Elden Ring: Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk (Sellia, Town of Sorcery) 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.

Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk are in the lowest tier, Field Bosses, and are found behind a fog door in the North-Western part of Sellia, Town of Sorcery in Caelid. Like most lesser bosses in the game, these are optional in the sense that you do not need to kill them in order to advance the main story.

Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk are a pair of bosses protecting one of those huge thrones that you may have come across before. And you know that the throne hides a juicy treasure chest that will become available when the bosses are dead.

I found it to be a fairly simple fight. None of them are too fast or aggressive, so even though there are two of them, it’s quite easily manageable. As usual when facing multiple enemies, I find what works best is to focus one of them down as fast as possible to make the rest of the fight simpler.

I play as a mostly Dexterity build. My melee weapon is the Guardian’s Swordspear with Keen affinity and Sacred Blade Ash of War. My ranged weapons are Longbow and Shortbow. I was rune level 77 when this video was recorded. I’m not really sure if that would be considered appropriate, but the difficulty of the game seems reasonable to me. I typically don’t grind levels, but I do very thoroughly explore each area before moving on and then gain whatever Runes that provide. I play entirely solo, so I’m not looking to stay within a certain level range for matchmaking. I don’t want mind-numbing easy-mode, but I’m also not looking for anything too challenging as I get enough of that at work and in life outside of gaming. I play games to have fun and relax, not to be stuck on the same boss for days ;-)

Fan art inspired by this boss fight

Anime style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in the misty ruins of Sellia Town of Sorcery, moments before combat. Click or tap the image for more information.

Wide anime style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing the Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in Sellia Town of Sorcery, with ruined gothic buildings and blue flames in the background. Click or tap the image for more information.

Dark fantasy illustration of the Tarnished with a glowing red dagger facing the Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in the ruined streets of Sellia Town of Sorcery under a stormy sky. Click or tap the image for more information.

Isometric dark fantasy view of the Tarnished with a glowing red dagger facing the Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in the ruined streets of Sellia Town of Sorcery at night. Click or tap the image for more information.

Anime-style fan art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor facing Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in Sellia Town of Sorcery. Click or tap the image for more information.

Realistic fantasy art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor confronting Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in Sellia Town of Sorcery. Click or tap the image for more information.

Realistic fantasy art of the Tarnished in Black Knife armor confronting Nox Swordstress and Nox Monk in Sellia Town of Sorcery with expanded background. Click or tap the image for more information.

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