Glintstone Dragon Smarag | Elden Ring Wiki

the map link just shows you all locations and not the actual spot its at

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you fight him mostly on the water, or at least i did, which means the potential to hit multiple of his hitboxes with lightning attacks. Its one of the only reasons i can think for the funky maths when i killed him. 2 full AoW with a +5 dragon halberd and minimum strength. Even in optimal conditions it shouldnt have insta killed him.

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My favorite non ancient dragon. Bro fires a Kamehameha at you.

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Are there any puzzles near here? I've seen people suggest that the bright blue flowers around his lair usually indicate a nearby puzzle, but I think they might just be thaumovores.

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Just got Edgar's halberd. put on the lance talisman and it was a cakewalk. Had to equip my best anti-magic set tho.

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I kinda cheesed him with black flame from range cause all his attacks one shot me, what's the correct way to beat him?

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Fun Fact: Smaragd means Emerald in german which would be fitting

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getting one shot from its firebreath from a single mistake, love it

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IF you have the Sword of Night and Flame, this is a trivially easy fight, as the dragon appears to be EXCEPTIONALLY vulnerable to the Sweeping Fire sword skill - I have no idea why - but it took off CHUNKS of health. I'm currently level 102 but given the amount of damage it did, I imagine a lower level could kill this fairly quickly - just be wary of the range and wear your finest Fire resistant stuff!

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I really wish us dragon communion folk could get that dragon comet move instead of named glinstone breath attack.

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I ran Smaragh a couple of times on NG+1. When I say a couple of times, it was because first time out, I took Tiche, but he just stood there, getting burned. I then tested it with my Mimic, same again. In the end I had to deal with him myself, but this seems like a bug to me

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He didn't spawn for me on my recent playthrough; I could just walk up and get the academy key

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smaug is back form the hpbbit

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Ez mode for mages…put Latenna the archer on the rock formation to the dragons right about halfway up. You stand a little further down. Blast it with Rock Sling over and over while the spirit fills the dragon with arrows. I never got hit once and it was either stun locked, collapsed, or trying to figure out what day it was.

35 int

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Excruciating fight with a spellsword build. Takes like 40min to kill

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Any bleed weapon trivializes this fight. Used a blood Uchigatana +7 and only took a single hit of damage because the boss died so quickly.

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They dissapeared at half health and never came back.

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Ran up to them, rotten breath, run behind rock, wait, run up to smarag again, reapply rotten breath, run behind rock again, wait

boom ez 14k runes and stuff

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"Smarag" is the first part of "Smaragdina", which is a part of the word "Tabula Smaragdina", aka the Emerald Tablet, the mythical text for alchemical knowledge.

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says GLINSTONE DRAGON SMARAG missing a t

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mimic veil op, just veil, walk up grab the goods then fast travel out.

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I spent an hour or so trying to fight him melee while mounted, but it was a pain trying to strike the dragon's head. However, I found the Black Flame spell to be highly effective. Basically, you still treat the fight as if you are melee, keeping close as to force the dragon to stomp around, but instead of trying to double jump and swipe at the head, simply charge up Black Flame and you get great autotargeted damage straight to the dome piece. Not only does each fully charged cast take off about 5% health, but after about 5 or 6 strikes, it will stagger her. With only 20 in Faith and a +3 Finger Seal, I downed her in like 2 minutes.

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Climb behind him and spell the Albinauric archer. She won't move but can't get hit either. She will continuously getting the aggro while you can ride away, take a patio and go back to hit the leg... Not proud of it, but the game keep ****ing me soooo.....

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"Bring Fire Resistance gear."
Are you sure about dat?

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has 7850 in Ng+

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why is it just flying away midfight? cant find it anywhere else.

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Incredibly weak to lighting damage. try throwing a few bolts at his head and watch the health just drop off.

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The dragon communion that u need for unlocking the incantation after beating this boss is at the the communion in Caelid not the one in limegrave

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Absolutely billbo T baggings'd this one . Commiting Straight up desolations out here .

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ROT!

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Climb on the rocks behind him and there's a ledge he doesn't hit you and take poison arrows is quick and practical! Shooting poison arrows he dies fast and you take no damage!

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3 essential tips
- dont lock camera
- heal Torrent
- hit head

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killed him but the spell didnt show up at the church...

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So just beat him. But the Dragon spells are not showing at the Church of dragon communion. I’ve beaten three so far and only one set of dragon spells have shown up. Am I missing something?

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If you climb up the rock behind him there’s a ledge about 2/3 of the way up where none of his attacks can hit you. Then chuck incantations at his head until dead!

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I died to him once so decided to continue exploring & come for him later , only to find out he disappeared ? is it for good ? or did he really actually spawn in different spot like Glintstone Dragon Adula ? the wiki should mention that

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This was my second dragon fight and man they tend to glitch, at least for me on ps4?

First dragon at the lake glitched at 5%, disappeared and then suddenly appeared behind me backwards mid tail attack which killed me.

Next fight he went airborne and then his health went 100 to 0 all by itself and I got credit for killing him without even having a chance to fight.

Then with this glintstone one he just straight vanished at about 70% hp. No kill credit but he's gone (checked whole area) and the summoning zone is now a no summon zone. Resting at the graces nearby did not bring him back.

No souls or heart but I guess he's gone now so that's good? Hoping my next dragon fight goes more smoothly.

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Anyone figured out why are there a bunch of scarabs around him? They are useless so I think its because the dragon is magic so it attracts the scarabs?

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Some people are making reference to 'Smarag' being similar to the Hungarian 'smaragd,' but personally I think it's just a poorly veiled ripoff of Smaug from The Hobbit. And George RR Martin is usually so creative with character names...

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Unsure if mentioned, but if you ignore him and do other stuff like Ranni’s quest and then goto Moonfolk ruins, the guy flies up to fight you there.

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Unsure if mentioned, but if you ignore him and do other stuff like Ranni’s quest and then goto Moonfolk ruins, the guy flies up to fight you there.

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So far I've beaten this guy and Agheel with a str build, the dragons have been incredibly easy just using hit and run tactics with the horse.

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So far I've beaten this guy and Agheel with a str build, the dragons have been incredibly easy just using hit and run tactics with the horse.

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So far I've beaten this guy and Agheel with a str build, the dragons have been incredibly easy just using hit and run tactics with the horse.

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Whoever said to get banished knight oleg for this fight is crazy. The boss you need to kill to get oleg is way stronger than the glintstone dragon.

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You can totally cheese this dragon by using your horse to climb up that giant rock and then pelting it with arrows from above.
Yes, poison arrows do work. Yes, you need 30+ confirmed hits. Yes, the arrows tend to go right through most of the dragon so aim mostly at the torso.

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Beat him pretty easily as a faith build with black flame while hanging out in the whole in the rocks above where he sleeps. Just pop out after he attacks and use the cover to take his attacks. His flying breath attack got me once but the next try I hid behind the rocks a bit deeper

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Trivia :Smaragd is a word in at least Hungarian - and possibly more languages - meaning "Emerald".
Dragon face's name here being most of that word makes me think that's where the inspiration came from.

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The bleed resistance figure in this page is almost certainly incorrect. A few others did recommend bleed but those are with the talisman and weapon art bleed rate buffs most likely as this dragon, unlike the others, is far more resilient to bleed than usual. I can bleed other dragons in less than half the hits it takes this dragon with identical setup. I actually ran to several, except the first in the starting region since it is dead, to test and they all bleed 2-3x for the single time this one bleed. This one can definitely be killed with bleed, though, which is useful against its high health but other builds are probably going to be better unless you run an extra focused bleed configuration or coop bleed.

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Weak to Rot. Takes a single full bar cast, so 1-2 breaths. Do it the moment it wakes up.

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All attacks are magic damage as the visuals suggest. Tested at 55% fire resistance on a SL1 and every flame/spell attack 1-shot me. Tested with slightly weaker 53% magic resistance and survived with about 30% health left from attacks.

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Definitely much easier to do solo on horseback and an ash summon than with co-op. It could take a long time doing it co-op since ppl can die easily to the fire.

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He seemed to be pretty weak to ice to me. I beat him by only using ice spear. Albeit it’s on a +13 twin blade with frost 104, but still it seemed to knock down it’s poise quickly.

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Does anyone find these dragon fights actually fun? Like, I understand that they're an amazing spectacle but after fighting the first one at Agheel Lake, this one doesn't offer nearly anything more interesting visually or mechanically. And it's simply a chore to go through. There just isn't anything interesting in chipping away a massive health bar over and over again while just running in random directions hoping to dodge a slew of one-shot attacks over and over again.

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Yeah... This guy ended up being a pushover. Im not trying to trivialize him but bleed dmg is the GOAT

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How do you dodge the wide cone flame attack?

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He is really easy if you use your horse to run at him, hit his wings once or twice and run away .. rinse and repeat

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When trying to find the Glintstone Key and the Academy. You'll end up finding a travel gate that takes you right in front of the Academy and then there's a corpse with a small map. The map hints to you that there's gonna be a meeting place to pick up a key. This game is so easy though...the Glintstone Key is on a corpse literally right behind the Glintstone Dragon. No need to fight most of these dragons unless you need their drops. Elden Ring could have easily been FromSofts crazy MMO game with World Bosses and Cosmetic Lottery stuff.

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Easy kill for sorcery builds; have at least 4 cerulean flasks, Rock Sling, and meteorite staff. Summon wolves to distract the dragon while you throw rocks directly into his face. Cast Rock Sling once when he goes down for a crit, then take the critical attack. Repeat until dead.

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He disappeared on me, I thought he just dipped and went to another location. But now I know he glitched and disappeared and no resting at a grace didn’t fix it

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Can be poisoned, takes roughly 15 poison crossbow bolts

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Weak to fire.

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Damn took me a couple of times but was manageable. Need to dash your horse as soon as he's dropping on you and keep a huge distance from flames. I'd almost try to unmount under him and re-mount for flames. Make sure to always fight him in an open area or at least be ready to dash out since he brings you many times in tight corners.

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There is a third nameless glintstone dragon to the West of Moonlight Altar (not Adula which is directly in front of it). Defeating it drop a Dragon Heart and nothing else.

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Is it a coincidence that this bosses name with a d at the end "Smaragd" means emerald in Hungarian?

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Haven't fought this one yet but if he's like any of the other dragons, Rotten Breath and Skeleton Gank Squad will do the trick

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Did not expect this but dragons are more suspectible to bleeding than in other souls games. Got a Bloody Twinblade and fighting him on horseback was too easy.

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From fix your unbalanaced as dragons ffs. Onehitting sht flames

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He flew to the air and onehittet me with this sht blue flame nice from

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Pretty doable for a incantation user, beat him on my first try by using lightning spears on his head (which is clearly his weakest part, spear to any other part of him did roughly 200 damage), each did around 330 damage and when he at times does one of the glintstoneflame-attacks, make sure he fries at least one of the flying FP-refillers and you'll have all the FP you'll need, even if you only have few flasks allotted to Cerulean Tears. It was kinda nice to notice how my previous FS-experience helped me in knowing that in all their games, dragons are weak to lightning hah.

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If you find the dragon despawned, that’s probably Adula near the three sisters tower.

I didn’t trade the first dragon heart for the scarlet rot incarnation, so I managed to take down 70% of health with 80 black key bolts (I twinked it with another player for the test purpose) and didn’t succeed to inflict scarlet rot status, so I just switched to regular bolts to finish up.

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Was fighting him, got him to near half health, then when he went into the air for his sword attack he just faded away like he despawned and won’t respawn. Didn’t drop any runes or heart… one way to win I guess?

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Smarag disappeared after i died to him once, where the hell is he???

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Wake him up & run to the other islands. You can snipe him with a bow from behind the tall rock... Very safe, if he spew fire, get behind a rock.

I used longbow + 99 arrow + 50 feather bone arrow to kill him... Around 40 mins longest.

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Smarag has roughly 6,206 HP (tested with int build + scarlet rot)

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Does anyone know the purpose of the blue floating bugs in front of the dragon? I have not seen them drop anything or have any effect on the world.

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Can be poise broken allowing for a critical hit on its head (with a yellow marker lighting up).

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So close to killing him and then a lobster snipes me from behind. Don't let him lead you north

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I just beat him on my sorcerer. Used Rock Sling with the Meteorite Staff. Here's a few tips for other mages:
Stay on Torrent, it's the only way you're going to dodge all those attacks. If three casts of Rock Sling fully hit his head, he'll be staggered and you can go for a critical attack. When first approaching, get close enough while he's sleeping that you can cast Rock Sling twice, wait a second or two, then cast again. The third one will hit while he's roaring and knock him down. After you get the critical attack, hop back on Torrent IMMEDIATELY and get some distance. Don't get behind him, his tail swing is almost impossible to dodge up close. Unless you've made some serious investments into health, assume that every attack will OHKO you. Play it safe, don't be afraid to back up a lot to dodge his fire. Don't worry too much about running out of mana, his attacks often deal collateral damage to all the scarabs flying around and you'll get charges back. You're extremely vulnerable while charging up Rock Sling, so time it between attacks. His projectile attack is easy to dodge as long as you aren't casting.
Side Note: A magic damage Misericorde is excellent for casters to have specifically for critical attacks/backstabs.

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able to knock him down using BLOOD Grease

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once you know all of his attacks (which are essentially just all dragon attacks + the signature), he becomes relatively easy. Environment is sometimes annoying and it can take a long time (Uchigatana +13) and took probably around 15 min without ranged/magic and on foot). I have to say though that I love fighting dragons in this game. Agheel is the perfect "tutorial dragon" as every other dragon seems just to copy his moveset and then some

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Lol with a dex/arc build I just threw a ton of kukris at him and got him to half health before he came over to me then finished him off with Reduvia's bleed.

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You can inflict Rot I did it earlier

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Marika's Scarseal helped me not to get insta crisped. Bloodhound's Fang took care of the rest.

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Fairly easy on horseback. I was lvl 50 and used the Uchigatana and hit-and-run attacks.

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It seems better to never go behind him, his tail whip aoe is enormous, extremely damaging, and the animation is very fast.

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When i did it (still on new game) i got 14k souls, also found just riding around chucking lightning bolts at the head very effective. There are a large number of the blue tear scarabs around, so you don't have to have specced to hard into it before hand, as long as you can huck something with magic.

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I was able to nock him down and crit hit him with a jab in the eye.

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i'm doing a mage build and all my attacks deal 60/80 damage ,he has a really big health bar , what do i do ?

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Tips as a level 40 strength claymore build:

Do it on horse. Run horse between wings, and through feet then turn around when you get to the opposite wing. The wings and feet both take damage, allowing 4 hits on each pass with R1, or a full charged R2 (starting the charge at first wing since it will take damage while being dragged on ground) +R1. When the dragon is awakening, this can be done getting the dragon down 25-50% before it takes flight. The key here is to stay on it's feet/wing, and not go to its tail where it will do its swipe until it actually takes flight. Once it takes flight, run direction of tail/opposite direction that it flies to. When it casts fireball/fire spread you can generally start heading to his flank and avoid the spells and do the wing to wing attack pattern again before the next takeoff.

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Through some rocks at his face, maybe every 4 rocks or so he would collapse. Good times.

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If you are a mage use ROCK SLING. It pierces his magic armor. Easily obtainable early game.

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Can be poisoned by the Jellyfish (if it doesn't die right away.)

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Absolute key for this fight is patience. I was getting wrecked trying to stay on him. I decided to just to just take it easy and do ride bys getting 1-2 hits wherever, wing, legs, head if you can, doesn't matter, his attacks are so avoidable by just riding through him to a safe distance then going back in once he completed whatever move he decides on. 5 minutes or so and he'll be dead. Don't lock on, just manually turn the camera to face him. Use jousting talisman.

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If you're having trouble with the "jumping up and breathing down until you're dead" move, try to stick to the back of its legs as much as possible; i have found it to only do that move when in front of them

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Horse is the easiest way. Breath attack is by far the most dangerous, when he starts to jump run backwards for a while and the attack should miss. When he does his projectile attack, just strafe right or left and the attacks should miss. Once he's on the ground, just attack the legs until he jumps again.

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Horse is the easiest way. Breath attack is by far the most dangerous, when he starts to jump run backwards for a while and the attack should miss. When he does his projectile attack, just strafe right or left and the attacks should miss. Once he's on the ground, just attack the legs until he jumps again.

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Where are summons being written near this dragon? Hard as hell unless you're in the 40s.

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he flew away at some point and never come back, how to kill him then?

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This guy was damn annoying since his breath was a one shot KO. Mixed horseback and ground attacks did the trick though.

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