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Elden Ring: Baldachin's

Blessing, Explained
Here's everything you need to know about this
blessing in Elden Ring.

BY MIGUEL AMARO
PUBLISHED 11 HOURS AGO

Quick Links
What Happens When You Hug Fia In Elden
Ring

What Is Baldachin's Blessing

How To Get Baldachin's Blessing

Is Getting Baldachin's Blessing Worth it?

How To Get Rid Of The HP Debuff

You might have noticed that Elden Ring is a

humongous game unless you've been living
under a rock for the past couple of weeks.
Players can spend hours just walking - or
double jumping- around trying to explore every
nook and cranny of The Lands Between.

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This game's freedom to explore is one of its

major selling points, and oh boy, are the fans
taking advantage of their free will. In a very
unexpected turn of events, players can choose
to hug a random lady found in the Roundtable
Hold. As wholesome as this interaction might
be, it comes with a cost, as the hugging lady
will give players a permanent HP debuff.
Worry not, as this guide includes everything
you need to know about the hugging lady in
Elden Ring and how to get rid of the HP debuff.

What Happens When You Hug

Fia In Elden Ring

The first thing you need to know is that hugging

Fia (that's the name of the hugging lady in
Elden Ring) doesn't give you debuff. In fact,
what gives you the debuff is carrying (in
your inventory) the item she gives you
after sharing an embrace.

This item is a single-use consumable called

Baldachin's Blessing that gives you a 15
seconds boost in Poise when you use it. But,
as stated before, it also gives you a -5% max
HP debuff while held in your inventory.

What Is Baldachin's Blessing

Item Type Consumable

Favor bestowed by a deathbed

companion. Protection of a hidden
temple in the guise of a
bedchamber. Uses FP to
Description temporarily boost poise. The favor
allows one to forget any aches and
pains. In Death, 1 there is only
peace, for in Death, there can be no
sensation.

What it
Uses FP to boost poise
Does

How To Get Baldachin's

Blessing

To get to the area where Fia is, you will first

need to find Melina at a Shrine of Grace,
as she is the one who will take you to
Roundtable Hold, an area only accessible via
fast travel. Below you'll find our very own video
guide that showcases how to get to Roundtable
Hold.

Elden Ring: How To Reach …

Once there, you'll find a wide assortment of

NPCs, including, of course, Fia the Deathbed
Companion. Talk to her, and she will offer to
hold you briefly so she can feel the warmth of a
champion.

If you let her hold you, you will receive

the Baldachin's Blessing item in your
inventory. Keep in mind that while you can
only have one Baldachin's Blessing at a time on
your inventory, you can hug Fia again if you
like.

The second time you hug Fia, you can choose to

"talk in secret" with her or leave. If you choose
the first option, you'll learn a bit more about
her backstory.

Is Getting Baldachin's Blessing

Worth it?

While having a -5% health debuff sucks in a

game as challenging as Elden Ring, the other
effect Baldachin's Blessing grants you
make it worth it.

For example, one of the item's effects is a buff

in your Poise stat. In Elden Ring, Poise is a
base stat that determines how many enemy
attacks from an enemy you can withstand
before collapsing and being left stunned. The
higher the stat, the more enemy attacks
you can block.

As you can see, increasing your Poise means

your attacks won't be interrupted as easily as
you won't be staggered or knocked back with
each swing.

Other alternatives to increase your Poise

include wearing head, chest, arm, and leg gear.

However, this buff is only temporary, so

you might want to save it for more challenging
bosses, like the Draconic Tree Sentinel or the
Crucible Knight, or for bosses that are above
your armor or level range.

If you're interested in this item, keep in mind

the following considerations:

You can only have 1 Baldachin's Blessing in

your inventory, but you can hug Fia again
to get another one after using it.
You won't be able to store the Baldachin's
Blessing item.
You can use Baldachin's Blessing during
multiplayer mode.
Using this item costs 10 FP
Only go ahead and hug Fia whenever you're
ready to engage in a boss fight, otherwise
you'll be walking around with a pesky
debuff for no reason.

How To Get Rid Of The HP

Debuff

As with many things in Elden Ring, the game

doesn't exactly tell you what to do to get rid of
the HP debuff, so naturally, many players panic
when they first see the red square debuff with a
down arrow on the upper left side of their
screens.

If you're one of those players that decided to

hug Fia was a must-do, there is no need to
worry too much, as getting rid of Baldachin's
Blessing HP debuff is as easy as getting the item
itself.

To get rid of the debuff, you need to

consume the Baldachin's Blessing item to
get it out of your inventory, and the debuff will
just go away.

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