How to Beat Baldovino in Enotria: The Last Song

Enotria: The Last Song‘s sunlit and mesmerizing world presents a tough challenge, especially with formidable bosses like Baldovino.

The game has its share of difficulty spikes, but the Baldovino boss fight is a step beyond and may initially seem impossible.

Baldovino is a towering, robotic knight who inflicts massive Malanno damage. He is also accompanied by a metallic hound in his narrow arena in the East Docks.

Despite the odds, a weapon like Gluttonous Fork and some build adjustments will help you beat Baldovino quickly.

Alternatively, you can defeat him using a less conventional method, cheesing, despite being shunned by your inner soul-like superego.

If you’ve defeated Zanni, the First Mask, and ventured into Falesia Magna, then it’s time to face the poisonous knight at the East Docks.

How To Prepare For Baldovino?

When facing a boss like Baldovino, it’s crucial to optimize every bit of your build, because if you don’t, you’ll be riding that elevator leading to him endlessly.

Like with the hardest bosses in Elden Ring, the first step is to review your stats and ensure you’re not too underleveled.

Unlike Curtis, the Prince of Laughter, or Quinta’s deceitful arts teacher Zanni, Baldovino really requires the Maskless One to be thoroughly prepared.

For instance, it’s essential to have at least 30 points in the Bruiser stat while facing the twisted actors of Enotria, as the Bruiser stat increases your health bar.

As for the other stats, it depends on your preferred build, but having at least 25 levels in Battlemage would also be beneficial against many bosses, including Baldovino. This stat boosts your Ardore Power and enhances the effects of your Mask Lines.

Since Baldovino meddles with Malanno, using a weapon with Vis against him will be very effective.

This is where Zanni’s Gluttonous Fork comes into play, as it inflicts significant Vis damage that is perfect to use against him.

However, before choosing one of the best weapons in the game and facing Baldovino, it’s essential to first venture into Falesia Magna, overcome its dangers, and complete its quests.

Go To Falesia Magna Before Trying to Beat Baldovino

While the difficulty spike is quite steep, Falesia Magna offers a few bosses that will grant you the much-needed level increase against Baldovino.

The area unlocks right after defeating the first major boss of Enotria: The Last Song, Zanni.

You can reach Falesia Magna by taking a right from the Field of Beginnings. After slowly reaching the sea level in Falesia Magna, you will face the giant crab Gran Paguro, the Coastal Horror.

Defeating it is important as it will allow you to grind freely in this area, later on.

Once you are done with Falesia Magna and its bosses like Simulacra of Veltha, the Spaventa Gatekeeper, and the Last Breach Defender, you can head back to the East Docks area of Quinta to face Baldovino.

Baldovino’s Moveset Explained

During the fight, Baldovino tends to stick with a pretty rigid moveset. This means there won’t be any surprises, allowing you to concentrate on timing your dodges and parries.

While parrying is typical when dealing with bosses in Enotria: The Last Song, battling Baldovino will also require you to dodge frantically around the confined arena.

Instead of solely focusing on parrying, it’s important to use a combination of dodging and parrying instead.

Here’s a brief guide on how to handle Baldovino’s specific attacks.

How to Beat Baldovino

The Baldovino boss fight in Enotria: The Last Song can be quite frustrating. The arena is narrow, and you have to battle a Meteoric Hound while also trying to survive Baldovino’s deadly attacks.

Although the hound isn’t very powerful, it makes the fight much more challenging and unfair.

To overcome this, focusing on defeating the hound is crucial. You can swiftly take down the robotic hound by jumping from the ledge instead of taking the stairs on the left.

When Baldovino is at a distance, you take down the robotic hound with just a few hits so that you can fully concentrate on the boss.

Unlike the earlier bosses in Enotria, Baldovino has a hefty Unraveling Meter that’s quite difficult to fill. While parrying is the core mechanic of Enotria, the risk isn’t worth the reward when up against Baldovino.

On top of his unpredictable attacks, the robotic spearman does not forgive even the slightest mistake, and he can take you down in two hits, even if you are above level 60. That’s why it’s a good idea to dodge away and wait for the right moment to attack.

Keep your distance and watch Baldovino when he’s airborne. Dodge just before he lands to avoid his attacks.

You can also take cover under the building’s front porch, wait for him to land on the roof, and focus on avoiding his spear slam.

When facing Baldovino, it’s crucial to employ a combination of dodging and parrying instead of focusing on one mechanic.

Some of his overhead spear attacks should be parried to gradually fill up his Unraveling Meter, whereas others are better avoided by dodging.

Fortunately, Baldovino provides a few hit opportunities after a perfect parry. However, if you’re wielding a Colossal Weapon, remember not to attempt more than two hits, as the knight will swiftly retaliate.

Moreover, consumables and throwables are highly effective against him. When defending and maintaining distance, throw aFlask of Vis and other throwables to steadily deplete his health.

Although they are not as powerful as the Flask of Vis; Consumed Blades, Astral Daggers, Litumnian Grenade, and Soaked Knives are good as well.

Make a habit of using Hymn of Vigor too, as it boosts your Stamina Regeneration while you try to dodge and parry Baldovino’s attacks. You should have a handful of them, as minor enemies drop them often.

How to Cheese The Baldovino Boss Fight

Even for those who are strict souls-like fans, some bosses deserve a little bit of cheesing and abusing the game’s glitches.

Fortunately, it’s possible to completely neutralize the massive difficulty spike and glitch Baldovino to drain his health bar.

• Right after taking the Meteoric Hound, position yourself under the porch of the building next to it.
• Baldovino should jump onto the roof and try to lock onto you.
• Without moving outside the porch, make him drop the ground and follow you under the porch.
• Slowly go backward until you reach the end of the porch, where he will get stuck and won’t be able to attack.
• After ensuring that he is stuck, feel free to leave the porch and go to a safe distance.

That’s where you can unleash your wrath upon the unable robotic spearmen. Although his health bar disappears after a point, keep attacking as you can still defeat Baldovino.

However, be fast as possible as the glitch isn’t a permanent solution and Baldovino starts attacking back.

Rewards for Defeating Baldovino

Beating Baldovino grants you a whopping 44,450 Memoria alongside Ingenium Automaton’s Role, mask shards, and anEfestite Geode.

The latter is a crucial weapon upgrade item and the Automaton Mask Shard allow you to craft Automaton’s Mask, which unlocks when you have 300 Shards.

• Ingenium Automaton’s Role
• Shard of a Cherished Memory
• Automaton Mask Shard
• Efestite Geode

Once you defeat the poisonous knight, you can then set sail to Litumnia and unravel the path forward in Enotria: The Last Song.