Horned folk who eschew letters and metalworking. The ancestral followers keep their distance from the Erdtree, awaiting new buds. They are certain to sprout from their very flesh, and indeed, their souls.

Ancestral Followers that wield a bow can spot you from a long distance. This, along with their arrows' high speed can make it difficult to dodge their incoming shots. If you find yourself dying often to these enemies, try breaking their line of sight, or approach them slowly, hiding behind objects each time they take a shot at you. Lore bits on the Ancestral Followers can be found on the descriptions for Fur Leggings and Ancestral Infant's Head. Like other enemies with light armour, they have low poise. Heavy melee attacks can easily break their posture allowing free hits or criticals. However, they seem to have super armor on most of their moves making them very hard to stagger. The ones in Nokron appear to be either immune or heavily resistant to bleed. They are slow creatures, making it easier to flank and backstab them at close range. Depending on their location (like the River Siofra), they are often stationary, and can be stealthed around and ambushed. There are also Ancestral Follower Shamans in Nokron, Eternal CityGrace as well as the Consecrated SnowfieldGrace. In the 1.00 version of the game, there was a variant of Ancestral Followers and Shamans infested with Scarlet Rot, which were placed at the Grand CloisterGrace. They were eventually replaced by Lesser Kindred of Rot (Pests) and the Ancestral Follower variants became unused content. Ancestral Follower Lore