Alden Ring Nightrain: The Forsaken Hollows The expansion adds two new campaigns to the game, one of which is a battle against the Balancers. Facing off against this new powerful opponent, or should I say opponents, is difficult as you will face many mini-bosses with a shared health bar.
While great builds and team composition are important, one of the biggest weaknesses of balancers is sleep status-infused weapons. Using sleep-based weapons in a boss fight triggers a unique mechanic that makes the fight much easier to manage. Here's how to find sleep weapons in Elden Ring Nightreign, so you can properly target the balancer's weakness.
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How to get sleep weapons for weakness of balancers in Elden Ring Nightreign
Players can easily obtain sleep status effect weapons Elden Ring Nightreign By visiting the landmarks “Sleep” status icon (eyes closed).
All landmarks have a random status effect loot, therefore You can try to rejoin the raid multiple times Until you finally see one or two spots with the sleep status effect symbol. This will ensure that you have a higher chance of getting sleep weapons to use against the balancers weakness.
Once you arrive at one of the landmarks that offer sleep status loot, you can defeat enemies, loot bodies, break crates to get sleep-based weapons and equipment. However, affecting enemies in a sleep state is the best chance to get a high-level weapon. Defeating the owner of that particular landmark.
Once you beat the boss, you get an effective weapon with decent stats and a passive skill that Affects sleep status on enemies, especially balancersBecause this is their weakness.
In addition to weapons that roll with a sleep inducing passive, players can also find soporific grease, which temporarily adds a sleep status effect to your current weapon. This is especially useful if you want to temporarily imbue your current weapon with a sleep status effect mid-battle.
On top of using the arms to induce a sleep position on the balancers Elden Ring NightreignYou can also try Using throwables like a sleep pot. Simply throwing it on balancers creates an instant build up of the sleep status effect, giving you a huge edge in boss fights.
Players should also visit a merchant that spawns in various locations throughout the map to see if they offer any weapons that are consumable/throwable with the sleep status passive ability, or that status effect.
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December 4, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood, Violence
