Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree – Shadow Hold Church District Information

The Shadow Hold in Elden Ring‘s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is an extremely dense space. With hours of content material to discover and entrances that do not have any relation to their counterparts, the probabilities of you getting misplaced or discovering your self unsure about reaching different areas may be very, very excessive.

Fortunately, Shadow Hold’s 9 flooring, two entrances, and 4 bosses are far simpler when you are able to do it with another person. Participating in our personal sort of jolly cooperation, we give you this complete information on all of the highlights of this spectacular and large dungeon.

How To Enter Shadow Hold: Church District (East Entrance)

Discovering the second Shadow Hold entrance is a protracted and prolonged course of that requires a little bit of backtracking and exploration in new areas.

If you’re on the lookout for this entrance, then it’s possible you haven’t but found the east Scadu Altus with the Cathedral of Manus Metyr.

If you have not already, we extremely suggest you be sure you’ve confronted and defeated Queelign twice earlier than (on the Belurat Tower Settlement and Church of the Campaign in Scadu Altus). With out finishing this step, a part of this walkthrough shall be unavailable to you.

Your first step is discovering the Moore Ruins within the central space of the Scadu Altus.

You must discover the hidden path to the Bonny Village by way of a really slender alleyway between two dilapidated buildings (not the enormous gap within the floor! However do strive close by).

So long as you enterprise by way of all of Bonny Village alongside the principle path, you may ultimately go by way of:

• An extended swinging bridge
• A brand new Web site of Grace
• A Furnace Golem
• The Rabbath’s Rise Tower
• A second new Web site of Grace

Simply proceed alongside the principle path north-east till you see a big gate door which is able to lead into the Shadow Hold: Church District.

How To Attain The Shadow Hold: Storehouse, Again Part

This watery space is pretty simple with solely a quick detour for an essential improve merchandise.

Your important purpose is to leap throughout the constructing rooftops throughout the world, although there’s a caveat:

A watery monster lurks simply out of sight and can gobble you up in the event you spend too lengthy close to the water’s edge.

Our first and solely detour would require us getting up shut and private with this monster as we enterprise to the left to a round structured space.

You may need to dash and leap throughout a number of logs right here to succeed in the far facet and loop round to take the Great Grave Glovewort .

Return to the principle rooftop part till you attain a sq. space to the west.

Flaming corpses will rise from the bottom as you close to. They don’t seem to be too harmful, however they do explode after seeing you.

You possibly can cease their explosions by inflicting Frostbite.

From this space, use one of many slender ledges on the far facet to go north and as much as a brand new ledge (once more with extra exploding corpses; it is fireworks season, in spite of everything).

The rooftop forward can even have a dagger Fireplace Knight guarding x3 Ember of Messmer , so watch out continuing.

On the far south facet of the rooftops, look east to see a number of lengthy pillar-supports. You must leap to them to be able to proceed as much as the subsequent rooftop.

This subsequent rooftop has a large gap in the course of it.

You may have to:

• Drop onto one of many crossing beams under.
• Leap into the part to the south.
• Fall into the outlet in the course of the part.
• Decide up the Lightningproof Pickled Liver as you land.

As a substitute of going towards the seen Fireplace Knight for now, flip round and head across the nook to the northeast.

There is a locked door right here you could open with the Prayer Room Key .

You get this merchandise as a reward for defeating Queelign a second time.

Inside, Queelign himself shall be mendacity on the bottom.

At this level, you’ve gotten two choices:

• Give him the Iris of Grace.
• Give him the Iris of Occultation.

In the event you do not but have an Iris of Occultation, you may come again to this location quickly.

To seek out out what occurs for every merchandise, see our spoilered expandable under as this impacts extra than simply Queelign.

Spoilers Forward!In the event you give the Iris of Grace to Queelign, you’ll obtain his Spirit Ash.

In the event you give him the Iris of Occultation, you can be given his sword, the Queelign’s Greatsword .

Selecting to offer him both doesn’t have an effect on the Depend Ymir and Cathedral of Manus Metyr-related questlines as there are multiples of the Iris of Grace and Iris of Occultation, however the identical determination will apply for them as effectively. Grace will give an ash, and Occultation will give a weapon.

Leaving the Prayer Room, go down the corridor and take the primary left out there for a Rune of an Unsung Hero on a corpse.

With that in hand, you may struggle the dagger Fireplace Knight patrolling the corridor lastly.

Persevering with down the corridor, there’s one other FIre Knight forward.

After defeating it, it is best to go down the hall on the left (dealing with North). We’ll ignore the southern room and the statue only for a second.

Sprinting throughout the bridge to keep away from any water monsters, take the elevator up so you may declare the Storehouse, Again Part Web site of Grace on the high.

Oh, and keep in mind that pesky fireplace mage shade up high that bothered us within the first half? Effectively, it is time for revenge and a Smithing Stone [9].

How To Drain The Church District

Take the elevator again down and now enterprise into the room with the merchandise within the middle.

Ignore the statue’s merchandise and run round, slicing by way of the hallway on the opposite facet to a bridge that goes over the water.

Beware the bat that patrols across the nook on the far facet.

As you go up the steps on the left, leap over the hole within the walkway (we’re warning you as a result of it acquired us; avenge us, pals).

There are two bats hiding across the nook on the appropriate, so as soon as they’re grounded, you may climb the ladder forward.

Up high is a lever you may push to empty the Church District. This may make out there all the floor stage of this space, however we’ll concentrate on the perfect components for you.

From right here, take the ladder again down after which, very rigorously, descend into the room subsequent to the ladder utilizing one of many platforms on the best way.

Seek for the Sunken Chapel and the Web site of Grace inside.

Returning to the Church District space now that it’s drained will robotically reward you with the Iris of Occultation.

How To Discover The Scadutree Avatar

From the Sunken Chapel Web site of Grace, journey to the far facet to see a round space surrounding a useless tree.

There’s an Erdtree Avatar defending this space, so tread with warning and defeat it for the Mantle of Thorns spell.

Within the space forward to the north, there is a small room guarded by a Fireplace Knight.

In contrast to different Fireplace Knights, he suffers from extreme bouts of loneliness that may solely be cured by summoning hoards of exploding corpses (all of us have a sort).

Nevertheless, his summoning is his solely energy, so dispatch him for the Death Mask Helm .

His pals will disappear after he dies.

Search the chamber with the statue of Marika to seek out the Fire Knight’s Seal hiding behind her (sneaky little factor).

With all of the gadgets now filling up your bag, you may go away the chapel by way of the northeast hall.

There is a balcony with two stairs on both facet framing a door. Go upstairs briefly for the Battlefield Priest’s Cookbook [1] .

Then, now you can descend by way of the door to the Tree Worship Web site of Grace.

That is the place it is best to begin preparing to your subsequent boss struggle.

Bear in mind to seize the Iris of Grace in your method down, previous the Web site of Grace and to the boss room.

How To Defeat The Scadutree Avatar

The Scadutree Avatar is just not a tough boss, however it’s definitely a unusual one.

A 3-stage boss with three separate healthbars. It is going to maintain resummoning itself with every loss of life.

Because it is not a tough boss, we have a fast abstract that will help you get the sting on defeating it shortly:

• Use Fireplace-themed assaults and goal the pinnacle for unimaginable quantities of injury.
• Do not go up the crucial hit assaults. They are going to cut back the healthpool of the boss’s subsequent incarnation.
• The thorn assaults deal Bleed injury, so do not get hit by them too usually in the event you will help it.
• It has a multi-hit space assault that offers excessive quantities of holy injury. If you see it about to burst, run or observe the slender timing window.

As soon as you’ve got defeated the Scadutree Avatar, your reward would be the Remembrance of the Shadow Sunflower and Miquella’s Great Rune .

What a fully wonderful discover!

However we’re not finished but, so return to the Backstage Web site of Grace within the Specimen Storeroom.

How To Discover The Storehouse, Loft Web site Of Grace

From the Backstage Web site of Grace, run throughout the bridge into an armoury the place a number of fireplace mage shades and a Fireplace Knight are roaming.

There is a Carian Thrusting Shield towards the again wall.

At this level, you may return to the elevator down into the Church District space once more. Now you can leap into the statue of Marika’s hand we ignored earlier for one Scadutree Fragment .

Return to the bridge to take the ladder up to a ledge the place a Fireplace Knight is standing. Kick him off, simply to be a bully.

Then, up the steps close by, be careful for an additional Fireplace Knight that’s patrolling the world behind you and to the appropriate. He is guarding a Fire Coil .

Exploring the world, go northeast to a balcony the place you may seize the Fire Serpent incantation without cost off a corpse. And free is finest.

Again contained in the stacks, take a look at the wall to the southeast to find a big gap. Leap by way of it.

To your proper, the surface path has a Blessed Bone Shard and no enemies, so stroll as much as the subsequent Web site of Grace on the high.

How To Attain Commander Gaius And The Again Gate Web site Of Grace

From right here, you may take the close by raise into the Lofts space.

This pesky space is about to check each nerve in your physique. Hold your snacks shut for persistence and prosperity.

Your first process is studying find out how to take care of the bats right here.

• Mages and archers need not fear a lot right here. They’ll shoot something from afar.
• Melee characters could have a a lot trickier time. We suggest utilizing a defend or the guard in your weapon to forestall being pushed again by assaults.

Exploring the lofts, take the primary ladder (when you seize the Thin Beast Bones across the nook) you come throughout. Then, take a left.

Up right here, there is a Smithing Stone [7] on a corpse on a central pillar.

Observe the loft path to a bat within the southeast after which round a nook northeast that appears like a useless finish.

You may need to leap down onto one other beam after which take the primary ladder you see up.

There is a Fireplace Knight up right here.

Be careful as a result of it can also use the brand new golden ring incantation to push you off.

Journey to the raise within reach and take it all the way down to an space with one other Fireplace Knight and a Rune of an Unsung Hero .

Then, you may take the raise up once more.

Proceed within the lofts space and take your first proper towards a visual ladder close by.

How To Defeat Commander Gaius

There will not be sufficient phrases within the English dictionary to completely describe the quantity of hatred the group feels for this boss.

If Messmer the Impaler was truthful, Commander Gaius can generally really feel like his actual reverse.

His first assault will all the time be a boar-charge assault, and its dodge window may be very small. Usually, you may be clipped by a remaining body as you are dodging by way of.

One of the simplest ways to keep away from his first assault is to start out sprinting ahead and both left or proper. Then, dodge roll in that route simply as he is about to strike.

When preventing Commander Gaius significantly (and never utilizing the numerous, many cheeses he deserves from a devoted group of YouTubers), we wish you to maintain these notes in thoughts:

1. Gaius is a two-phase boss that makes use of gravity magic usually in his remaining 50 p.c well being.
2. His finest assault to punish is his gravity lance thrust, which it is best to roll ahead into to arrange for an assault.
3. He seems to have a resistance to Chilly injury.
4. He’s not a mounted fight struggle. Summoning Torrent has blended outcomes.
5. His most harmful assault is a combo with the boar and his lance. To finest keep away from it, strive rolling forward-right to remain on the boar’s left facet.

With a lot persistence and inner-frustration, you’ll ultimately put the boar and his rider down.

Your reward? The Remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider and, a lot additional forward, 5 Scadutree Fragments .

With the again lot out there to you and all these rewards in tow, now you can lastly say that you’ve got explored all the Shadow Hold.

Phew…