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How to beat Dragonlord Placidusax
Want to know how to locate and beat Dragonlord Placidusax in Elden Ring?Dragonlord Placidusax is the most cleverly hidden secret boss inElden Ring,as well as one of the coolest. This monster outside of time and space has an array of flashy, lightning-based attacks that can obliterate the unprepared. Placidusax may look incredibly intimidating, but once you have a handle on the fight he is a perfectly manageable boss. Learn how to find the Dragonlord and defeat them with this guide.
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How to find the Dragonlord Placidusax arena location in Elden Ring
Before you can fight Dragonlord Placidusax, you will need to find his secret arena hidden underCrumbling Farum Azula. Head to the Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace and ride the elevator down. Turn right and follow the hall out into the open. Head straight out to the cliff edge in front of you and look down. You will see a platform floating under the edge, a little to the left.
Jump down, then follow the floating rocks to the larger platform floating ahead. On this platform, you will see several open graves with beast skeletons inside. One of these is empty. Walk up to it, and you will be prompted to “lie down.” Press your interact button and you’ll be greeted with a cutscene that shows time winding back towards Placidusax before you awaken in his arena.
Look over the edge of the platform outside the hall, and you’ll find a ledge that you can drop down onto. Follow this path to find Placidusax.
Elden Ring Dragonlord Placidusax boss fight walkthrough
The Dragonlord Placidusax fight is surprisingly straightforward. There are no second health bars or phase-transition cutscenes here. Just you and a dragon fighting to the death. Placidusax does gain some new attacks as his health drops though, two of which can really catch you off guard.
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How to beat Dragonlord Placidusax top tips for success
Here are our top tips for victory in the Placidusax boss fight.
1. Listen for audio cues to dodge Placidusax’s teleport attack
Once you get through about a third of Dragonlord Placidusax’s health bar, he will start to use a series of teleportation attacks. The mighty dragon will turn to dust, then rematerialize elsewhere in the arena before swooping down with massive lighting claws. If you don’t notice Placidusax re-emerging, you might get run over.
2. Hug the back legs
Like other Dragon enemies,Dragonlord Placidusax takes more damage to the headthan other parts of his body. However, sticking near Placidusax’s head is a dangerous prospect. You leave yourself exposed to claw swipes, and are more likely to get caught in the center of the fire-breath cone.
3. Roll towards Placidusax to dodge Placidusax’s Ruin
Placidusax’s Ruin is a beam-breath attack that Placidusax will break out in the second half of the fight. His two heads will each fire a huge golden beam, sweeping back and forth across the arena and leaving trails of fire behind them. Your first instinct might be to run away, but unless you are already on the far side of the arena, this only makes dodging the attack harder.
Because the beams sweep the arena several times, further from Placidusax each time, running or rolling away might force you to dodge them more than once. If you run towards Placidusax and then roll at him as the beams pass, you can get inside the attack’s range. Do this to avoid the rest of the attack, and even get an easy window to damage the boss.
4. Watch the ground for lightning attacks
That’s everything you need to take down Placidusax! This is a deeply hidden, extremely lategame fight, so make sure you knock it out before heading to New Game Plus. If you’re looking to track down more secret bosses, our completelist of boss locationswill help. Prepare your build for these challenges with ourguide to the best weaponsandbest talismans in Elden Ring.
