All Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree bosses and where to find each of them

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree bosses - Dancing Lion

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There are a lot moreShadow of the Erdtree bossesthan you thought there were; I can almost 100% guarantee it. Elden Ring’s first expansion has 55 bosses, including returning boss types from the base game, while 42 of these could be considered original.

These range from field bosses like dragons and Furnace Golems to dungeon-based bosses like those in catacombs and Gaols, as well as NPC bosses in Mausoleums. Some of the bosses I’ve included, like Ulcerated Tree Spirits, could technically be considered as very tough enemies, but here I’ve listed them since they drop unique items that a regular enemy wouldn’t.

In thisShadow of the Erdtreeboss list, I’ll run through every boss in the expansion, where they’re located, plus what each of them drop. Sincethe main boss section will contain quite a lot of spoilers, especially the last boss, I’ve put it at the end of this guide.

Field bosses

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree bosses - Furnace Golem

Furnace Golems

You can find these giant wandering braziers throughout the Land of Shadow and each one will drop one of the new Crystal Tears. There are eight Furnace Golems altogether. You can find these:

These bosses also drop the Furnace Visage crafting material.

Ghostflame Dragons

This new zombie dragon is pretty similar to those in the base game, except it breathes ghostflame. There are three of these in the game, and they each drop a Dragon Heart and a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. You can find these in:

Ulcerated Tree Spirits

That’s right, your favourite boss is back! There are three Ulcerated Tree Spirits in Shadow of the Erdtree that drop various items. You can find these:

Jagged Peak Drakes

You’ll have an opportunity to fight three of these dragons when you visit Jagged Peak; first, one on its own as you enter the area, then two together further up the mountain. These each drop a Dragon Heart and a Dragonscale Flesh consumable.

Golden Hippopotamuses

There are three of these big hippo bosses in the Land of Shadow. The main one is the Golden Hippopotamus that you fight at the entrance to the Shadow Keep in Scadu Altus. This gives you the Aspect of the Crucible: Thorns incantation that lets you fire out spikes at enemies, plus two Scadutree Fragments. There are also regular hippopotamuses in:

Both of these drop Scadutree Fragments.

Tree Sentinels

Just like the Tree Sentinels that guard the gate of Leyndell, you’ll fight two of these in the Hinterlands area, one after the other. One has the torch and halberd combo, while the second has a halberd and a shield. They each drop a Blessing of Marika consumable flask.

Fallingstar Beast

This boss is located in the same Hinterlands area as the Tree Sentinels; just look for the big crater and the gravity portal that shows where the boss will appear.

Ancient Dragon Senessax

You can find this boss further up the track towards the top of Jagged Peak, after you’ve defeated the twin Jagged Peak Drake boss. This is your typical ancient dragon with red lightning attacks, but watch out since his arena is filled with lightning-conducting water.

Dryleaf Dane

Though he’s just an NPC, Dryleaf Dane is technically a boss. We talk about the specifics of how to challenge him in ourMonk’s Missiveguide, but he will give you those martial arts gloves from the trailer.

Ralva the Red Bear

This is the first of two red rune bear bosses in the game. They’re much the same as regular runebears except that they have a giant AoE roar and cause earthquakes like Godrick or Hoarah Loux. This first one gives you a bear hat, so is well worth fighting.

Rugalea the Red Bear

The harder second red bear is located in a wood in the north-west area of the Ancient Ruins of Rauh. He’s only accessible at ground level, so you’ll have to make your way in from Scadu Altus, head past the pest area, and into the woods to find him. His reward is the roaring bear head spell from the trailer.

Demi-Human Queen Marigga

Death Rite Bird

They even managed to squeeze a deathbird into Shadow of the Erdtree. The Charo’s Hidden Grave area is accessible via Jagged Peak, where you’ll find this big bird in the watery graveyard area.

Erdtree map fragments: Uncover the Land of ShadowScadutree fragments: How to level up in ErdtreeLeda quest: Track the Erdtree main questSir Ansbach quest: Help the former servant of MohgHornsent quest: Complete the quest for vengeance

Erdtree map fragmentsScadutree fragmentsLeda questSir Ansbach questHornsent quest

Dungeon bosses

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree bosses - Lamenter

Demi-Human Swordsman Onze

This boss is a speedy Demi-Human who uses a magical katana. Despite his speed and acrobatics, he’s quite easy to stagger so you can very easily gang up on him with a Spirit Ash.

Ancient Dragon Man

Similar to the version of the NPC who invades you on the road to the dungeon, but now he does Malekith-esque dragon fire slashes and has dragon incantations like bite. Still, the slashes are highly telegraphed, so you can just bully him with a Spirit Ash otherwise.

Magma Wyrm

Just a regular Magma Wyrm from the base game. You can find him in the opposite direction from where you drop down to fight the Ancient Dragon Man.

Death Knight (Twin Axes)

A very cool new dungeon boss who is essentially a Leyndell dragon cult knight who uses lightning twin axes and lightning incantations. He’s not too hard to fight, though, provided you have a Spirit Ash to distract. Just be wary since he’s very fast-moving and aggressive due to using Ash of War: Blinkbolt.

Chief Bloodfiend

A slightly tougher version of the regular blood fiend enemies with a different moveset. The main difference is he can cast blood talons, do butt slams, and lunge at you. You’ll need to get to the Ellac Riverbed area to access this dungeon.

Black Knight Garrew

Black Knight Edredd

A big pushover, really. He’s a twinblade-wielding Black Knight which is kind of scary, and he uses that aspect of the crucible that lets you fly. That said, he has the health of a regular Black Knight enemy, so isn’t hard to kill. You’ll find the Fort of Reprimand in south Scadu Altus.

Curseblade Labirith

The Lamenter

Not a particularly tricky boss, just a horned dude who likes to disappear and summon lots of copies of himself. Keep hitting his copies until one doesn’t die and you’ve found him. The reward for this boss is very strange; a mask that lets you turn into a strange horned creature called a Lamenter.

Death Knight (Longhaft Axe)

Very similar to the other Death Knight boss, but this one has a grab attack that steals health and uses a big two-handed axe instead. You’ll find the dungeon at the far north-west of the Rauh Ruins Base area, along the river past the pests, and where all the flying insects are.

Jori, Elder Inquisitor

A Hornsent spellcaster boss who summons barrages of golden arcs and other Hornsent inquisitors to help him out. He’s not so bad if you summon and he doesn’t have much health, but watch out when he summons the really big Hornsent inquisitor enemy, since this can mess you up. This dungeon is very out of the way, and only accessible via lower Scadu Altus.

Mausoleum bosses

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree bosses - Red Bear

Blackgaol Knight

Just an NPC dude with a greatsword, repeating crossbow, and mega poise. Bait out his attacks to get hits in, especially after he does his full ash of war combo firing the air blade, or after he’s finished firing his crossbow.

Dancer of Ranah

Red Bear

This guy is very similar to Logur who you find in the woods in the starting area; an aggressive beast claw-wielding fella dressed as a bear. He just keeps coming and will also summon a bear head midway through the fight to roar at you.

Rakshasa

Main bosses

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Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree bosses - Messmer

Divine Beast Dancing Lion

🦁Dancing Lion guide: How to beat the Divine Beast

This is a very chaotic boss since the Dancing Lion’s movements are unpredictable and it changes between different elements throughout the fight. You can, however, summon Redmane Freyja to help. It’s worth noting there is a second secret Dancing Lion boss in the temple that you can see in upper Rauh Ruins.

Rellana, Twin Moon Knight

⚔️Rellana guide: How to beat the Twin Moon Knight

A dual sword-wielding knight who throws glintstone sorceries into the mix. The fight feels very similar to Loretta from the base game, except that Rellana is a lot more aggressive and combos for days. Halfway through the fight she’ll light up one sword with magic and one sword with flame like Pontiff Sulyvahn in Dark Souls 3. You can summon Leda and Dryleaf Dane for this boss.

Putrescent Knight

A strange star creature like Astel, but this one is riding a horse and has a big two-handed curved blade that it throws like a boomerang. Though its attacks aren’t too hard to dodge, it does a lot of damage. The good news is that you can summon Thiollier for this battle if you find his summon sign as you drop into the arena.

Commander Gaius

This mounted boar rider is pretty tough, mixing gravity magic with regular attacks similar to Radahn. His spells include firing gravity magic at you with his lance, and he’ll even fly up into the air like Radahn when he does his big whirlwind attack.

Bayle the Dread

A giant ancient dragon who resides at the top of Jagged Peak. This optional boss is comparable to Placidusax from the base game, though arguably much harder. However, if you’re pursuing Igon’s quest, you can summon him for a little help just inside the boss arena.

Romina, Saint of the Bud

A scarlet rot boss who has a lot of sweeping attacks and AoE scarlet rot inducing explosions, but honestly not that hard if you stick close to her. Something about the weird shape of her body means that if you stay close to her torso a lot of her glaive swings don’t seem to connect at all. Also be sure to bring some kind of anti-scarlet rot like the Flame Cleanse Me spell.

Messmer the Impaler

One of the main stars of the Shadow the Erdtree, Messmer is both very mobile and highly aggressive, mixing Messmer flame pyromancy spells with spear thrusts. His second phase is especially fearsome as he becomes even harder to catch. If you need help, you can summon the Hornsent for this fight inside the arena provided you’re pursuing his quest.

Scadutree Avatar

My favorite boss in the game, a giant shadow sunflower with all sorts of thorn spells and shadow magic. Fairly easy if you focus on its head, but you have to kill it three times to win. Each time it’s downed, use a critical strike on the flower. It will revive with a third less health, so you do this three times.

Metyr, Mother of Fingers

Not quite a giant hand, but more like a messed up cosmic hand-creature with a finger for a face. Definitely the most Bloodborne-esque boss in Elden Ring and its remembrance gives some very fun items. To access this boss, you’ll need to complete Count Ymir’s quest, which you can start in the Cathedral of Manus Metyr in east Scadu Altus.

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame

Radahn, Consort of Miquella

This boss is a young Radahn on foot, and he actually feels quite similar to Radahn in the base game in terms of his attack timings and patterns. At two-thirds health, Radahn will enter a super state which enhances his regular combos and adds new AoE holy attacks, and this is when it gets extremely spicy. You can summon a variety of NPCs for this boss depending on whose quests you completed.

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Field bosses#

Furnace Golems#

Ghostflame Dragons#

Ulcerated Tree Spirits#

Jagged Peak Drakes#

Golden Hippopotamuses#

Tree Sentinels#

Fallingstar Beast#

Ancient Dragon Senessax#

Dryleaf Dane#

Ralva the Red Bear#

Rugalea the Red Bear#

Demi-Human Queen Marigga#

Death Rite Bird#

Dungeon bosses#

Demi-Human Swordsman Onze#

Ancient Dragon Man#

Magma Wyrm#

Death Knight (Twin Axes)#

Chief Bloodfiend#

Black Knight Garrew#

Black Knight Edredd#

Curseblade Labirith#

The Lamenter#

Death Knight (Longhaft Axe)#

Jori, Elder Inquisitor#

Mausoleum bosses#

Blackgaol Knight#

Dancer of Ranah#

Red Bear#

Rakshasa#

Main bosses#

Divine Beast Dancing Lion#

Rellana, Twin Moon Knight#

Putrescent Knight#

Commander Gaius#

Bayle the Dread#

Romina, Saint of the Bud#

Messmer the Impaler#

Scadutree Avatar#

Metyr, Mother of Fingers#

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame#

Radahn, Consort of Miquella#

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Field bosses

Furnace Golems

Ghostflame Dragons

Ulcerated Tree Spirits

Jagged Peak Drakes

Golden Hippopotamuses

Tree Sentinels

Fallingstar Beast

Ancient Dragon Senessax

Dryleaf Dane

Ralva the Red Bear

Rugalea the Red Bear

Demi-Human Queen Marigga

Death Rite Bird

Dungeon bosses

Demi-Human Swordsman Onze

Ancient Dragon Man

Magma Wyrm

Death Knight (Twin Axes)

Chief Bloodfiend

Black Knight Garrew

Black Knight Edredd

Curseblade Labirith

The Lamenter

Death Knight (Longhaft Axe)

Jori, Elder Inquisitor

Mausoleum bosses

Blackgaol Knight

Dancer of Ranah

Red Bear

Rakshasa

Main bosses

Divine Beast Dancing Lion

Rellana, Twin Moon Knight

Putrescent Knight

Commander Gaius

Bayle the Dread

Romina, Saint of the Bud

Messmer the Impaler

Scadutree Avatar

Metyr, Mother of Fingers

Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame

Radahn, Consort of Miquella

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