Elden Ring Rykard Boss Has Unique Animation Players Will Only See Under Certain Conditions
One of the few direct instructionsElden Ring will give to the player is that they must collect Great Runes from powerful bosses to become Elden Lord. Elden Ring has seven of these Great Runes to collect, although only two are required to complete the main story. Finding some of these Shardbearer bosses will be quite straightforward, as the game’s progression will naturally guide the player towards them. Others, however, are more difficult to discover.
One of the more difficult Great Rune holder bosses to find without a guide is Rykard, who resides in Elden Ring's Volcano Manor at Mt. Gelmir. This is a location players will only discover later in the game and presents the player with an invasion side quest to complete before they are considered worthy enough to see Rykard.
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Upon completing this side quest, players are reminded that the only piece of Rykard they’ve seen in the game so far was him being eaten by a snake in the game's opening cutscene, as the first phase of Elden Ring's Rykard boss fight is against the God-Devouring Serpent, which Rykard is controlling from the inside. During the boss fight, Rykard will mention consuming the player character to grow in power, and a fan on Reddit has discovered a secret animation revealing that this isn't empty threat.
The God-Devouring Serpent phase of the Rykard boss fight suitably utilizes a lot of striking attacks with the snake’s huge mouth. A lot of these attacks can end up being devastating grab attacks if the player is caught in the wrong place. Reddit user Dallolz has shared a clip revealing that if one of these grab attacks kills the player, the giant serpent will swallow them. In one of the many strangely
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