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IroneyeIn this Nightreign build guide, we'll help you beat Gladius, Beast of Night (Tricephalos) as the Ironeye Nightfarer.
While this boss is relentless and deals tons of damage, staying alert and keeping your distance should be enough to evade death.
Ironeye is one of the most proficient at picking up teammates due to his good mobility and ability to revive from range.
Your role in this fight is to provide consistent DPS, apply status, and most importantly, stay alive.
For an optimal build, you are going to want to have a primary weapon for damage and a supporting weapon to apply statuses.
Gladius has a weakness to Holy damage, so you’ll want to choose a weapon that can take advantage of that.
If you are unable to find these weapons in a run, simply choose the highest damaging armament from the weapon class you prefer, as all but the Lion Greatbow have the same moveset.
Greatbows are likely the best weapon class for this character due to their large range and damage
This Greatbow will be your best choice as it deals innate holy damage
The downside of this weapon is its sluggish draw speed, which can leave you vulnerable if you mistime your attack.
If you find that the greatbow is too slow for you, another great option is the Erdtree Bow.
While this weapon is significantly faster than the greatbow, it loses out on a lot of effective range and damage output.
Bosses in Nightreign have massive health pools, but since most status effects scale with a percentage of an enemy’s max health, using them strategically can give you a major edge in battle.
If you are unable to find these weapons, any high-dexterity scaling weapon that can inflict bleed, rot, frost, or poison will work.
Claws have very high Dexterity scalings and are all innately capable of applying status.
Raptor Talons have the highest bleed buildup and damage, but any will work as long as you have the Smithing Stones.
he Serpent Bow is a decent way to apply poison from range if you want to keep your distance.
Green Turtle Talisman
Dragoncrest Shield Talisman
Bloodboil Aromatic / 
Uplifting Aromatic
Exalted Flesh / 
Pickled Turtle Neck / 
Boiled Crab
Holy Grease / 
Freezing Grease / 
Blood Grease (Grease can't be used on Greatbows)Best-in-slot
Improved Stamina RecoveryImproved Thrusting Counterattack
Improved DodgingAlternatives
Area of Darkness Conceals Caster While WalkingViolent Deluge of Star Rain While WalkingYellow Relics best-in-slot
Green Relics best-in-slot
Red best-in-slot
Blue best-in-slot
Best-in-slot
Alternatives
At lower levels, Ironeye is very susceptible to getting one-shot, so be mindful of your surroundings and use your character skill defensively.
Try your best to stick with your team and use your pins effectively. As you are a ranger, you will likely be safer in the backline. This will allow you more time to analyze the map and plan your group's route effectively.
Your priorities for Day 1 are to visit as many churches as you can to increase your flask charges.
Observe the map and take note of locations with Holy, Bleed, Rot, and Frost symbols, as these will guarantee a weapon of that affinity as a drop from the area boss.
Prioritize Holy and Bleed locations as these will do the most damage to Gladius.
Now start making your way to those locations, stopping at as many churches and smaller settlements as you can manage without wasting too much time and getting caught in the storm.
You should equip any weapon with a usable passive.
On Day 2, many powerful field bosses with rare drops will begin spawning.
By now, you should have obtained a suitable weapon and the levels to challenge field bosses for extra runes and loot.
Now lead your team towards those field bosses, stopping at any churches and small encampments along the way.
If the field boss looks too difficult for your group to handle, you can always skip it and go to the next one.
There is a good chance you will find something more manageable at another location.
Now you’ll need to sift through your weapons for the best passives you can get.
Take your time here.
Make sure you level up and purchase any necessary equipment from the merchant and upgrade your weapons of choice or more likely circumstance.
Make sure you get rid of any extra upgrade materials or keys in favor of consumables as you will not be able to use them anymore.
If you have a mage and some extra runes, get them some starlight shards as this will significantly increase their FP pool for the fight.
