Where can you access Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC?

Shadow of the Earth Treethe first major expansion for Elden Ring, will send you to a new region called the Land of Shadow. There, on a land mass roughly the size of the game’s Limgrave region, you explore the Land of Shadow and follow in the footsteps of the Empyrean Miquella. But getting there can be difficult.

Like other FromSoftware games, you have to play through parts of it Elden RingExperience the story and explore the huge open world before you can access it Shadow of the Earth Tree DLC. You can’t just choose Shadow of the Earth Tree via an in-game menu – you have to put in some work.

Our Elden Ring The guide will show you where and how to access it Shadow of the Earth Tree DLC.

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Where can I find the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC?

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Access Shadow of the Earth Treeis the new region you need access to Mausoleum of the Mohgwyn Dynasty In Mohgwyn Palace. You will have to do that too Defeat Mohg, Lord of Bloodto get full access to Miquellas Cocoon.

Mohgwyn Palace can only be reached via teleportation. There are two ways to get there:

1. Complete part of White Mask Varré’s quest line to get that Pureblood Knight Medalwhich grants you an audience with Mohg
2. travel to Sacred snowfield in the northeastern region of the Lands Between and teleport to Mohgwyn Palace using a waygate

Completing part of White Mask Varré’s questline is probably the quicker route when starting a new playthrough Elden Ring. However, if you skipped parts of his questline and have access to all (or most), Elden RingYou may simply want to teleport to the Sacred Snowfield or a nearby region when visiting the Places of Grace.

In any case, make sure you are properly prepared for a fight with Mohg. He is a tough demigod boss.

Below we have broken down the two main routes to reach Mohgym Palace Elden Ring.

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White Mask Varré route to Mohgwyn Palace

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White Mask Varré is one of the first NPCs you encounter Elden Ring. He has a relatively simple questline that’s worth it, but here are the basic steps you need to take to get an audience with Mohg via Varré:

• Meet Varré at the First Step Grace Place and speak to him repeatedly until you exhaust his dialogue.
• Meet your Virgo Melina and travel there round table.
• Loss Godrick the Grafted to acquire his Big rune.
• Return to the roundtable hold and speak Finger reader Enia.
• Varré will travel from the first step to Rose Church in the southwestern area of ​​Lake Liurnia, west of Gate Town. Talk to Varré in the Rose Church and he will give you this Festering bloody finger Article
• Conquer another world. You have two options to complete this step:

1. Invade another player’s world three times with the Festering Bloody Finger. This requires an online multiplayer connection. Note: You do not need to successfully defeat the player(s) being attacked to advance Varré’s quest.
2. Conquer the world of NPC Magnus the Beast Claw. His invasion mark can be found in the Writheblood Ruins on Altus Plateau. The closest place to grace is the Bridge of Injustice. Defeat Magnus the Beastclaw to advance Varré’s quest.

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• Speak to Varré again in the Rose Church and he will ask you to anoint you. Agree and he will reward you with that Favor of the Lord of Blood object and then ask you to soak it in the blood of a virgin. There are four ways to complete this step:

1. travel to Church of Inhibitionnorthwest of Frenzied Flame Village, and interact with the corpse there.
2. travel to Chapel of Anticipation (Starting area) with an Imbued Sword Key at the four bell towers and interact with the corpse there.
3. Kill the NPC Irinaat the entrance to Weeping Peninsula (if she’s still alive).
4. Kill the NPC Hyettawho can first be encountered at the Lake-Facing Cliffs Sanctuary in Liurnia once you have completed Irina’s questline by completing Castle Morne and finding her father.

Once you have dyed the Cloth of the Lord of Blood’s Favor with Virgin’s Blood, return to Varré. He will perform a cruel ritual on you and reward you with it Bloody finger. Talk to Varré again and he will give you this Pureblood Knight Medal.

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Use the Pureblood Knight’s Medal from the Tools tab in your inventory and you will be transported to the steps of Mohgwyn Palace near the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance.

Work your way through Mohgwyn Palace until you reach Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint. Your battle with Mohg, the Lord of Blood, is near. If you’re having trouble, check out our guide on how to beat Mohg.

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Hallowed snowfield route to Mohgwyn Palace

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To reach the sacred snowfield Elden Ringyou have to advance the plot a little further and acquire that Haligtree secret medallion. This medallion is divided into two halves:

Haligtree Secret Medallion (right) is located in the southern part of Liurnia of the Lakes in the Albinaur Village. To reach the Albinaruics village, start at Folly on the lake Visit the Place of Grace and head south through the shady, swampy area full of giant crabs. Continue up the slope on the other side and you will reach the village.

There you’ll find a single, conspicuous urn – hit it and you’ll discover the village’s sole survivor, Albus. He will get you the right half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion.

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Haligtree Secret Medallion (left) is found inside Sol Castle in the Mountain peaks of giants Region. You must defeat Commander Niall to access the left half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion.

Once you have both halves, travel to Big elevator from Rold in Leyndell, Royal Capital – a location you can only access once you have purchased it two Great runes. On the Grand Lift of Rold, select “Lift Secret Medallion” (not “Lifting Medallion”) to gain access to the consecrated snow field.

The waygate that teleports you to Mohgwyn Palace is located on the western edge of Consecrated Snowfield, northwest of Yelough Anix Ruins and west of where you are ambushed (and must defeat) by Sanguine Nobles. If you teleport to Inner consecrated snowfield, place of gracejust go west to find the waygate.

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The waygate in Consecrated Snowfield leads you to a dark cave, the exit of which leads to Mohgwyn Palace. They must work their way northwest through the Lake of Blood, avoiding nameless White Mask invaders and giant spectral skeletons, to reach the sanctuary of the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance.

Work your way through Mohgwyn Palace until you reach Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint. Your battle with Mohg, the Lord of Blood, is near. If you’re having trouble, check out our guide on how to beat Mohg.