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Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring are companions, often mimicking the Lands Between's Enemies, summoned by the Spirit Calling Bell to aid you in Combat. This page covers how they function, the spirit ashes available, summon costs, and a community-driven list of their relative strength.

• With the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, Spirit Ashes have received a new upgrade called Revered Spirit Ashes, which allows them to become more powerful even if they are already at +10 level. Do note that this only applies while you are on the Realm of Shadow.

Shadow of the Erdtree New Spirit Ashes

With the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, 20 new powerful Spirit Ashes are added to the already stacked 64 Spirit Ashes in the base game. This leads to a total of 84 Spirit Ashes available between the base game and the new content added with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

Not only there are more Spirit Ashes being added to the game with Shadow of the Erdtree, but also in the Realm of Shadow, players can use a new item called Revered Spirit Ash, to make them more powerful. This new upgrade for Spirit Ashes allows them to exceed the power they have, even if they are already at +10 level.

This page is up to date with all this new content. Players will be able to search and find all Shadow of the Erdtree New Spirit Ashes here, as well as to learn about their Stats, Attack Patterns, Requirements, Upgrade requirements, Best uses, and much more regarding the new Spirit Ashes added with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC! This comprehensive guide will help players optimize their combat strategies utilizing Spirit Ashes.

NOTE: As of Patch 1.13.2 Multiple spirit ashes stats and stagger values were changed, along with Revered Spirit Ash scalings.

How to use Spirit Ashes

To use Spirit Ashes, players must first obtain the Spirit Calling Bell from Renna at the Church of Elleh [Map Link].

Similar to Items, Spirit Ashes can be equipped to and used from your Quick Slots or Pouch. However, they can only be used while not in Multiplayer Coop and when near a Rebirth Monument.

Can you Summon Two Ashes in Elden Ring?

After summoning in a given area, you are not allowed to summon again in that area until you rest at any Sites of Grace or Fast Travel.

• Players may reuse the Spirit Ashes to dismiss a summon.
• Leaving the boundary of a valid summoning area will dismiss any active spirits.
• Spirits may only be summoned once per encounter, so you cannot re-summon them after they die during a boss fight.
• Spirits cannot be summoned while the effects of the Furlcalling Finger Remedy are active. Use the remedy again to cancel its effects.
• Summoning spirits require either FP or HP depending on the summon.

Monument to Summon Spirits

• Players must be near a Rebirth Monument, stone obelisks found at many Points of Interest and nearly every boss arena, to use Spirit Ashes.
• A monument icon, depicted below, will appear on the left side of the screen when conditions are met:

Unlocking Spirit Ashes Upgrades

Roderika is the only NPC capable of upgrading Spirit Ashes. She offers her services after a short side quest:

1. Talk to Roderika at the Stormhill Shack. [Map Link]
2. Travel to the Roundtable Hold, and talk to her and to Blacksmith Hewg several times until you exhaust their dialogue options.
3. Reload the area by leaving or other means.
4. Roderika will now be sat across from Blacksmith Hewg and is able to upgrade your Spirit Ashes

Upgrading Spirit Ashes

Spirit Ash Upgrades universally increase the summons' Attack Power and Defenses.

Of the 84 Spirit Ashes, there are two different types of Spirit Ashes, each with their own Upgrade Materials:

• 51 Standard Spirit Ashes - Grave Gloveworts
• 33 Renowned Spirit Ashes - Ghost Gloveworts

Giant Rat Ashes are unique in that enhancing the spirit ashes will increase their numbers.

All Legendary Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring

To unlock the Legendary Ashen Remains Trophy and Achievement, you will need to acquire the following Spirit Ashes:

1. Lhutel the Headless
2. Black Knife Tiche
3. Redmane Knight Ogha
4. Mimic Tear Ashes
5. Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff Ashes
6. Cleanrot Knight Finlay Ashes

Spirit Ashes in PVP

With the arrival of Patch 1.08, Spirit Ashes can be used for PVP, but ONLY at matches held at the Caelid Colosseum. Both Limgrave Colosseum and Leyndell Colosseum prohibit the use of Spirit Ashes.

Elden Ring Spirit Ashes Guide

Shadow of the Erdtree Spirits Comparison Table

Note that this is the order of Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Spirit Ashes, not counting base game Spirit Ashes.

Quick Search of Shadow of the Erdtree Spirits

Shadow of the Erdtree Spirit Ashes Gallery

Man-Fly Ashes

Spider Scorpion Ashes

Fingercreeper Ashes

Bigmouth Imp Ashes

Gravebird Ashes

Horned Warrior Ashes

Bloodfiend Hexer's Ashes

Inquisitor Ashes

Messmer Soldier Ashes

Shadow of the Erdtree Renowned Spirit Ashes Gallery

Black Knight Captain Huw

Black Knight Commander Andreas

Fire Knight Hilde

Fire Knight Queelign

Swordhand of Night Jolán

Jolán and Anna

Curseblade Meera

Demi-Human Swordsman Yosh

Divine Bird Warrior Ornis

Taylew the Golem Smith

Ancient Dragon Florissax

Elden Ring Spirit Ashes Gallery

Wandering Noble Ashes

Noble Sorcerer Ashes

Nomad Ashes

Putrid Corpse Ashes

Skeletal Militiaman Ashes

Skeletal Bandit Ashes

Albinauric Ashes

Winged Misbegotten Ashes

Demi-Human Ashes

Clayman Ashes

Oracle Envoy Ashes

Lone Wolf Ashes

Rotten Stray Ashes

Giant Rat Ashes

Warhawk Ashes

Land Squirt Ashes

Spirit Jellyfish Ashes

Miranda Sprout Ashes

Fanged Imp Ashes

Soldjars of Fortune Ashes

Archer Ashes

Greatshield Soldier Ashes

Page Ashes

Vulgar Militia Ashes

Marionette Soldier Ashes

Avionette Soldier Ashes

Kaiden Sellsword Ashes

Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes

Fire Monk Ashes

Ancestral Follower Ashes

Azula Beastman Ashes

Man-Serpent Ashes

Crystalian Ashes

Kindred of Rot Ashes

Glintstone Sorcerer Ashes

Twinsage Sorcerer Ashes

Godrick Soldier Ashes

Raya Lucaria Soldier Ashes

Leyndell Soldier Ashes

Radahn Soldier Ashes

Haligtree Soldier Ashes

Mausoleum Soldier Ashes

Elden Ring Renowned Spirit Ashes Gallery

Stormhawk Deenh

Banished Knight Oleg Ashes

Banished Knight Engvall Ashes

Bloodhound Knight Floh

Battlemage Hugues Ashes

Latenna the Albinauric

Perfumer Tricia

Depraved Perfumer Carmaan Ashes

Omenkiller Rollo

Blackflame Monk Amon Ashes

Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff Ashes

Redmane Knight Ogha Ashes

Lhutel the Headless

Cleanrot Knight Finlay Ashes

Black Knife Tiche

Mimic Tear Ashes

Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet

Jarwight Puppet

Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet

Nepheli Loux Puppet

Dung Eater Puppet

Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppets

Elden Ring Spirits Comparison Table

Quick Search of All Spirits

Ranking of all Spirit Ashes.

This is a community-editable rank of Spirit Ashes, the objective is to help the community identify the best performing and worst performing Ashes based on their FP consumption and overall viability.

• This tier list has NOT been updated for patch 1.13 (as of 8/8/2024). Please keep that in mind when browsing this tier list. Some ashes may have greatly different placement than what is listed below. As always, use whatever you find fun to use, or suits your situation best.
• For Damage testing, the spirits are fully upgraded and tested against the Draconic Tree Sentinel. Most were left alone against the Tree Sentinel for Damage, but extra capabilities were kept in mind for some Spirit Summons that aren't necessarily all about damage.
• There are multiple Tiers and from best to worst going: S+, S, S-, A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-. S- is the only special category where the summons in this tier usually do something supportive or unique, where the main appeal isn't just the damage they deal. (ex. Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet.)
• If 2 Spirits have roughly the same amount of Damage, Summoning cost will be compared. Currently, (June 2024) there are 84 Spirit Ashes.
• Depending on the Playstyle of the Player and type of Enemy you summon your spirit against, tiers can easily change.
• The most important part to remember is that Spirit Ashes are situational, and the tiering isn't always 100% reflective of every situation. It is best to try out different ashes if one isn't performing well. This tiering is just a general gauge of power and usefulness.

• • Anonymous26 Dec 2025 03:28

    lol I had no idea using spirit ashes was frowned upon til just now reading these comments. I love the internet.

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• • Anonymous22 Dec 2025 03:00

    Some person/team at fromsoftware literally developed 84 F*CKING DIFFERENT Spirit Ashes, some even with unique hidden mechanics (Ogha, Finlay, Deenh, etc), but some dogsh1t lame-a$$ morons think It ruins the game or It is not the "right way", what a bunch of clowns lol

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• • Anonymous05 Dec 2025 11:34

    i sometimes like to cast my mimic with blafemus blade and let him fight the boss while i put down the controller and stroke my shi while i watch the fight . my mimic is called alfredo

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• • Anonymous04 Dec 2025 05:36

    if you didn't use summons then you didn't beat the game because you did not experience the game properly.

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• • Anonymous04 Dec 2025 03:58

    It's a shame that this item encourages low skill play, because new players will choose to rely on Spirit Ashes to do fighting for them instead of actually buildcrafting, or learning enemy parry patterns. It's really a shame because it goes against Miyazaki's intended vision for the game. Really, these items are intended to make Elden Ring a true god gooner game. with them i can finally fulfill my and miyazaki's dream of watching in the corner while two lesbian lovers fight to the death while i cry, beat my meat, and get promptly beheaded. all over the screen mr. hidetaka. all over it. 一陽来復

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• • Anonymous01 Dec 2025 00:30

    Summoning is an under-appreciated art. To those who don’t understand and willfully cast stones, mind your own business. To those of us with curiosity and joy in our hearts, channel the ash. I wish there were more details about the unique interactions that several of the summons have. Like Latenna using enemy wolves as a mount, or the pumpkinhead frenzy mechanic. I guess I’ll have to find all of the cool secrets myself.

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• • Anonymous20 Nov 2025 22:28

    In love with whoever called the putrid corpse a "melee grappler"

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• • Anonymous20 Nov 2025 22:28

    i quite enjoy trying to find a lore/cosplay appropriate spirit ash to use with my builds. Black flame godskin build? Amon it is, Poison/Rot character? rotten strays or the centipede dudes, Quality commanding officer type? Go my battalion of soldiers.

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• • Anonymous20 Nov 2025 03:26

    Still waiting for the Bats & Land Octopus spirit ashes ...

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• • Anonymous17 Nov 2025 02:04

    sporit ases

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• • Anonymous10 Nov 2025 07:42

    for anyone crying that using spirit ashes invalidates your wins, i feel the same way about anyone who leveled up any attribute, wore any armor, equipped any weapon, or used a spell, incantation or flask. git gud scrubs, lvl 1 naked unarmed no death no heal no dodge no jump no torrent runs are the only ones that count.

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• • Anonymous03 Nov 2025 02:00

    base game ashes arent listed except in the listing, pls fixand to anyone talking down on this mechanic:these are awesome for learning bossesand if you think having help ( online or offline ) is bad, I assume you never had actual friends

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• • Anonymous30 Oct 2025 03:52

    It's fine to use it, just know you didnt beat anything and cheated ur way to victory and are less skilled. But it's totally fine to use it if you want.

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• • Anonymous17 Oct 2025 02:16

    It's a shame that this item encourages low skill play, because new players will choose to rely on Spirit Ashes to do fighting for them instead of actually buildcrafting, or learning enemy parry patterns. It's really a shame because it goes against Miyazaki's intended vision for the game. Really, these items are intended to make Elden Ring a true god gooner game. with them i can finally fulfill my and miyazaki's dream of watching in the corner while two lesbian lovers fight to the death while i cry, beat my meat, and get promptly beheaded. all over the screen mr. hidetaka. all over it. 一陽来復

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• • Anonymous17 Oct 2025 00:10

    It's a shame that this item encourages low skill play, because new players will choose to rely on Spirit Ashes to do fighting for them instead of actually buildcrafting, or learning enemy parry patterns. It's really a shame because it goes against Miyazaki's intended vision for the game. Really, these items are intended to make Elden Ring a true god gooner game. with them i can finally fulfill my and miyazaki's dream of watching in the corner while two lesbian lovers fight to the death while i cry, beat my meat, and get promptly beheaded. all over the screen mr. hidetaka. all over it. 一陽来復

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• • Anonymous08 Oct 2025 22:56

    Only time I used spirit ashes in my first playthrough was when fighting the Crucible Knight Duo... my completely un-upgraded skeletal militiamen served as an adequete distraction against the one with the spear. The fact that they respawn (just like the skeleton enemies) is really underrated

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• • Anonymous15 Sep 2025 06:53

    About the ways of the Ashina blade... It's our school of fighting, but there are no hard and fast rules. You just win your battles. That alone is the most important rule of the Ashina style.

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• • Anonymous15 Sep 2025 04:31

    what is a good weapon for radahn

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• • Anonymous29 Aug 2025 02:37

    Why aren't the upgrade materials listed in the individual entries? It would be nice also if they were separated into the two different categories of Standard and Renowned spirits, but that's asking for a lot. This might be the most valuable piece of information though, and it's missing.

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• • Anonymous19 Jul 2025 04:51

    lower my boy page's fp cost cmon

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• • Anonymous18 Jul 2025 07:00

    the pokemon master trainer build is real

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• • Anonymous16 Jul 2025 02:33

    Huw may be not S+++ ashes summon, but I love his fighting style and his wings are pretty

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• • Anonymous03 Jul 2025 02:18

    Where do I get the mimic

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• • Anonymous02 Jul 2025 02:55

    you didn't beat your meat if you used spirit ashes.

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• • Anonymous27 Jun 2025 00:05

    Really wish editors would stop suggesting Tiche for DLC bosses. She gets absolutely RAGDOLLED by some of the more aggressive, hard hitting ones like Gaius or Scadu Avatar, not to mention her standard attacks do pathetic damage (even in the base game) and destined death is nerfed while in the shadow realm. I tried her vs PCR one time and she got demolished long before phase 2 even triggered and had similar results with Gaius. Bosses like Messmer, Rellana, and Romina are highly mobile so she straight up misses most of her normal attacks and whiffs nearly all of her death blades in addition to their attacks knocking her down frequently. She's not the uber-tier summon she used to be.

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• • Anonymous25 Jun 2025 00:45

    Imagine finishing the game higher than SL 120 AND using summons.

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• • Anonymous18 Jun 2025 03:31

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous18 Jun 2025 00:26

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 07:07

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 05:59

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 05:26

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 05:25

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 04:54

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous17 Jun 2025 03:10

    Perfumer Tricia and Stormhawk too ah - they're both perfect if you're a paladin. You protect them and they buff you constantly. Deadly combo

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• • Anonymous11 Jun 2025 05:08

    How it started: oh hey this guy from stormveil!he's gotta be goodHow it's going: my boyfriend is gonna kick your ass >:3How it might end: promised consort oleg, brought back to life by tarnished

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• • Anonymous11 Jun 2025 05:08

    Jellyfish poison buildup goes BRRRRRR

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• • Anonymous04 Jun 2025 07:25

    I'm not saying using spirit ashes all the time is bad, which it isn't, but if you wanna become more skilled at the game, I recommend trying the boss without ashes first, and if after a few attempts you aren't making progress, then you summon a spirit ash

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• • Anonymous29 May 2025 14:11

    When I finish base game + dlc, I'll be going in ng+ and let my summons fight bosses (up until like fire giant). You might call this the Sukuna playthrough - or Jump Ring

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• • Anonymous28 May 2025 22:48

    so many fine shyt sexy girl ashes....

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• • Anonymous28 May 2025 14:19

    Am i the only one that thinks legendary spirits don't really live up to the hype, besides their flavor text reputation?not just their in-game effectiveness, most are also kinda lacking in terms of visual wow-factor imo.I've always wanted a Runebear spirit, though it would be hilariously overkill in terms of dps, stagger & stance-damage.. maybe balance it by toning down its normally super aggro behavior.

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• • Anonymous17 May 2025 22:05

    Spirit Ashes are a great addition but there are too many. There should be less to make their individual function more unique. Maybe no more than 40

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• • Anonymous13 May 2025 12:30

    is it legal for tarnished to have sex with spirit ashes? or is this frowned upon in the lands between

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• • Anonymous13 May 2025 11:54

    YOU hate spirit summons because they turn bosses into punching bagsWHILE I hate spirit summons because i cant get alexander ashes

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• • Anonymous07 May 2025 14:22

    lmao at the people still complaining that using ashes means you didn't beat the game meanwhile the normies their comments are directed at moved onto another game 2 years ago

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• • Anonymous06 May 2025 15:30

    To those who use them by default: you didn't cheat the game, but you cheated yourself. Nothing was risked, nothing was gained and the hollow victory you've achieved is a far cry from what could've been if you trusted yourself more. Don't just skim through the game as if you're consuming a product. There is no rush, you don't have to finish it in a week. Games like Elden Ring are rare, so take your time. Dive into it fully and experience all it has to offer. Explore different options, weapons and styles, and only then call for help. You'll see the difference.

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• • Anonymous06 May 2025 11:09

    Controversial paradoxical system. I've played all Souls games before, offline(no PS+), rarely used npc summons at first, none later. So Spirit Ashes were ambiguous for me. But since my controller is broken and sabotages me, I had to use summons, and oh it makes some fights to become Pacifist tun.Spirits Ashes should COST status parameters (a % of the player stats like HP, SP, AP, all attack and defense, less Souls/Runes as reward) and make the enemy more aggressive to the player. That way the difficulty would be more balanced.

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• • Anonymous03 Apr 2025 09:17

    Just found out about spirit ashes and I won't lie- I'm not all too enamoured with them. They feel like an unnecessary addition, as I felt the standard 'summon outside of a boss gate' is a simpler system that is much easier to balance... this works too, and does what it does well enough, but I felt it was a tad unnecessary when a similar system already existed. I suppose it does help to relieve an unreasonably hard boss? Don't mistake this as me hating the system, just feeling it was redundant or unnecessary. At most I would venture to say that I would have preferred dev time be spent on other things within the game, but that's something everyone can say for almost anything, so I recognize that it is a subjective argument with similarly subjective value. I don't hate spirit ashes, but I don't care for them either.

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• • Anonymous31 Mar 2025 13:18

    want rune bear sad :(

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• • Anonymous26 Mar 2025 13:58

    Ornis below Inquisitor and Tricia???This is the worst noob list I've ever seen. Ornis is at least S and Inquistors is a C tier since they dont even survive Margit or Godrick's first phases.

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• • Anonymous24 Mar 2025 13:56

    Black Flame Monk Amon is goated if you're doing a summon only run where you're the healer/support and you don't want to "cheese" with bleed mimic. Most of his attacks have life drain, which means the boss loses 2% Hp minimum. Great for bosses like Mohg and Fire Giant.He can beat Mohg as long as you hug Mohg to keep agro and dodge his attacks while casting great heals between combos. Make sure to use Golden vow and Protection of the erdtree every 90 seconds to greatly decrease Mohgs fire damage. Blessings boon for bonus life regen.A tier summon without buffing, S tier when buffed up.

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• • Anonymous18 Mar 2025 11:58

    didn't use them outside of gank bosses but in a future playthrough i wanna jump every bosses with my own gank squad for the fun of it.

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• • Anonymous18 Mar 2025 11:52

    Which summon besides mimic tear can realistically beat Radagon and Elden Beast on support build?

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• • Anonymous15 Mar 2025 14:30

    Let's balance the game around the player utilizing the most brain dead AI since Halo 1 marines. Half the time they will just stand there and do nothing, or walk endlessly into a random wall.

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• • Anonymous13 Mar 2025 13:16

    No Minor Erdtree Tree Spirit Guardian Spear Ashes. I am deleting this game.

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• • Anonymous13 Mar 2025 12:17

    :3

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• • Anonymous04 Mar 2025 00:07

    devastated that this page doesn't allow categorization of "special ashes" like roderika's menus do. I got no grave gloveworts but I got a full stack of ghost gloveworts & no "special ashes" to use them on. Si i was gonna come here & find one that i like, but the spirit ashes here are jumbled up so i'd have to click each to see which ones require which resource. that ssucks.

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• • Anonymous01 Mar 2025 13:59

    Should've made it so Carmaan used something with the effects of the Crimson Bubble Tear."While Carmaan never achieved self-revification, his ample knowledge of its studies and the like let him discover a way to concoct potions that mimic the powers that of minor erdtree bounties. Will take advantage of automatic healing flasks in order to save himself from near-death situations without pausing to recover."

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• • Anonymous24 Feb 2025 15:31

    Would you guys have liked if some of the npcs quests rewards were their spirit ashes too? Like Blaidd, Alexander, Millicent, Melina? I'd enjoy it just because at the endgame I kinda feel lonely without their company.

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• • Anonymous24 Feb 2025 15:22

    This list is a pretty accurate representation of what boys’ friend groups look like.

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• • Anonymous22 Feb 2025 14:28

    Soldier ashes (base game)The Godrick GangThe Cool CuckoosThe Raging Radahn RankersThe guys who have a poster of the Raging Radahn Rankers in their room (Leyndell soldiers)

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• • Anonymous21 Feb 2025 20:03

    I'm not saying you didn't beat the game. I'm saying you are a worse person and if people find out about you using summons they will stop being friends with yoy

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• • Anonymous20 Feb 2025 14:45

    People who don’t like spirit ashes, what do you think of the gold summon signs that summon NPCs?PS: keep it civil pls

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• • Anonymous19 Feb 2025 21:01

    is it okay to use summons? I want to use them but I don't want to be considered a cheater

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• • Anonymous14 Feb 2025 23:24

    The Radahn Soldiers are legit beasts. Aside from their health pool they pummel whatever you put them up against with no issues whatsoever. If you want something for "squad missions" though, (e.g. traversing zamor ruins mostly in stealth) the Leyndell soldiers have better survivability at the cost of offensive capability.

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• • Anonymous14 Feb 2025 14:43

    As someone who hasn't used Spirit Ashes since their initial playthrough, mfs really gotta stop acting like taking longer to beat a boss at the net reward of absolutely nothing makes them better at the game. It just doesn't make sense. There's no difficulty setting, style meter or special item you get. Spirit Ash users are factually better at the game than you and me because they're actually engaging with the most powerful mechanic. And if that somehow wounds your ego, you need to rethink how you got to a point where it's based on your performance in Miyazaki's Poison Swamp Simulator 5.

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• • Anonymous10 Feb 2025 13:20

    i say this as someone who beat every remberance boss on ng+. USE SPIRIT ASHES IF YOU WISH!! Seriously, why are people acting like this isn't a ROLE PLAYING GAME, do what you want. If your build involves spirits, then summon, if you want to do it solo, then do it solo. Trying to say someone shoudln't enjoy the game because they don't enjoy the game the way you do, is dumb!! Let people play a game and stop bothering them over their prefered way to play it. So i say, thank you spirit ashes, for allowing more people to play the game.

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• • Anonymous10 Feb 2025 13:20

    I like summons. With them, I can do my slow attacks and my use my cinematic skills and spells. I feel good. I have fun.

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• • Anonymous07 Feb 2025 13:50

    I heard in a short there is a rya snake Spirit is that Fake ? I dont want to kill her there is only the dedicare Thing

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• • Anonymous04 Feb 2025 01:08

    Why did some people say that this game needs easy mode when spirit ashes exist?

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• • Anonymous03 Feb 2025 10:04

    Crystalian B- ?Dude is literally S+ on anything that doesn't use strike damage

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• • Anonymous31 Jan 2025 14:29

    I like how some of the ashes' behavior displays who they were before they passed. Whenever you're fighting a group Oleg will stop fighting his current opponent if you get hit by someone and start wailing on that person instead. Essentially, he's just trying to keep you alive, and is the opposite of red-eyed summons like Ogha.

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• • Anonymous27 Jan 2025 12:43

    No skill required

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• • Anonymous27 Jan 2025 05:11

    every dlc spirit on this page has the wrong fp cost as of right now, look at the individual pages for them instead

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• • Anonymous21 Jan 2025 21:01

    Summons are an optional easy mode. Which is not a bad thing, but a lot of people in the community will get salty over this statement, apparently because it downplays their sense of achievement and pride in beating this "super hard" game. Yes, it's definitely the toughest experience in all fromsoft series on par with Sekiro, but only if you play solo. On my 1st playthrough I was struggling real hard with Malenia, so I decided to use Mimic Tear and rivers of cheese, defeated her instantly, and it felt like I just cheated. There was little to no skill involved, just luck and L2 mashing, no "getting gud" feeling, I regretted it. To this day I wonder how can some people be happy and proud about beating the game like that? If we consider summons to be base game mechanic that everyone should use unless they want to make the game artificially more difficult, then it's really sad

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• • Anonymous20 Jan 2025 12:30

    So, my first FS game was Sekiro. In that game, you were pretty much a guy with a sword. You had some other stuff, but all those tools and skills really took a back seat. Relative to other games, its a pretty limiting moveset, but there was an advantage to this. Every boss could be balanced with that exact play style in mind, and the entire game could be curated exactly for that experience. It was a pretty tightly controlled environment, and if you didn't enjoy it, you were kinda out of luck. Elden Ring, on the other hand, is pretty much the wild west. Your player can essentially do anything, and I think that freedom is a big reason a lot of people resonate with this game. It genuinely is a good thing that so many new players could find a fun time with ER. But, with over 200 bosses and the ability for players to do almost anything, balancing is now much more of a daunting task. You can't really balance your game with the sword guy in mind anymore because there is so much more the player is capable of doing. I don't necessarily believe most bosses were balanced to account for summons, but I do believe many were balanced with summons in mind. They could function as a failsafe which any build could use. For example, if you find yourself in a room with a mandatory fight with 2 godskins, that might be a pretty heinous encounter. But it doesn't have to be, you could always summon to even out the odds. Does Malenia have a particular attack which is disproportionately difficult to dodge at point blank? Well, the player doesn't need to fight every boss at point blank. They can use summons, magic, ranged AOWs or many many other techniques. But rolling and fighting point blank solo has always kind of been the culture of dark souls and, ironically, I think many vets feel sort of left out with this game. I think many of them value the perseverance and time it takes to really learn a boss and "git gud". But now, more so than ever, you don't have to play the way they want you to play. You paid 60 (maybe even 100) dollars for this game, so nobody can force you to appreciate the art in the way that they would want you to. Though, this franchise has always kind of been their table. This is where they could sit and enjoy the art which, at one time, was probably made with them in mind. Now, the table is filling up, maybe with people who don't necessarily have the same values as them. And maybe that's a good thing. But, I think they feel worried that there eventually won't be room for them anymore.

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• • Anonymous20 Jan 2025 12:25

    You want me to consume a finite resource to use most of these? I'll pass thanks.

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• • Anonymous20 Jan 2025 12:25

    why do you have the dlc ashes and base game ashes separate and make us click between tabs just make them one whole list

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• • Anonymous17 Jan 2025 20:52

    If you ever sit around thinking about how other people play a game they spent money on... what is wrong with you? you want to wear 0 armor and poke the bosses with a knife go for it. I dont have 5+ hours per boss to spend ****ing around with this game

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• • Anonymous10 Jan 2025 21:33

    Screw what the elitists say about this! I'm doing a summon only run and it's been really exciting to cheer my spirit squad up when they get a death blow on the boss.

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• • Anonymous04 Jan 2025 03:39

    I get the feeling like most ashes never get used, obviously the wandering nobles are a little far off the beaten path, useless against big enemies (I do mean BEEEG enemies), and have the slowest attack speed known to all living kind. I meant the rats, most puppets, different soldiers and those summons. Mainly because of their low damage output or health. While im not saying for you to use them, what i am saying is not to put down people for using summons. I bet whenever one of you makes a comment on summons being overpowered, you are thinking of tishe and her chunk damage, or the omen killer for his very high damage and stagger output, or mimic tear for, well, yeah. I myself am guilty of using mimic and tiche in my first playthrough. But after getting to Ng+9 with fingerprint greatshield, BB(Blade of blasphemy), Mimic, and bull goat armor, i am trying out new different builds and having fun with very weak summons. Just because there are very overpowered summons out there, don't just take them because you can, if you are doing a soldier build, then, if possible, use the soldier summon and/or caption summon of the same kind. Or if you are doing a magic build be it a warrior or caster, use a crystilian/mad pumpkin for caster builds, and use sorcerers/archers for melee builds. Just because there are powerful summons, plEASe don't talk down to us who use "weak" summons on purpose.

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• • Anonymous03 Jan 2025 04:14

    Was hoping there was an update, but no; people still showing up trying to convince people they’re playing the game wrong by using the most lore-heavy feature of the game.

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• • Anonymous02 Jan 2025 04:32

    If you hate on people who use these. Solaire would hate you.

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• • Anonymous02 Jan 2025 03:42

    I only use skeletons to draw some aggro, they barely do any damage. I feel like the mimic was an unnecessary addition but not faulting anyone who uses it. Games are supposed to be fun after all.

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• • Anonymous02 Jan 2025 03:12

    wait so if i beat the game using noble sorcerer ashes did i not beat the game (depression)

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• • Anonymous31 Dec 2024 04:32

    DIDN'T BEAT THE GAME

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• • Anonymous30 Dec 2024 05:19

    DIDN’T BEAT THE GAME

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• • Anonymous30 Dec 2024 05:17

    While not for everyone, I say thank you for these helpers! I am nearing 70, eyes are not great, never was an ace gamer. So I use summons sometimes to progress. This is a tougher kind of game than I am used to but I have been hooked for several hundred hours. Sometimes I need a crutch, and finding and trying these different summons is also just plain fun.

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• • Anonymous24 Dec 2024 19:37

    Which is closest to an elf for Santa cosplay? Thinking yosh, Demi humans, vulgar militia or Greatshield bois

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• • Anonymous24 Dec 2024 19:28

    summons are perfectly fine to use in my opinion. just don’t claim you beat the boss first try if you used something broken like mimic tear or comet azur. beating the boss in 7 seconds is not an accomplishment.

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• • Anonymous20 Dec 2024 11:57

    What are the Warhawk and Ash Bird ranked below the Demi humans? They fly and have AoE and most bosses can't hit them but will be distracted trying while you get up behind them for some good heavy hit combos. Yes the Demi humans summon a nice distractions of 5 units but against strong bosses they tend to be easily wiped out very quickly leaving you with no support.

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• • Anonymous19 Dec 2024 17:14

    AYO DEENH. I LOVE YOU DEENH.

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• • Anonymous18 Dec 2024 19:28

    Nah guys, using the mushrooms to grow and fire flower to shoot fires balls is cheating, you're only supposed to play as little Mario, this is the real way to play Super Mario games guys.

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• • Anonymous17 Dec 2024 02:56

    one group says don't use them, the other group says you can use them, and the audience that both these opinions are targeted at moved on to a new game 2 years ago.

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• • Anonymous14 Dec 2024 12:55

    nah guys, letting luigi teleport you to the end of the level isnt cheating, its part of the game guys

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• • Anonymous13 Dec 2024 16:00

    Hope they fix the bug where malenia still heals while they are already in the dying animation

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• • Anonymous12 Dec 2024 21:17

    If they ever make Elden Ring 2 and decide to keep the spirit ashes mechanic, I hope that Mimic Tear won't make it there under any circumstances. 80% of the complaints about summons in this game are related to Mimic Tear in one way or another, and while it's technically not always OP, it doesn't change the fact that you can make it ten times more OP than any other spirit ash and it's undeniably superior choice to all of them. The idea of doppelganger summon is so simple and yet it ruins both balance and variety in this game so hard, it's the truth that's impossible to deny.No, I don't want you to not have fun while playing the game you paid 60$ for, there are dozens of interesting summons that you can have fun with, please. We all know people use Mimic Tear only to switch the difficulty to easy mode, there is literally no other reason why you would use it when playing casually...

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• • Anonymous12 Dec 2024 21:17

    I won't say that you didn't beat the game if you used summons, you did beat it on easy mode

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• • Ipaylow12 Dec 2024 05:01

    Only the uncool judge others on what they use in their playthrough. Why not help one another on this lonely journey? Engage in jolly-cooperation!

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• • Anonymous10 Dec 2024 14:01

    For new players, just don't use ashes at all. You are supposed to be up close and personal with the bosses and learn their attacking pattern and thus retaliation strategies. If you use ashes you are actually just ruining your own game experience.

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• • Anonymous10 Dec 2024 13:17

    Keep in mind. Miyazaki himself uses spirit ashes while playing the game.

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