Ancestor Spirit |
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| Location | Siofra River |
| Drops |  13,000Ancestral Follower Ashes |
| HP | 4,393 |
Stronger VS Magic
All status effects |
Weaker to |
Ancestor Spirit is a Great Enemy Boss in Elden Ring. This animated carcass of a deer-like creature is encountered in the Hallowhorn Grounds found in Siofra River. This is an optional boss, as players don't need to defeat it in order to advance in Elden Ring.
See also Regal Ancestor Spirit.
Elden Ring Ancestor Spirit Boss
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Siofra River Bank
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Elden Ring Ancestor Spirit Location
Ancestor Spirit is found in an isolated arena accessible from Siofra River. To access it, you must light all eight obelisks by the stairs to the Hallowhorn Grounds east of the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace. When you've done so, the deer carcass at the back of the temple will glow and you can interact with it to teleport just outside the boss's arena. Walk through the fog gate to fight the boss.
The pillars are:
- By the Siofra River Bank site of grace. [Map Link]
- In a corner to the west of the first pillar. [Map Link]
- On a small island in the watery area with the lightning wisps. [Map Link]
- By a cliff in the eastern part of Siofra River. [Map Link]
- Just south of the Worshipper's Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- West of the Worshipper's Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- On the east side of the path to the Below the Well Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- On the west side on the path to the Below the Well Site of Grace. [Map Link]
Ancestor Spirit Combat information
- Health: 4,393 HP
- Defense: 107
- Stance: 120
- Parryable: No
- Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken
- Damage:
Standard, Magic - Drops 13,000, Ancestral Follower Ashes
Negations (or Absorptions)
Slash
Strike
Pierce
LightningThe negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
Resistances
Poison: 1140 / 1597
Scarlet Rot: 1140 / 1597
Hemorrhage: 1140 / 1597
Frostbite: 1140 / 1597
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)
| NG | NG+ | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 | |
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| HP | 4,393 | 8,105 | 8,915 | 9,320 | 9,726 | 10,536 | 10,941 | 11,347 |
| Defense | 107 | 117 | 120 | 123 | 129 | 135 | 141 | 153 |
| Runes |
13,000 | 52,000 | 57,200 | 58,500 | 62,400 | 63,700 | 65,000 | 66,300 |
Resistances |
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| Poison |
1140 / 1597 | 588 / 1045 | 596 / 1053 | 605 / 1062 | 614 / 1071 | 623 / 1080 | 632 / 1089 | 640 / 1097 |
| Scarlet Rot |
1140 / 1597 | 588 / 1045 | 596 / 1053 | 605 / 1062 | 614 / 1071 | 623 / 1080 | 632 / 1089 | 640 / 1097 |
| Hemorrhage |
1140 / 1597 | 588 / 1045 | 596 / 1053 | 605 / 1062 | 614 / 1071 | 623 / 1080 | 632 / 1089 | 640 / 1097 |
| Frostbite |
1140 / 1597 | 588 / 1045 | 596 / 1053 | 605 / 1062 | 614 / 1071 | 623 / 1080 | 632 / 1089 | 640 / 1097 |
 Sleep |
Immune | |||||||
 Madness |
Immune | |||||||
Elden Ring Ancestor Spirit Boss Guide
Ancestor Spirit Boss Video Guide
Ancestor Spirit Fight Strategy
The Best Tips for Ancestor Spirit:
- Use spirit ashes that attack quickly, like Latenna the Albinauric or Demi-Human Spirit Ashes
- Use Rock Sling to get around its Magic resistance
- Bring a shield with 100% Physical defense, but only use it as a last resort if you can't avoid getting hit
- Wait to heal or buff until it uses Airborne Spirit Vapor
Melee Strategy
Legging It: Don't lock onto the Ancestor Spirit. Instead, aim for its legs and try to stay underneath it or towards its back legs. Attack its back legs to try to bait out Kick or its front legs to try to bait out Hoof Stomp, then punish those attacks. Stay patient, and avoid getting in unnecessary hits; there are plenty of changes to do damage safely.
Magic and Ranged Strategy
Keep a moderate distance from the boss and you should have plenty of opportunities to get off shots. Roll back whenever it starts a combo with Antler Swing, then back up while you shoot it. You'll have plenty of time for hits during Spirit Vapor attacks and in the recovery for moves like Prancing Drop.
Ancestor Spirit Attacks & Counters
| Attack | Description | Counter |
| Antler Swing | Swings its antlers along the ground in one direction or another | Roll through the swings |
| Kick | Briefly rears up on its hind legs, then puts its front legs down again and kicks behind it | Start walking left or right when you see it rear up and this will miss you |
| Antler Launch | Plunges its antlers into the ground, then lifts them abruptly upwards | Roll forward as it hunches down, then get in some hits as it recovers |
| Hoof Slam | Rises up on its hind legs and slams down its hooves, creating a shockwave | Roll forward as it begins to descend, then get in a few hits during its long recovery |
| Prancing Drop | Leaps into the air and bounces twice in midair, hovers in the air for a second, then drops to the ground creating a shockwave | After the second midair bounce, count to three then roll to either side to dodge the attack; or just run forward to end up behind the boss |
| Airborne Spirit Vapor | Jumps into the air and runs in a semicircle around you, breathing damaging vapor that lingers on the ground | Keep your distance and avoid going in the vapor |
| Grounded Spirit Vapor | Walks forward and breathes damaging vapor that lingers on the ground counterclockwise in front of it | This attack moves slowly, so just run away and avoid going in the vapor |
Ancestor Spirit Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- Once the boss is defeated, you can leave by interacting with a white light in the middle of its arena. This light can be hard to spot due to the size of the arena, but won't miss it if you start with your back to the boss door and move forward
Ancestor Spirit Combo Chart
Ancestor Spirit Image Gallery
Neat place, bit easy if you overlevel. Or just use Godslayer sword or holy pots.
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This boss did one attack, then vanished...and 10 sec later or so just died off screen. Didn't even see his moves
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Latenna summon solo'd the boss first try. I just sprinted around the arena and the boss died to Latenna pelting it constantly across the room from the fog door.
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This was one of the first five bosses I fought in Elden Ring. Tree Sentinel, Agheel, Mad Pumpkin Head (lol), Leonine Misbegotten, and then this guy. I was maybe level 35 and this guy thrashed me more than Agheel. This is the fight that finally taught me dodge timing. Thanks for teaching me, Ancestor Spirit.
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This boss being easy isn't a bad thing. It has such a relaxing atmosphere that having some intense, stressful fight would completely ruin the experience imo. There's plenty of hard bosses in Elden Ring, but how many that are this beautiful?
You can sneak kill this boss by using poison mist. Just use assassin's gambit, unseen form, crepus vial, concealing veil and bait boss to turn his back with spectral lance weapon art or other ranged weapon.
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Is the achievement for lighting the torches? Because that was the hardest thing about this boss.
Okay yeah, considering that the exit lift took me to Caelid and I haven't played through Liurnia of the Lakes yet, I probably wasn't ready for this content.
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Hardest thing on this fight was to find the beacon that brings you back to the entrance ... ;-)
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This boss could use some spice - add some of those archers into the mix…
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Totally forgot about this boss on the road to platinum. Terrible, terrible boss.
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I don't mind it healing, otherwise the fight would be over too quickly. The graceful movements and calm music make me really enjoy fighting this boss.
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I've got the ancestral follower ashes but I don't remember ever fighting this ancestor spirit.
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I hit this guy once and then he walks away and dies on his own. Is this supposed to happen?
There are Ancestor Spirit and Regal Ancestor Spirit. One of them drops the remembrance but what about the other one?
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Beautiful fight and music, very serene almost like a dance.
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"A glowing spirit that takes the form of a large deer, making it a menacing threat when charging at targets." Where does this supposed quote come from? If it's not official lore, it shouldn't be presented as if it is. People should cite where they find any information that isn't taken from item descriptions or otherwise plainly observable in-game so we don't just have random **** someone made-up all over the wiki.
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Is this revenge for all of those deer I killed during my playthrough?
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solo'ed this boss while level 19 and Samurai base build. Wasn't too bad.
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Lvl 96 faith build laid waste to this boss with relative ease. Probably less than 10 lightning spears to drop 'em.
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Lvl 96 faith build laid waste to this boss with relative ease. Probably less than 10 lightning spears to drop 'em.
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Did anybody watch The Ritual on Netflix? It's a movie about a Norse creature called moder. This thing loosely reminds me of that beast in that movie. Very fun fight!
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I wish I could have fought with this creature rather than against it.
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I love this boss, but it's a little too easy and the fight is a bit boring without the music.
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When I was facing this boss within the Hallowhorn Grounds, I was using Wild Strikes on a Lordsworn's Heavy Greatsword +10, I started swinging it while I was in-between both of his hind legs and my character ended up glitching out, causing me to do something very similar to the "Legend of Zelda Infinite Damage glitch" where it decided to do 2K dmg in a fraction of a second...
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(-20 Holy) Regal Omen Bairn slaughters it .. which i hated doing , such a majestic creature.
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Pick a tanky spirit ash ( I used banished knight engvall level 0) and Rot Breath absolutely destroys this boss. 37 faith and 12 arc. Only had to dodge a few attacks when pulling Aggro.
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I really loved this boss. Very haunting, majestic and sorrowful. Also super easy.
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probably easiest boss I've fought so far, but maybe at level 100 I'm overlevel? pretty easy to roll through horn sweeps, the magic lava is like the final phase of some bloodborne bosses but slower. My main problem was a buggy hitbox, but once I got underneath them and started jump attacking at their hindquarters things went quickly. and then i felt a little bad
The music that plays and the arena you fight in just meshes together to create this mournful atmosphere. Can't wait foe a Vaati lore video on this boss.
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is there something else in the boss room? the body still ports after defeated
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The boss is currently bugged I hit him with the blasphemous blade once and he disappeared and gave me the kill screen
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As of 1.03 and April 18, I think the runes is around 10,000, not 13,000
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something very melancholy about this one. i am sad. what a beautiful creature, i'm sorry to have killed it.
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i did not get steam achi for killing, him only for regal version
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I beat the whole game and most of the bosses without even realising this was a thing, including the Regal variant.
Only found out cause I was checking which achievements I was missing and this guy was in the middle of all the other bosses I HAVE killed.
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cool and all... but is there a way to escape from that cave after you killed it ? ( not from map )
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Why are people basically sacrificing themselves at the fog wall to this boss? There is like a pool of bloodstains, is it part of any quest or something?
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are these the gods that the people of the eternal city were referenced to have killed?
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While I appreciate the boss design and the atmosphere, 95% of this fight was spent just trying to get in range to attack. Wasn't hard, just an extremely tedious waste of time.
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seems to be bugged it you kill the regal version before killing this one.....welp time for ng+
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This is far and away my favorite boss in the entire game. The music puts you into a trance where it’s just you and this graceful, powerful force of nature dancing to and fro. I hunted him with the bow the Followers drop - he seems to take decent Magic damage, so the Dwelling Arrows do great too.
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This spirit can get scarlet rot. If you are the host then you'll need another summon to do the dragon breath on this boss at least 4 times. After which the rot will bring its heath down to 4% and 2% if you are doing little damage.
Not sure I killing the spirit is even worth it. It's too, reminds me of Sif. except I got a choice this time.
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The memory of the spirit of the ancestors did not receive
Is this a bug?
The memory of the spirit of the ancestors did not receive.
Is this a bug?
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I went into this area way too late and just lasered it with comet azur, instantly killed the poor fella
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I didn’t even get a hit in. He flew around for a bit, landed then teleported through the floor and died. I was looking forward to seeing this boss too
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Just did a test, it cannot be poisoned by Scarlet Rot. I used 2 full FP bar casts of Rotten Breath to be sure, and its health never started ticking.
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Am i the only one who feels bad about killing this sad creature
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There's a better strategy for magic users. Sprint directly away from the boss. After every attack, throw a glintstone pebble or two at it, then keep running. If you sprint away, it literally can't hit you.
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first enemy that i actually felt sad after killing. felt like I was kiling the spirit of Siofra river for the 2nd time, helping the thing that actually killed it in the first place by making sure it stays dead.
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Dive attack is not impossible to run from. I wasn't hit once by just blocking and walking backwards. Keeping your guard up and walking away from this boss makes you near invincible
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I got a bug in this fight where the ancestor spirit disappeared and it just gave me the price
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The music for this fight was wonderful, I felt like I was meditating and my reactions were perfect because I was hardly paying attention. Unreal.
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After the rage-inducing nightmare of that was this area's archers, this boss was a relaxing, zen-like experience. A very pleasant fight that felt... soothing.
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Rotten breath did good damage but I don't think he got the rot on two full charges.
The skeletal bandit is great for the fight, as even if it dies to the flames its in invincible long enough to respawn. It also has a hard time killing it with regular attacks.
It only draws aggro though, but that's its job.
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Pop up blood grease and go to town on it while having some spirit ashes to hold its attention and you should be golden. Spirit Wolves +2 worked fine for me, along with Bloodhound's sword.
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Very cool fight. Not particularly challenging... unless you're bad at dodging I guess. Think I killed him with lightning spear at around 32 faith.
Did this before talking to Ranni so no idea if this interferes with her questline if you do this out of sequence. I'll make a note if it does. (I think Blaidd wants to fight it with you or something...)
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the prettiest fight in the game, hands down. also, some pointers
when jolly cooping, SPLIT UP. like margit, this boss can change targets mid combo, and its unpredictability and quickness can be disorienting plus devastating.
it is advisable to turn off lock on the few seconds you have to attack him with non range/magic, as you may end up just hitting the air under its belly.
the boss is much much easier, though time consuming, if done solo. since it becomes a bit more predictable.
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Use the Kaiden Sellsword ash to tank and pepper it with Black Flame. Should be down in less than 3 minutes.
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Do not summon the Jellyfish. I don't know why it is advised but it will probably never, ever, proc its status effect during the fight due to boss resistances and the low damage. Jellyfish does 11 damage per hit at +0. It can tank a bit more but with such low damage almost any other summon could hit it once and contribute to the fight much more. It doesn't help hold aggro, either, as the damage is so much lower than even when you sneeze on the boss that it can't out aggro you for help against the boss once you start to attack.
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"Vulnerable to bleed damage" is incorrect. This boss is not entirely immune to bleed but takes nearly quadruple as many hits to proc a bleed even with high aggression and boss action RNG letting you stick near him for longer than usual. Bleed is completely non-viable against this boss due to the incredibly high resistance. Bloody Slash weapon art, which has nothing to do with bleed itself, will work well though.
Boss is especially easy to melee after you learn pattern as it usually involves charging then a pause, or a swipe left then right, and in rare cases a swipe back left. Most vulnerable is when it does the drop which the page accurately recommends to walk forward and roll under for as well as when you get behind it. When behind it the boss attempts to do a back kick which lets you roll under the stomach and get free hits. Immediately after it will almost always raise onto hind legs ot slam down during which you can hit it once or twice and then dodge back to its hind legs and hit more until it moves away.
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It was a beautiful looking encounter. Hats off to the animators and model makers and VFX people.
Managed it first try though, whilst being a little reckless.
It’s a shame the reward doesn’t better reflect the ethereal creature. A nice glowy weapon or helm would’ve been cool.
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After defeating it, I didn't see the exit light in the middle, so I just fast-mapped out. When I went to the carcass again, it offered me the option to fight again. Is this intentional?
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I killed him so quickly but I wished it would've lasted longer, it was quite surreal and magical
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Ok so I beat this boss, does it just repeat itself? Can I continuously fight this boss every time I touch its remains?
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Reminds me of that one boss from the first “Hellblade” game.
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Some loser actually put his player name under tips for clout vs just putting "bleed does affect it"
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This is a really beautiful fight. Depending on how or when you get here, and the ease of it's moveset, you might steam roll him. But take your time with this one, it's a great one. Crank the music up as well if you play the game with the audio low for whatever reason. Easily one of my favorite fights so far. Oozes atmosphere.
A great strategy is just roll forward in all his attacks, he Will miss, and you'll be no the back perfect to do some damage, just be carefull with his back kick
He bugged out for me, I went in and he teleported away at full HP, never came back, and then just ****ing died at full HP. Kinda disappointing cuz the fight seemed cool.
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By the way could it be possible he's actually the same species as Torrent? When he jumps in the air it's like Torrent's air jump. This could be what Torrent will become one day.
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Beat it with Skelton summon and meteor spell on my first try
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In most boss fights Im like " **************** OMG CAN YOU JUST DIE???".
But this one really something special, Im relaxed and feel like watching documentery or a disney film.
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This has been the best boss for me so far. Very enjoyable and memorable.
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One of the easier bosses I've faced but the music and ambience were so good. Almost felt bad killing this beast
didn't expected weak foe...
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