A very compact text version of my guide that you can use as a roadmap
A very detailed Video Format, with timecodes for every key step and chapters to skip the parts which you don’t feel like watching. So I recommend to give it a try and to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to get the latest info first.
This is a REAL 100% Walkthrough. I’m well over 1500+ hours of preparation for this guide to make sure not a single item was missed and to complete 100% of Elden Ring as efficiently as possible!
This is the ultimate guide to complete 100% of Elden Ring
This is more than just a Platinum Trophy guide, we’ll get everything.
All 42 Trophies including the Elden Lord platinum trophy
All 7 Great Runes
All Quest Lines, every NPC dialogues until the end of their quest lines
All 32 Flask of Wondrous Physiks Tears
All 20 Cracked Pots
All 10 Ritual Pots
All 10 Perfume Bottles
All 8 Memory Stones
All 3 Talisman Pouches
All Ashes of War
All Spirit Ashes
All Weapons
All Shields
All Bows and Crossbows
All Armor Sets
All Talismans
All Sacred Tears
All Golden Seeds
All 8 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones (to upgrade 8 Unique Armaments to the Max)
All 15 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones (to upgrade 15 Normal Armaments to the Max)
All Stonesword Keys (we’ll finish our 1st playthrough with 34 spare Stonesword Keys after opening every possible Imp Statues)
All 3 Mending Runes (for the alternative endings)
All Keys and Medallions
All 18 Larval Tears (for respec)
All 24 Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbooks
All 7 Armorer’s Cookbooks
All 8 Glintstone Craftman’s Cookbooks
All 7 Missionary’s Cookbooks
All 4 Ancient Dragon Apostle’s Cookbooks
All 4 Perfumer’s Cookbooks
All 3 Fevor’s Cookbooks
All 2 Frenzied Cookbooks
All 6 Whetblades
All 19 Maps
All incantations:
6 Bestial Incantations
4 Blood Incantations
14 Dragon Communion Incantations
12 Dragon Cult Incantations
13 Erdtree Incantations
4 Fire Giant Incantations
9 Fire Monk Incantations
5 Frenzied Flame Incantations
6 Godskin Apostle Incantations
9 Golden Order Incantations
4 Servants of Rot Incantations
15 Two Fingers Incantations
All sorceries:
2 Aberrant Sorceries
10 Carian Sorceries
3 Crystallian Sorceries
5 Death Sorceries
2 Full Moon Sorceries
20 Glintstone Sorceries
5 Gravity Sorceries
2 Loretta’s Sorceries
4 Magma Sorceries
7 Night Sorceries
3 Primeval Sorceries
5 Snow Witch Sorceries
Basically, we’ll farm everything, every Golden Rune, material or consumable will be found and looted if you follow this guide. You’ll finish your first playthrough with plenty of materials to do anything you want in your New Game+ or Co-op / PvP game after.
I’ve planned this guide to do everything in the most efficient order, so that we never hit difficulty walls and complete the full game with as little deaths as possible. Every upgrade that can help will be obtained at the right moment, you’ll be warned in advance of everyambush and trap, there will be an optimal strategy for each of the 170 bosses in Elden Ring.
If you’ve never played a souls game before, I guaranteeyou will Platinum this game without any problems if you follow my guide.
If you’re a casual gamer or 70+ year old with bad reflexes, I guarantee you will Platinum this game too.
If you’re a veteran souls player, I guarantee you won’t regret following this guide, it will save you a lot of time and you’ll probably learn a few tricks and hidden game mechanics.
We’ll start the game with a few basic combat mechanics, get some early upgrades and progressively add more tools to our arsenal and explore some advanced combat tactics as well as new game mechanics which only exist in Elden Ring.
The Build
We’ll start with a very simple quality build and keep it that way in the early game. We’ll be very powerful and kill our first two Shardbearers that way.
Then we’ll use a single Larval Tear to respec and go a different route. We’ll be go heavy in INT and switch to one of the strongest weapons in the game, Moonveil, which will not only make us extremely strong in melee, but also have access to a range of Sorceries which will make us even more powerful and versatile.
About midway through our adventure, we’ll also acquire the most iconic weapon in all souls games: the Dark Moon Greatsword, which will make us even stronger. That’s the general path we’ll take, but there will be many other surprises and upgrades we’ll pick up along the way. We’ll of course use Summons, Ashes of war, Shields and strong counters. We’ll also use a bit of crafting in certain situations to use pots. And we’ll use Perfumes, which are incredibly underrated.
One of my goals was to showcase a very strong yet versatilecharacter build, instead of a one-trick pony type of character. I wished I could have included more variety, such as Incantations and Dragon Communion Incantations, but it would’ve required more respecing to make this viable and keep our power curve above the enemies we encounter. So I kept it simple and focused primarily on making this build simple, efficient and most importantly: get us through Elden Ring without any painful hurdles such as dying 10+ times to the same boss or difficult area.
The Guide’s format
This is a double formatGuide. There is a full video walkthroughANDa very compact text walkthrough.
The video walkthrough will contain more detailed combat tips, so I suggest you check them out.
Each video will have a list of timecodes with all the important moments in the episodes:
Timecodefor each Item obtained
Timecodefor each Combat tip and boss strategy
Timecodefor each Important info given
Timecodefor each Trophy obtained
All cut scenes and NPC dialogues will be included, butif you want to skip them it will be quite easy to do so: each video will be spilt into chapters, with clear labels so you can skip the parts you don’t want to watch or would rather watch on your own.
The text version of my Elden Ring walkthrough should also be quite useful, it is very compact, and whenever the direction or explanation isn’t detailed enough, you can always check the video to get a clearer direction.
FAQ
Q: Will I get all trophies, including the platinum, if I follow your guide?
A: Yes of course. But much more than that. You’ll get everything you can possibly get in one playthrough. All items, weapons, spells, etc. Everything.
Q: Do I have to follow your character build exactly ?
A: No. You can follow this guide and do your own build and you’ll be fine. However, this is a very optimized guide and I believe the builds I use are extremely fun and powerful. Some strategies in the later part of the game are specific to my build, so you’ll have to find your own strategies if you don’t have the same skills / spells.
Q: Can I follow your guide if I’m on PC / PS / Xbox?
A: Yes. This guide works for ALL platforms.
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Q: Is there a way to get the Gesture: The Ring if I didn’t preorder the game?
A: Yes. You have to play co-op and defeat a boss with someone who preordered the game.
Q: Why don’t you enable the Martyr Effigy?
A: Because it’s a personal choice. Many players don’t want to play Elden Ring (or other Souls games) online, no co-op and no PvP. Once you enable a Martyr Effigy, there is no way to disable it. So it’s really a matter of preferences. If you don’t want to PvP or to co-op at a specific location, you should never enable that Martyr Effigy. Also, this guide is 100% focused on PvE. It’s not a PvP guide or a co-op guide. It’s actually everything but that.
Q: Are you also covering rare drops from farmable enemies?
A: No. The guide would be way too long. The only exception will be the Brass Shield because we’ll use it in our build and it’s probably the best shield in the game in terms of weight / strength requirement to Guard Boost ratio. None of the other farmable rare drops are necessary, because the best items in the game are guaranteed drops.
Character creation
Origin:Samurai
You can pick a different origin if you like, especially if you want to take a different path for your character build.
But in the end it doesn’t really matter, at high level those starting attributes won’t matter at all.
Let me tell you why Samuraiis a good starting class:
Katana is an amazing weapon with great stats, innate bleed buildup and one of the best Ashes of War in the game
Samurai starts with a Longbow, which will be quite useful early on
The starting stats spread is perfect for our quality build and the unique weapon we’ll switch to soon.
Keepsake:Lands Between Rune is the best choice, it gives us some early runes to spend to have an easier start
Why not pick the Golden Seed? Because we’ll get plenty Golden Seeds early and reach the maximum amount of flask charges regardless. We’ll finish the game with 12 extra Golden Seeds, so it’s useless to pick this keepsake.
Why not pick the Stonesword Key? Because we’ll finish our first playthrough with 34 Stonesword Keys to spare, and that’s after opening every single imp statue.
Why not pick any other other item? Because we’ll get them all during our first platythrough anyway.
28:27 Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs Entrance & Episode End
EPISODE 123: COMPACT TEXT GUIDE FORMAT
From Grace: Hidden Path to the Haligtree
LEVEL UP
68 INT
40 VIG
30 END
16 STR
15 FAITH
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
Go back to stairs with broken railings, drop down to secret bridge (check video)
Use Hoarfrost Stomp to know where the invisible bridge is
South to doorway:
Grave Glovewort [9]
Illusionary wall, chest:
Silver Scarab
Back to invisible bridge, north to opposite doorway, kill 3x Midgets
3x Sacramental Bud
Back on inv bridge, west to next doorway, kill 2x Midgets on the way
Grave Glovewort [9]
Back to inv bridge, drop down south:
Hero’s Rune [1]
Drop down southernmost window, canon of haima giant squid + 2x midgets
Loot corpse:
6x Old Fang
Pull lever
Cannon of Haima south below
Drop down, check north room under stairs, 3x midgets
4x Root Resin
South to boss fog, prepare for Stray Mimic Tear
Moonlight, enter
Mimic, Heal, charged R2 attacks
Black Flame Monk Amon
Loot chest:
Deathroot
Don’t take the exit teleporter, go back and take the west hallway to a lift up. Up top:
Spelldrake Talisman +2
Drop down window
North to Consecrated Snowfield, follow the white lights on the ground until:
Site of Grace: Consecrated Snowfield
LEVEL UP
68 INT
40 VIG
30 END
16 STR
15 FAITH
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
First let’s get the map, check video to see the exact route. Just follow the marked path on the map north and veer northwest before the river bed.
Map: Mountaintops of the Giants West
Northeast on the other side of the big tree is a corpse, guarded by Archer Wolf Rider:
Smithing Stone [8]
Warning: Archer Wolf Riders are dangerous, buff up with Moonlight and keep shield up to block arrows. You don’t have to fight this one, you can loot and run
Southwest to the river bed, you should see an invisible scarab’s footsteps, but first clear the area of the wandering wolf pack, you don’t want any distraction
Further Southwest when you get close to the frozen river you’ll be invaded by Anastasia, Tarnished Eater
Use Flask and buff Moonlight.
She does partial damage if you block with shield, so best use spacing and dodge on this one.
You can backstab her when she does her jump slam attack
Best is to time your attacks to hit her as she comes in
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Kill invis scarab:
Ash of War: White Shadow’s Lure
Southwest other side of river up on cliff, dead guy in chair. Watch out for lightning balls:
Stonesword Key
Southeast in the valley look for a wandering caravan, clear it and loot the chest at the back:
Flowing Curved Sword
Next step is risky, there’s a giant skeleton and lightning orbs involved, check video to lower chance of dying
Southeast until you reach the bottom of a long slanted rock, ignore Giant Skeleton if it attacks you
Gallop towards the top of the rock, trigger the Lightning Orbs and ride back down to dodge the lightnings
Then loot corpse on top of the rock:
Somber Smithing Stone [9]
Warp back to Consecrated Snowfield
The upcoming parts are in a blizzard area, very low visibility so if you can’t find an item, check video, I put markers on the map to make things easier
East to cliff wall then follow it south to find a corpse against the cliff wall, guarded by Snails:
Golden Rune [11]
Drop down Southwest to find another corpse:
Golden Rune [13]
Warp back to Consecrated Snowfield
Northwest to a graveyard, kill Rotten Duelist patroling the area first (Shield + Guard counter work well)
Rotten Battle Hammer
Rotten Duelist Helm
Loot coffins:
Golden Rune [1]
Golden Rune [11]
Golden Rune [3]
Golden Rune [9]
Golden Rune [6]
Note: from this point, if you encounter the wandering caravan during the next steps, clear it and loot the back chest for:
St. Trina’s Torch
East/northeast to find corpse with torch lying in the snow:
Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbook [23]
East to a big rock with a scarab kill it:
Somber Smithing Stone [8]
North to a big rock surrounded by coffins:
Golden Seed
On a sarcophagus near the Golden Seed a few steps northeast of it:
Golden Rune [11]
Northeast to a ghost and a guide statue
In this area try to find and kill the Wandering Noble carrying a chest to get:
Golden Rune [13]
Southeast on a corpse surrounded by Wolves and Wandering Nobles:
2x Old Fang
Northeast on a corpse outside the catadcombs entrance:
4x Lump of Flesh
Southeast to find catacombs entrance: Site of Grace: Consecrated Snowfield Catacombs
South jump onto a broken roof, then double jump West/Southwest to the tower:
8x Cuckoo Glintstone
Go down east under the arches, turn North and break some crates:
3x Hefty Beast Bone
Just above the arches is another corpse, check video to see how to access it:
Rune Arc
North then west around the building, jump over railings and go under the stairs:
Black Knife Armor Set
Nascent Butterfly
Double jump back up the elevated plaza southwest, check the riddle:
Light the four figures in the evergaol
Enter the evergaol – We must light up 4 Towers
Equip Sentry’s Torch in offhand slot, this reveals the invisible assassin enemies which roam this place. Makes the whole next part much easier.
2-Hand your weapon, the torch will still work.
I also suggest you check video for this next part, there is a lot of roof walking, it’s pretty hard to give accurate directions. So follow me along for this next part 😉
1st Tower
West, drop down and buff up with Moonlight
South under an arch, kill 1st Black Knife Assassin
Further South is a corpse in the middle of the streets:
2x Freezing Grease
West behind the building is a ladder, go to the top
Light 1st Flame
2nd Tower:
On the roof East just below, loot corpse:
Golden Rune [12]
From this roof, hide behind the tower and snipe the distant archer East on the roof with Loretta’s Greatbow if you can, take cover in between shots
Running jump to the roof where you killed the archer, loot corpse and drop down immediatley to avoid arrows from the other archer:
Golden Rune [13]
Loot 2 corpses on each side of this building:
3x Old Fang
Golden Rune [13]
Southeast back on main street, stay hidden from the 2nd archer and kill the 2nd Assassin
A few steps further East is the 2nd Tower
Light 2nd Flame
3rd Tower:
West jump over railings and turn around you’ll see a ladder up, don’t take it yet
First grab the item further west on the balcony:
5x Crystal Dart
Take the ladder up
Once up top face northeast and snipe the other archer on the roof
Climb ladder up top:
Light 3rd Flame
4th Tower:
Drop down southeast roof and snipe 3rd archer Northeast
Then cross over north to the next roof, SouthEast corner of the roof is a corpse:
3x Slumbering Egg
Northeast Running jump to roof above
Ladder up twice to the top:
Light Flame
Light 4th Flame
You’ll be teleported out of the evergaol
Northeast to the stairs:
Invigorating White Cured Meat
Use Waygate to travel to Miquela’s Haligtree
Upon arrival, turn around, loot corpse:
Stonesword Key
A few steps north, activate Site of Grace: Haligtree Canopy
Warp to Foot of the Forge (Mountaintops of the giants East)
Un-equip the Sentry’s Torch
Northeast to chain bridge
On the other side of bridge past the rock opening, you’ll find a gold summon sign
Summon Alexander, Warrior jar
Let Alexander move up first, follow him and Flask / Summon MImic as soon as summon sign appears
Phase 1: let your friends tank, buff up Moonlight. Charged R2 Attacks on the giant’s left foot
Repeat this until you bring him down to -50% HP
Phase 2: keep your distances, use spells (Ranni’s Dark Moon / Loretta’s)
Remembrance of the Fire Giant
Site of Grace: Fire Giant
LEVEL UP
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
Northeast over the chain to reach the giant pot.
Clockwise around the post to reach Site of Grace: Forge of the Giants
Give him all Deathroot you have (should have 7 on you, we gave him 2 when we first met him. So that’s 9 total which is the max)
Rewards:
Ash of War: Beast’s Roar
Bestial Vitality
Go rest at the grace and Gurranq will turn aggressive
Flask, Flame, Moonlight, Shield Grease, engage.
Keep shield up and use guard counters or quick R2 Moonlight Arcs
After a few hits, Gurranq will calm down
Talk to him
Go rest
Talk to him again to get all rewards for all 9 Deathroots:
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Gurranq’s Beast Claw
Beastclaw Greathammer
Stone of Gurranq
Beast Claw
Gurranq will vanish after this
Parkour session now to get 3 items hidden behind the Bestial Sanctum, check video to see the path to those items:
3x Soft Cotton
Cinquedea
Dragoncrest Shield Talisman
Warp to Roundtable Hold
Talk to Gideon
Talk 2x
Using the Secret Medallion
Black Flame’s Protection
Go to Roderika who will be next to the fireplace now
Talk to Roderika
Go to Smith Master Hewg:
Upgrade Uchigatana (Sacred Blade) to at least +18
Why are you still making weapons?
Go back to Roderika
About Hewg
Talk to Finger Reader Enya
Warp to Church of Vows
Give all the books you have to Miriel
Warp to Road to the Manor
Loot the anvil:
Iji’s Mirrorhelm
Iji’s Bell BearingJust to see what happend to War Counselor Iji
Warp to The Four Belfries
Go to the lowest waygate with the message that reads “Crumbling Lands”
Use Imbued Stonesword Key and enter the waygate
Work your way down the platforms, kill 2 Demi-humans
North further down is a corpse:
Pearldrake Talisman
Warp to Tempest Facing Balcony
Sprint Southwest through the hallway and ignore the Beasts attacking you
Take the lift down
This time turn right and follow the ledge, jump a few rocks to reach a platform
Don’t go any further, a Dragon will attack you if you get close to the corpse on that platform
Buff up:
Flask, Flame, Moonlight
Move up and loot the corpse quickly, the Dragon will swoop down on you:
Smithing Stone [8]
To kill this Dragon it’s best to not Lock-on to see what’s going on
Stay under its belly and aim for whatever part is closest to you with R2 / Charged R2
Warning: do not stay close to the edge of the platform, of the Dragon might throw you off with its Wing Buffet
You don’t have to kill that dragon, if it’s too much trouble, just loot the corpse and if you die just let it go, we came here with almost no Runes anyway
Go back down the lift, back to the curved stairs and jump off east over the railings to drop down on broken platforms.
Further up on each sides of the broken platforms:
Golden Rune [12]
Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +2
Go through the doorway
North to fight a crucible knight
Hotkey Shield Grease
Buff up:
Flask of Physicks
Flame
Moonlight
Grease
Sneak up and open up with Charged R2 Arc
Then use our usual strategy vs Crucible Knights, this one has the Fire Breath attack, get ready to circle behind him if he uses it
Running jump over Northeast platform:
Smithing Stone [8]
Southeast jump over to next platform and to roof below:
Site of Grace: Dragon Temple Rooftop
Mix Wondrous Physicks:
Magic-Shrouding Tear
Cerulean Hidden Tear
Memorize Spell:
Comet Azur
Drop down, kill 2 birds, loot corpse:
Smithing Stone [6]
From this balcony snipe 3 birds below with Loretta’s, then drop down and check under the archway:
3x Arteria Leaf
Further along the roof, snipe 2 more birds
Drop down, kill another bird ambush from behind (watch out for lightning)
Sprint over to the dragon, get underneath it, pop flask and free aim a Comet Azur to the body. Should be enough to kill it.
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Loot corpses in this area:
8x Fulgurbloom
Golden Rune [12]
Southeast gazebo:
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
North along the ledge, jump over roof, jump over higher platform west, kill 5 birds (Canon of Haima on the perched ones for a 2 birds 1 stone deal), loot:
Smithing Stone [7]
Golden Seed
Go back on the previous ledge and jump down southeast, drop down several platforms to reach a building
Kill patroling knight, move north to balcony, kill bird, loot corpse:
Golden Rune [12]
Ladder up, sneak up and kill knight on the left, open chest:
Dragon Towershield
Kill Dual Wielding Knight West
Take lift up
West rocky path up, you’ll stumble upon a Crucible Knight fighting 2 Beasts
Buff up with Moonlight, Flame and Shield Grease
Try to get some free hits on the Crucible Knight while he’s fighting the beasts
Ladder up, kill bird (don’t swing and fall from the window), loot corpse:
Boltdrake Talisman +2
Drop down, run back to area where we killed the Lightning Dragon
Further Southwest, kill 3 sleeping Beastmen
North kill a Lightning Beastman, go down a ledge northeast:
Somber Smithing Stone [7]
Cross over the broken gazebo bridge, kill boomrang-beast
3 more beasts inside, loot corpse by the altar:
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [5]
Southeast hallway, stairs up, lift up
Site of Grace: Beside the Great Bridge
LEVEL UP
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
Mix Wondrous Physick:
Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
Spiked Cracked Tear
Take the stairs up to the great Bridge
North through doorway, further up exit on a balcony
Take ladder down south, don’t go closer to the tower, buff up first
Flask, Flame, Moonlight
Move up toward the tower,
As soon as you get invaded by Recusant Bernalh:
Shield Grease
A combination of R2 attacks and Guard Counters should make this fight easy:
Take the lift back down, run past the beasts, go west and out the building, keep heading west until you reach the edge
Look for a rock below to drop down safely (it’s a risky drop down, it’s actually saver to do a vertical jump and slightly move forward to avoid overshooting and missing the rock below)
Then drop down all the way down the rocks to a large ruined floor
In the middle of it is a doorway where you can “Lie Down”
This will teleport you to our next boss: Dragonlord Placidusax
Remembrance of the Dragonlord
Trophy Unlocked: Dragonlord Placidusax
Total Trophies Unlocked: 32/42
Site of Grace: Dragonlord Placidusax
LEVEL UP
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
We’ll leave for now and come back later to kill Maliketh, this area’s final boss. The reason is that once we kill Maliketh, there will be a major change in Leyndell and we need to clear Miquella’s Haligtree first and talk to Gideon before killing Maliketh.
Warp to Haligtree Canopy
Switch back to standard setup:
Carian Regal Scepter
Brass Shield
Best Armor you can wear on Medium Load
Talismans:
Green Turtle Talisman
Magic Scorpion Charm
Godfrey Icon
Shard of Alexander
There’s a good Rune Farming spot right at the start, you can snipe the 5 snowmen with a single Loretta’s Greatbow (non-charged).
35k runes per minute (with Gold Scarab Talisman equipped instead of Shard of Alexander and Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot active). Check video to see this rune farm in action.
Farm so you have enough to spend all runes and level up again. Next area is very dangerous.
Buff up, jump over southeast, kill Leonine Misbegotten, loot corpse:
Pearldrake Talisman +2
Drop back down
Canon of Haima the rotten zombies north, watch out for ambush pusher downstairs
Enter building, kill Axe Beastman, loot corpse:
Smithing Stone [8]
Downstairs another ambush, kill 2 beastmean, loot corpse:
6x Hefty Beast Bone
South balcony, to the right:
Golden Rune [13]
North ladder down, kill 2 mirandas, opposite ladder up
Kill winged beast with a charged R2 Moonlight (don’t get too close to the platform behind or you’ll aggro a Leonine, don’t want to fight it on this ledge)
Enter building through window
Southeast Corpse on wooden bridge:
5x Fire Grease
Pull and kill Leonine Misbegotten inside the building
Go through building, kill beastman on the left, loot corpse by the altar:
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Next building, double ambush pushers in left door, kill winged beastman:
Somber Smithing Stone [8]
South wooden bridge to round platform, loot corpse by altar:
Golden Rune [12]
Site of Grace: Haligtree Town Plaza
Rest
South jump down roof, loot corpse:
Smithing Stone [6]
From this roof, snipe Snail Summoner southeast below
Drop down southwest on ledge to kill another Snail
Inside building kill 3 zombies, loot corpse:
Somber Smithing Stone [9]
Northeast doorway, snipe 3 ants (acid spewing type, very dangerous, so snipe from afar)
4x Aeonian Butterfly (corpse)
1x Aeonian Butterfly (butterfly further up)
Go back through building, kill last snail hiding on ledge South
Corpse on this roof northeast:
Golden Rune [10]
Running jump south to next platform, kill 7 zombies, corpse middle of roof:
Smithing Stone [6]
Very close running jump to lower building northwest, kill 3 zombies, corpse:
Golden Rune [12]
Next room kill 2 Zombies, open chest:
Viridian Amber Medaillon +2
Southeast jump back to lower platform, ladder up to roof
East drop down by ladder
Northwest building kill Beastman, north room ambush beast, loot corpse:
Sacramental Bud
Southeast building kill 2 beastmen
East bridge pull battlemage to this building and kill it, move up loot corpse at end of wooden bridge:
Smithing Stone [7]
Another corpse inside:
Smithing Stone [8]
West gazebo kill another battlemage, corpse inside:
Hero’s Rune [4]
Northwest platform is a lift you can activate to unlock a shortcut we don’t really need
Northeast prepare for boss before entering the double statue gate: Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
Equip Carian Shield, Flask, Moonlight
Enter, Mimic and Heal up
Use Carian Retaliation if she uses spells targeting you
Once Mimic has aggro, use charged R2 beams for an easy win
Loretta’s Mastery
Loretta’s War Sickle
Achievement Unlocked: Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
Go down the stairs, long ladder down, go around the tower and stairs up to find chest:
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Go back downstairs and take lift down
Northwest bridge corpse:
3x Holy Grease
Buff up Flask + Moonlight and kill Cleanrot Knight
Enter church
Talk to Millicent 2x
Site of Grace: Prayer Room
Rest
North door to balcony, turn east and drop down below, then drop down north, kill 2 guards + 1 patrol + 1 sleeping.
Use Stonesword Key, open chest:
Triple Rings of Light
Move up, kill 3 guards in the barrel storage room on the left:
Smithing Stone [7]
Move up, take left stairs up, kill 2 guards, loot corpse by the railings:
5x Lightning Greatbolt
Go back downstairs, take North stairs down, kill 2 guards, further down loot corpse:
Immunizing White Cured Meat
Enter the room, kill 2 cleanrot knights:
Smithing Stone [7]
Norhteast door to balcony:
Golden Rune [10]
Go back south out of this room, jump over railings northeast to land on downward pillar, drop down to either side to land on lower platform
West stairs down to dark room, dead guy in chair:
Seedbed Curse
Walk up the narrow ledge north, pop Flask and Moonlight
Drop down by the door below, you’ll be attacked by a crystalian
In the doorway you should be able to summon Mimic and heal up
Then go back inside the room and take out the 3 Crystalians with the help of your Mimic:
Pickled Turtle Neck
Somber Smithing Stone [9]
Warp back to Prayer Room
Memorize Spell: Loretta’s Mastery (instead of Flame Grant Me Strength)
We will use Exalted Flesh for bosses form now on instead of Flame Grant me Strength, it’s just better for our build and we’ve been very conservatives with consumables up until now, so it’s time to use them more
Loretta’s Mastery has a worse FP / Damage ratio than Loretta’s Greatbow, but it has about 20% more range so it will be useful in some situations.
North balcony, backstab sentinel, kill patrol of 3 (Canon of Haima)
Buff Moonilght, enter small sideroom, kill 2 guards:
Golden Rune [12]
Backstab next torch guard, enter side room, kill sleeping guard on the left and another one upstairs
Exit to balcony, kill torch guard:
Smithing Stone [8]
Jump up on branch and move up to bell tower:
Miquellan Knight’s Sword
Ladder down, from there, equip Graven-Mass Talisman (instead of Shard of Alexander) and prepare for Erdtree Avatar (check video for strategy)
Blast it with Loretta’s Mastery and Ranni’s Dark Moon from above, hide behind wall from the holy lazers
Rotten Staff
Re-equip standard gear
Jump down east, loot corpse south:
Numen’s Rune
Further southwest to corpse:
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Aeonian Butterfly
Northwest jump over railings and drop down:
Aeonian Butterfly
North drop down, summon Mimic, heal up, kill centipede revenant
Southwest loot corpse:
Golden Rune [12]
Use stonesword key, enter and loot:
Marika’s Soreseal
Trophy progression: Legendary Talismans 6/8
North further up loot corpse:
4x Aeonian Butterfly
Further north kill another centipede revenant
Further north, check archway west to trigger another centipede revenant behind you, loot corpse inside:
3x Beast Blood
Further northwest, kill a 5th centipede, archway northeast:
Lord’s Rune
Further west and then left kill another centipede revenant, loot corpse to the left:
Terra Magica (instead of Loretta’s Mastery, we’ll re-equip it after this Kamehameha)
Mix Wondrous Physick:
Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
Cerulean Hidden Tear
Check video for this next miniboss: Putrid Avatar
Equip Kamehameha gear:
Jellyfish Shield
Azur’s Glintstone crown
Talismans:
Green Turtle Talisman
Magic Scorpion Talsiman
Gold Scarab
Graven-Mass Talisman
Ready spell: Terra Magica
Sneak behind the Erdtree Avatar
Turn around so you don’t face the Avatar and Summon Mimic and Heal up (if you Summon Mimic into the Avatar you might aggro it)
Buff in this order:
Contagious Fury
Terra Magica
Flask of Physick
Immediately cast Comet Azur and channel it as long as you can. If you get interrupted, hide behind the wall and cast Comet Azur again once Mimic has aggro
If things go wrong just reset at the grace and try again
Lord’s Rune
Go back to grace:
Mix Wondrous Physick:
Magic-Shrouding Crystal Tear
Spiked Cracked Tear
Re-equip standard gear setup
You should have enough END to wear the Bull-Goat Greaves
North corpse:
Smithing Stone [6]
East doorway summon Mimic again, heal, move in and kill 2 knights
Corpse by the door:
Sacramental Bud
Kill 2 ballistas, then Canon of Haima the 2 ballistas north above
East stairs 2 corpses:
Arteria Leaf
Golden Rune [11]
Back to grace, ladder up:
Haligtree Knight Helm
Warp back to Prayer Room
Back on balcony, straight ahead, take right stairs down, kill 2 guards, jump over railings to downward pillar
This time jump northwest ot the platform with a crimson scarab and a guard
Buff Moonlight, kill Guard and Scarab
Southwest room kill a Cleanrot Knight and open chest:
Cleanrot Knight Finlay
Trophy Progression: Legendary Ashen Remains 6/6
Achievement Unlocked: Legendary Ashen Remains
Northwest jump over slanted pillar, go upward, left sideroom chest:
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
Further northwest, dead guy on chair:
Seedbed Curse
Drop down lower ledge northeast, kill patroling knight, loot corpse:
5x Old Fang
Warp to Elphael Inner Wall
From Elphael Inner Wall
South stairs down, turn left, pull the crystalians 1 by 1. Loot chest:
Rotten Crystal Sword
Southwest, under the roots, corpse behind giant calice:
Hero’s Rune [5]
Climb root south, drop down, kill rot-shrimp:
Aeonian Butterfly
Move up, kill another shrimp guy on the left
Hotkey Preservering Boluses
Equip Dagger with Bloodhound’s Step to reach corpse in the rot:
Rot Grease
Cross the rot swap, follow the roots to reach the eastern platform and a doorway:
Golden Rune [10]
Drop down by the ladder and go down the watery slope to find grace
Site of Grace: Drainage Channel
Spend all Runes, risky Ulcerated Tree Spirit next
LEVEL UP
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
You should have enough END to equip Beast Champion Helm
You can remove the Bloodhound Step dagger now
Go back up to the swamp / root area, go north to upper platform, kill a shrimp
South branch and jump over to next platform below with a rot pond
Prepare for Ulcerated Tree Spirit (check video for strategy)
Hotkey:
Preserving Boluses
Shield Grease
Buff up:
Flask of Physick
Moonlight
Go inside the rot to trigger the spirit then run back to the shore
Check video to see how I defeat this one (had to adjust strategy after dying twice to it)
Stay under its belly and Dodge/Block physical attacks
If it uses a red fire breath or red fire explosion, run up the hill to hide from it
Golden Seed
Corpse middle of the pool:
Great Grave Glovewort
Around the rot pond look for two Summon Signs
You now have a choice (this is not trophy related).
Red Summon Sign: Kill Millicent
Rewards: Millicent’s Prosthesis (Talisman: +5 Dex and Raises Attack Power with successive attacks)
Gold Summon Sign: Help Millicent defeat her 4 Sisters
Rewards: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (Talisman: Greatly Raises Attack Power with successive attacks)
You also get to finish Millicent’s quest line and get the Unalloyed Gold Needle, which will later allow us to get:
Miquella’s Needle (allows us to undo the Frenzied Flame ending if we want to)
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone
My advice: if this is your first playthrough, pick the Gold Summon Sign.
To defeat the four sisters, you must survive and Millicent must survive too
Check video for strategy
Equip Jellyfish Shield
Equip Graven-Mass Talisman (instead of Shard of Alexander)
At the start stay where you are, buff with Flask of Physik and Contagious Fury
Use Stars of Ruin to help Millicent kill her 1st opponent quickly
If one of the sisters comes at you, sprint away and drag it towards Millicent to lose the aggro
Then help her again with more spells
If you fail it’s not a problem, you can retry as many times as needed
Best advice is to try to kill the first two sisters as quickly as possible or they fight will become really messy when the 3rd and Eldest sister join in
Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
After the fight, talk to Millicent who will be lying down on the other side of the rot pool in between the two rocks
East exit, follow tree root down, jump to pillar, follow next root to another pillar, walk to the highest point of this pillar to reach another root
From this root drop down to a roof with broken tiles.
Buff up then drop down on wooden beams below
Shoot down some shrimps below with Cannon of Haima
Then Buff up Moonlight, jump down to upper platform and kill whatever remains, open chest:
Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
Trophy progression: Legendary Talismans 7/8
Equip it instead of Green Turtle Shell, this talisman boosts our physical damage negation so much we can’t pass on it
Note: if you fail this drop down, there’s a ladder outside this building you can use to climb back up and access the roof again
Drop down on southern ledge to access balcony:
Nascent Butterfly
Drop down, northwest balcony:
Aeonian Butterfly
Northeast exit building. Clear the way northwest, loot flower by a grave:
Ghost Glovewort [7]
Southwest, canon of haima a bunch of shrimps, loot flower and corpse:
Ghost Glovewort [8]
Numen’s Rune
North further down kill more shrimps, loot flower and corpse:
Ghost Glovewort [9]
Ghost Gloverwort Picker’s Bell Bearing [3]
Ghost Glovewort [8]
Go back to the building, this time go south, clear the way through some knights (watch out the black helm knights can heal themselves to full if you let them). Kill a trio of knights, loot corpse nearby:
3x Asteria Leaf
Further south kill 2 more strong knights, loot corpse by tree:
Hero’s Rune [5]
Note: a lot of Miquella’s Lily in this area if you want to farm them
Go back to the building and go inside
Southwest stairs down, lift down to Site of Grace: Haligtree Roots
LEVEL UP
80 INT
20 STR
18 DEX
50 END
50 VIG
Spend all runes
Malenia next
Southeast room:
Traveler’s Set
10x Aeonian Butterfly (scattered in the room)
Upstairs take lift up, exit and jump off east, then north up the stairs, through hallway, kill crystalian and loot corpse:
Somber Smithing Stone [9]
Warp back to Site of Grace: Haligtree Roots
Prepare for final boss fight of this area: Malenia, Blade of Miquella
Considered by many to be the hardest fight in Elden Ring, so check video strategy for this battle
Setup
Weapons:
Dark Moon Greatsword +10
Carian Regal Scepter +10
Brass Shield +25
Armor:
Full Bull-Goat Set
This puts us on Heavy Load but we’re not planning on Dodging anything
We’ll let our Mimic Tank so he needs the best armor
Talismans:
Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
Graven-Mass Talisman
Godfrey Icon
Shard of Alexander
Hotkey:
Preserving Boluses
Exalted Flesh
Flask of Physik:
Magic-Shrouding Crystal Tear
Cerulean Hidden Tear
Ready Spell: Comet Azur
Phase 1:
Enter, Cut Scene
Run away from her, she will walk slowly towards you
Summon Mimic and Heal
Moonlight, Exalted Flesh
Let mimic get aggro, get some charged R2 beams in
If she attacks you, Sprint away, let Mimic tank
Keep repeating this until you get to Phase 2
Try to have your Flask of Physik ready before dealing the finishing blow
Phase 2:
Unlock her and Sprint behind her while she does her divebomb red flower attack
Turn around, pop Flask, Lock-on and Comet Azur as long as Malenia stays inside the beam
Your Mimic should still be alive (barely).
Finish her off as quickly as you can with Ranni’s Dark Moon followed up by Stars of Ruins several times
@Adam Worry not, you can still do that ending despite burning the Erdtree! And yes, we’ll do all the endings 😉
Adam
Feb 23, 2023 @ 20:27 pm
So I thought we were doing every ending on this guide? It’s an amazingly thorough guide and I could be wrong but aren’t we now locked out of the frenzied flame ending since we just burned the erdtree with Melina? Love doing my 4th playthrough with this guide and seeing all the stuff I missed.
@The Mechanic
Thanks a lot for the comment and for using my guide 😉
The Mechanic
Jan 30, 2023 @ 3:40 am
Can’t thank you enough for the dedication and time you put into this Guide! Thoroughly enjoyed the 140 hours I spent on this playthrough following your guide. Now to start over and run the guide again naked whaoo!
Justin
Oct 13, 2022 @ 15:25 pm
Hola Jame,
I sent you a separate email but just to recap here – made a boo boo and went and killed Malekith at the end of episode 134.
What am I looking at in terms of losing out 100% completion etc.?
Is there any way of resetting one’s progress checkpoints on the Xbox platform?
I’m really annoyed but there doesn’t seem to be much I can do.
Wish I had the time! I’m just taking a break while waiting for God of War Ragnarok, which I’ll do a 100% Walkthrough for. 😉
Jeremy
Oct 3, 2022 @ 3:13 am
Jame, you should do a God of War 100% guide now that Ragnorok is coming out on a month. Also since there is no pure 100% guide for God of War itd be really nice to have that too
Adam
Sep 22, 2022 @ 19:50 pm
Hi Jame, what do you recommend for levels after 50 vig? Thanks and phenomenal guide 🙂
@Ben I can highly recommend Cyberpunk 2077 if you got a decent PC or a new gen console. If you got a PS5, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is just amazing. I have 100% Walkthroughs out for both games.
Ben
Sep 13, 2022 @ 17:43 pm
and now i wait for the next bits, time to play other games till then, Thanks as always Jame!
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by Jame
I ended up killing Maliketh before doing the Haligtree in ch 134. How screwed am I? What did I end up missing?
@Keeehlan No you can also jump on top of it to trigger it. You can also bump them while jumping on columns to trigger their movement.
“Drop down the hole onto the fire trap column to raise it and activate a light circle”
Nothing happens when you fall onto the column, you need to deal damage to it.
@Adam Worry not, you can still do that ending despite burning the Erdtree! And yes, we’ll do all the endings 😉
So I thought we were doing every ending on this guide? It’s an amazingly thorough guide and I could be wrong but aren’t we now locked out of the frenzied flame ending since we just burned the erdtree with Melina? Love doing my 4th playthrough with this guide and seeing all the stuff I missed.
@The Mechanic
Thanks a lot for the comment and for using my guide 😉
Can’t thank you enough for the dedication and time you put into this Guide! Thoroughly enjoyed the 140 hours I spent on this playthrough following your guide. Now to start over and run the guide again naked whaoo!
Hola Jame,
I sent you a separate email but just to recap here – made a boo boo and went and killed Malekith at the end of episode 134.
What am I looking at in terms of losing out 100% completion etc.?
Is there any way of resetting one’s progress checkpoints on the Xbox platform?
I’m really annoyed but there doesn’t seem to be much I can do.
Thanks!
FBF
Wish I had the time! I’m just taking a break while waiting for God of War Ragnarok, which I’ll do a 100% Walkthrough for. 😉
Jame, you should do a God of War 100% guide now that Ragnorok is coming out on a month. Also since there is no pure 100% guide for God of War itd be really nice to have that too
Hi Jame, what do you recommend for levels after 50 vig? Thanks and phenomenal guide 🙂
@Ben I can highly recommend Cyberpunk 2077 if you got a decent PC or a new gen console. If you got a PS5, Final Fantasy 7 Remake is just amazing. I have 100% Walkthroughs out for both games.
and now i wait for the next bits, time to play other games till then, Thanks as always Jame!