Monstrous Crow

Monstrous Crow is a Hostile Wildlife Enemy in Elden Ring. A towering bird with extremely long legs built for running, a sharpened beak, and disproportionately small wings that can grant it flight for a short while.

Elden Ring Monstrous Crow Locations

Where to Find Monstrous Crow:

Found in great numbers in Caelid.
Found fighting Trolls in the Flame Peak.
Mohgwyn Palace - These Blistered Giant Crows gain a new flailing attack, and have significantly more HP.

Elden Ring Monstrous Crow Drops

Item	Drop Rate	Additional Info
Runes	100%	Giant Crow: 1009 - 4037 Blistered Giant Crow: 11038
Hefty Beast Bone	8.00%	N/A
Beast Blood	8.00%	N/A
Golden Rune [5]	5.00%	N/A
Blood-Tainted Excrement	50.00%	Blistered Giant Crow only.

Monstrous Crow Notes & Tips

There is a location at Mohgwyn Palace, right next to the "Palace Approach Ledge-Road" Site of Grace, where a Blistered Giant Crow across a large gorge can be shot with an arrow or spell and be lured off the cliff's edge between the player and the Crow. Upon death, the Crow will drop 11038 Runes, and can be respawned at the Site of Grace in the same location. This makes for an excellent way to farm many Runes very quickly.
- Using a Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot, players will net 14,000+ Runes per kill, greatly increasing the Runes gained. Additionally, while using the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot combined with the effects of the Golden Scarab Talisman, players will net 17,000+ Runes per kill.
Crows will sometimes feign a stagger, complete with the audio cue. They begin wobbling around on one foot to bait an approach, before performing a grab attack with their beak. A truly staggered crow will flop over onto their side, exposing a glowing spot on their head.

Blistered Crows may use a delayed, lunging bite attack that carries them forward into a belly flop. They will briefly cry out in surprise before propelling themselves forward while chomping blindly for a few seconds. This lengthy attack can be avoided by staying behind its head, creating distance, or by causing a stagger.

Monstrous Crow Attacks and Counters

Attack	Description	Counter
Raptor of the Gusts	The crow assumes a slightly lower stance than normal while slowly spreading it's wings out. When it's wings are fully spread out, the crow boosts itself backward and in the air, releasing a vaguely conical, black wind shockwave in front of it's previous position. The crow then flaps it's wings in the air a couple of times.	The shockwave doesn't do any damage, so it is a viable approach to not try dodging it, though you will probably get staggered if in it's range since your roll i-frames don't outlast the shockwave. 1. Ignore the shockwave and chase the crow down once out of your stagger so you are at closer range to attack. Be wary of the crow landing on top of you after the 'attack'. 2. If you insist on dodging the shockwave, retreat as far from the crow as possible. As soon as you hear the squawk, roll backwards to ensure you are out of the shockwave's range. Afterwards, the crow will probably either drop land at a distance or lunge land at you with it's talons. In the case of the latter, roll in any direction half a second after the talons become fully extended.
Quick Beak Hook	The crow leans to it's left (Your right) while opening it's beak wide and lifting it's left foot off the ground while spreading it's wings out a bit. It will try to strike you from your right hand side immediately after a squawk with it's beak.	If you watch the crow's feet you will know that this attack is coming. If you are using a weapon with at least decent attack speed such as a Spear or Dagger you can roll forward if the left foot raises and immediately after the squawk and get a single rolling light attack in, since the mutant bird has about a single second of recovery after the attack.
Double Peck	The crow squawks while leaping backwards a few metres. It then spreads its wings out followed by it pecking the ground in front of itself two times in quick succession.	If you suddenly see the bird leap backwards with it squawking, don't immediately run forward to close the distance. It is very unlikely you can be directly underneath the crow when it starts to peck, so you can roll or walk backwards when it hops backwards so the pecks don't reach. Definitely do not attempt to roll both of them, you will probably get roll caught by the second peck if you try.
Triple Peck	The crow spreads it's wings out while raising it's head and pecks thrice at the ground in front of it. The delay between the second and third pecks is slightly more than between the first and second. With each peck, it also hops slightly to advance forward.	The main difference between Triple Peck and Double Peck is that Triple Peck doesn't have the crow jump back. If you see the crow raise it's head and spread it's wings and not reposition backwards, roll underneath the crow, which should have all it's attacks unable to reach you. If done correctly, you should be able to get one good attack in while the crow is attacking.
Foot Slam	The crow jumps into the air while tucking both it's knees to the rest of it's body. After it suspends itself in that position for about half a second, it suddenly slams down on your position, leading with it's feet and landing with it's legs fully straight. The bird will bend said legs a second later.	Roll in any direction a split second after the giant bird has assumed it's airborne knees tucked pose. You can get a light attack in or two before it's legs return to their neutral position after their landing, which signals it may do another attack.
Beak Faceplant	The crow squawks, then raises it's wings and face upward a second later, then it plunges it's beak into the ground in front of itself with both the wings dropping to it's sides as it does so. The beak stays buried into the ground for a second or two after the attack finishes before it pulls it's face out.	This attack will come if you hear a squawk and the crow doesn't seem to physically react or move immediately after. When it does finally raise it's face and wings up to do the plunge, roll in the direction that will bring you closest to it's beak as soon as you are able to see the front of it's exposed throat as it lifts it's head up. You can get a jumping heavy onto the beak during it's recovery position, which takes more damage than other parts of it's body.
Baiting Beak Grab	Occasionally, after you hit the crow, the stance break sound effect plays and it will seemingly be about to topple over like a normal stagger. However, what the crow does instead is lower and position its head to prepare to grab you with its beak, flying into the sky and dropping you hard if it succeeds.	Whenever you hear the sound, do not immediately wail on it. If the crow ends up falling over, then it is safe to attack until it gets back up or after you visceral attack. If it ends up suspended in its wobbling animation without falling, then it will do this attack to try to catch you off guard. Roll in any direction a second after you see it's head move. The sound effect also plays a split second later than it otherwise should, so it is easy to know this attack is coming once you have figured it out.

Enemy Type	Item Drops	Notes
Monstrous Crow	1009 - 11038 Runes Hefty Beast Bone Beast Blood
Blistered Crow	1009 - 11038 Runes Hefty Beast Bone Beast Blood Blood-Tainted Excrement	One of these is involved in an well-known farming spot