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on April 21, 2026
Encountered fairly early on, the boss fight against Margit, the Fell Omen makes for a memorable introduction to the quote-unquote "real" Elden Ring experience. A particularly tough encounter for newcomers, Margit's momentum can be mitigated somewhat through the use of Margit's Shackle, an item that can be purchased from Patches should he be spared in Murkwater C
That said, it's actually still possible to execute a plunging attack on the awful Flame Chariot enemies often found in Calid. There's a small vent on the top which, if attacked, will cause the contraption to explode in extremely satisfying fash
From here, travel along the cliffside tombstones North of the Lake-Facing Cliffs Site of Grace. Keep traveling northward until you stumble upon the Liurnia Highway North Site of Grace. Near the Site of Grace, a path will lead Southwest to the Purified ruins. Follow the path and make your way to the location marked on the map above, here, you will find Hyetta. Present her with the second Shabriri Grape and exhaust her dialo
Past your first couple of enemies, you’ll find a corpse with one Golden Rune [5] on him. From this item, face northeast. You’ll spot a passage ahead guarded by two soldiers. Dispatch the soldiers and the Land Octopus further in. Make sure to loot the Smithing Stone [4] growing out of the wall near the entra
Be careful of the room beyond. It’s a trap. Vulgar Militiamen are lurking in the corners of the cave, and they’ve set many of their poison traps around the ground—especially clustered around the corpse with an item across the room. Hug the left cavern wall and follow the room around that way; this will allow you to get the jump on the Vulgar Militiamen one at a time and fight them on your own te
Rest at the Site of Grace and take the shortcut; you will make your way toward the Forsaken Depths. Travel along the main pipe and make your way through the passage that is marked in the image above. Once you're through this passage, jump into the open pipe and make your way down. Take any pathways that lead down until you come across a cage-like elevator. Once you take the elevator down, rest at the Site of Grace; ahead is Mohg the O
Follow the south passage's short ways, and it will put you out in a junction of sorts. The large wooden wall to the right leads to the dungeon’s boss fight. The smaller wooden door across the way will lead to the Rear Gael Tunnel Entrance and Iron Fist Alexander (if you progressed him to that point). Opening this will allow Iron First Alexander to continue his journey to Redmane Castle. You can also loot one Smithing Stone [4] in the wall. Open the smaller wooden door and rest at the Rear Gael Tunnel Entrance site of grace for a quick route back to the boss fight. You might just need
The wooden passage to the left has an item on a corpse at the end of the room, and about seven poison traps on the floor in front of it. This always means Vulgar Militiamen are present. In this room, you’ll find two; they’re lurking to the left and right sides of the entrance. Defeat them, carefully navigate around the poison traps, and loot the corpse to acquire two Lightning Grease it
Once you’ve cleared out the three Vulgar Militiamen, loot the rest of the cavern, but be careful of the poison traps. You can find two Smithing Stone [4] items as glowing stones in the eastern wall, and looting the corpse will earn you one Smithing Stone
But in order to complete Hyetta's questline, obtain the Flame of Frenzy and find Hyetta at the exact location you left her. Exhaust her dialogue and rest at the nearby Site of Grace. When you reenter the world, you will see Hyetta has disappeared, and you can pick up the Frenzied Flame Seal that boosts the potency of Frenzied Flame incantations and scales primarily with Fa
The Elden Ring rune farming Ring Seamless Co-op mod does a few key things that make the game way more accessible. In fact, the mod morphs it from being a predominantly single-player game where with a bit of faff you can call on players to help you in times of need, into a full-on co-op experience. The mod lets up to four players adventure together seamlessly, removing barriers so that you can cross fog walls together, all ride your own Torrents, and explore the entire game world without disconnecting. You can even vote on fast-travelling together. It removes pretty much all friction from the co-op aspect of the game.
Hyetta's last location will be in Leyndell, Royal Capital. To access Leyndell, you must first acquire two great runes. If you don't already have two great runes, it is recommended that you defeat Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon, and Godrick the Grafted. After obtaining the runes, head towards the Capital's North side towards the Capital Rampart Site of Grace. If you haven't reached this point, there will be a tree sentinel-like boss guarding the entra
Mistakes are inevitable during these tentative early steps in the Lands Between, but in this instance they're not punishable by death as they have been for millions of Tarnished who have been venturing there since February. Instead, when a backstab fails or another of Godrick's soldiers gets pulled into the fray, a Knight, watching stoically from nearby, intervenes to cut down the assailants with his halberd when something goes wrong. He affectionately reprimands the scampish rogue, who begrudgingly absorbs his advice to work on jump-attacks and perhaps give up on the buckler if she's not going to parry with it, and their training continues.