Sourcemined
Elden Ring
BossScadu AltusGravesite PlainVerified on build 25080141

Red Bear

Fought in 9 places, from 681 HP to 24,476 HP at Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West: each place carries its own area scaling. It takes the most damage from Lightning and the least from Standard.

HP (NG)
681–24,476
HP in NG+7
70,248
Stance
100
Weakest to
Lightning -25%
Resists most
Standard 0%
Nearest grace
Scadu Altus, West
Red Bear, rendered from the game's 3D model
Rendered from the game's model

How Red Bear fights

At Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West, its toughest placement: 24,476 HP.

Attacks from the game files

The attacks it picks on its own, most used first. Damage is the attack power of its strongest hit at this placement, before your defense and negation.

AttackParryBlockDamage
Strike1 hit · first hit after 0.7 sNoYes839strike
Slash1 hit · first hit after 1.2 sNoYes839slash
Slash + 2 projectiles (1)3 hits · first hit after 1.6 sNoYes1,067slash
1 more attack it chains after another one
AttackParryBlockDamage
Slash + 2 projectiles (2)3 hits · first hit after 0.7 sNoYes1,067slash

Parry: whether a parry works on it (for combos, which hits). Block: whether a shield stops it; grabs go through.

Attack choice by distance from its battle script

How often it opens with each attack at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 2 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).

  • Strike
  • Slash
  • Slash + 2 projectiles (1)
  • Other attacks and moves
Show as a table
DistanceMost likely picks
under 2.5 mSlash 40% · Strike 40% · Slash + 2 projectiles (1) 20%
under 2.5 mSlash 60% · Moving or other actions 20% · Slash + 2 projectiles (1) 20%
2.5–5 mSlash + 2 projectiles (1) 40% · Moving or other actions 20% · Slash 20%
2.5–5 mSlash 40% · Moving or other actions 20% · Slash + 2 projectiles (1) 20%
5–10 mMoving or other actions 40% · Strike 40% · Slash + 2 projectiles (1) 20%
5–10 mMoving or other actions 60% · Slash + 2 projectiles (1) 20% · Strike 20%
10–20 mMoving or other actions 60% · Strike 40%
10 m +Moving or other actions 60% · Strike 40%
20 m +Moving or other actions 100%
Attacks
4
With a cooldown
6 5–20 s
Walk in before attacking
3 from up to 6 m

What hurts it most

  1. Lightning-25% +25%
  2. Standard0%
  3. Slash0% ±0
  4. Strike0% ±0
  5. Pierce0% ±0
  6. Magic0% ±0
  7. Fire0% ±0
  8. Holy0% ±0

Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.

Status procs to kill it

Status1st procHP per procProcs to kill
Bleed2973,77178,230 buildup
Frost2972,4781015,892 buildup
Poison2972,1721221,000 buildup
Scarlet Rot2975,31553,122 buildup

From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.

Attacks, their hits, parry and block, grabs and damage are read from the boss's animation events and attack data; when it picks them, from its battle script. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.

Video: Red Bear

Where to Find Red Bear (Northern Nameless Masoleum) [Location Guide] · Meta Game Guides · Watch on YouTube

Where you fight it 9

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
Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West · one entry of this fight681—×1
Gravesite Plain · Gravesite Plain4,798—×7.047
Foot of the Jagged Peak · Grand Altar of Dragon Communion ×26,597—×9.688
Scadu Altus · Castle Watering Hole ×36,831—×10.031
Scadu Altus · Moorth Ruins ×26,831—×10.031
Scadu Altus · Recluses' River Upstream ×96,831—×10.031
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Viaduct Minor Tower8,959—×13.156
Scaduview · Hinterland ×28,959—×13.156
Scaduview · Scadutree Base ×48,959—×13.156
Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West · one entry of this fight24,476100×15.781

Damage negation

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

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West, Gravesite Plain · Gravesite Plain, Foot of the Jagged Peak · Grand Altar of Dragon Communion and 6 more

Standard-40%
Slash-40%
Strike-40%
Pierce-40%
Magic-40%
Fire-100%
Lightning-40%
Holy-40%

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West

Standard0%
Slash0%
Strike0%
Pierce0%
Magic0%
Fire0%
Lightning-25%
Holy0%

Flat defense

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

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West

Physical100
Magic100
Fire100
Lightning100
Holy100

Gravesite Plain · Gravesite Plain

Physical121
Magic121
Fire121
Lightning121
Holy121

Foot of the Jagged Peak · Grand Altar of Dragon Communion, Scadu Altus · Recluses' River Upstream, Scadu Altus · Castle Watering Hole and 1 more

Physical122
Magic122
Fire122
Lightning122
Holy122

Scaduview · Hinterland, Scaduview · Scadutree Base, Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Viaduct Minor Tower

Physical124
Magic124
Fire124
Lightning124
Holy124

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West

Physical125
Magic125
Fire125
Lightning125
Holy125

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).

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison6384112154
Scarlet Rot6384112154
Bleed6384112154
Frost6384112154
Sleep6384112154
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Gravesite Plain · Gravesite Plain

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison158179207249
Scarlet Rot158179207249
Bleed158179207249
Frost158179207249
Sleep158179207249
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Foot of the Jagged Peak · Grand Altar of Dragon Communion

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison165186214256
Scarlet Rot165186214256
Bleed165186214256
Frost165186214256
Sleep165186214256
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Scadu Altus · Recluses' River Upstream, Scadu Altus · Castle Watering Hole, Scadu Altus · Moorth Ruins

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison166187215257
Scarlet Rot166187215257
Bleed166187215257
Frost166187215257
Sleep166187215257
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Scaduview · Hinterland, Scaduview · Scadutree Base, Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Viaduct Minor Tower

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison178199227269
Scarlet Rot178199227269
Bleed178199227269
Frost178199227269
Sleep178199227269
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West

Status1st proc2nd3rd4th
Poison297386526725
Scarlet Rot297386526725
Bleed297386526725
Frost297386526725
SleepImmune
MadnessImmune
Death BlightImmune

HP in each journey

At Scadu Altus · Scadu Altus, West: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NGNG+1NG+2NG+3NG+4NG+5NG+6NG+7
24,47650,17755,19557,70360,21265,23067,73970,248

Drops

Chance per kill at 100 Discovery (Arcane and items raise it), and at higher Discovery for the drops it affects.

Scaduview · Scadutree Base

Red Bear drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Beast Horn25%40%50%57.1%9
Lump of Flesh25%40%50%57.1%9
Hefty Beast Bone47.5%59.4%64.8%67.9%4
Hefty Beast Bone ×210%12.5%13.6%14.3%22
Hefty Beast Bone ×32.5%3.13%3.41%3.57%91
Beast Blood5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45

This enemy rolls 4 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Scaduview · Hinterland, Scaduview · Scadutree Base

Red Bear drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Lump of Flesh25%40%50%57.1%9
Hefty Beast Bone47.5%59.4%64.8%67.9%4
Hefty Beast Bone ×210%12.5%13.6%14.3%22
Hefty Beast Bone ×32.5%3.13%3.41%3.57%91
Beast Blood5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45

This enemy rolls 3 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Viaduct Minor Tower

Red Bear drops
ItemChanceAt 200 DiscoveryAt 300 DiscoveryAt 400 DiscoveryKills for 90%
Spirit Calculus6%11.3%16.1%20.3%38
Beast Horn25%40%50%57.1%9
Lump of Flesh25%40%50%57.1%9
Hefty Beast Bone47.5%59.4%64.8%67.9%4
Hefty Beast Bone ×210%12.5%13.6%14.3%22
Hefty Beast Bone ×32.5%3.13%3.41%3.57%91
Beast Blood5%9.52%13.6%17.4%45

This enemy rolls 5 drop tables on each kill (its own and the ones that follow it), each on its own.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Red Bear 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.

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