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Octopus Head is a Helm in Elden Ring. Helms 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.
A land octopus whelp worn directly on the head.
Has a lingering warmth reminiscent of human skin.
Those who can withstand the smell will find its organic elasticity excellent for negating strikes.
Where to find Octopus Head in Elden Ring
- The Octopus Head Helm can be obtained by killing Land Octopuses (Not to be confused with Giant Land Octopuses).
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Lots of Land Octopuses can be found South of Saintsbridge Site of Grace [Map Link], in a small lake close to Iron Fist Alexander's first encounter.
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A few Land Octopuses can be found South-West of the Temple Quarter Site of Grace in Liurnia of the Lakes.
- North of the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace, near the large pillar on the map, there are several Giant Land Octopuses, and many of the smaller Land Octopuses.
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Octopus Head Set in Elden Ring
- Octopus Head is an individual piece and is not part of any set.
Elden Ring Octopus Head Notes & Tips
- 0.5% base drop chance
- Sell Value:
100 - Poise Updated to patch 1.07
AnonymousDidn't even know this was a thing. Started a new character and got it off the second octo I killed. Lucky I guess, and ugly now also.
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I seriously don't know if this Ocean Man method is a community-joke, but tried to farm the head near Siofra River Bank site of grace at 198 discovery while listening to the song, and... damn, it really dropped first try. I then made another atempt and it dropped again! If I only knew about this when I was farming this piece near Alexander by normal means, the farm took about two hours back then.
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Tried for an hour without ocean man with no success. After ocean man, 2nd try. Thank you.
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Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but you can farm three land octopuses that are very close to and exactly south from the Seaside Ruins site of grace, just a five seconds horseback ride away. This is the closest farming spot to the First Step and so is accessible at the very start of the game. This is also better method due to the fact that there are no other enemies besides the little trio that won't let you check the map for fast travel because of the aggro.
Btw I tried to farm the head there and I had to kill all octopuses roughly 120 times at base discovery (110) before the drop. It could be worse, though
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I found out about the Ocean Man method yester day when i first saw this weird head gear. I though i was gonna have to hunt these guys to extinction if id ever farm for one and the Ocean Man just a silly meme, but just now i happened upon a group and hummed Ocean Man to my self whilst whacking em. Lo and behold i got it! No buffs, no nothing. I was just passing though on other business. Why pray to RNGesus when you can summon Ocean Man.
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ocean man works but might require a verbal declaration. Had no luck for a couple dozen runs until I said out loud "well ocean man, this is my last run tonight" then bam, first octopus I killed dropped the head. praise be the elusive ocean man
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I have played 700+ hours and I just had this drop. Didn't even realize this was a thing. Rng....
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Got it the third time after playing Ocean Man. I did it for the meme and was so glad probability favored ridiculousness lol
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DLC better have an octopus armor. With tentacles you can snack on when low on HP.
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Got 3 of these while trying to farm the vulgar militia set in hidden path to the haligtree.
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Can confirm ocean man works like a god damn charm. It only took two trips through Saintsbridge swamp, 100 discovery, no buffs.
Listen to ocean man. Wear the octopus. Join us.
yep, this ocean man thing is definitely a community-joke... very ha-ha funni pal... what a waste of time...
I was washed away by the fact that ocean man works. Octopus head is mine and I am one with the ocean man.
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I'll be damned. ocean man really ****ing works. this makes me pissed as **** and amazed at the same time. discovery of 200, probably killed 200 of these little *******s before, saw that i should listen to ocean man. im like well it couldn't possibly go any worse. my first run through the saintsbridge swamp, i got it on one of the little ****ers. the power of ocean man is immeasurable.
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Everyone saying to listen to Ocean Man to get this drop, I thought it was a joke... I just said Ocean Man out loud and it dropped right after! Would recommend Ocean Man!
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It's unbelievable stupid how effectively the Ocean Man technique works.
I've been trying to get this for about an hour for a new character and as soon as I play the looped version of the song, it drops.
Thanks Ocean Man!
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30 runs with 185 discovery. Thank god I finally decided to play ocean man.
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bruh 208 discovery and STILL no helmet. I've been farming for THREE DAYS NOW
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115 Discovery, 35 minutes and no head. I was not worthy to be taken by the hand. I could not understand.
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Just tried the "Ocean Man Technique" on the group south of Saintsbridge Site of Grace. First kill it dropped. Thanks Ocean Man!
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Ocean man strat works like a charm. Even if it takes like 7 runs like it took me, the song itself gives a nice rhythm. 10/10, would recommend
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aight, so this is the SECOND character i try this "ocean man technique", this time i played the 1 hour seamless version instead of looping the original video, just to make sure i tried everything. did not work, i went back and forth on BOTH alexander's site of grace AND main road caves site of grace, over a dozen of times now, not a single octopus head, so all i have to ask is: is this yet another weird internal soulsborne community joke (like giant dad), or do you have to ACTUALLY like this song for it work? because tastes exist and this song does not make my type like electronic, rock, etc. it also feels WAY too repetitive, so i just turned it off, and i guess no "ocean man blessing" for me, this so-called "magic" just did not work and felt like a community-joke ngl.
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I was farming this like nobody’s business thinking it was bugged I look at the wiki. They say play ocean man, I’m thinking it’s just superstition. But after a lot of farming I was willing to try anything. I started listening to ocean man figuring bottom line it will make the farming more pleasing. Just to then get it on my first lap of farming after playing the song.... Thank you for this experience.
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I spent all day at work thinking about the ocean man technique, so I decided to try it. 107 discovery, set a timer, and got the drop within 23 seconds. 23 seconds… I died laughing, I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in a while.
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I assumed this helm was a joke based on all the Ocean Man comments.
So I went to the octopus site by Alexander's first spawn, put on my item discovery stuff(242 discover), put on Ocean Man, and started farming.
Got the helm from a small one on my second run..
Ocean Man, lead me to the land indeed
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man what kind of magic is this ocean man
I just got 1 drop after 2 minutes with this method
thanks to this community
Literaly only 20 mins with ocean man in the background...for real
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Can confirm, turned on ocean man and found this in like 3 minutes.
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Can confirm, turned on ocean man and found this in like 3 minutes.
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My first run through Siofra River looking for the helm yielded nothing. However, once I played Ocean Man I was able to find the helmet right before the song ended! Listening to Ocean Man confirmed for legit farming strat
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Can confirm ocean man 1 hour loop will get you it within 10 minutes.
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Made a tuna melt.
Ate it.
Immediately got 4 of these in a row. No joke
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It's a decent helm for a mage looking to cosplay an Oolacile sorcerer. I'm currently looking farming one myself. Best of luck with the drop rate, though.
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The ocean man exploit seems to work even if the video is muted, I got one almost immediately.
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can confirm ocean man works, started it near the end of a temple quarter run and decided to move to saints bridge, one wave of gold later and i picked it up.
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I got 2 in a row the moment I stopped listening to Ocean Man lol
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Nothing for 15 runs. Put Ocean Man on loop, got my tentacle helm the following try. Finished the cycle anyway and got a second one.
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On my 5th run, on my way to do patches assassination request, i got this and i didnt even know it existed.
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Put on one hour loop of Ocean Man, hopped up to the pond above Saintsbridge. 3 minutes 43 seconds later (3rd clear), I had one.
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Ocean man made my drops worse all the runs i did with it before pretty much all the little dudes were dropping ovaries or strips of white flesh. During ocean man? Nothing
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Ocean man confirmed. Put it on then first run I got the drop.
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An octopus whelp? That's another name for puppy! I am delighted to know that they're called octopus puppies, you can guess what that'd make their mothers called
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I didn't believe this helm was real, I thought the devs were trolling players like they did with the pendant in the first dark souls. I've never seen a white or red shadow of another player wearing one and I've never seen one in coop.
I was farming pinion feathers along the edge of the cliff and on the beach west of the church of Elleh. Before I fast travel back to the grace at the end of each run I kill the giant octopus and land octopus on the beach for the crafting ingredients they drop as well.
I'm not exaggerating in saying I've easily killed over a thousand of the smaller ones whenever they are near me or in my way, they don''t hit hard but they can interrupt any casting and they can be a pain in the arse, so I kill them with a bow whenever they are in my way.
The point is none of those I've killed during my playthrough dropped the octopus head helm. Until last night, one dropped it for me on the beach at Limgrave. It looks a bit odd, it has no hidden passive effect to make it stand out, and its stats as a helm are not that great but I'm wearing it anyway. I'm quite happy to have one.
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Wtf, I thought it was just a joke.. but as soon as I put Ocean Man on it dropped.
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Ocean man actually increases drop rate. Don't doubt it's power.
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Was farming for this for 2 hours at saints Bridge and decided to test if playing ocean man helps and can confirm that I then proceeded to get it instantly. 269 discovery
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I was skeptical at first but then I played ocean man at the saintsbridge site and I literally got it first run..
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Can confirm playing Ocean Man does help. Took about 7 runs at the saintsbridge area. Took me several hours to farm imp heads. Guess this is my karma.
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I went my whole first playthrough not knowing this existed. Now that I've found it in ng+, it is never leaving my head.
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it is a simple fact that you will immediately get this item while farming if you play ocean man lmaooooo i got 2 the second i played it
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3 can be found on a small rock area south of seaside ruins in limgrave for an early farm, I got mine here so I can confirm it drops in this location.
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I’m getting 2 of everything in the game got one of these on accident and then a play through later I get it again first try I also have 2 noble estocs and noble straight swords I’m pretty lucky no gonna lie
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Mine disappeared in NG+. It's gonna be a ball break to get it back
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seeing as how rare this is it would be if the larger ones ignored you if you wore the little one on your head.
not complaining, just think it would be a neat hidden mechanic.
also car we get a rune bear head helm? that would be cool too.
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In the hidden path to the Haligtree, killing all the little Octopus dudes, I got 2 of them in one site of grace sitting...
I was an Arcane Build with 80 Arcane and a Silver Scarab equipped, but still... I feel so happy.
Now time to sell one of them.
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The average Albinauric mask fan VS the average octopus head enjoyer
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Perfect for cosplaying eldritch abominations! Thanks Elden Ring
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So glad I got this drop. Now my holy paladin is an octopus man and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.
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I just had this drop randomly on my fourth playthrough. I knew the Black Dumpling existed, but this... came as a surprise. Praise the head!
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farmed this for a bit with no luck
switched locations and put Ocean Man on in the background
got the drop right as the song ended
10/10 game
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got this by just killing the first 2 octopus in hidden path to the haligtree with wave of gold
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Siofra River. Open the map and you see a capital letter F made by the bridge above. There's about 20+ Land Octopus between the fork part of the F. Clear them with Sacred Relic Sword.
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"Octopus head is an *incredibly* fashionable helm in elden ring"
You don't say?
Got it when farming a small lake south of Tombsward Site of Grace, handy place because you can get ~10 Gold Firefly at the same time, took 6-7 runs, 274 discovery.
Got it when farming a small lake south of Tombsward Site of Grace, handy place because you can get ~10 Gold Firefly at the same time, took 6-7 runs, 274 discovery.
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Going to start using an elder one build. This + dragon occult seal + any flame-throwing incantations = wrathful lovecraftian horror!! Have fun cosplaying this helmet with your friends.
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with this, my pirate set up is complete. Rusty Anchor, Jar Cannon and maybe the leather armor set
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this plus the finger maiden dress and madness spells is perfect for a winter lantern cosplay
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My theory is it will as an additional I-frame on rolls. Hoping it gets tested to find out more
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Does this helm actually reduce strike damage as the discription suggests? "Those who can withstand the smell will find its organic elasticity excellent for negating strikes."
Has anyone tested strike reduction?
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I farmed the big and small variants near the Temple Quarter grace until I had nearly 300 ovaries with no drop. Tried the Hidden Path to the Haligtree and got it within 5 tries. Not sure if it’s just a much higher drop rate with these two or if I’m unlucky, but something to keep in mind if you’re trying to get this piece.
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at first thought it was just from giant octopus but then got it from the little ones after farming the two big ones in limgraves for lol oops shouldve checked first
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142 ovaries in so far and no helmet but it's worthit for a the jiggle physics
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Hidden Path to Haligtree grace site has 2 land octopus about 10 feet from the grace site. Pop a Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot, kill them and run back to the grace site.
It took me 7 minutes to get it to drop with the silver scarab, silver tear mask, silver foot, and arcane of 23.
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I finally found it. My Illithid madness monk is complete! THAT'S MIND TAKIN' BABY!
I don't know if i hate or love the "Ocean Man" Method... I was farming it at the Saints Bridge for like 2 Hours. Looked up the Drop Chance and almost despaired. Looked at the Comments and seen the Ocean Man Meme. Put it on youtube on repeat and got it on the secound start of the Song... I'm just blown away.
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