How to Beat Elemer of the Briar: Boss Fight Guide

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

Elemer of the Briar General Info

Stats and Rewards

Elemer of the Briar
Weakness	Resistance	Immune
━	Standard Strike Slash Fire Holy Bleed Frost Scarlet Rot Sleep Poison	Madness Instant Death
Affected By	Poison, Frost, Scarlet Rot, Bleed
Spirit Ashes Available?	Yes
Rune Rewards	24000 (NG)
Summonable NPCs	・None
Location	・The Shaded Castle, Altus Plateau
Item Drops	・Briar Greatshield ・Marais Executioner's Sword

Elemer of the Briar Location

Where to Find Elemer of the Briar

Elemer of the Briar is found in the Shaded Castle in Altus Plateau. To reach the Shaded Castle, start from the Bridge of Iniquity site of grace and ride across it heading East. Once across the bridge, immediately take a right and drop down two Spirit Springs and then head North. To enter the Shaded Castle, follow the perimiter heading West and jump up to a ledge leading inside.

Elemer of the Briar is located toward the center of the Shaded Castle, so you will need to proceed to reach this boss.

The Shaded Castle Walkthrough and Location

When to Fight Elemer of the Briar

Elemer of the Briar is best fought around level 70. He deals a high amount of damage and has rapid attack patterns leaving you with few opportunities to heal. Having high defense and HP will help you survive Elemer's relentless attacks.

Note that you can fight Bell Bearing Hunters at various locations which all share the same moveset as Elemer of the Briar. For more info on their locations and drops, check out the guide below.

How to Beat Bell Bearing Hunters

How to Beat Elemer of the Briar

Tips for Beating Elemer of the Briar
Stay Close and Learn the Dodge Timings
Heal After Grabs or Shield Slams
Start the Fight with Rotten Breath

Stay Close and Learn the Dodge Timings

Staying at close range is recommended as Elemer's attack patterns are more predictable while in melee range. To get comfortable with the dodge timings it's recommended to equip a shield and block while counting out the timing of the boss' attacks as they hit your shield. Certain attacks are heavy attacks are have a long delay to them, so take note of those in particular.

Staying close will also prevent him from using his sword at range, which can roll catch or reach you from across the room.

Heal After Grabs and Shield Slams

Since Elemer's sword can hit you at range, he can heal punish you from anywhere in the small boss arena. The only safe heal opportunities you have will be after dodging a grab, or any of the boss' shield attacks.

Ideally you will want to use these windows of opportunity to attack, but it's important to know heal windows as healing windows and attack windows aren't always the same.

Start the Fight with Rotten Breath

If you have the Incantation Rotten Breath, you can use it immediately when the fight starts to inflict Elemer with Scarlet Rot. By itself, this can take out a majority of the boss' HP, so you can block or dodge and wait for the Scarlet Rot to wear off before finishing off the fight.

Note that this Incantation has a slow start up animation, so your only opportunity to cast it safely will be at the very start of the fight. Also even though Elemer of the Briar is resistant to most status effects, it is still possible (and even recommended) to use them as once they take effect they can deal significant amounts of damage.

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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