Paintings in Elden Ring are Info Items scattered all around The Lands Between that act as a form of treasure hunt. The Wandering Artist Spirit's Paintings depict specific locations you'll have to find in order to meet the spirits of the artists themselves. Upon finding and inspecting one of the seven drawings, a ghost of the artist will manifest at the location from which they were painted, granting a specific reward. Note that the location you must seek is not the structure or landscape depicted itself, but rather the spot the artist would have been when painting it. This page covers a full list of all the Paintings found in Elden Ring, including their location, solution, and rewards.
Elden Ring Paintings Guide
| Painting | Location | Solution/Artist's Location | Reward |
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 Homing Instinct Painting |
Artist's Shack (Limgrave) | Northwest of the Seaside Ruins Site of Grace, south of the Dragon-Burnt Ruins | Incantation Scarab |
 Flightless Bird Painting |
Leyndell, Royal Capital | At the edge of the cliff south-southeast of the Windmill Heights Site of Grace | Fire's Deadly Sin |
 Resurrection Painting |
Artist's Shack (Liurnia of the Lakes) | In the graveyard South - southeast of the Behind Caria Manor Site of Grace | Juvenile Scholar Cap Juvenile Scholar Robe Larval Tear |
 Prophecy Painting |
Stormveil Castle | Behind the Church of Pilgrimage | Warhawk Ashes |
 Champion's Song Painting |
Shaded Castle | Southwest of the Rampartside Path Site of Grace, up on this cliff you fight Ancient Dragon Lansseax | Harp Bow |
 Redmane Painting |
Sellia, Town of Sorcery | Northeast of Fort Faroth, on the lower cliffs southeast of the Minor Erdtree (Dragonbarrow) | Ash of War: Rain of Arrows |
 Sorcerer Painting |
Castle Sol | Southwest of Castle Sol, on the side of a bridge northwest of the Stargazer's Ruins | Greathood |
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Shadow Keep | South-west of Jagged Peak Mountainside site of grace. Instead of proceeding South for the level, take the spiritspring to land slightly west and find a spot where the storm clears up. | Rock Heart |
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Scorched Ruins | Temple Town Ruins jump up a spiritspring on the north side of the platform. Once up at the top, right past the Northern Nameless Mausoleum and down the western slope, explore until you find two jagged rocks. Look north-west while aligning the rocks to find the ghost. | |
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Artist's Shack (Gravesite Plain) | Head west of Greatbridge North Site of Grace until you can see the large bridge leading into Belurat Tower Settlement in the distance. | Serpent Crest Shield |
AnonymousHoming Instinct painting description is 100% wrong. WTF happened? It's nowhere near where it says it is. Its way north.
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Uh what’s up with the sacred tower painting? There’s no page for it
I just spent 45 minutes doing a complete table update attempt with notes and links only to have it tell me I don't have permissions to do so. RIP my wasted time.
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By far the best puzzle mechanic in the game, so fun to hunt these down, especially in the dlc
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Unless you have a seperate page for the DLC paintings, someone needs to update this
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Completing the painting hunt should've been the DLC entrance.
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most useful thing you get from these is the juvenile scholar fashion and the mimic tear. Rest is kinda not worth getting :/
I guess there's a "journey not the destination" argument that can be made for a first playthrough. I mean they are fun to find, but once you know where they are the only one worth getting is resurrection.
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Slightly disappointed to learn I discovered like half of these by accident
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I went on a treasure hunt and all I found was the hardest golem in the soulsverse and learned how to light myself on fire.
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I'm fairly certain collecting the paintings carries over into NG+. I never found the Flightless Bird Painting in my NG+ playthrough but the reward was still there waiting for me. I did obtain the painting in NG however.
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Huh. Never knew what these things were for. Always thought they were meant to be DLC portals.
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Had all these paintings for ages...never knew about any of this o.O
Easy way to get some new stuff at least ...
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For me, the best reward is that after finding these locations I can make 4k screenshots to print them out and hang on my walls. This painting hunt is really one of the coolest ideas in this game.
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Really wish there were more of these, very fun idea to find the painting and go on the hunt for the locations.
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Man, trying to locate these vistas after a certain late-game story event adds a significant layer of difficulty. I highly advise against saving this activity for last.
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I think this is their way of making you appreciate the map a bit more lol, worked on me because it was kinda fun just figuring them out
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I wish there was some kind of achievement to state when you've gotten them all to, just to be sure, but great info. Thanks!
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I honestly love this mechanic. Some of them are pretty easy to solve, while others are very difficult. Most of the rewards are not super useful, but the journey is fun.
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Not gonna lie, these painting puzzle rewards leave a lot to be desired. The trouble of hunting down the locations is straight up no worth the rewards.
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Yo.. just a suggestion for the dumb people, like me, here. Please clarify “Champion’s Song Painting” directions to say something like “Rampartside Path (NOT Shaded Castle Ramparts) Site of Grace. I saw Shaded Castle and then look to the right and see Rampartside and so I warped to The Shaded Castle Ramparts.. I realize it should be obvious but, you know, me big dumb.
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Anyone else think the names of the Prophecy and Flightless Bird paintings were somehow mixed up ingame? The former leads you to a literal bird with wounded wings, and the latter leads you to a spell with a quote from a prophet that predicted the burning of the Erdtree.
Church of Pilgrimage is hardly even in the same region as Stormveil. It’s in the northern tip of Weeping Peninsula.
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note for anyone not finding the painters, make sure you have examined the painting in question (check it in your inventory, if you have not it will prompt you)
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Came here to see where the painting rewards are, only to find out that I've already looted almost all of them by just exploring the open world. I didn't realize the items spawned there due to the painting. They should've made it so that you get some sort of notification when you collect painting-exclusive loot, so you know to cross one off the list.
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The reward from the Redmane Painting is really cool for archer builds, works really well on large mobs (dragons, avatars, putrid tree spirits etc), and is much cheaper to manage on bows instead of greatbows (works well on a Horned Bow with Dwelling Arrows). The Harp Bow is also the lightest bow in game, ideal for aiming those long spells before you are in 'lock on' range.
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Some of these directions need clarification. Example: "Prophecy" is listed as 'behind the church of pilgrimage '. Couldn't mention in which direction or about how far from church or minor details like that?
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Is it possible to get the loot without finding the painting? I mean, get to the exact location and disturb the spirit - or do you have to activate them by finding the painting first?
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really really cool, loved racking my brain for where to find these locations
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Scavenger hunts are fun, they should implement a bunch more alongside what one would assume to be imminent downloadable content.
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Scavenger hunts are fun, they should implement a bunch more alongside what one would assume to be imminent downloadable content.
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yeah bothering to try to do the paintings is mostly a wasted endeavor
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QOL improvement could be marking them in inventory when you find them. I guess there aren’t so many of them, really, but a couple i couldn't remember I’d found already.
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It's a shame you barely get anything worthwhile for doing these. Neat idea, poor execution.
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The location they show for the Champions Song painting ghost is way off looking at the chart. Click on the actual painting itself then it shows you the actual location to find the ghost.
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still no father mask
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