I'd like everyone to know that I've never played any dark souls games but the first boss didnt kill me at all .....................................................I accidently rolled off the edge of the map before doing a single hp of damage to him
Allow me to add an additional optional boss: The Black Knife Assassin, found in the Death Touched Catacombs just to the east of the Warmaster's Shack in Limgrave. Defeating him nets the Assassin's Crimson Dagger talisman, which restores HP on a critical hit like a backstab or riposte. Considering how central poisebreaking and posture breaking is to Elden Ring's combat this talisman is an excellent compliment to builds taking advantage of it.
@@WobiKabobi found the Cerulean equivalent in Liurnia. Black Knife Catacombs, northeast of the Frenzied Flame village which is directly north of the minor erdtree Bastard is hidden behind an invisible wall.
VOLCANO MANOR : for anyone wanting to do that quest, an FYI, you DO NOT need an invitation like they said in the video. You can just show up and talk to the lady in the chair by the bonfire and start the questline from there. From what I can tell it changes nothing, the invitation seems like its just in the world to let the player know that there's a questline in the Manor
Two things with this - i though I had missed the patches missions but I spoke to him just before i completed it and did his mission to the mountains. Means going through the capital and defeating a boss to get there. If you get swallowed by the Marionette to get to volcano mountain don't miss the cave route before jumping off the lava waterfall as you can't go back. Also don't kill or give the potion to Raya but visit her location before killing Rykard. Volcano Mountain is a huge side mission with loads of cool weapons and armour sets.
volcano quest, ranni quest and fia quest are my favorite, i do think volcano quest should have an ending for it own since so much npc involved, so much dialogs, different way to approach and items that have use outside of the quest
For those who got confused with the Wormface boss location. It’s the one between the Windmill village and the broken bridge (the tree in the middle of the valley).
@@hardluckmk.52 Well you don't have to fight a lot of bosses in Elden Ring. There are tons of optional boss fights like this one, it's up to you if you want to kill it or not. :)
No you need to do that quest 2 armor sets 2 spells and a talisman that heals you. Pair that talisman with the blasphemous blade and you can't die to mobs while exploring at all.
I am SO glad I went against my natural instincts and cleared the Fringefolk Hero's Grave and its boss, that nightmare well prepared me for the multiple copies I would have to face in the future
Radahn actually can be optional or required. Him, Rannala, and Godrick all drop a great rune, you need 2 of these in order to progress the main story and unlock the capital. Meaning you have to kill 2 of the 3 great rune bosses you can encounter outside the capital. Radahn is just in what could be considered the third area of the game and as such natural progression based on enemy strength wouldn't take you to him until you had probably killed godrick and rannala.
@@ghosthost2033 you might not even need to take the elevator there is always the side route to the plateau although I don't know how rya spawns if you go that route
you have the option of getting, godricks, rennalas, radahns, rykards or the lord of blood's great runes before going to the capital. You really get a lot to pick from
Volcano Manors boss is so much fun. Spoilers: You can also get to the boss without doing the questline. There is a hidden passage in one of the rooms in the corridor of the manor. You need a key to open it. It's the key you get from the lady in the main room. She is also surprised that someone without invitation made it there, when you don't have one.
The boss at the bottom of the divine tower in Caelid is absolutely nuts. It took my friend with the kamihamiha intellect build to kill him. He would 2 shot me at 40 vigor
But she is also tough as nails. So be prepared for a lot of cursing and thrown controllers. Try bleed plus frost and use your mimic as a tag team partner
Yep, incredibly rewarding when you do beat her though, honestly just the fact that summon spam doesn't automatically destroy her and in some cases actually makes her harder as a result of her healing is why I think she's one of the best in the game, you can choose your own difficulty with her but no matter what you do cheesing her is nigh impossible without prior knowledge
@@reddevildk8641 No shes completely optional. "Mandatory" are only 2 great runes , then you can beat the game, which is pretty fast if you bee line for that goal. 90%+ of the game is all optional content.
I expected spoilers, but still didn't want to miss anything. It was refreshing to see that extra effort was put into providing timestamps to skip the spoilers. Thank you for that!
Seeing y'all cover elden ring is fun I wanna watch more noob vs pro stuff but the guides help me in my bandit adventures accidentally. Now if only we had a map guide
I finished the game and was hunting for last things to do before NG+. There's 1 boss I haven't done from that video, and it's awesome to find out before going on a new Journey. Awesome video!
I went to volcano manor before entering the capital because I was trying to do all great runes I could find before the capital and knew a great rune was SOMEWHERE in mt gelmir because of gideon's advice. And even if it meant I missed a questline, having to fully explore volcano manor and stumbling onto the main purpose of doing so was really fun.
what a coincidence, i just explored the tower today and found the bottom room boss, i also took the long way down even opening a short cut that i didnt even use 😂
I went there super early when I was just goofing around and got one shotted and didnt do basically any damage and today I went back there and clapped dem cheeks💀
The Fallingstar Beast kicked my ass for a while, which wasn't too surprising given how obviously resistant it was to slash and bleed, until I learned it took 35% increased magic damage. Swapped my weapon affinities over to magic and took it down easily 👍
Holy shit dude I started this tutorial and was like "this guy sounds so familiar" then I realized I used to binge watch your Minecraft quick build challenges every day after school!! That was one of my favorite series to watch. I remember genuinely rooting for you to beat the challengers especially in the duo challenges. I think about the treehouse episode all the time! "IT MAKES A FUCK OFF MASSIVE TREE"
I actually know of another Mariner. Its near volcano manor. Directly across from the two iron maiden boss exit. Pretty sure this one has more powers too.
Side note about Tibia Mariner : For a lot of players, defeating him will grant your first Deathroot. This should activate an NPC named D. He can lead you to beast incantations, what beast incantations lead to...
Not to be rude, but speaking of logic tge first Mariner one can find is the one on the road to Caelid, also someone can find a deathroot much earlier in the near catacombs, Tibia man is wayy far away for it being the first Mariner
@@galaticwars The ones Recycled make sense though, compare this to any regular AAA game with like 5 total story bosses? the game has 63 unique bosses and 146 Total bosses
You dont have to use just the weapons ash of war for the god devouring serpent fight, you can use its normal moveset and it will still have the big ranged wind spear effect on your light and heavy attacks as well as its jumping attacks, the weapon can also be upgraded by the blacksmith so you dont have to struggle with its unupgraded dmg.
@@buttersnow8707 just adds variety. Honestly its my top 3 favourite bosses by the unique weapon to defeat it and its transition, and also the manor questline was so fun
@@exan6970 yeah but ash of war doesn't always stagger him in 1st phase and maybe someone just doesn't have ennough mp so using r1 and r2 are also viable options 2nd phase tho you can literally stunlock him so i'd advise saving some mana for 2 nd ohase and than destroying him with ash of war
God, the third boss on this list was one of my favorite boss fights in my first playthrough. I loved the atmosphere of the area, the music, and the fight itself felt like a great callback to the style of bosses in previous games. I highly recommend players go take a crack at this boss before you end up having to fight it elsewhere, which you can find him again in the Altus area and in the ruins in the sky also.
@@123austinl no, Josh makes videos on this channel still. Hollow does too and this guy that you heard in this video, who sounds a bit like Josh but isn't Josh, it's quite odd tbh
I think the thing that makes that putrid spirit so hard is the same thing that makes the duo Crucible fight hard the damn room is super small for the range of attacks that's they have you have no room to move
I have to say that your Caelid Divine Tower path is much riskier than it should be. And probably why 100% of hosts that don't follow me end up dying. The 'real' path also opens the door that the two redmane soldiers are guarding to a path with an elevator, allowing a player to relatively easily get summons from the effigy. Wall of Text: From the area with the 2 soldiers, walk off the side on to the small bridge. Turn around get on the ledge. Go left until you come across a bridge with cracks on it, it should be the first one you come across. Walk on it. Don't panic, you won't take fall damage (unless you jump attack...). Now you need to carefully walk off the bridge onto the bridge beneath it. There's a money rune there. On the side of the bridge closest to the inner spire there is a brazier below you. Jog off the bridge onto it. Don't jump or shuffle or walk or run. Just put joystick to the edge. Once on the brazier, turn around. You can walk off onto a platform but I recommend jumping. Once you're on it, jump on the one in front of it. Turn left, jump onto the platform beneath it. Now, turn around and look for a soldier. He's guarding the elevator you need to get on. I recommend killing him here with a bow or spells if you aren't confident at dueling him. Once he's dealt with, there is a platform below you connecting to the inner spire. Jump down and hug the wall until you get to the elevator. Take it up and climb the ladder that's immediately in front of you. It leads to the door that the two redmane soldiers from earlier were guarding. There's an effigy just outside the door to the right. Take the ladder back down. Go down the hall and there is a Black Flame Monk. I recommend jumping heavy attacks or having a friend so you can chain backstabs. At the end of the hall there is a money item. Turn left and hug the edge until you see below you a bridge with cracks in it. Walk off. You will be safe. DO NOT jump off or jump attack because that will kill you. There is an elevator. Take it. In front of you is the Basement Grace. Have fun with the boss.
the caelid tower apostle was the first one I fought and was the hardest boss in the game for me up to meeting him. I don't think I came back to kill him until after killing all the great rune bosses before Lyndel
the women for valcano manner meeting her she will be in EITHER the grand lift of dectus OR lux ruins depending on how you got to altus and or if the lift was activated
7:02 that's not where wormface is he's at the tree west of that one. The one you are pointing out doesn't have a boss just a group of enemies (they're easy to take down). But still has tears for your flask.
I got duped by the wall-looking door to the Greater Rune elevator in the Tower of Caelid and figured "well, that direction's no good, guess there's a bottom-to-top elevator somewhere lower". Proceeded to spend 2 hours falling off edges, getting killed by that black flame mob with a cool cape and then the boss himself, before finding out that there really is no elevator up from the room behind him, I'm just lowkey blind. I did think that this is a really over-the-top parkour section, but after all the silly jumping it took to even enter the tower, it didn't seem *that* far-fetched to just consider the Tower of Caelid the game's parkour check. Boss was definitely a fun challenge, though, as I only had ~700 hp at the time, at around level 70. At least most of his regular attacks didn't one-shot, only some of the blackflame ones that are easier to straight-up run away from.
You can make it to the bottom too. Bring lions claw and introduce the boss to the ground. That filthy bastard has not cleaned in decades. Show him how filthy that floor is.
For the second boss I've just been roaming completely aimless and underleveled then saw that huge tower and went up using messages guiding my way. As soon as I saw you could go down I just assumed rewards and went down dying for a while just to get a boss that 1 shotted me lol
Beat the Divine Tower boss at lvl 82 bc I wanted the Godslayer greatsword so bad. Definitely was under leveled and died 100 times but we made it through.🤝
For some reason, out of all the optional bosses in the game, I found that one Tree Spirit boss in the catacombs to be the worst. As a mage, having no space to keep away from it while all of its moves cover a wide area and don't really give you time to cast any spells at it, really pissed me off. I died there so many times, it felt like it was even worse than some of the late game bosses (like the blonde dude that hurls lightning)
In Volcano Manor there is an invisible wall behind the corpse in the first room of the hallway. From there you can explore the entire volcano manor and at the end you can even get to the Snake(the boss with the great rune) so you can defeat the boss even before entering the Capital. (Do yourself a favor and bring a friend in that bossfight ☠️)
You can staggerlock the snake if you have the FP for it. Do the first part of the weapon art but DON'T do the followup attack. Let your animation reset and do the charged L2 again. I recommend having some kind of Ash summon to distract for while you're sipping your Cerulean Flask. And yes. You can do this the whole fight. The WHOLE FIGHT.
I love how on the putrid tree spirit he said “it’s grab attack is a one shot even at my 38 vigor” I died XD. He was talking as if 38 vigor was a lot. If you want a melee build at least go for 50-60 vigor my dude XD
just beat that damn Godskin today after levelling up to 105 and getting the sword of night and flame to +5 with mimic spirit at +4. I told him I'd have revenge when he one shot me for the 20th time. vengeance is sweet but he's loot is sweeter 😋
I think the list is a little bit missing. I will give out some names that can be spoiler but they are a little hard to reach. 1. The Lich Dragon 2. Malenia,Sword of Miquella 3. Mohg( I believe there are 2 mohg’s) 4. Captain Niall
would definitely have been a better addition compared to tibia or Rykard who are pretty obvious bosses. Hell even Mohg and Malenia are a lot more hidden than Rykard and they're great rune bosses too
I've been trying to figure out how to get to bottom of the Devine tower for ages. Only reason I know there is something down there was failing countless jumps
Just want to note that *all* Godskin bosses (Apostles and Nobles) read your input when drinking a flask and throw a fireball at you, not just the one in Caelid. I really hate input reads.
You (thankfully for me) don't actually have to talk to Raya at all to do the manor questline! I ended up just making my way there via the ladders and Fullygrown's peak and walked through the front door. The only person to even mention the manor before that was Patches who just told me not to go there after he had his rainbow stone fun.
There is a corrupted elden tree boss at the bottom of Stormveil Castle. All hits were lethal and using the crystal sword barely scratched it. It was very fast, had an enormous reach and did 500+ a hit plus Ash rot and poison. I couldn't beat it.
As much as i like these types of videos.. but why are people keep saying there are no directional markers in the game, the map literally points you to were the main bosses are lol
No criticism, or judgement, i just want to give you my perspective. I am one of those viewers who was expecting things to be spoiled. I clicked a video titled "8 IMPORTANT Optional Bosses You Don't Want to Miss - Hidden Weapons & Armor Location" because it seemed to imply that items and cool bosses will be partially revealed, I don't mind leaving some cool inconsequential things out, I would even classify boss phases in that category. I personally don't mind having something to look forward to do, it's how I find joy from the game, like a community talking about a creature over-yonder.
"Unless you know there's something to down there your not likely to go" I didn't know if there was anything down there and what was down there is not part of my build. But I'm the Repo man of Elden Ring, every thing is mine, they just don't know it yet
If you're trying to beat the black knife assassin in sage's cave (the one who is invisible and constantly tries to backstab you) I reccomend the glintblade phalanx sorcery as the blades automatically fly towards the nearest enemy whether they're invisible or not instantly giving away where he is. He can be frustrating to fight without something like this.
The boss in war dead catacombs drops the legendary ash summon and a golden seed with the fat purse of runes Totally worth the effort on 1st play through
I'd like everyone to know that I've never played any dark souls games but the first boss didnt kill me at all .....................................................I accidently rolled off the edge of the map before doing a single hp of damage to him
😂same
Allow me to add an additional optional boss: The Black Knife Assassin, found in the Death Touched Catacombs just to the east of the Warmaster's Shack in Limgrave. Defeating him nets the Assassin's Crimson Dagger talisman, which restores HP on a critical hit like a backstab or riposte. Considering how central poisebreaking and posture breaking is to Elden Ring's combat this talisman is an excellent compliment to builds taking advantage of it.
Used it for most of my first playthrough, its amazing for legacy dungeons especially when being a summon since you’re down flasks
@@WobiKabobi found the Cerulean equivalent in Liurnia. Black Knife Catacombs, northeast of the Frenzied Flame village which is directly north of the minor erdtree
Bastard is hidden behind an invisible wall.
@@iggytheincubus thanks for letting me know! Gonna go snag that today
Lol it’s not central goof
@@iggytheincubus i found and beat that one before i knew that other black knife assassin's existed
The spoiler warnings were beautifully handled especially for a hidden content video, thank you so much for that
Well said!
Every other channel can take lessons from this guy
Lol people will play the game by looking up videos of how to do EVERYTHING but will still complain about spoilers.
HAIL
earned him a sub from me
VOLCANO MANOR : for anyone wanting to do that quest, an FYI, you DO NOT need an invitation like they said in the video. You can just show up and talk to the lady in the chair by the bonfire and start the questline from there. From what I can tell it changes nothing, the invitation seems like its just in the world to let the player know that there's a questline in the Manor
The invitation lets you meet the girl at the top of the lift and teleport directly to the manor without having to go through mt gelmir.
@@maxpower2430 but thats the best part, why would anyone want to skip that very easy and not at all punishing area
Two things with this - i though I had missed the patches missions but I spoke to him just before i completed it and did his mission to the mountains. Means going through the capital and defeating a boss to get there.
If you get swallowed by the Marionette to get to volcano mountain don't miss the cave route before jumping off the lava waterfall as you can't go back.
Also don't kill or give the potion to Raya but visit her location before killing Rykard.
Volcano Mountain is a huge side mission with loads of cool weapons and armour sets.
@@CitizenSmith yea Volcano Manor is one of my favorite spots on the map.
volcano quest, ranni quest and fia quest are my favorite, i do think volcano quest should have an ending for it own since so much npc involved, so much dialogs, different way to approach and items that have use outside of the quest
For those who got confused with the Wormface boss location. It’s the one between the Windmill village and the broken bridge (the tree in the middle of the valley).
you can bleed them though so thats useful
I was moreso confused why i *should* fight it…is it because it’s not an avatar therefore easier? What it drop?
@@hardluckmk.52 Well you don't have to fight a lot of bosses in Elden Ring. There are tons of optional boss fights like this one, it's up to you if you want to kill it or not. :)
thanks
After that Falling Star beast you can just jump down the cliff and waltz into Volcano Manor, no quest needed.
One does not simply walk into Volcano Manor.
@@darrensteele3365 yeah XD, I hate that place
I clumped up and tried to fight the beast once, got humbled, instantly jumped off next and randomly ended up in the manor...i consider it a win 😂
@@silvereyedlionking21 Exactly how I arrived lol
No you need to do that quest 2 armor sets 2 spells and a talisman that heals you. Pair that talisman with the blasphemous blade and you can't die to mobs while exploring at all.
I am SO glad I went against my natural instincts and cleared the Fringefolk Hero's Grave and its boss, that nightmare well prepared me for the multiple copies I would have to face in the future
.... yeah... not really. That one is a joke compared to the others.
Depends on when you fight it because the attack patterns don't change, only the stats do. (And whether it can inflict scarlet rot)
@@t0uchme343 stats are pretty static. The fringefolk can be melted easy while the rest are very much chonkier in health and damage power
Radahn actually can be optional or required. Him, Rannala, and Godrick all drop a great rune, you need 2 of these in order to progress the main story and unlock the capital. Meaning you have to kill 2 of the 3 great rune bosses you can encounter outside the capital. Radahn is just in what could be considered the third area of the game and as such natural progression based on enemy strength wouldn't take you to him until you had probably killed godrick and rannala.
Tecnically speaking you can even reach the boss of Villa Volcano on Mount Gelmir and kill him, the elevator doesn't require any boss to be killed.
@@ghosthost2033 you might not even need to take the elevator there is always the side route to the plateau although I don't know how rya spawns if you go that route
@@jarzz3601 You can choose that route if you like to punish yourself lol
@@ghosthost2033 it's not that bad the boss is easy to cheese with bow and arrow, the biggest inconvenience is the enemies on the way to the boss
you have the option of getting, godricks, rennalas, radahns, rykards or the lord of blood's great runes before going to the capital. You really get a lot to pick from
I have noticed that all of the ulcerated tree spirit bosses are fairly difficult and they also have REALLY large health pools.
In case you face another one, try using black flame spells, as they seem to be effectivve against tree enemies, although not so much in the end game
@@spark1128 I heard it's because Black Flame scales with enemies rather than a set amount damage. So it's useful for stronger enemies
@@soulofcinder4748 yes it does scale off max hp
Volcano Manors boss is so much fun. Spoilers: You can also get to the boss without doing the questline. There is a hidden passage in one of the rooms in the corridor of the manor. You need a key to open it. It's the key you get from the lady in the main room. She is also surprised that someone without invitation made it there, when you don't have one.
Ya she was surprised I was there
Where is that invisible giant dude in altus plateu he didn't show on the video
You can get to the boss without visiting the manor at all, too. There’s a warp from the very bottom of Ray Lucaria Academy.
The boss at the bottom of the divine tower in Caelid is absolutely nuts. It took my friend with the kamihamiha intellect build to kill him. He would 2 shot me at 40 vigor
I cheesed him with Reduvia dagger special ability. Getting that blood proc does wonders.
You guys should cover the questline for unlocking Melenia, now that's an optional boss any Elden Ring player worth their salt should do
But she is also tough as nails. So be prepared for a lot of cursing and thrown controllers. Try bleed plus frost and use your mimic as a tag team partner
Yep, incredibly rewarding when you do beat her though, honestly just the fact that summon spam doesn't automatically destroy her and in some cases actually makes her harder as a result of her healing is why I think she's one of the best in the game, you can choose your own difficulty with her but no matter what you do cheesing her is nigh impossible without prior knowledge
@@jake88 exactly.
She's not optional you need to kill her to progress the story
@@reddevildk8641 No shes completely optional.
"Mandatory" are only 2 great runes , then you can beat the game, which is pretty fast if you bee line for that goal.
90%+ of the game is all optional content.
I expected spoilers, but still didn't want to miss anything. It was refreshing to see that extra effort was put into providing timestamps to skip the spoilers. Thank you for that!
Seeing y'all cover elden ring is fun I wanna watch more noob vs pro stuff but the guides help me in my bandit adventures accidentally. Now if only we had a map guide
Fextralife has a map
@@andressssssssssss where one area is missing. But I am sure that they will update it.
@@SilverShot114 there’s a very good interactive one on mapguru iirc
Every small shrine drawing you see on undiscovered locations are where the maps are :)
I finished the game and was hunting for last things to do before NG+. There's 1 boss I haven't done from that video, and it's awesome to find out before going on a new Journey. Awesome video!
Dude isn't there over 150 bosses in the game 😦
Technically
I went to volcano manor before entering the capital because I was trying to do all great runes I could find before the capital and knew a great rune was SOMEWHERE in mt gelmir because of gideon's advice. And even if it meant I missed a questline, having to fully explore volcano manor and stumbling onto the main purpose of doing so was really fun.
what a coincidence, i just explored the tower today and found the bottom room boss, i also took the long way down even opening a short cut that i didnt even use 😂
ah godskin apostle?
I went there super early when I was just goofing around and got one shotted and didnt do basically any damage and today I went back there and clapped dem cheeks💀
That tree worm boss looks easier than the one in the first dungeon. There is no room to move around in that one
The Fallingstar Beast kicked my ass for a while, which wasn't too surprising given how obviously resistant it was to slash and bleed, until I learned it took 35% increased magic damage. Swapped my weapon affinities over to magic and took it down easily 👍
Holy shit dude I started this tutorial and was like "this guy sounds so familiar" then I realized I used to binge watch your Minecraft quick build challenges every day after school!! That was one of my favorite series to watch. I remember genuinely rooting for you to beat the challengers especially in the duo challenges. I think about the treehouse episode all the time! "IT MAKES A FUCK OFF MASSIVE TREE"
Well made video! Concise, entertaining and considerate of spoilers! Definitely earned my sub
I actually know of another Mariner. Its near volcano manor.
Directly across from the two iron maiden boss exit.
Pretty sure this one has more powers too.
3 one 4th is past lendel
There are also two more right next to each other in the mountaintop of the giants
They missed the most important optional boss, dragonlord. For anyone keen too hunt him down explore the Dragon temple thoroughly.
Spoiler
Dragon lord Placidusax? Or is there another one that I missed
Where is the dragon temple
@@mrflappystripedtigers3938
Yeah placi the arena the music, absolutely epic.
@@treymcgougan5698 the game forces you too go there so you will know when you're there
The dragon temple?
You mean Farum Aazula?
THANK YOU!!!!!! I'm in the mid game, but it was my first time in the sage's cave. AND WOW, so much loot! Thank you
i explored the tower just for fun and found the boss. very cool experience
Side note about Tibia Mariner :
For a lot of players, defeating him will grant your first Deathroot. This should activate an NPC named D. He can lead you to beast incantations, what beast incantations lead to...
Not to be rude, but speaking of logic tge first Mariner one can find is the one on the road to Caelid, also someone can find a deathroot much earlier in the near catacombs, Tibia man is wayy far away for it being the first Mariner
It's amazing the sheer number of bosses in this game.
U mean recycled bosses
@@galaticwars The ones Recycled make sense though, compare this to any regular AAA game with like 5 total story bosses? the game has 63 unique bosses and 146 Total bosses
@@justinhorror1765 I'll take less bosses that are uniqe and matter to the plot than a bunch of random recycles with mediocre rewards.
You dont have to use just the weapons ash of war for the god devouring serpent fight, you can use its normal moveset and it will still have the big ranged wind spear effect on your light and heavy attacks as well as its jumping attacks, the weapon can also be upgraded by the blacksmith so you dont have to struggle with its unupgraded dmg.
I think they were just ... pushing out content and not really paying attention for most of this. XD
@@buttersnow8707 just adds variety. Honestly its my top 3 favourite bosses by the unique weapon to defeat it and its transition, and also the manor questline was so fun
You don’t have to use the Ashe oft war to kill the serpent as it consumes fp. It will have special attacks with r1 and r2
The Ashes staggers the boss though which helps for getting in a few R2 Attacks without getting blasted by his head.
@@exan6970 yeah but ash of war doesn't always stagger him in 1st phase and maybe someone just doesn't have ennough mp so using r1 and r2 are also viable options 2nd phase tho you can literally stunlock him so i'd advise saving some mana for 2 nd ohase and than destroying him with ash of war
Do u get to keep the weapon after
@@greatwest6878 yes
@@greatwest6878 yea it's like fighting Yjorm from dark souls 3
God, the third boss on this list was one of my favorite boss fights in my first playthrough. I loved the atmosphere of the area, the music, and the fight itself felt like a great callback to the style of bosses in previous games. I highly recommend players go take a crack at this boss before you end up having to fight it elsewhere, which you can find him again in the Altus area and in the ruins in the sky also.
Just stumbled back on your account. Grew up watching your build battle content, honestly happy to see you still have a thriving channel and community!
This wasn't josh in the video but yes it's great they're all doing good on Josh's channel
@@kacperkorol Oh really???! That sucks was it hacked?
@@123austinl no, Josh makes videos on this channel still. Hollow does too and this guy that you heard in this video, who sounds a bit like Josh but isn't Josh, it's quite odd tbh
@@kacperkorol Okay thanks for clarifying like I said I haven't seen this channel in a very longtime!
I think the thing that makes that putrid spirit so hard is the same thing that makes the duo Crucible fight hard the damn room is super small for the range of attacks that's they have you have no room to move
I have to say that your Caelid Divine Tower path is much riskier than it should be. And probably why 100% of hosts that don't follow me end up dying. The 'real' path also opens the door that the two redmane soldiers are guarding to a path with an elevator, allowing a player to relatively easily get summons from the effigy.
Wall of Text:
From the area with the 2 soldiers, walk off the side on to the small bridge.
Turn around get on the ledge.
Go left until you come across a bridge with cracks on it, it should be the first one you come across.
Walk on it. Don't panic, you won't take fall damage (unless you jump attack...).
Now you need to carefully walk off the bridge onto the bridge beneath it. There's a money rune there.
On the side of the bridge closest to the inner spire there is a brazier below you. Jog off the bridge onto it. Don't jump or shuffle or walk or run. Just put joystick to the edge.
Once on the brazier, turn around. You can walk off onto a platform but I recommend jumping.
Once you're on it, jump on the one in front of it.
Turn left, jump onto the platform beneath it. Now, turn around and look for a soldier.
He's guarding the elevator you need to get on. I recommend killing him here with a bow or spells if you aren't confident at dueling him.
Once he's dealt with, there is a platform below you connecting to the inner spire. Jump down and hug the wall until you get to the elevator.
Take it up and climb the ladder that's immediately in front of you. It leads to the door that the two redmane soldiers from earlier were guarding. There's an effigy just outside the door to the right.
Take the ladder back down. Go down the hall and there is a Black Flame Monk. I recommend jumping heavy attacks or having a friend so you can chain backstabs.
At the end of the hall there is a money item. Turn left and hug the edge until you see below you a bridge with cracks in it.
Walk off. You will be safe. DO NOT jump off or jump attack because that will kill you.
There is an elevator. Take it.
In front of you is the Basement Grace. Have fun with the boss.
the caelid tower apostle was the first one I fought and was the hardest boss in the game for me up to meeting him. I don't think I came back to kill him until after killing all the great rune bosses before Lyndel
"first thing to take your life in this game" lmao i died to my arch nemesis... Gravity lmao
the women for valcano manner meeting her she will be in EITHER the grand lift of dectus OR lux ruins depending on how you got to altus and or if the lift was activated
7:02 that's not where wormface is he's at the tree west of that one. The one you are pointing out doesn't have a boss just a group of enemies (they're easy to take down). But still has tears for your flask.
I got duped by the wall-looking door to the Greater Rune elevator in the Tower of Caelid and figured "well, that direction's no good, guess there's a bottom-to-top elevator somewhere lower". Proceeded to spend 2 hours falling off edges, getting killed by that black flame mob with a cool cape and then the boss himself, before finding out that there really is no elevator up from the room behind him, I'm just lowkey blind. I did think that this is a really over-the-top parkour section, but after all the silly jumping it took to even enter the tower, it didn't seem *that* far-fetched to just consider the Tower of Caelid the game's parkour check.
Boss was definitely a fun challenge, though, as I only had ~700 hp at the time, at around level 70. At least most of his regular attacks didn't one-shot, only some of the blackflame ones that are easier to straight-up run away from.
your handling of spoilers is immaculate, my dude
Best thing about mariner, you can give what he drops to a beast dude in Calid to make him have a drug trip, he does try to kill you breifly then tho
I'll be honest I didn't even know you could make it to the top of caleid tower
You can make it to the bottom too. Bring lions claw and introduce the boss to the ground.
That filthy bastard has not cleaned in decades. Show him how filthy that floor is.
For the second boss I've just been roaming completely aimless and underleveled then saw that huge tower and went up using messages guiding my way. As soon as I saw you could go down I just assumed rewards and went down dying for a while just to get a boss that 1 shotted me lol
Same thing happened to me lol, luckily I had a friend come in and help because I really wanted that sword
Legendary work man!
I killed wormface today thinking it was another boss took an hour to lvl gear and kill it then i realised ITS FINE
I had more trouble with the falling star beast & the snek than any other boass on this list
Beat the Divine Tower boss at lvl 82 bc I wanted the Godslayer greatsword so bad. Definitely was under leveled and died 100 times but we made it through.🤝
I’ve decided that the grafted scion will be the second to last boss I fight kinda as a reminder of my origins
For some reason, out of all the optional bosses in the game, I found that one Tree Spirit boss in the catacombs to be the worst. As a mage, having no space to keep away from it while all of its moves cover a wide area and don't really give you time to cast any spells at it, really pissed me off. I died there so many times, it felt like it was even worse than some of the late game bosses (like the blonde dude that hurls lightning)
That parkour had me stuck for 20 min, I couldn’t land that bounce off to the platform with the elevator
In Volcano Manor there is an invisible wall behind the corpse in the first room of the hallway. From there you can explore the entire volcano manor and at the end you can even get to the Snake(the boss with the great rune) so you can defeat the boss even before entering the Capital. (Do yourself a favor and bring a friend in that bossfight ☠️)
If you do this you will lock yourself out of some of the best armour sets in the game.
@@dogfood142 you can't do the quest after the bossfight? My target is still signed on the map
@@NadaNada-ch9uw if you beat rykard the npcs leave the manor so you can’t do the quest line
You can staggerlock the snake if you have the FP for it. Do the first part of the weapon art but DON'T do the followup attack. Let your animation reset and do the charged L2 again. I recommend having some kind of Ash summon to distract for while you're sipping your Cerulean Flask.
And yes. You can do this the whole fight. The WHOLE FIGHT.
@@dogfood142 who cares blasphemous blade +10 abosulutely wrecks
I have a blood hound fang thing that's really really good and it does not stop attacking
I love how on the putrid tree spirit he said “it’s grab attack is a one shot even at my 38 vigor” I died XD. He was talking as if 38 vigor was a lot. If you want a melee build at least go for 50-60 vigor my dude XD
just beat that damn Godskin today after levelling up to 105 and getting the sword of night and flame to +5 with mimic spirit at +4. I told him I'd have revenge when he one shot me for the 20th time. vengeance is sweet but he's loot is sweeter 😋
good luck for the respawning teaming one ;)
@@tuyoufpazic5746 yeah I seen that one 😮💨
How did you get a ash of war in there? That’s the godskin apostle right? I couldn’t summon anything I had to solo it
The first time I came across the Full Grown Fallenstar Beast I hadn't encountered any of the other Fallenstar Beasts so I had a fun fight ahead
The serpent kings voice is so fun to mimic.
At the start of the video 0:00, what is that top piece, and how can you get it?
I think the list is a little bit missing. I will give out some names that can be spoiler but they are a little hard to reach.
1. The Lich Dragon
2. Malenia,Sword of Miquella
3. Mohg( I believe there are 2 mohg’s)
4. Captain Niall
There's also a pretty cool boss in the sewers beneath Leyndell, I imagine it's quite easy to miss that area entirely.
Bro blood omen dude has to be top 10 hardest bosses
@@treymcgougan5698 And that fight only shows his phase 1.
I actually got to the stronger version of him before the capital version, it was weird.
@@t0uchme343 where was he?
would definitely have been a better addition compared to tibia or Rykard who are pretty obvious bosses. Hell even Mohg and Malenia are a lot more hidden than Rykard and they're great rune bosses too
I found at least 5 of these mariners and 2 of which were not ones mentioned here which means i have 2 more to find
I've been trying to figure out how to get to bottom of the Devine tower for ages. Only reason I know there is something down there was failing countless jumps
I got that Sword today it's a a solid weapon especially if you have an all black fashion set.
Well done handling spoilers. That GKA was the first one of those I found. I ran from them for so long before realizing they weren't so bad.
Where do you got your armor and helmet from ?
the boss at 7:30 looks like the little clothed werewolf guys from bloodborne just far bigger lol.
did you get to NG+4 and not get 60 vigor? cuz you got 4 miqella swords?
Now I'm gonna figure out where you found that shield! Great vid.
3:19
HAHA dodged an arrow attack because you were pulling the lever. hilarious
I killed the tibia mariner about 1 hour into the game. Does it really close off the Volcano quest line ?
dont think so cuz i still got it after killing first tibia mariner in summonwater
Seeing 2 bosses like this at once just makes my sphincter pucker
Just want to note that *all* Godskin bosses (Apostles and Nobles) read your input when drinking a flask and throw a fireball at you, not just the one in Caelid. I really hate input reads.
theres a black knife assassin on the right of necromancer garris, if you just continue down the path past the two chests you will find the assassin.
I suck at doing sidequests in Elden Ring. I progressed past some of them lol.
love how you look like Papa from Ghost
You know it’s be real great if you’d show which tower to use the stone key on because their are 3.. and 2 are a waste
You (thankfully for me) don't actually have to talk to Raya at all to do the manor questline! I ended up just making my way there via the ladders and Fullygrown's peak and walked through the front door. The only person to even mention the manor before that was Patches who just told me not to go there after he had his rainbow stone fun.
This Game is soo hard even for me that i played Dark Souls 1 and Dark Souls 3 for over 100 hours. But i love it.
At the tower I thought you had to go down for a lever because I trusted a message that said so 🤣
There is a corrupted elden tree boss at the bottom of Stormveil Castle. All hits were lethal and using the crystal sword barely scratched it. It was very fast, had an enormous reach and did 500+ a hit plus Ash rot and poison. I couldn't beat it.
as a magic user when he said "git gud or get a magic laser" I took that personally lmao 🤣
Will you please make a video showing where all the night time bell hunter bosses are
“It feels like you can’t travel more than 30 seconds in this game without coming”
*Cheers bro I’ll drink to that*
Great video, i checked all these off spoiler free. Thanks so much
helps if you break up the bosses into the section so I can tab to the ones we need to rewind to
2:51 I thought I scoured every inch of that place I have a dungeon to go destroy brb :)
What weapon was he using. Thst shield looking thing. Looked like the tree sentinels shield. Looked good af
As much as i like these types of videos.. but why are people keep saying there are no directional markers in the game, the map literally points you to were the main bosses are lol
I think what first killed most players was the message that says try jumping
No criticism, or judgement, i just want to give you my perspective. I am one of those viewers who was expecting things to be spoiled. I clicked a video titled "8 IMPORTANT Optional Bosses You Don't Want to Miss - Hidden Weapons & Armor Location" because it seemed to imply that items and cool bosses will be partially revealed, I don't mind leaving some cool inconsequential things out, I would even classify boss phases in that category. I personally don't mind having something to look forward to do, it's how I find joy from the game, like a community talking about a creature over-yonder.
Dr. Toboggan was the toughest
What is that sword in the thumbnail on the right? I dont see it anywhere on the wiki
Did all of this have and gained 30+ levels just for the power to go out 👍🏼
Have you found Mogh the Omen at the very bottom of the Capitol Erdtree? He's insane
There's a wiki page for the map folks it is interactive you can check stuff off and it will disappear from the map. You're welcome.
Man this game is massive
"Unless you know there's something to down there your not likely to go"
I didn't know if there was anything down there and what was down there is not part of my build. But I'm the Repo man of Elden Ring, every thing is mine, they just don't know it yet
If you're trying to beat the black knife assassin in sage's cave (the one who is invisible and constantly tries to backstab you) I reccomend the glintblade phalanx sorcery as the blades automatically fly towards the nearest enemy whether they're invisible or not instantly giving away where he is. He can be frustrating to fight without something like this.
Also hoarfrost stomp since it’s wide enough to hit him
What is that fireball shield at the start called and how do I get it?
The boss in war dead catacombs drops the legendary ash summon and a golden seed with the fat purse of runes
Totally worth the effort on 1st play through
apologies if i missed it, but what is the straight sword in the thumbnail?
I still can't travel more than 10 meters without stopping to marvel at how beautiful this game is