
Being a roguelike, Elden Ring Nightreign features a ton of bosses, both new and returning from the original series.
Here’s everything you need to know about all the bosses you can encounter in Elden Ring Nightreign.
How many types of bosses are there in Elden Ring Nightreign?
In Elden Ring Nightreign, there are four types of bosses:

- Night Bosses
- Evergaol Bosses
- Field Bosses
- Location Bosses
Night Bosses can’t be skipped, and they appear after the day ends. You have to defeat them to move on to the next day.
Evergaol Bosses are the ones you can find inside Evergaols. To access them, you will need a Stonesword Key.
Field Bosses are the ones you can find roaming throughout Limveld in the open. Lastly, the Location Bosses appear at particular POIs (points of interest) only.
All new bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign
At the time of writing, we know that these new bosses will show up in Elden Ring Nightreign:
- Gladius Beast of Night
- Black Blade Kindred
- Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
- Rune Bear
- Ulcerated Tree Spirit
- Tibia Mariner
- Libra, Creature of Night
- Caligo Miasma of Night
All returning bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign
These returning bosses are from the original Elden Ring:
- Ancient Dragon
- Ancient Heroes of Zamor
- Crucible Knight
- Crystallians
- Demi-Human Queen & Demi-Human Swordsmaster
- Depraved Perfumer
- Draconic Tree Sentinel and Royal Cavalrymen
- Elder Lion
- Fell Omen
- Fire Prelate
- Flame Chariot(s)
- Flying Dragon of the Hills
- Godskin Noble
- Golden Hippopotamus
- Guardian Golem
- Leonine Misbegotten
- Lordsworn Captain
- Miranda Blossom
- Nox Warriors
- Oracle Envoys
- Royal Army Knights
- Royal Carian Knight
- Sanguine Noble
- Wormface
All Dark Souls bosses in Elden Ring Nightreign
There are three bosses from the Dark Souls franchise in Nightreign:
- Centipede Demon from Dark Souls 1
- The Duke’s Dear Freja from Dark Souls 2
- Nameless King from Dark Souls 3
You can take a look at how you can play the game early using the New Zealand trick.