The Furnace Golem

#eldenring

[@bonfirevn]

This enemy's internal name is "Wickerman"

[@Kaito57]

Burning people : oh, okay. Burning cattle/horse : wow… Burning dragon : WTF !?

[@haseo8244]

Dog too

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

Did Messmer at LEAST cut out the Dragon's Heart? Cuz if not then that is the biggest waste of resources in possibly all of Elden Ring

[@Quaranyr]

@@gunsevenwhillans420 Well, Messmer's snake friends have rudimentary drake-like wing + grand altar of dragon communion is located in Shadow Lands, so Messmer occasionally munching some drake hearts is not hard to imagine.

[@PierceArner]

I think that the concept might actually be that burning the dragon is what allows the Golems to actually come to life by fusing the dragon's Bloodflame into the inanimate material. It would explain why the Furnace Golem's can launch inexhaustible quantities of flame once they're started, and it's also why you can hear draconic roaring coming from inside the burning cores of the regular Guardian Golems.

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

@@PierceArner What do you mean "Fusing dragon's bloodflame"? Dragons don't have any sort of bloodflame, that stuff is caused exclusively by blood of the Mother of Truth being exposed to oxygen. Although fusing drakeblood into the material could work, since it holds insane amounts of magical power - as evident from the Player Character if he partakes in the Dragon Communion (the Arcane stat determines your own innate magical power in this game), and as we see from the existence of Messmer and the fact you can cast fire-based spells with the Dragon Communion Seal it is entirely possible to convert arcane power into fire through some magical thingamjiggery.

[@firestoneandcollusionthely2648]

It maybe called a Furnace Golem but I'm still gonna call them Wickerman

[@Tacoguy1000]

That's what I'm calling them too.

[@jonl3609]

I'm still calling them Giant Fire

[@davisiotta489]

This is probably accidental when copying one leg to another and making the bodies of each leg the same but I love how it makes it look like these people burned to death while trying to reach out to the person on the other leg, imagine if they had the cruelty of placing people who knew each other as family, friends and lovers on each of their legs and letting them watch as their loved ones burn while they can't even be holding each other in their last moments

[@TheAtomicChinchilla]

My exact same thought

[@usernamehhhs4540]

hahahahahahah

[@GabeJohnson91]

Well now I'm sad

[@david5310]

i will *not* be imagining that, thank you very much fuck. i'm imagining it

[@the_infinexos]

It'd be so much darker if you still heard screams coming from this thing while fighting it

[@akifaiman7388]

Gotta give people some thaddeus from wow nightmare

[@Northerseal]

It must have been like that during the messmer's war of conquest of the Shadow Lands. They would have advanced by throwing prisoners and victims alive into the furnace. As the golem shakes its head, the fire intensifies, and the victims scream more intensely...the game turns into a horror game.

[@JS-es9bp]

that'd be surreal!

[@danielz6177]

Imo this is one of the most vile things Fromsoft has ever created next to the One Reborn

[@minespatch]

Okay, so I was also see One Reborn and Rotten vibes from this too. Glad to see others noticing.

[@capablanc]

The jars are pretty bad. People whipped until their skin started to ooze with infection, then melded with chopped up sinners and shoved into a jar.

[@thehunter8417]

​@@capablanc I think the jars are animated corpses using magic, but then again the area in Shadow Keep may disprove that..?

[@peteybakedziti8908]

​@@capablancmy theory is that the Hornsent of Belurat were the ones doing that to the villagers as a means of reaching divinity through sacrifice. The Hornsent have some association with the crucible because of their horns and the crucible is an amalgamation of life so maybe the Hornsent tried to have their Empyrean ascend to God hood by imitating this with the jars. We know the culture yearns for divinity given the name of the dancing lion but they failed and Marika started a crusade as revenge and became a god by using their own sacrifice method against them

[@wealthybone2990]

Wdym vile? How so? It looks cool.

[@Goblinboyo162]

I like how they made it bigger than the concept art depicted it

[@jamesnorman9160]

The description of the Furnace Visage says that the Fire Giant decorations were intended to terrify and mock the Hornsent people. Looking at the overall thing, it's a war machine, a siege weapon, and a terror weapon all rolled into one. I mean, it's full of the corpses of anything it can find and pick up to fuel its fires, right up to a dragon corpse. Plus the sheer size of them and the fact you can see them from miles away helps sell the intimidation factor of them. When you first come onto the Scadu Altus and see one just standing guard outside the Shadow Keep past the Messmer camp, you just know they want to keep people out.

[@iboofer]

Even worse, that visage is supposed to represent the face of the Fell God to them, as it seems they disliked it as much as Marika. So at least 3 groups (Marika/Hornsent/Zamoreans) had it out for the Fire Giants.

[@VictorIV0310]

Plus, certain item descriptions state that the Hornsent terrorized and persecuted the Shaman village where Marika lived by rounding up the Numen, mutilating them and stuffing them in jars. After ascending to godhood, Marika orders her son Messmer to wage a brutal, genocidal war against the Land of Shadow with his most prominent war machine being the massive furnace golems where Hornsent themselves are stuffed inside to serve as fuel for the machine as it marches over the land as an instrument of terror, destruction and mockery with its horned mask of the Hornsent’s own fell god of fire. It’s like a fantasy mecha in the form of a walking charnel house. I’m just fascinated by the overall design of this thing!

[@Dinoman972]

@@iboofer Four, the ice dragons like Borealis were also enemies of the giants.

[@nicolabrogni9940]

​​@@VictorIV0310what items are you referring to?

[@wealthybone2990]

Wait it can pickup dragons? I'm surprised but this thing looks cool af.

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

It's actually genius, they use corpses and steel as the chassis and limbs while having a large furnace inside that burns Messmer's dirty laundry as fuel to continue working. They are disposing of corpses, scrap metal AND laundry while making it also dispose of unwanted intruders in the process as well!

[@theawickward2255]

I am currently unsure if you mean that Messmer burnt evidence of his atrocities, or if you meant that entirely literally and that Messmer liked to throw his clothes into his war machines rather than clean them.

[@iboofer]

@@theawickward2255 "Mother....wouldst thou truly wearing sanction in briefs so bereft of white?"

[@poly_g6068]

Peak efficiency.

[@WASDLeftClick]

@theawickward2255 He’s a demigod trust fund baby, he’s never had to clean anything in his life. He doesn’t know what to do so he just throws all his dirty clothes, plates, cups, bowls, and cutlery in the fire golems and buys new ones.

[@danidrinx7842]

@@WASDLeftClick Please, Miquella & Godwyn were the trust fund golden children, Messmer is clearly the eldest son who's had to work his whole life to try & appease his narcissistic mother, who still abandoned him anyways.

[@johannessmith1369]

Does it's "face" remind anyone else of the Dung Eater's sigil?

[@jestercorn2775]

Now you're cookin with gas. It's a symbol of both the omen and the sun. Dungeater used it to further add isnult to injury and to represent the unyielding fire of the sun, causing endless burning and suffering. It's a cool mix of lore

[@shenwishes]

Imagine the stench coming off of that thing...

[@CrowSkeleton]

Bacon! Crispy, crispy bacon.

[@numbersbubble]

bbq

[@timtim6373]

According to some fire fighters people burning smells like bbq except until you smell the hair.

[@julie493]

mmmmffgghhh... 🤤

[@elibrainless90]

Probably smells like burnt hair and charcoal

[@elilass8410]

These are based on wicker men. According to Cesar in his memoirs of the Gaulish wars (and therefore to be taken with a grain of salt), these were tall wooden humanoid structures that were built to house human sacrifices, and were then set on fire. They're most well known thanks to the british folk horror movie Wicker Man.

[@WASDLeftClick]

Romans being Romans, the guys who generally referred to anyone not from the Italian peninsula as “barbarians”, there’s a good chance I think that Cesar added the detail of there being people inside the wicker men to make his memoirs more exciting, portraying him as the noble and brave Roman beating civilization into the backwards Gaul barbarians.

[@elilass8410]

@@WASDLeftClick I fully believe that lol

[@theobell2002]

"nooo!!! it's obviously a berk reference!!!"

[@metalsludge8205]

​@@theobell2002 berserk invented the entire fantasy genre, step aside Tolkien

[@admiralcat3809]

Messmer ain't picking his victims on this one, be it a dragon or a giant, they're fuel for his warmachines.

[@imannam]

Look at the visages, man. I understand why Messmer's Crusade began, the Erdtree society's idea of righteousness and purification of evil. But the visages on the golems. Those twisted visages on humanoid mounds of burning Hornsent corpses, meant to mock and terrify the people of the tower. It demonstrates a depravity and dehumanization of the enemy, fueled by hatred for those that hurt Marika's people so long ago. An eye for an eye, they say. Just another massacre in response to a massacre. It's an endless cycle of hate.

[@timtim6373]

The hornsent crammed marika’s people into jars now the hornsent are crammed into the furnace golem by marika’s people I’m sure the Parallel is intentional

[@abhorrentweeaboo4104]

Where does it state in the dlc that the hornsent wronged the numen? Might have missed it but there is very little lore on mesmers Crusad3 which is disappointing since it's probably my favorite aspect of the entire dlc

[@anquanz333]

@@abhorrentweeaboo4104From the Jar’s Remain we got in the DLC. We can even see the yellow hair of Numen like of Marika.

[@nightscout9979]

@@abhorrentweeaboo4104 There's a spirit at Bonny Village who says that shamans have no right to complain about being tortured and forced into the jars because that's supposedly why the shamans were even born. The village that Marika is said to have lived in is called the Shaman Village.

[@szarekhthesilentking7043]

Except the crusade is NOT Messmer's idea Marika told him to do the crusade, and to make himself a symbol of fear, and to take all the curses , hatred, and anger of the hornsents upon himself . We see him hating his own flame and wishing for it to go out While Messmer's not an heroic guy at all, he's a tragic character, and a lot of the fault has to be placed on Marika.

[@nexradio143]

Imagine looking out from the Tower and seeing five or six of these marching towards you from across the Plain, I’d fold immediately

[@DivideByW]

Fun fact: this is based on a thing that actually existed. Wickermen were giant, hollow wicker statues that were built and later burned by Celtic druids for ritual purposes. Old legend says that they even burned crowds of people within them as well as animals (Though they might have been criminals or already dead). This is probably a historically exaggerated account (as it's told their enemies) but it's still pretty terrifying to think about.

[@MarilynMalkovich]

It probably didn't, sadly. The only two attestation are from Caesar and then later a Greek guy repeating what he said, both firmly entrenched in the "my source is I made it the fuck up" stage of historiography. Human sacrifice among the celts was not unheard of but was very rare. It did eventually make for one banger movie tho.

[@DivideByW]

@@MarilynMalkovich Yeah, and the Romans considered the Celts "barbarians" so they were probably more than willing to make up things about them. There have been some wicker effigies burnt in more modern times (minus any kind of sacrifice), though.

[@MarilynMalkovich]

@DivideByW They did every year in Scotland up until about 2015, though to my knowledge that had a bit more to do with the film (which happened to be filmed around the same area) than any longer tradition. Still a neat a bit of revivalism

[@TheSilly6403]

@@MarilynMalkovichplease don't say 'sadly' lmao

[@LabTech41]

"It's made out of a bunch of corpses" - person describing a FromSoft creature. Us: do you have ANY idea how little that narrows it down?

[@embargovenom9948]

It really is outstanding how often Fromsoft can reuse a concept like "an enemy made of corpses" and make it refreshing and unique each time.

[@danzkemueldmagadia3580]

First time seeing this guy be like: I can definitely take this down *gets grabbed and cooked out of oblivion*

[@dehydrated-axolotl]

Bro you're a real one. Been trying to get good screencaps w/o dying so I can draw this monstrosity

[@ELDniel-DW5pg]

the time i fought one at the dlc beginning, i was attacking his legs and then i was like HOLY S**T IS THAT A HORSE?!

[@studyguy.7660]

I knew there was a dragon inside it!

[@FaeQueenCory]

You've better eyes than I. I missed the head sticking out.

[@ZarMationStudios18]

Just hit me how the Furnace Golem could also represent a fear of being eaten by a Fire Giant. Throwing all those bodies into its center to burn made me think of how the Giant's literally have a massive mouth on their stomach that spews lava.

[@KazzKutts]

I really hope you do Bayle the Dread next, his whole body tells the story of when he and Placidisax had their ultimate battle.

[@jaggidfire]

I think this Messmer fella might be a bad guy.

[@AtreyusNinja]

basically The Rotten 2.0 Elden Ring confirmed Dark Souls 2 2

[@chaoticstarfish3401]

Nito did it first

[@lexmarovsky6667]

​@@chaoticstarfish3401not exactly, he had his main body, just decorated with others skeletons

[@raultorres9909]

The One Reborn in Bloodborne??? Aldritch in DS3?

[@debatenothing5676]

​@@lexmarovsky6667 this thing has a body, and decorated it with burnt humans

[@nix98zlcy]

shadow of the erdtree is Dark Souls 2 3

[@justamanofculture7]

Can't wait for Bayle Showcase

[@milokonna]

Isn't the plate that the fire giant is holding meant to be put on top of the furnace golems? The size matches, and the style fits the fire giant masks on the golem's legs.

[@BIGDZ8346]

An interesting observation. Someone will probably make a lore video about it

[@__Nameless_one__]

Wasn't that for the forge he's literally guarding..

[@VictorIV0310]

It’s for the forge he’s guarding, not the Furnace Golems.

[@milokonna]

@@__Nameless_one__ The forge is way, way bigger, it would be like trying to use an ordinary plate to cover a whole cauldron.

[@Tortuga2223a]

​It can go either way unless you pull evidence that it is indeed smaller and not just LOOKS smaller.... .​@@milokonna

[@VictorIV0310]

Thanks for presenting the Furnace Golem!

[@seb1520]

I genuinely love the design of these monsters but at the same time man they take so long to kill lol

[@TheCompleteMental]

Wicker Man

[@CrowSkeleton]

Shades of Rodin's Gates of Hell as much as Roman anti-Druid propoganda...also, there's a 'dragon' in there?!

[@littlerepera79]

This represents just how awful mesmer really was and is. The shear terror of being caged in a golem shaped cage with lots of other people and things, and then being burned alive to fuel this golem.

[@gonzalolanzillotte9889]

your videos are a lifesaver, I always use them to make 3d figures of the soul saga, I can't wait for one of Bayle The Dread

[@JustPablo5000]

This thing is so vile. I love it.

[@MoonAuth]

screaming sound would have made this creature more vile. like Jean Jacket from the movie Nope

[@Grenzgengar]

Nope referenced in context to Elden Ring... today was a good day and i feel fulfilled

[@MoonAuth]

@@Grenzgengar From Software creates a lot of creative creatures, but none as ingenious as Jean Jacket. What a historical inventive monster.

[@bored8321]

Concept art made it look smaller, but ingame is FAR larger and dangerous

[@meep9963]

This design may be one of the best I’ve seen in a game of this type in years

[@lucacioanca8629]

Hey man, love these types of videos. Would you do a size comparison between greyoll and that huge dead dragon in the dlc ?

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

Greyoll is a looooooooooooooooooooot smaller than that dragon. A size comparison between Gransax and that huge dead dragon would honestly be more interesting.

[@jacobkern2060]

I'm sure Zullie will do a comparison between Granssax and what I assume is Florissax's former body.

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

@@jacobkern2060 It appears to be a drake and not a real dragon last time I checked, so it couldn't have been Florissax's former form. Although I may be mistaken, I should look again.

[@iboofer]

@@gunsevenwhillans420 Definitely a drake. Plus if transforming into a humanoid form required them to discard their dragon flesh, then Lansseax shouldn't be present on the Altus Plateau as she also became a priestess of the Ancient Dragon Cult. They can probably go back and forth as needed.

[@Trimondius]

It has mummified fire giant faces on its legs,meaning they saw action in the lands between too.

[@wealthybone2990]

Even though this enemy/mini-boss can be annoying and bs it's probably one kf the coolest deisgned enemies Miyazaki has ever made I love this guy and fighting big enemies. Honestly would be cool to fight a shadow of the colossus type boss in a game like this.

[@enniusdrusus867]

Messmer took burning man too literally.

[@Elementroar]

The Furnace Golems having the visage of the Hornsent’s own “fell god of fire” they prophesied, which feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy - they created this visage to represent it, then Marika/Messmer uses it to terrorize them on a literal war machine of their demise. It’s also possible what the hornsent saw as horns may have been curling abyssal serpents, like how it looks around Messmer or when they’re coiling in his unsealed eye. I feel like it also hints at who Messmer’s father is considering how his power is depicted.

[@VictorIV0310]

Plus, certain item descriptions state that the Hornsent terrorized and persecuted the Shaman village where Marika lived by rounding up the Numen, mutilating them and stuffing them in jars. After ascending to godhood, Marika orders her son Messmer to wage a brutal, genocidal war against the Land of Shadow with his most prominent war machine being the massive furnace golems where Hornsent themselves are stuffed inside to serve as fuel for the machine as it marches over the land as an instrument of terror, destruction and mockery with its horned mask of the Hornsent’s own fell god of fire. Marika must’ve made very explicit instructions to Messmer to inflict as much karmic retribution upon them as possible. It’s like a fantasy mecha in the form of a walking charnel house. I’m just fascinated by the overall design of this thing!

[@Elementroar]

@@VictorIV0310 I’m just wondering what did that poor non-horned horse do to deserve being stuffed in there. Actually the corpses don’t look particularly horned now that I look at them. Not even like the horns are shorn, they look like normal humans 😮 So who is actually stuffed into the golems?

[@VictorIV0310]

@@ElementroarAside from targeting their enemies, they’d probably just dump whatever corpses they find to keep the golem powered up.

[@naka3339]

@@VictorIV0310 i think in the timeline Marika conquered the lands between before sending Mesmmer to do the genocide. Thats why we have Raya Lucaria assisting Mesmmer and also she probably took the giants flame and gave to Mesmmer.

[@lmycinius5783]

Its like Fromsoft took a look at Regigigas and thought "How can we nightmare-ify this?"

[@ID-unavailable]

The one in the camp near anor londo 2.0 drove me insane, constantly falling in akward positions where I couldnt crit him because of the terrain

[@Cyynapse]

im convinced the reason his healthbar is so big is to give the player time to notice all the details

[@Sarokadmc]

The details are really cool

[@GrieveIV]

Wow that face. That’s quite the theft and weaponizing or Hornsent culture. Wild

[@Paladin_Lawbro]

Furnace golem? I’ve been calling them wicker giants this whole time 😂

[@hhowdy]

Damn they have baby dragons inside of them, that’s so sad man

[@shanemartin1705]

Miquella next please

[@JesusRodriguezX2]

Great video!!! 👏👏👏

[@ivenlight]

الشيئ المرعب الأكثر من هذا المخلوق هو التفاصيل التي تكتشف عنها في هكذا مقاطع. انه اخر مخيف

[@kronho25]

now i want to now the lore of that horse

[@pinkxeno]

the summerisles would love this thing

[@UnknowableAbsolute]

more powerful than any boss imho

[@ari4918]

pretty pls do bayle next he has such a cool design and is missing a leg

[@mightquinnable]

“NOT THE BEE” head ass design

[@KhepriX]

I am almost 99% certain that the wood they used for those golems came from those weird looking trees around the Gravesite.

[@hoanghaothien7877]

Can wait to see Bayle model

[@a.r.h9919]

Looks as a living hell engine forge like the caged spider from dark souls 3 but at a scale way beyond

[@matguimond92]

the one by metyr cathedral is spam happy with that fire rain crap 😆

[@pixelspy5791]

The amount of death you see in this dlc is pretty extraordinary. Massive piles of bodies everywhere. Feel like Messmers "war" was more of a genocide

[@VictorIV0310]

Indeed, it was. This DLC pulls no punches is showing off the horrors of mass slaughter.

[@doju5505]

Can't wait for the fingers

[@gestalt7529]

Fire giant 2: Giant fire

[@laptopmonkey4157]

Bonfire. If you're going to make a comparison video of that one boss in the DLC with the base version, when will you release it?

[@sergeantsilver9609]

I try to keep my distance. Apparently you have to throw something on top of them to kill them...

[@kratek56]

you can bait them to legdes and toss giant fire pots inside of it, 5-6 pots kills this thing

[@eembers]

Alternatively, you can stagger them three times and then they’ll fall over, at which point you can critical hit the mask for massive damage. I took out the starting area one that way, at any rate!

[@IceBerg1620]

This monster is the reason why the DLC took so long.

[@jasonkong6968]

Holyshit, I always thought those are just tree brenches.

[@Mike-official]

literally fire giant 2

[@TheMirage891]

requesting a compilation of the animals (spider scorpion included)

[@voraito]

It's The Wickerman starring Nicolas Cage!

[@Timsturbs]

model optimization level: 666 tsundere dev: finally, a worthy opponent!

[@lingzy121]

looks like the flame legion effigy from guild wars 2 lol

[@BayleTheDread]

2:30 NOW You’ve gone too far!!! 😤

[@kamionero]

Not the bees!!! They’re in my eyes!!!!

[@BigEazy-xj4rq]

Kinda reminds me of the giant burning man in Splatterhouse on Phase 10: The Wicker Bride.

[@dohminkonoha3200]

この先ウィッカーマンがあるぞ

[@mateoreyes5985]

Can we see Bayle? Some claim he has parts of the god dragon still attached after their fight.

[@poly_g6068]

Fire Giant but cool

[@davidnewhart2533]

Strongest entity in FromSoft history.

[@Fellaladguy]

Still pissed that this thing's weakness is just more fire...

[@alexmason186]

Could you do Romina next? I want to see what her face looks like up close.

[@UnclePunchalot]

So Furnace Golem is edgy grimdark potman

[@ragecandy]

Idk the bottom people are clearly trying to escape but the top stuff like the dragon is probably just regular cremation

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Who the hell decided to armour the legs?

[@nowhereman6019]

What part of the giant enemy do players primarily attack? That's right, the legs.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

@@nowhereman6019 do you enjoy having to shoot 1 arrow between the never ending homing fireballs?

[@sylv1415]

@@burntgrahamcracker2866 You're supposed to throw fire pots into their furnaces IIRC

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

@@sylv1415 so fire against the fire enemy? I tried ice pots lightning bolts and hefty pots why is fire their weakness

[@matguimond92]

fromsoft standard: "mad cuz bad"

[@exbelion3543]

Awesome to behold , terrible to fight, but thank goodness he's an optional fight Fire Giant: im the hardest, biggest and most annoying boss in the game Furnace Golem: hold my flames!

[@nobita3378]

We need Bayle

[@toomanylies7716]

Yikes. Brutal design.

[@lumiere6402]

Geneva checklist ❌ Golden order checklist ✔️

[@Sagi-so]

Do putrescent knight next pls

[@TheProphetOfThePan]

Oh i didnt not realise there was a wyvern inside of the top of the golem

[@FeliksOnline]

Fel Reaver

[@samthepigman4069]

I absolutely despise these enemies. An absolute chore to fight

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Yeah they’re quite lame

[@davidfrancisco3502]

And there's some golems with their legs covered in armor plating so they cannot take damage there so the only two ways to kill those are jumping into a high position through a spirit spring nearby throwing hefty furnace pots at them or shooting arrows and magics into their faces.

[@birthd-y]

I don’t think the purpose of them is to fight them, it’s more a really cool visual

[@davidfrancisco3502]

@@birthd-y You get the new crystal tears by killing the furnace golems.

[@samthepigman4069]

@@birthd-y They drop crystal tears, and they don't respawn you're obviously supposed to fight them

[@pplebite8844]

That's what I thought I was seeing! So, this Golem goes around picking up dead bodies around the land. Wouldn't it be better to just let it do its job? Someone has to get those corpses off the ground...

[@MarilynMalkovich]

Why does from make their most tedious enemies the drippiest?

[@salvatoreindelicato9368]

Can you do a video about limgrave's animals? Please

[@lucasantonio5769]

miquela next please!

[@user-ps8vt4gd4y]

Miquella's 3D-model next, please 😋

[@R.J.MacReady1982]

I just killed this thing. Tough bastard.

[@user-vx6gs1ci1h]

Why is their a dragon corpse in the center

[@andreybelyshev5093]

Aesthetic

[@user-vx6gs1ci1h]

@@andreybelyshev5093 ehh I think it’s why it’s still on fire cause it has the dragons soul still in the golem

[@VictorIV0310]

They burn whoever or whatever they find to fuel the golem.

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

for mëtal purposes