Elden Ring Nightreign is upon us! Time to decide on your Nightfarer and set out into Limveld in hopes of defeating the Nightlord earlier than you’re misplaced to the rains. We’ve teamed up with Maxroll to convey you quite a lot of guides that can assist you get began, introduce you to every of the Nightfarers and aid you navigate the hazards of Limveld.
Getting Began in Nightreign
Maxroll’s Nightreign beginner’s guide goes over all the pieces it’s good to get began: an introduction to every of the 8 playable characters, an evidence of the sport’s central hub, nagivating Limveld, the fundamentals of fight, and methods to deal with the Nightlords, earlier than wrapping all the pieces up with a bit of data on Nightreign’s metaprogression methods.
Maxroll Nightreign Character Guides
Be taught extra about every of the sport’s Nightfarers, how their abilities work, and some extra details about every of their distinctive playstyles.
Wylder
Wylder is a well-rounded character, appropriate for newcomers. His Sixth Sense passive lets you cheat dying and keep up by one occasion of deadly injury. As a generalist, he does not excel with any particular weapons, however can use most martial armaments. His favourite weapon is the Greatsword.
Guardian
The Guardian is Nightreign’s tank class. He is most comfy wielding a big defend and a weapon that can be utilized whereas guarding, similar to a Halberd, Rapier, or Hand Crossbow. The Guardian offers much less injury than the opposite Nightfarers, however has immense sturdiness and a number of methods to disrupt foes.
Ironeye
Ironeye is the bow specialist, although his excessive Dexterity makes him proficient with quite a lot of different melee weapons similar to daggers and curved swords. Sadly, his low sturdiness makes him a poor alternative as a front-line fighter, so use melee weapons with warning. General, his skills are easy to make use of, making him a superb alternative for newcomers.
Duchess
The Duchess is a dagger-wielding Nightfarer who excels at evasive motion to weave in and out of fight. Her beginning weapon comes with a potent character talent, enchanting your blade with the Magic affinity for additional injury. As well as, she will be able to adeptly wield Glintstone Sorceries because of her excessive intelligence, and she has first rate Religion scaling for Incantations as properly. For the Duchess, look out for weapons with the Magic or Frost Affinity, and these that may set off statuses like Frostbite or Blood Loss.
Raider
The Raider has excessive Energy and makes use of massive/colossal weapons to smash his foes. Whereas he can use quite a lot of martial armaments properly, his FP is extraordinarily low, making it tough to make use of weapon abilities. The Raider’s inherent sturdiness makes him tough to stagger, serving to him be certain that his blows join.
Revenant
The Revenant is a assist class, although her excessive Religion permits her to make use of offensive Incantations with ease. Nonetheless, her skill to deal injury is restricted as she has no methodology of FP restoration. Her passive skill summons the shades of foes to struggle at your aspect, distracting enemies and dealing injury.
Recluse
A spellcaster adept who can use her character talent to revive FP, the Recluse excels at unleashing devastation from afar. Her stats favor Sorceries and Incantations, however she will be able to use Magic, Frost, Fireplace, Holy, and Lightning affinity weapons. This character is a little more tough to play as you do not have as many defensive choices, and have to handle FP along with your Well being and Stamina. Nonetheless, in the event you do all the pieces appropriately, she offers important injury.
Executor
The Executor excels in single fight. He has excessive Dexterity and Arcane, giving him entry to a majority of the sport’s smaller weapons. Look out for Katanas particularly, as these scale off of Dexterity whereas additionally triggering the Blood Loss standing to enemies. Place fastidiously as a result of the Executor has low sturdiness.
Nightreign Map Guides
The Limveld map is teeming with factors of curiosity to discover. Maxroll’s Limveld Map & Key Areas information teaches you concerning the numerous encounters, what mob sorts to anticipate, and the rewards you’ll be able to earn for clearing them.
As you discover, you may encounter random occasions often called Raid Occasions which regularly contain preventing a difficult foe. For those who clear the raid, you earn a helpful Energy for the rest of your run; study extra with Maxroll’s Raid Occasions information.
Defeating Nightlords unlocks Shifting Earth occasions. Every of those occasions transforms a quadrant of the map into a novel zone, incessantly full of numerous bosses to struggle – and just like Raid Occasions, they award a particular energy when cleared. Be taught extra with Maxroll’s Shifting Earth occasion information.
Nightreign Assets
Discover Roundtable Maintain, Nightreign’s foremost hub space. Right here, you’ll be able to swap your characters, carry out Relic Rites to arrange for the subsequent expedition, check issues within the Sparring floor, learn up on the sport with the Visible Codex, discover your character’s story on the Journal, and set out from the Desk of Misplaced Grace to do battle in opposition to a Nightlord. Study all this in Maxroll’s Roundtable Hold guide.
Relics and Vessels are a part of Nightreign’s metaprogression system. On the finish of every run, you earn Relics and Murk, which you’ll spend on the Small Jar Bazaar. Some Relics have random affixes that will or is probably not helpful, whereas others (typically earned by character quests or by defeating bosses) have mounted stats and are fairly highly effective. As you progress within the recreation, you additionally unlock extra Vessels, letting you equip a special Relic mixture in your Nightfarer. Be taught extra about this technique with Maxroll’s Relics and Vessels guide.
Lots of the Sorceries and Incantations in Nightreign belong to a selected Spell Faculty. The Spell Faculty determines which modifiers buff your spells – for instance, a Glintstone Sorcery will not profit from bonuses to Godslayer Incantations. This is not very clearly defined, although, so in the event you’re curious on methods to buff your Spells, take a look at Maxroll’s Sorcery and Incantation School Guide.
Maxroll’s Nightreign Database
Browse Maxroll’s Elden Ring Nightreign Database to study extra concerning the Weapons, abilities, spells, Relics, Vessels, Relic modifiers, Talismans, passive traits, and Nightfarers accessible within the recreation. Every merchandise has a web page with expanded tooltip info, which you should use to find hidden secrets and techniques about Nightreign’s weapons (or simply search for enjoyable lore tidbits).
- Armaments embody Daggers, Swords, Thrusting Swords, Curved Swords, Axes, Hammers, Spears, Halberds, Staves, Seals, Fist Weapons, Bows, Crossbows, and off-hand objects.
- Then you’ve got Abilities, weapon arts that devour FP to set off extra results.
- Sorceries and Incantations provide buffs, therapeutic, and methods to unleash devastation in your foes.
- Vessels and Relics are Nightreign’s metaprogression methods.
- Talismans, discovered throughout your run, give your Nightfarer a small bonus.
- Weapon Passives and Passive Character Traits perform equally to boons in most roguelikes, including non permanent energy throughout a run.
Written by IGN Workers with assist from Maxroll.