Beast-Repellent Torch | Elden Ring Wiki

"Away! Away!"
"I'll mess up your brain!"
"Cursed beast!"
"You plague-ridden rat!"
"You're better off dead!"
"It's all your fault!"
"Beast! Oh foul beast!"
"Help me! Oh God!"
"You are not wanted here!"
"Burn! Burn!"
"No! I'm not one of you!"

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After some brief testing, this unfortunately does not work the way you want it to in co-op, neither as the host nor the cooperator. It will deflect the aggro from yourself but not anyone else.

If only it worked on the giant hand enemies…

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doesn't work against the dogs at Guardian's Garrison

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Is there a way of getting this on heavy?

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I wonder if when I attack a creature do nearby enemies also become aggressive? I understand that the one I attacked becomes hostile but do its friends also get pissed off?

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Why doesn't this work on elden beast. It's beast repellent. It should repel beasts

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"Some Basilisks will attack with Death Blight breath upon first seeing the player, even if the player has the Beast-Repellent Torch equipped. After this initial attack, they will cease attacking while the player has the Beast-Repellent Torch out."

It's not specific to basilisks. What's happening is that some enemies havescripted ambushes, that trigger when you pass a certain point (e.g that one commoner hiding behind a corner in Stormveil that shoves you when you go past), and the torch doesn't prevent those. It seems like it's a basilisk issue because among the enemies that are affected by the torch, basilisks are almost the only ones with those ambushes, but you can see it happen with a few rats here and there too.

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Imagine this working on Maliketh. Bad dog!

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It's all your fault!

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Doesn't work against "Monstrous Snow Dog" and "Monstrous Blood Crow" even though it work on "Monstrous Dog" and "Monstrous Crow".

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This and maybe the Sentry torch are all you'll need

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doesnt work against ants ;_;

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One of the best items in the game. Dogs are a major pain in the ass in every Soulslike game, so being able to pacify them and safely run past them is a godsend.

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demi god repellent torch in dlc please

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Wish I had known earlier that this works on snails and basilisks.

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I am so sad this doesn't work on bats.

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It also works if it’s in your left hand while you two hand a weapon in your right, very effective and very good

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It also works if it’s in your left hand while you two hand a weapon in your right, very effective and very good

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Very helpful when you want to climb the ladder in the Frenzy Flaming Tower. Those rats and the madness build up killed me a lot of times.

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The amount of Bloodborne references in here makes me enjoy this community a lot...then I do PVP and I question that sentiment immediately.

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only works sometimes and very inconstant.

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We need this in bloodborne

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Steel wire torch requires 10 strength but this needs 12 wat-

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Does this work on Elden Beast

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Just tested after 1.07: this lets you walk right by the rats to get Radagon's Soreseal.

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Does this work on the giant ants that the noxs ride

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furry repellent

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Not sure if intended, but the Rot Kindred on the main highway in Caelid also left me be while I had this equipped

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YOU'RE NOT WANTED HERE!

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The reason some basilisks still attack is because their AI is coded to attack when you walk into a certain area, and this takes precedence over having this torch (or being in stealth/invisible).

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This lets you just walk past a lot of beast enemies or fully charge an attack right in their face.

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PETA approved

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the giant dogs in mountaintops don’t care if you have this, even if the eyes aren’t red

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Away! Away! Cursed beast!

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I was hoping those big bast*rd crows would be affected by it.

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Does this consistently work on the cancerous dogs that can do massive damage with bleed or scarlet rot when they bite? I don't mean the T-rex dogs, I mean the regular sized ones like those outside writheblood ruins? Also is there any point in upgrading the torches if they are not used as weapons, only used for their passive effect?

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what does the page mean "by nightmare caelid dogs" the cancerous dogs that inflict scarlet rot with their bite, or the T-rex dogs? I know it says it wont work on the ones that have red glowing eyes, but don't all the T-rex dogs have red eyes?

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Anyone else try this on big dogs in mountain top to only get mauled shortly after

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AWAY! AWAY! YOU PLAGUE RIDDEN RATS!

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The torch doesn’t appear to work on the wolves inside Caria Manor… curious

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The most overpowered item in the game. Get ****ed, basilisks.

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OMG, I just found about this and I can avoid all the rat attacks :/

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People: I go to early Caelid for easy runes (+Radagon seal)
Me: I go to buy a freaking torch

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It has a different lighting effect than the other torches. It emits a red light, which is really cool.

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why no repel big bird D:

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I cant believe I ever played the game without this.

Hell, it even a better TORCH. It literally is more effective at lighting areas up. (or at least seemed so to me.)

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Away Away

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An absolute godsend in rooms filled with rats, makes getting through Subterranean Shunning Grounds a bit less of a pain.

For only 1200 Runes no real reason to pass up on this, if just for the utility.

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You can hug the nightmare dogs in caelid during about 15 seconds before they attack (I tried rolling on them several times), incredibly efficient. Might be useful to loot a lot of place quickly. Also if one attack the others don't, incredible. Why isn't this torch more popular is beyond me, I just discovered it randomly on a merchant.

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I do not need repellent from beasts; beasts need repellent from me.

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For those who say this doesn't work, there are MANY enemies are scripted to attack when you first approach them. Usually it's the ones that ambush you. This scripted attack will happen even they can't see you or you're holding this torch. So if a Wolf or a Basilisk attacks you while you are holding this, they should de-aggro after their first attack.

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HELP ME
OH GOD

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Quite possibly the best non-damage utility 'weapon' in the game. Turns a not-insignificant number of otherwise very dicey or aggravating encounters and areas into a visit to the zoo. I've never had it unequipped since finding it, the beast torch is ALWAYS ready to go in a left hand slot.

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A must for the lake of rot, along with flame cleanse me and Mushroom set

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DO NOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT

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effective in subterranian shunning grounds eh

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Carian manor wolves don't seem to be affected

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This also repels zombies \(>o<)ﾉ

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Including big rat?

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Wiki info is incorrect. It can be infused with ashes of war. I have no skill infused on mine allowing me to use my main hand L2 while still wielding the torch.

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The one thing I want it for it doesn't work against. I hate those birds. So much.

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Love this thing. One of the first things I do every play through is ride to the Bestial Sanctum teleport, (cheese the Nights Cavalry and giant dragon for runes, and ride to the merchant for this thing.

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Turns the Shunning Ground tunnels into a joke.

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The red moon hangs low, and beasts rule the streets. Are we left no other choice, than to burn it all to cinders?

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tried it at the beginning of lake of rot and the baslisks still came for me. bugged or patched maybe?

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This is like magic, works wonders.

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do yourself a favor and use this in spiritcaller's cave

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Away, away!

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This torch definitely helps in one of those "oops, i fell into the middle of giant rats" situation.. they will back off and not attack right away.

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doesn't work on lobsters, dunno who lied about that.

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Works on the T-Rex dogs in Caelid (minus the red eyed ones) but not the ones in the mountaintops for whatever reason.

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Bloodborne vibes

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Bloodborne vibes

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A godsend against Basilisks

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This can be infused with the “no skill” ash of war

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Idk if it's a big but the wolves in the carian manor just past the upper level grace don't seem affected by the torch at all

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Does this affect skeleton dogs near Cuckoo Church?

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Super useful against basilisks. Get it, it's cheap and will save you many times.

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Foul Beast!

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Low key an amazing item to carry around.

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so this weapon doesn't need smiting stone 9 then???? or did someone not add that

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Behold the anti-basilisk torch, our prayers have been answered

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It also affects snails. Go into Volcano Manor or any of the caves with them and watch them become pets.

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I've walked straight into the very large dogs in Caelid with this torch and they still did nothing, usually when you get attacked it's because you or some random soldier has aggroed in that vicinity. I would also say that testing from me showed that it depends on the mob as well, for instance the large dogs near Redmane are in 2 groups, one is actively engaged in battle but further up the hill is another pack that is passive. However, both packs attacked me unprovoked while using that torch, indicating that the passive group is still triggered to ignore the torch. As another comment said it appears to be red-eyed animals that ignore the torch.

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Still works even when it's kept on your back while 2-handing another weapon. Same goes for horseback. You don't have to physically keep it in a hand to get the beast repellent effect, it only needs to be visible on your character.

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Also seems to work on maidens

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doesnt work in red eyed dogs so be careful

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Dying once to a rat swarm is embarrassing enough. Die your second time? Seek this out. Best torch. Now those high level frenzied rats just stare at me. Can make some dungeons and other encounters a *lot* easier to deal with.

Doesn't work on any of the 'special' animals. IE the giiiiant bear or giant wolf (Works on giant Rat though!).

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In my experience doesn’t work on rats *shrug* godsend for dogs tho lol

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note that if you attack the animal while wielding it, it will retaliate

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Does it work on ants?

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I have seen someone say it works against Elden Beast (which I didnt believe) I cant test it rn, so if anyone can test it and comment that would be great!

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seems to not work on horseback?

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You thespian rat!

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Doesnt work on the big dogs with the red eyes

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Was running it for light and found that, surprisingly, it works on crystal snails!

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Just tried it: it works on the Basilisks!

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BAD DOG

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Doesnt work on the bigger wolves in north Liurnias manor either.

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It seems to work even on Basilisks. I held the torch up for some time and it just circled around, didn't even do a breath attack.

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