Defying the Impossible: My Epic Victory Over Nightreign's 'Unbeatable' Tutorial Margit

So there I was, fresh into Elden Ring Nightreign, facing the infamous tutorial Margit that everyone's supposed to lose against. You know what's coming, right? The scripted defeat, the humble beginning to your epic journey... except I wasn't having any of that nonsense. Call me stubborn, call me foolish, but when a game tells me I'm supposed to lose, my gamer instincts kick into overdrive! 😤

Looking back now in 2025, it's almost comical how FromSoftware thought they could just throw an 'unbeatable' boss at us and expect the community to collectively shrug and accept defeat. Have they met us? Seriously?

The Discovery That Shocked The Community

When word first spread that tutorial Margit could actually be defeated, the community went wild. Forums exploded, Discord servers crashed, and my Twitter feed became a battleground of skeptics versus believers. I was firmly in the latter camp, determined to join the elite few who had accomplished this seemingly impossible feat.

The trick isn't just raw skill (though let's be honest, that helps enormously). It's about:

• Meticulous resource management

• Perfect dodge timing

• Exploiting every environmental advantage

• A healthy dose of masochism

The worst part? No matter how far you've progressed in the main game, when you replay this tutorial, you're stuck as a pathetically weak Wylder. Talk about adding insult to injury!

My Personal Journey to Victory

My first dozen attempts were... well, let's just say Margit introduced my face to the ground with alarming regularity. But with each humiliating defeat, I learned something new:

1. The slight delay in his hammer swing

2. The exact pixel-perfect position to avoid his thrust attack

3. The precise moment when his guard drops for a millisecond

On my 47th attempt (yes, I counted), I managed to get him down to about 15% health before making a rookie mistake and rolling right into his grab attack. I may have thrown my controller. My cat may have judged me harshly for it.

The Secret Path to Victory

For those brave (or foolish) enough to follow in my footsteps, here's what you need to know:

First, you'll need to find the tutorial replay option. It's hidden deeper than my emotional trauma from Dark Souls, buried in the Visual Codex at the Roundtable Hold. FromSoft really didn't want you finding this, which makes victory all the sweeter.

Once you're in, collect EVERYTHING. Every consumable, every throwable, every scrap of advantage you can find. You'll need it all. The path to Margit is littered with items that seem insignificant but make all the difference in this fight.

My strategy involved:

• Perfect dodge timing (obviously)

• Utilizing the terrain to create distance when healing

• Saving powerful consumables for the final phase

• Praying to whatever digital deity might be listening

The Underwhelming Reward

After nearly five hours of attempts, when I finally landed that killing blow, I expected... well, something grand. A legendary weapon perhaps, or some game-changing item that would make the rest of my journey a cakewalk.

Instead, I got the Fell Omen Fetish.

Yes, that's it. An item so underwhelming I initially thought the game was trolling me. But you know what? I didn't care. The real reward was the bragging rights, the knowledge that I'd done something the developers never expected players to accomplish.

The FromSoft Tradition of "Unbeatable" Tutorials

This isn't the first time FromSoftware has pulled this trick. Demon's Souls veterans will remember The Vanguard, another supposedly unbeatable tutorial boss that actually could be conquered with enough skill (or luck). The original Elden Ring had its own version too.

The difference with Nightreign is that beating Margit doesn't force you to die afterward for story purposes. It's a pure challenge with no narrative strings attached, which somehow makes it more satisfying.

Was It Worth It?

Did I waste five hours of my life that I'll never get back? Probably.

Would I do it again? Absolutely.

There's something uniquely satisfying about defying a game's expectations, about looking at a challenge labeled "impossible" and saying, "Watch me." It's the same spirit that drives speedrunners to break games in half and challenge runners to beat Dark Souls using banana controllers.

As we continue exploring Nightreign throughout 2025, I wonder what other "impossible" challenges FromSoftware has hidden for us to discover. What other rules are meant to be broken? What other limitations exist only in our minds?

Perhaps the real lesson of Nightreign isn't about accepting defeat but questioning it. Maybe that's the true spirit of being Tarnished – not just rising after every fall, but refusing to fall in the first place when everyone says you must.

Or maybe I'm just really, really stubborn. Either way, tutorial Margit now knows my name, and that's victory enough for me. 🏆