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| Type | Spirit Summon |
| FP Cost 110 | HP Cost - |
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Summon the spirit of a mad pumpkin head
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Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes is a Spirit and Summon in Elden Ring. Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes summons the spirit of a mad pumpkin head.
Mad Pumpkin Head Soldiers can also be found as Enemies and Bosses in Elden Ring. For more information, see Lesser Mad Pumpkin Head (Enemy variant) and Mad Pumpkin Head (Boss variant).
Ashen remains in which spirits yet dwell.
Use to summon the spirit of a mad pumpkin head.
Spirit of a mad soldier with a large, brawny physique.
Though he has stifled his panic within the dark confines of his helmet, he rampages as if driven mad when agitated by bloodshed or the humming of insects.
This mad soldier is all that is left of a broken gladiator.
Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes Location in Elden Ring
Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes can be found in the following location:
- Dropped by the Erdtree Burial Watchdog (Duo) bosses at the end of the Minor Erdtree Catacombs. [Map Link]
Elden Ring Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes Guide
- His summon cost is rather high.
- His flail strikes deal bleed damage.
- His large head is extremely resistant to all forms of damage, a trait shared with the enemy he is modeled after.
- He will temporarily freak out if anything nearby (including himself) is inflicted with Blood Loss. This involves him smashing his head around aimlessly for a time, then looking toward the sky contemplatively for a few seconds before returning to their normal state. This tantrum is not triggered by the Blood Loss caused by the Ash of War Seppuku. The head slamming he does during this tantrum period cannot damage the player, but it can cause the player to stagger if they are struck.
- It appears that, currently, bug enemies that are nearby do not have any noteworthy effect on this spirit, despite the description of his spirit ashes. Which would be ironic if this was caused by a bug itself.
AnonymousI love this dude, he spent most of the boss fight just panicking and smashing his head on the floor. Totally worth the 110 FP cost.
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I really really realllllly liked the idea of this summon
sadly he staggers super easy, his HP isnt that great at +10 and when bleed triggers there is a 50/50 that he will be useless for 25 sec... funny enugh if we gets staggered while he has that he goes back to normal after that... that is if he survives. the head does block off dmg by 80% or so, but gets hit very rarely from enemies from what ive noticed, he is also kind of slow when it comes to catching up to enemies, unless the enemy wont fight back, taking Engvall instead will be better in every aspect, even damage.
and even if you just take a summon to have your boy by your side!... this guy will most of the time frustrate you, i took him thro my entire playthrough and he got stomped...
every. single. time.
again i really wanted to like him, but man he is so bad at actually being a help 99% of the time
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Would probably work great against enemies that can't bleed, since most of the time those are weak against strike damage which i assume his flail hits with
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He has quite the poise but once his posture is broken he is out of commission for a good while. Also the bleed tantrum takes a long time although occasionally the headbashing might actually hit enemies. Fairly low damage output all things considered.
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I love this guy. It's one of those summons that are just that fun tier. Not a mausoleum soldiers/greatshield soldiers level of help, and definately not the Tiche/mimic level of carry, but just a big dude who goes bonkers and starts headbanging the boss midfight.
Idk something about these enemies is just memorable, and it's great that you can summon them or wear their big helmet if yoz get a lucky drop.
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Does he go bonkers if a person is afflicted with deathblight? That might be what "the buzzing of insects" might be referring to. No idea how you'd do that while having a spirit ashes out, unless you're the one that dies of deathblight.
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He's very hit-or-miss. Hefty summon cost, but bleeds and deals immense poise damage. He can get a lil distracted tho.
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If you're ever wondering why you're fighting the boss alone, it's because this guy is in the corner head smashing the ground.
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Yeah, very good tank ..while I shower the boss with the meteorite
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Spartacus got PTSD so bad he got kicked out the colosseum, had an ornate helmet placed on his head to hide his identity, and got sent to guard Saintsbridge, where he can go nuts and do no harm. Dark Souls stories rarely have happy endings.
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I think this one is a bit of a novelty spirit ash. I summoned it where I've been trying out all my spirit summons recently, the enemies there hit hard, so far this mad pumpkin head has been the worst. I don't think he lasted much more than 10 seconds. I'm not wasting glovewart on him in the hope he is better if he is upgraded.
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Nah, don't waste your time on this spirit ash. The wandering nobles +10 trivialised malenia for me.
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I just like the idea of being able to summon a boss as a friend
This dude does wonders on the Twin Gargoyle fight being the only summon I could find who uses Strike Damage and has high HP
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If he is not wandering around aimlessly, he smashes his head all over the place. Not totally useful, but he just does His thing and thats cool.
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I noticed he can't buffed by any means whether incantations or weapon skills, while other spirits can be buffed.
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I wanna love this man, and I do love this man, but gosh darn it man! Stop smacking your head on the ground and start smacking your head on the enemy!
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This dude at +10 tanked the hell out of the final boss, both phases, and helped me clinch the battle when no other ashes or summoned players could take me to the end. He still had like 25% HP left. Don't sleep on this dude, he's a massive damage sponge.
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I noticed that I can't use blessings Boon with him. I usually summon a spirit then make them have health regen. It worked with everyone except him anyone know why?
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He served me really well when I was focusing on spellcasting. His damage output is low, but he is a beast of a tank.
He's also incredibly slow, so fights against any boss that's quick require kiting them to him so he can grab aggro off of you.
My only significant complaint is that there are some bosses his AI just craps out on. Dragons were some of the worst because he'd get stuck on wings and would only attack if he could get to their feet - and by the time he does that, they just fly away from him. Sif was also bad since he darts around the arena constantly. Easy problem to solve, though - just keep a second Ash handy for faster bosses.
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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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Pretty expensive FP-wise but a solid tank Ash if you're playing something like a squishy spellcaster with the FP to spare. As long as he's not fighting something nimble to bite his buttocks his helmet will let him tank A LOT of damage from the front.
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Not 100% sure since it's hard to test, but he started slamming his head on the ground (which DID affect me, no damage just the knockback) after he walked face first into a Swarm of Flies I cast at an enemy. Not sure if that really does freak him out like the flavor text implies, but if so that's kinda cool
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he's my good boy. i instantly got in to plus 10. He's too much of a good boy
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For Bosses, this one is utterly useless against anything that hits hard and/or wide. He gets easily stunned by high numbers of critters (fall on his knew). While he deals decent damage per strike, the time it takes him to strike a boss usually ends up with costing him 1/3 of his life by then unless ranked up to the max available at that moment which... makes it maybe 1/4 instead of 1/3. He's good against caster-type bosses, but bad against combo-elites or giant bosses.
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He doesn't deal a lot of damage but DAMN is he tanky.
Great for distracting bosses.
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My word golly gosh he sucks. Real riveting trying to fight the boss while he throws a tantrum that does ****-all but send you flying.
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Someone with a bleed build might want to test if the flavor text means bleed procs gives him a buff or changes his behavior in some way.
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doesn't seem to work in the red castle double boss fight for some reason..
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All I ever wanted to do was do right things, I never wanted to be the king...
I absolutely love these lads and this is one of my favourite summons, but I really just wish we got the Stone hammer variant as a summon purely because I feel bad summoning him against anything that can bleed.
Considering his flail does bleed. (Which seems like a cruel joke with how he has episodes every time bleed procs around him.) Which is also odd since normal Pumpkin Heads don't do that, so that raises further questions.
A bit nitpicky sorry, just bothered at inconsistent details like that.
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