In the base game of Elden Ring, Death Rite Birds are wild bosses that appear in various locations throughout the game. They also give you runes and unique items as rewards after you defeat them.

In Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, you can fight a new type of Death Rite Birds, but the battle is no less difficult. Because Death Rite Birds’ attacks are very difficult to dodge. Once they hit, they will cause a lot of damage to you and even cause frostbite.

So do you need to learn some combat strategies? Then follow some strategies for Death Rite Birds in this guide, so that you can defeat them more easily!

Death Rite Birds Location

Death Rite Birds are located next to Charo’s Hidden Grave site of grace, and there are some bird statue enemies as backup for Death Rite Birds. Once you cross the border of this area, they will appear behind a ball of blue fire.

Before facing the real boss, you can spend less time on the secondary enemies to make it easier for you later in the game. The best way is to just walk away and ignore these enemies. The fewer they are in total, the fewer annoying pests you will have to deal with, so you can also focus on the real boss later.

During the boss battle, Death Rite Birds will make more bird statues hurt more. So you have to be wary of other enemies that appear during the battle.

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How To Defeat Death Rite Bird?

In fact, Death Rite Birds is not the most tough enemy in Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, but it may be a little difficult for players who are not familiar with its moves.

It can move to your side quickly and use ghostflames to cause you a lot of damage. In addition to this, it will stay on the ground for a while, so remember to avoid these places.

Death Ritual Bird’s Moves

Basic Attack: When you approach the bird, it will fly up and swing its staff or launch a wide-area attack. It may also lean its head back and peck you, initiating a devastating grab attack animation. These attacks can be easily avoided by throwing itself into the attack, giving the player a chance to punish the enemy afterwards.

Ghost Flame Ignition Skill (Normal Attack): The boss will ignite Ghostflame and swing its weapon around, creating a wave of blue flames in a straight line. This only happens if you are far away. The attack can be avoided by running to the side or dodging to the side at the right time.

Ghost Flame Ignition Skill (Heavy Attack): The boss will ignite Ghostflame and slam his staff into it, causing an explosion. You can avoid the attack by running behind the enemy or by seeing the flame ignite and getting away.

Explosive Ghost Flame: Death Ritual Birds will charge up its staff and slam it into the ground, causing a fairly gigantic explosion. You can run away and counter the attack using ranged weapons, spells, or ranged consumables.

Ghostflame Feather Barrage: The bird will spread its wings and fire off Ghostflame feathers, chasing you and staggering them with each hit, taking away their HP at a very fast pace. Run to the side or summon a treant to run to the side to avoid the attack.

Effective Strategies

If you want to end the fight with Death Ritual Birds as quickly as possible, here are some effective strategies you can try based on its moves:

• Before starting the battle, summon a sturdy Spirit Ash that can withstand the blows and eliminate the birds scattered around the arena.
• Attack the boss a few times while it’s spawning, then retreat and let the birds you summoned attract attacks.
• Spam your weapons and spells and keep an eye on your surroundings to make sure no enemies are approaching. Then get ready to summon a treant to escape or dodge any sudden attacks from the boss.

Besides the above strategies, you also need to note that Death Ritual Birds are not immune to Scarlet Rot, so you can equip some weapons or builds with Lightning and Pierce damage.

In addition, for the choice of weapons, you can choose ranged weapons, among which the best choices are Bolt of Gransax and Sacred Relic Blade.

Death Rite Bird Boss Rewards

When you finally defeat Death Rite Bird, it will drop 230,000 Elden Ring Runes and the powerful Ash of War Ghostflame Call. Using this item on the right weapon can help you build a powerful build around Frostbite effect, which is also the most easily overlooked status effect in the game.

After reading this guide, have you gained some confidence in defeating Death Rite Bird? I hope you can have fun playing Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC and explore more interesting storylines!