Darkness Location and How to Use

Darkness is a Incantation spell in Elden Ring. Read on to learn more about Darkness's effects, stat requirements, how to get Darkness, and tips and tricks on how to use it effectively!

Darkness Overview

Stats and Requirements

Darkness
Effect
Creates area of darkness that conceals caster.
Spell Type	FP Cost	Slots Used
Incantation	34	1
Stat Requirements
Intelligence	Faith	Arcane
0	18	0

Darkness Lore

Darkness Effects

Darkness is a support incantation that conjures an inky black cloud that blocks the enemies' line of sight. Enemy AI who are hit or have their LoS blocked by the cloud will lose aggro, stopping their pursuit of the player and instead returning to their previous posts.

How to Get Darkness

Purchase From a Merchant

Darkness can be purchased from the following merchants:

Merchant	Price
Corhyn	3500 Runes

How to Use Darkness

Block Enemy Line-of-Sight in PvP

Darkness in an incantation that has very situational uses. Much like Poison Mist, the usual function of this incantation is to obscure the vision of enemy players when fighting in dark and narrow corridors.

Other than that, Darkness does not really have much use. Enemy players who are hit by the cloud and exhibit a black miasma on their faces can still use the lock on feature. The cloud itself, when used in the open, is too thin to completely hide the caster on the other side. In short, Darkness' only obvious function is as a distraction.

De-Aggro Enemies in PvE

In PvE, hitting enemies with Darkness will cause them to lose aggro. Players can cast this spell when pursued by a large group of enemies to quickly disengage and, in some cases, allow you to fast travel to safety.

However, one thing to note is that this spell does not appear to affect certain enemies. Dogs that are hit with this spell, for example, seem to retain aggro despite clearly being engulfed by the dark cloud. Keep the enemy-type in mind when using this spell to lose your pursuers.

Elden Ring Related Guides

List of All Magic Spells

Incantations

Beast Claw	Cure Poison	Dragonfire
Greyoll's Roar	Heal	Litany of Proper Death
Catch Flame	Rejection	The Flame of Frenzy
Urgent Heal	Dragonclaw	Dragonice
Glintstone Breath	Rotten Breath	Dragonmaw
Frozen Lightning Spear	Fortissax's Lightning Spear	Lansseax's Glaive
Howl of Shabriri	Bestial Sling	Poison Mist
Order's Blade	Magic Fortification	Flame Fortification
Flame Sling	O, Flame!	Surge, O Flame!
Flame, Cleanse Me	Smarag's Glintstone Breath	Ekzykes's Decay
Aspects of the Crucible: Tail	Aspects of the Crucible: Horns	Flame of the Fell God
Whirl, O Flame!	Order Healing	Darkness
Scouring Black Flame	Assassin's Approach	Protection of the Erdtree
Golden Vow	Lightning Fortification	Great Heal
Discus of Light	Noble Presence	Lord's Heal
Lord's Aid	Divine Fortification	Lightning Strike
Bloodflame Blade	Poison Armament	Black Flame
Black Flame Blade	Lightning Spear	Black Blade
Flame, Fall Upon Them	Flame, Grant Me Strength	Flame, Protect Me
Giantsflame Take Thee	Burn, O Flame!	Black Flame Ritual
Black Flame's Protection	Bloodboon	Barrier of Gold
Wrath of Gold	Erdtree Heal	Blessing's Boon
Blessing of the Erdtree	Lord's Divine Fortification	Triple Rings of Light
Radagon's Rings of Light	Elden Stars	Law of Regression
Immutable Shield	Law of Causality	Stone of Gurranq
Gurranq's Beast Claw	Bestial Vitality	Bestial Constitution
Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike	Honed Bolt	Ancient Dragons' Lightning Spear
Electrify Armament	Vyke's Dragonbolt	Dragonbolt Blessing
Agheel's Flame	Magma Breath	Theodorix's Magma
Borealis's Mist	Placidusax's Ruin	Pest Threads
Swarm of Flies	Scarlet Aeonia	Death Lightning
Inescapable Frenzy	Unendurable Frenzy	Frenzied Burst
Aspects of the Crucible: Breath	Fire's Deadly Sin	Golden Lightning Fortification
Bloodflame Talons	Shadow Bait	Messmer's Orb
Rain of Fire	Fire Serpent	Divine Bird Feathers
Divine Beast Tornado	Spira	Giant Golden Arc
Watchful Spirit	Midra's Flame of Frenzy	Pest-Thread Spears
Rotten Butterflies	Ghostflame Breath	Bayle's Flame Lightning
Bayle's Tyranny	Electrocharge	Dragonbolt of Florissax
Knight's Lightning Spear	Roar of Rugalea	Multilayered Ring of Light
Light of Miquella	Wrath from Afar	Land of Shadow
Minor Erdtree	Aspects of the Crucible: Bloom	Aspects of the Crucible: Thorns
Heal from Afar	Furious Blade of Ansbach	Golden Arcs

List of All Incantations

Sorceries

List of All Sorceries