Elden Ring: Cemetery Shade (Caelid Catacombs) Boss Fight

As you probably know, bosses in Elden Ring are divided into three tiers. From lowest to highest: Field Bosses, Greater Enemy Bosses and finally Demigods and Legends.

Cemetery Shade is in the lowest tier, Field Bosses, and is the end boss of the Caelid Catacombs dungeon in Caelid. Like most lesser bosses in the game, this one is optional in the sense that you do not need to kill it in order to advance the main story.

This boss appears to be a pitch-black shadowy humanoid. It has several nasty tricks, but the worst one is the rapid multiple slashes it will do when too close, as that is hugely damaging and kills at least one careless Tarnished every year, maybe more, so be careful with that.

I have faced this type of boss before and therefore I know that it is critically weak to Holy damage, so my Sacred Blade Ash of War really shines here. So much in fact that I decided to slow down a bit and see what the boss would actually do before I finished it off, just to make it a slightly more interesting video.

The part where it grabbed me and then apparently tried to suck out my brain was new to me. I guess I’ve killed the previous Cemetery Shades too quickly or maybe the other ones sucked out the part of my brain that remembered they did it. But no matter, it won’t find much good to suck out as my brain has obviously been completely corrupted by heavy metal music and violent video games at this point ;-)

Fan art inspired by this boss fight

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Cemetery Shade boss in Caelid Catacombs, moments before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Cemetery Shade in the eerie Caelid Catacombs, moments before combat begins. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor confronting the Cemetery Shade boss in Elden Ring's Caelid Catacombs, with expanded background detail. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide anime-style view of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor cautiously approaching the Cemetery Shade amid skulls and torchlit pillars in the Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime style wide scene of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor stepping closer to the glowing-eyed Cemetery Shade inside the torchlit Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark fantasy illustration of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor confronting the Cemetery Shade in Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

Grey-blue toned anime scene of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor closing in on the glowing-eyed Cemetery Shade inside the Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark fantasy scene of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the shadowy Cemetery Shade in the cold, grey-blue Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark fantasy illustration of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor confronting the Cemetery Shade in Caelid Catacombs from an elevated isometric view. Click or tap the image for more information.

Isometric dark fantasy view of the Tarnished confronting the Cemetery Shade amid skulls and pillars in the Caelid Catacombs. Click or tap the image for more information.

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