A player of Elden Ring has found that some small bosses in Shadow of the Erdtree have the ability to spawn with golden eyes, which increases their likelihood of dropping over a million runes from those opponents. For players that are underleveled in the Land of Shadows, this can be a helpful mechanic as Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has a suggested level of over 150.

Fans have found Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree to be incredibly challenging, with gamers finding it impossible to defeat the expansion's field bosses. Indeed, a lot of seasoned players rank the last boss as one of the hardest in the Soulsborne genre's history. In the midst of it, players have learned something fascinating about the DLC bosses.

User jacobadamson165 reveals a little-known detail regarding a few of the lesser bosses in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC in a recent post on the Elden Ring subreddit. It appears like there's a chance Shadow of the Erdtree's smaller bosses could spawn with golden eyes. Golden-eyed enemies grant five times the runes that they typically do. As the report illustrates, this implies that players can obtain more than a million runes for bosses like Rugalea the Great Red Bear.

Which Elden Ring DLC Bosses Are Capable of Having Golden Eyes?

It should be mentioned that this isn't limited to Rugalea the Great Red Bear; other bosses that fall under this category include the dragons at Jagged Peaks in Elden Ring, who some players have noticed can also spawn with golden eyes. This implies that opponents like as Jagged Peak Drake have the potential to award players with about 500,000 runes. This total can be increased even more if players manage to obtain the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot or the Gold Scarab, as they both significantly enhance the quantity of runes available to them. To put it briefly, the game's field bosses are capable of having this unique benefit.

In the game, opponents' eyes might have three different colors: golden, red, or yellow. Yellow-eyed foes, whom players may come across near the Church of Inhibition in Elden Ring, cause madness, whereas red-eyed enemies are far more powerful and hostile. It is impossible to forecast the spawn rate of these enemies because it is entirely unpredictable. Although it's a popular belief that opponents with red eyes spawn more frequently at night, this isn't true for all monsters with golden eyes. Having said that, players are able to restart the boss encounter and keep dying in order to guarantee that they would receive the rune bonus upon defeating it.