Elder Ogre

 is an Enemy in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.

Though the name may imply a weaker or more fragile Ogre, this is not the case. The Elder Ogres are more powerful than regular Ogres.

Unlike their younger cousins, Elder Ogres are attracted to males instead of females. Male Arisen and pawns should be wary.

The term "Elder" is a reference to the Ogre's age or rank within its community, with no direct implication of gender. It is unclear whether Elder Ogres are male or female, though it is possible that Ogres may be a matriarchal species where females dominate males (such as with bees or elephants).

As a carrion-eater, Elder Ogres are attracted to the presence of corpses and thus can appear randomly after or during certain battles in which dead bodies are present on Bitterblack Isle. The arrival of an Elder Ogre is signaled by a sepia tone filter, a brief time slow effect, and a long chime sound similar to the arrival of the Cursed Dragon.

Dropping Rancid Bait Meat can attract an Elder Ogre in the appropriate areas of Bitterblack Isle.



Information and Stats
General Info

Bestiary
Refer to the Pawn Bestiary Knowledge section on the Ogres page.

The strategy scrolls and common techniques will grant knowledge for both Ogres and Elder Ogres.

Enemy Specific In addition to witnessing these techniques, it is necessary for Pawns to participate in killing 50 Elder Ogres either with their own Arisen or while travelling with others.
 * Weak to Lightning.
 * Having a Male in the party will excite the Elder Ogre, making its cheeks and buttocks flush red. It will then target and chase the male without paying attention to the party other members. This grants knowledge as Pawns will comment "Elder Ogres attack men with special zeal."

Tactics (Offensive)

 * Immune to Blindness.
 * Strong against Fire and Holy enchanted weapons and spells.
 * Weak against Lightning spells like High Fulmination or High Brontide.
 * Weak against Dark enchanted weapons (like Kunai daggers) and spells like High Maelstrom.
 * Weak against Ice enchanted weapons (like the Dragon's Glaze longbow) and spells like High Frigor.
 * Vulnerable to Torpor and Poisoned. Use Rusted weapon to inflict both debilitations simultaneously. The higher the enhancement of the Rusted weapon, the higher chance it will debilitate with each strike.
 * Vulnerable to Tarred in Oil. Use Aneled weapons to inflict the debilitation. The higher the enhancement of the Aneled weapon, the higher chance it will debilitate with each strike.
 * Vulnerable to Sleep. Use High Sopor or Sleeper arrows to put it to sleep.
 * Vulnerable to Lowered Attack Strength. Use the Dragon's Roost shield to reduce their physical attack damage 30%.
 * Striders, Assassins & Rangers : Climb up to the head and employ Thousand Kisses or Dire Gouge. Use the augments Adhesion (for grip), Opportunism (+30% attack) and Arm Strength (for stamina) with Gloves of Might (for even more grip and climbing speed) for best results.
 * Assassin s : Masterful Kill can intimidate an Elder Ogre into hiding behind their guard, doing nothing. By simply standing still and repeatedly engaging Masterful Kill, the Arisen can grant abundant spellcasting time to pawns.
 * Magic Archer s : Ricochet Hunter in a small room can be devastating to the Elder Ogre. (Confirmed, a 1,912 magick stat can fell an Elder Ogre in 15 to 20 seconds). The ricochet can stun can collapse the beast, lowering its defenses to deal even more damage.
 * Mystic Knight s : Ruinous Sigil imbued with lightning can stun-lock or knock down Elder Ogres. Great for tight spaces as it casts very quickly. Also, a Lightning Sigil planted by the Ogre's head when they've fallen down does massive damage.
 * Sorcerers : High Necromancy and High Fulmination incur high damage on Elder Ogres. Casting Fulmination on a climbing pawn can stun-lock it to death. If possible, charge High Fulmination first before walking into the combat zone.
 * Fighters : Cymbal Onslaught and Shield Storm do a great job of staggering it if you strike at it's legs enough, even Dragon's Maw is a viable way of stunning an Elder Ogre. Especially effective when using pawns that are melee-oriented. Also recommended that you use Sheltered Fusillade/Assault to strike at it's legs while behind it to chip in some damage if your pawns provide a good enough distraction. If you do manage to knock it down, use Dragon's Maw and Sheltered Fusillade on it's head/face to deal a massive amount of damage.
 * Warriors : Rapidly spam Pommel Bash to stagger and knock down Elder Ogres, then follow up with Indomitable Lunge when they are vulnerable on their back. Warriors should generally equip the Ferocity, Eminence, Clout, Vehemence augments. The Impact augment and Barbed Nails are also useful for Warriors seeking higher knockdown capabilities.

Tactics (Defensive)

 * The primary general defensive strategy in Dragon's Dogma is to first eliminate all lesser, distracting enemies before engaging the biggest threat. From the start, shoot down the flying creatures, sniper the magic users from afar, chase down the wolf packs, etc before tackling the huge behemoths. Pawns generally focus on the largest threat and get picked apart by the support enemies which distract or debilitate them. So even if the Arisen has to run all the way up and down the map to accomplish this objective, KILL THE SUPPORT ENEMIES FIRST, THEN TACKLE THE BIGGEST THREAT LAST.
 * If climbing the monster and it reaches up to grab you, Instant Reset can be used as an emergency dismount to avoid being grabbed and eaten. The Arisen may even re-grab a lower part of the body on the way down and climb right back up.


 * Elder Ogres will go into a rampaging frenzy if they see a male character and when its health drops to three bars. The rampage may be slowed by inflicting the beast with Torpor (use a Rusted weapon as described above).
 * Elder Ogres possess a high tolerance for physical damage, so make sure the party has enchanted weapons or enchantment spells.
 * Elder Ogres can surprisingly fit through doorways (sometimes straight through solid walls) that are 1/3 of their size, even in areas the Arisen may think are safe and out of the beast's reach.
 * The Elder Ogre may snatch up a pawn and run off to attempt to eat them, much like the normal Ogre, but if it bites into a female pawn it will stagger and fall down, clutching its throat as if poisoned, allowing for all pawns to deal more damage. Be aware this may heal the Ogre slightly as well.
 * As Elder Ogres will prefer to attack male Arisen and Pawns, a male Arisen with all-female Pawns can lead the Elder Ogre away from spellcasters or even off ledges, such as the bridge in the Fortress of Remembrance, making it an extremely effective farming site for The Wages of Death II quest.).

Locations

 * Like all necrophagous creatures in Bitterblack Isle the same rules apply; the deeper and lower you travel and the more corpses laying about the more likely the Elder Ogre or any other creature will spawn
 * 3 Elder Ogres + 3 Eliminators + (occasionally) 3 Sirens is one of the enemy spawn combinations in Rotunda of Dread while carrying Fiend-luring Incense
 * Placing a Rancid Bait Meat in these locations will spawn Elder Ogres.
 * Ward of Regret
 * Gutter of Misery
 * Forsaken Cathedral
 * Fortress of Remembrance (on the uppermost bridge or lowest level room)
 * The Bloodless Stockade (on the walkway before the stairs leading to Sparyard of Scant Mercy)

Spawning Elder Ogre Infinitely

 * An Elgre Ogre can be spawned infinitely in The Bloodless Stockade using Rancid Bait Meat, albeit less consistently then spawning Garm infinitely in Garden of Ignominy due to their also being a chance of Death spawning where Elder Ogres spawn. For best results, the below method should be done Post-Daimon with Gorecylopses present in the First Level Underground as there is seemingly a higher chance of Death spawning when Living Armor are present in the First Level Underground.


 * Method for spawning an Elder Ogre infinitely:
 * 1) Place Rancid Bait Meat on walkway before stairs leading to Sparyard of Scant Mercy
 * 2) Defeat Elder Ogre
 * 3) Save game
 * 4) Use Godsbane
 * 5) Load save
 * 6) Enter Sparyard of Scant Mercy
 * 7) Exit Sparyard of Scant Mercy to re-enter The Bloodless Stockade
 * 8) Repeat steps 1-7

Rewards

 * Elder Ogre Claw
 * Elder Ogre Fang
 * Poxy Flesh
 * Unspeakable Meat
 * Rift Crystals

Related Quests

 * The Wages of Death II