The Blackgaol Knight is an optional boss in that many wandering Tarnished might stumble upon in their playthrough of . He is also one of the first of many new bosses who might catch you off guard with the massively scaled difficulty. So here, we’ll go over where he is, how to beat him, and what he drops upon defeating him.
Blackgaol Knight location , just head northwest. Hug the cliffside area of the starting point of the Shadow Realm until you come across an area with a lot of transparent tendrils coming out of the ground. If you find an area called the Western Nameless Mausoleum, you’re in the right place.
How to beat the Blackgaol Knight in When the fight starts, he’s most likely going to load up his and fire at you with a barrage of fire bolts. Run in a right diagonal direction towards him so that upon him needing to reload or put his bow away, you can go in for one to two hits. .
However, if you keep too much distance from the Blackgaol Knight, he’ll keep doing it. Then he has three other moves when in range. The Blackgaol Knight has a jumping vertical attack that can easily be dodged and interrupted.
If your weapon can’t reach him when he’s airborne, just wait to either dodge sideways or parry it to follow up with one or two hits. He also has a simple combo that either does two slashes or four. If you dodge the first attack or parry it, you can interrupt his combo chain.
Interrupting the Knight will reset his stance and he may resort to other moves. This is .
