Undertaker is one of the two new Nightfarers introduced in the Elden Ring Nightreign Forsaken Hollows DLC. She is a Strength/Faith melee bruiser specializing in hammers, stagger pressure, and explosive burst damage. Her kit revolves around combo chaining, stamina-free mobility, and devastating Ultimate Arts, making her especially lethal against bosses and stagger-prone enemies.
1. Undertaker Playstyle
Undertaker Abilities Kit
Undertaker excels at close-range combat, overwhelming enemies with heavy hammer strikes and relentless pressure. Her Character Skill (Trance) removes stamina costs for movement and dodge-steps, while also empowering combo damage. Her Ultimate Art provides long-range gap closing, aerial tracking, and massive burst damage.
This makes her one of the strongest front-line Nightfarers for both solo play and coordinated team compositions.
Undertaker’s preferred weapon type is hammers, and she begins each run with the Undertaker’s Hammer, which has solid base stats and a powerful Ash of War. When one-handing the weapon, she gains access to a unique and surprisingly fast light-attack moveset, making early combos very reliable.
Her damage output heavily rewards successive hits, particularly reaching the fourth light attack, which synergizes with several relic effects. Managing Trance correctly allows you to loop full combos while avoiding stamina exhaustion.
Two-handing the hammer changes the moveset to a more vertical, crushing style, ideal for breaking enemy stance and hitting large or armored targets.
2. Best Weapons For Undertaker Build
Monk’s Flamemace Weapon
Weapons in Nightreign are acquired during a run from enemy drops, treasure chests, merchants, and boss rewards. Undertaker benefits most from hammers and blunt weapons that scale with Strength and Faith or provide strong stance damage.
- Marika’s Hammer: The best overall option, scaling strongly with both Strength and Faith. Exceptional stagger and burst damage.
- Undertaker’s Hammer: Her starting weapon. Solid base stats and a strong Ash of War make it reliable throughout early and mid runs.
- Spiked Club / Morning Star: Innate bleed combined with blunt damage makes these excellent early pickups.
- Warped Pick: Slightly higher base attack with strong stance-breaking potential.
- Monk’s Flamemace: Often rolls with elemental or Faith-friendly affinities, making it very flexible.
- Envoy’s Horn: Faith-scaling hammer with unique utility and holy damage potential.
- Ringed Finger: Its claw flick attack provides excellent stagger and surprising reach.
- Scepter of the All-Knowing: Its Ash of War reduces enemy magic and holy damage negation in an area, including the caster.
3. Best Stats & Goals
Undertaker Attributes
Stat progression in Nightreign happens dynamically during a run through level-ups and bonuses. Undertaker’s stat priorities define her as a melee-first Nightfarer with Faith-based support, not a traditional spellcaster.
Your goal is to maximize damage through Strength and Faith while maintaining enough survivability to stay aggressive in close combat.
Key Stat Scaling
Understanding Undertaker’s stat scaling ensures efficient investment during a run. Because of her Faith scaling, Sacred Seals are viable primarily for buffs rather than damage spells.
- Strength – A: Primary damage stat. Boosts hammer, colossal weapon, and heavy attack damage.
- Faith – A: Enhances holy scaling, relic synergies, and buff incantations.
- HP (Vigor) – B: Provides solid survivability for frontline combat.
- FP – C: Limited spell usage; not designed for sustained casting.
- Stamina – C: Heavy attacks are stamina-intensive, but Trance compensates for this weakness.
4. Confluence (Passive)
Great Red Bear Boss Fight
Confluence is Undertaker’s passive ability and one of her strongest mechanics in both solo and co-op play.
When an ally or enemy triggers certain powerful actions—most commonly Ultimate Arts—Undertaker gains a brief window to cast her Ultimate Art for free. If her Ultimate gauge was already full, it remains full after using the free cast.
Multiple Undertakers in a party can chain Ultimate Arts repeatedly. However, Undertaker only grants free Ultimate usage to allies when she spends her actual Ultimate gauge, acting as a limiter.
5. Trance (Character Skill)
Undertaker Gameplay Training Area
Trance is the core of Undertaker’s combat flow and stamina management. The optimal way to use Trance is to activate it at the final moment before stamina depletion, allowing you to loop full four-hit combos continuously. This is especially powerful when paired with relics that reward successive hits or final combo attacks. When activated, Trance grants:
- Stamina-free sprinting
- A faster dash-style dodge
- Increased combo damage and toughness
Holding the Trance activation consumes Ultimate gauge instead, triggering an Ultimate-powered Trance that provides a longer, more potent empowered state.
6. Loathsome Hex (Ultimate Art)
Undertaker Ultimate in Training Area
Loathsome Hex is Undertaker’s Ultimate Art and serves as both a gap closer and burst damage tool. Loathsome Hex can be activated from the ground, mid-combo, or mid-air. Be cautious of terrain collision, as obstacles can interrupt the attack. You can also cancel the Ultimate early to preserve gauge and reduce downtime. It allows Undertaker to:
- Dash extreme distances
- Track airborne and vertical targets
- Deal heavy burst damage
- Interrupt enemy actions
7. Best Relics for Undertaker Build
Undertaker Relics
Relics are obtained during a run from boss rewards, relic choice events, treasure rooms, elite encounters, and Night objectives. They are not permanent and define your build for that expedition.
Undertaker benefits most from relics that boost physical attack, successive hits, and Ultimate Art uptime.
- Leather Monocle Case: Boosts Physical Attack while self-buff incantations are active, extends buff duration, and provides passive Physical Attack Up. Commonly unlocked through Undertaker’s Remembrance progression and relic pools. Physical Attack Up +2.
- Glass Necklace: Increases attack power after activating Ultimate Art, boosts successive attack damage, and grants Ultimate Art Auto Charge. Reward from the final chapter (Chapter 6) of Undertaker’s Remembrance Quest. Ultimate Art Auto Charge +3.
- Grand Tranquil Scene: Increases attack power after landing the final hit of a combo chain and grants Endurance and Faith bonuses. Appears in chain-attack–focused relic pools. Endurance +3. Faith +3.
8. Best Consumable Items
Consumables are single-use items found during a run from enemy drops, chests, lootable objects, and supply rooms. They provide powerful temporary buffs and should be used freely. Consumables can be used directly from the ground by pressing Triangle/Y + Up if you do not want to store them.
- Exalted Flesh: Temporarily boosts physical attack. Found from enemy drops and chests.
- Pickled Turtle Neck: Temporarily increases stamina recovery speed. Common chest and loot drop.
- Boiled Crab: Greatly boosts physical damage negation. Typically found in higher-tier loot sources.
9. Best Talismans for Undertaker
Talismans are acquired during a run from silver scarabs, treasure chests, elite enemies, bosses, and merchants. They are run-specific and should be chosen to address current weaknesses.
- Viridian Amber Medallion: Increases Maximum Stamina (+12%). Found via scarabs and chests.
- Green Turtle Talisman: Raises stamina recovery speed. Common scarab drop.
- Godskin Swaddling Cloth: Successive Attack HP Restoration (+6%). Appears in higher-tier talisman pools.
- Erdtree’s Favor: Increased Maximum HP and Maximum Stamina (+7%). Appears in higher-tier talisman pools.
10. Best Skills & Incantations For Undertaker Build
Undertake Roundtable Hold Gameplay
Skills and incantations are obtained during a run from weapon drops, skill rewards, and merchants. Undertaker benefits most from self-buffs and stance-breaking abilities.
- Cragblade: Increases attack power and stance-breaking capability.
- Holy Ground: Creates a consecrated area that restores HP and boosts defense.
- Golden Vow: Boosts attack and defense for self and nearby allies.
- Shared Order: Grants holy damage, highly effective against undead enemies.
11. Dormant Powers
Dormant Powers are permanent, passive buffs earned from defeating bosses, offering boosts like increased damage, defense, health, or improved utility. This activates automatically for your run, working like inherent weapon passives but not tied to specific gear.
- All Resistances Up: Raises resistance to all ailments +57/+75.
- Improved Affinity Attack Power: Raises attacks of magic fire, fire, lightning, and holy affinities +5%/+8%.
- Improved Poise: Raise Poise +25%/+38%.
- Improved Stance-Breaking: Attacks are more likely to break the stance of the enemy +10%/+15%.
- Character Skill Cooldown Reduction +10%: Decrease the character skill cooldown time.
- Wending Grace: Rise from defeat a single time.
12. How To Play Undertaker Build
Undertaker Expedition Victory
Undertaker is a Strength/Faith melee bruiser with huge burst damage, big hammer combos to overwhelm enemies through stagger and sustained pressure.
- Prioritize Strength and Faith, then HP.
- Avoid Dexterity and Intelligence.
- Use charged hammer attacks to break stance.
- Activate Trance to maintain aggression without stamina drain.
- Use Loathsome Hex for burst damage, aerial targets, or gap closing.
- Chain combos to fully benefit from relic and passive bonuses.
