Elden Ring Nightreign: Comprehensive Guide to All Boss Weaknesses

Elden Ring Nightreign challenges players with a variety of formidable bosses and mini-bosses in an expansive world. Each boss, referred to as a Night Lord, is tailored to the specific expedition you embark on, necessitating strategic planning before your journey.

Understanding the unique weaknesses and status effects of each Night Lord is crucial for successful battles. By familiarizing yourself with these characteristics, you can effectively navigate the game world to acquire weapons and items that exploit these vulnerabilities.

Updated December 10, 2025 by Waseem Muhammad: The recent Forsaken Hollows DLC introduces exciting new content, including two additional playable Nightfarers and the innovative Great Hollow Shifting Earth, which dramatically alters the game landscape. This DLC also brings forth new expedition bosses, presenting a moderate level of challenge in comparison to existing foes. In this update, we provide an enhanced chart detailing the vulnerabilities of the new bosses, along with tips for optimizing your gameplay to effectively utilize weakness items.

Comprehensive Nightreign Boss Weaknesses Chart

All Boss Weaknesses Chart for Elden Ring Nightreign

The following chart summarizes each Night Lord’s reaction to various elemental attacks and damage types. A score of 0 indicates normal damage intake, while a negative score shows reduced damage taken. Conversely, a positive score signifies a vulnerability to that particular attack type.

For instance, Fulghor, known as the Champion of Nightglow, experiences standard damage from all elements except for Lightning, against which it is particularly vulnerable, and Holy, from which it takes reduced damage.

Boss Name	Standard	Slash	Strike	Pierce	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy
Gaping Jaw (Adel, Baron of Night)	-20%	-50%	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular
Fissure in the Fog (Caligo, Miasma of Night)	-15%	+15%	-10%	-20%	+35%	-20%	-20%	Regular
Darkdrift Knight (Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow)	+20%	-30%	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular
Tricephalos (Gladius, Beast of Night)	+10%	-50%	+35%	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular	Regular
Sentient Pest (Gnoster Scorpion)	-10%	-20%	+20%	+10%	-10%	+35%	-10%	-10%
Sentient Pest (Gnoster Moth)	+15%	+25%	+15%	+25%	-50%	+40%	-10%	-10%
Night Aspect (The Shape of Night)	+15%	-10%	+10%	+20%	+35%	Regular
Night Aspect (Heolstor the Nightlord)	-10%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+20%
Equilibrious Beast (Libra, Creature of Night)	+10%	-20%	+20%	+35%
Augur (Maris, Fathom of Night)	+15%	-20%	-10%	-20%	-50%	+40%
Balancers (Weapon-Bequeathed Harmonia)	-8%	+10%	-8%	-10%	-30%
Dreglord (Traitorous Straghess/Pure Impulse Straghess)	+10%	+10%	+20%	-10%	+25%

Elden Ring Nightreign Hardest Nightlords Heolstor Night Aspect 2

Insights from Twitter user @darksouls_2ch provide valuable data regarding the status effects applicable to these bosses. For example, accumulating 154 poison is required to inflict the Poison status on Adel during the Gaping Jaw encounter. Absence of a specified number indicates immunity to that effect. Note that subsequent applications of status effects will necessitate an increased quantity for full efficacy.

Boss Name	Poison	Scarlet Rot	Bleed	Frostbite	Sleep	Madness
Gaping Jaw	154	154	541	154	154	–
Fissure in the Fog	252	252	252	541	541	–
Darkdrift Knight	154	154	154	154	154	–
Tricephalos	541	252	252	541	154	–
Sentient Pest (Scorpion)	252	154	154	154	154	–
Sentient Pest (Moth)	541	154	154	154	541	–
The Shape of Night	–	252	–	–	541	–
Heolstor the Nightlord	–	252	–	–	541	–
Equilibrious Beast	154	154	252	252	–	154
Augur	–	252	–	252	–	–
Balancers	252	252	252	252	84	–
Dreglord	542	542	252	252	252	–

How to Obtain Weapons and Items Exploiting Nightlords’ Weaknesses

There are several strategies for acquiring weapons that can effectively counter the Nightlords you encounter in various expeditions. First, players should consider equipping specific Relics before commencing a run, which can enhance your weapon’s elemental damage. This initial weapon will serve as a critical asset, even if superior options arise later. Upgrading this weapon using Smithing Stone 2 from the Mines is also advisable.

Additionally, once you initiate an expedition, numerous buildings and locations on the map display elemental symbols beneath them. These symbols indicate the elemental weaponry available after defeating the associated boss. Don’t forget to also search for crates and boxes that yield Grease and Pots, invaluable resources for all Nightfarers, particularly the Scholar.

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