The Bed of Chaos |
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| Location | Lost Izalith |
| Health * | NG: 2 |
| NG+: 3 | |
| Souls * | NG: 60,000 |
| NG+: 120,000 | |
| * Recorded in PATCH 1.05 |
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| weakness: cheese,damage |
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The Bed of Chaos is a Boss in Dark Souls.
The Bed of Chaos Information
In an attempt to create a second flame, the Witch of Izalith performed a ritual, which was initially a failure, and its power formed a bed of life which would become the source of all demons. Many believe the two orbs next to her are two of her daughters, though this is only speculation.
On your way to the boss' chamber below Lost Izalith, you will be attacked by a corrupted Daughter of Chaos. If you are keeping count of the Daughters of Chaos, excluding the spider sisters and the three we've just mentioned, that's only 5; the body Ceaseless Discharge guards and attacks you if you loot, is another sister, as well as Quelana - who you meet in the Blighttown swamp and asks you to help free her sisters.
Drops
- Lord's Soul
- 60,000 Souls
- 1 Humanity
Lore
- The Bed of Chaos is generally assumed to be The Witch of Izalith. She may be conjoined with two of her daughters.
- In an effort to rekindle the First Flame, the witch produced the Chaos Flame which mutated her, and her children.
- The various demons in the area are presumed to be the spawn of The Bed of Chaos and the Chaos Flame.
Attacks
Swipe & Slam
She will often do a slow sweeping attack in which she drags a hand across the ground then raises her fist - a little slowly - and slams it down quickly afterwards, on the side the arm is located on. The animation for her lifting the arm up after the slam is a bit slow. While this attack can be blocked or dodged, if it makes contact with the player, will stagger them; the sweep will push while the slam will act like most overhead attacks in which will cause the player to fall momentarily.
There's a slight variation on this attack; instead of a swipe and slam, you'll be met with two quick swipe attacks. One arm from the side the player is on, followed by a quick sweep from the other arm. The starting animation looks the same so look for the end of the first swipe, to tell which attack is coming.
Fire Scythe(s)
After destroying one glowing root, the fiery being will free one large scythe-like appendage from within the boss's back. This has a longer range than the boss's hands and will attack stab down at the ground, and drag its scythe and the player, towards it. Not only does this attack deal serious fire damage, it does a bit of physical as well. The fire-scythe is constantly poking around the ground, and can be evaded by rolling sideways.
The only variation in this attack is that destroying the second root will cause the Bed of Chaos to free its other appendage, which will also attack the player in a similar fashion. This just means there's more to dodge.
Firestorm of Chaos
After destroying both glowing roots, the Bed of Chaos will start being able to cast a spell that is similar to Firestorm by lifting its fire scythe-like arms then thrusting them into the floor which reveals circles of fire on the ground, dictating where the pillars of fire will soon rise. Make use of these indicators, and dodge them appropriately. While very deadly, this attack is slightly rare, but its main danger resides in that it can be cast anywhere, including the small tunnel where the bug resides.
Chaos Fireball
The Bed of Chaos may also shoot out fireballs from its torso. These are lumped upwards then fall while moving outwards, spraying the entire arena. While dangerous, they are slow moving and can be avoided by simply walking away from where they're landing. They do not home in, and hit the ground randomly. This attack is extremely rare and it is possible to go through countless battles with the Bed of Chaos without ever witnessing it.
Fire Gate
If you loiter around the base of the tree, without proceeding into the tunnel, the Bed of Chaos lets out a scream before setting the area on fire. To avoid this, once you get to the base, run into the tunnel, and complete the mission.
Strategy
This boss, akin to the Dragon God from Demon's Souls, is a puzzle boss. Upon entering the arena you will notice two large, non-respawning orange orbs, one on either side of the boss. These spheres contain one glowing root each, surrounded by normal roots; the glowing roots can be destroyed by normal damage while the regular roots can also be destroyed by rolling into them.
The two glowing roots need to be destroyed to proceed with the fight, but doing so causes a fiery being to emerge from the boss itself, increasing the boss' attack options and severity, and also causes the floor to begin to crumble in specific locations. The main danger of this fight is falling into these bottomless pits. Make sure not to sprint mindlessly as you will fall in the collapsing floor; stay attentive to the floor, more so than the boss.
Once you take both the orbs, carefully proceed down the middle, but expect a mass chunk of the floor to fall through. This will expose a little ledge you can jump off of and onto a thick tree branch. Before you do so, pay attention to the pattern of melee swings of the boss, so that they do not hit you midair and cause you to fail the jump. Run up the branch, rolling through the little branches sticking out of the cave entrance. In here, you'll find a small tunnel with more little branches you need to roll through.
Defeat the Bed of Chaos, by killing the Chaos Bug at the end of the small tunnel; any amount of damage will do the trick.
Easy Range
Bows can also be used to great effect in this fight, as it is possible to snipe the glowing roots without having to enter the orange orbs yourself, making the ordeal safer. Be careful that the hitbox of the glowing root lies behind regular roots, and while these can be destroyed by arrows, it may take a couple of tries after clearing them up as the hitbox of the glowing root is small. You will however, have to position yourself in a good-enough position to see the glowing roots while remaining at a relatively safe distance, and avoiding more falling platforms.
Tips and Notes:
- Since the orbs do not respawn, and going from the starting area of the boss arena to either of the orbs or towards the boss itself is easier than going from orb to orb or from them towards the boss, quitting the game after destroying the glowing roots can be used to great effect. The next time you log the character, you will appear just outside the fog door, and you can instantly enter again and head towards the other orange sphere or attempt to make the jump to the tunnel in an easier fashion.
- Even after a successful jump to said root, the Bed of Chaos can still knock you down into the pit by clipping your character with bits of its arms or with its scythe-like appendages.
- While inside the tunnel, you're safe from all the other attacks but you are still able to get hit by the Firestorm spell, thus victory is not assured until the bug is slain.
- The Chaos Bug itself will not take any damage from fire, which is only a concern with pure pyromancy, as the physical damage of any Fire or Chaos weapon is still enough to kill it in one swing.
- Owing its emphasis on puzzle solving rather than direct combat, its tendancy to force players to keep jumping around, and buggy movement that frequently knocks players to their deaths, fans have often ranked the Bed of Chaos as the worst boss in FromSoftware history. FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki also called the Bed of Chaos his "greatest regret".
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Just beat this abortion of a boss.
Tips:
Don't bother rolling.
Use a shield to block the sweeps, just make sure you have enough stamina.
Don't bother jumping.
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Why the actual hell does the tree arm does this much damage??????
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fell into a hole, did the annoying runback, only to once again get knocked off by a slow ass tree arm that does a **** ton of damage. think yall have heard this plenty of times but, **** this boss lol
Died maybe 50 times trying to to roll through the tree hand swipe attacks. :D Eventually switched to a shield which got me through it somewhat quickly. The lesson is, don't be like me.
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Look, I know I'm getting downvoted, but once you know how to do this boss, and you've done it on multiple playthroughs it's not that bad. It's definitely not perfect, but I respect the idea, and would LOVE more gimmick bosses in the future, just maybe tested more. I still love everything about Demon God, a precursor to this boss. We didn't get nearly enough of this stuff in ER imho.
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This boss sucks ass, but thank GOD it kinda saves your progress after you die. Ninja flip ring also made it pretty tolerable, so I can't imagine the horrors of fat rolling this thing.
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FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki also called the Bed of Chaos his "greatest regret".
At least he's honest
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I nearly did this boss first try but died to the flame pillars at the end
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needed like 5 or 6 tries to finally beat it, killing with one hit actually made me mad more than dying and losing my 50k souls
For some reason I enjoyed this fight more then half of elden rings one after a replayed DS1. I think I might be going insane
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??? more of an IQ test than a fight beat it second try after realizing I shouldn't throw lightning spears at it
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Good God, what were they thinking? This boss and the whole Lost Izalith area is a big fat joke
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I love how they gave it a 50% HP boost for NG+ when it literally has 2HP
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This boss is actuallu easy just run to him 3 times and you got it
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Finally beat this overgrown tree. I think spent more time running back to the boss than actually fighting it. FFS, what the hell were thinking when they made this damn thing?
The entire Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith area is a giant embarrassing shortcoming and this fight is the pinnacle of its failures. Dark Souls would have been an all-time masterpiece if not for the glaringly incomplete design of this dreary abortion of a level. I hope it makes Miyazaki groan every time he remembers what could have been.
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Truly a work of art, meticulously handcrafted to perfection by Miyazaki. This is what every boss should aspire to be. The pinnacle of boss fights, generations upon generations of boss battles have lead up to this moment. The music, the atmosphere, the emotional weight and, most importantly, the design of this legendary battle is one that will go down in the history of gaming as the most iconic and well designed boss of all time. No Fromsoftware boss has never come close to the absolute perfection of this fight, although some have come close, such as Capra Demon, praised for its generous and fair arena, or perhaps Godskin Duo, for its perfectly balanced duo battle that somehow managed to evolve, and redeem, the utter abomination of a fight that was Ornstein and Smough. This boss proves From are masters at their craft, despite the occasional misses like the horribly balanced Artorias or Slave Knight Gael, those are exceptions. Bed of Chaos is a flawless masterpiece. Thank you Miyazaki, for bestowing this piece of art upon the human race.
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This boss singlehandedly proves that Dark souls worst in the series
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When I want to replay DS1 but remember this thing exists...
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Better use all yours soul and humanity before fight this boss.. because here you are fxxxed. The floor fall apart when you are so close you, got not chance to react. And all attack just purposely to blow you and fall to the hole..
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this boss was the easiest I've ever done so far lol dont understand all the critiques.
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At least it doesn’t regenerate the branches lol. But the real pain in the ass is running back after you die.
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it all goes downhill the moment you pass through the fog wall…
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You can make it a Bed of Cheese with a Bow, 2 firebombs, and some fire protection.
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This boss is the worst thing ever, so many stupid deaths and the highest number of souls I ever had, just lost to this cancerous fu****
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this. boss. is... CANCER! CAN IT NOT ATTACK FOR ONE ****ING SECOND! OR HAVE MASSIVE DAMAGE WITH MASSIVE AREAS!? LIKE HOLY **** THIS BOSS IS PURE ****ING CANCER!
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Had an interesting thing happen while battling Bed of Chaos. Far from it being rare, they were spamming the fireball attack for a while. It could've been some sort of statistical anomaly, but the number of times the attack happened makes that seem unlikely. It's also possible the attack is triggered by hugging the back walls, because that's exactly what I was doing for a while in an effort to gauge attack patterns.
I am the only person in the whole 8 billion population of the earth who had actually fun with bed of chaos.
Still better than elden beast
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worst boss in the game. it can swat you around even if you 2hand havel greatshield... i did pass it without cheesing but it just doesn't worth the hassle. search firebomb strat and cheese it
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I don't even feel angry fighting this boss anymore after all these years, just...sadness. Lost izalith is such a good idea for an area on paper man.
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through recent experience (remastered, 2023)... despite being called rare, the fireballs were used several times on me. perhaps it's used more often under certain circumstances?
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After years and years of wondering why there's a chaos bug in here and that's the only thing we need to hit and knowing that Solaire also had a chaos bug on his head which made him go mad, I'm just now realizing that maybe the chaos bug attached itself to the witch's head and caused her to go mad? Pre or post chaos demon, idk but still a pretty good assumption
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All i wanted is to play Dark Souls not The Incredible Machine...
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One must imagine bed of chaos combatants happy
(Idk if this works in the remaster, but in ptde I'm usually able to bait the firestorm to happen while sliding by holding my shield up before and while going down, hopefully that's helpful)
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Man f*** Bed of Chaos. Me and the homies hate Bed of Chaos.
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There's a train track near my house. I think I'll just lay there and wait.
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I was always under the impression that she was trying to re-create a new flame, rather than rekindle the first flame, which led to the creation of the chaos fire that is the 'first flame' of pyromancy. Did I miss some dialogue or something?
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I think we can all agree that this is the worst boss Fromsoft has ever created
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Sliding down and hitting the branches is more fun than what comes after
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I love how this boss gets an extra 1HP in NG+ as if that’s going it do anything.
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spent more time on the walk backs than i did actively fighting this boss.
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Another lovely thing about this totally fantastic, very well-designed, not at all hair-rippingly frustrating and totally not unfair and stupidly designed boss fight is that it has one of my favourite tracks in the game, but you can't even appreciate that because it resets every single time you break a root, everything about this boss is so fun and well designed! (Spoilers: it's ****ing not, every aspect of this fight other than aesthetics is utter dogshit)
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I was a pyromancer when going to face this sh!t. I thought I'll directly fight the witch of izalith herself and our battle would be a true Agni Kai between two of the greatest "firebenders" in all of Lordran,but I was f***ing wrong
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"Nooo you don't understand it's not psychological torture under the thin veneer of a video game, you just need to git gud!!!!!!"
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I died because the bed of chaos is not dark souls it Mario platforming combined with a cranky mutated witch the loves spamming fire and slapping you in to holes.
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quit and reload when getting the first and second branches so you dont have to walk over to the other ones
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I just realized after ten tries on this abomination, that only masochism makes me going on...
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This "boss" killed me more times than anything else in the whole trilogy until I learned how to cheese it... I remember my first time playing the game the only way I managed to get past it was by tanking the stupid swipe spam with a greatshield, and even then I still got killed a handful of times by getting swiped while falling to the branch... Budget cut or not, there's no excuse for this boss to rely on platforming shenanigans instead of just having a regular healthbar.
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I had to cheat engine my way out of this abomination of a boss after 4 ****ing hours of it creating a f****ng wall of flame at the end of the ****slide and killing me without even a way to dodge it.
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First: The Witch of Izalith didn't make the Chaos Flame to prolong the Age of Fire; she did it to make her own. Also, the body guarded by Ceaseless isn't a sister, Quelana faked her death, and that is a decoy.
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yay, a better boss fight than slave knight gael and ludwig the holy blade.
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Bad boss
Me no like
Me hate boss
Poor design
Pls remove
Pls make me use four kings sword
Remove curse
Make titanite chunks and demon titanite’s buyable
Increase the damage of giants halberd
Thanks
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Holy actual **** .. I'm coming here to rage. I'm in NG+4, got a little bit annoyed the 3 times I beat it before, but ultimately took me less than 10 minutes each time. FOR SOME REASON, I have been stuck on this mother****er for 45 minutes now. I can't tell you how many times I've jumped, landed on the branch, only to instantly slide off or be knocked off by the Bed's chest area or whatever tf that blocks the whole path up when he leans forward. I'm actually infuriated. the run isn't tooooooo long, but it's just long enough to where I'm getting frustrated as hell running back every time.
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Just look up the cheese. The fight then becomes as easy as killing Capra with fireballs.
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Just barely managed to beat this glorified obstacle course in my first try, almost died to a Chaos Firestorm right as i reached the bug and barely survived with a tiny sliver of health left, still don't know how the hell i managed it,Not that I'm bragging at all, afterall this boss is complete RNG bs
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Not as bad as I thought it would be but it was still not very fun. The way I found works best is just sprinting to the sides along the most obvious path and for the center just sprinting and jumping onto the root. All the times I died I was trying to think about my next move instead of just blindly running towards it.
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Can you cheese this boss with multiplayer? Have someone next to each root and destroy them both back to back?
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I'm glad the last few fromsoft games have avoided these gimmicky fights. They are one of the worst things about early Souls games. I really don't know why they thought these were good ideas.
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How am I supposed to get even remotely close after removing both orbs?
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This is the only difficult boss where I would actually advise AGAINST Havel armor. What worked for me was using the shadow armor + DWGR and rushing straight to each Orb. Easy win
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guys you gotta understand that this game is made for masochists who enjoy suffering and pain such as me so if you are not a masochist or you are afraid you might enjoy it kindly piss off
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Don't even bother trying to fight it normally. Like the capra demon, cheese it with firebombs
Just use a shield to block it's swipes and pray you make the jump.
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