The frozen rune of cutting edge is a powerful magical item that is shrouded in mystery. This rune holds incredible power and is said to possess abilities beyond comprehension. It is believed that the rune was discovered by an ancient civilization and has been preserved in ice for centuries. The rune is said to grant its user the ability to cut through anything with ease. The frozen rune of cutting edge is a symbol of ultimate power and mastery. It represents a level of skill that surpasses all other forms of weaponry.
Haste would allow for more Killing Spree procs since Frost gains so much Haste. and "Might of the Frozen Wastes" causes Main-Hand attacks to trigger an Off-Hand attack as well. And let's not forget the Rune regeneration rate. More Runes = more Howling Blasts = more stacks of the Plague.
Raid Schedule Tuesday - 8 00 PM EST - 11 00 PM EST Wednesday - 8 00 PM EST - 11 00 PM EST Thursday - 8 00 PM EST - 11 00 PM EST We add a Monday raid to the first week of each raid tier. The hotboxes are absolute GARBAGE- I got in under its guard and tried to slice it up, and watched in frustration as my weapon cheefully swung through its torso doing no damage whatsoever.
It represents a level of skill that surpasses all other forms of weaponry. The rune is said to have the ability to slice through any object, no matter how hard or durable it may be. It is often used by warriors and fighters who seek to gain the upper hand in battle.
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella | Elden Ring Wiki
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella is a Greater Foe Boss in Elden Ring. This huge, draconic humanoid guards an ancient throne beneath the eternal city of Nokstella. This Elden Ring Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Guide features boss locations, tips, strategies and videos on how to defeat Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella easily, as well as boss stats and lore for Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella. Bosses are unique and challenging Enemies that can be encountered all over the Lands Between. Great Enemy bosses can drop unique Spirit Ashes, Weapons, Spells, and other various Items. This is an optional boss, as players don't need to defeat it in order to advance in Elden Ring. However, doing so yields useful items, as well as Runes.
The Dragonkin were born in the Eternal City, where they knew no true sky, nor true lightning. Instead, ice lightning was their weapon.
Elden Ring Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Boss
- This is an optional boss
- Closest Site of Grace: Ainsel River Downstream
- Multiplayer is allowed for this boss
- You can summon Spirit Ashes for this boss
Elden Ring Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Location
From the Ainsel River Downstream Site of Grace, drop down off the ledge into the river and follow it downstream into the western cave. You'll enter a cave full of Giant Ants. Head north and you'll eventually reach the Dragonkin Soldier's boss door. Once you enter the boss room, it will drop down from the ceiling and the fight will begin. [Map Link]
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Combat information
- Health: 4,372 HP
- Defense: 106
- Stance: 120
- Parryable: No
- Is vulnerable to a critical hit after being stance broken
- Weak spot: head (+20% damage)
- Damage: Standard (Phase 1), Standard, Lightning (Phase 2)
- Inflicts: Frostbite (Phase 2)
- Drops 12,000, Frozen Lightning Spear
- See Dragonkin Soldier for a full boss guide
Negations (or Absorptions)
The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.
Resistances
The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.
NG+ and Beyond (click to reveal)Resistances
Additional Attacks & Counters
| Attack | Description | Counter |
| The first phase uses the same attacks as Dragonkin Soldier | ||
| Phase 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Explosion | Once it goes below 60% health, charges itself with lightning before opening its wings and creating an explosion that inflicts Frostbite. After this point, all of its attacks do additional lightning damage and many inflict Frostbite as well | Run away once it starts charging itself with lightning |
| Frozen Lightning Spear | Summons a large blue lightning spear in its hand before tossing it forwards into the ground, creating a trail of electricity that blasts Frostbite lightning upwards a moment later. Used when you're far away | Run to either side to avoid standing on the charged ground lightning. Jump or roll as you approach the edge to be sure you clear it. Try to move towards the soldier to keep it from throwing lightning over and over again |
| Lightning Leap | Jumps into the air either towards or away from the player while summoning a blue lightning spear in its hand, then tosses the lightning spear at the ground creating a trail of electricity that blasts Frostbite lightning upwards a moment later | Run to either side to avoid standing on the charged ground lightning. Jump or roll as you approach the edge to be sure you clear it |
| Lightning Javelin | Summons a large blue lightning spear in its hand, holds it in the air a couple seconds, then slams it into the ground creating a large shockwave that inflicts Frostbite | When you see it raise the lightning bolt, run away and come back after the explosion |
| Dive Bomb | Jumps into the air and hovers there for a second as it pulls back its left arm, then dives forward to the ground while swinging its arm forward | Dodge to the right just as its arm becomes level with its head |
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- This follows a trend in Dark Souls, where people attempt to imitate dragons, only for them to end up malformed or disfigured.
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Combo Chart
Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella Image Gallery
Join the page discussion Register to EDIT the Wiki! Submit Submit Submit Close AnonymousDont fight it with a spear, his hitboxes are misleading because of loose wraps around him, so its quite difficult to land a hit with thrust attacks
0 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous i feel like im fighting the camera more than i am this guy 2 +1 0 -1 Submit AnonymousAnother "leggs" boss fight where you see nothing more than his leggs. Then 2nd phase comes and as cool as it looks its annoying as hell dodging 4 lightning spams in a row running towards him just to see him flying away and repeat the cycle. My god out of all Elden RIng bosses only Radahn would fit in my top 20 of FromSoftware bosses, the rest is not even close.
9 +1 5 -1 Submit Anonymous pretty sure i've killed him on my first run, why didnt i get any achievement? 0 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous What is the God Emperor doing there? 2 +1 4 -1 Submit Anonymous What is God Emperor doing there? 1 +1 4 -1 Submit Anonymous What is God Emperor doing there? 1 +1 4 -1 Submit AnonymousElden Ring REALY REALLY LIKES to just have boss rooms where a big ****ed up corpse is lying in the distance and you approach it and instead of it getting up and attacking you some random dude jumps in outta nowhere and starts yelling at you like you just drank his bong water
24 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous I had fun fighting him with my caestus, I love punching the air. 9 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymoushonestly the jankiest boss ive ever fought. attacks clipping through his body, constant spamming, all while killing my frames.
16 +1 1 -1 Submit Anonymous I punched him with my +8 caestus and 40 str and made him cry 7 +1 2 -1 Submit AnonymousP2 is absolutely awesome. This is the kind of shock and awe that makes Fromsoft bosses the best. Some people are complaining about having to hug the boss, but to me that almost adds to the excitement. The moment you have a gap you know you need to either run for you life or heroically leap (or roll) into danger.
11 +1 2 -1 Submit AnonymousIt's honestly a great boss fight. However, it's yet another Elden Ring boss fight where the boss is so large most of him isn't even on your screen.
Is the boss about to attack? Yes. Which attack? Dunno can't see. Good luck!
30 +1 1 -1 Submit AnonymousI reached him at level 100 with Eleonora Twinblade 35dex 25 faith.. killed him with 3 Bloodblade dance.. I struggled so bad to kill him in my first run as a mage with 70int.. had no compatible HP at time as I'd die with 1 hit
4 +1 7 -1 Submit Anonymous rip my frames 15 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous Killed him with a +5 Lions Claw Iron Greatsword at Level 20. What a pushover. 2 +1 28 -1 Submit AnonymousOne of my favorite bosses. The spectacle is off the charts. Just wish you didn’t spend the whole fight sniffing his ballsack and killing him before you can even see how sick the phase 2 is.
52 +1 1 -1 Submit Anonymous the ants are way more threatening than the boss 26 +1 26 -1 Submit Could've been a cool enemy but it's damage is too exaggerated. 9 +1 7 -1 Submit Anonymous Janky hitbox mate 15 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous Why is this guy so weak compared to how late he is in the game? 19 +1 6 -1 Submit AnonymousYou see this thing? This is a crap boss, this is. The hotboxes are absolute GARBAGE- I got in under its guard and tried to slice it up, and watched in frustration as my weapon cheefully swung through its torso doing no damage whatsoever. I had to switch to my bow to finish the damn thing off.
15 +1 31 -1 Submit AnonymousThis fight was easier than I expected but that's probably because I had more luck than sense.
Great stars +7
All I had to do was run up, start attacking his legs behind his knee - the boss moved me along with him with every turn making me behind his back all the time. I was left to furiously mash R1 until he fell.
If I had known there was a waterfall back by the throne, I would have waited 2nd phase to see if I could get him to dive bomb over the edge and die.
7 +1 0 -1 Submit AnonymousThis boss fight made me want to murder a kitten. It's ridiculous trying to get close enough to tag the #$*%! and still see wth he's doing. What's worse is trying to roll around statues and avoid getting your back against a cavern wall.
I finally just went for broke, dug into his crotch and whaled on his thighs and took him down first phase. Got lucky with the Ash Upward Cut
11 +1 3 -1 Submit Anonymous It also has the ability to kill ur fps during that electric rain move 14 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous
"From the Ainsel River Downstream Site of Grace, drop down off the ledge and head east into the cave."
It's WEST not east
I still want to know the significance of the giant skeletons each sitting on a throne, this boss area and at Nokron because the expressions on the faces of the petrified remains around both giants look like they died in terror, its all very suggestive of dark doings but no satisfying explanation.
11 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous This guy really needed x2 HP, he's almost as weak as Agheel. 6 +1 1 -1 Submit Anonymous I had absolutely no idea this boss existed. 2 +1 0 -1 Submit AnonymousOne of my least favourite bosses of all. I can choose to either get in range and don't see anything it does, or stay out, watch the attacks, dodge but can't hit it once. Not to mention phase 2 is an attempted murder of my GPU
Boss is cool and I love the frostlightning, but mechanically it's just so bad.
Strange how the stronger version of this boss is somewhat early game. It would be as if the ancestor spirits were swapped.
22 +1 1 -1 Submit AnonymousStage 1: who disturbed my sleep? wtf is going on? *swings his arms randomly, stumbles* .
Stage 2: ok now you really pissed me off *strikes you several times in a row with a lightning that hits 2 miles away, you die stunlocked in the opposite corner of the cave*
I'm mad that i missed this guy, if i had found him sooner it could've been a cool challenging fight, but no i missed him completely, and many hours later me Mr. Overleveled andy comes in and 3 shots him before he could even hit me, stuff like this makes me so sad, missing out on cool bosses and only finding them when you're about 100 levels too strong for them.
15 +1 7 -1 Submit AnonymousDoesn't seem to be mentioned here, but this boss is immune to the hp reduction effect from Rune of Death weapons. They will still take damage over time though.
5 +1 1 -1 Submit AnonymousIt doesn't say anything about it here, but there is a great ghost glovewart in a chest under the throne. I don't know if you can dodge the boss and sprint straight to it before killing the dragonkin soldier or if the throne has a barrier blocking access to the chest until it is dead.
12 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous Anyone know the lore for the giant skeleton on the throne? 22 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous Copypasted boss 13 +1 17 -1 Submit AnonymousMan, all of these wannabe dragons look like they’re in a lot of pain. Seems to be a recurring theme in FromSoft games.
44 +1 0 -1 Submit AnonymousWhen I defeated this boss (days after the game released) the spell didn't drop for me. I'll check in NG+ to see if recent patches fixed it
3 +1 1 -1 Submit Anonymous The second phase transformation is to slow only in NG6 did I know he had a second phase3 +1 2 -1 Submit Anonymous The second phase transformation is to slow only in NG6 did I know he had a second phase
1 +1 6 -1 Submit Anonymous
This guy and something about Gowry made me realize they did some real last minute cut & paste with the underground. Lake of Rot seems like it was supposed to be under Caelid and the big lake of rot(insane I know). Ainsel river would fit under Dragonbarrow, so- Dragonkin boss. Maybe all they had for Liurnia was the small Astel cave under Raya Lucaria and decided that wasn't good enough for the biggest zone. So Liurnia stole Caelid's underground, Limgrave's got shoved over to compensate, you can see how the map is jacked up there Worshipper's Woods in Siofra should be under mistwood if you match up the coast. Mohg's Mausoleum is completely cut and pasted from the other side of the map to fill out the rest. He's the lord of Blood not rot, probably supposed to be under Mt. Gelmir and instead of a random teleport dropping you there, the Palace Approach Ledge-Road area lines up with Old Altus Tunnel and then all the big ghost skeletons make sense with that mountain being a pile of graves. I'd love to see a Director's Cut edition of the game some day, because this is not stuff that can be fixed by DLC
6 +1 17 -1 Submit Anonymous Dragonkin soldier of Nokstella, only he’s not in Nokstella 7 +1 0 -1 Submit Anonymous This thing is kinda hot 13 +1 5 -1 Submit Anonymous This thing is kinda hot 3 +1 2 -1 Submit AnonymousFromsoft, why, in a game where bosses get upwards of 40k hp do you always give the awesome optional ones pathetic health, This guy, Castle Morne Leonine Misbegotten, Fortissax etc.
Elden Ring REALY REALLY LIKES to just have boss rooms where a big ****ed up corpse is lying in the distance and you approach it and instead of it getting up and attacking you some random dude jumps in outta nowhere and starts yelling at you like you just drank his bong water
Legend has it that the frozen rune of cutting edge was forged by the gods themselves. It is said that the rune contains the essence of a powerful deity, giving it its incredible powers. However, no one knows for sure where the rune came from or how it was created. It remains an enigma that has baffled scholars and mages alike. Many have tried to harness the power of the frozen rune of cutting edge, but few have succeeded. It is said that only those with a pure heart and unwavering determination can wield its power. The rune is said to test its wielder, demanding a level of dedication and skill that few possess. Those who are worthy enough to gain its favor are said to become unstoppable in battle. The frozen rune of cutting edge has become the stuff of legends and tales. Many seek the power it holds, but few are able to obtain it. It is said that the rune can bring about great prosperity or great destruction, depending on the intentions of its wielder. The rune holds immense power, but only those who are worthy can harness its true potential. In conclusion, the frozen rune of cutting edge is a symbol of power and mastery. It holds incredible abilities that allow its wielder to cut through anything with ease. However, the rune is also shrouded in mystery, with its origins and creation unknown. It remains a coveted item that many seek, but only a select few are able to wield its power..
Reviews for "A Journey Through Ice and Steel: The Frozen Rune of Cutting Edge"
1. John - 2 stars - I was really disappointed with the "Frozen rune of cutting edge". I had heard so much hype about it, but it didn't meet my expectations at all. The gameplay was repetitive and the storyline was completely unoriginal. I also found the graphics to be quite outdated. Overall, it just felt like a waste of time and money. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for an immersive gaming experience.
2. Sarah - 1 star - The "Frozen rune of cutting edge" was a complete letdown for me. The controls were clunky and unresponsive, making it frustrating to even navigate through the game. The character development was also lacking, and I found it hard to connect with any of the protagonists. Furthermore, the audio design was subpar, with annoying sound effects and a forgettable soundtrack. It's safe to say that I won't be playing this game again.
3. Robert - 2 stars - I regret buying the "Frozen rune of cutting edge". The combat system was so repetitive that it quickly grew boring and monotonous. The levels were poorly designed, with little variation and uninspired visuals. I was hoping for a challenging and immersive experience, but instead, I got a lackluster game that I finished in a few hours. I would advise others to look elsewhere for a more engaging and fulfilling gaming experience.
4. Michelle - 1 star - The "Frozen rune of cutting edge" was a huge disappointment for me. The storyline was predictable and unoriginal, with cliché characters and dialogue. The gameplay mechanics were also frustrating, with numerous glitches and bugs that disrupted the flow of the game. Additionally, the graphics were dated and unimpressive. Overall, it was a forgettable and underwhelming gaming experience. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.