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A little while ago, FromSoftware responded to the generally positive reception of Elden Ring Nightreign following the game’s launch, promising an official duos mode, as well as something the developer referred to as “enhanced fights against existing Nightlords.”

Duo Expeditions have yet to arrive, but we now know exactly what these enhanced Nightlord fights are, because the first one has arrived suddenly in the game.

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It is particularly amusing to log off for the day after reporting on the latest Nightreign patch – which was mainly an incremental update – only for the real news to drop hours afterwards, and without even an official announcement to accompany it.

Late yesterday, players discovered that the first enhanced boss has arrived. In a blog post, FromSoft later explained that these are called Everdark Sovereigns, and they’re meant to be much more challenging versions of each Nightlord.

A new Everdark Sovereign will rotate each week, but only those who defeated the original version of that Nightlord can take it on. A Sovereign of Gaping Jaws (Adel) is currently live in the game, to be replaced with Sentient Pest next week, and Darkdrift Knight the week after.

The developer is working on Sovereign versions of other Nightlords – Tricephalos, Augur, Equilibrious Beast and Fissure in the Fog, which will arrive in due course. As for Sovereign Gaping Jaws (Adel), it will be available until Thursday, June 25.

Who’s ready to fight an even more challenging versions of this guy? | Image credit: FromSoftware | VG 24/7

That’s not all, there’s now also a new NPC that serves a couple of key functions. Defeating Sovereign Nightlords will reward you with Sovereign Sigils, which said NPC will take in exchange for special Relics and other useful items. You even get bonus Sovereign Sigils the first time you beat each boss.

That NPC also lets you change Nightreign’s Shifting Earth / Map Events on demand. This requires Sovereign Sigils, too, but it saves you from having to defeat three Nightlords to trigger the next event

There’s likely more that players will discover as they spend a bit more time fighting these ultra-challenging versions of the game’s Nightlords. If you still haven’t beaten them all, we recently put together a weaknesses guide for all of Nightreign’s Nightlords because it really helps to go in prepared.

For all your other questions, a quick glance at our Elden Ring Nightreign guide will always set you on the right path.

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Elden Ring Nightreign turns FromSoftware’s best-in-class boss fights into multiplayer affairs, so now your shame and frustration can be shared with others. But while lots of players have been going hours without beating the roguelite RPG’s first major encounter, others are in a race to be the sweatiest solo player out there.

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“8 hours in and still haven’t beaten the first nightlord…” reads one of the most popular threads from the Nightreign subreddit over the weekend. “Took me 15 hours to beat the first nightlord with randoms,” one fan responded. “Surprisingly I didn’t angrily tilt once, im having a blast shit is fun as hell.” Another wrote, “I’ve done 20 tries and still haven’t got that wolf killed very frustrating but I just gotta get good.”

My favorite post from Nightreign players sharing their long overdue Ws is from a player who went on 30 total expeditions before finally beating the first boss, a fire-wielding, three-headed hound called Gladius. But while many players have spent the opening weekend of the game’s release bleeding out on cosmic shores, some have been making the game look trivially easy.

YouTuber Youwy decided to take on Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow solo and—most importantly—without gaining a single level (via PC Gamer). He played Executor, the dexterity-based Nightfarer who can parry attacks. The fights revolve around jumping, dodging, and managing stamina consumption like a farmer in a drought. Even more crucial was a starting build that included the Night of Miasma and Night of the Wise relics, giving a base weapon with tons of starting status ailments that can just be upgraded through the run. “I sometimes can’t beat the 1st night and bro is out here doing this solo and level 1…WP,” one fan wrote in the comments.

Then there was YouTuber Ongbal, who used the Executor class to take out the Nightreign’s final boss without any outside help (so spoilers, obviously, if you don’t want to know anything before playing it for yourself). Ongbal is well-known for Elden Ring hitless runs, but he hasn’t gotten there just yet with Heolstor, a boss you can really tell FromSoftware had fun designing. Once again making use of Executor’s parry, which lets players treat Nightreign more like Sekiro, he takes the final boss down in less than six minutes. And this was before a new patch making solo play easier went live on Monday (which is already making a big difference for some players).

One thing that makes Nightreign’s boss fights so tough is the work players have to do to get to them. Unlike past games, where you can beeline for the encounter and practice over and over until you’ve mastered it, Nightreign requires players to engage in a 40-minute open-world farming session beforehand. As a result, most players probably only spend about a ninth of their playtime actually learning how each Nightlord works. Some have already called for a practice mode to make training easier. That’s one request I don’t see FromSoftware’s granting anytime soon though.

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Elden Ring Nightreign now has even tougher Nightlord bosses, and a new NPC to serve those who take on the challenge

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