To get as many runes for leveling and good weapons in Nightreign, many players tend to run from boss to boss without looting the surroundings. However, players have found that there is another way to get strong weapons – and it is more reliable than expected.
How else can legendary weapons be obtained? Those who defeat large bosses in Nightreign can, with some luck, obtain a golden, legendary weapon, which is therefore extremely powerful.
However, players have realized that this is not the only way. Especially during the so-called “Shifting Earth” events, players have noted that the chance of receiving a legendary weapon is even higher than usual, not just with the major bosses.
The player Accomplished_Band746 mentions on Reddit that you should really check every body in one of these events because they too have the potential to drop a legendary weapon.
By this, he means the inconspicuous, average-sized corpses scattered across the map. Often, they only drop items such as thrown items, Boli, or similar. But as is revealed in the comments of the post, some of these bodies are reliable sources of powerful weapons that can completely turn the tide of a run.
Here is a video regarding other in-game events in Elden Ring: Nightreign:
Random drops are not that random?
What are players reporting? The author of the post writes that every body in the area of a Shifting Earth has the potential to drop a legendary weapon. During a mountaintop event in the northwest of the map, he received two legendary weapons from two inconspicuous bodies, the Carian Royal Scepter and the Devouring Scepter.
Another Reddit user (MarSa-92) adds in a comment that you can also loot the crystals at the mountaintop, which also have increased drop rates. Another player (Final_Ad-2419 on Reddit) confirms this – he received Malenia’s Hand from such a crystal. Another player (Blitznetic on Reddit) received Godfrey’s Axe.
Which other locations prove to be quite reliable? The player Inevitable_House2542 reports that in the crater event, there is a specific body that left him a golden weapon in “probably 75%” of all attempts. The exciting thing about this tip is that another player (TheCheddarShredder on Reddit) directly knew which body he was talking about. He himself had also received a legendary weapon there, the Bolt of Gransax. Another player (kayomatik on Reddit) got the Greatsword of the Planted, which can grant you a health bar of a boss.
It is the body near the ruins close to the Day Two boss fight in the crater, where some demi-humans are located.
It is important to emphasize that according to several other players’ comments, these places are indeed good locations with solid drop rates, but no guarantee. Many players say they have never received a golden weapon from these spots. However, some of them have been rewarded with legendary loot at the same location remains a relevant note.
If you do not find legendary loot at a body despite the Shifting Earths, you should still venture into these areas, which come with their own dangers, but also hidden rewards. What shifting earths exist, what rewards they include and how you can best navigate through these areas can be found here at MeinMMO: Elden Ring Nightreign: Shifting Earth – All locations and rewards of the Shifting Earths
