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Elden Ring Nightreign

Sparring Grounds Location and Available Settings

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Sparring Grounds Locations
The Sparring Grounds allows the player to practice with the combat in Elden Ring Nightreign. Learn where to find the Sparring Grounds and the available settings you can choose for your sparring practice in this guide.

Sparring Grounds Location

Northwest Outside of the Hold

Roundtable Hold Front Sparring Ground Location
The Sparring Grounds is located northwest of the Hold, accessible by heading north from the Dresser or via a broken wall section on the northern central hallway from the Expeditions Table. The player can also fast travel from this location by pressing the menu button and selecting the Sparring Grounds area.

The player will be in the radius of the Sparring Grounds once they see their combat UI pop up and the current character draws their weapon. This is the only place where the player can actively use their weapons in the Hold.

Roundtable Hold Guide

Sparring Grounds Settings

Settings Walkthrough




Customize Stats

Customizable Options
Level HP
FP Stamina
Character Skill Ultimate Art
Consumables Character Guide

During training, you can choose to adjust your current Nightfarer's level and other stats on the fly. This will allow you to gauge your character's damage output, durability, and other capabilities at each level.

The player can go for levels 1-15 and change all of their stats as well as apply infinite or standard options for health, FP and stamina depending on what properties they need testing.
All Stats Explained

Use the Menu to Customize Stats

Change Levels
By pressing the menu button, the player is able to access the training menu to allow them to customize their combat stats and change their properties depending on the player's needs.

Sparring Equipment

Sparring Equipment
You can choose an equipment from the Equipment Tent near the target dummies on the west side. This will allow you to practice certain equipment types and get a feel for them.

All known unlockable eapons, skills and items are unlocked here for the player to use freely. The weapons stay on the character if they leave the Grounds but do not carry when going through expeditions.

Best Builds For All Classes

Train With the Dummy

The main purpose of the Sparring Grounds is to conduct individual test battles against the AI, in this case represented by an inactive Dummy that the player can activate to engage in combat and test out damage or equiprment.

The Dummy cannot be customized and will act the same as a regular enemy. When it loses all of its HP, it regains full health and should the player get too far away from the combat zone, the Dummy will return to its inactive form.

Secondary Stationary Dummies

Aside from this, a group of target dummies are also available, primarily for ranged users like the Ironeye or the Recluse and their gear. These dummies regenerate their health quickly and cannot be destroyed.

Change Characters

Character Swap
The players can change their characters on the fly in the Sparring Grounds as well by going to the wooden post beside the Equipment Tent or by going through the training menu to swap characters.

List of All Characters

No Other Training Modes

Aside from changing levels and characters, you cannot set any training modes that will adjust the training dummy's AI. It will function like a regular enemy and will decide to take its own action on itself.

Elden Ring Nightreign Related Guides

Elden Ring Nightreign - Tips and Tricks Partial

Beginner Guide to Nightreign

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Exploration Guides
Rune Farming Guide What to Do on Days 1 and 2
Max Level Guide and How to Level Up Fast How to Add Pins on the Map
Night's Tide (Circle): Blue Flame Explained -
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Best and Recommended Settings List of All Controls
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How to Change Characters (Classes) How to Get Legendary Weapons
How to Upgrade Weapons How to Recover and Increase FP
How to Charge Your Ultimate Gauge How to Farm and Get Relics
How to Kill Skeletons How to Get More Flasks
How to Change Weapons How to Get Murk
How to Revive and Rescue Allies Should You Buy Scenic Flatstones?
How to Dual Wield How to Lock On
How to Dash and Sprint How to Wall Jump and Climb Walls
How to Two-Hand Weapons How to Pick Up and Use Items
How to Heal and Increase Health Weight and Item Carry Limits Explained
Combat Tips How to Get Legendary Weapons
List of All Character Skills List of All Ultimate Arts
How to Get Critical Hits How to Find the Oldest Gaol
Small Jar Bazaar Best Items to Buy How to Unlock Dark Souls Skins
How to Parry How to Guard Counter
Raid Events Guide List of Random Map Events
How to Duplicate Weapons How to Dodge Roll
How to Get Memory Fragments Attack Affinities and Element Guide
How to Guard (Block) How to Find Sacred Seals and Incantations
Are Boluses Permanent? List of Unlockables
How to Get Sovereign Sigils -
Stat Guides
All Stats Explained Buffs and Status Effects
What Does Dexterity Do? What Does Vigor Do?
What Does Mind Do? What Does Endurance Do?
What Does Strength Do? What Does Intelligence Do?
What Does Faith Do? What Does Arcane Do?
What is Poise? Effects of Resistances
Character Skill Guides
What Does Restage Do? What Does Retaliate Do?
What Does Totem Stela Do? What Does Cursed Sword Do?
What Does Magic Cocktail Do? -
Roundtable Hold Guides
Roundtable Hold Guide How to Unlock the Dresser
Sparring Grounds Collector Signboard
FAQs
Leave Penalty Death Penalty: What Happens When You Die?
Is There Character Customization? Is There PC Controller Support?
Are Loots and Drops Shared? Can You Play the Same Class?
Can You Pause the Game? Does Nightreign Have Fall Damage?
How Long To Beat How to Change Skins
Difficulty Level Explained: Is Elden Ring Too Hard? How to Sell Relics
Can you Sell Items? How to Use the Bed
How to Recover Dropped Runes How to Skip Cutscenes
How to Change Language All Postgame Unlockables
How to Reconnect and Play Online How to Rename Your Character
Where to Find Holy Weapons Weapon Scaling Explained
How to Break Stone Statues How to Quit a Run
Can You Keep Weapons? How to Replay Tutorial
What Does The Items Confer Effect Do? What Are Post-Damage Attacks?
What Is the Initial Standard Attack Effect? What Carries Over?
Is There a New Game Plus? Where Is the Crypt?
Is There Voice Chat? What Is Thrusting Counterattack?

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