Recluse Class Guide - Skill, Ability & Art | Elden Ring Nightreign

Recluse is a playable class in Elden Ring Nightreign. This guide covers the Recluse's Skills, Ultimate Arts, and recommended playstyle.

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Table of Contents

Evaluation
How to Use and Playstyle
Abilities, Skills & Ultimate Arts
Best Party
Best Weapons & Talismans
Attribute Scaling & Stats
Garb & Skins
Controls

Recluse's Evaluation

Tier List	Beginner Recommendation
(3-tier evaluation: S/A/B)	(3-tier evaluation: S/A/B)

Long-Range Spellcaster

The Recluse can use Sorcery and excels at long-range attacks. Since her power relies on staves, she develops slowly at first, but once she gathers the right equipment and items, she becomes a high-damage turret, capable of overwhelming enemies with devastating magic.

Capable of Healing and Debuffs

When the Recluse lands an Ultimate Art, she applies an effect that makes enemies take more damage for 10 seconds. On top of that, hitting an enemy in this state restores HP and FP for allies which makes it a game-changing ability that boosts both offense and support for your team.

Required to Learn Magic Cocktails

The Recluse can craft and use Magic Cocktails by collecting Affinity Residues, but with so many combinations to learn, mastering them takes time and requires patience and experimentation to bring out her full potential.

How to Use Recluse and Playstyle

Recluse's Features
- Can use Sorcery and Incantations - Can fight while recovering FP with unique abilities

The Recluse is a character that primarily relies on Sorcery and Incantations in combat. She has unique abilities that restore FP, allowing her to keep casting spells without worrying about running out of magic. Because of this, her core playstyle revolves around using Sorcery to maintain a steady flow of magic and overwhelm enemies from a distance.

Sub-Weapon For When FP Is Depleted

You can restore FP using Affinity Residues and Ultimate Arts, but since other healing methods are rare and FP drains fast, relying only on magic can be risky. To stay effective in battle, it's important to have a backup weapon so you’re not helpless when FP runs out. A status inducing weapon that applies steady damage can make tough fights and boss battles much easier to handle.

Get Staves at Sorcerer's Rise

At Sorcerer’s Rises, scattered throughout the field, you have a good chance of discovering staves and Talismans. To reach the top, solve the statue puzzle along the outer perimeter, climb the tower’s inner walls, and ascend to the summit.

Collect Affinity Residues Using Sorcery

Since the Recluse has low HP pool, she is most effective when attacking from a distance with Sorcery. Casting Sorcery also applies Affinity Residues, which can be absorbed to restore FP and activate Magic Cocktails.

Gather Affinity Residues

The Recluse’s Magic Cocktail is a powerful ability that activates when she collects Affinity Residues. If she gathers two or more Affinities, the spell evolves into an even stronger form, so it’s best to use it after stacking multiple Affinities. Since it has a long activation time, you should cast it when enemies aren’t focused on you to avoid getting interrupted.

Boost Damage and Recover with Ultimate Arts

When an Ultimate Art lands, the enemy takes more damage for about 10 seconds, while the attacking character recovers HP and FP. With its wide attack range and the ability to grant invincibility during execution, it's a powerful tool for both offense and supporting your allies. A great strategy is to use it at the start of a boss fight to deal heavy early damage, then cast it again in the middle of the battle when healing resources are running low to regain strength and stay in the fight.

Abilities, Skills and Ultimate Arts

Recluse's Passive Abilities

Elemental Defense
Discover affinity residues that can be collected to replenish FP.

Recluse's Character Skills

Magic Cocktail
On an enemy with Affinity Residues + Collect the affinity residues of targets to fire an affinity-exploiting magic cocktail.

Magic Cocktail Combinations

Affinity Residues	Details
Magic	Creates a wisp that circles and damages the target at intervals.
Fire	Throws out swirling flames that spread over a small area after impact and persists for a short time.
Lightning	Grants the Improved Dodging effect, which temporarily boosts evasion capabilities.
Holy	Temporarily grants the Improved Defense effect.

Affinity Residues	Details
Magic Fire	Creates a Will-o-Wisp that follows and damages the target before exploding to deal even more damage.
Magic Lightning	Creates a blade of magic and then performs a horizontal slash. By holding down the casting button, you can move before slashing.
Magic Holy	Temporarily grants unlimited FP to self and surrounding allies.
Fire Lightning	Transforms into ball lightning and surges forward before exploding and dealing damage.
Fire Holy	Grants increased Max HP to self and surrounding allies.
Lightning Holy	Generates a barrier of light that remains in front of the Recluse. This barrier is temporary and automatically parries enemy attacks.

Affinity Residues	Details
Magic Fire Lightning	Creates a Gravity Bomb that rapidly expands while pulling enemies towards the center before exploding and dealing massive damage.
Magic Fire Holy	Breathes out a combination of different attributes. Enemies take damage, while allies recover HP and FP.
Fire Lightning Holy	Creates a stationary lightning rod that eventually attracts a large lightning bolt and deals massive damage.
Magic Lightning Holy	Encases the Recluse in ice while enveloping a large area within an ice storm. While active, the Recluse is immune to damage while enemies caught inside take DoT (Damage over Time).

Recluse's Ultimate Arts

Soulblood Song
+ Unleash forbidden blood chant to brand nearby foes with blood sigils.

Recluse's Party

Best Party Composition

Damage Dealer	Damage Dealer	Support
Recluse	Wylder	Guardian
Composition Points
- The Recluse is a ranged class with low HP, so support this character by having damage dealers and other support heroes 　└ Choose Wylder as a close-range damage dealer. 　└ Include Guardian to increase survivability. - When the Recluse draws enemy attention, the Wylder has the opportunity to focus on dealing damage 　└ The Recluse's strength lies in being able to deal damage using Sorcery from a distance. - The Recluse's Ultimate Art can boost allies' damage and heal them 　└ Damaging enemies increases affinity residues. 　└ Allies who attack the targeted enemy will recover their HP and FP.

The best party setup for the Recluse is with Wylder and the Guardian. Wylder can handle close-quarters combat by delivering powerful melee attacks, while the Guardian can focus on providing defense and support to keep the team going.

Recluse's Best Weapons & Talismans

Strongest Weapons

The Recluse’s best weapons are those that grow stronger with Intelligence, like the Carian Regal Scepter and Azur’s Glintstone Staff. Switching between them based on the Sorcery infused in each staff can give you more flexibility in combat. For melee weapons, choose the ones that improve with Intelligence or Faith.

Strongest Talismans

Since the Recluse relies on high Intelligence and Faith, Sorcery and Incantation-type Talismans are highly recommended. Because she primarily attacks from a distance and takes less damage, the "Graven-school Talisman", which boosts attack power at max HP, is also a strong choice since she can maintain her health more easily.

Recluse's Attribute Scaling & Stats

Attribute Scaling Quick Reference

HP	FP	Stamina	-	-
D	A	C	-	-
Strength	Dexterity	Intelligence	Faith	Arcane
D	C	S	S	C

Stats by Level

Lv	HP	FP	Stamina
1	140	70	54
2	280	95	58
3	300	100	60
4	340	105	62
5	380	115	64
6	420	120	66
7	460	125	68
8	500	135	70
9	520	140	74
10	560	150	76
11	600	155	78
12	640	160	80
13	680	170	82
14	720	175	84
15	760	185	88

Proficient Weapon Types

The Recluse doesn’t specialize in any particular weapon type, but they begin with a stave capable of casting Sorcery. By taking advantage of FP recovery from Magic Cocktail and Ultimate Arts, she can continue fighting without exhausting FP to maintain their offensive magical prowess throughout the battle.

Initial Equipment

Weapon	Details
Recluse's Staff	TypeStavePhysical Attack25SorceryGlintstone Pebble Glintstone Arc

Recluse's Garb and Skins

Recluse - Dawn
Mirror (14,000 Murk)
Recluse - Darkness
Mirror (35,000 Murk)

Recluse's Controls

Button	Action
	Left-hand weapon action Two-hand weapon action Use 1st Sorcery/Incantation When shield equipped in left hand: Guard
	Left-hand weapon action Use Weapon Skill Use 2nd Sorcery/Incantation
	Right-hand weapon action (Normal attack) Two-hand weapon action Use 1st Sorcery/Incantation
	Right-hand weapon action (Heavy attack) Two-hand weapon action Hold: Charged attack Use 2nd Sorcery/Incantation
+	Character Skill: Elemental Defense 1-2 types of applied Affinity Residues: FP Recovery 3 types of applied Affinity Residues: Attack with Magic Cocktail
+	Ultimate Art: Soulblood Song

Elden Ring Nightreign Related Guides

Character

Wylder	Guardian
Duchess	Recluse
Ironeye	Raider
Executor	Revenant

List of All Characters

Useful Infromation

List of Garb (Skin)	How to Play Multiplayer	Can You Solo Play?
Control Guide	Is There Character Creation?	Is There a Weight Limit?
How to Increase Level	How to Farm Runes	Map Guide
Death Penalties Guide	How to Rescue	Roundtable Hold Guide
Sparring Grounds Guides	Sites of Grace Guide	Castle Guide
Church Guide	Tunnel Guide	How to Recover FP
Small Jar Bazaar	How to Farm & Murk	Relics Effects & How to Get
Executor Remembrance	How to Fix Matchmaking