Sourcemined
Elden Ring
BossGravesite PlainRauh BaseVerified on build 25080141

Death Knight

Fought in 2 places, from 19,285 HP to 24,080 HP at Rauh Base · Scorpion River Catacombs: each placement carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Holy and the least from Standard.

Where you fight it 2

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
Gravesite Plain · Fog Rift Catacombs19,28580×17.219
Rauh Base · Scorpion River Catacombs24,08080×21.5

Damage negation

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

Standard40%
Slash40%
Strike40%
Pierce20%
Magic40%
Fire20%
Lightning40%
Holy0%

Flat defense

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

Gravesite Plain · Fog Rift Catacombs

Physical122
Magic122
Fire122
Lightning122
Holy122

Rauh Base · Scorpion River Catacombs

Physical123
Magic123
Fire123
Lightning123
Holy123

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).

Gravesite Plain · Fog Rift Catacombs

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison6499391,3961,396
Scarlet Rot6499391,3961,396
BleedImmune
Frost6499391,3961,396
Sleep6499391,3961,396
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Rauh Base · Scorpion River Catacombs

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison6679571,4141,414
Scarlet Rot6679571,4141,414
BleedImmune
Frost6679571,4141,414
Sleep6679571,4141,414
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Rauh Base · Scorpion River Catacombs: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
24,08032,90936,20037,84539,49142,78244,42746,073

How its AI decides verified

  • Its attack choices change at 80%, 70% 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 1.5 m, 2 m, 3 m, 4 m, 4.5 m, 5 m, 6 m, 10 m.
  • It chooses among 30 attack routines; 18 have a cooldown (5–50 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 Death Knight 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.

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