Runebear | Elden Ring Wiki

Cool I love this character I freaking love bears

Submit

Bad times agead when you stumble upon this boss so early in the game as an astrologer. There's no path back without losing your runes so you're screwed until you finally beat this thing that's randomly resistant to magic damage.

Submit

Ngl this dude is easier than his “lesser” cousin in Dragonbarrow cave

Submit

man I hate these things, they might not hit too hard but they have a ludicrous amount of health.

Submit

if you aren't scared when you see a giant hulking bear charging at you at 50 mph you are braver than Godfrey.

Submit

Easy when you figure them out

Submit

They seem to be extremely vulnerable to sleep, one special attack from Sword of St. Trina puts them down instantly

Submit

These are among the enemies in the game where strategies to kill em feels more like cheesing. Going standard melee combat is just tedious and ridiculously punishing. Som of their attacks have nearly no wind up and shreds you. They turn on a dime in a split second and have more HP than a some of bosses. Say things like "these aren't hard" etc is just cocky and silly imo. Yes i can take em head on but im not having fun trying to land 100 swings on a guy that kills me in 2 and leaves no breathing room. Though FROM has a knack for making even late game builds never feeling too OP. I guess you could call em a hubris check. A slap to the face to remind you ya aint so tough after all.

Submit

Kill Irina`s father Edgar at Castle Morne, he is anyway mad and redundant, but has a good weapon for this fight.

Submit

THIS GUY IS SO ****ING COOL LAST TIME WE GOT A BEER TOGETHER HE SELF-CANNIBALIZED HIMSELF TO DEATH!

Submit

I get why people hate them but I honestly had no issue with them unless my camera bugs out when locking on. Grossly over exaggerated saying these are hard and extremely reddit.

Submit

Will killing him fail the Half-Wolf Quest?

Submit

Goldy eyes on NG+7 with gold scarab and gold fowl foot gives 59,471 runes.

Submit

Having over 3000 health and being that much of a c**t is obviously a big f**k you from the devs. The so called lesser rune bears are not much better.

Submit

2-3 sleep arrows or bolts and He is sleepin and open for a crit. Super easy now to kill em

Submit

there’s one of these in the consecrated snowfield that drops a larval tear and has more hp than malekith, what a travesty

Submit

This guy and his "lesser" cousins have another name: mother****ers.

Submit

I swear whenever I see a Runebear I hear a Wrestling gong ring somewhere and the words 'LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!" before getting bodied in a second.

Submit

My strategy for killing runebears is always the same. "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of Candy Land?"

Submit

Envoy Long Horn +10 - 2 bubble blasts, then smash his face in with the critical strike. Easy peasy dead for the ones out in the world. (Stand in his crotch when you bubble blast)

Submit

They have Oceiros charge. Need I say anything more?

Submit

i ended up killing him using the basic torch kale sells you, didn't have a slash weapon and lone wolves were useful at drawing aggro for half the fight. turns out even a torch is a good weapon to kill them.

Submit

Haha bear hug.

Submit

So this is the elden ring equivalent to the Deer from Etrian Odyssey cool

Submit

Horrible enemy. It can change ****ing direction mid leap and come down on you every time. And the one in Caelid by the well only gives 1900 runes...that's such bullshit

Submit

bullshit how its so big in the cave, did it in like 5 tries but still lame, like howd it even get in there??

Submit

classic big ass enemy in tiny room just to have it awkwardly bounce off the walls lol. CLASSIC

Submit

They don't drop anything, yet they will drop you.

Submit

Even soldier of god, rick has to use 1% of his power to kill one of these

Submit

CAN MALENIA SOLO THIS ?

Submit

Did anyone else get raped by this bear?

Submit

Did anyone else get raped by this bear?

Submit

The true final boss. And they're all over the Lands Between.

Submit

Should be the final boss of the game. Radagon and elden beast too easy.

Submit

I summoned a phantom to help me with this after it merc'd me the first time I stumbled into his cave. Only for the bear to fall through the ground at about 60-70% hp and die

Submit

Man freddy really let himself go after WW2

Submit

You know you're in for a rough game when a brown bear is the easiest and smallest bear in the game to fight

Submit

That damn charge has little to no windup and it always gets me.

Submit

Had this one glitch through the floor on critical hit during co-op, and dying.

Submit

I swear bruh these dudes are tankier than Godfrey, lmao.

Submit

**** that bear in the concecreated snow fields, it attacks faster than you can stand up after being hit once and you can't summon any help while it's more of a bullet sponge than most bosses

Submit

this isnt a field boss it is located inside a dumgeon and is walled off by fog

Submit

should’ve made these guys available as a summon

Submit

they really aren’t worth the effort unless you enjoy fighting them for some reason, most of them in the world don’t drop jack s-

Submit

For Consecrated Snowfield:

Most of the Runebears are in a cave or something similar and allow you to use ranged attacks and status effects to take them down. However, the one in Consecrated Snowfield leaves you no option but to go toe to toe or hit and run while mounted. I opted for the toe to toe fight on my bandit and used the following method: I used Rot Breath to quickly dispatch the 3 pilgrims (one of which spawns the Runebear). Once the Runebear spawns I hit him with a blast of Rot Breath. I then make use of the Flame of the Redmanes to break his guard. On the first break I hit him with the second blast of Rot Breath causing him to become afflicted. The rest of the fight is rolling under his belly and out between his hindlegs hitting him with the Flame of the Redmanes - scoring critical hits every 2 blasts. This was definitely a tough fight but very rewarding in the end.

Submit

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I had a Runebear wavedash at me to land their grapple. Like actually scoot without motion 5-6 extra meters.

Submit

The most annoying thing about Runebears is the attack where they abrutly charge at you and if you're behind or to the side of them, they instantly rotate before they charge at you. That nonsense is so god damn fast that I've yet to consistently dodge it and the worst is when they decide to spam that attack back to back. Once had a Runebear do that FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.

Submit

I swear this thing has like 12000 hp

Submit

I was fighting the Runebear in Earthbore Cave, and it grabbed me so I spammed buttons to get out of it, and I did. When I did however, the bear fell through the floor and died from being out of bounds. I don't know if this is a glitch that could work every time but it worked pretty well for me.

Submit

Is there a page on the enemies that randomly turn into rune bears? I've run into two, one near the Agheel Lake South grace and one in the blizzard section of the consecrated snowfield. The second one was half buried in the snow, with some buddies trying to dig him out.

Submit

Ok, whoever put the strategy to fight Runebears below, thank you!

Here's what I did with the one in the Consecrated Snowfield: Get in CLOSE. Like under him and then roll around to behind him as he stands up to do the pounce attack. I got hit with his charge, but he missed with every other attack.

Submit

Not sure if it's just me, but on PS5, every single time I get grabbed by a runebear and mash out of it, they fall through the floor. This seems to be 100% consistent, even on relatively flat ground. In certain areas they even fall through onto another floor below, and remain there. You can even drop them into underground tombs if they are underneath.

It got to the point that my way of fighting runebears is to just make sure there'd be nothing underneath the terrain except the killplane, then let them grab me so I can mash out of it and have them fall.

Submit

Runebear's can just piss off tbh, they are so annoying to fight, I know some people will find them easier to beat but they are just generally bullshit of a mob, super fast, huge hitboxes, does more damage to me than a boss does....Bloody sadistics are the people who work for From Software xD

P.S. I love the game but god damn some of the enemies suck ass to fight xD

Submit

My strategy for killing runebears is always the same. Here are the steps

1. physick
2. boiled crab
3. mount torrent (if available)
4. frostbite
5. scarlet rot
6. fire
7. cowardly avoid relentless attacks through careful positioning and well-timed sprints on Torrent
8. victory

Submit

**** Runebears...**** them all

Submit

I dont understand this thing. Faster than horse, even if you are far his scream has huge rablnhe and pulls you in. Even if you dodge 2 attacks he relentlessly follows up, gives no opening to heal or riposte. Only times i beat this monster was cheesing it from some place he cant reach.

Submit

I read somewhere that the wolfman Blythe or whatever no longer speaks to you and is hostile if you kill runebears. Is there an exception for this boss?

Submit

Highly recommend fighting these on horseback when you can. High speed keeps you away from most of his high damage attacks

Submit

is it just me or is the runebear disguised that drops a larva tear in concentrated snowfield lower fps than anything else lmfao. I was trying to get the larval tear from it then when I fought it I noticed it was in like 10-20 fps while every5hing else was in 60. When he did that hug grab attack I could clearly see the difference lmfao.

Submit

This things gonna make me hate bears in general.

Submit

Stay under it, get in as many hits as you can, and dodge towards its back if it stands up on its hind legs. The charge attack is borderline un-dodgeable, so always be prepared to heal a few times, but it rarely charges if you're close.

Submit

ok... can we talk about these bears... the one in the consecrated snowfield. Whoever designed that encounter genuinely hates people. There's fun challenging, and then there's this. Stun locking nonsense.

Submit

Runebears are EXTREMELY weak to sleep effects. I've tested on multiple bears, 2-3 Arrows of St Trina will put them to sleep and allow for a critical hit.

Submit

I would have been more intimidated if the final Boss was a bear, two dogs, and a Stormhawk. Truly the deadliest of enemies

Submit

lmao?

Submit

dung

Submit

Don't even try using bleed agaisnt him
I tried with great stars and I had to switch to greatsword

Submit

One in limgrave dropped a larval tear
I am incredibly surprised

Submit

cancer

Submit

"miniboss"

Submit

very weak to sleep! three light attacks from st trina ss put him out cold for me

Submit

Lone wolf ashes got taken out pretty quick for me but the banished lord engvall was an absolute tank and served as just enough distraction to get a good balance of ranged attacks to compliment the melee. Rolling into the attacks made all the difference as well because you can find a spot under/close to him where his huge attacks won’t affect you as much.

Submit

Lone wolf ashes got taken out pretty quick for me but the banished lord engvall was an absolute tank and served as just enough distraction to get a good balance of ranged attacks to compliment the melee. Rolling into the attacks made all the difference as well because you can find a spot under/close to him where his huge attacks won’t affect you as much.

Submit

Just roll trough his attacks!
He clawswipes twice!
plenty of openings especially after his "bear hug" attack missed!
Dash attack is annoying but dodgable with some training and gives you time to heal afterwards!

Submit

Several non-boss instances exist out in the wild. I've found at least one near the minor Erdtree in Liurna, and I seem to recall seeing another one in the swamp near there as well.

Submit

I had some luck using Flames of the Redmanes. Poise broke momma bear in 2-3 hits of the weapon art.

Submit

great tip about rolling forward and staying underneath him, I was unable to summon spirits - I had plenty of FP.

Submit

great tip about rolling forward and staying underneath him, I was unable to summon spirits - I had plenty of FP.

Submit

Nobody seems to have mentioned in yet, but as of the most recent patch (1.03.1), there is a glitch with virtually every Runebear I've fought. If you get caught in its grab and you button mash out in order to take less damage, you'll pop out and he'll fall through the ground and fall into the killbox below the world. This has happened on almost every bear I've fought in the game since the most recent patch. I only figured this out because I'm terrible at dodging his grab. Don't know if it works on the dungeon boss in Earthbore, since I beat that dungeon before the patch.

Submit

To reiterate on someone else: stay RIGHT at its feet and its an easy kill, the only attack to worry about is the head butt. If you have a group summon its absurdly easy to kill. I got a drake talisman on the kill.

Submit

Im shocked nobody mentioned using sleep status on these things! Not even the wiki brings it up. The cheese is 2-3 sleep arrows and crit it, rinse repeat. Seriously its so effective, the bears become a joke.

Submit

Armor up, gear up, summon up. Get in, outlive(heal), outlast(tank), survive(kill).

Submit

It may have been a glitch for me, but the RuneBear dropped 5 dragons hearts when i killed him.

Submit

The Glintblade Phalanx works well to stagger him. Just try to stay under him.

Submit

Has anyone in the world ever dodged his stupid grab without outranging it? Seems to have an awful lingering hitbox similar to the ogres in DS2.

Submit

I honestly hate this enemy. He's easy if he doesn't decide to use his headbutt attack that has little to no wind-up. That attack almost always hits me since it's incredibly fast and the telegraph is very subtle.

Submit

I have problem with this one, I roll trough his pounce atack and i get hit by his back legs or something. Can't block that even with Baricade shield...

Submit

Don't be afraid of the slip and slide, just hug the boss

Submit

This boss is ridiculously easy if you have a Turtle Shield

Submit

mf's stronger than every boss, 2nd were rats

Submit

This was insane until I realised if you just stay as close as possible you don’t even need to dodge.

Submit

The hitbox on its grab is so broken holy ****. It practically turns into a cube and you can be grabbed from like 5 feet away at its side.

Submit

The Runebear in Dragonbarrow Cave is crazy strong...

Submit

roughly 7000 hp

Submit

From probably thought they were being real cute when they gave him a “bear hug” attack.

Submit

Rot Grease melts his health

Submit

In Elden Ring, russian magic giant bears combo you to death.

Submit

A tip to fellow tarnished who might be struggling: stay very close to this guy. Like, literally underneath him or preferably, behind him. Dodge accordingly, and the bear will be a breeze.

Submit

Almost immune to bleeding, using Reduvia & bandit knife powerstanced you attack 4 times per instance and with the attacking 5 times for the full combo it hits about 20 times, 4 full combos will not bleed the bear (80 hits) if you use the Reduvia special I have 15 mind about 84 FP and it costs 4 FP to use draining my bar (21 attacks) twice (42) will bleed the bear once. to put this in perspective every other boss I've fought requires 2-3 hits to bleed. (Ancient Hero of Zamor
Demi-Human Chief, Erdtree Avatar, Godrick the Grafted, Grave Warden Duelist, Leonine Misbegotten, Night's Cavalry, Soldier of Godrick, Stonedigger Troll)

Submit

Little Tip for This guy Stay Under Him Only attack That will be Tiny Bitt Your worrie is His Running Attack block that with Your weapon You take Tiny bitt damage and all stamina Or shield And Less health Lost but still all stamina Gone Butt you will have Time To get Enough To run Under Him againg For More Heavy or Light attacks Try This Tacktick!!!

Submit