The Divine Bridge Golem is a formidable optional boss in Elden Ring, guarding a valuable treasure. While not mandatory to defeat, overcoming this colossal foe offers significant rewards to aid your journey through the Lands Between.
The Divine Bridge Golem is a unique challenge, differing from traditional boss encounters. Located at the end of a treacherous teleportation trap, this boss can catch players off guard, especially in the game’s early stages. Its immense size and powerful attacks make it a formidable opponent for even seasoned Tarnished.
This guide highlights the details of the Divine Bridge Golem’s location, attack patterns, and effective countermeasures. It’s time to take down the colossal boss in Elden Ring.
Elden Ring Divine Bridge Golem Location
This boss can be found in Lyendell, Royal Capital. You must fast-travel from the Isolated Merchant’s Shack in the Weeping Peninsula to the Tower of Return to get there.
At the top of the Tower of Return, you will find a treasure chest that will teleport you to the Divine Bridge at Lyendell. Upon reaching this place, you will easily spot the boss resting on the floor.
How to Defeat Divine Bridge Golem in Elden Ring?
There are two ways to defeat the Divine Bridge Golem; you can either be a ranged or melee warrior.
For melee users, it is a bit easy to defeat this boss. Once the fight begins, you should attack its legs two times with any two-handed weapon. Keep in mind that it should be a fully charged attack.
The quick attacks will make the boss fall to the ground, thus giving you a chance to hit the chest with a Critical Attack. Once you land the attack, the Divine Bridge Golem will start getting back up again. Target its legs again and force it to the ground for another rinse-repeat cycle.
Magic and Ranged users can make use of Rock Sling during their fight while maintaining a distance. If one can avoid attacks by staying closer to this boss, then Glintstone Pebble is the best option to smash this boss. However, with low HP in your inventory, a single misread can take you out of the game.
Another strategy can be to target the ankles with rocks to stumble the boss and make him fall. Once it falls, cast a series of spells at the chest before it stands up again.
This boss can launch attacks that reach the players at a long range. So, stay at a big enough distance to avoid attacks and immediately run back to the range of Rock Sling when you come forward to attack this boss.
Rewards for Defeating Divine Bridge Golem
After defeating this boss, you will be rewarded Golem’s Halberd. You can also open the chest on the side of the arena and find the Blessed Dew Talisman from it.
How to Cheese Divine Bridge Golem?
The easiest cheese strategy is to attack his legs until he stumbles; use any greatsword with Flask of Cerulean Tears. Once he falls, drive the sword through his chest for a critical hit.
Next, you’d want to bring him down the stairs and use any staff with Glinstone Pebble to attack his feet from a distance. The boss cannot come down the stairs, but be careful of his attacks that have a longer range. When you see his health dropping to the lowest, go up to him to land attacks or continue attacking him from a distance.
If you’re playing as a ranged fighter, use a hammer (you can either go for a club or spiked club) and fill yourself up with Crimson Tears. With two strikes from the hammer, the boss will stumble down, move to attack his chest, and then get back to his legs again. Repeat the strikes until he’s defeated.
Divine Bridge Golem Attacks and Counters
The Divine Bridge Golem has several weak spots. Notice the unshielded areas on its colossal body. Target your damage over there, not on the armored ones. Let’s go over all the attacks and counters by Divine Bridge Golem so you can be prepared beforehand.
| Attack | Counter |
|---|---|
| Giant Axe Sweep | The Boss swings his axe in an arc; you need to roll away to dodge the attack. |
| Double Axe Sweep | Golem swings his axe twice, followed by a fire blow or overhead slam; this attack can’t be blocked, so roll away. |
| Flame Breath | The boss’s mouth flares up, and he releases a flame blow, rolls sideways and attacks on his legs. |
| Overhead Slam | He lifts the weapon and slams it on the ground, quickly rolling sideways. |
| Stomp | Golem lifts his legs and violently stomps on the ground; you must dodge this attack. |
| Hilt Slam | The boss lifts the weapon and slams the hilt four times while you’re on the ground. Roll through each slam. |
| Hilt Swipe | He swipes the hilt across the ground and rolls away, keeping an eye on the attack. |
Divine Bridge Golem Glitch in Elden Ring
While fighting the Divine Bridge Golem, many players experienced different glitches. Sometimes, the boss disappears while players move to the side of the stairs, while other times, the boss knocks players off the ledge and doesn’t respawn when you go back to fight him. This bug gets frustrating, especially if you’re looking to pick the Golem’s Halberd.
If you’ve encountered such glitches and the Golem doesn’t respawn at all, you should try and take him down in another player’s world, or he might have fallen to the edge of the map beneath the broken bridge northeast of the Stormveil main gate.
Divine Bridge Glitch in Elden Ring
If you’re lucky enough to take down the boss but still cannot activate the portal back or use the elevator, all you need to do is rest at the Site of Grace and open the map while resting. This will help you teleport from there.
