Regal Ancestor Spirit

Regal Ancestor Spirit

Location	Nokron, Eternal City
Drops	24,000 Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor
HP	6,301
Stronger VS Magic All status effects	Weaker to Fire Holy

Regal Ancestor Spirit is a Legend Boss in Elden Ring. This animated carcass of a deer-like creature is encountered in the Hallowhorn Grounds found in Nokron, Eternal City. This is an optional boss, as players don't need to defeat it in order to advance in Elden Ring.

Elden Ring Ancestor Spirit Boss

This is an optional boss
Closest Site of Grace: Ancestral Woods
Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss

Elden Ring Regal Ancestor Spirit Location

Ancestor Spirit is found in an isolated arena accessible from Nokron, Eternal City. To access it, you must light all six obelisks by the stairs to the Hallowhorn Grounds northeast of the Ancestral Woods Site of Grace. When you've done so, the deer carcass at the back of the temple will glow and you can interact with it to teleport just outside the boss's arena. Walk through the fog gate to fight the boss.

The altars you need to activate can be found in the following places (see the main Nokron, Eternal City wiki for more information):

By the cliff's edge, next to the broken bridge from the Mimic Tear Site of Grace. [Map Link]
By the side of the brick road, due east of the Ancestral Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
On the ledge next to the brick road with an Ancestral Shaman singing next to it. [Map Link]
By a large rock, northwest of the Ancestral Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
By the cliff's edge in the far northwest corner of the Ancestral Woods, next to submerged ruins and guarded by some Giant Rats and chanting Ancestral Shamans. [Map Link]
Behind a large carcass in a ruin just west of the Hallowhorn Grounds. [Map Link]

Ancestor Spirit Combat information

Health: 6,301 HP
Defense: 111
Stance: 120
Parryable: No
Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken
Damage: Standard, Magic
Drops 24,000, Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor
See Ancestor Spirit for a full boss guide

Negations (or Absorptions)

Standard: 0
Slash: -10
Strike: 0
Pierce: 0

Magic: 20
Fire: -20
Lightning: 0
Holy: -20

The 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 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Resistances

Poison: 1169 / 1626
Scarlet Rot: 1169 / 1626
Hemorrhage: 1169 / 1626
Frostbite: 1169 / 1626

Sleep: Immune
Madness: Immune

The 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.

NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)

	NG	NG+	NG+2	NG+3	NG+4	NG+5	NG+6	NG+7
HP	6,301	9,205	10,125	10,585	11,046	11,966	12,426	12,887
Defense	111	118	121	124	129	135	141	153
Runes	24,000	72,000	79,200	81,000	86,400	88,200	90,000	91,800
Resistances
Poison	1169 / 1626	584 / 1041	592 / 1049	601 / 1058	610 / 1067	619 / 1076	627 / 1084	636 / 1093
Scarlet Rot	1169 / 1626	584 / 1041	592 / 1049	601 / 1058	610 / 1067	619 / 1076	627 / 1084	636 / 1093
Hemorrhage	1169 / 1626	584 / 1041	592 / 1049	601 / 1058	610 / 1067	619 / 1076	627 / 1084	636 / 1093
Frostbite	1169 / 1626	584 / 1041	592 / 1049	601 / 1058	610 / 1067	619 / 1076	627 / 1084	636 / 1093
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune

Elden Ring Regal Ancestor Spirit Boss Guide

Additional Fight Strategy

Once its health is getting low after its first two Soul Siphons, go all out and try to kill it before it can heal again

Additional Attacks & Counters

Phase 2
Attack	Description	Counter
The Regal Ancestor Spirit shares most of its attacks and counters with the Ancestor Spirit
Rebirth	Collapses to the floor and fades away, then emerges anew from a spirit deer elsewhere in the arena Phase 2: Emerges from a boar or a springhare instead Phase 3: Can emerge from a goat as well	Keep hitting it while it vanishes, then use the time to heal or renew your buffs
Soul Siphon	The first time it goes below 50% HP, the spirit begins glowing and heals 50% of its health while dealing damage in a small radius around it. This begins Phase 2 Phase 3: Once it goes below 40% HP in Phase 2, it will use Soul Siphon again, heal 30% of its health, and begin Phase 3. Future Soul Siphons will only heal 15% of its health, and it will always try to heal once it goes below 10% HP	Run away when it starts glowing
Springhare Hop	Squeals like rabbit, rises onto its hind legs with its forelegs curled in front of it, then hops towards you up to three times creating a small shockwave when it lands. Only used when its most recent Rebirth emerged from a springhare	Run in a wide circle around it
Boar Charge	Squeals like a boar, lowers its antlers to the ground, and charges at the player. Only used when its most recent Rebirth emerged from a boar	Dodge towards it as it draws close to you
Phase 3
Goat Roll	Bleats like a goat, then curls into a ball and rolls towards you 7 to 10 times. Only used when its most recent Rebirth emerged from a goat	Move to the side while it's curling up, then chase after it while it rolls

Regal Ancestor Spirit Lore, Notes & Other Trivia

Ancestor Spirits are worshipped by the Ancestral Followers who believe that ancestral spirits come from long-lived beasts whose horns continually grew and budded like antlers. Their belief that new life grows from death, and that from death comes power lies outside the scope of the Golden Order and the Erdtree
Once the boss is defeated, you can leave by interacting with a white light in the middle of its arena. This light can be hard to spot due to the size of the arena, but won't miss it if you start with your back to the boss door and move forward
A glitch may occur with this boss, where it will instantly die from falling out of the map
The spirit itself has more in common anatomically with a horse than it does with a deer: it has only one toe on each foot and its jaw is similar to that of a horse
Although thematically its Spirit Siphon move drains life from the animal spirits on the battlefield, in fact the amount it heals only depends on how often the move has been been used and not whether the animals or player are within its area of effect
The Spirit has an unused move where its antlers grow even larger after it emerges from a deer