After 2 Years, Elden Ring Fan Finally Shares How to Cheese the Toughest Bloody Finger Battle That Gave us All Nightmares (2024)

Speedrunners are going to love this trick.

Written by: Viraaj

Reviewed by: Rishabh

After 2 Years, Elden Ring Fan Finally Shares How to Cheese the Toughest Bloody Finger Battle That Gave usAllNightmares (1)

SUMMARY

  • The Great Jar in Elden Ring offers a tough challenge where you fight 3 knights consecutively without resting.
  • Online players face knights with random builds based on other players, while offline players fight knights with set builds (Mage, Dexterity Warrior, Strength Warrior).
  • A resourceful player discovered a "cheese" method to make the knights fall off the cliff by luring them to the edge, making the fight effortless and winnable in under 1.5 minutes.

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Elden Ring‘s vast and treacherous world offers numerous challenges for players to overcome in return for glorious rewards. Among these is the bizarre Great Jar, a colossal stationary jar guarding a ruined castle in the poison-laced Caelid region.

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This jar offers up a challenge where the player has to defeat three knights consecutively without leaving the area of backing out to a Site of Grace. It’s quite tough, but one player has figured out an ingenious loophole to “cheese” the challenge effortlessly.

How The Great Jar Challenge Works, And What It Rewards

After 2 Years, Elden Ring Fan Finally Shares How to Cheese the Toughest Bloody Finger Battle That Gave usAllNightmares (2)

Reaching the Great Jar is no easy feat. While initially visible from a distance, attempting to jump down from the cliffside above leads to a swift demise. The key lies in the Siofra River Well, located in Mistwood near the Minor Erdtree. Descending this elevator transports players to the underground Siofra River.

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Here, travelling northwards will show you another elevator that ascends back to Caelid. After emerging above ground, follow the path and eliminate the bow-wielding giants along the way. This path ultimately leads you to the imposing figure of the Great Jar.

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The Great Jar itself offers no verbal response, but three summon signs appear behind you upon interacting with it. These signs summon ‘Knights of the Great Jar’ for a series of duels, but with a novel mechanic. Online players face Knights wielding randomized equipment sets based on those of other real players.

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Offline players, however, face Knights with pre-determined builds, namely a Mage, a Dexterity Warrior, and a Strength Warrior. Upon defeating all three Knights, the Great Jar honors you with the Great-Jar’s Arsenal Talisman, which increases your maximum equip load by a substantial 19%.

One Elden Ring Player Beat The Knights In Under 2 Minutes

After 2 Years, Elden Ring Fan Finally Shares How to Cheese the Toughest Bloody Finger Battle That Gave usAllNightmares (4)

As is typical with FromSoftware fans, one Elden Ring player figured out a hilariously simple yet brilliant method to win the challenge without swinging their weapon at the Knights even once. Posted on the r/eldenring community on Reddit, the clip shows a highly effective cheese method for the Great Jar challenge.

Cheesing Great Jar Warriors in 2024. Ahhh brings make so many sweet memories of the dark forest in DS1
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It’s basically a matter of getting the enemy Knight stuck against the invisible white wall that barricades you into the play area, and then luring it towards the edge of the cliff face as you drop to a protruding section.

The Knight will continually try to attack you and at some point, shift forward and fall to its demise à la Kratos at the end of God of War (2005). This method can be reproduced with the subsequent enemy Knights as well, and net you the Talisman in less than a minute and a half if the attempt is pitch perfect.

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The Great Jar’s challenge is undeniably unique and somewhat funny considering it’s offered by a literal big jar, but offers a rewarding experience for players who dare to face it in a legitimate manner.

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However, if you want to simply cheese through the battles in as little time as possible and acquire the spoils, there’s now a method that caters perfectly to you.

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A lifelong gamer, lover of cars, and Master's student of Automotive Journalism, Viraaj Bhatnagar is a gaming writer at FandomWire who aims to be one of the greats. When he's not hunched over on his laptop typing out copy, he can be found lapping circuits in Gran Turismo or slaying draugr in God of War.

After 2 Years, Elden Ring Fan Finally Shares How to Cheese the Toughest Bloody Finger Battle That Gave us All Nightmares (2024)

FAQs

How to get more festering bloody finger Elden Ring? ›

Location Found/Purchased. One-time consumable versions of this item, known as Festering Bloody Fingers, can be obtained in the following ways: 10 can be bought from Patches for 1,000 Runes each. 5 can be bought from the Nomadic Merchant in the Mistwood near Fort Haight in Limgrave for 1,000 Runes.

How to use the Bloody Finger in Elden Ring? ›

Elden Ring Bloody Finger Guide

You can attempt to invade another player's world. If you successfully invade, invasion multiplayer will begin, with you as a Bloody Finger. (Your goal will be to defeat the Host of Fingers). Killing the Host of Fingers will grant the invader a Rune Arc and a Furlcalling Finger Remedy.

What is the difference between recusant and bloody finger? ›

The only differences are purely cosmetic, such as the invader's title being "Recusant" instead of "Bloody Finger", the afformentioned Recusant variant of the Phantom Finger, as well as a unique background song playing when the Recusant engages the Host.

What makes bleed stronger in Elden Ring? ›

Elden Ring Bleed Build: Stats and Class. For a badass Bleed build with stacks of damage, you'll want to primarily focus on putting levels into Arcane, Dexterity, and Vigor. It's also always worth putting some levels into Endurance. Arcane is the bread and butter of this build.

What's the difference between festering bloody finger and bloody finger? ›

Bloody Finger is a reusable, online-only tool in Elden Ring. This item can be used as many times as the player wishes, unlike Festering Bloody Fingers which are consumed upon use and need to be replenished.

Where is the invader in bloody finger? ›

Where to find Bloody Finger Nerijus:
  • Players can encounter Bloody Finger Nerijus Invades on the ravine leading north-east from Agheel Lake, toward Murkwater Catacombs. [ Map Link]
  • Bloody Finger Hunter Yura is automatically summoned to aid you during the fight.
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Are Festering Bloody Fingers limited? ›

No, the invasion sign remains until you defeat him - even if you advance Varre's quest to completion. phew! You can get infinite Festering Bloody Fingers from a Merchant in the Altus Plateau.

What finger does Varre give you? ›

Varré will perform a ritual that seems to cause your character great pain, then make some creepy comments and provide you with an infinitely reusable invasion item, the Bloody Finger. Speak to him again and he'll add the Pureblood Knight's Medal, the key to gaining audience with the Lord of Blood.

How do you hemorrhage in Elden Ring? ›

To effectively use Bleed weapons, all you have to do is attack your opponent with several hits in a row, and they'll suddenly suffer a massive blow when the Hemorrhage effect gets triggered.

How to get unlimited festering bloody fingers? ›

Can be found x3 Festering Bloody Finger at Stormveil Castle on a rooftop, in the courtyard. [Map Link] The Hermit Merchant at Hermit Merchant's Shack in the Capital Outskirts sells an infinite amount for 3000 runes each.

How to get a phantom bloody finger? ›

Automatically and temporarily acquired when invading another world. Which Phantom Finger gets obtained depends on what invasion-item was being used to invade said world.

Is Bloody Finger Nerijus a boss? ›

Bloody Finger Nerijus is a mini-boss NPC invader in Elden Ring.

How do you unlock bleed affinity Elden Ring? ›

You unlock the ability to change a weapon's affinity when you obtain your first Whetstone Knife. Using a whetstone, you can apply Ashes of War to your weapons to upgrade them with affinities and other special status effects, according to the type of Ashes you use.

Are festering bloody fingers limited? ›

No, the invasion sign remains until you defeat him - even if you advance Varre's quest to completion. phew! You can get infinite Festering Bloody Fingers from a Merchant in the Altus Plateau.

What is the easiest bleed weapon to get in Elden Ring? ›

Cross Naginata is relatively "early" to grab and is a solid choice for shield builds. Just poke with impunity behind a great shield and bleed procs will happen naturally. go grab bloody slash and put it on any weapon you want.

How do you get the finger maiden blood Elden Ring? ›

You can acquire Maiden blood by going back to the Chapel of Anticipation, the place where you began your journey in Elden Ring. To get here, you'll need to use one of the teleporters at The Four Belfries. The third Imp Statue Seal unlocks the teleporter to The Chapel of Anticipation.

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