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| Location | Ruin-Strewn Precipice Liurnia of the Lakes Forbidden Lands Near the Bestial Sanctum Gaol Cave |
| Drops |  112 - 1559 RunesVulgar Militia Set Vulgar Militia Saw Vulgar Militia Shotel Kukri |
Vulgar Militiamen are Humanoids in Elden Ring. Vulgar Militiamen are members of the Vulgar Militia, who wield long-hafted, serrated hatchets and bloodletting shotels. They are small and agile opponents, often lying in wait before ambushing their victims.
The spirit of three (3) Vulgar Militiamen can be summoned for aid in battle by using the Vulgar Militia Ashes.
In the Lands Between, the small were scorned, and so they formed their vulgar militia as a means to make a living, albeit in ignominy.
Freshly-singed battlegrounds effusing with the stench of the dead. Forbidden lands that will be excised from the memory of history. This is where the vulgar militia serve, as untiring, unsung watchkeepers.
Elden Ring Vulgar Militiamen Locations
Where to Find Vulgar Militiamen:
- Hiding in the undergrowth around Liurnia.
- The Miners' caves between Ravine-Veiled Village and Ruin-Strewn Precipice.
- Along the path between the Forbidden Lands grace and the Grand Lift of Rold.
- Near the Bestial Sanctum in the Dragonbarrow.
- Gaol Cave, Caelid.
Elden Ring Vulgar Militiamen Combat Information
- Health:
- 346 HP (Liurnia of the Lakes - South of Scenic Isle, East of Slumbering Wolf's Shack)
- 368 HP (Ruin-Strewn Precipice)
- 411 HP (Altus Plateau - Golden Lineage Evergaol)
- 497 HP (Divine Tower of West Altus)
- 368 HP (Gaol Cave)
- 1,023 HP (Greyoll's Dragonbarrow - Northwest Farum Greatbridge)
- 741 HP (Leyndell, Royal Capital - Divine Tower of East Altus Entrance)
- 741 HP (Mountaintops of the Giants - Forbidden Lands Start)
- 1,051 HP (Hidden Path to the Haligtree)
- Poise: 30 - 35
ABSORPTIONS
- Phy (Standard): 0
- Phy (Slash): 0
- Phy (Strike): 0
- Phy (Pierce): -10
The absorption numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if an absorption is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% is absorbed. Bigger number = less damage. An absorption of 100 means no damage goes through, and a resistance of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
RESISTANCES
Poison: IMMUNE
Scarlet Rot: 176 - 200
Hemorrhage: 235 - 267
Frostbite: 176 - 200
Sleep: 235 - 267
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of whatever aux buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs.
Elden Ring Vulgar Militiamen Drops
Item |
Drop Rate |
Additional Info |
| Runes | 100% | 112 - 1559 |
| Vulgar Militia Helm | 1.50% | N/A |
| Vulgar Militia Armor | 1.50% | N/A |
| Vulgar Militia Gauntlets | 1.50% | N/A |
| Vulgar Militia Greaves | 1.50% | N/A |
| Vulgar Militia Saw | 2.00% - 4.00% | N/A |
| Vulgar Militia Shotel | 2.00% - 4.00% | N/A |
| 5x Kukri | 5.00% | N/A |
- Runes:
- 112 (Liurnia of the Lakes - South of Scenic Isle, East of Slumbering Wolf's Shack)
- 177 (Ruin-Strewn Precipice)
- 317 (Altus Plateau - Golden Lineage Evergaol)
- 346 (Divine Tower of West Altus)
- 1094 (Gaol Cave)
- 1,023 (Greyoll's Dragonbarrow - Northwest Farum Greatbridge)
- 709 (Leyndell - Divine Tower of East Altus Entrance)
- 709 (Mountaintops of the Giants - Forbidden Lands Start)
- 1,559 (Hidden Path to the Haligtree)
Vulgar Militiamen Notes & Tips
- Outside the Bestial Sanctum, and just before the bridge with the dragon on it, there are at least 10 Vulgar Militiamen. Since there is a grace at the bridge, this is a very very good way to farm runes. Just run up and backstab them individually. Be careful, as they are rather tanky and strong for early game players.
- They were originally planned to use bear traps in game, but that has since been cut. The unused trap can be spawned in, but it does not deal damage.
- Vulgar Militiamen use one of three weapons: the Vulgar Militia Shotel, the Vulgar Militia Saw and an unobtainable chain sickle called a kusarigama. The Shotel and Saw, as well as their armor, the Vulgar Militia Set, are dropped by them. Backstabbing them plays a unique animation due to their small size.
- A lone Vulgar Militiaman just west of the Farum Greatbridge Site of Grace provides a very easy and consistent method to farm Runes (approximately 130k/hr), available to low-level characters before defeating Margit, the Fell Omen. Run over, backstab it (easier at night and/or with Crepus's Vial [untested]), finish off any remaining health, then warp back to the Site of Grace and repeat. Each run takes under 30 seconds and rewards 1094 runes. Can also be used to farm the Vulgar Militia Set and Vulgar Militia Saw. An even faster and more consistent method can be done by running/riding close enough for spell range and firing 6 Magic Glintblades at 20 Int with the Meteorite Staff. [might be doable with less Int or optimized with a different spell/catalyst]. You can also ride past him and kill 2 more Militants nearby for a total of 3282 runes in a 50 second loop (over 200k runes/hr).
- In some locations, they leave behind mines that break and release poison when stepped on.
Elden Ring Vulgar Militiamen Image Gallery
AnonymousIs your fantasy RPG really a fantasy RPG if it doesn't have goblins
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The only humaniod enemy that's smaller then you. Be grateful for these guys.
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Keep the commie Tarnished from repressing me
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Alright, here we go, let's get those Tarnished!
Don't forget the dex builds and their intelligence allies
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Studied magic in Raya Lucaria
Now I don't like society
Got me a little old shack in the woods
Gonna mail you out some explosive pots
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Sometimes, when farming the ones by Bestial Sanctum, their eyes will glow and they'll drop like 5x the amount of runes (from 1k to 5k.) Does anyone know why/how this happens?
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Why do these manlets deal this much damage and have high health?
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From afar, they look like monkeys in rags. On close-up, they look like putrid ninjas.
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From afar, they look like monkeys in rags. On close-up, they look like putrid ninjas.
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Super satisfying back "stabs" on these guys.
The way you just smush them
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They should drop their ball-and-chains. Make it a Whip-type weapon that deals strike damage. Bleed build-up is optional and probably not necessary, since it would be really good at stance-breaking if power-stance'd.
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They drop 5470 runes at Greyoll's Dragonbarrow if they're frenzied(flaming eyes). Haven't figured out a way to trigger it, I think they spawn in that state.
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I wish we could have their Chain weapon with the morningstar at the front
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Wouldn't be funny if Fromsoft makes one of those bastards into fully realized boss. Like wielding two great swords as colossal swords, dodge spamming, chuging heals, gazillion buffs kind of "try your own medicine". And as final touch, make them the only boss that respawns.
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What's their relation to Maliketh anyways? After all, some of them use beast claw incantations and weapons infused with power of the rune of death
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Their smoke bomb thing should've been a consumable, preventing lockon and obscuring sight.
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Cliffbotom catacombs got 8 of em right outside in 3's and 2's low lvl and easy to kill, fk the beastial sanctum so much more work.
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I messed around with a build that acts kinda like them and the only thing I'm missing is those stupid smoke grenades you can't have that would be perfect.
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love the way they piss you off with traps and smoke grenades, i wish ii would be able to craft both of these because i love the way they fight
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"He's a halfling! He's supposed to be jolly! Why isn't he jolly? WHY ISN'T HE JOLLY?"
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Whenever one of these spawns with golden eyes in the farm spot, i know i will eat good.
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I noticed that those which drop around 1000 runes (Farum Bridge area) drop even more when hit with specific weapons. At least with my build, if I use any kind of Great Sword, they drop 1337 runes when backstabbed with a single stab.I wonder if this is the case with other enemies as well, couldn't find any thus far, though
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The ones in farum great bridge are a one shot back stab and a ez 1k, that’s also my farming spot
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What the white mist they use? I’ve been so confused. It doesn’t deal damage or give you a debuff so I don’t really know what it is.
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I love these little guys. One of the cooler and unique mobs I’ve come across so far. Wish that you could summon a group of them.
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Alright, if anyone played Starfox Adventure on Gamecube, doesn't their "Ah Ah Ah !" they do when they throw smoke bombs sound like the tiny dino guys in the forest before Cap Claw ?
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Overpowered smurfs. These guys can fk you up real quick if you're not careful.
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FOR THE LOVE OF MARIKA, GIVE US THE KUSARIGAMA!!!!!! (Sickle with Flail attached)
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What are the ones that gives you 5k runes in Greyoll's Dragonbarrow? They had shiny glowing eyes but seems to be inconsistent.
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Up the airy mountain
Down the rushy glen
We daren't go a-hoonting
For fear of Militiamen
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Wish there were covenants in this game, cause I’d 100% join a Vulgar Militia covenant. These little dudes have some awesome armor and weapons, plus they’re pretty fun to fight. It’s cool how the ones later in the game use the Destined Death effect and beast spells.
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I call these dudes kakamora like the coconut basta#ds in Moana these are a good farm. Easy to recover runes if something happens. But can they get boring farming them
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Weak(est) to lightning. The ones near farum great bridge have around 1k hp
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*disarms poison trap with an Explosive stone*
*walks right though the cloud and gets poisoned anyways because my brain cell stat softcapped at 5*
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I have farmed their armor for more than one hour now and i think i will never like them again
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Let us use the chain sickle, dammit. Nioh is too complicated for me to play instead
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Well, I've got 200+ Discovery and found myself still struggling to get the Magma Blade to drop. This leaves me with the notion that the Kusarigama these little dudes use MAY be an even more brutal grind, but possible? I don't know...I want to believe.
I...want to believe.
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I love that despite being small enemies that attack in groups, these guys aren't a total pain to fight in most scenarios
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I guess Gurranq taught the small men outside his abode how to wield Beast Incants. Neat.
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Why the **** do they know bestial incantations? Why the **** are their weapons imbued with DESTINED ****ING DEATH? Why is there NO LORE about this?
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I enjoy using large hammer weapons against these guys.
Not because there is any specific tactical advantage in doing so, but because I think bringing down a comically large hammer twice their size with the furious might of Zeus, and continuing to do so afterwards, like they owe me money, is rather funny.
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Goblins have never been deadlier. The dark road on the way to the Mountaintop of the Giants is dangerous as hell.
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Any idea why the militiamen between the Bestial Sanctum and the Greyrolls Dragon are worth 1000 runes each, whereas other militiamen and most regular enemies for that matter are worth much less? Just curiosity - I farmed them for at least fifteen levels but it's not so easy elsewhere.
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just found out the ones with the chain and sickle have a grab attack
happened to me when I missed a jumping r2
they jump on your back and go for the throat, instant death with blood loss
I have 25 vigor
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If you are looking to farm these around Beastial Sanctum as a low level character, I recommend either the hookclaws from stormveil or spiked caestus, if you havent killed margit yet (you can buy it from a merchant in caelid for 4.000 runes).
Backstabbing them with either weapon makes a kill super easy, but you can even charge straight into to them and start stunlocking them. The bloodloss will quickly bring them down. This way you can farm 20.000 runes in 5-10 minutes.
Just dont attack spam, because sometimes they take a step back, and can counter you to almost instakill you.
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Love the way these guys behave in combat, I just wish their smoke bombs were more effective. As it stands they have almost no effect on my ability to see where they are and what they're doing most of the time.
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These bastards starting from the Forbidden Lands and Hidden Path to the Halligtree use death rune attacks like the Black Knife Assassins. They cut my health chunk by chunk. Don't get ganked. If you see the black flame on their poles, dodge.
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Some of my favorite enemies in the game. Down to their design, animations, aesthetic and balance.
They’re little glass cannons that you can’t underestimate. Love their cackling they do when they ambush you. Hope to see them again in DLC.
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I think these guys have the only weapon any enemy has that you can't get. Come on From, give us the kusarigama.
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Anyone else notice these guys growing, I've farmed a fair amount of them and they are definitely larger in size. I would say they are around 3-4 feet tall now.
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If they ever implement their chain sickle later in DLC or whatever, I wonder if it could function as like, a flail or a whip. If it was a flail it could have the basic flail moveset with half the chain wrapped up so it’s not too unwieldy, and it’s weapon skill could be like the Nox flowing sword or Nox hammer and you can swing around the whole chain. If it was a whip it could have the urumi moveset where heavy attacks throw it straight ahead. All wishful thinking I’m sure though…
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some of these guys wield chain-sickle a.k.a. Kusarigama, **** man, I wish we can get it as a weapon, Nioh anyone?
Love the backstab animation for them. shows that fromsoft is at least capable of adding something new among all the recycled executions on here. Wish they took a page off of bluepoint's demon's souls with the brutal and satisfying riposte animations
Love the backstab animation for them. shows that fromsoft is at least capable of adding something new among all the recycled executions on here. Wish they took a page off of bluepoint's demon's souls with the brutal and satisfying riposte animations
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NGL, I always thought they were goblins. They laugh. Most of them are green. They are tiny. Goblins!
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They're clearly based on kobolds. Tiny underground bastards that leave poisonous caltrops
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Are they called "vulgar" militia because they use vulgar language, or is this from Latin "vulgaris" meaning common (as in commoners)?
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These are the tiny dark-coloured soldiers that grab onto your head, and often throw obfuscation bombs to run around and hide within.
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These dudes (at least in Caelid, south of Kindred) seem to have a Lightning Weakness, and perhaps a mild Frenzy and Bleed Weakness as well.
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They do not drop their set except for the helmet, and 5 kukri drops from them.
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These guys are neither miners nor Imps. They are the Vulgar Militia.
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Bestial Sanctum: "Hehe...lol...free runes! Come here little guy. So easy..."
Hidden Path to the Haligtree: "No more...please no more...god have mercy."
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