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

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

Like different FromSoftware video games, you’ll have to progress by way of components of Elden Ring’s story and discover its big open world earlier than you may access the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. You possibly 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.

The place to discover the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

To access Shadow of the Erdtree’s new area, you will have 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 simply reachable by teleportation. There are two methods to get your self there:

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

Finishing a portion of White Masks Varré’s questline is probably going the sooner path for those who’re beginning a brand new playthrough of Elden Ring. However for those who’ve skipped components of his questline, and have access to all (or most of) Elden Ring’s websites of grace, you would possibly simply need to teleport to the Consecrated Snowfield or a close-by area.

No matter the case, be sure you’re correctly ready for a battle with Mohg. He’s a tricky Demigod Boss.

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

White Masks Varré route to Mohgwyn Palace

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

• Meet Varré at the First Step web site of grace and communicate to him repeatedly till you’ve exhausted his dialogue.
• Meet your maiden, Melina, and journey to the Roundtable Maintain.
• Defeat Godrick the Grafted to purchase his Nice Rune.
• Return to the Roundtable Maintain and communicate 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 City. Communicate to Varré at Rose Church and he’ll provide you with the Festering Bloody Finger merchandise
• Invade one other world. You’ve 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. Notice: 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 web site of grace is Bridge of Iniquity. Defeat Magnus the Beast Claw to progress Varré’s quest.

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• Communicate 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. Journey to Church of Inhibition, northwest of Frenzied Flame Village, and work together with the corpse there.
2. Journey to Chapel of Anticipation (the beginning space), utilizing an Imbued Sword Key at the 4 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-Going through Cliffs web site of grace in Liurnia, for those who’ve completed Irina’s questline by finishing Fortress Morne and discovering her father.

When you’ve dyed the fabric 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. Communicate to Varré once more and he’ll provide you with the Pureblood Knight’s Medal.

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

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

Consecrated Snowfield route to Mohgwyn Palace

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

Haligtree Secret Medallion (Proper) is present in the southern half of Liurnia of the Lakes in the Village of the Albinaurics. To achieve the Village of the Albinaruics, begin at the Folly on the Lake web site of grace and head south by way of the shadowed, swampy space crammed with large crabs. Journey up the slope on the far aspect 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 Fortress 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.

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

The Waygate that teleports you to Mohgwyn Palace is positioned in the western edge of Consecrated Snowfield, northwest of Yelough Anix Ruins and west of the place you might be invaded by (and should defeat) Sanguine Noble. In case you teleport to the Inside Consecrated Snowfield web site 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 manner northwest by way of the blood lake, avoiding Anonymous White Masks invaders and large spectral skeletons, to attain the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance web site of grace.

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