Giant Rat Ashes | Elden Ring Wiki

These rats make the game funny. I remember fighting Maliketh and crying for someone to take the aggro. And I see my last rat boy in the distance so I start sprinting towards my buddy yelling “GETTEM PLEASEEE” and I tell you that rat took the aggro like a champ and seconds later gets obliterated:D . Then again that rat won me the fight all I needed was a second so I can rot breath him and run . I win 20 secs later

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"What are those rats doing here?"

"The best they can."

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Yall are making fun of these ashes now bit wait until you go to new York and half the people there summon these to rob you

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"Permit me to ask. Wilt thou thy human soul surrender, and pledge thyself to me? Swearest thou by the sweet-tempered sludge that laps at our bosoms?"

"Ahh, thou'st permitted me to dream. That one day, rats and humans may yet live and die together, in peace."

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I loved this ashe when dropped, fun ashes are the best, they make the right balance between fun and instant win ashes, the only problem is when fight finish I miss them xD

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new york

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Worthless summon, the ****ing poison fart one is better lmao

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I figured out why this spirit is so cheap AND why they're summoned from so far away.
You aren't actually summoning all those rats, the only thing being revived and upgraded is your Personal SecRatary, and whenever you summon it it rounds up its rat buddies to climb out of their sewers to give you a hand. I can already imagine it talking: "No sewers in Elphael? Worry not boss, we had a MonoRat set up there about a week ago. Keep the lady lorewalking, and my boys'll be there in a minute."

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It's a free summon. It's kind of hard to give them any grief, given if their ai had them sit in a corner doing nothing, it would still be a net positive

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can't decide between a rat army or a chimp army (demi humans)

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north lake of ageel monument doesn’t make them apear…….the summon animation and their hp bar shows but no rats in sight………and summoning them inside the beastial sanctuary makes them summon next to the gargoyle outside, which start the boss fight

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at max level 2 of them get stuck in the fortisax fight and it makes me sad

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This article does not mention how the last row of the item description changes at +10: "These vermin once seemed to multiply incessantly, but their fecundity in death has abated for now"

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Why do they spawn so far away? I shouldn't need a telescope to find my rats!

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"Rats , The rats , We're The rats"

"We prey at Night , We stalk the Night , We're the rats"

Tarnished with + 10 rats : "I'm the Giant Rat That makes all of Da rules"

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Become Rat King, restore the Rat King Covenant!

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No rune cost when leveling just takes the upgrade material. Cool but why?

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The only spirit ash in the game that lets you FEEL like a New Yorker

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Ogey Rrat

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This is one more step from having Ratatouille in Elden ring... DEFEAT BOSSES BY COOKING A GREAT MEAL FOR THEM!

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i wish i could just keep them as pets at all times

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It should be noted the both the image and the description of these spirit ashes changes as it upgrades because their function also changes. At base, the DO multiply. Once you upgrade them to "Giant Rat Ashes", they lose that perk but gain more damage on their attacks. It's something to consider because you could look at it as a downgrade in certain situations.

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These guys pinned the Sanguine Noble boss to a wall while I obliterated him with scarlet rot dragon breath.

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At full upgrade, how many rats are there?

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Free rats. Upgrade for more free rats.

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It would be so cool if you could do frenzied flame incantations next to them and then they’d turn into a special frenzied variant.

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These boys scurry real good. Never seen so much top scurrying.

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Great ashes for pure casters, you don't spend FP and the more leveled up the more tanky and in number they are, they will harrass the enemy while you can shoot spells at a safe distance!

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Level 173 noob: “HAHA MOONVEIL AND MIMIC TEAR WWWWWWW”

Me (ascended beyond levels): “mmm yes rat”

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they may be rats but they are many and somewhat tanky at level 10 dont under estimate them they have their uses

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I summoned these as a joke against Loretta. Her slashes went over them, she spent almost the entire fight pinned to the wall by these guys. It was hilarious.

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Rats, rats, we're the rats!
We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats!
I'm the Giant Rat that makes all of the rules!
We'll see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!

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ROYAL RAT VANGUARD RETURNS.

LET THERE BE RATS!

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With the upcoming arena with spirit ashes included, I wonder how these lovely Lads would suffice. They're free so no downside to any build, do a surprising amount of stagger, and the existence of up to five should mean an inconvenience to any non-AOE using tarnished. Probably not meta like what I expect from Oleg and Rollo, but certainly an interesting option.

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Time for another birthday bash!

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For some reason I could upgrade this without needing any runes?!?!

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You actually get 4 rats at +5, NOT +6 as the article claims.

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I'm still of the belief that the weakest ashes are the greatest. not overpowered but still useful at least for 10 seconds. they're trying their best, god dammit

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"We are small but we are many"
"We are many we are small"
"We were here before you rose"
"We will be here when you fall"
"We have teeth and we have tails"
"We have tails we have eyes"
"We were here before you fell"
"You will be here when we rise"

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I hope DLC includes Mama Rat Ashes

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MY BOOOOYS

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When I saw “Giant Rat” I thought these guys were gonna be the giant giant rats that are bigger than the player character.

Then I saw that they were just the smallest version of rat. Mildly disappointed lol

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rat

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Fitting summon for the lord of cheese

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fun with the uplifting aromatic. you + 5 buffed giant rats... forget elden lord, become the Rat Lord!!!

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Rats, rats, we are the rats
Celebrating yet another birthday bash
Michael, its your birthday today
Cake and ice-cream are on its way
And Michael's been such a good boy this year
Open up your gifts while we all cheer

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Worthless summon, shouldn’t be in the game. Their AI is terrible, sometime they’ll glitch and won’t even fight unless you drag the enemy to them. Don’t waste a great grave for this the meme isn’t worth it.

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they may not be the strongest or the tankiest summons but have you considered that they're very good little guys and that i love them

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Come on, Tarnished, you ruin your birthday every year for everybody else - we get it. I went through so much trouble to get you this Rats Summon I know how much you like it. Can we just dance together as a family for once?

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Costs no runes to upgrade, either. Just the grave glovewort.

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THEY ARE VERY GOOD. I have 4 so far and they take care of humanoids bosses or groups of enemies well.

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The fallen leaves tell a story. In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Our seed will look back upon us and recall.
AN AGE OF CHEESE.

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Rats, rats, we are the rats Celebrating yet another birthday bash. Tarnished, it's your birthday today Boiled prawn and runes is on its way. And The tarnished been such a good boy this year Open up your gifts while we all cheer, Happy birthday, Tarnished!

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they can stunlock humanoids... but can they stunlock maliketh?

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Yes yes! Kill-slay all man-things! Glory for rat-god!

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I’m pretty sure the summon was changed to start with just one rat and then periodically get more
Starting with
2 at +3
3 at +6
4 at +7
5 at +9

Or something like that
But you don’t have to fully upgrade it to get 5 rats now

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When you upgrade these ashes you get MORE rats! Are there any other ashes where that happens?

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In times of turmoil, in times like these. Beliefs contagious, spreading disease. This wretched mischief is now coursing through your souls. Never to let go, never to let go.

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Be wary of rat

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Recent patch seems to have glitched the rats. They summon very far from you and sometimes under ground stuck in the map. At least when you have the 5 rat version.

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Probably glitched. Has no FP cost, and while the description mentions no FP cost, they also have no HP cost or even a rune upgrade cost. Every other spirit ash in the game costs runes to upgrade.

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They go right under some enemy attacks and that's really cool.

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I'm not sure if this is a bug, but they will not follow you at all when there's no enemies around

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Rats, we're rats, we're the rats
We hunt at night we stalk at night
We're the rats

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Rat pack. RAT. PACK.

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Not sure if confirmed or glitches but Roderika the spirit tuner doesn’t charge any runes or upgrading just need the flowers

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A seven-foot rats, rats along his rats
When he calls your rats, it all fades to rats
Yeah, he sees your rats and feasts on your rats
We don't talk about rats
We don't talk about RATS

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last line changes to
These vermin once seemed to multiply incessantly, but their fecundity in death has abated for now.

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ratJAM ratJAM ratJAM ratJAM ratJAM

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is this the only ash that mutates as it's upgraded?

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rat gang

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Doing a All cave/catacomb rat Boss fight. My role now is just healing and buffing the rats when they fight. Now I'm at the weeping peninsula and these babies never failed me. NG+1 run now

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These guys fully upgraded are massively underrated they cost nothing to summon but can stunlock like crazy humanoid bosses they also have decent health and damage though the stunlock power is the main draw

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As a side note, upgrading these ashes does not cost runes, but does still use the grave glovewort.

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As other commenters have noted, the number of rats increases with level, up to a total of five at +10. However, I want to add that the image and description of the ashes changes as well. At +10, there are five rats in the image, and the last line of the description reads, "These vermin once seemed to multiply incessantly, but their fecundity in death has abated for now."

Alas, I did not record the description for when there are four rats.

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How many rats at +10?

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I'm not sure about these guys, every time I summon them in, they slowly creep walk out of the shadows in unison snapping their fingers and whispering "ratta-tat, ratta-tat, ratta-tat".

Really not helpful against the boss.

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Currently these are bugged for the Malenia fight. They spawn in the walls next to the entrance, no matter from where in the arena you summon them

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They're completely and utterly bugged. They keep spawning inside walls, or miles away on PC/Steam.

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Consumes no FP OR HP! They are completely free. I don't know if this was intentional but as long as it stays that way, these are my immediate go-to summons, and will be for a while as a low-FP character.

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Rat´s, we´re Rats we´re the Rats. We pray at night we stalk at night, we´re the Rats.

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ogey

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These lil guys are amazing at pulling aggro during a boss.

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omg so cute i need this asap

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Actually very useful to take an area by surprise if you're struggling with it, since they typically spawn in the middle of groups of enemies. I'm not exactly sure, either, but I think they might be able to see and attack invisible enemies as well. Very good for the Town of Sellia.

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Rats, we're rats, we're the rats, we prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats. I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules, lets see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into.

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OP spirit. Best value/cost. Completely free FP costs, and free rune upgrades (you just need the plants). If you are not playing summons, you can kindly add this cute horde to your arsenal and save some FP. Also, when you upgrade it, more rats will be added. +1 rat is added at level 4-5 and +1 more at level 8-9 (i dont remember at what level exactly). Very interesting summon.

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Giant Rat Ashes located in Altus Plateau at West Windmill Pasture. Top left part of the area

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This is located at the West Windmill Pasture, slightly northwest of Road of Iniquity Side Path site of grace. There will be a few small rats and one large rat inside a small stable, right next to the summon.

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I found giant rat ash. I will update later. You need to use denuem (sp) great elevator. Take the path all the way around and right after windmill village (south) there will be a shed with rats and a white item. Get the item jump out the window to avoid being ganked!

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Also a typo in your article this is a FREE FP summons. If you level it up summons more rats!!

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Is this how you become the giant rat that makes all of the rules?

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