Elden Beast is the final boss fight of Elden Ring.
Coming straight after Radagon of the Golden Order, Elden Ring saved its biggest boss for last, rolling out the Elden Beast to face off against players at the conclusion of the game’s story.
The fight against the Elden Beast is one tough battle of attrition, but since spirit ash summons are available in this boss fight, we’d definitely recommend putting them to good use.
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- How to prepare for Elden Beast
- Elden Beast tips: How to beat Elden Beast
- Elden Beast reward
How to prepare for Elden Beast
Preparing for the Elden Beast changes depending on what build you’re using. If you’re using a Sorcery build, you’ll want to use homing spells, and powerful ones at that.
Elden Beast tips: How to beat Elden Beast
Phew, where to start. The Elden Beast is one hell of a tough boss fight, for the simple fact that it has a boatload of health, and hits like a tank. Beginning with the sword, the boss can use it in sweeping attacks of two, potentially followed by a third stabbing attack.
The blade can also be powered up with Holy damage, as the Elden Beast sends forth four or five waves of light from its sword at you.
When the boss rises up into the air and flies above you, disable your target lock on the Elden Beast, and look to the ground. A ring will form around you, and several waves will start pulsating in on you.
The Elden Beast can fire off a barrage of Holy particles from its body, which will shoot high up into the air and home in towards you. Your goal here is to sprint around the boss in a circular motion, so you avoid all the projectiles.
The boss actually has another projectile attack, but this one is far harder to deal with. This time, slower moving stars will come towards you, but there’ll be a lot more of them.
Finally, the boss will imbue its non-sword hand with Holy, bringing it forth to grab you.
Once you have settled on a starting class and starting Keepsake item,
you should first work out how to level up, how to respec and use Ashes of War.
Need some direction from there? Our Elden Ring walkthrough and Elden Ring boss order can help with where to go next, but we also recommend hunting down Golden Seeds, Sacred Tears, Crystal Tears, Talismans and some of our best weapon and best armor choices.
If you are approaching the end game, we can help with the Volcano Manor quest and Rykard, Haligtree Secret Medallion locations, solving the Ordina, Liturgical Town puzzle, the Millicent quest, Commander Niall, Morgott, Godskin Duo, Maliketh and Malenia.
Elden Beast reward
When the Elden Beast has finally been slain, it’s time to end Elden Ring in a climactic fashion.
Congratulations, you’ve finished Elden Ring! FromSoftware’s latest game is both challenging and vast, and wrapping the entire thing up by defeating one of the tougher FromSoft foes in recent memory is no small feat.
