Pumpkin Helm is a Helm in Elden Ring. Pumpkin Helm is an individual piece and doesn't belong to any set. This helm can reduce damage from headshots and impacts. 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.
An oval helmet large enough to cover any head.
Very heavy and very hard.
Reduces damage from headshots and impacts.
The inside of the helm is pitch black, keeping the crazed warrior within from panicking.
Perhaps its rather roomy interior also helps alleviate feelings of pressure and claustrophobia.
Pumpkin Helm Location in Elden Ring
The Pumpkin Helm has a chance to drop from any Lesser Mad Pumpkin Head enemy. These enemies can be found at the following locations:
- Saintsbridge, Limgrave [Map Link]
- Fort Haight [Map Link]
- Castle Morne [Map Link]
- Raya Lucaria Academy
- Redmane Castle
- Altus Plateau - By a grave marker overlooking the cliffs northeast of the Bridge of Iniquity Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- Mt Gelmir, east of First Mt. Gelmir Campsite and south of Corpse-Stench Shack.
Pumpkin Helm Armor Set in Elden Ring
- Pumpkin Helm is an individual piece and doesn't belong to any set.
Elden Ring Pumpkin Helm Notes & Tips
Reduced damage taken and impact of headshots (buff on self).
- Sell Value:
100 Runes.
- Base drop rate is 3% (at 100 Discovery)
- This is the heaviest helmet in the game currently.
- Poise Updated to patch 1.07
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I LOVE this thing. I'm not absolutely sure what counts as a headshot so sometimes I just take a tiny sliver of damage instead of a full hit. It's like having a buff that has a small chance to negate 90% od damage on next hit. Love
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Here a tip: The lower the discovery you have the easier it drop, weird right?
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the pumpkin head doesn't exist the pumpkin head doesn't exist the pumpkin head doesn't exist the pumpkin head doesn't exist the pumpkin head doesn't exist the pumpkin head doesn't exist
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i call BS on the 3% drop rate.
i have killed this guy over 200 times with 300 discovery and still not got it.
the magma blade, the fire monk sword. . .i farmed everything , every loot drop from every enemy and none of them have taken this many kills
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I got this helmet on my first playthrough on the very first pumpkin head guy. Only now I start to understand how lucky I was back then..
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Farming tips from my experience (for Strenght users),
you can oneshot him with Jar Cannon and explosive greatbolts (from Mt. Gelmir merchant) from the site of grace of Saintsbridge,
my Jar Cannon was +10 but I'm pretty sure you don't need that much.
It's pretty consistent, only downside is that sometimes you will miss and lose a bit of time (not that much)
The Pumpkin Head will be a purple drop so you don't have to check everytime, careful tho, the purple drop is not that easy to see from the site of grace.
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The Pumpkin Helm also seems to prevent transporter traps from working.
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This should have been the symbol of avarice equivalent in ER IMO
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this helmet neutralizes madness, you will take damage but there will be no animation that blocks your movement
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I've done my own test on how much it reduces headshot damage, and it seems to completely negate it, even getting rid of some stagger levels maybe.
I tested it by using the crossbow man near where the troll jumps at you near the gate. Killed all but one, got rid of all my armour, and let him shoot me.
They rarely get headshots in, but you can force it by hiding behind one of those waist high walls made of bricks and crouch behind them. Once you are fully healed, you stand up and wait for the arrow to come. Right when it's about to land, you crouch down at just the right time for your head to be in the arrows trajectory. You can tell if it's a headshot if your character gets stunned for a good bit and the arrow does more damage.
I then tested this with the pumpkin, and from I have seen, there seems to be no difference in damage between a headshot and normal shot. The stagger from a headshot is also either reduced to a lower level of stagger, or sometimes not applied. BASICALLY pumpkin helm reduces headshot damage to a normal shot. (Haven't tested this with melee weapons or things with infusions, so maybe try that out if you can. Also don't know if there is a PVP modifier or not.)
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confirmed on archery: PUMPKIN HELM and CRUCIBLE KNOT TALISMAN don't work together. Also does not reduce damage when hitting the head with a club, but does not stun. It is necessary to check the piercing blows and cutting
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Glad i had this & the knot talisman when that bow build invaded. I had so much head protection he never stood a chance.
Just kidding he killed me with spark aromatic anyways.
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Anyone got advice for fashion souls here? I love the goofy look, but idk what to put with it since it's an odd tinge (about equivalent to the ornamental straight swords, weirdly enough)
I'm cosplaying as the pumkinhead ingame under the name "Fell Pumpkinhead". I use the prophet start since the pants go really well with the helm (I just wear the pants and the helm). If I get summoned for something and succeed with a person I've met three times in a row, I give them a pumpkinhead helm as a token of friendship.
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Why do people say this is rare? I got like 3 of these in 5 minutes of casual farming when trying out a few new skills
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anybody have some nice fashion to go with this? I can't quite find armor with the right golden color.
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1. Stack with crucible knot.
2. Spam Stamp (Sweep) or Stamp (Uppercut) with preferred weapon.
3. ???
4. Profit.
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It's so weird to me that this helmet is a guaranteed drop if you beat the mad pumpkin head that's in the ruins with Sella. This is on patch 1.0.0 btw.
If im wearing this and were to use a war cry ash of war, would it Sound muffled? If so, i might Farm for this.
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Will it reduce damage from the holy laser beams coming from above when you fight the Elden Beast?
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Is the droprate "hardcoded"? Because I got I very early at the bridge from West to East Limgrave. Some of you are farming like hell and don't get it.
To the helm: I used it some time -> Helps against death bird, hawk and giant crow picking attacks. Also against flying Misbegotten. Maybe also against this small "astel-things" which shoot gravity stones at you?
Unsure if this helps for jumping+stomping attacks like from the watchdogs with the colossal sword.
Maybe it is more useful to use this talisman with the same skill, because the weight of this helmet is extreme.
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Pumpkin dance pumpkin dance, whatever does it mean?
It means you've got low item discovery : 3
Pumpkin helm will be a purple drop. I have picture proof but I don't know how to show it.
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254 Discovery, took 10 runs (and actually that final run disc was 204 as the silver feet wore off just prior to the kill)
10 Sanctuary Stones
3 Smithing Stone (1)
1 Pumpkin Helm
A few mushrooms too, great for my pot loving Mimic...lol
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took 23 kills at base wretch arcane and silver scarab, just rid over to it at saintsbridge, bonked it with godslayer greatsword and memory of grace'd back, then repeat.
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Quickest farming method I made was using Bolt of Gransax at Saintsbridge. Equip the appropriate talismans and you can one shot him from the edge from the bridge. Look for a purple/white drop. If it's just a white drop it's not the helm. Then either tele if huff it back to the grave. Happy hunting.
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Farmed from the bridge, 87 tries with 184 discovery. Ignore the white flame drops unless you need sanctuary stones, helps save time and maximize tries per silver pickled fowl foot. The flame will be blue when the Helm drops.
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>Reduces damage from headshots and impacts.
By how much? And does it help against overhand attacks?
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Rise up, ye tarnished, equip this mighty helmet, and become the Elden Gourd.
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I appreciate From's continued commitment to letting players wear funny hats, which is, as we all know, the real point of playing these games
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think this should have a bit more increased stats. not often you get headshot unless youre actively trying to use it, even then 12.3 weight for this feels like a bit too much.
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Finding this on my pure strength build was good and bad, on one hand I found the funny pumpkin helmet early (castle morne), on the other hand, I can only wear it and my greatsword because my equip load is too low
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I farmed for the fowl feet for like 20 min, went to the bridge and got it 1st try... Happy about my luck but the time spent farming feet was wasted!
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I was thinking of some unique ability of putting No Skill AoW on your weapon and instead makes this thing do a headslam on the ground. Would be cool if From would do that, it would make No Skill AoW fun in some case.
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This is the perfect counter to thrusting weapon builds. any ash of war that makes you crouch down (I'm specifically using lifesteal fist) will force them to hit your head GREATLY reducing how much poise damage you take.
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I finished at 112 sanctuary stones and finally got it, then the next kill I got another one so about 120ish kills and I got 2 back to back at 157 discovery
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The deathbird close range peck attack pretty much glances off. Which makes sense
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My first ever playthrough, I got it first time I killed a pumpkin head.
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I hate that i play these games like a lunatic and try to collect every armor and weapon. I did it for Bloodborne and now i feel weird if i dont. But one more sanctuary stone and im going to piss myself.
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10 Base Arcane, Albinauric Mask and Silver Pickled-foul in the Saints Bridge, got it within 10 minutes, not sure how many kills.
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one time i gave somebody one of these now every time i see it i like to think it’s him
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Pretty sure mine dropped from the one on the south eastern rampart of Redmane Castle
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120 tries with foot so far nothing. god damn elden ring just give me the helm!!
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Got it first kill last month, thought it was a guarantee drop until right now lmao
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>30 kills in Sainsbridge, 268 discovery: Silver Tear Mask + Silver Scarab + Godrick's Rune + Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot
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Shouldn't this block the madness from that tower in the lakes region?
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I reset him 16 times then my dad wanted to try, he got it in one try. XD. So overall 17 tries to get the helm for me without buffs.
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ive went to ng+3, beat the game on a strength character, killed idk how many pumpkin heads. I make a new character for dex, it drops right away from the one in fort haight lmao
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I must say that "Saintsbridge" in Limgrave is the best place to farm the item, as it is a low level area and you have a respawn point right next to the pumpkin head
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Is this a pvp helm or it does work in pve ? i'm not sure if mobs or boss does headshot
How well does the reduction work? Anywhere near as powerful as the Pumpkin Head enemies themself?
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With godrick's great rune, marika's scarseal, a handful of silver-pickled fowl feet I received 108 sanctuary stones... and 1 pumpkin helm.
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With godrick's great rune, marika's scarseal, a handful of silver-pickled fowl feet I received 108 sanctuary stones... and 1 pumpkin helm.
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With godrick's great rune, marika's scarseal, a handful of silver-pickled fowl feet I received 108 sanctuary stones... and 1 pumpkin helm.
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I must have just had really bad RNG with this drop. I farmed the one in Lyndell for the flail close to 30 kills before I got the flail (no helm) and just farmed the Saint's Bridge another 16 kills before I finally got mine. Sitting at 218 discovery (bc I couldn't be bothered to respec pure discovery for farming drops. 218 has served me well enough, this helm just RNG f**k'd me.)
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Took me 3 tries with 250 discovery. Probably lucky but judging by people's response here, it isn't that bad of a drop.
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Use godricks great rune, Silver Pickled fowl foot any arcane gear that you have like silver tear mask ect... and you should get it after a few kills just rest at the site on the bridge dont fast travel
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at 246 itemfind it took me like 20 kills to get it. Even though it is very heavy, stats it provides are somewhat mediocre other then insane ammount of focus, compared to other heavy helms.
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It's a rare drop so don't bother picking it up, if the color ain't blue
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Got it by killing the Pumpkin Head at Saintsbridge <30 times, using silver-pickled fowl feet.
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i think using a strike type weapon could make it drop faster because i killed him 80 times with uchi with no drop, then I switched to morningstar and he dropped it first kill
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Dropped from the first pumpkin head I killed, on the Saintsbridge. Didn't even know it was a rare drop till I saw the comments below. Praise the Elden Ring, I guess!
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Wiki says "Pumpkin Helm Reduces damage from headshots and impacts"
Does it work in PvP or when mobs hit you?
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Got at saintsbridge after about an hour (I was oneshotting him so it was probably like 100 attempts)
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I got it while farming the Flail at Fort Haight, the run to the Pumpkin Head there is very short so it's probably the best farming spot, just be sure to farm it before clearing the area as doing so will forbid enemies from respawning
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It took 52 minutes and 82 attempts at Saintsbridge, but I can finally say that the pumpkin helm is in fact real.
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got it on my first kill on the pumpkin guarding the stairs at fort haight, lol.
The first time i killed the pumpkin dude in Castle Morne, he dropped it. Wow. What luck
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