Liurnia of the Lakes Walkthrough – Elden Ring

If you completed Irina’s questline in the Weeping Peninsula, you will see Hyetta next to the Lake Facing Cliffs site of grace. Give her the Shabriri Grape you found at the end of Stormveil Castle to begin her questline, and exhaust her dialogue before moving on.

From the Lake Facing Cliffs site of grace, head southwest on the dirt road, then turn right when the path branches to head into the cemetery. Grab the Academy Scroll from the back of the cemetery, then ride back to the path and enter the nearby church. Inside, speak with Thops and give him a donation, then exhaust all of his dialog. Grab the Sacred Tear from the foot of the statue, then leave and continue west on the dirt path. You’ll exit the trees and spy an encampment — grab the Glintstone Craftsman’s Cookbook [1] and some Cuckoo Glintstone from the corpse in the camp, and find the Smoldering Butterflies in a tent on the western side of the camp then continue on the road, going down the hill heading north.

You’ll soon find the Liurnia Lake Shore site of grace. Grab it and speak with the merchant — this is a good chance to purchase a Lantern if you don’t have one yet — then remount and continue heading north. If you open your map now, you should see a little monument icon (see image on right) to the northwest — set a waypoint on it and then head that way on the “road”. There are a few enemies hiding in trees, but you can just ride quickly past them and grab the map fragment at the base of the monument.

Once you have the Map: Liurnia, East fragment, open your map and teleport back to the Lake Facing Cliffs site of grace — we’ll clear the middle area once we’re finished with the eastern portion of Liurnia.

From the Lake Facing Cliffs site of grace, head northeast towards the cliff edge, then look down. You should see tombstones sticking out from the cliff below — position carefully and then drop down to the closest one. turn left and drop down again, then drop once more to the right, and you should then be able to safely jump to the ground.

Head northeast to the road and turn right to go south, ignoring the enemies camped by the road. You’ll see a giant hanging out by a loot cart. Get close enough to aggro him, then lead him away from the cart a fair distance. Once you’re a good distance from the cart, ride past the giant and head towards the cart, hop on, and quickly grab the loot from the chest — the Treespear. Then remount Torrent and ride away north on the road before the giant can catch you. Look for a corpse on the road — next to it amongst the trees is a Golden Rune.

Continuing north, you’ll come across a well-hidden site of grace (Liurnia Highway South) behind two rocks on your left as you crest the hill.

After grabbing the site of grace, look north on the road, and note the pile of rocks just to your right. There are two archer enemies here that will attack you when you pass them, so make your way up onto the rocks and take them out. Next, equip a ranged weapon or spell and take out the balloons to the south — they will disappear and give you a Golden Rune [6] if you hit them with any projectile. Go west and get back on the road to continue south. There are a few enemies guarding a corpse with x3 Stormhawk Feather — he sits just off the road on the left. You can simply ride past these foes if you like.

You’ll soon reach another site of grace on the right side of the road, Liurnia Highway North (if you run into some ghosts giants battling some other enemies, you went too far). Activate it and then look west and you’ll see the Purified Ruins — head into the main building that lies on the left-most side of the collection of ruined structures. There are a number of enemies here, so don’t forget to use Spirit Ashes to distract some of them — pay special attention to your surroundings so the dogs that hang out outside don’t ambush you (feel free to clear these first if you want to be extra careful). On the ground in the main building are some wooden planks — jumping or rolling into them will destroy them.

Follow the stairs down (comically, you can ride Torrent down the stairs) and open the door; inside the small room, you’ll find a Shabriri Grape and the Two Fingers Heirloom (which is fantastic for Faith builds). West of the ruins is where you can have your second encounter with Hyetta, and she will once again ask you for a Shabriri Grape. Give her the Shabriri Grape that you just picked up, and exhaust her dialogue.

There’s nothing in the rest of the ruins but a sending gate to the center of the map, a Mushroom, and x3 Cuckoo Glintstones, so feel free to grab them or not — when ready, return to the Liurnia Highway North site of grace.

From there, go northwest and follow the road all the way to another site of grace: Gate Town Bridge. Here you will find Hyetta once again, and while she will require another Shabriri Grape, this one can be found all the way in Western Liurnia which we have yet to explore. We’ll come back here later, so for now, travel back to the Liurnia Highway North site of grace.

Now go off the road heading northeast, towards the statue on the edge of the cliff. Examining it will create a stream of light that points you towards our next objective, the Cliffbottom Catacombs. The light kind of uselessly ends up in the ground, but keep heading that direction (south and slightly east) — it may not look like it, but there’s a path on the side of the cliff here.

Some enemies will appear in the darkened part of the path and throw fog at you — feel free to fight or flee, the lil’ fellas are hard to hit but not too tough. Keep going south until you reach the end of the path and a corpse in a chair — he’s holding a Somber Smithing Stone [2]. Now turn around and head back north, hugging the rock wall to your left. You’ll eventually reach a wooden door — head inside to enter the Cliffbottom Catacombs.

Once you’ve defeated the boss, you’re done with this dungeon, and you can use the glowing wisp in the boss room to teleport back to the entrance. Get far enough out of the dungeon that you can teleport and then do so, to Liurnia Highway North. There’s a semi-paved path to your left that heads north, but we’re going to turn right and head east, onto the dirt path that leads northeast. Follow the dirt path until you come across a crab — there, go left off the road and continue north along the cliffside, and you’ll soon come across a stone half-bowl; some Starlight Shards sit at the base of it.

Now head east back to the road and follow it a bit further north, where you’ll soon see some watery ruins. If you’ve picked up the Beast Eye, it will let you know Deathroot is near — just in front of you, in fact! A Tibia Mariner spawns in the ruins ahead, almost identical to the one in Limgrave. The only difference is that he summons some tougher enemies, and he now has an attack where he splashes spectral water on you like you’re playing swimming pool games or something (it hurts though).

He’s easy to defeat if you stay mounted — you can circle him and constantly attack, and if you’re moving quickly his splash should usually miss. Sometimes he’ll rise up in the air, in which case you should back off and wait for him to land before attacking again. The enemies he summons that hold scythes will cast spells, so you should try to take those down ASAP; the rest of the enemies can safely be ignored unless they’re in your way. Also note that sometimes he will teleport, and he can even end up outside of the ruins, on the grass — if you can’t find him in the water, expand your search radius.

Defeating him will net you a Deathroot as well as the Skeletal Bandit Ashes. In the center of the ruins, a corpse holds a Smithing Stone [3] you should grab as well. Continue following the path north, and look right as you pass the large tower. There’s a graveyard there, and at the foot of the large tombstone lies x5 Great Dragonfly Head. Ride away quickly to avoid being attacked by the skeletons that spawn, and continue north on the path.

Once you exit the trees, you should soon come across a Knight walking on the road. Stay on Torrent, and use the following pattern to take him down: ride towards him on horseback until he begins an attack, then ride out of range — once the attack is close to finishing, ride in and get an attack off, then ride away. Repeat until he dies, then snatch the Dragon Cult Prayerbook from his corpse like the bandit you are.

Continue north on the path and you’ll soon reach the Artist’s Shack, where you can grab the site of grace and inspect the “Resurrection” painting in the shack.

Now we’re going to backtrack a bit. Head south on the road to where you defeated the Tibia Mariner, then ride east to the edge of the cliffs and look for the tombstone sticking out a few feet below the drop.

Now, this isn’t a particularly easy set of drops — you can probably tell by the number of bloodstains on the tombstone. Once you’ve dropped onto the first tombstone, turn right and drop south-southeast twice. These first two don’t require a jump if you’re mounted — just walk off the tombstone to the next one. This next bit, where you need to get to the northern tombstone, can be trickier. You can either position on the tip of the tombstone and then walk to the next one (to the north) [1], or you can jump. I personally find the walking much easier to pull off, but your mileage may vary. Next, look down and to the south. It’s easier to skip the closer tombstone and drop straight to the one indicated, [2] although you will need to jump to this one.

With that done, it’s an easy drop to the north to the final tombstone, and then you can leap northeast onto the nearby roof to grab the x3 Smithing Stone [3] from the corpse. Hop down off the roof and in the front of the house you’ll find Jar Bairn — exhaust his dialog and then head southeast and grab the site of grace, then go around the house to the south to find a graveyard that for once doesn’t have any monsters coming out of the ground. Grab all the Golden Runes, ignore the messages on the nearby cliff telling you to jump, and go back into the village.

Head down the path and look to your right, where you’ll see a Cracked Pot. Then a bit further into the village on the right is a large pot with a Ritual Pot on top. Continue north through the village and you’ll see a broken house on your right that contains a Cracked Pot and a Living Jar Shard. Across the road from here is another corpse with another Cracked Pot. Finally, go back up to where you spoke with the little jar NPC and jump to the nearby roof to the northeast to grab the Ritual Pot there. With that done, you can teleport back to the Artist’s Shack site of grace if you grabbed it, or else back to the nearest grace south of the shack.

East of the shack, find the Smithing Stone [4] on the corpse who sits in the chair facing the Erdtree. Then turn around and head northwest, where you’ll see two columns of stone over a long drop — use these to continue further north.

On the other side of the ravine you’ll see a small encampment to the north, and just to the southwest of it is a flame sorcerer and a few fire slugs. This guy drops the Briars of Sin incantation, so take him out before continuing to the encampment.

Once you’ve got the incantation, you can head over to the nearby camp. You can choose to fight its occupants (in which case you may want to use Spirit Summons), doing so is easier on horseback but can be done on foot. On a corpse in the camp, you’ll find Flame, Cleanse Me, as well as x8 Smoldering Butterfly on a corpse hidden behind some boxes at the northern edge of the camp.

Head northeast from the encampment and you’ll find the Eastern Tableland site of grace by the dirt path. Rest here, then take the dirt due west, and follow it as it curves around and up to the top of the small hill. You’ll find the Church of Vows — grab the site of grace and then head inside to talk with Miriel. He has some spells for sale, and he’s got quite a bit of info, so chat with him as much as you like. Then head to the chest on the opposite side of the church and open the chest containing the Gold Sewing Needle and Golden Tailoring Tools.

Note the statue in the back of the church — where you can come to atone for crimes like attacking NPCs.

Optionally, you can fight the Bell Bearing Hunter here. To get him to spawn, pass time until night, then rest again at the site of grace — then the boss will spawn where Miriel was. If this doesn’t work, you’ll need to teleport to a different site of grace, then teleport back and pass time until night

Teleport back to the Eastern Tableland site of grace, then head east on the road, and turn left to head north where the road forks. You’ll see a giant guarding the entrance to a building — you can easily ride past him and into the structure, the Ainsel River Well. Before you enter the building, however, you should go north around it to the left. You’ll come to a lake where a runebear sleeps — a mageface ball will come out of the lake, but you can go left around the lake to avoid both enemies and find a path through the rocks. In the next open area, a corpse sits in a chair with a Stonesword Key just for you.

Grab it then retrace your steps to enter the building the giant guards and take the elevator down to Ainsel River.

From the East Tableland site of grace, head north on the road. You’ll soon enter the Uld Palace Ruins, where you’ll see a large statue of a bearded fellow. Take a right at this point (the road is hard to see but if you just heard northeast you should be fine) and follow the road northeast and then north. There are a few small bears on the road, and one large bear a bit past them, so either be ready for a fight or give them a wide berth. Stay on the road and it will take you all the way to the Black Knife Catacombs.

A headless, ghostly enemy stands guard outside — it’s best to lead him far away from the door on horseback, then ride past him and enter the catacombs to quickly tag the site of grace. You’re invulnerable during the door opening animation, so don’t be afraid! The headless knight will probably follow you inside, but this way if you die you won’t have to ride all the way back here.

From the entrance to Black Knife Catacombs, ride south and then southwest, sticking close to the right-hand cliffs rather than staying on the road. You’ll drop down eventually and be able to turn right, at which point you’ll see another bearded statue. Head past it and drop down near the Walking Mausoleum — grab the Miquella’s Lily from the base of the statue that sits in the northern end of this meadow, then head over to sit that mausoleum down.

You’ll want to be mounted for this part if you aren’t already; we’re going to ride up to the Walking Mausoleum and scrape the skull gunk off of its feet:

While this part isn’t dangerous if you’re careful, you can still die to the mausoleum. Every so often, it will leap in the air — run away whenever this hapens. It will also sometimes stomp its feet in sequence, so run away if the foot you’re cleaning lifts up. Once you’ve cleared the skulls off of a couple of feet, the mausoleum will settle down and you’ll be able to enter it. Inside, you can duplicate a remembrance (such as the Remembrance of the Grafted). Each Walking Mausoleum can only be used once, so keep that in mind.

From the mausoleum, head south and slightly west to find the Ruined Labyrinth site of grace. It’s a little hidden, so here’s how to get there from the (mausoleum location marked with an X):

Now go north, back the way you came, and ride west past the mausoleum into the lake. South of the lake you can find the Spiralhorn Shield on a nearby corpse, while to the northwest you’ll see a path that leads uphill — once you reach the top of the path, look west to find the Mausoleum Compound site of grace.

From the Mausoleum Compound site of grace, ride due north, where you’ll find another Walking Mausoleum. Feel free to set it down now if you like, or just keep moving. Ride east from the mausoleum towards a gap in the rocks (all the locals with the viking helmets are tromping towards it, so you can’t miss it) and you’ll find eastern Liurnia’s Minor Erdtree. Before you begin the boss fight with the Erdtree Avatar, ride around the left side of the area — this should help you avoid drawing all the nearby mobs into the fight.

If you’re patient and use Torrent and Spirit Ashes, these Erdtree Avatar fights are easy. All you need to do is the following:

• Generally, wait for the Erdtree Avatar to finish attacking before riding in to attack. It has a limited number of combos, so you should be able to learn them easily.
  • If the avatar is running towards you, let it get close enough to start a combo, then ride out of range.
  • If it’s just hanging out, you can be the agressor — dash in on your horse and circle around the avatar’s back (you can get two light attacks in).
  • Once a combo is finishing, you can dash in and circle around its back, attacking twice.
• If the avatar sticks its weapon into the ground and summons a bunch of yellow orbs, dash horizontally while facing the avatar to dodge the incoming projectiles.

Defeating this Erdtree Avatar nets you the Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear, Lightning-Shrouding Cracked Tear, and the Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear. Once you’ve fawned over your sweet new tree-juice-crystal-things, teleport back to the Mausoleum Compound site of grace.

Next, you’re going to first ride in a counter-clockwise loop around the nearby rocks to reach the Stalwart Horn Charm. Start by going north from the site of grace, and after a few meters turn left and head southwest towards the tall rock formation. Ride around it and turn southeast near the edge of the cliff to find a hole in the rocks. Head through the hole, drop down to the ledge below, and go north-northeast to find a corpse with the talisman.

Once you’ve got the talisman, ride southwest on the ledge and drop off of it, and continue southwest (you’ll need to go around some rocks) and drop down to the lush bush-and-tree covered section below. Ahead is a corpse with an Arteria Leaf, and there’s also a Golden Rune [1] further east against the hillside, but the area is guarded by a rune bear, so you may want to just grab the leaf and then ride away.

Now ride north, bearing left to ride along the edge of the cliff, until you come to the area pictured below [2] — you should see some tombstones that you can drop down on. There are a number of tombstones you can drop to, but the best choice is the one in the middle that’s a few tombstones down [2], easy to spot since it’s got a little tombstone attached on the left. Then drop to the right (north), then turn south and hop up on the ledge and jump to the tombstone to the south [3]. Then drop to the next tombstone below, just to the south again [4] — for this one, try and face the wall when you drop so you don’t go to far. Then it’s two more short drops to the north and you’re ready to hop down!

Head west towards the large gate and grab the East Raya Lucaria Gate site of grace on the other side of the road. Note that there’s a Night’s Cavalry boss that spawns here at night; you can follow the road north from the site of grace to find it.

From the East Raya Lucaria Gate site of grace, go west and slightly north and find a small drop-off — below, you’ll find an Arteria Leaf. Continue northeast and you’ll follow a small path; there are two knights on the road that are hard to avoid, so you’ll likely have to face them (they’re spread out so you can fight them one at a time if you don’t run too far). Past the knights you’ll find the Bellum Church. Grab the site of grace, as well as the Sacred Tear by the statue.

You’ll find The Ravine site of grace by taking the stairs to the left of the statue in the church. Follow the path down past the Nomadic Merchant, a small camp with enemies, and a lone soldier on foot. Once you reach the river, follow it southwest navigating through the Giant Land Squirts until you find The Ravine grace site. Hug the western wall a bit further and you’ll see a figure slumped in a chair. They’re holding a Somber Smithing Stone [4]. Grab it and you can teleport back to Bellum Church. (At this point, you could instead choose to go ahead and head into the Ravine-Veiled Village by continuing northeast through the cleft in the cliffs -–- but we recommend clearing Liurnia first.)

From Bellum Church head south and swing around the huge chunk of fallen tower. Ignore the enemies and grab the x3 Sanctuary Stone, then continue south until you’ve cleared the ruins, then swing around to the east (take a left) and head northeast up the gentle grassy slope. There are a couple of easy-avoided patrols, and eventually you’ll reach a cliff with a knight looking off into the distance. Sneak up on him and his buddy, backstabbing the knight and dispatching the other guy while the knight is still on the ground. Once they’re both taken care of, grab the x2 Slumbering Egg off the nearby corpse, then drop down via the fallen tower below, and continue up the right-hand path.

You’ll have to drop down another time, and you’ll find yourself on a ledge overlooking an enemy encampment. Drop down towards the catapults and sneak to your right, keeping close to the cliff. A couple of weak enemies will likely spot you, but don’t worry about them. You’ll soon reach a blue tent with a smaller structure next to it — wait for the knight to get close to the catapults, then go around to the front of the blue tent and open the chest to find the Great Mace.

Hop on torrent and head around the nearby fence heading northeast, towards the huge structure — it’s hard to miss. Grab the Dragonwound Grease from the corpse on the stairs, then continue up the first set of stairs, then up the next, and look right to find the Grand Lift of Dectus site of grace. Rest if you need to, then head back out and down both sets of stairs. Turn left to head southeast and follow the path that leads up the hill. You’re probably going to start getting some frenzy buildup — it’s that weird tower up on the rise that overlooks the path. Once you see the tower, get to the left side of the path and hug the cliff edge; you’re going to head towards a Spiritspring jump that lets you get up to the Frenzy-Flaming Tower:

If your meter starts to get filled, hug the cliff face closest to the tower and wait for it to diminish. You can also hear the tower doing its thing, so wait for it to do a round of weirdness, then continue to the Spiritspring jump. Use it to jump towards the tower, and quickly get to its base — be careful of the rats here! You can attempt to ignore them and climb the ladder, but the safer move is to fight them (just try to stay in the tower so you don’t get afflicted with Madness). Once the rats are no more, climb the series of ladders and take out the enemies at the top of the tower (they don’t respawn, and killing them prevents the tower from inflicting Madness), then go back down one level and open the chest containing the Howl of Shabriri.

From the Frenzy-Flaming Tower, head southeast and look for the site of grace that’s hidden behind a small drop.

Tap it, then look southwest, where you should see some low castle walls. Head that way and through the broken wall to enter the Frenzied Flame Village. Upon entering, go left to the side of the first house on the left and grab the Note: The Lord of Frenzied Flame, then go back to the entrance and look towards the center of the town — you should see a house on the left, and inside it a corpse holding the Frenzied’s Cookbook [1]:

Head further into town, and you’ll see a group of footknights sitting around a corpse. You can draw them away and then run back to grab it, or take them out — either way, grab Shabriri’s Woe from the corpse and then follow the path past where the footknights were chilling up the hill. Once you pass the small stone tower, turn southwest and ride that ways a bit — you should see a loot beetle in the grass ahead of you. Catch ‘n kill it to obtain the Frenzied Burst incantation, but be careful of the rats that will ambush you as you attack the beetle. Ignore those rats unless you want some runes, and keep riding southwest downhill. You’ll soon come across a graveyard infested with frenzied flowers. Grab all the golden runes (including some [6]s and [7]s), then go back up the hill.

Head to the closer of the two stone towers on your right, and stand on the right side of it. Look down and you’ll see a battlement you can jump to:

Jump to the battlements, then forward onto the battlements to grab the Stonesword Key from the corpse hanging off the edge. Then drop down to the outside of the walls (west) and look north to see a group of rats clustered around a corpse. Clear them out and grab the x3 Eye of Yelough, then make your way back into the town by following the wall counterclockwise around to the front entrance. Ride back through the town and up the hill again, but this time when you pass the tower at the top of the path, look northwest to see the church.

Head towards it, and you’ll soon be forced to dismount and continue uphill towards the church on foot. A tough NPC is going to invade you here, but we’re going to try and get past him for now. When he attacks, roll through his attack, roll once or twice more to make distance, and then sprint into the church he spawns in front of. Tag the site of grace as he follows you inside, then turn and fight him — this way, if you die, you’ll be right here when you respawn.

Many of Fingerprint Vyke’s attacks build up your frenzy meter, so back off if it gets to full and let it go back down. He has high damage, including a move that will likely 1-shot you, so respect him and always roll when his attacks are about to land. When he runs in at you, you can use charged or leaping attacks if you’re melee, but the timing can be tricky. Ranged characters will (as always) get him to begin an attack, then back off and fire away. Basically, be prepared to die a few times while fighting this NPC; luckily, you’re smart and got the site of grace nearby so it won’t matter. Once he goes down, you’ll get a Furlcalling Finger Remedy, a Fingerprint Grape, and Vyke’s War Spear. Additional treats are nearby — a Sacred Tear and the Finger Maiden Set.

You probably need to rest after battling Vyke, and you’ve got a bunch of new loot to check out! Once you’re ready, ride southeast from the church, taking a left around the tower and dropping instead of riding through it. You’re looking for an open spot of grass at the edge of the plateau you’re on where some corpses sit in a circle of chairs.

This area is something of a trap — you can grab the item on the sitting corpse (an Eye of Yelough), but the one on the corpse that’s lying down is impossible to pick up until you clear the area of enemies, which crawl out of the ground to surround you once you enter the circle of chairs. Stay mounted and try to focus down the spellcasters first; once everyone is dead except for you and Torrent, you can finally pick up the item, a Frenzyflame Stone.

With that done, you can open your map and teleport to the Liurnia Highway North site of grace (it’s on the north-south road in this area). Once there, ride west and slightly south — you’ll soon see a ruined building with a teleporter. Use the teleporter to travel to the entrance to the Raya Lucaria Academy, ending our time in Eastern Liurnia.

This walkthrough continues in the next tab, Central Liurnia!