Siofra River is a Location in Elden Ring. This underground region can be reached by taking the lift at either the Siofra River Well in Limgrave or Deep Siofra Well in Caelid.
Two great rivers flow beneath the Lands Between, the Siofra and the Ainsel. This vast region is said to be the grave of civilizations that flourished before the Erdtree.
Siofra River Map & Map Fragments
- Fragment Siofra River: Map (Siofra River) is found next to the staircase leading up to Hallowhorn Grounds. Elden Ring Map Link.
Elden Ring Siofra River Sites of Grace & Sub-Locations
- Ancestral Woods. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Aqueduct-facing Cliffs. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Below the Well. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Great Waterfall Basin. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Mimic Tear. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Night's Sacred Ground. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Nokron, Eternal City. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Siofra River Bank. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Siofra River Well Depths. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Worshippers' Woods. [Elden Ring Map Link]
Sub-Locations
- Hallowhorn Grounds
- Night's Sacred Ground
- Nokron, Eternal City
- Siofra Aqueduct
- Siofra River East Waygate (gives access to north-western section of Siofra River). [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Siofra River South Waygate. [Elden Ring Map Link]
All NPCs and Merchants in Siofra River
- Blaidd - Standing by a ledge, near Hallowhorn Grounds (Siofra River). [Elden Ring Map Link]
- D's Twin Brother - Found in Nokron, Eternal City, east of the Great Waterfall Basin site of grace. [Elden Ring Map Link]
- Nomadic Merchant Siofra River - Found playing music by an unlit campfire in the ruins of Central Siofra River. [Elden Ring Map Link]
All Items in Elden Ring's Siofra River Zone
Gather & Farm Items
- Beast Liver
- Budding Horn
- Crab Eggs
- Dewkissed Herba
- Formic Rock
- Melted Mushroom
- Rainbow Stone
- Silver Firefly
- Trina's Lily
- Rune Arc
Upgrade Materials
- Ghost Glovewort (1)
- Ghost Glovewort (2)
- Ghost Glovewort (3)
- Ghost Glovewort (4)
- Ghost Glovewort (5)
- Golden Seed
- Smithing Stone (2)
- Smithing Stone (3)
- Smithing Stone (4)
- Somber Smithing Stone (2)
- Somber Smithing Stone (5)
Equipment and Magic
- Clarifying Horn Charm
- Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot
- Great Oracular Bubble
- Horn Bow
- Immunizing Cured Meat
- Inverted Hawk Heater Shield
- Marika's Scarseal
- Oracular Bubbles
- Preserving Boluses
- Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot
Unique, Ashes and Keys
- Armorer's Cookbook [6]
- Ash of War: Square Off
- Furlcalling Finger Remedy
- Stonesword Key
- Map (Siofra River)
Elden Ring Siofra River Creatures, Enemies and Bosses
Regular Creatures and Enemies
- Ancestral Follower
- Boar
- Clayman
- Deer
- Eagle
- Giant Crab
- Giant Dragonfly
- Giant Land Octopus
- Giant Poison Flower
- Land Octopus
- Rat
- Sheep
- Teardrop Scarab
Field Bosses and Bosses
Walkthrough for Siofra River in Elden Ring
The first time you enter Siofra River is likely by taking the lift down the Siofra River Well in Mistwood. This area is intended for higher levels (50 - 60), with upgrades of +8 and above.
Right at the bottom, you'll find the Siofra River Well Depths Site of Grace and the area here can be looted for two Ghost Glovewort (1), a Smithing Stone (4), and a Furlcalling Finger Remedy. The ruin ahead and the cavern areas here are infested with Claymen. They move slowly but be careful when dealing with them in large numbers as they can easily swarm you. In the building and waterfall area here, you can find a Smithing Stone (2), two Smithing Stone (4), and a Ghost Glovewort (1). You can also scale the ruins to get to a Teardrop Scarab that drops Oracle Bubbles. Head into the intact building next to the waterfall area and you'll get taken up to the main section of Siofra River.
Walking forward, you'll eventually get to the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace. Directly east of this Site of Grace, you'll see a pillar with a brazier you can light up. This pillar is one of eight, and all of them are required to be lit to access the Ancestor Spirit boss fight. You can find the coordinates of all 8 pillars on our interactive map in the notes section below. Slightly south from this first pillar, you'll see a large temple ruin. That's the Hallowhorn Grounds and after you've lit all eight pillars, you can interact with the deer carcass inside to take you to the Ancestor Spirit. Make your way to the temple ruin to grab the Map (Siofra River) from the bottom of the staircase. You'll also find a Ghost Glovewort (2) here and the Horn Bow on the supporting structure underneath the Hallowhorn Grounds staircase.
With the map-making navigation easier, backtrack back to the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace and scale the cliff to the southwest to find the Inverted Hawk Heater Shield. The Armorer's Cookbook (6) can be found on a corpse west of the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace. The waygate here in the south [Elden Ring Map Link] just makes traveling to the northeastern side of Siofra River quicker but doesn't take you to any place inaccessible by foot. In the water-filled area to the northeast of this Site of Grace, you can find many upgrade materials, including a Somber Smithing Stone (2), Smithing Stone (2), and Ghost Glovewort (2). Besides these, you can also find a Furlcalling Finger Remedy within a group of Land Octopuses and a Smithing Stone (4) in a room occupied by a Giant Poison Flower. You'll find a Nomadic Merchant on the level above this room and can get to him by scaling the scaffolding just to the east.
Backtrack back to the cliffs east of the Hallowhorn Grounds and if you've started Blaidd or Ranni's quest, you'll be able to find and talk to Blaidd by the cliff's edge [Elden Ring Map Link]. East of him, you'll find a pillar of wind that Torrent can use to boost him up onto the ruins nearby. Parkour your way to the end and you'll find a Ghost Glovewort (3) and a Stonesword Key. In the distance, you may be able to see another unreachable ruin to the southeast. You can get there by taking one of the waygates at The Four Belfries. In that ruin, you'll be able to find a Ghost Glovewort (2) and Mottled Necklace.
Head back down from the ruin and continue scaling the cliff northeast. The ruins here will have a Smithing Stone (3) and a Somber Smithing Stone (2). There's another waygate here, we'll call it the eastern waygate, that you should come back to later. Up ahead, within some ruins is the Worshipper's Woods Site of Grace. Continue scaling up the cliff to find a Smithing Stone (2) and a Teardrop Scarab that drops the Ash of War: Square Off.
From here, scaling the cliffs get scarier as Ancestral Followers with bows and arrows can and will snipe you. Always try to break line of sight of them whenever possible and use the terrain to your advantage to block incoming projectiles. While heading north, there will be a detour you can take to the west where you can find a Golden Seed and a wall ruin you can scale for a Stonesword Key. Follow along the cliff to the north, and you'll come to a small cave behind waterfall. Inside you'll find Rune Arc. Head back off of the detour and continue heading north, where you'll eventually get to the Below the Well Site of Grace. Slightly north will be a Ghost Glovewort (3) and to the east is a staircase with the Clarifying Horn Charm. The staircase leads you to a lift that takes you back up to the surface at Deep Siofra Well in Caelid.
Head back to that eastern waygate we took note of earlier [Elden Ring Map Link], and it'll teleport you to the northwestern section of the Siofra River, on a cliff above the waterfall here. Immediately to the north is the Dragonkin Soldier, who you can defeat for the Dragon Halberd, and next to him, under a waterfall is the Marika's Scarseal.
South of the Dragonkin Soldier, in a little ruin, is a bunch of Claymen, a Somber Smithing Stone (5), and a Teardrop Scarab that drops the Great Oracular Bubble. Outside the ruin (southwest of the Dragonkin Soldier's original position), tucked in a little corner, you can find a Ghost Glovewort (5). Head back to the spot you teleported to originally, and jump down the ledge here to get to the top of a waterfall. Here you'll find a Ghost Glovewort (4) and the path to get back down safely.
By exploring (and taking a peek at the interactive map using the coordinates below), you should have found all eight pillars that you needed to light up for a boss fight. Head back to the Hallowhorn Grounds and touch the now glowing deer carcass at the very end to get teleported to the Ancestor Spirit fog door. After defeating it, you'll be rewarded with the Ancestral Follower Ashes.
You may have seen buildings and ruins in the sky here and wondered if those areas can be explored. The answer to that is yes! Those buildings are part of Nokron, Eternal City but can only be reached after defeating Starscourge Radahn.
Elden Ring Siofra River Maps and Notes
The Gaelic word "Síofra" is pronounced "SHEE-fra" (/ʃifɹə/ or /ʃifrə/), and means "elf", "sprite", or "spirit".
The Ancestor Spirit boss can only be fought if all pillars in the area are interacted with. They are:
- By the Siofra River Bank site of grace. [Map Link]
- In a corner to the west of the first pillar. [Map Link]
- On a small island in the watery area with the lightning wisps. [Map Link]
- By a cliff in the eastern part of Siofra River. [Map Link]
- Just south of the Worshipper's Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- West of the Worshipper's Woods Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- On the east side of the path to the Below the Well Site of Grace. [Map Link]
- On the west side on the path to the Below the Well Site of Grace. [Map Link]
After lighting all 8 pillars, you'll see a popup that says "Powers gathers somewhere in horned remains".
AnonymousLow key one of the worst places to be summoned, especially the 1st zone next to the elevators. Get ready to spend 40 minutes trying to lead your host to light the fires, only to get invaded and the invader will 100% cheese you with the instakill lightning balls and giant octopi. Please for the love of Marika, "no summoning ahead, try horse"
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just so you guy know, there is dragon wand greased in Sofia. Happy christmas
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i was immensely informed by the previous 5 comments about the dragonwound grease
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there is a dragonwound grease that isnt mentioned after the warp up to the dragonkin guy. head towards the area with a bunch of claymen and there is a small cave that leads to it on the cliff
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i posted 2 times about a dragonwound grease that is not mentioned here and both times they were removed,,, why?
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dragonwound grease isnt mentioned in the guide. there is some south from the dragonkin guy past some claymen
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not mentioned in the guide is that the teleporter that takes you up to the area with the dragon kin guy also has another area the other direction with various items. golden rune, dragon rune grease, i dont remember the others...
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you can platfrom down to this location from siofra aqueduct sadly it can't in the other way around.
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Probably the most visually stunning open world area in any game I've played. A level design David visually.
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Really pretty and cool area, but holy crap screw those Snipers and the Lightning Orb Thingies so SO hard, they almost ruined this area for me.
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For the will-o-wisps: run straight into them and past them and then run in a circle very close to them. You're welcome
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The melody merchant is playing sounds like German theme. Its pretty neat little detail.
Great and generally fun to traverse area, save for the glowing orb... things. I don't want them nerfed, but damn, those things hit way harder than you'd think.
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got zapped to death by sentient balls of electricity and lost all my runes, would rate 10/10 would run through here again.
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I remember my goofy ass constantly looked DOWN the first time i took the elevator to see if there was a secret area, i missed like half of the view lol.
Also i didn't know how to use the map, so i took the elevator again to go up to the surface to warp around there.
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Remove those stupid snipers and this place would be actually good, better yet remove those horned barbarian aholes in general.
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Aside from the Zelda Franchise and From Software’s magical events they call their games and franchises, Bioshock is my all time favorite game. So many jaw drop moments including the aforementioned descent to Rapture and the insane reveal twist.
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Seeing this was the first time I thought, "oh hell, this is going to be an enormous game, isn't it?"
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There is a Crucible Knight on the southernmost bridge of the map, but I have not been able to find a way to reach him. If you go up onto the bridge above Blaidd and run to the far end, you can see him standing on the stranded island.
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Where the archers here nerfed in one of the last updates? First time I came here with my first character they were brutal, came back today with a new char and found them much more forgiving, they didn't even use the magic shot thing, only regular arrows.
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Let's begin mapping the torches infront of the Hallowhorn Grounds to those in the field. Standing infront of the stairs, counting from top-to-bottom and left-to-right, I was missing #3 (left side, 2nd row). This turned out to be the one slightly west of the Worshippers' Woods Grace.
Would appreciate if someone with an account could add this structure to the page, so it may be filled out over time.
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Man, coming through here at level twelve was something else. Fought and clawed my way to light the eight fires, and when I entered the boss arena, I almost immediately went "nah, screw it, I'll come back later."
Said later comes, an RL35 me with a +5 non-somber weapon, and proceeds to stomp the deer down hard. I cannot comprehend the power scaling in this game lmfao
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I came here at like lvl 15 and wasn't a problem at all. I could kill enemies in like 10 seconds and was able to survive at least 3 hits from the ancestral followers. The boss(the big deer) did take a few tries and wasn't able to one shot me, my damage against the boss was also decent (doing around 5% if I hit it in the head). I was using a lordsworn's sword mainly with a shield but used two for the boss. Was playing as vagabond and used the default armor.
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Sup dawg I herd u liked Blackreach
Well we put in Siofra River so u can Skyrim while u Ring
I missed just one pillar when I was going through the area in Ng+ and had to comb through them to find the missing one. The pillars in front of the boss room light up as you light their corresponding pillar in the area and it would be pretty convenient to have an image of them with them marked with their respective number for reference. Currently it's not clear which is the first pillar and so on.
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Most guides and wikis are recommending this place at like lvl 60-80 and as a last stop before Caelid and Radahn. I think mostly because the Renni quest sends you to talk to Blaidd down here, so its sort of a natural progression from Caria Manor. That said, felt WAY overlevelled at 68. The area mobs all died in 2 hits tops (1 critical or jumping attack), the octopuses would get staggered in two hits (although I was using a fire weapon which helps a ton but still, totally trivial). Ancestral Guardian, while a really COOL boss, is also comically easy, the only hard part about him is getting your attacks to land with his wonky hitbox.
The dragonkin soldier does hit very hard and I could see him being hard to deal with without 30 vigor. But overall I was surprised, I generally found Sifora River to be easier to progress through than Ainsel. I'd say next game I'll hit Siofra after weeping penninsula just becuase you do get big boy runes from here.
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One of my favourite places to explore. Shame its populated by Ancestral Follower Spec Ops Snipers that hard target you the second you com within 2km of the field of view.
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Lost a lot of runes trying to light the 8 braziers in the early game (I'm talking about 6-digit runes at around RL30). Decided to not come back until I'm super overleveled for this area, and I did at RL170-ish. I feel a bit bad destroying the deer within seconds but cleaning 360 no-scope archers has never felt more satisfying.
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What are the blue zapping orbs near the first waygate on the river? Do they have a name?
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One of my favorite places in this game, right next to moonlight altar
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Idk what the problem with the archers is, just use cover. Plenty of trees and rocks to block their shots, gotta be more aware of your surroundings.
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Why isn't any of Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleam and the surrounding area included here? That's all part of Siofra River. I picked up a cookbook on the ledge across from the Palace Approach Ledge-Road but I was on Torrent running from the hyper-aggressive giant birds so I closed the pop-up and didn't get to see which book it was. This page only mentions the cookbook found over in the "easy" side of Siofra, where all the Ancestral Followers are.
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There's a third waygate, north of the Worshippers' Woods site of grace and south-west of the seventh pillar. Don't know where it leads to, thought it would be mentioned on this page already.
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If you’re having trouble with some of the pesky archers, try shattershard arrows to re-direct their attention while you kill their friends.
Honestly one of the best utilities in the game if you need to sneak around.
when i first entered in the aqueducts area right where the aqueduct-facing cliffs grace is, there is an opening to the right side of the grace where you can look down onto one of those hanging platforms where the first crucible knight patrols. and i swear i heard a beetle sound, thats why i looked down there and there was a red beetle in one of those corners of that hanging platform. i thought; ok im going to grab that beetle when i get down there and rested at the grace and eversince after resting at that grace, this beetle disappeared for good and never to be seen again! anyone else that has seen or even managed to slay that beetle there?
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I have a character who has a *flame pillar up top where dragonkin soldier is* BUT didn’t light it due to not having update and wanting to save it for after I had internet. Well, my new character *doesn’t have that flame pillar up there* - I can’t find any info on this… Anyone know anything about it?
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I just started a new character and the elevator is at the bottom instead of the top. Is this a change with the latest patch or a glitch?
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I just started a new character and the elevator is at the bottom instead of the top. Is this a change with the latest patch or a glitch?
They slowed down the Elevator in Siofra Deep Well, for some reason, in the newest patch. It already took ages before, now it takes two ages.
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The item right in front of the wind pillar is a few Dwelling Arrows. You can also find a Rune Arc if you follow the cliffside northwest-ish of the Golden Seed.
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probobaly the worst place in the game, reminds me of amana shrine a lot
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in the very first area of Siofra River in the walkthrough it's possible to get up on the statue and kill a scarab for a neat spell
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I got a glitch when here. I have not defeated Starscourge Radahn but I was able to access that area.
There is a bridge you can get access to with a torrent wind boost, from there I fell off when ****ing around and altF4 the game and went to bed.
when I logged in the next day I was in front of the mimic fight....not my original grace checkpoint. Can people verify this?
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There is a corpse with an item by the spot Torrent uses to ascend onto the broken bridge, but you cannot scale down to it from the top of that bridge. You have to jump up using the wind pad at an angle so you miss the bridge, but use your double jump to land on the lower part and get the item, which is Dwelling Arrow x10
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I don't think it's stated here, but I believe you can loot x3 soap beneath right waterfall to the left of the building housing the lift before the second Site of Grace.
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How do you get to the NW section of the map? Also. This is missing the guy who sells stuff in the room over the poison plants.
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Playing Elden Ring, find an elevator, and now I am in Blackreach.
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Absolutely gorgeous area, reminds me of Theros, MTG's take on ancient Greece. But damn those archers are just a bit too much.
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they do need to adjust this zone a bit, too many ancestral with their 100% accuracy arrows, would be more enjoyable zone with less ancestral archers and if arrows could miss more often and not be a guided torpedo that hits me for 70% hp
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At the top of the area where you fight the dragon kin soldier, if you look out from the cliffs at the rest of the area, you’ll notice that far out and standing high above everything else, is a well-lit shrine connected to a floating island. Does anyone have any idea how to reach that area if possible? It seems like a kind of secret boss arena or a place Fromsoft would store assets. Maybe someone could boundary break it?
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The ancestral followers are a real pain, in this area it feels like i'm back in anor londo but there are archers everywhere...
Does anybody know where the connection here is to the Ainsel River depths?
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The East Waygate is atop a knocked down pillar. Travel to the area on the interactive map and then look for a pillar laying on it's side. the waygate is at the top
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Why does one part of the ancient ruins, back near the Below The Well site of grace look like Anor Londo? The part with the ledges you get to walk on, just same asset or it has a lore purpose?
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very beautiful moment when you first get there, the elevator noise sorta mixes with the choir ambience halway through and makes a crazy transition
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To get to the crucible knight you need to take the Four Belfries waygate
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by the eastern end of the broken bridge theres a dude standing..
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There’s a rune arc behind the waterfall if you follow the path to the right of the building directly west.
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Dont bother with the stonesword key lift. It just gets you a shortcut that seems useless. Waste of two keys
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The wiki is missing the site of grace known as "worshippers' woods"
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SPOILER ALERT
This is what i found so far
1 Golden seed
1 Rune Arc
2 stonesword keys
2 bosses :
+ Deer 13k rune + Ancestral Follower Ashes ( archer one )
+ Dragon 16k rune + Dragon Halbert
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Anyone know where blaidd is? I cant seem to find him, I think hes not appearing where hes supposed to be.
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For those wondering about the person watching you: (SPOILERS) it's the crucible knight that you can fight by using the third sending gate at the four belfries.
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whats the recommendet lvl ? i was there with lvl 29 and i have just beaten the ancestor boss i think i needet to be there earlier
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Does anyone know if it's possible to get to that huge building in the sky we see in the background?
To get to the crucible knight you need to take the Four Belfries waygate that takes you to Nokron
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I cannot for the life of me find a way to get on the north west part of the map I can see that there is a whole section up there but there’s nothing of note that can take me there. Any hints?
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On the bottom right of the map there is someone standing on those ruins looking at at you, but I can't see any way to get over to them.
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So far I don't even think the acenstral follow is worth it, oh yeah you get around 15K runes for killing the deer boss, just get the golden seed and get out of this place lol, btw there's a trophy for beating the deer, if you're going for platinum
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Anyone else see that crucible knight across the chasm on that piller of the broken bridge? There appears to be an item too, but idk how to get there
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cool looking area, until you meet the aimbot archers and traps
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you can also find a Golden Seed and a Rune Arc and i think there are two Stonesword Keys.
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if not for the archers shooting heat seeking missles this would be a perfect area
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anyone figured it out how to get across the broken bridge? There's an NPC (or enemy, can't tell) and an item there
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I liked the area and it's mythical ancient Egyptian design, but I expected to actually be able to enter that large building and the building in the "sky" so it disappointed me a bit.
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Should have mentioned that the Eastern Waygate is reached by climbing a broken pillar.
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