Dark Souls 3: Ancient Wyvern Boss Guide
Ancient Wyvern is a boss in Dark Souls 3. This boss fight is optional and acts as a gimmick fight. You have to defeat the boss in order to fight Nameless King in Archdragon Peak. His area is not accessible like the others, and you will have to follow a few steps to reach it. Plus, the boss has strong resistance against all statuses making a head-on fight quite challenging.
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You can also find an enemy version of this boss in Archdragon Peak as well. Defeating that variant will drop numerous upgrade materials. Here is all you need to know about Ancient Wyvern.
Ancient Wyvern is located in Archdragon Peak. The boss is optional, and you do not need to defeat it in order to complete the game.
To reach the boss, you will have to reach Archdragon Peak. First, you will need to defeat Oceiros, the Consumed King, and acquire the Path of the Dragon Gesture. After that, make your way to Irithyll Dungeon and head to the balcony where you saw the dragon statue. Use the gesture near it, and a cutscene will start, and you will reach Archdragon Peak. The boss is right after the first Bonfire.
Defeating the boss drops 70,000 Souls and Dragon Head Stone.
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The boss does not have many attacks. This is mainly because this is a gimmick fight.
Stomp
The boss tries to stomp the player beneath it.
Tail Swipe
Ancient Wyvern swipes its tail if the player is on the rear on towards the back of it.
Fire Breath
The boss breathes fire toward the player, which deals decent damage to enemies as well.
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The strategy for this boss is quite simple. The boss is quite strong against all kinds of status effects. However, it is weak against plunging attacks. What you need to do is make
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