All Elden Ring Nightreign bosses explained

Elden Ring Nightreign bosses are absolutely everywhere, but the dreaded Nightlords are the ones you'll need to kill to progress your campaign against the Night. There are eight of these mighty monsters to slay, each found at the end of the third day of their own Expeditions. Starting from Tricephalos, you'll have to succeed on several runs to reach the final Night Aspect Expedition.

And the Nightlords aren't the only big bads you'll have to face in Elden Ring Nightreign. With it being a boss-rush inspired roguelike, huge creatures ready to have their runes extracted are everywhere. You'll have to fight some truly terrifying bosses before you even reach a Nightlord, from the Fell Omen and Night's Cavalry to the Centipede Demon and Nameless King.

Below I've laid out the eight main Nightlords bosses you can face in Elden Ring Nightreign, but I'll update this guide soon with more information on each of them soon.

Spoilers for all Elden Ring Nightreign bosses below, including the final boss!

All Elden Ring Nightlord bosses

Elden Ring Nightreign features eight Nightlord bosses, the big bads that you need to fight to progress through the game. However, because of the roguelike structure of Nightreign, you must complete a specific three-day Expedition per boss which ends with a climactic fight against the relevant Nightlord.

The first Expedition you must complete is Elden Ring Nightreign Tricephalos, where you'll face the three-headed wolf Gladius, Beast of Night. Once you've felled this foul creature, you'll unlock six more expeditions which can be completed in any order and you can of course replay Expeditions you've already finished:

• Elden Ring Nightreign Gaping Jaw where you'll fight Adel, Baron of Night
  • A dragon-like creature with gigantic jaws that stomps and charges around trying to snap up Nightfarers.

• Sentient Pest where you'll fight Gnoster, Wisdom of Night
  • A pale, magic-shooting moth that teams up with a giant, heavily armored bug, making for a tricky pair to deal with.

• Augur where you'll fight Maris, Fathom of Night
  • A watery creature similar in appearance to the Elden Beast that splashes players with Sleep-inducing attacks.

• Equilibrious Beast where you'll fight Libra, Creature of Night
  • A man-goat hybrid and eldritch monstrosity who can cripple players with Madness effects.

• Darkdrift Knight where you'll fight Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow
  • A hulking centaur knight who gallops around delivering sweeping blows and devastating impaling attacks.

• Fissure in the Fog where you'll fight Caligo, Miasma of Night
  • A massive ice dragon who breaths a chilling fog that inflicts heavy Frostbite damage.

Once you've completed any three of the above for a total of four finished Expeditions, you'll unlock the eighth and final Expedition, Night Aspect. For this one, you'll face Heolstor the Nightlord. That does indeed mean that completing every Expedition to complete the game isn't necessary, but if you want to defeat every boss, how long it takes to beat Elden Ring Nightreign will vary a lot!

Defeating any of the above bosses requires careful preparation, including choosing the best possible Elden Ring Nightreign classes for the job, and a bit of luck as you'll need to hope you get weapons and boons that help with exploiting their weakness – if you want to know which weapons are best for each character to help you against these bosses, we've also got a best Elden Ring Nightreign weapons guide.

There are already DLC plans for Elden Ring Nightreign and those will almost certainly include more Nightlords and monstrous bosses to fight.

Struggling to take down the Nightlords? Make sure you know how to play Elden Ring Nightreign with friends and read up on our Elden Ring Nightreign tips.

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