Elden Ring: Nightreign’s Secret OP Trick — Poison Pots Can Revive Downed Teammates
Players of Elden Ring: Nightreign have been sharing a practical trick: **poison pots** — long seen as simple damage items — are being used in boss fights to help revive downed teammates and control space. Several posts and a viral tweet show players using the pots’ lingering damage to buy time and get allies back on their feet.
- What the community found about poison pots and how they’re used in boss fights.
- Concrete examples and player reactions from social posts.
- Practical tips reported by players and a note on unanswered details.
The find
Players reported that poison pots in Nightreign deal damage over time and create a lingering area of effect. As a result, some players say they’ve used a single pot to revive teammates who were critically low on health. In addition, players noted that the lingering poison can give other downed teammates time to crawl toward the smoke and reach safety.
Those observations come from player experience and social posts rather than official patch notes. Therefore, the community is sharing tactics based on in-game testing and anecdotal evidence.
なんかずっとピン無視して毒遺跡行こうとするやばい奴いるなと思ったらそういうことだったのか！！
ごめんよ！お前は天才だったわ！
毒壺にそんな使い方があるなんて思わなかったよ pic.twitter.com/6Ta7pYwEZo— クレメンス＝’ジョー‘＝ブーツ (@jochan39) August 24, 2025
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How players are using poison pots
According to player reports:
- Poison pots deal gradual damage, so their effect persists after the throw.
- Because the effect lingers, a thrown pot can affect multiple characters who pass through the area.
- Players have combined pots with normal attacks to accelerate revives or to stagger enemies while teammates recover.
Practical tips from the community
Players recommend stopping by poison camps to stock pots before tough encounters. They also mention expanding inventory space to carry more consumables, and using elemental pots to create combos or stagger specific enemies.
Player quotes
“I thought there was some crazy guy who kept trying to go to the poison ruins while ignoring the pin this whole time,” reads one viral social media post from a player who was revived using a poison pot, much to their surprise.
“Sorry! You were a genius! I never thought the poison pot had such a use,” they added.
“Thats actually Giga brain,” one commenter replied.
“I dunno why people ignore those items so badly,” another remarked. “Those pots, even the greases and throwing knives are very reliable in a pinch or to stack damage greatly.”
What remains unclear
Community reports also note unanswered questions. For example, players are unsure whether talismans that improve pot usage change the pot’s effective revive threshold, or how precisely pot damage scales against different enemy types and resistances. These points currently lack official confirmation and are being discussed and tested by players.
In short, players are actively sharing techniques that use poison pots defensively and supportively in Nightreign. Meanwhile, concrete mechanical details about thresholds and talisman interactions remain to be verified.
