Elden Ring, the Complete Guide

In this gigantic solution, we will see how to deal with the main storyline of the game, how to unlock the maps, what are the best methods to take down the bosses, how to get trophies and achievements, how to satisfy the requests of the secondary characters and much more to help you complete 100% Elden Ring.

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Elden Ring Complete Solution: Where To Go? Step by step guide to proceed in the adventure

After choosing your class and completing the tutorial, take a few minutes to unlock the first section of the Sepulcris map and then go on an adventure!

Elden Ring is a game full of things to do, side activities, alternate bosses and items to find. In this section of our guide, however, we will deal “only” with a complete walkthrough of the game. Questions like “ where to go in the Elden Ring? “Or” What to do after killing a boss? ” they will constantly crowd into your head but don’t worry because with this solution you will be able to find out how to proceed in the main plot and how to deal with each location in the best order.

Sepulchrid

MAIN PLACES OF INTEREST

There are many others, but these are 6 places to visit absolutely in Sepolcride:

• Grantempesta Castle (to continue the plot)
• Wailing Peninsula (a large portion of the additional map south of Tombstone)
• Witchwood (the only wood on the Sepulcris map)
• Fortress of Morne (secondary dungeon on the Wailing Peninsula)
• Haight Keep (mini-dungeon east of The Witchwood)
• Hydrocanto Village (in the far north of the map above the Witchwood)

Once you have passed the tutorial you will find yourself in Sepolcride and to proceed in the story you will have to go to the Castle of Grantempesta which is located a little further north on the map. All you have to do is follow the main road to the north and, upon reaching the Ruins in front of the Gate, turn left and proceed to Colle Tempesta to continue left again and reach the castle.

On the way, you will find several places of grace (the bonfires of the game to be clear). Remember to rest on each of them both to unlock the rapid transport to that precise place of grace and to get to know Melina. This secondary character will in fact provide you with your magical mount, Torrente, with which the movements will become easier. And also he will take you to the Round Table, a real hub of rest, what in Bloodborne was the Hunter’s Dream.

If you follow the yellow beams of light that come out of these first places of grace you will easily arrive at the place of grace called Corridor to the Castle. The road outside is paved with guards but thanks to Torrente you can avoid them without problems. At this point, one of the first big bosses of the game will appear in front of you (also called Powerful Enemies to distinguish them from all the other numerous bosses present a little everywhere).

Before facing it, it will be very useful to buy from the merchant Kalé, who will find at the place of grace Church of Elleh, the Kit of Creation (300 runes) that you will need to be able to create the objects. It is also useful to buy the Bell Summon Spirits(100 runes) from the Remnants of Legitimacy to the Round Table to summon the ashes of the spirits and help you in battle.

Margit, the Relentless Omen

To continue in the plot you will then have to go up from the Corridor to the Castle and takedown Margit, the Relentless Omen. A real tough nut to crack if you’ve got a close combat character. We refer you to the guide to the bosses for the strategy.

Grantempesta Castle

Defeated Margit you will be able to access one of the largest areas of the game that are not found in the overworld and that resemble an entire level of Bloodborne. The goal is to cross the whole area and get to the final boss. Here are all the steps to take to cross the Castle of Grantempesta unscathed.

• Arrived at the door, turn left and talk to the Guardian who will advise you to go through the hole in the wall, say yes and continue;
• Cross the rocky path until you reach the first place of grace inside the castle: Grantempesta cliff ;
• Go up the wooden stairs to the right and eliminate the enemies with the red hood (be careful because they can call others if they notice you);
• Enter the castle and go up the wooden stairs being very careful to approach the explosive barrels because there are many opponents ready to blow them up;
• As you go up you will notice a closed door. You need the Rusty Key which you can get in the room at the top of the stairs by defeating the knight;
• Open the door, enter and climb the stairs until you reach the new place of grace called: Torre Baluardo. If you breathe to the top of the stairs instead you will find enemies and some Runes;
• OPTIONAL 1 – Exit the left room and pass the bastion with the eagles. Halfway through the bastion jump off the balcony on the left, then go over the crumbling wall on the right and keep going down making sure there is always a place to jump underneath. You will arrive on a rocky ridge that will collapse but you will not do anything to it. Continue on to find the Knight of the Crucible, a very strong enemy. Before starting the battle, continue up to the tower to activate one of the two elevators that take you back to Torre Baluardo. You can also try to drop the knight into the hole left by the elevator, however once defeated you will receive the spell Shape of the Crucible: Horns.
• Exit the room on the left and pass the bastion with the eagles, be careful because they throw explosive barrels;
• Go to the roof and then go down to the rooms below to find Rogier the Sorcerer in a small church;
• Continue, past the knight on the bridge and go down until you reach the kitchens and the dining room.
• Here you will find a mid-boss halfway between Margit and the final boss of this area, it is not very strong but if you want you can avoid the fight. However, enter the door at the end and activate the second lift that leads to Torre Baluardo;
• OPTIONAL 2 – Near the dining room you will also find an area with a bunch of corpses and dogs that are having a feast. From the top of the pile of corpses, you can collect the Crimson Hood, great if you are a wizard.
• Exit the door adjacent to the dining room to find yourself in a clearing full of enemies and with the flaming crossbows aimed at you. Be careful because they are nearly lethal! Run past the enemies and enter the door on the left by climbing the stairs of the fortress just behind them to rest at the place of grace: Chamber of the elevator ;
• OPTIONAL 3 – If you go back to the place full of enemies starting from the place of grace and immediately turn right you can enter a room where you can find a Prophecy (a painted place to reach on the map). Be careful because just outside the room there is a dog and a sleeping giant.
• From the last place of grace reached, take the freight elevator, go up and turn left. Eliminate the pots with the arms to get a Cracked Pot useful for making throwing pots, then continue north until you reach the last place of grace in the area before the final battle: Isolated Cell ;
• OPTIONAL 4 – Before exiting the cell and turning right to meet the boss, turn left and pick up a Gold Seed from the garden next to the golden branch sticking out of the ground.

Godrick the Grafted

A decidedly less annoying boss than Margit who will only require knowledge of her attacks and some attention to be defeated. We refer you to the guide to the bosses for the strategy.

A stop at the Rocca della Tavola Rotonda

Beat Godrick and you will get the first of the game’s Major Runes and the Remembrance of the Grafted One . You will then finally be able to access the room of the Two Fingers at the Round Table. This is the room immediately behind the Table. Go, touch the two fingers to receive a gesture and then talk to the Leggidita next to it to learn more about the Major Runes and to be able to take advantage of the remembrance.

In fact, if given to Legitimacy, Godrick’s Remembrance allows you to obtain the Grafted Dragon weapon , or Godrick’s Ax . They are both very strong weapons, but you can only get one. Unless you find a Wandering Shrine to duplicate the remembrance.

And you can find one in the Plains to the Left of the Wailing Peninsula. Moreover, if you do not want the weapons proposed by Leggidita you can also sell the remembrance obtaining 20,000 runes (and if you duplicate it 40,000) a nice nest egg right?

Do not forget to also talk to Ser Gideon Ofnir who will show you where to find the other holders of the Major Runes. And also talk to the other characters to have access to numerous side missions.

How to restore Godrick’s Major Rune?

If you talked to the Legit at the Round Table you will have discovered that the Major Rune that you sweated on must be restored because it has lost its powers. To do this, you must reach the Divine Tower of the Sepulcris region. This is the large tower in the center of the map connected to the Castle of Grantempesta by a long bridge which, unfortunately, collapsed. How then to reach the divine tower of Sepolcride?

Go to Storm Storm Castle in the place of grace Chamber of the Hoist and go down south, then through all the guards armed with crossbow and flamethrower. The fight is not recommended, run in a zigzag to avoid them and once you reach the open space at the bottom, turn left to enter a fortress with 4 statues (this is the beginning of the bridge to the divine tower).

OPTIONAL – If you continue beyond the tower you can open the gate of Storm Storm Castle from the door on the right, also unlocking the place of grace near the lever to lift it.

Then continue on the bridge towards the tower until you meet 3 giants . Pass them and reach the teleporter at the end of the bridge which will take you directly to the foot of the tower. Now all you have to do is take the elevator and go up (there is also a place of grace). At the top, just interact with what you find to restore the power of Godrick’s Major Rune.

How to use a Major Rune?

With the exception of that of Rennala, which is the only one already working, the other runes will be restored to the divine tower of the area. To use them you will need to equip them in a place of grace with the Rune Major voice that will unlock as soon as you have restored one.

Then you will need the Runic Lightning item. Using it you can in fact access the powers of the rune. Unfortunately, the effects of the Major Runes are not always active and to use them you will always have to go through a Runic Lightning Bolt.

Godrick’s Rune increases all stats by a few points.

Liurnia

MAIN PLACES OF INTEREST

Among the many, five places to visit absolutely in Liurnia:

• Raya Lucaria Academy (to continue the story)
• Caria Manor (secondary dungeon northwest of the lake)
• Raya Lucaria Crystal Gallery (mine northeast of the academy, look for the red and black circle on the map
• just north of the Church of Vows. Completing the mine unlocks the Smithing Stones shop)
• Albinauri village (south of the lake on the west coast)

The next Major Rune to obtain is found in Liurnia , just north of Sepolcride. You will have to go to the center of the large main lake to reach the Raya Lucaria Academy. Unfortunately, you will not be able to enter, as the Academy is protected by a magical spell and only a Stone Sculpture Key allows you to enter.

Luckily the key is close BUT it is protected by a dragon. If you are fast enough with Torrente you will not have to defeat him and you just need to collect the key and then run away as far as possible.

With the key you just need to go to one of the bluish seals of the Academy (a ruined building in the center of the lake) and interact with it to enter. Below is the point where you can find the StoneScreen key in the overworld near the Crystalline Woods.

Raya Lucaria Academy

You will have to go through the whole Academy and then defeat Rennala . Here are all the steps to take to pass the Raya Lucaria Academy without leaving your feathers:

• Interact with the blue symbol to the south that blocks the entrance near the place of grace: South Gate of Raya Lucaria;
• This will teleport you to another internal place of grace, which is the Academy’s Main Gate ;
• OPTIONAL 1 – Before entering, call Torrente and continue on the long ruined bridge you see behind you to find a Golden Seed ;
• Take the elevator and go up. The path is quite obligatory so run to the cemetery, avoid the enemies and reach the place of grace called the Church of the Cuckoo ;
• From here continue and arrive in the open cemetery. After the first area, go down the rocky path to the left to get behind the two puppet enemies and collect the Ashes of the Marionette Soldiers . Once you reach the self-propelled device on the left, jump onto one of its compartments and go up and then descend on the rocky ridge at the top;
• Return to the academy and turn left to arrive in a corridor patrolled by an enemy. Here, turn left again to reach a room where you can collect two useful items from the chests: the Scroll of the Conspectus and the Recipe Book of the Stonecutter [5] ;
• Then continue towards the enemy and continue until you reach the place of grace: Aula Scolastica ;
• OPTIONAL IMPORTANT – From this place of grace go outside again and go up to the left. Jump on the elevator contraption and descend into the depths of Raya Lucaria being careful to jump onto the rock ledge with the crystal. Continue to the end and in the large clearing with the enemy Iron Maiden look left to find the Cat Talisman . This is a very important item for exploration because it nullifies any fall damage .
• Cross the long corridor and go up the stairs on the right and then again on the right (or left) to get to the fight with the first mandatory boss of the area.

Red Wolf of Radagon

A fairly simple boss who will require skill in dodging his attacks. You can find the complete strategy to take him down in the Elden Ring Boss Guide.

• Defeated the wolf you will unlock the place of grace: Debate Room . This is a very important place of grace for the next steps to take in the Academy because it will be the main place of grace that will allow you to unlock all the doors of the courtyard and reach the boss of the area.
• OPTIONAL 2 – You will find yourself in a large open square full of enemies but also of interesting objects to collect: from the fountain in the center of the area you can get a stone sword key ; from the area on the left, under the bridge, after the fountain, you can take a Golden Seed ; going up the ruined stairs immediately to the left, as soon as you come out into the courtyard, and looking into the small room beyond the kneeling minions you will find the key object Stone-chopping sharpening blade ;
• OPTIONAL 3 – Once out in the courtyard, go up the ruined stairs to the left and then the ladders you find nearby to reach a small terrace with two enemies. Jump off the left balcony and go down the stairs to the bottom to unlock the door to the courtyard and not have to go upstairs every time. Go up the stairs and continue on to the rooftops. Climb the long ladder, go down to the next roofs and from the point where you go down a second ladder jump to the narrow roofs on the right to collect the Magic Sword Key from a corpse ;
• OPTIONAL 4 – Recommended for those who use characters with magical attacks. Starting from the point described in Optional 3, use the wooden scaffolding to go down to the top of the Cuckoo Church. Immediately behind the scaffolding, take out the small crystal crab to get the Bisavio’s Stonecutter Mask , a powerful wizard helmet. Then enter the building, take out the enemies and unlock the ladder so you can reach this place directly from the Cuckoo Church’s place of grace. As soon as you enter, if you look immediately to the right you will notice a corridor to reach a room full of crystals protected by a soldier with a crossbow. You can also avoid him, but pick up the weapon in this room, the Azur Stoneshadow Staff weapon.. A light impact staff with 100 Critical Damage and 60 Sorcery points. It is not over here, however, from above the church, go over the beams and jump on the chandelier where you will see an object. This is another Stonebreaker Key useful for Thops the Sorcerer side quest .
• At any point on the roofs, watch out for the arrows or you will end up riddled with shots!

• OPTIONAL 5 – Exit into the courtyard and walk along the right wall. Look over the back balcony and jump onto the ledge to reach the top of the Debate Room. On the right balcony you will find a chest with the icon of Radagon amulet .
• To proceed to the Academy and reach Rennala, from the courtyard near the place of grace: Debate room, go towards the suspension bridge in the void on the left. You will notice concrete beams connecting the courtyard to the bridge, jump on one of them, reach it and get ready to dodge. From the top of the stairs, in fact, giant spheres will roll down ready to crush you . Keep to the edge and go up the ladder to reach the room at the top.
• OPTIONAL 6 – From the balcony on the right you can take a teleport that will take you to the Church of the Vows and will make you meet Miriel ( see the guide to the secondary missions ).
• In the next courtyard you will find the Carian Knight Moongrum . An enemy not too difficult to take down but watch out when he charges his blue magic sword (he can also drink from ampoules to regenerate health). If you eliminate it, you will get the Carian Knight’s Shield . You can still avoid him and take the elevator behind him that will take you to Rennala.
• OPTIONAL 7 – From the clearing where the Knight is, go left and walk the bridge to the end unlocking the door. This is the door to the balcony above the courtyard. This way you can quickly reach Rennala from the place of grace: Debate room.
• OPTIONAL 8 – Also from the square of the Knight go left and jump on the ledge beyond the balcony where the first enemy with the statue head casting spells is found. Enter through one of the windows to find yourself in an empty room with a staircase. Here you unlock the door that overlooks the corridor that leads to the knight and the balcony with the teleporter. Then use the ladder to go upstairs. You’ll find a pumpkin-headed enemy and some academy members ready to party. Killed all of them, open the chest to find the StoneSculpture Scarab Helmet, one of the strangest objects in the game. A helmet that lowers all defenses but greatly increases resistances. Before leaving, jump to the roof from the window next to it and pick up a Golden Rune [7] .

Rennala, queen of the full moon

The final boss of the academy who holds the Greater Rune of the Never Born (the only one already restored). The fight is divided into two distinct phases of which you can find all the info in our Elden Ring Boss Guide . Once defeated, also remember to go back to the round table to talk to the Legit and get another Talisman Bag .

Also, after defeating Rennala, she will become an NPC who will be able to reassign all your skill points as long as you give her the right items.

Altus plateau

MAIN PLACES OF INTEREST

The Altus plateau is a passage area, but at the same time Altus is a place full of locations that you absolutely must not miss:

• Towards Mount Gelmir (to continue the story – RECOMMENDED CHOICE)
• Towards the capital Leyndell (to continue the story, but we advise you not to go there before having addressed the next locations)
• Outside the walls of the Capital to collect Gold Seeds (you will find 4 without any effort)
• The village of the Windmills (far north of the area map)
• Castellombroso (a complex optional dungeon that we advise you to tackle later)

After Raya Lucaria, you will ask yourself how to continue and, above all, how to reach the Altus Plateau? It is soon said. You can use 2 ways to visit the northern part of the map and continue the story.

Getting to the Altus Plateau via the mine (Magma Makar Dragon)

The first way is the simplest, albeit the longest . Just follow Lake Liurnia to its northernmost bottleneck. Once up there, in addition to finding a Golden Seed, you will also find a place of grace and a wooden staircase. Go up and keep going up until you enter a mine. Several tunnels and open areas will follow which all rise around the mountain. Approximately halfway through, you will also find another place of grace.

The most complex part of the ascent is the point where there is a harpy (those winged beings that sing) in front of the umpteenth ladder. You will necessarily have to kill it or it will not make you go up screaming and making you fall.

Once at the top you will have to continue a little longer and you will finally be at a very important place of grace: View of the precipice of the ruins. From this point you will have to eliminate the Dragon Boss of Magma Makar , one of the simplest dragons in the game, we refer you to our guide to find out how to take it down without problems. to our guide to find out how to break it down without problems.

Reaching the Altus Plateau by reactivating the Great Dectus Hoist

The second way, which we do not recommend , is less long in terms of distance, but requires more complex operations to implement because you will have to reassemble Dectus ‘Medallion and activate Dectus’ Great Hoist . If you’ve followed our Kenneth Haight side quest guide , you already know that the Medallion of Dectus (Left) is located in Sepulcris, at the top of Fort Haight ‘s tower .

The Medallion of Dectus (Right) is instead found in the rotting lands of Caelid , the great red zone east of Sepolcride. Hidden inside Fort Faroth is a small castle south of the large tree on the right you see on the map. Just get past the bats at the entrance, climb the ladder and open the chest to get it but Caelid is a tough enough location to tackle after Liurnia.

Arrived on the plateau , wander quietly around the walls of the capital but DO NOT ENTER . By eliminating the guard boss (which we will see later) you can, in fact, already enter the capital since defeating Rennala and eliminating Godrick you will have 2 Major Runes and the permission of the Two Fingers to proceed.

Entering the Capital, however, you will activate some mechanisms of the main plot that will make several quests proceed and if you do not want to lose them it is better to proceed to the location indicated below. In addition, the Capital is a rough place, full of enemies and bosses that require a fairly high level.

Mount Gelmir

MAIN PLACES OF INTEREST

Here are the places we recommend not to miss in this fiery Elden Ring location:

• Villa Vulcano (so full of things to do that we have dedicated a separate guide to it)
• Collect material and forging stones (the mountain is full of them)
• Tomb of the Hero of Gelmir (a difficult dungeon fraught with deadly traps but hiding a Deadly Root for Gurranq)

How to reach Monte Gelmir?

To reach Mount Gelmir on Elden Ring there are 3 routes, all 3 valid and all depend on your desire to explore:

The first way to reach Mount Gelmir is the simplest, the fastest and requires no combat. However, you will have to complete Rya’s secondary mission which will eventually transport you directly to Villa Vulcano.

The second route is the longest and includes a nice outing around the mountain. In practice, you will have to start from the south-west area of ​​the plateau and climb the long road that goes around the mountain until you reach the top. On the way you will encounter both an NPC, a wizard named Azur , and a magma dragon near a lava lake.

The third way will take you to the north-west of the plateau instead. You have to climb the long ladder on the left into the battlefield patrolled by the two Iron Maidens. Continuing to the top of the ladder to the north, you will also reach the Tomb of the Hero of Gelmir.