An Elden Ring player defeated the tough endgame boss Godfrey using only a pair of daggers and without getting hit. Elden Ring has been out for a while now, so players have reached the point in its life cycle when the most experienced are showing off in the most entertaining and unique ways possible. Killing a hard boss without taking a hit and using one of the more unglamorous weapon types in the game, and all in just over a minute, falls under that category.
Elden Ring isn’t exactly forthcoming with its narrative objectives. But one thing the game makes abundantly clear is that the player is trying to become the Elden Lord. One of the hurdles players have to overcome to become Elden Lord is to defeat the very first Elden Lord, a large man named Godfrey who has a spectral tiger on his back named Beast Regent Serosh. Godfrey is one of the few main bosses Elden Ring players face twice, and just one member of a gauntlet of bosses players are expected to defeat one after another in the game’s final hours to officially roll credits. As such, he can be a bit tricky, as his tactics change radically between his first and second phases.
Only an experienced player, as Reddit user DaddyWhoGames appears to be, can slice through Godfrey with only two daggers while taking no damage in Elden Ring and with no assistance in less time than it takes to microwave popcorn. DaddyWhoGames appears to be using two powerful daggers, one in each hand: Reduvia in the right hand and the Great Knife in the left, both of which inflict a ton of Blood Loss damage to enemies. The only reason DaddyWhoGames takes any damage at all is that inflicting Blood Loss on an enemy consumes a chunk of the player’s health bar.
Blood Loss weapons can make the margin of error thin. The trick to surviving such a fight is impeccable defensive timing, which DaddyWhoGames has plenty of. In the first phase, Godfrey swings and smashes with an enormous battleax, occasionally switching things up with a stone-cracking stomp to throw the player off balance. DaddyWhoGames swiftly dodges every chop and stomp with ease. In his second phase, Godfrey ditches the axe and takes a barehanded grappler approach. DaddyWhoGames makes phase two seem even easier by confidently and calmly walking around the grapples to inflict enough damage to down Godfrey. Once prone, a righteous backstab eats a huge chunk of Godfrey’s life bar, leaving him only a few paltry swings of a dagger away from defeat.
Reduvia on its own can carry a player through most of the game. Adding the Great Knife to the mix, which is itself one of Elden Ring’s best daggers outside Reduvia, means a player is dedicating themselves to a life of impeccable dodge and jump timing to avoid damage. All this is made even more impressive when armor is factored in, as the only way DaddyWhoGames could have been nimble enough to dodge and strike effectively is by wearing lighter armor that doesn’t eat as much damage as heavier sets.
Elden Ring is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
