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Elden Ring
BossSwamp of AeoniaChanged in 1 patchVerified on build 25080141

Commander O'Neil

9,210 HP at Swamp of Aeonia · Heart of Aeonia, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Pierce and the least from Slash.

Where you fight it 1

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Swamp of Aeonia · Heart of Aeonia9,21090×3.25

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard10%
Slash35%
Strike10%
Pierce0%
Magic20%
Fire20%
Lightning20%
Holy20%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Physical111
Magic111
Fire111
Lightning111
Holy111

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison3324307201,177
Scarlet RotImmune
Bleed3324307201,177
Frost3324307201,177
Sleep3324307201,177
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Swamp of Aeonia · Heart of Aeonia: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
9,21013,45614,80215,47516,14717,49318,16618,839

How its AI decides verified

  • Its attack choices change at 60%, 40% of its HP: some attacks unlock, get likelier or are forced below those points.
  • It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 5 m, 8 m, 15 m.
  • It chooses among 27 attack routines; 18 have a cooldown (5–60 s).

Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Commander O'Neil takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

Simulate Commander O'Neil

Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • HP2,519→2,834
    • Standard negation20%→10%
    • Slash negation40%→35%
    • Strike negation20%→10%

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