How to beat the Elden Ring Nightreign Gaping Jaw, aka Adel, Baron of Night

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In Elden Ring Nightreign, the boss known as Adel, Baron of Night – who resembles a massive dragon with an oddly positioned head – is often referred to as the Gaping Jaw boss. Conquering this colossal figure isn’t simple, but exploiting its poison vulnerability and its difficulty in keeping up with ranged characters can give you an edge. It’s likely that most players will encounter and defeat this boss second in Elden Ring Nightreign, however, don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s an easy fight.

To assist you in achieving triumph, we’ve defeated Adel, Lord of Shadows numerous times and analyzed the data to provide you with a comprehensive guide for mastering this boss battle, including hints, vulnerabilities, and strategies. Here’s how to conquer the Gaping Jaw in Nightreign and emerge victorious against this grotesque terror.

How to beat Gaping Jaw in Elden Ring Nightreign

To conquer Adel, also known as the Gaping Jaw in Elden Ring Nightreign, let me provide an overview of its vulnerabilities and strategies for defeating this beast before we delve deeper.

1. Adel is weak against Fire attacks. Make use of weapons or spells that inflict fire damage when engaging with it.
2. Dodge its massive jaws by moving around quickly, and strike back when it opens wide for an attack.
3. Watch out for its powerful tail swipe – move away swiftly to avoid getting hit.
4. Keep your guard up as it can spit poisonous slime, which can be harmful if you’re caught in its area of effect.
5. Take advantage of any openings or patterns in its attack sequence to land critical hits and wear down its health.

  • Weaknesses: Poison, and to a lesser extent Frostbite and Sleep
  • Best Classes/Build: Evasive ranged classes that can inflict the status effects listed above, like Ironeye and Duchess
  • Boss attack types: Physical, Lightning and Bleed
  • Phases: 2 (triggers at 50% health)

Similar to the previous battle against the Nightreign Tricephalos in Elden Ring, it is advisable to ensure that your character is at least level 9 and equipped with one of the top poison-dealing weapons from Elden Ring Nightreign.

Before the boss fight

Prior to starting the run, ensure your character’s class relics are checked and chosen from the Elden Ring Nightreign classes. In an ideal scenario, Gaping Jaw should be approached with ranged attacks and agility since it performs wide sweeps and charges that can easily knock down players attempting to block. However, it has difficulty knocking down quicker opponents. A distant sniper like Ironeye or Recluse, or a swift fighter such as the Elden Ring Nightreign Duchess, would be effective in this encounter. Arm them with relics that enhance Poison effects for a solid advantage at the start of the run.

From then on, focus on locations where potent toxic projectiles are most likely to be deployed, and prioritize items of at least rare quality, if not epic, for the ensuing battle. Any tools that assist in minimizing bleeding would also prove beneficial.

Fighting the Gaping Jaw

In the initial stages of combat, the formidable creature known as The Gaping Jaw charges aggressively towards players, often targeting their heads. Its wide-open maw is capable of capturing players and causing significant bleeding damage, regardless of whether they’re blocking or not. To counter this, it’s essential to be quick and nimble, dodging the easily predictable attacks while inflicting status effects from a secure distance. Interestingly, The Gaping Jaw can heal itself as it bites you!

When you’re controlling a close-combat character, it’s crucial to focus on stamina conservation while dodging and striking at their weak spots. The Elden Ring Nightreign Revenant might score some victories by summoning spirits, but beware – the beast could easily trample over them instead.

In Phase 2, Adel starts incorporating electric attacks into its assaults, also unleashing vast area-of-effect strikes and erratic, sweeping motions to confuse players. Prepare for a longer phase as you’ll need to adopt a more defensive strategy, and be mindful of the ground: if it shows signs of cracking, it’s about to explode beneath you.

Tricks and tips

To wrap things up, here are some fundamental tips and techniques that many players might find useful when facing the Gaping Jaw!

  • If poisoned, the Jaw becomes toxic itself. While poison devastates Adel’s health, it also causes it to leave poisonous pools in its wake, which you’ll need to be careful of!
  • You can jump over the cracked ground. The explosive AOEs it creates in phase 2 can be rolled away from, but jumping also gets you free of the danger zone.
  • Stay at the back! If you’re a melee fighter, stay away from the mouth. It goes without saying that’s always the most dangerous spot, but keep in mind that Adel can spin around quickly and without much warning.
  • Adel is immune to Scarlet Rot. Despite the weakness to similar status effects, the Gaping Jaw cannot be hurt by this.
  • Save your consumables for phase 2 if possible. The increased difficulty of landing damage (and thus longer time period) of the Baron of Night’s second phase means you’ll want to have your resources ready for that.

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2025-05-30 01:18