Spirit Ashes

Introduction

Spirit Ashes are ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition's summoning system — spectral allies that fight alongside you in boss battles and dangerous areas. You can summon a wolf pack, a lone knight, a giant jellyfish or the legendary Mimic Tear, each with its own role and playstyle. Spirit Ashes are upgraded at the Roundtable Hold with Grave Glovewort and Ghost Glovewort, which raises their level and dramatically increases their combat effectiveness. This section covers the best Spirit Ashes in the game — the Mimic Tear that copies your entire build, the Black Knife Tiche assassin, the Dung Eater Puppet tank — how to obtain them, which bosses they excel against, and how to upgrade them efficiently. For many players, a well-chosen Spirit Ash is the difference between being stuck on a boss and getting through it.

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Core Mechanics

Spirit Ashes work on a simple summoning system with a few important rules. You summon them with the Spirit Calling Bell, which costs a set amount of FP displayed on each ash — most cost 100-120 FP, so Mind investment matters for casters who also want to summon. Summons only work in areas where a small blue summoning symbol appears near the left edge of the screen, which covers most boss arenas and many dangerous areas but not every room. You can have one Spirit Ash active at a time, and if it dies you cannot resummon until you rest at a Site of Grace. Upgrading is done at the Roundtable Hold: Smithing Master Hewg can level your Spirit Ashes using Grave Glovewort (for the earlier, more common ashes) and Ghost Glovewort (for the rarer, more powerful ones), up to a maximum of +10. A fully upgraded Mimic Tear or Black Knife Tiche can effectively solo some bosses while you watch.

Advantages

The Spirit Ashes section is one of the most useful in the wiki because summons are the single easiest way to lower the game's difficulty without cheating. Instead of guessing which of the 60+ ashes is worth your Glovewort, you get a clear tier list of the ones that actually perform — the Mimic Tear that copies your build, the Black Knife Tiche with its HP-reducing skill, the Dung Eater Puppet that holds aggro. Each entry explains exactly how to obtain the ash, how it behaves in combat and which bosses it excels against, so you can invest your scarce upgrade materials in an ash that will carry you through the late game and the DLC. The section also demystifies the upgrade system, telling you where to find Grave and Ghost Glovewort and how high to level each summon.

Challenges

Spirit Ashes have real limitations that a tier list can only simplify. They are only summonable in designated areas, so some of the game's hardest fights — notably certain evergaol duels and a few unique arenas — do not allow summons at all, forcing you to rely on your own skill. Upgrading materials are limited: Grave and Ghost Glovewort are finite per playthrough until you reach specific late-game vendors, so you cannot max out every ash without New Game Plus. The best ashes are also gated behind significant progress — the Mimic Tear is found in Nokron after defeating Radahn, and Black Knife Tiche requires completing Ranni's questline. Finally, ashes vary wildly in effectiveness depending on the boss, and even the S-tier ones can die quickly against the DLC's hardest fights if not fully upgraded.

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