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PassiveShield of Night is a Small Shield in Elden Ring. It is a brand new Small Shield in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The Shield of Night is a Shield that scales primarily with Dexterity. Small Shields usually weigh very little and has the least form of protection from attacks. They are often used by players who prefer Parrying rather than Blocking. Its lighter weight also makes it ideal for quick, agile characters with low equipment weight capacity..
A shield awarded to Swordhands of Night, cast in a bottomless black from which no light can escape. The outer surface is only semicorporeal, providing reliable defense against attacks that are not physical in nature.
Where to Find Shield of Night in Elden Ring
The Shield of Night Shield can be found at the following location:
- Can be found in Bonny Gaol. The top level of this gaol can be accessed after using the jar lift near the bridge twice. You need to jump off at the bridge level, activate the switch, and then ride the jar going up. You will find this on the ledge behind the corpse on top of a table. [See SOTE Elden Ring DLC Map] [Video Link]
Elden Ring Shield of Night Notes & Tips
- Weapon Skill: Revenge of the Night
- This weapon cannot be infused with Ashes of War
- Shield of Night can be upgraded by using Somber Smithing Stones
- The prime function of this shield is to block ranged attacks and spells and then quickly press L2 to fire off a damage boosted projectile in a Block-Counter type of animation that does far more damage than the normal projectile.
Moveset & Videos in Elden Ring for Shield of Night
Shield of Night Stats & Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Shield of Night Upgrades in Elden Ring
Please see the Upgrades page to understand the weapon bolstering process.
Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones
This upgrade can be enchanted with Magic or boosted with Consumables.
| Attack Power | Stat Scaling | Passive Effects | Damage Reduction (%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Shield of Night | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Sta | Str | Dex | Int | Fai | Arc | Any | Phy | Mag | Fir | Lit | Hol | Bst | Rst |
| Standard | 65 | 42 | - | - | - | 54 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 34 | 20 |
| Standard +1 | 68 | 44 | - | - | - | 56 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 34.68 | 20 |
| Standard +2 | 72 | 46 | - | - | - | 58 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 35.36 | 20 |
| Standard +3 | 76 | 49 | - | - | - | 60 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 36.04 | 20 |
| Standard +4 | 80 | 51 | - | - | - | 62 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 36.72 | 20 |
| Standard +5 | 83 | 54 | - | - | - | 64 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 37.4 | 20 |
| Standard +6 | 87 | 56 | - | - | - | 66 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 38.08 | 20 |
| Standard +7 | 91 | 59 | - | - | - | 69 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 38.76 | 20 |
| Standard +8 | 95 | 61 | - | - | - | 71 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 39.1 | 20 |
| Standard +9 | 98 | 63 | - | - | - | 73 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 39.44 | 20 |
| Standard +10 | 102 | 66 | - | - | - | 75 | - | D | - | - | - | - | 55 | 70 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 39.78 | 20 |
AnonymousSeems like this would pair well with the deflecting hardtear
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you can make this viable with scholars armament and greatshield talisman if you really wanted to make a shield build
A few questions about it: What's the damage type of the AoW? Do buffs on the shield apply to the AoW? And finally, does the spontaneous guard tear improve the damage of it?
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Mirror Force but single target. You can reflect Sorc., Faith and Physical attacks.
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So it's discount Erdtree Greatshield, but with low requirements and no need to time the counter?
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I understand that it's a different shield size class, but for 1.5 extra weight the Silver Mirrorshield has better magic blocking (89% vs 70%), better guard boost (49 vs 39), blocks 100% of physical damage (versus the horrid 55% this has), and it has more lenient stat requirements for a wretch character (only 2 levels in STR from baseline versus 8 in INT). Silver Mirrorshield also has No Skill, so you can your weapon's ashes of war with it equipped.
This thing certainly is cool looking but I don't really understand its intended use case when a direct upgrade exists for its supposed niche of blocking magic. If it were meant to be a "anything but physical" shield that would also be interesting, but 45% blocking is low enough that you should just be dodging instead of using this.
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I’m using rn against one of the weaker dlc “mini bosses” and it’s actually pretty water in a bad way
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How works exactly the counter part of Revenge of the Night ?
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Not sure why this scales dex, considering dex users already get access to lightning infusions & fire damage from spark aromatics, not to mention the numerous holy weapons that scale primarily dex.. Does dex really need every single damage type?
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I got really excited when I found this and upgraded it to max only to find it is pathetically weak fml
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Alright so I tested some things. Despite making the guard counter sound when performing the skill right after blocking the weapon art damage is NOT boosted by the Curved Sword Talisman, nor by the Deflecting Hardtear. You also cannot trigger the weapon art counter by equipping Shield of Night in your right hand and blocking with another shield in your left hand. I also tried Arrow's Sting and 2-handing the shield with Two-handed Sword Talisman to no avail. Unfortunately due to being a somber/split damage weapon you also cannot apply Scholar's armament to it. Scholar's Shield and Shield Grease works fine. It IS however boosted by the Spellblade set. The weapon art deals magic damage exclusively after all. As you might've already guessed it is also boosted by Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm, Magic Cracked Tear, Terra Magica and universal buffs like Sword/Crusade Insignia and Bloodsucking Cracked Tear. The physical and non-physical damage portion of the this scales exclusively with DEX, weapon art included. Weapon art damage scales surprisingly well with D-scaling in DEX.
Damage tested on Stormveil living jars
80 DEX with no buffs
- Regular: 353 Counter: 1074
80 DEX Shard of Alexander
- Regular: 406 Counter: 1235
80 DEX Alexander + Magic Scorpion + Spellblade + Magic Cracked Tear + Terra Magica
-Regular:722 Counter: 2193
And just for funsies
80 DEX Alexander + Magic Scorpion + Spellblade + Magic Cracked Tear + Bloodsucking Cracked Tear + Terra Magica + Jellyfish Shield + Crusade Insignia
- Regular: 1121 Counter:3404
With the already high magic negation it works well for countering mages. Add shield grease/Scholar's shield and greatshield talisman and it works okay against regular enemies as well. Deflecting Hardtear reduces damage and stamina loss but does not increase damage of the weapon art's counter. From what I can tell it deals next to no stance damage when compared to other guard counters and bigger enemies won't even flinch. All in all this is meant to be a long range guard counter alternative. If it had decent holy/lightning protection i'd consider it for my spellblade build. As it is now it's more of a niche.
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