New How To Unlock Scholar In Elden Ring Nightreign 2025

Enlist this new learned Nightfarer to the Roundtable Hold.

Puzzling out how to unlock Scholar in Elden Ring Nightreign isn't all that confusing, especially compared to the slightly weird unlock conditions that Duchess had when the game first launched. This learned gentleman is more of a support Nightfarer, debuffing enemies, linking them together for shared damage, and also connecting allies so they heal each other.

He also has a very cool talent focused around consumable items—the more he uses them, the more he levels them up, increasing their overall effectiveness. Finally, someone who might actually get a use out of the Companion Jar talisman.

In order to access the new Balancers boss and The Great Hollows shifting earth event, you need to unlock both Undertaker and Scholar, as well as defeat two Nightlords (including Gladius), so here's how to do it.

To unlock Scholar in the Forsaken Hollows DLC, you'll first have to beat Tricephalos, the first expedition in the game, and defeat its boss, Gladius. After that, you need to:

Now, it doesn't matter whether you defeat the boss or not as far as I can tell. Either way a cutscene will play, and you'll return to the main room of the Roundtable Hold after. Return to the Small Jar Merchant, where the door will now be open. You can speak to the Scholar inside to unlock him as a playable Nightfarer. The Undertaker will also be near the altar so speak to her as well to recruit her.

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