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Elden Ring: Night's Cavalry (Bellum Highway) Boss Fight

Published: June 6, 2025 at 1:59:45 PM UTC
Last updated: January 23, 2026 at 11:50:12 PM UTC

Night’s Cavalry is in the lowest tier of bosses in Elden Ring, Field Bosses, and is found outdoors on the Bellum Highway area in Liurnia of the Lakes, but only at night. 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.


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.

If you think this boss looks familiar it’s probably because you have seen it before, as these black knights patrol at nighttime in several places throughout the Lands Between.

Now, at the start of this fight I could tell you that I wanted to show you a lot of the attacks this boss is capable of, which is why it takes me ages to kill it, but the truth of the matter is that I’m just not very good at judging the distance to fast moving targets, so I slice a lot of holes in the air in this one.

I’m sure that the Night’s Cavalry bosses are supposed to be fought on horseback, but I just don’t seem to be able to get the hang of that at all and I really don’t enjoy it. It feels awkward and like I’m in much less control of my character than when I’m on foot, so I prefer the latter, even if it’s sub-optimal in many situations.

The various members of the Night’s Cavalry you will encounter in the game carry different kinds of weapons, and this particular one is wielding the Nightrider Glaive, which has an unpleasantly long reach and seems to have an uncanny ability to home in on my face.

As usual, the boss will charge around on its horse and make a huge fuss, so if fighting it on foot like I do, you generally have to wait for the boss to come to you as you can’t chase it down. One strategy that I have used several times now is to kill the horse first, at which point the rider will fall to the ground and be vulnerable to a critical attack that will make a really nice and large dent in its health pool. It’s probably not the fastest strategy, but it is hugely satisfying and being slow matches my shield.

And okay, calling it a strategy is perhaps a bit much, it’s more along the lines of me swinging my weapon around wildly, missing the boss and hitting the horse instead. But if it works it works and there is no such thing as a bad win.

If you do manage to dismount the boss, be careful not to get too far away from him, as he can and will summon a brand new horse and chase after you again if you don’t stay in melee distance. I guess he’s too high and mighty to stay on his feet and fight fair.

In this particular case, I did indeed manage to get a critical hit on him and finish him off that way. His weak spot when on the ground is his face, so you need to get close to that as soon as he’s down to pull it off.

Fan art inspired by this boss fight

Anime-style fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor cautiously facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway at night, moments before combat begins.
Anime-style fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor cautiously facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway at night, moments before combat begins. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left, seen from behind, facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway moments before battle.
Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left, seen from behind, facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway moments before battle. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left facing a much larger Night’s Cavalry on horseback on the misty Bellum Highway at night.
Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left facing a much larger Night’s Cavalry on horseback on the misty Bellum Highway at night. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, with a wider view revealing cliffs, mist, and a starry night sky.
Anime-style Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, with a wider view revealing cliffs, mist, and a starry night sky. Click or tap the image for more information.

Semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on horseback on the misty Bellum Highway at night.
Semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on horseback on the misty Bellum Highway at night. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, with a wide view of cliffs, mist, and a starry night sky.
Dark, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing a towering Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, with a wide view of cliffs, mist, and a starry night sky. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing a much closer Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, moments before combat.
Dark, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing a much closer Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway, moments before combat. Click or tap the image for more information.

Elevated, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished below facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway from a high, isometric-like perspective at night.
Elevated, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished below facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway from a high, isometric-like perspective at night. Click or tap the image for more information.

Landscape-oriented, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway from an elevated, isometric-like view at night.
Landscape-oriented, semi-realistic Elden Ring fan art showing the Tarnished on the left facing the Night’s Cavalry on Bellum Highway from an elevated, isometric-like view at night. Click or tap the image for more information.

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