpassing the game’s final boss in toughness. Its long-range charge attack can be tricky to dodge, its arena-spanning AoE attacks are almost impossible to avoid, and it moves with an agility that puts most other Nightlords to shame. It’s a battle I won’t forget anytime soon!

In a swift, agile manner, Fulghor darts across the battlefield, rapidly narrowing the gap between himself and his opponents with quick, powerful thrusts and high-flying smash attacks. Such speedy strikes make it challenging for adversaries to execute slow attacks or unleash their Ultimate abilities without being disrupted.

In this battle against Fulghor, focus on using a weapon that specializes in lightning if possible, as the boss has a vulnerability towards it. This will make it simpler for you to disrupt him. Be mindful of when the boss initiates its area-of-effect (AoE) attack, during which it creates blades throughout the arena that can cause heavy damage. If you manage to stagger the boss while it’s preparing this AoE attack (which is more effective with lightning weapons), it will halt the AoE assault and revert back to its regular sequence of actions.

2025-06-02 20:35