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 enable you navigate the risks of Limveld.
Getting Began in Nightreign
Maxroll’s Nightreign newbie’s information goes over every little thing you must 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 how you can deal with the Nightlords, earlier than wrapping every little thing up with a bit of data on Nightreign’s metaprogression techniques.
Maxroll Nightreign Character Guides
Study extra about every of the sport’s Nightfarers, how their expertise work, and a few extra details about every of their distinctive playstyles.
Wylder
Wylder is a well-rounded character, appropriate for newcomers. His Sixth Sense passive means that you can cheat demise and keep up by means of one occasion of deadly harm. As a generalist, he would 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 protect and a weapon that can be utilized whereas guarding, equivalent to a Halberd, Rapier, or Hand Crossbow. The Guardian offers much less harm 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 equivalent 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. Total, 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 out and in of fight. Her beginning weapon comes with a potent character ability, enchanting your blade with the Magic affinity for additional harm. As well as, she will be able to adeptly wield Glintstone Sorceries resulting from her excessive intelligence, and he or she has first rate Religion scaling for Incantations as effectively. 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.
Raider
The Raider has excessive Power and makes use of giant/colossal weapons to smash his foes. Whereas he can use quite a lot of martial armaments effectively, his FP is extraordinarily low, making it tough to make use of weapon expertise. The Raider’s inherent sturdiness makes him tough to stagger, serving to him be sure 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 harm is proscribed as she has no technique of FP restoration. Her passive skill summons the shades of foes to struggle at your aspect, distracting enemies and dealing harm.
Revenant Character Information
Recluse
A spellcaster adept who can use her character ability 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, Hearth, 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 every little thing appropriately, she offers important harm.
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.
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 numerous encounters, what mob sorts to count on, and the rewards you may earn for clearing them.
As you discover, you will encounter random occasions often known as Raid Occasions which regularly contain preventing a difficult foe. In the event you clear the raid, you earn a helpful 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 novel zone, regularly stuffed with a number of bosses to struggle – 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 essential hub space. Right here, you may change your characters, carry out Relic Rites to arrange for the subsequent 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. Find out about 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 be able to spend on the Small Jar Bazaar. Some Relics have random affixes which will or will not be helpful, whereas others (typically earned by means of 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 distinct 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 in the event you’re curious on how you can buff your Spells, try 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 accessible within the recreation. Every merchandise has a web page with expanded tooltip info, which you need to use 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 will have Abilities, weapon arts that eat 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 techniques.
- Talismans, discovered throughout your run, give your Nightfarer a small bonus.
- Weapon Passives and Passive Character Traits operate equally to boons in most roguelikes, including short-term energy throughout a run.
Written by IGN Employees with assist from Maxroll.
