Elden Ring Nightreign was the Elden Ring spin-off that nobody really asked for. Despite this, the roguelike formula endeared itself to players, launching to excellent critical reviews (and mixed reviews from early players, which have since risen to “Very Positive”) and staggering numbers on Steam.
The crux of the game is to survive for three days, earning a showdown with one of Nightreign’s infamous Nightlords. There are eight to choose from to end your night, but almost half a year on, fewer than half of all players have managed to conquer every single one of them.
Elden Ring Nightreign’s Nightlords Are Still Proving Too Much For Some Players
Elden Ring Nightreign’s Nightlords punctuate a successful day within the game’s world. Designed to stop you at the final hurdle, these bosses are a step up from those faced in Limveld, and it certainly appears they’re doing their job.
Using the game’s achievement data, we’ve found that in the first six months, fewer than half of all players on Steam have defeated each of the eight, with 48.7 percent achieving the feat. That number falls further when looking at PlayStation data, with 45.9 percent defeating all eight, and it falls again on Xbox to only 34.19 percent.
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Using the same data (from Steam), we can work out which Nightlords have given players the most trouble, thus far:
- Tricephalos – 82 percent
- Gaping Jaw – 69.4 percent
- Sentient Pest – 64.7 percent
- Augur – 62.3 percent
- Equilibrious Beast – 57.3 percent
- Fissure in the Fog – 56.9 percent
- Darkdrift Knight – 56.7 percent
- Night Aspect – 52.2 percent
Naturally, Tricephalos is at the top, given that it’s the game’s first mandatory Nightlord. At this time, 82 percent of players have overcome Nightreign’s first major skill-check. Gaping Jaw is the second most-beaten, with 69.4 percent of players, and Sentient Pest is third, with 64.7 percent. On the other end of the scale, Night Aspect has proven the most difficult for players, with only 52.2 percent defeating the boss.
Players only have a couple of weeks to get these ticked off before FromSoftware introduces Elden Ring Nightreign’s first major expansion, The Forsaken Hollows. The DLC is set to include two new Nightfarers, a pair of new bosses, and a new Shifting Earth.
- Released
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May 30, 2025
- Developer(s)
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From Software
