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| Location | Cave of the Forlorn |
| Drops |  93,000Golden Order Greatsword |
| HP | 9,130 |
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FireMisbegotten Crusader is a Field Boss in Elden Ring. Misbegotten Crusader is a variation of the Leonine Misbegotten Boss, wielding the Golden Order Greatsword, and is found in Cave of the Forlorn in Mountaintops of the Giants. This is an optional boss, as players don't need to defeat it in order to advance in Elden Ring. However, doing so yields useful Items and Runes.
Lesser Misbegotten Warrior is the normal enemy form of this boss. Other variants of this boss appear in the Leonine Misbegotten, Crucible Knight and Misbegotten Warrior, and Perfumer Tricia and Misbegotten Warrior boss fights.
Elden Ring Misbegotten Crusader Boss
- This is an optional boss, but it must be defeated in order to receive the Legendary Armaments trophy
- Closest Site of Grace: Cave of the Forlorn
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Elden Ring Misbegotten Crusader Location
The end boss of the Cave of the Forlorn. [Map Link]
Misbegotten Crusader Combat information
- Health: 9,130 HP
- Defense: 120
- Stance: 80
- Parryable: Yes
- Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken or parried
- Damage:
Standard, 
Pierce, 
Holy - Drops 93,000, Golden Order Greatsword
Negations (or Absorptions)
Strike
Magic
LightningThe negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 means the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
Resistances
Poison: 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212
Scarlet Rot: 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212
Hemorrhage: 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212
Frostbite: 367 / 465 / 755 / 1212
Sleep
MadnessThe resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
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Elden Ring Misbegotten Crusader Boss Guide
Misbegotten Crusader Boss Video Guide
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Misbegotten Crusader Fight Strategy
The Best Tips for Misbegotten Crusader:
- Use any fast rush down Ashes such as Oleg and Rollo, as it can be interrupted quite easily. While it is performing an attack, however, it gains massive hyper-armor and can breeze through the heaviest hits and connect.
Melee Users
This boss may look like any other Misbegotten boss and has a moveset similar to the Leonine Misbegotten, but it deals greater damage with additional Holy damage and with its attacks using the Golden Order Greatsword. It does a number of fast-moving aggressive attacks while advancing towards you. If you have a shield use it against these combo attacks while backing up. It will be even better if you have a shield that could defend against holy damage. When you have a chance, towards the end of the attack combos, roll through and toward the boss in order to deal a few hits. Use a combination of rolling in and attacking during the small windows, then immediately backing up again. You will especially have to look for its large AoE attacks which can occur within combo attacks. The main strategy here is to keep a defensive stance while preparing to dodge away and then quickly approach during each opening. Be conservative with your attacks until the boss is defeated.
Magic and Ranged Users
With a magic build, you may want to use quick-moving spells such as Glintstone Pebble or Glinstone Stars. Keep in mind that when you create distance, this boss quickly can close that distance with his quick lunges and could reach you with its holy ranged attacks. You will have to keep moving and constantly be prepared to dodge to the side. Attack sparingly and in between its attacks to avoid being unprepared for an incoming attack.
Misbegotten Crusader Attacks & Counters
See the Leonine Misbegotten page for a more complete and detailed guide on its moveset, as it shares most of the same attacks.
| Attack | Description | Counter |
| Establish Order | Stands up straight and raises its arms to the right, releasing a holy explosion. Afterward, it follows up with a wide-sweeping projectile. | Run away to avoid the explosion, then dodge forward |
Misbegotten Crusader Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- A crusader is one who fights for change, whether it be political, religious, or social. Since Misbegotten are widely regarded as heretical, this one may be fighting to protect them.
- This Misbegotten wields the Golden Order Greatsword, which was forged by King Consort Radagon. It was originally a sword gifted to him by his first wife, Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon.
- In the Japanese version of the game, internal files relating to the Misbegotten are named “Children of Radagon”. In the English version of the game (patch 1.00), the Winged Misbegotten was called a “Radagon chimera.” This may explain why Misbegotten Warriors have red hair like Radagon and how one managed to obtain the Golden Order Greatsword.
Misbegotten Crusader Image Gallery
Soo he does have a marriage-gift-like sword of Radagon himself... Looks like the Big Hammerman was enjoying some misbegotten knot in his free time, thats why he left moon mommy but Marika was not glad and made him a part of herself and the poor boi here got locked up in a cavern in the middle of nowhere.. Sad love story :..(
- Anonymous
i would say that he should have more HP its going to be more fun!
- Anonymous
Oleg kept pushing him down. He couldn't get up. I felt bad throwing rocks at him.
I think I'm a bad man. :(
- Anonymous
Let's take a boss with really bad hitboxes, give him 10 times more health and the ability to leap to you from anywhere in the room.
- Anonymous
Wiki says he's in the mountaintops of giants, no he isn't he's in the consecrated snowfields
- Anonymous
On RL1+0 run, I found that Golden Parry is the most reliable tool against this boss. I didn't have enough stamina to stunlock for long enough and didn't have damage to zerg fast enough. So, I needed to be patient. And, in my case, that meant I needed a parry strat.
First, I tried Carian Retaliation. You can parry the holy cast (Establish Order). This was unreliable, however. Sometimes I parried the cast completely, and sometimes I'd get the parry effect, i.e. 3 swords would appear around me, but I'd STILL get hit.
When CR proved to be ineffective, I switched to good old Buckler. The strat was to parry the following attacks:
- forward lunging attack,
- long overhand swing,
- low dragging swipe,
- backhand swipe,
and roll everything else. The problem was the paw attacks. It's a quick combo, so you have to roll immediately when you see it. However, if you're at point blank when it starts, you roll the first attack, the second one will get you almost all the time. For RL150 character it's not a problem but for RL1 it is.
Golden Parry allowed me to work around that. The strat stayed pretty much the same as for Buckler parry, but I'd stay like 2-3 steps away from the boss. This way, I could still parry everything I wanted while having enough distance to roll away from his paw combo. Worked like a charm.
Setup I used: light rolls, Misericorde, Ritual Shield tali, Dragoncrest Shield tali, Radagon Soreseal, Dagger tali, no buffs.
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perhaps the easiest boss fight of my entire life. mimic tear + waterfowl dance go brrr
- Anonymous
The 'stone of gurranq' incantation can stop it getting anywhere near you. It also does a load of damage if you are set up for it. Also, it does the exact same thing to the Leonine misbegotten in the boss room with perfumer Tricia.
AND the spectral banished knight if you intend farming for the unaltered banished knight armour at castle sol. I was able to completely shut down the halberd wielding knight from using any of his attacks. But obviously you need the FP and stamina to pull it off.
- Anonymous
Totally expected this guy to be a pushover and he kicked my ass repeatedly.
- Anonymous
Pretty sure I did 160 poise damage to this weird thing all within the 6 second window and he didn't break...
- Anonymous
Easy boss if you can stunlock. Charged Gransax WA denies him the chance to even standup, let alone make any distance towards you.
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Dual wielded greatswords/greatmaces etc. and colossal swords completely take a dump on this dude, much like the other misbegotten bosses.
- Anonymous
Very fun misbegotten fight. He hits like a truck but is somewhat of a glass canon with his middling hp and low poise.
Also thundercloud form destroys him
- Anonymous
>be radagon
>get gifted very cool sword
>give it to a misbegotten
????????????
- Anonymous
Use rock slide, it will slow him down considerably and by the time he gets in melee distance, he’s manageable
- Anonymous
Now how'd a scraggly little beast like this one get ahold of one of the legendary armanents?
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Correction:
Cave of Forlorn in the "Consecrated Snowfield", not Mountaintops of the Giants
You got it right the 2nd time so please get it right in the 1st paragraph
- Anonymous
"A fierce warrior Misbegotten that fights to protect its people"
MF hides in a cave in the middle of a frozen wasteland in the farthest reaches of the Lands between.
- Anonymous
Greatshield Soldier Ashes. They corner him and keep him there.
- Anonymous
The worst part about this boss is the run through the jellyfish over and over and over...
- Anonymous
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a freight train", is what I'd describe this guy to be like...
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this dude is so ****ing cool but jesus he hits like a semi truck. Thank god he's easily staggerable.
- Anonymous
It’s weird how every Misbegotten Warrior boss in the game has dropped a legendary weapon of some sort.
- Anonymous
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literally a big caveman creature and he somehow has the faith equivalent of the moonlight greatsword which belongs to marikas husband.
- Anonymous
This one can be easy if you use the right summon. Oleg +10 destroys this one and keep its aggro. I was able to easily throw a couple of Black Flame into his face (chipping a bit chunk of its HP) while Oleg kept it pinned.
- Anonymous
Bruh how does a werewolf man get his hands on one of the God's relics
- Anonymous
Ya ever wonder what it's like to put an enemy with Korean Action MMORPG 10-hit, non-stop comboes into a dark souls game?
- Anonymous
Does this boss have a unique theme? Not sure if I heard the song that was playing during it for anything else, but I might just be forgetting
- Anonymous
Cannot use summon ashes on this boss, it is also required to use a Stonesword Key to enter the tunnel.
- Anonymous
Use Ancient Death Rancor and he get staggert all the time. I charged the spell and he coudnt get to me. Works probably even with normal Rancor, but with less damage.
- Anonymous
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He gives Golden Order Greatsword which got the unique skill Establish Order. Raise the armanent in a salute, releasing a golden explosion. Repeated inputs send out waves of golden lights.
His first wife was Rennala, lol.
- Anonymous
This guy can be bled efficiently. I was also able to rot him. I couldn't break his poise though. I recommend dodging towards him when he does his holy wave.
- Anonymous
intimidating at first but pretty EZ when you realize its attacks are telegraphed af
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