Elden Ring: How to beat Necromancer Garris? Elden Ring guide, walkthrough

On this page of the Elden Ring tutorial you will learn how to defeat Garris, the Necromancer Garris, who can be found in the Altus Plateau, specifically in Sage's Cave.

Last update: 05 March 2024

On this page of the Elden Ring guide, you will learn how to defeat the Necromancer Garris. You will learn how to fight the boss and which attacks you need to watch out for. Additionally, you will read about the potential rewards and find out the boss's location.

• Location
• Reward for defeating
• General tips
• How to defeat?

Location

The boss is located in the Altus Plateau, more specifically in the Sage's Cave.

Reward for defeating

For defeating the Necromancer Garris, you will obtain the Family Heads flail and 9000 Runes.

General tips

1. The boss fight is quite like a regular invader fight. It's a battle between the player and an NPC.
2. Aside from Garris, the arena has a bone snail that will frequently roll towards you and cause damage. It's worth killing it first.
3. Garris uses death magic, so it's best to keep a short distance to prevent him from using rancors all the time.
4. You can easily break his poise by performing heavy or air attacks.
5. It's possible to parry Garris if he attacks with his flail.
6. You can summon any spirit ashes during the fight.

How to defeat?

The fight is quite simple, as long as you don't let him use death magic. Deal with the bone opponent first, as it will make it much more difficult for you to fight the boss. It has little health, so it should die quickly.

When you are separated by a long distance, he will start using rancors all the time. There are a lot of projectiles, but they move slowly and aren't very good at targeting you, so sprinting or dodging quickly is sometimes enough to avoid them. However, if you are running away from them, run towards the boss.

Apart from standard attacks and death magic, there isn't much more to the boss. Just do what you can to attack him with all you have. Garris doesn't have much health. You should be able to kill him in a few hits and thus win the fight.