Elden Ring Nightreign Elemental Affinities, Explained

Discover essential insights into the Elemental Affinities within Elden Ring: Nightreign, and learn how these properties influence battles against bosses during Expeditions.

Learn about the types of magic elements that are important in Elden Ring: Nightreign, and understand how they impact fights with bosses when you go on adventures.

In Elden Ring: Nightreign, elemental affinities serve as incredibly potent resources when utilized effectively. While these affinities were primarily limited to Bleed and Frost in the original Elden Ring, they were the game’s most powerful and overpowered statuses. With Bleed alone, you could essentially bulldoze your way through much of the content in Elden Ring. However, Nightreign offers a more diverse set of elemental affinities, making for a richer and more strategic combat experience.

Instead, in Nightreign, every elemental and status affinity is equally powerful, particularly during Nightlord battles. But to utilize them effectively, it’s essential to understand their mechanics and which boss they are effective against.

Here’s an accessible breakdown of the elemental connections within Elden Ring Nightreign, providing tips for effortlessly overcoming the Nightlord foes.

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What Are Elemental Affinities in Elden Ring Nightreign?

In Elden Ring: Nightreign, the way elemental affinities function is remarkably similar to those seen in the original Elden Ring or even the Dark Souls series. These are inherent, passive elemental enhancements that some weapons carry, enabling you to inflict extra damage on top of the physical harm you’re inflicting with your weapon.

These fundamental attributes, such as Electrical Shock, Wounding, Icy, Sanguine Rot, and Venom, not only inflict damage on adversaries but also passively weaken them. The weakening effect can diminish their movement, health, or both. Poison and Sanguine Rot slowly chip away at the health for a limited duration while simultaneously reducing defense. In contrast, Bleed and Icy attributes deplete a substantial portion of the health once they activate (fill up the status meter).

At first glance, the role of elemental affinities is consistent between Nightreign and previous FromSoftware games. However, there’s a significant twist in Nightreign. Unlike in Elden Ring, each Nightlord boss in Nightreign has a specific elemental vulnerability that functions differently. Applying the right element against a Nightlord not only inflicts the associated debuff but also weakens their defenses and causes them to stagger.

Additionally, exploiting the vulnerabilities of a Nightlord can frequently simplify battles, as it lessens their hostility. To illustrate, the initial Nightlord, Gladius, is susceptible to Holy powers.

Using a weapon that inflicts Holy damage makes it simpler to disrupt the boss and make its transformation phases less challenging. If you cause sufficient Holy damage to the boss when it splits into three, you can lessen its hostility. This tactic applies to all Nightlord bosses as well.

Elemental and Status Affinity Weaknesses for All Nightlord Bosses

Here is a list of all the Nightlord bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign and their elemental weaknesses:

Nightlord	Expedition
Gladius, Beast of Night	Tricephalos	Holy
Adel, Baron of Night	Gaping Jaw	Poison
Gnoster, Wisdom of Night	Sentient Pest	Fire
Maris, Fathom of Night	Augur	Lightning
Libra, Creature of Night	Equilibrious Beast	Madness
Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow	Darkdrift Knight	Lightning
Caligo, Miasma of Night	Fissure in the Fog	Fire
Heolstor the Nightlord	Night Aspect	Holy

2025-06-06 12:16

What Are Elemental Affinities in Elden Ring Nightreign?

Elemental and Status Affinity Weaknesses for All Nightlord Bosses

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