Imp Head (Cat)

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Phy 5.8
VS Strike 5.2
VS Slash 5.8
VS Pierce 6.1
Magic 5
Fire 5.8
Ligt 4.8
Holy 5
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Immunity 35
Robustness 35
Focus 20
Vitality 20
Poise 10



Helm Wgt. 8.1

Imp Head (Cat) is a Helm in Elden RingImp Head (Cat) is a Heavyweight armor that provides a good balance of defensive properties. Imp Head (Cat) protects the player's head by applying various defensive properties, it also changes the appearance as well when it is equipped. Some armor pieces may be available to both genders but may be slightly different for male and female characters.

 

Head covering made from the largely unaltered head of an impish golem.
Resembling a cat, it holds trace amounts of feline intelligence.

 

Where to find Imp Head (Cat) in Elden Ring

  • Rare drop from ImpsElden Ring Map here
  • Farming: from the Impaler's Catacombs site of grace, run to the imp at the bottom of the stairs, and after killing this one, run back up and kill the one near the top which is now done climbing; you are close to the grace again.
  • An alternative way to farm the item is to kill the Spirit imps behind the Albinauric Rise. This only works if you haven't already solved the puzzle as this stops them from spawning. These imps can drop the head and will spawn 20 times before stopping. The items they drop will disappear once they respawn so they must be looted quickly. After the imps stop respawning, they can be reset by exiting and reloading the game or traveling to the nearest site of grace.

 

Imp Head (Cat) Set in Elden Ring

  • Imp Head (Cat) is an individual piece and doesn't belong to any set



Elden Ring Imp Head (Cat) Notes & Tips

  • Sell Value: runes currency elden ring wiki guide 18 200
  • Base drop rate is 0.5% (at 100 Discovery)
  • Increases Intelligence by +2
  • Poise Updated to patch 1.07

 

All Helms in Elden Ring
Alberich's Pointed Hat  ♦  Alberich's Pointed Hat (Altered)  ♦  Albinauric Mask  ♦  All-Knowing Helm  ♦  Aristocrat Hat  ♦  Aristocrat Headband  ♦  Ash-of-War Scarab  ♦  Astrologer Hood  ♦  Azur's Glintstone Crown  ♦  Bandit Mask  ♦  Banished Knight Helm  ♦  Banished Knight Helm (Altered)  ♦  Beast Champion Helm  ♦  Black Dumpling  ♦  Black Hood  ♦  Black Knife Hood  ♦  Black Wolf Mask  ♦  Blackflame Monk Hood  ♦  Blackguard's Iron Mask  ♦  Bloodhound Knight Helm  ♦  Bloodsoaked Mask  ♦  Blue Cloth Cowl  ♦  Blue Festive Hood  ♦  Blue Silver Mail Hood  ♦  Brave's Cord Circlet  ♦  Brave's Leather Helm  ♦  Briar Helm  ♦  Bull-Goat Helm  ♦  Carian Knight Helm  ♦  Cerulean Tear Scarab  ♦  Chain Coif  ♦  Champion Headband  ♦  Cleanrot Helm  ♦  Cleanrot Helm (Altered)  ♦  Commoner's Headband  ♦  Commoner's Headband (Altered)  ♦  Confessor Hood  ♦  Confessor Hood (Altered)  ♦  Consort's Mask  ♦  Crimson Hood  ♦  Crimson Tear Scarab  ♦  Crucible Axe Helm  ♦  Crucible Tree Helm  ♦  Cuckoo Knight Helm  ♦  Depraved Perfumer Headscarf  ♦  Diallos's Mask  ♦  Drake Knight Helm  ♦  Drake Knight Helm (Altered)  ♦  Duelist Helm  ♦  Eccentric's Hood  ♦  Eccentric's Hood (Altered)  ♦  Elden Lord Crown  ♦  Envoy Crown  ♦  Exile Hood  ♦  Festive Hood  ♦  Festive Hood (Altered)  ♦  Fia's Hood  ♦  Finger Maiden Fillet  ♦  Fingerprint Helm  ♦  Fire Monk Hood  ♦  Fire Prelate Helm  ♦  Foot Soldier Cap  ♦  Foot Soldier Helm  ♦  Foot Soldier Helmet  ♦  Gelmir Knight Helm  ♦  Gilded Foot Soldier Cap  ♦  Glintstone Scarab  ♦  Godrick Knight Helm  ♦  Godrick Soldier Helm  ♦  Godskin Apostle Hood  ♦  Godskin Noble Hood  ♦  Grass Hair Ornament  ♦  Great Horned Headband  ♦  Greathelm  ♦  Greathood  ♦  Guardian Mask  ♦  Guilty Hood  ♦  Haima Glintstone Crown  ♦  Haligtree Helm  ♦  Haligtree Knight Helm  ♦  Hierodas Glintstone Crown  ♦  High Page Hood  ♦  Highwayman Hood  ♦  Hoslow's Helm  ♦  Iji's Mirrorhelm  ♦  Imp Head (Corpse)  ♦  Imp Head (Elder)  ♦  Imp Head (Fanged)  ♦  Imp Head (Long-Tongued)  ♦  Imp Head (Wolf)  ♦  Incantation Scarab  ♦  Iron Helmet  ♦  Iron Kasa  ♦  Jar  ♦  Juvenile Scholar Cap  ♦  Kaiden Helm  ♦  Karolos Glintstone Crown  ♦  Knight Helm  ♦  Land of Reeds Helm  ♦  Lazuli Glintstone Crown  ♦  Leyndell Knight Helm  ♦  Leyndell Soldier Helm  ♦  Lionel's Helm  ♦  Lusat's Glintstone Crown  ♦  Malenia's Winged Helm  ♦  Malformed Dragon Helm  ♦  Maliketh's Helm  ♦  Marais Mask  ♦  Marionette Soldier Birdhelm  ♦  Marionette Soldier Helm  ♦  Mask of Confidence  ♦  Mushroom Crown  ♦  Mushroom Head  ♦  Navy Hood  ♦  Night's Cavalry Helm  ♦  Night's Cavalry Helm (Altered)  ♦  Night Maiden Twin Crown  ♦  Nomadic Merchant's Chapeau  ♦  Nox Mirrorhelm  ♦  Nox Monk Hood  ♦  Nox Monk Hood (Altered)  ♦  Nox Swordstress Crown  ♦  Nox Swordstress Crown (Altered)  ♦  Octopus Head  ♦  Okina Mask  ♦  Old Aristocrat Cowl  ♦  Olivinus Glintstone Crown  ♦  Omen Helm  ♦  Omensmirk Mask  ♦  Page Hood  ♦  Perfumer Hood  ♦  Preceptor's Big Hat  ♦  Prisoner Iron Mask  ♦  Prophet Blindfold  ♦  Pumpkin Helm  ♦  Queen's Crescent Crown  ♦  Radahn's Redmane Helm  ♦  Radahn Soldier Helm  ♦  Radiant Gold Mask  ♦  Ragged Hat  ♦  Ragged Hat (Altered)  ♦  Raging Wolf Helm  ♦  Raya Lucarian Helm  ♦  Redmane Knight Helm  ♦  Rotten Duelist Helm  ♦  Royal Knight Helm  ♦  Royal Remains Helm  ♦  Ruler's Mask  ♦  Sacred Crown Helm  ♦  Sage Hood  ♦  Sanguine Noble Hood  ♦  Scaled Helm  ♦  Shining Horned Headband  ♦  Silver Tear Mask  ♦  Skeletal Mask  ♦  Snow Witch Hat  ♦  Spellblade's Pointed Hat  ♦  Traveler's Hat  ♦  Traveling Maiden Hood  ♦  Tree Sentinel Helm  ♦  Twinned Helm  ♦  Twinsage Glintstone Crown  ♦  Vagabond Knight Helm  ♦  Veteran's Helm  ♦  Vulgar Militia Helm  ♦  White Mask  ♦  White Reed Helm  ♦  Witch's Glintstone Crown  ♦  Zamor Mask



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    • I farmed this on my main with 275 discovery (50 arcane + silver scarab talisman + silver-pickled fowl foot) for over an hour at Impaler's Catacombs and couldn't get a drop. Switched to Murkwater Catacombs and it dropped on my first imp kill, go figure.

      • Anonymous

        I got two of this as soon as I set foot In the Minor Erdtree Catacombs; instantly became my signature helmet for my stagger/sorcerer build!

        • Anonymous

          bruh no way its 0.5% in every single one of my playthroughs ive farmed for maybe 10 minutes and get it everytime wtffff

          • Anonymous

            The glintstone crowns need a bunch of crystals to increase your intelligence, usually with debuffs, but this does it simply because cat = smort

            • Anonymous

              Just got this from Stormfoot Catacombs. I've played for nearly 1100 hours and have 100% achievements, and I just got this today.

              • Anonymous

                Could be useful for the RL1 folks out there so they get extra spells but good ****ing luck with the drop rates, they're really rough.

                • Anonymous

                  Killed 300 on the given Farming location. And got 4 of their wierd axes and some smithing stones 1 with discovery 118

                  • Anonymous

                    i just saw a vid that said this had 0.5 drop and its true lol, when i first played this game i made all the way to a dungeon close to the samurai i forgot the name and got this, i used it until lyendel capital bc wasnt dropping another helmets

                    • Anonymous

                      Be careful farming at Albinauric Rise, items will despawn when the imp respawns, so you have to pick up the items quickly. It's not fun when the Head drops and then disappears before you can pick it up

                      • Best place is Albinauric Rise for me. The phantom imps drop them and keep respawning. I didn't even mean to and got 2 at once. I probably just got really lucky but if you farm there you don't even need to rest at a site of grace. In fact, I was lazy and was letting my spirit ash kill them while I was figuring out the puzzle. (Then got my ass shocked when 2 heads dropped because I didn't even know that was possible) so you can just let your spirit ashes farm for you. Make sure you don't unlock the seal though, or else the imps stop respawning.

                        • Best place is Albinauric Rise for me. The phantom imps drop them and keep respawning. I didn't even mean to and got 2 at once. I probably just got really lucky but if you farm there you don't even need to rest at a site of grace. In fact, I was lazy and was letting my dung eater puppet kill them. (Then got my ass shocked when 2 heads dropped because I didn't even know that was possible) Make sure you don't unlock the seal though, or else the imps stop respawning.

                          • Anonymous

                            I find the murkwater catacombs to be a better place to farm the imp head, as their are 3 imps right by the site of grace, and they only come at you 1 at a time

                            • Anonymous

                              Got it accidentally while getting to the boss for the 4th time at impaler's catacomb, with 13 arcane. First time I got lucky

                              • Anonymous

                                this was the first time i had to farm extensively for something in a souls game and i almost gave up... curse those impaler's catacomb stairs

                                • Anonymous

                                  I know it's small but it should really be catlike dexterity rather than intelligence with all the glintstone crowns and stuff

                                  • Anonymous

                                    Does anyone know if this helmet is worth using on a mage build? the other mage helms come at a cost and this one is just a flat +2

                                    • Anonymous

                                      600+ imps till it dropped. 400 probably in Impaler, and the last 200ish in Murkwater. I know at least the 400 from Impaler because I now have over 200 Violets when I didn't before today.

                                      For a mage, Impaler sucks because it's a long path down the stairs and back for 2. Murkwater gets you three in a quick burst then a reset. My discovery is only 109 so I knew I was in for the long haul. But it's done...on this character...

                                      • Anonymous

                                        +1 for Murkwater drop. Got it off like the 3rd imp by the entrance my first time there (no boosters). Didnt know how rare it was till i looked it up. Normally im the guy farming something for 10+ hours that everyone else gets on their first try so this reversal of luck was nice

                                        • In my experience the Murkwater catacombs worked best for us farming them.
                                          Both myself and my wife had multiple ones of these from a single run through.
                                          Her arcane was 20 and mine was 18 and we both used the silver toed thingys to increase our find rate.
                                          spend about an hour in impalers and never got a drop.

                                          • Anonymous

                                            After 3 hours of farming it finally dropped, when an imp fell down from the stairs. You can only reach that with a bug it seems so I didn't get it.

                                            • Anonymous

                                              After 4 hours, I have 300k runes, about 40 smithing stone 1 and 20 of those french fry forks they call weapon. AND ZERO IMP HEAD!!

                                              I am sorry, but the drop rates in this game completely drained the fun I had playing this game.

                                              • Anonymous

                                                Tempted to farm a bunch of these and invade ppl wearing nothing but his helm, named Catboy, drop a cat head, and leave

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  Huh. Didn't know this was a rare drop. I think the Murkwater Catacombs boss dropped it for me, but I can't remember for sure. I do know that I've been wearing it since I got it because 1) it's a cat's head and looks awesome and 2) gives me better defense than any other helm I have. Thanks to what else I'm wearing, I can wear this without fat rolling despite the equip weight.

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    I'm not sure the info about these imp helms is 100% accurate. I know this is anecdotal, I have no way to prove what I'm saying but the location for the wolf imp head is given as being the minor erdtree catacomb in caelid, but I have the imp wolf helm and I've never set foot in the minor erdtree catacomb once. I can't be bothered with any of the dungeons that have poison or rot water to deal with as well as the enemies, and there's no two ways about it, I am 100% sure. I'm not as sure about the imp cat head as I am the wolf, in all honesty it is possible I'm getting it mixed up with the imp corpse head helm, I got them both in the same session, but I do know I don't farm for sh*t except runes to level up a bit early game, and I feel like all the imp heads I've stumbled across were looted from a corpse not a drop from an enemy. I'm hoping there will be someone reading this page for the imp head cat helm who can maybe confirm some of this, particularly getting the wolf head in a different catacomb than minor erdtree in caelid.

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      I got this my first run through one of those dungeons and had no idea it was rare until my friend pointed it out

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        I got this my first run through one of those dungeons and had no idea it was rare until my friend pointed it out

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          I've got so many bloody forks I'm about to open a B&B and call it the imp-aler. Still no head to mount on the wall.

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Just got mine. They drop from the imps in Impaler's Catacombs, Murkwater Catacombs, and Stormfoot Catacombs. I found Murkwater catacombs to be the easiest. I recommend a fast weapon with a ranged weapon art that can one-shot with R1s and the WA, and allows you to cast the WA at least 4 times (pref 5 or 6 since the imps are wiggly af and sometimes dodge your WA). For this I used the Highland Axe with Beast's Roar. Run into the entrance of the first room, pop the two on the ceiling, and a third immediately to your left. If you're using a fowl foot, return to the site of grace and repeat. If you're not, continue forward to just before the pressure plate. Use your WA to kill the next two and then run into the room, killing the imp that ambushes you for six total, then fast travel back to the site of grace. If you're running on a HDD or otherwise have long load times you may want to just rest at the SoG after the first room, pickled foot or no.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              Picked this up off a drop in murkwater cave about 2 hours into playing. Luck of the bandit build. 100+ hours later still rocking this cat head.

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                I managed to farm about 50k souls trying to net myself this hat in the first little dungeon. Don't give up, eventually Miyazaki will take pity on you and you'll get it.

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  I'm getting insane, after 2 days of farming i got 3 full lines of forks and some smithing stones, but not a goddamn ONE helm

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    RNGesus blessed me with the drop!!! ...then I saw the body ragdoll off the side and into the unreachable pit in impalers catacomb. Safe to say, I just gave up for now lol

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      Best place to farm them is stormfoot catacombs, every enemy has a chance to drop them. I used swift glintstone shard because it oneshotted them full clearing the rooms in order
                                                                      Marais mask+marika soreseal (I've got a very embarassing 15 arcane like this) + silver scarab (i'm farming all sets before ng+) + silver pickled fowl foot for a total of 241 discovery
                                                                      go down, 2 imps in the first room, back and to the left and to the left again, shoot the two on the ledges, next room shoot the one behind, take the first corridoor on the right and shoot the 6 hanging behind the pillar, then back, take the ladder to the left, kill the two posing as statues, forward and kill the one you see and the one ambushing from the right. go back and jump off two floors and back up the stairs to the grace.
                                                                      If you're out of buff you can just warp. I got 3 in a run, 0 in the other 4 runs.

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        lol went in for the first time and got it... am avoiding reading the guides and wikis until today so didnt even know what was it.

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          No joke after finally getting it from spending over an hour farming I went to a separate dungeon and just got another one from the first imp statue I killed. RIP lol.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            After 4 runs on stormfoot catacombs, I got it from the one that ambushes you at the beginning. (First front room)

                                                                            I had 192 discovery. I've completed any dungeon and never got this one.

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              The Imp Head (Cat) is rated as a Rare drop. With 10 levels in arcane the drop rate is <1%. May the RNG gods be with you... always.

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                Lol the guide says there was a loot for this in Impaler's catacomb, I cannot for the love of me found it anywhere, is this misinformation? and they meant it as a drop?

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  Got it at stormfoot cata(4-5 full run), but i have +5 int and not +2 int. And patch for xbox were at 2.0.2.0.

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    Can't believe this is rare... Literally got 2 with the two first imps i fought?? Anyways I was wondering what that icon was, turns out it's from the int buff that's nice!!

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      I’ll farming at Impaler’s Catacomb. There are two Imps right by the site of grace so less than a minute. However, maybe my Arcane is just too low on my Astrologer

                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                        Anyone know the drop rate? I have been going at these little bastards for 4 hours and have not gotten a single Imp Head.

                                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                                          i got thid earlier but mine does not say +2 to int anywhere, when i equip it, it does not raise my int stat at all

                                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                                            Impalor's catacombs has 5 imps that are easy to farm, i got the drop after little over 100 imps, so maybe a 1% chance?

                                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                                              Finally got this last night in Stormfoot Catacombs. Based on my timing it was fastest to just kill all imps in the place (but I could one shot them, so that may be a factor). Thanks to the "item dropped" effect it's obvious when something drops, but it is usually a forked hatchet. However, you will _know_ when this drops because it will drop as a rare item (they have a bigger "item aura")

                                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                                So i got one of these very early in one of my playthrough and really liked it, then my game crashed and it loaded hours back. Been trying to get this thing back with silver foot charms but nothing. Ive gotten around 8 forked hatchets. and tried 3 diferent areas Lol

                                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                                  the Imps in Wyndam Catacombs, the ones that throw lightning Jars, can from Furglbloom and T5 Smithing stones

                                                                                                  • Just want to say I finally got it. I spent hours farming but it finally dropped.. If you have the godrick rune, activate the rune arc to have the additional stats to arcane for the time that you farm (chances are you wont be dying during it).

                                                                                                    I farmed the Stormfoot Catacombs, I would clear the first 2 in the first room, 3 in the open room you go into after that, and then the one right before the flame traps then i'd reset and do it again.

                                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                                      It dropped for me in ~8 runs from Stormfoot Catacombs. Good number of imps and they're the weakest of the imps that I've seen.

                                                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                                                        It dropped for me in ~8 runs from Stormfoot Catacombs. Good number of imps and they're the weakest of the imps that I've seen.

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