Most Elden Ring players are familiar with some of the game’s most powerful Spirit Ashes, such as Mimic Tear and Black Knife Tiche. And we’re not here to say those summons aren’t worth using. They can basically win battles on their own. However, the Elden Ring contains different spirit ashes, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
And while most of them may not be universally better than the big name powerhouses, they can perform as well or better in certain scenarios. Here are some great spirit ashes you might be missing.
Ten Spirit Jellyfish Ashes
Spirit Jellyfish is the cheapest Spirit Ash on this list. At first glance, these ghostly sea creatures seem to simply drift aimlessly around you. However, she is surprisingly tanky thanks to her relatively high health and can inflict poison if given enough time to attack. While it doesn’t have her eye-popping effects or mind-blowing damage, Spirit Jellyfish is surprisingly effective for its cost.
As an added bonus, this spirit summoning comes with its own mini-questline, with a unique gesture reward at the end of it. Spirit Jellyfish Ashes can be obtained for free right after the game starts by talking to Roderica when you first meet her in Stormhill Hut.
9 Skeletonization of militia ashes
At first glance, the militia skeleton’s ashes aren’t particularly impressive. They are a pair of spear-wielding skeletons that perform as expected, deal moderate damage, and are relatively easy to kill.
However, Skeletal Militia have abilities unique to all Skeletons fighting in the Land Between. They can be resurrected after death. And unlike you, enemy NPCs don’t know that attacking your own corpse will kill them permanently. As a result, your skeleton friends can revive infinitely unless you accidentally attack them. If you want to annoy the Elden Ring bosses, you can pick up these Ashes early in the game that drop from Tivia in her Village.
8 Warhawk Ashes
Remember when we fought that giant bird in Castle Stormvale? The one with swords on its feet and always flying out of reach of its weapons? Well, it turns out that many enemies who try to fight them have similar problems. Unless you have a hitbox the size of a skyscraper or a massive area-of-effect attack, the Warhawk is extremely difficult to hit. As a result, this spirit summon is surprisingly survivable relative to its health, and can attract enemy attacks for extended periods of time.
To get the Warhawk, you must solve the prophetic painting puzzle. The painting itself can be found in a room near the ruins of Grace’s Riftside Chamber in Stormvale Castle, but the painter sits north of the Pilgrimage Church on the Weeping Peninsula.
7 Black Flame Priest Amon’s Ashes
Blackflame Monk Amon isn’t particularly mobile or tanky, making it a poor Spirit Summoner, but it’s an impressive damage dealer. During combat, Amon casts a godslayer spell that inflicts a Black Flame debuff, dealing damage over time based on the enemy’s total health. That makes Amon an interesting alternative to Tiche, which has a Death Blade skill with similar effects.
Perhaps the biggest reason we don’t hear more about Amon is that he’s one of the last spirit ashes you can find. He’s in a hidden area within a hidden area. You’ll first need to use the Secret Medallion of the Haligtree to reach the secret passage to the Haligtree, then take an invisible passageway to reach the Stray Mimic Tear boss who drops Amon’s Ashes.
6 Captured Imp Ash
Fanged Imps are the first Spirit Ashes available in the Elden Ring, as they can be selected as keepsakes. If you don’t, you can get it by purchasing it from the lone merchant south of the Grace Main Academy Monastery in Raya Lucaria Academy. You can actually get there without fighting anyone’s enemies if you take the paths around Stormvale Castle, but if that’s your plan, you’ve got memorabilia instead. Better.
You might think Fanged Imp’s Ashes aren’t worth using because they’re available so early. However, although they have relatively low health, their ability to cause bleeding buildup is a powerful advantage. Ultimately, you’d be better off with stronger bleed-causing options like Omenkiller Lolo or Mimic Tear, but those aren’t available until very late in the game. The combination of ease of access and raw damage potential makes Fanged his imp perfect for defeating the early bosses of Elden his ring.
Five Exiled Knight Engvar’s Ashes
Everyone loves Oleg, the exiled knight with two straight swords, but his counterpart Engvar deserves some love too. In many ways Engvall is Oleg’s cheaper version. Same FP cost, Engvall looks a bit more tan, but Oleg does more damage and is more aggressive. This is often what you’re looking for in spirit summoning.
However, getting Engvall is much easier. You can get him by defeating the Gravemaster Duelist boss in the Markwater Catacombs in Rimgrave. Oleg can technically be found sooner, but the process of catching him is a nightmare, even at much higher levels. You’ll need to use two Stoneblade Keys to enter the Fringefolk Hero’s Tomb, make your way through the tank and ghost soldiers, and finally defeat the Canker Tree Spirit boss. For endgame spirit summoning, Oleg is probably the better option, but Engvar is almost as good with substantially less work.
Four rotten ash drift
Rotten savages cause enemies to accumulate scarlet rot. Later in the game, you’ll encounter many bosses that are immune to Scarlet Rot, and/or that Rotten Stray deals near-instant damage. But against early bosses like Margit and Fel Omen, rotten strays will do their best. This is not really intended to access Scarlet Rot early in the game, so one thing the boss doesn’t have real resistance to it.
If Rotten Stray can hold the boss long enough to trigger the status effect even once, Scarlet Rot will eat up the boss’s health. And if you know where to go, you can get it without fighting enemies. It’s a short walk north of Grace’s Celia Staircase Ruins in Kaelid. Utilizing a transporter trap in the dragon-burnt ruins of Rimgrave will get you most of the way.
3 Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet
As her name suggests, Dolores’ claim to fame is her ability to induce sleep, a relatively rare status effect. Many enemies, and some bosses, can be brought to sleep by her arrows, easily ending an otherwise difficult battle. Also, a few bosses are completely immune to status effects, while even more bosses are at least temporarily staggered, giving them a chance to do damage for free.
Dolores is one of Seribas’ puppets and can be obtained in several different ways. If you make Neferi his puppet, you can get her for free (or you can buy her later with her 5 Starlight Fragments). Alternatively, you can wait until he and Pidya die after giving Lani the Fingerslayer Blade. If you didn’t transform Neferi, you can loot the Sleeping Arrow Doll Dolores from Pedia’s corpse.
2 stormhawk dean ash
Stormhawk Deenh is basically an improved version of Warhawk. It’s just as hard to hit, but consumes less FP. Most importantly, Dean uses Battlecry when summoned (and regularly thereafter), making him a staggering 20% ​​stronger at physical damage and disarming enemies. Note that Deenh’s ability does not stack with other aura his buffs such as Golden Vow. So if you’re using one of these, you should choose a different spirit summon.
However, Dean is one of the best buffs available for melee characters with low mental strength. To find Stormhawk Ashes, return to the starting position of the game through the waygates labeled “Precipice of Anticipation” in the four bell towers. Deenh’s Ashes can be found in a chest on the balcony above where you spawn with your new character.
1 Shield Soldier’s Ashes
Greatshield Soldier’s Ashes summons 5 soldiers equipped with greatshields. Against smaller foes, especially those who fight in enclosed spaces such as the Elemare of the Briar and the Godskin Nobles of the Volcano Manor, these humble soldiers create an impenetrable wall and attack from a safe distance. can do.
They tend to be destroyed by giant enemies that dodge shields and attack them, and against Malenia, their survivability is actually is unfavorable for Still, if you’re playing a ranged build, Greatshield Soldier would be one of the better tank options. The ashes of this spirit can be found in the cemetery near the location of the Well of Grace on the Shiofra River in Nokron, the Eternal City.