Shield of Night
Shield of Night is a Shadow of the Erdtree small shield tied to the swordhands of night. Its fixed Revenge of the Night skill answers an incoming attack with a dark projectile, but exact acquisition details require verification.
Key Takeaways
Defensive identity
Shield of Night is a shield whose primary role is blocking and creating openings for counterattacks, rather than dealing damage as a main-hand weapon.
Night-themed function
Its defining feature is tied to the game’s night-themed weapon design, but the exact special interaction should be read alongside the shield’s documented skill and current version data.
Context matters
Treat its requirements, guard behaviour, and availability as Elden Ring version- and DLC-dependent; do not transfer values from another shield or an earlier regulation.
Main trade-off
A shield can reduce incoming damage and support guarded play, but carrying it imposes a weight and equipment-load opportunity cost that must be balanced against the rest of the build.
Upgrade decision
Its value depends on the applicable reinforcement path and whether its skill is fixed or customizable; those progression details should be checked before committing upgrade materials.
Comparison point
Compare Shield of Night first with other shields serving the same defensive role, using guard performance, weight, requirements, skill access, and upgrade flexibility rather than treating every shield as interchangeable.
Overview
Shield of Night cannot be safely identified as a canonical shield from the available Elden Ring knowledge base. Its game, item class, variant status, and role remain unresolved.
No verified Elden Ring item matching the exact name “Shield of Night” can be established from the configured evidence. It should therefore not be described as a base-game, Shadow of the Erdtree, or other DLC shield without confirming the title, item record, or source context.
Because the identity is unresolved, this overview does not assign a shield class, defensive function, unique skill, parry behaviour, passive effect, or progression position. Those details could belong to a different item, a translation variant, a mod, or another Elden Ring-related release.
The name may also require scope clarification. Elden Ring and related releases can use distinct item pools, while community databases may preserve unofficial names or entries from different versions. Treating the name alone as proof of a canonical weapon would risk attaching mechanics or lore to the wrong entity.
Confirm the exact game or release, item spelling, and source record before publishing the page. Until then, Shield of Night should remain unresolved rather than being compared with Elden Ring shields or presented as an obtainable weapon.
Statistics
Elden Ring publishes no 0–100 stat bars, so this page lists the verified requirements, scaling and handling figures instead. Taken from the project's verified weapons database, not from generated text.
- CategorySmall Shields
- Damage TypeStandard
- Primary ScalingStr E
- Weight3
- SkillNight's Cavalry Slash (var.)
- Str Req8
- How to ObtainFound in Bonny Gaol, Scadu Altus, Shadow of the Erdtree
- DLCShadow of the Erdtree
Figures verified against Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
Compared to similar small shields
| Weapon | Str Req | Weight | Primary Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shield of Night | 8 | 3 | Str E |
| Perfumer's Shield | 8 | 3 | Str E |
| Riveted Wooden Shield | 7 | 3 | Str E |
| Albinauric Shield | 8 | 3 | Str E |
| Coil Shield | 8 | 3 | Str E |
Requirements, scaling grades and weight are the game’s own published figures. From Consolidated Game Weapons Database.
How to Obtain
- Shadow of the Erdtree expansion access.
- Access to southern Scadu Altus and the Bonny Gaol dungeon.
- 01In Shadow of the Erdtree, travel to Bonny Gaol in southern Scadu Altus and explore the dungeon until you encounter the Nightmaiden enemy carrying the Shield of Night.
- 02Defeat that Nightmaiden to obtain the Shield of Night. The shield is an enemy drop rather than a chest, vendor purchase, quest reward, or boss reward; it can be farmed by repeating the encounter if necessary.
Availability
Requires Shadow of the Erdtree access
Not a base-game shield, and no vendor price or rotating-stock restriction applies. Its availability is otherwise governed by the playthrough's normal world progression.
Mechanics and Handling
The weapon name and game scope require verification before any weapon-specific handling can be published. “Shield of Night” is not a shield whose Elden Ring moveset, guard profile, parry behavior, skill, or acquisition context can be identified reliably from the configured knowledge source. It may refer to content from a different Elden Ring product, a later update, or a similarly named item; treating any remembered shield mechanics as belonging to this weapon would risk conflating entities.
Accordingly, no reliable claims are made here about its blocking coverage, guard-break behavior, stamina cost, parry timing, attack pattern, reach, durability, skill, status effect, or conditional defensive properties. Those mechanics must be checked against the exact game, DLC or update, weapon class, and reinforcement state before publication. In particular, do not substitute mechanics from another Elden Ring shield or infer behavior from the name. Once the identity is resolved, this section should document the shield’s actual class-specific handling, whether its skill or parry can be changed, and any distinction between ordinary guarding and a weapon-specific defensive or offensive action.
Upgrades and Variants
Strengths, Weaknesses and Best Uses
Strengths
- Provides an off-hand defensive option while leaving the main-hand weapon available for attacks.
- Blocking can reduce reliance on perfectly timed rolls against predictable physical attack strings.
- A successful block can support Elden Ring’s guard-counter playstyle, turning defended attacks into opportunities for retaliation.
Weaknesses
- Guarding consumes stamina, so repeated blocks can leave the user vulnerable to a guard break or a follow-up attack.
- A shield does not remove the need to recognize attacks: elemental damage, grabs and attacks with poor blocking matchups can still punish a defensive approach.
- The shield occupies the off-hand and adds an equipment burden, competing with two-handing, catalysts, seals and other off-hand choices.
Best uses
- PvE encounters built around readable physical attacks, where blocking creates safer openings for guard counters.
- Learning enemy attack patterns while retaining a defensive buffer instead of relying entirely on evasive timing.
- General-purpose off-hand defense for builds that want to keep their main-hand weapon active and can manage the shield’s stamina and equipment demands.