Poison has been a mechanic in the Souls games since the first installment and it’s featured prominently in Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s latest action RPG adventure. It’s a pesky thing to deal with since being poisoned slowly drains your health, so you’ll want to come prepared to combat it at all times. But what can you do to cure poison? Here’s what you need to know.
In Elden Ring, the poison status effect works just like it does in the other Souls games. Once you come into contact with poison, a meter appears on the bottom of your screen, and if it fills up all the way, you’ll be poisoned. At this point, it will continuously drain your health while the meter depletes. Once the poison meter goes all the way back down, it will stop depleting your health. You can use healing items to stay alive, but curing the poison will be your best bet.
There are two main ways to cure poison. One is to utilize Neutralizing Boluses. These are consumable items that can be bought, found, or crafted. To buy them, visit the Nomadic Merchant in West Limegrave, located to the southeast of the Coastal Cave. You can purchase them for 600 runes apiece. You can also find Neutralizing Boluses throughout the world as you play naturally, though, depending on the route you take, you might not come across as many as you’d expect.
The other way to obtain Neutralizing Boluses is to craft them. You’ll need one Herba, one Cave Moss, and one Great Dragonfly Head, along with the Armorer's Cookbook [2]. This item is coincidentally on sale from the aforementioned Nomadic Merchant for 600 runes. Once you have all of those items, you’ll be able to craft Neutralizing Boluses x 1.
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