Where to access Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

Shadow of the Erdtree, the first main enlargement for Elden Ring, will ship you to a brand new area named the Land of Shadow. There, in a landmass roughly the dimension of the recreation’s Limgrave area, you’ll discover the Land of Shadow and comply with in the footsteps of the Empyrean Miquella. But getting there may be difficult.

Like different FromSoftware video games, you’ll have to progress by way of elements of Elden Ring’s story and discover its enormous open world earlier than you’ll be able to access the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. You can’t simply choose Shadow of the Erdtree from an in-game menu — you’ll have to put some work in.

Our Elden Ring information will present you the place and the way to access the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.

Where to discover the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

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To access Shadow of the Erdtree’s new area, you will want access to Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum in Mohgwyn Palace. You’ll even have to defeat Mohg, Lord of Blood, to get unfettered access to Miquella’s Cocoon.

Mohgwyn Palace is just reachable by teleportation. There are two methods to get your self there:

1. Complete a portion of White Mask Varré’s questline to get the Pureblood Knight’s Medal, which grants you an viewers with Mohg
2. Travel to Consecrated Snowfield in the northeast area of the Lands Between, and use a Waygate to teleport to Mohgwyn Palace

Completing a portion of White Mask Varré’s questline is probably going the sooner path should you’re beginning a brand new playthrough of Elden Ring. But should you’ve skipped elements of his questline, and have access to all (or most of) Elden Ring’s websites of grace, you may simply need to teleport to the Consecrated Snowfield or a close-by area.

Whatever the case, be sure you’re correctly ready for a battle with Mohg. He’s a troublesome Demigod Boss.

Below, we’ve damaged down the two major routes for reaching Mohgym Palace in Elden Ring.

White Mask Varré route to Mohgwyn Palace

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White Mask Varré is one of the first NPCs you’ll meet in Elden Ring. He has a comparatively simple questline that’s price doing, however listed below are the fundamental steps you want to do to get an viewers with Mohg by way of Varré:

• Meet Varré at the First Step website of grace and converse to him repeatedly till you’ve exhausted his dialogue.
• Meet your maiden, Melina, and journey to the Roundtable Hold.
• Defeat Godrick the Grafted to purchase his Great Rune.
• Return to the Roundtable Hold and converse with Finger Reader Enia.
• Varré will journey from the First Step to Rose Church in the southwest area of Liurnia’s lake, west of Gate Town. Speak to Varré at Rose Church and he’ll offer you the Festering Bloody Finger merchandise
• Invade one other world. You have two choices to full this step:

1. Invade one other participant’s world utilizing the Festering Bloody Finger thrice. This requires a web-based multiplayer connection. Note: You don’t want to efficiently defeat the participant(s) you’ve invaded to progress Varré’s quest.
2. Invade the world of NPC Magnus the Beast Claw. His invasion signal may be present in Writheblood Ruins in Altus Plateau. The closest website of grace is Bridge of Iniquity. Defeat Magnus the Beast Claw to progress Varré’s quest.

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• Speak to Varré at Rose Church once more and he’ll ask you to annoint you. Agree, and he’ll reward you with the Lord of Blood’s Favor merchandise, then ask you to soak it in the blood of a maiden. There are 4 choices to full this step:

1. Travel to Church of Inhibition, northwest of Frenzied Flame Village, and work together with the corpse there.
2. Travel to Chapel of Anticipation (the beginning space), utilizing an Imbued Sword Key at the Four Belfries, and work together with the corpse there.
3. Kill the NPC Irina, at the entrance to Weeping Peninsula (if she’s nonetheless alive).
4. Kill the NPC Hyetta, who can first be encountered at the Lake-Facing Cliffs website of grace in Liurnia, should you’ve completed Irina’s questline by finishing Castle Morne and discovering her father.

Once you’ve dyed the material of the Lord of Blood’s Favor with maiden’s blood, return to Varré. He’ll carry out a grotesque ritual on you and reward you with the Bloody Finger. Speak to Varré once more and he’ll offer you the Pureblood Knight’s Medal.

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Use the Pureblood Knight’s Medal from the Tools tab in your stock, and also you’ll be transported to the steps of Mohgwyn Palace, close to the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance website of grace.

Work your approach by way of Mohgwyn Palace till you attain Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint. Your battle with Mohg, Lord of Blood, is close by. If you’re having hassle, seek the advice of our information on how to beat Mohg.

Consecrated Snowfield route to Mohgwyn Palace

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To attain Consecrated Snowfield in Elden Ring, you’ll want to progress slightly additional by way of the storyline and purchase the Haligtree Secret Medallion. That medallion is cut up into two halves:

Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right) is present in the southern half of Liurnia of the Lakes in the Village of the Albinaurics. To attain the Village of the Albinaruics, begin at the Folly on the Lake website of grace and head south by way of the shadowed, swampy space crammed with big crabs. Travel up the slope on the far facet and also you’ll attain the village.

There you’ll discover a lone, conspicuous urn — smack it, and also you’ll reveal the village’s lone survivor, Albus. He’ll get you the proper half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion.

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Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left) is discovered inside Castle Sol in the Mountaintops of the Giants area. You’ll want to defeat Commander Niall to get access to the left half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion.

Once you may have each halves, journey to the Grand Lift of Rold in Leyndell, Royal Capital — a location you’ll solely have access to when you’ve acquired two Great Runes. At the Grand Lift of Rold, choose “Hoist secret medallion” (not “Hoist medallion”) to achieve access to Consecrated Snowfield.

The Waygate that teleports you to Mohgwyn Palace is situated in the western edge of Consecrated Snowfield, northwest of Yelough Anix Ruins and west of the place you’re invaded by (and should defeat) Sanguine Noble. If you teleport to the Inner Consecrated Snowfield website of grace, simply head due west to discover the Waygate.

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The Waygate in Consecrated Snowfield will transport you to a darkish cave, the exit of which opens into Mohgwyn Palace. You’ll want to work your approach northwest by way of the blood lake, avoiding Nameless White Mask invaders and big spectral skeletons, to attain the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance website of grace.

Work your approach by way of Mohgwyn Palace till you attain Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint. Your battle with Mohg, Lord of Blood, is close by. If you’re having hassle, seek the advice of our information on how to beat Mohg.