Sourcemined
Elden Ring
BossVolcano ManorChanged in 1 patchVerified on build 25080141

God-Devouring Serpent

30,439 HP at Volcano Manor · Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Standard and the least from Fire.

HP (NG)
30,439
HP in NG+7
53,866
Stance
120
Weakest to
Standard 10%
Resists most
Fire 80%
Nearest grace
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy

Where you fight it 1

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

PlaceHPStanceScaling
Volcano Manor · Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy30,439120×4.844

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard10%
Slash10%
Strike35%
Pierce10%
Magic40%
Fire80%
Lightning20%
Holy40%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Physical115
Magic115
Fire115
Lightning115
Holy115

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison5578471,3041,304
Scarlet Rot5578471,3041,304
Bleed5578471,3041,304
Frost248290388678
Sleep5578471,3041,304
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Volcano Manor · Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
30,43938,47542,32344,24746,17050,01851,94253,866

How its AI decides verified

  • It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 10 m, 15 m, 17 m, 20 m, 25 m, 30 m, 35 m, 40 m.
  • It chooses among 34 attack routines; 22 have a cooldown (8–35 s).

Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits God-Devouring Serpent takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

Simulate God-Devouring Serpent

Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

  1. 1.02.1from 1.00
    • HP5,585→6,284
    • Standard negation20%→10%
    • Slash negation20%→10%
    • Strike negation40%→35%
    • Pierce negation20%→10%

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