Elden Ring: Nightreign - What are Everdark Sovereigns?

Beat these Nightlord variants to unlock a brand new currency

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What are the Everdark Sovereigns in Elden Ring: Nightreign? As of FromSoftware’s recent update to Elden Ring: Nightreign , there’s a new highest calibre of boss available to fight. The Everdark Sovereigns are new, more powerful variants of existing Nightlords, and they’ll be slowly introduced to Nightreign over the coming weeks and months.

In this brief guide, we’ll go over exactly how Everdark Sovereigns work, how to unlock them, and what to expect when you face each one at the end of your Expedition. Prepare yourselves for a very worthy foe, Nightfarers.

In this guide:

• What are Everdark Sovereigns?
• How to unlock Everdark Sovereigns
• How many Everdark Sovereigns are there?
• What rewards do you get from Everdark Sovereigns?

What are Everdark Sovereigns?

Everdark Sovereigns are special variants of existing Nightlords - the final bosses you face on Day 3 of an Expedition. These Everdark Sovereigns are more powerful, have higher health, and feature enhanced movesets and attack patterns for players to learn.

The key differences between regular Nightlords and Everdark Sovereigns are:

1. Everdark Sovereigns start the fight in their second phase.
2. They have increased HP.
3. They each have a new phase mid-fight with entirely new attacks.

Currently, each Everdark Sovereign is only available to fight for a limited time, with FromSoftware rotating to a new Sovereign for players to fight each week. This may change with future updates, which will likely add the ability for players to select any Everdark Sovereign to face - or for the Sovereigns to have a random chance of appearing in the Expedition selection menu at the Roundtable Hold .

Defeating an Everdark Sovereign brings special rewards: you get a new type of currency which you can spend at a new shop in the Roundtable Hold in various ways. New Relics, new ways to purchase character skins, and even the ability to choose specific Shifting Earth events await those who can defeat an Everdark Sovereign.

Once you’ve unlocked an Everdark Sovereign Expedition, it will appear at the bottom of the Expedition list. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

How to unlock Everdark Sovereigns

Everdark Sovereigns have their own Expeditions. These Expeditions are identical to the regular versions, except that on Day 3 you’ll face the more powerful version of the Nightlord. Put simply: Day 1 and Day 2 will be the same difficulty as the regular version, but the final boss is more challenging.

To unlock an Everdark Sovereign, you must first beat the ordinary version of that Nightlord at least once. For example: if you want to unlock the Gaping Jaw Sovereign Expedition, then you’ll first need to complete the regular Gaping Jaw Expedition.

Once you’ve unlocked the Everdark Sovereign, you can simply select its Expedition by interacting with the Roundtable Hold’s Great Site Of Grace as usual. You’ll see the Everdark Sovereign highlighted in purple at the bottom of the Expedition list.

Note: You must be in Online Mode in order to embark on an Everdark Sovereign Expedition. If you’re in Offline Mode, the Expedition won’t be available. You can switch to Online Mode from the title menu. And don’t worry: even in Online Mode, you can still choose to fight the Everdark Sovereign in solo mode !

How many Everdark Sovereigns are there?

Currently, only three Everdark Sovereigns have been added to Elden Ring: Nightreign:

• Gaping Jaw (Adel, Baron Of Night)
• Sentient Pest (Gnoster, Wisdom Of Night)
• Darkdrift Knight (Fulghor, Champion Of Nightglow)

However, you can’t currently choose between the three Sovereigns yourself. Just one Sovereign Expedition is available each week, and the chosen boss rotates with each new week. The other five Nightlords will also receive Everdark Sovereign variants in the coming weeks, but until then we’ll just have to wait before we can fight the most powerful versions of Libra, Caligo, and Heolstor.

What rewards do you get from Everdark Sovereigns?

Just like the regular Nightlords, when you defeat an Everdark Sovereign for the first time you’ll be rewarded with a unique Relic. As an example, defeating the Gaping Jaw Sovereign gives you the Dark Night of the Baron Relic, which dramatically strengthens your Critical Hits.

If you manage to defeat an Everdark Sovereign and complete its Expedition, then in the completion screen you’ll also receive a new currency called Sovereign Sigils . These are so-called “Rays of everdark used for bartering in the Roundtable Hold”, and once you’re back in the Roundtable Hold you can find a new Vendor outside the Hold on the west side of the building (close to the Shore area).

Here’s the location of the new Collector Signboard vendor. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

The “Vendor” in question is the Collector Signboard , a circular board resting against the outer wall of the Roundtable Hold. Interact with it and you can select between several options:

• View catalog - Spend Sigils to buy new Relics and Vessels, or buy the character Skins in a different manner to using Murk.
• Give Cracked Witch’s Brooch - A one-off payment that cosmetically repairs the Witch’s Brooch Relic obtained during the Guardian’s Remembrance Quest.
• Conjure a shift in the earth - Activate one of your unlocked Shifting Earth events: Crater , Mountaintop , Rotted Woods , or Noklateo .
• Alter Great Site of Grace - A one-off payment that unlocks the ability to cosmetically change the lighting of the Roundtable Hold once you’ve unlocked the Night Aspect Expedition.

The Relics and Vessels you can acquire in the catalog can be quite strong, so it’s well worth saving up to purchase them with the Sigils you accrue. The ability to control which Shifting Earth maps you play on is another very powerful boon, and you can use it to give yourself some very strong runs against certain bosses (for instance, by selecting the Mountaintop before you enter the Fissure In The Fog Expedition, so you can gain the Mountaintop reward before you face Caligo).

That’s all you need to know about the new Everdark Sovereign bosses in Elden Ring: Nightreign. Best of luck when facing them! If you need a bit of help preparing, then check out our guides on the best weapons for each character, as well as our overall best character tier list . You can also check out our guides on all the different boss weaknesses , and our compendium of all the different Nightreign bosses and minibosses .

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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