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 carry 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 newbie’s information goes over every part it’s essential get began: an introduction to every of the 8 playable characters, a proof of the sport’s central hub, nagivating Limveld, the fundamentals of fight, and the way to deal with the Nightlords, earlier than wrapping every part up with a bit of data on Nightreign’s metaprogression methods.
For extra assist beginning your adventures in Limveld, see IGN’s Important Nightreign Ideas and Tips and Issues Elden Ring Nightreign Would not Inform You!
Maxroll Nightreign Character Guides
Study extra about every of the sport’s Nightfarers, how their expertise work, and a few further details about every of their distinctive playstyles.
Wylder
Wylder is a well-rounded character, appropriate for inexperienced persons. His Sixth Sense passive means that you can cheat loss of life and keep up by one occasion of deadly injury. As a generalist, he would not excel with any particular weapons, however can use most martial armaments. His favourite weapon is the Greatsword.
Wylder Character Information
Guardian
The Guardian is Nightreign’s tank class. He is most snug wielding a big defend and a weapon that can be utilized whereas guarding, reminiscent of 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.
Guardian Character Information
Ironeye
Ironeye is the bow specialist, although his excessive Dexterity makes him proficient with quite a lot of different melee weapons reminiscent of daggers and curved swords. Sadly, his low sturdiness makes him a poor alternative as a front-line fighter, so use melee weapons with warning. Total, his skills are easy to make use of, making him a wonderful alternative for inexperienced persons.
Ironeye Character Information
Duchess
The Duchess is a dagger-wielding Nightfarer who excels at evasive motion to weave out and in of fight. Her beginning weapon comes with a potent character talent, enchanting your blade with the Magic affinity for further injury. As well as, she will adeptly wield Glintstone Sorceries as a consequence of her excessive intelligence, and he or she has respectable Religion scaling for Incantations as properly. For the Duchess, look out for weapons with the Magic or Frost Affinity, and people that may set off statuses like Frostbite or Blood Loss.
Duchess Character Information
Raider
The Raider has excessive Energy and makes use of giant/colossal weapons to smash his foes. Whereas he can use quite a lot of martial armaments properly, his FP is extraordinarily low, making it troublesome to make use of weapon expertise. The Raider’s inherent sturdiness makes him troublesome to stagger, serving to him be sure that his blows join.
Raider Character Information
Revenant
The Revenant is a help class, although her excessive Religion permits her to make use of offensive Incantations with ease. Nevertheless, her skill to deal injury is restricted as she has no methodology of FP restoration. Her passive skill summons the shades of foes to combat at your aspect, distracting enemies and dealing injury.
Revenant Character Information
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 use Magic, Frost, Hearth, Holy, and Lightning affinity weapons. This character is a little more troublesome to play as you do not have as many defensive choices, and must handle FP along with your Well being and Stamina. Nevertheless, should you do every part accurately, she offers important injury.
Recluse Character Information
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 specifically, as these scale off of Dexterity whereas additionally triggering the Blood Loss standing to enemies. Place rigorously as a result of the Executor has low sturdiness.
Executor Character Information
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 varied encounters, what mob varieties to anticipate, and the rewards you possibly can earn for clearing them.
As you discover, you may encounter random occasions often known as Raid Occasions which frequently contain preventing a difficult foe. In the event you clear the raid, you earn a useful Energy for the rest of your run; be taught 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 singular zone, often full of a number of bosses to combat – and much like Raid Occasions, they award a particular energy when cleared. Study extra with Maxroll’s Shifting Earth occasion information.
Nightreign Assets
Discover Roundtable Maintain, Nightreign’s important hub space. Right here, you possibly can swap your characters, carry out Relic Rites to organize for the following expedition, take a look at 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 towards a Nightlord. Study all this in Maxroll’s Roundtable Maintain information.
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 which will or will not be helpful, whereas others (typically earned by character quests or by defeating bosses) have fastened stats and are fairly highly effective. As you progress within the sport, you additionally unlock further Vessels, letting you equip a special Relic mixture in your Nightfarer. Study extra about this method with Maxroll’s Relics and Vessels information.
Lots of the Sorceries and Incantations in Nightreign belong to a selected Spell College. The Spell College 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 should you’re curious on the way to buff your Spells, take a look at Maxroll’s Sorcery and Incantation College Information.
Maxroll’s Nightreign Database
Browse Maxroll’s Elden Ring Nightreign Database to be taught extra concerning the Weapons, expertise, spells, Relics, Vessels, Relic modifiers, Talismans, passive traits, and Nightfarers obtainable within the sport. Every merchandise has a web page with expanded tooltip info, which you should utilize to find hidden secrets and techniques about Nightreign’s weapons (or simply search for enjoyable lore tidbits).
Armaments embrace Daggers, Swords, Thrusting Swords, Curved Swords, Axes, Hammers, Spears, Halberds, Staves, Seals, Fist Weapons, Bows, Crossbows, and off-hand gadgets.Then you’ve got Abilities, weapon arts that eat FP to set off further results.Sorceries and Incantations supply 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 short-term energy throughout a run.
Written by IGN Employees with assist from Maxroll.
