How to Beat Misbegotten Crusader: Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide on how to beat Misbegotten Crusader, an optional boss in Elden Ring. Read on to learn more about Misbegotten Crusader's drops, weaknesses, and recommended level!

Misbegotten Crusader General Info

Stats and Rewards

Misbegotten Crusader
Weakness	Resistance	Immune
Slash Fire	Magic Holy Lightning Bleed Frost Scarlet Rot Sleep Poison	Madness Instant Death
Affected By	Bleed, Scarlet Rot, Poison, Frost, Sleep
Spirit Ashes Available?	Yes
Rune Rewards	93000 (NG)
Summonable NPCs	・None
Location	・Cave of the Forlorn, Mountaintops of the Giants
Item Drops	・Golden Order Greatsword

Misbegotten Crusader Location

Where to Find Misbegotten Crusader

Misbegotten Crusader can be found at the end of the Cave of the Forlorn, near Albinauric Rise. You'll have to enter the Consecrated Snowfield to reach this dungeon.

When to Fight Misbegotten Crusader

Misbegotten Crusader has a similar moveset to Leonine Misbegotten but deals much more damage. You should only fight it once you've reached the recommended level of 100.

How to Beat Leonine Misbegotten

How to Beat Misbegotten Crusader

Tips for Beating Misbegotten Crusader
Equip gear that increases your Holy damage resistance
Stay patient and wait for openings
Exploit Misbegotten Crusader's weaknesses

Equip gear that increases your Holy damage resistance

Misbegotten Crusader can deal a lot of Holy damage due to its greatsword, which can be used to launch blasts from a distance. Make sure to equip gear that boosts your Holy damage negation to increase your survivability.

The Carian Knight's Shield is a great option to block damage due to its decent Holy defence stats. The Haligdrake Talisman will also be quite useful.

Stay patient and wait for openings

It'll be difficult to stay on the offensive in this fight due to Misbegotten Crusader's aggressiveness and its wide AoE attacks. Try to stay patient and wait for it to finish a moveset before attacking it. It will usually take a few seconds to recover after an attack pattern, giving you enough of an opening to strike it a few times before needing to back away.

Exploit Misbegotten Crusader's weaknesses

Similar to Leonine Misbegotten, this boss takes increased damage from Slash and Fire weapons. Using these will make the fight easier and you'll be able to end it much quicker.

If you don't have these weapon types, you can also coat yours in Fire Grease or throw Fire Pots at the boss.

Elden Ring Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Main Bosses

All Bosses in Elden Ring
Margit the Fell Omen	Godrick the Grafted
Red Wolf of Radagon	Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon
Royal Knight Loretta	Starscourge Radahn
Godfrey, First Elden Lord	Morgott, the Omen King
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy	Fire Giant
Malenia, Blade of Miquella	Mohg Lord of Blood
Regal Ancestor Spirit	Astel, Naturalborn of the Void
Lichdragon Fortissax	Godskin Duo
Dragonlord Placidusax	Maliketh, the Black Blade
Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing	Hoarah Loux, Warrior
Radagon of the Golden Order	Elden Beast

Optional Bosses

Limgrave Optional Bosses
Beastman of Farum Azula	Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
Demi-Human Chiefs	Flying Dragon Agheel
Guardian Golem	Leonine Misbegotten
Mad Pumpkin Head	Miranda the Blighted Bloom
Patches	Runebear
Scaly Misbegotten	Soldier of Godrick
Stonedigger Troll	Tree Sentinel
Liurnia of the Lakes Optional Bosses
Adan, Thief of Fire	Alabaster Lord
Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader	Bols, Carian Knight
Bloodhound Knight	Glintstone Dragon Smarag
Glintstone Dragon Adula	Magma Wyrm Makar
Royal Revenant	Spirit-Caller Snail
Caelid Optional Bosses
Battlemage Hugues	Black Blade Kindred (Caelid)
Commander O'Neil	Decaying Ekzykes
Fallingstar Beast	Flying Dragon Greyll
Frenzied Duelist	Magma Wyrm
Nox Swordstress & Nox Priest	Putrid Tree Spirit
Altus Plateau Optional Bosses
Ancient Dragon Lansseax	Crucible Knight Ordovis
Demi-Human Queen Gilika	Demi-Human Queen Maggie
Demi-Human Queen Margot	Draconic Tree Sentinel
Elemer of the Briar	Esgar, Priest of Blood
Fell Twins	Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast
Godefroy the Grafted	Kindred of Rot
Mohg, The Omen	Necromancer Garris
Onyx Lord	Perfumer Tricia
Red Wolf of the Champion	Sanguine Noble
Virgin Abductors	Wormface
Mountaintops of the Giants Optional Bosses
Astel, Stars of Darkness	Black Blade Kindred (Mountaintops of the Giants)
Borealis the Freezing Fog	Commander Niall
Misbegotten Crusader	Putrid Grave Warden Duelist
Great Wyrm Theodorix	Vyke, Knight of the Roundtable
Siofra River Optional Bosses
Ancestor Spirit	Valiant Gargoyles
Mimic Tear
Ainsel River Optional Bosses
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella	-
Deeproot Depths Optional Bosses
Crucible Knight Siluria	-
Multiple Location Optional Bosses
Ancient Hero of Zamor	Black Knife Assassin
Bell Bearing Hunter	Cemetery Shade
Cleanrot Knights	Crucible Knight
Crystalian	Death Rite Bird
Deathbird	Erdtree Avatar
Erdtree Burial Watchdog	Godskin Apostle
Godskin Noble	Grafted Scion
Grave Warden Duelist	Mad Pumpkin Head
Misbegotten Warrior	Night's Cavalry
Omenkiller	Tibia Mariner
Dragonkin Soldier	-

Mini-Bosses

All Bosses in Elden Ring
Elder Dragon Greyoll	Lion Guardian
Valiant Gargoyle (Leyndell)	-

Hostile NPCs and Invaders

Limgrave Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Bloody Finger Nerijus	Old Knight Istvan
Recusant Henricus	-
Liurnia of the Lakes Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Great Horned Tragoth	Festering Fingerprint Vyke
Altus Plateau Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Eleonora, Violet Bloody Finger	Inquisitor Ghiza
Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan	Rileigh the Idle
Vargram the Raging Wolf & Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm	Magnus the Beast Claw
Mountaintops of the Giants Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Juno Hoslow, Knight of Blood	-
The Roundtable Hold Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Mad Tongue Alberich	-
Multiple Location Invaders and Hostile NPCs
Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater	-

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