Location Access
Deeproot Depths Access: The Coffin Route and the Leyndell Route
Direct answer: the most direct route into the Deeproot Depths is a coffin you physically pick up in the Siofra Aqueduct, in eastern Siofra River, after defeating a pair of Valiant Gargoyles. You carry it, and you use it. There is also a second route through Leyndell that most guides never mention, and it is…
Ainsel River: Access, the Northern Lock, and Renna’s Rise
Direct answer: Ainsel River has two halves and only one of them is open to you early. The southern part is entered freely by the Ainsel River Well in Liurnia. The northern part, Ainsel River Main, is locked until you have given Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade. That lock is the single thing that makes this…
Siofra River Well: How to Reach Siofra River from Limgrave
Direct answer: Siofra River is reached by a small domed building called the Siofra River Well, located just north-east of the Minor Erdtree in the Mistwood, in eastern Limgrave. It costs nothing, needs no key, and no quest. Step on the lift, ride it down twice, and you are in. The approach Ride north-east from…
Deep Siofra Well: The Caelid Entrance to Siofra River
Direct answer: the Deep Siofra Well is in Caelid, at Dragonbarrow, and it is the alternate entrance into Siofra River. It is sealed by an Imp Statue Seal requiring one Stonesword Key. It is worth a guide of its own because almost nobody uses it, and it drops you into a completely different corner of…
Swamp of Aeonia Rot Survival and the Four Sites of Grace
Direct answer: the Swamp of Aeonia is survivable, not optional. Four Sites of Grace sit in or on the edge of it — Aeonia Swamp Shore, Astray from Caelid Highway North, Heart of Aeonia, and Inner Aeonia — and the arrangement is the point. The region is built so that every deeper grace is a…
Academy Glintstone Key Location: Unlocking Raya Lucaria
Direct answer: the Academy of Raya Lucaria is sealed against entry by repelling seals on both its gates. The Academy Glintstone Key is the only way in. The reachable one is on the corpse of a glintstone sorcerer on the island west of the Academy, north of that island’s Site of Grace, guarded by Glintstone…
How to Reach Academy Gate Town from Liurnia Highway South
Direct answer: come in from the east along the Liurnia Highway, take the Liurnia Lake Shore road west, and reach Academy Gate Town. It is the first major settlement in Liurnia, and it is the region where you unlock the lake, find the Academy’s front gate, and pick up a Golden Seed on the way.…
How to reach Rotview Balcony, the first grace in Caelid
Rotview Balcony is a Site of Grace reached from the Shack of the Rotting, a small shack on the western side of Caelid that overlooks the rot-stricken region. It is the first grace most players activate in Caelid, because entering from Limgrave means entering Caelid at its western edge. Follow the route 1. Enter Caelid…
How to reach the War-Dead Catacombs in Caelid
The War-Dead Catacombs are a dungeon in the cliffs surrounding the Wailing Dunes, in southern Caelid. The name is literal: the spirits of Radahn’s Redmane Knights and Malenia’s Cleanrot Knights are still fighting each other inside. It has its own Site of Grace, which makes it a clean first stop if you are approaching Caelid…
How to reach Siofra River through the Mistwood well
Enter Siofra River through the domed well building in Mistwood, near the Minor Erdtree. Its lift leads down to the Siofra River Well Depths Site of Grace.