How to beat the Scadutree Avatar in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

The Scadutree Avatar is an entirely optional boss in Elden Ring’s Shadow of Erdtree DLC, but you’re going to have to make it the majority of the way through the expansion in order to find it first. It’s basically the Scadutree equivalent of Elden Ring’s Erdtree Avatar, but I’d say it more closely resembles an Ulcerated Tree Spirit than anything else.

In this Elden Ring DLC guide, we’ll walk you through firstly where to find the Scadutree Avatar. We’ll also tell you how to beat the Scadutree Avatar by showing you how to prepare, how to avoid its moves, and how to kill it.

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Scadutree Avatar location in Elden Ring DLC

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The Scadutree Avatar is northeast of the Shadow Keep area, where you’ll eventually find the Scadutree Base region of Shadow of the Erdtree. Here, you’ll find the Scadutree Avatar located directly east of the Albinauric’s Shack.

The Scadutree Base Site of Grace is the closest point of respite; both multiplayer Summoning and Spirit Summons are allowed for this showdown.

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Scadutree Avatar weaknesses and how to prepare

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You’ll encounter plenty of Fire-based attacks from the Scadutree Avatar, so I’d recommend equipping a talisman that buffs your resistance to Fire. The Flamedrake Talisman +3 is an excellent example.

The Blasphemous Blade can also work a treat against the boss, especially if you’re willing to get up close and personal with it, and unleash its special attack when wielded with two hands.

The Scadutree Avatar deals heavy Bleed-based damage, which can quickly leave your health destitute. You’ll want to take in either a talisman that counteracts Bleed build up, or armor that protects against it.

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Lastly, it sort of goes without saying that the head is the weak point of the Scadutree Avatar. No matter if you’re a melee user or a magic one, you want to be locked on and aiming for the Scadutree Avatar’s head to deal the most damage possible in as short a time as possible.

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How to beat Scadutree Avatar in Elden Ring DLC

The camera can be a real pain during the Scadutree Avatar fight. If you’re locked onto the head of the boss, you might not have a great view of its incoming attacks if you’re positioned directly under the boss, with the camera facing upward.

Scadutree Avatar boss fight phase 1

The Scadutree Avatar uses a lot of area-based attacks, and you’re going to see one as soon as you enter the arena. When its two weird arms hit the ground, it’ll send spiked branches shooting toward you; you’ll need to dodge-roll through this attack to avoid it entirely.

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If you’re close to the boss, which is where I’d recommend staying, it can slam its head onto the ground to try and crush you, but this is best dodged by rolling to the left or right as its head is descending. Additionally, it can swing its arms around, either once or twice in a row, and you’ll want to dodge sideways through these attacks, just like the head attack.

Scadutree Avatar boss fight phase 2

In the second phase, the Scadutree Avatar will hunker down to the ground, and glowing pools will appear on the floor. When this happens, vines are about to come up; you need to memorize the location of the vines, and steer well clear of them for the next few seconds while the attack unfolds.

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The Scadutree Avatar can also send four beams of light homing in on you when you’re at a distance. For this attack, wait until the beams of light are closing in on you, then dodge-roll to either the right or the left — forward or backward likely won’t cut it in this scenario.

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Watch out for the Scadutree Avatar scooting along the floor. It’ll combine for three of these attacks, where it basically uses its arms to rapidly propel itself across the arena. Try to dodge roll to the side, out of the way of the head portion, as it comes shooting towards you.

Scadutree Avatar boss fight phase 3

In the third and final phase, the Scadutree Avatar can unleash a gigantic attack that basically consumes the entire boss arena. There’s quite literally no way to dodge this except with absolute perfect timing of a dodge-roll, so that you roll through the attack once it’s unleashed.

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Lastly, diminishing the Scadutree Avatar’s health to zero won’t actually end the fight! Once its health hits zero, it’ll be open to a visceral attack on its head. If you don’t hit this, it’ll actually disappear, and you’ll have to exit and begin the entire fight again. You need to repeat this process at the end of every phase above.

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Once the Scadutree Avatar has finally been defeated, it’ll drop you a lovely 260,000 runes, as well as the Remembrance of the Shadow Sunflower, which you can take to the Finger Reader in the Roundtable Hold. It’ll also drop Miquella’s Great Rune, which can be utilized during the DLC’s final boss fight to cancel out instant death upon a second successive grab attack.

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For more Elden Ring DLC bosses, see our guides on all Remembrance bosses and learn how to duplicate Remembrances. Need to power up? We’ve got location guides on where to find Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes, and an interactive Elden Ring DLC map.