Nightrider Flail Stats, Upgrades, and How to Get

The Nightrider Flail is a Flail available in Elden Ring. Read on for the Nightrider Flail's stats, upgrade info, how to use Nightrider Flail, and its location.

Nightrider Flail Overview

Nightrider Flail Basic Profile

Nightrider Flail	Type / Art / Weight
	Type: Flails Attack Type: Strike Skill: Spinning Chain Weight: 6.0
Description
A flail with two additional bludgeoning heads. Weapon of the Night's Cavalry who ride funeral steeds. The large spikes make it highly effective at inducing blood loss but also demand a higher Dexterity to wield.

Basic Stats

Passive Effects

Attribute Scaling

Required Stats

Nightrider Flail Location

Defeat Night's Cavalry in Weeping Peninsula

This weapon can be obtained after defeating the Night's Cavalry boss in the Weeping Peninsula. He only spawns at night, roaming near the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace.

How to Beat Night's Cavalry: Boss Fight Guide

How to Use Nightrider Flail

Scales with Dexterity and Strength

The Nightrider Flail scales mainly with Dexterity and has a low Strength requirement to wield. It is a good weapon for Dexterity or Bleed build players looking for a high damaging weapon that can punch through shields and break Poise.

The Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom can further increase the damage of your attacks by raising your Dexterity.

Has a Passive Blood Loss Buildup

Like the Flail, this weapon has slow normal and strong attacks, but it makes up for it with a higher damage output Strikes with the Nightrider Flail cannot be parried and won't bounce off shields or certain enemies. Attacking with this weapon causes blood loss buildup and once the meter is filled it will inflict Hemorrhage. Enemies affected by this status effect will take a large amount of damage relative to their Max HP.

The talisman Lord of Blood's Exultation and headwear White Mask will both increase the damage of your physical attacks when Hemorrhage is applied either to you or nearby enemies.

List of All Status Effects and How to Cure

Infusable with Ashes of War

This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War and has Spinning Chain as its default weapon skill. When activated spins the striking part of the weapon to attack, it will deal constant damage while spinning. This skill can be followed up or chained with either a normal or strong attack.

Since this skill allows you to land successive attacks, the talisman Winged Sword Insignia can increase your damage output.

Best Ashes of War

Nightrider Flail Upgrade Stats

Base and Max Upgrade Level Comparison

Max Upgrade Level in Each Affinity

Note: Passive Effect buildup numbers may change depending on your stats.

Elden Ring Related Guides

List of Weapons

Weapon Guides

List of Weapons by Damage Types

Standard	Strike
Slash	Pierce
Magic Weapons	Fire Weapons
Holy Weapons	Lightning Weapons

List of Weapons by Status Effects

Bleed	Frost
Scarlet Rot	Sleep
Poison	Madness

List of Weapon Types

Melee Weapons
Axes	Claws	Colossal Swords
Colossal Weapons	Curved Greatsword	Curved Swords
Daggers	Fists	Flails
Glintstone Staves	Greataxe	Greatswords
Great Hammers	Great Spears	Halberd
Hammers	Heavy Thrusting Swords	Katanas
Reaper	Sacred Seals	Spears
Straight Swords	Thrusting Sword	Torches
Twinblades	Whips	-
Ranged Weapons
Light Bows	Bows	Greatbows
Crossbows	Ballista	-
Shields
Small Shields	Medium Shields	Greatshields