NPC Summons in Elden Ring are the summonable cooperator NPCs that can be available in a boss fight. These are different from Spirit Ashes and can be activated by using their summon signs that appear in gold. A number of NPC summons have been added since the 1.03 Patch. These are specific to each boss and may have conditions that must be met before they are available as a summon. These conditions could be simple or part of different questlines and may require you to find each NPC and exhaust their dialogue before they become available. When they become available, their sign will usually be visible just outside of the boss fog gates where they can be summoned. Below is the list of NPC Summons and the conditions required.
Summoning an NPC will reduce the number of runes you get from killing a boss by 25% and will also increase their health as if you had summoned a co-op player. This may actually make the fight harder as NPC summons are not as powerful as players.
See also:
All Summonable NPCs in Elden Ring
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Legend (Main Boss) Summons
Godrick the Grafted
Nepheli Loux:
- Locate her at her first location and speak to her three times or exhaust her dialogue to have her available to be summoned
Starscourge Radahn
Witch-Hunter Jerren
- Jerren joins in on the festival. His summon sign appears to become available towards phase 2 of the battle.
Blaidd:
- Speak to Blaidd at Mistwood. Ensure you are in good terms with Preceptor Seluvis for Blaidd's sign to be available.
Iron Fist Alexander:
- The Summon sign for this NPC will appear so they can participate in the Festival with no prerequisites
Patches:
- Summon Patches by sparing him during your first encounter at Murkwater Cave. Summon Patches for this fight and there is a chance he will leave without helping in battle.
Great Horned Tragoth
- Tragoth can be summoned to assist in the Starscourge Radahn boss battle if you have not assassinated him.
Lionel the Lionhearted
- The Summon sign for this NPC will appear so they can participate in the Festival with no prerequisites
Bloody Finger Okina
- The Summon sign for this NPC will appear so they can participate in the Festival with no prerequisites
Finger Maiden Therolina
- The Summon sign for this NPC will appear so they can participate in the Festival with no prerequisites
Morgott the Omen King
Melina
- Progress in the Melina questline until she says that she is leaving. Her summon sign is at the top of the stairs on the right, in front of the fog gate. She wields the Blade of Calling and uses faith based Erdtree/healing incantations.
Dung Eater
- Release him during his questline (tbc)
Fire Giant
Iron Fist Alexander:
- Help Alexander out upon meeting him in Northern Stormhill. Progress in his questline and he will be available as a summon. Make sure he is not stuck in his first location or stuck South of the Carian Study Hall in Liurnia. His summon sign will be at the fog gate entrance close to the Site of Grace.
Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Hoarah Loux)
Nepheli Loux:
- Speak to Nepheli at the Roundtable Hold after defeating Godrick the Grafted then speak to Gideon Ofnir and ask him about Nepheli. Complete her full questline which can be found here. Her final location will be at the Stormveil Castle Throne Room. Exhaust her dialogue there to unlock her as a summon. If she is not at the Throne Room, you may need to also complete the Kenneth Haight Questline.
Shabriri:
- During the Shabriri questline, you will need to embrace the frenzied flame. This will also affect your ending. Do not cure it with the needle given by Malenia. Do not kill Shabriri to be able to use his summon sign.
Red Wolf of Radagon (Raya Lucaria)
Sorceress Sellen
- Progress through the Sorceress Sellen questline till she returns to Raya Lucaria Academy to have her summon sign available when facing Radagon. Her full questline can be found here.
Great Enemy (Mini-Bosses) NPC Summons
Margit, the Fell Omen
Sorcerer Rogier:
- His Summon Sign may appear without any prior conditions. You can travel to Castleward Tunnel directly after a new game and his summon sign will be available
Godskin Duo
Knight Bernahl:
- Can be summoned for the Godskin Duo fight in Crumbling Farum Azula. You can find his summon sign by starting at the Dragon Temple Transept site of grace and going up the narrow staircase.
Sorceress Sellen
Witch-Hunter Jerren:
- Progress in the Sorceress Sellen questline to eventually be given the option to side with Jerren or Sellen at the Raya Lucaria Academy Library. Both summon signs will be available at this point and choosing one will initiate a boss fight battle against the other.
Witch-Hunter Jerren
Sorceress Sellen:
- Progress in the Sorceress Sellen questline to eventually be given the option to side with Jerren or Sellen at the Raya Lucaria Academy Library. Both summon signs will be available at this point and choosing one will initiate a boss fight battle against the other.
Mohg, the Omen
Dung Eater:
- Release him during his questline. After showing the Dung Eater at least one Seedbed Curse, he will give you the Sewer-Gaol Key. This can be used to access the sewers underneath Leyndell, Royal Capital via a well, leading to the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds. The Dung Eater can be found in the newly-unlocked sewers and released from his prison by talking to him.
Enemy (Field Bosses) NPC Summons
Flying Dragon Agheel
Bloody Finger Hunter Yura
- Yura will be nearby the Dragon boss fight. Speak to him first and he will mention the dragon. His summon sign will then be available nearby.
Demi-Human Chief (Coastal Cave)
Old Knight Istvan
- Ensure he is still alive to be able to summon him for this fight.
Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
Blaidd:
- Meet Blaidd at Mistwood Ruins. You may have to speak to Merchant Kale to give you the Gesture to summon him once the howling is heard. Exhaust his dialogue to be able to summon him at the Forlon Hound Evergaol.
Leonine Misbegotten
Edgar
- Begin the Irina questline and deliver Irina's Letter to Edgar to be able to unlock his summon sign during this fight.
Omenkiller (Village of the Albinaurics)
Nepheli Loux:
- The Omenkiller boss fight is a part of the Nepheli questline. The full questline can be found here. Speak to her in the Village Of The Albinaurics then her summon sign will be available for the Omenkiller nearby.
Tibia Mariner (Liurnia of the Lakes)
D, Hunter of the Dead
- Speak to him first just outside Summonwater Village before entering and he will be available to help you during this fight.
Black Knife Assassin (Black Knife Catacombs)
D, Hunter of the Dead
- Speak with Gurranq Beast Clergyman and then return to Roundtable Hold to speak with D after you first meet him outside Summonwater Village and defeat the Tibia Mariner to be able to use his summon.
Valiant Gargoyle / Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblade)
D's Twin Brother:
- Progress through Fia's and the D, Hunter of the Dead questline. Give him the Twinned Armor Set to be able to use him as a summon. If given the Twinned Armor, D's Twin Brother can be summoned to help you fight the Valiant Gargoyle and Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblade) in the Siofra Aqueduct, next to where he can initially be found. His summon sign is on the right at the top of the stairs in front of the fog gate.
Magma Wyrm Makar
Blackguard Big Boggart:
- Begin the Rya and Boggart questlines until you can purchase the necklace and Boiled Prawns from him. Purchase it then exhaust his dialogue til his tone shifts and he tells you that he's never met someone with a taste for prawns he couldn't trust.
Great Horned Tragoth
- There are no conditions to his summon.
Millicent
- Complete the first part of the Millicent questline to be able to summon her as a cooperator. Progress until she leaves Sellia, Town of Sorcery.
Godskin Apostle (Dominula, Windmill Village)
Millicent
- You can summon Millicent for this boss after giving her the Valkyrie's Prosthesis
Draconic Tree Sentinel
Millicent
- You can summon Millicent for this boss, after giving her the Valkyrie's Prosthesis and defeating the Godskin Apostle in Windmill Village.
Great Horned Tragoth
- There are no prerequisites to use his sign. His summon sign is on the path just downhill from the Statue of Marika
Black Blade Kindred
Millicent
- Advance in her questline till you defeat Godskin Apostle in Dominula Windmill Village and her summon sign will be available north of the Statue of Marika in the Forbidden Lands.
AnonymousWhat NPC helps you with Maliketh? my 1st playthrough had a gold npc summon right near the entrance but i can't find any info on them.
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What NPC helps you with Maliketh? my 1st playthrough had a gold npc summon right near the entrance but i can't find any info on them.
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What NPC helps you with Maliketh? my 1st playthrough had a gold npc summon right near the entrance but i can't find any info on them.
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Targoth, nepheli or rogier shouldve been the solaire of elden ring where they helped you with more bosses. It wouldve been more emotional when you betrayed them or they died.
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Considering you can have 3 possible summons with Makar, can you summon them all at once or are they like furled fingers where you can only have 2 summons at a time (excluding Ashes)?
Ah I miss ds2 summons. They were not "npcs with a backstory". They were just some random drangie fellows with cool memey names who would assist you anytime. Like bradley of the old guard or thomas the jester(a.k.a tank engine) or even bashful ray and twiggy shei. You would think they are real players
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It sucks that there are no NPC summons with a parry shield. No Hodrick 2.0 trolling on NG+7
(I think my last post was deleted or something): Info on Margit is totally wrong. You don't need to talk with Sorcerer Rogier at the roundtable hold for his summon sign to appear. You could literally just start a new game and go to Castleward Tunnel and boom its there, like Tragoth. Idk why anyone hasnt updated this yet, its pretty easy to verify.
The info on Margit page is completely wrong. You don't need to talk with Rogier at the roundtable hold for his summon sign to appear. You can literally just go to Castleward Tunnel after starting a new game and nothing else. Its pretty easy to confirm this idk why anyone hasn't updated that yet
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I swear to god i remember summoning tragoth from the gate that you reach from the stairs
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Call me a casual but I want to summon everytime i can get two summons so I can also get mimic tear. Its an epic feeling fighting with three other warriors. Fun times indeed.
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Not working for me at all anymore, why?? First it was with Magma Wyrm Makar, should've had TWO golden NPC summon signs there, Blackguard and Millicent, I had done everything in the questline required for them to appear as summons, but nothing. And now I gave D's brother the twinned set and he disappeared, but again, no summon sign to help against the gargoyles. This worked perfectly for months, what is going on?? Can somebody pls help me? I'm trying my first SL1 run so I need these NPC summons -.- playing offline only, but as I said, it worked perfectly for months with different characters. But not anymore and I don't get it.
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"Progress through the Sorceress Sellen questline till she returns to Raya Lucaria Academy to have her summon sign available when facing Radagon." This has got to be the dumbest process in the game just for an NPC summon. You actually go thru 2 NPC questlines just to get her to go back, by which point you'll probably be way overleveled for the Academy and not need her at all.
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You can also summon D in the fight with the Black Knife Assassin in the Black Knife Catacombs and D’s twin brother in the fight with the two Gargoyles in Siofra Aqueduct
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guys stop saying there are some missing, there is a legend,great,and field boss pages on top.
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Bernahl can also be summoned for Godskin Duo. Presumably after doing all of taniths questline and defeating Rykard
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For a game with so many npcs and invaders i wish there was more summon signs. Fighting maliketh and that annoying tree sentinel with ensha and sir gideon. Astel with blaidd. Mohg with millicent. Fighting John elden ring and john dark soul with melania would all be really cool. I guess there isint many summons in this game compared to the others because of spirit ashes. Oh well.
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I think theres something wrong with Rogier's summon condition, his summon is available regardless if i talked to him beforehand or not
There's no prerequisite for Rogier before the Margit fight. You can't even meet him before it unless you skip Stormveil and if you do he gets crippled which means he can't fight. Also if Melina doesn't have to leave you to be available for the Morgott fight
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bruh you can summon millicent more than anyone, she really is the best waifu
damn you fromsoft for killing her!!!!
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My question is: why would I complete ALL of Sellen’s quest line before doing Raya Lucaria? Is there a reason the game wouldn’t have me going right towards Raya Lucaria??
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There are no prerequisites to summon Iron Fist Alexander for the Starscourge Radahn. He will always be there when the festival starts.
On my first playthrough the Festival was the first time that I ever saw Iron Fist Alexander and only interacted with him AFTER winning against Radahn. So in conclusion, Iron Fist Alexander will always appear.
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Do gold summon signs increase boss health the same as summoning real players does?
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where exactly would one find the summon sign of yura for the agheel bossfight
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If you for any reason used finger severer to send npc back without fighting boss, their golden summon sign won’t appear again after reload.
I learnt this when I carried wrong spells and physick, wanted to sit down at site of grace but couldn’t, so I sent Tragoth and Shrimp guy back. Never able to summon them again.
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The black blade kindred for Millicent is the one before the lift of rold, not the one outside of gurranq’s place. Correct me if I’m wrong
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The black blade kindred for Millicent is the one before the lift of rold, not the one outside of gurranq’s place. Correct me if I’m wrong
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I think they should add things like people you can hire seeing there are so many knights and soldiers around. It would be like paying them and commanding them to attack things so its like taming something. You should also be able to tame wolves rather than using spirit ashes
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Knight Berhnal is also summonable for the Godskin duo fight in crumbling farum azula.
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you can summon dung eater for mohg boss fight in the sewers if you freed him
From should require npc's to be summoned for some questions just to troll the fans.
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