Dealing with Everdark Caligo in Elden Ring Nightreign is likely to be a nasty shock for a lot of who fought the unique Fissure within the Fog boss. Much like Everdark Augur, the ice dragon Caligo tends to fly round all around the enviornment, making the battle a little bit of a chase. You additionally should cope with infinite frostbite because the dragon summons frozen crystals and blasts icy projectiles at you.
Fortunately, I do not suppose Caligo is definitely that arduous supplied you spend your expedition nicely, buying resistances and a pleasant fiery weapon, or an added hearth affinity that’ll allow you to hit her weak point. Right here I will run by way of the perfect technique to beat Everdark Caligo, assaults to be careful for, and what you get as a reward.
The best way to beat Everdark Caligo in Elden Ring Nightreign
Everdark Caligo does not have a gimmick in the identical approach that Everdark Augur did, in truth, she mainly simply summons much more frost and her assaults deal extra harm. Once you enter the world, you may be combating the same old section two Caligo, however when you get her to round 75% well being, she summons icy armour round her physique which makes her extra resistant to break.
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You may smash this armour on particular person elements of her physique (head, torso, tail so far as I can inform), which offers a bit of injury and will get you a full-on stun if you happen to do all of them, however past hearth and pure harm, there is not a secret to smashing every half that I can see.
Since Caligo’s weakpoint continues to be mainly her head even with the armour (as with most dragons), and she or he’s fairly a tanky boss anyway, it is not like this massively alters the combat. I feel one of the best ways to beat Everdark Caligo, not like Everdark Augur, is definitely to spend your expedition time nicely, buying frost resistance, hearth weapons, and pure harm to cope with her huge well being bar.
As talked about beneath, the Shifting Earth: Mountaintop occasion is peak right here (actually), because it supplies frost resistance and an anti-dragon impact to your weaponry primarily based on the bosses you kill and what you do. You may wish to just be sure you:
Defeat the Flying Dragon boss combating the Snow Troll within the centre of the mountain space and choose “Assaults possess anti-dragon impact” from its rewards.Defeat both the 2 Snow Trolls within the east (near the place the evening two boss is), or the Demi-Human Swordsman within the north, and choose the Improved frost resistance” choice from the rewards.Seize the blue crystal within the north of the mountain to get the “Favor of the Mountaintop” buff and full the occasion. This halves frostbite harm and buildup, making it by far crucial.
If you do not have the Mountaintop occasion lively, keep in mind you should use the Collector Signboard to activate it at the price of one Sovereign Sigil, and it will stick round for 3 runs. Relying on the velocity of your squad, you may wish to do that occasion on the second day. I personally did it on the second section of the second day and that gave loads of time, although we did have two Wylders within the celebration.
All in all, that is undoubtedly the perfect factor you are able to do to beat Caligo, mitigating the harm executed by its frost and the elevated quantity of frost this Everdark variant does.
Everdark Sovereign Caligo suggestions
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Moreover the above, Everdark Caligo has some imply assaults to be careful for. These are:
Enhanced icy meteors: Whereas first section Everdark Caligo nonetheless does the identical icy meteor assault, as she flies round hailing you with them, she now has a brand new variant within the second section. She’ll summon icicles that hover round her and hearth them at you want missiles, dealing large frost harm. Whereas the strat continues to be rolling incessantly, these projectiles are quite a bit greater, so it is simpler to attempt to dodge every yet another individually.Nuke crystal smash: Caligo places her wings collectively, firing a beam that creates an ice crystal, earlier than exploding it with the identical beam. This creates an increasing wall of frost much like Everdark Augur’s wave or Everdark Gaping Jaw’s storm (although a lot smaller), so merely avoid it.Breath assaults: So many breath assaults. As anybody who’s fought a FromSoft dragon will know, positioning is 90% of not getting blasted, however in-particular, be careful for when Caligo breathes straight down, particularly if you happen to’re distractedly smacking away at her legs or physique. A few of Caligo’s breath assaults at the moment are coupled with prices or swipes, too, much like Oceiros in Darkish Souls 3, so you may wish to be cautious of not getting one-two hit by these.Crystal tail slam: Caligo breathes ice in a circle, making a bunch of crystals, after which slams her tail down after a brief delay exploring all of them. This one would possibly catch you out if you happen to’re not away of the follow-up, however it’s fairly distinctive being the one time she spins and breathes on the similar time.Ice armour cost: That is the assault that begins the second section, as Everdark Caligo prices up and creates her frosty armour. So far as I can inform, you possibly can really stagger her out of this with one thing like Wylder’s ult, however your finest guess is operating away. After she finishes charging, she’ll create an enormous frost AoE that lingers and does plenty of buildup.
Nevertheless, there is definitely much more you possibly can put together to counter Caligo compared to the earlier combat with Everdark Augur.
Use the Collector Signboard to activate and run the Mountaintop occasion
As talked about above, the Shifting Earth: Mountaintop occasion is one that truly supplies a helpful buff for Caligo. In the event you’ve defeated an Everdark Sovereign, you possibly can pay a Sovereign Sigil on the Collector Signboard to activate the occasion after which run it in your method to combating the brand new boss. The rationale this occasion is so good for Caligo is as a result of it provides you each decreased frostbite and provides an anti-dragon buff to your assaults.
Merely defeat the 2 Snow Trolls combating on the east facet of the mountain to get decreased frostbite, after which beat the Flying Dragon in the course of the mountain to get the anti-dragon impact. You may also get the Favour of the Mountaintop buff if you happen to full the occasion by interacting with the ice crystal on the high, halving frostbite harm and frost buildup, and providing you with an assault increase for close by frostbite procs.
Carry or purchase hearth
Everdark Caligo continues to be weak to fireplace, being an ice dragon, and hearth is among the best components to seek out or convey together with your relic setup. Each participant ought to have the Evening of the Beast relic, except you one way or the other managed to get this far with out beating Tricephalos, and that grants hearth to your beginning armament. Merely stage it up with a few smithing stones and also you’re good to go. You could possibly even convey relics with Hearth Assault Energy Up if you’d like slightly additional, however bringing hearth is the principle factor.
Construct frostbite resistance
It might sound apparent at this level, however simply to reiterate: convey frostbite resistance if you happen to can. Frost buildup and taking harm from frostbite are going to be the issues chipping your well being right here. The mountaintop occasion is the perfect supply of that, however you can even be looking out for extra within the type of boss reward buffs, talismans, and even chowing down on the Thawfrost Boluses you could find in frost ruins.
You do not have to convey Wylder, however…
Wylder is already such an important damage-dealer, however if you happen to’ve bought his distinctive affixes on some relics, he additionally turns into the most effective characters for doing huge quantities of fireside harm. This comes within the kind of a fireplace DoT impact after activating his artwork, and a fiery follow-up to his grapple ability. If you do not have both, concern not; you should buy the Grand Drizzly Scene from the Collector Signboard store, which supplies his ult the fireplace DoT harm, together with altering your armament’s ability to Flaming Strike, and Hearth Assault Energy Up+2.
It is price mentioning that Wylder’s fiery grapple follow-up additionally imbues his greatsword with hearth as an added affinity, so if you happen to additionally take the affix that provides him an extra ability use, he can have 100% uptime on this. Wylder’s grapple ability can also be superb for maneuvering out of the best way of Caligo’s breath assaults.
Everdark Caligo reward
As typical, you may get an enormous sum of Sovereign Sigils for defeating Everdark Caligo, in addition to unlocking a particular relic you should buy referred to as Darkish Evening of the Miasma. This has:
Frostbite in neighborhood conceals selfStarting armament inflicts frostImproved bodily harm negation
