How to access and unlock the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC?
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Elden Ring’s first DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, is now available, and it will send you into the Shadow Realm following the demigod Miquella. But how can you unlock the DLC? Here are the quests to do, as well as where to find Radahn and Mohg to defeat them!
Just like in other games from the studios FromSoftwareyou will need to progress through certain parts of the story and world to access the game’s DLC. Elden Ring DLCShadow of the Erdreewill even require going to a rather remote and difficult place.
It will indeed be necessary to reach the Mohgwyn Palacelocated under the region of Caelidand defeat the master of the place, Mohg, the Lord of Blood. There are two ways to get there. For information, you will also have to overcome General Radahn** to access the DLC.
Where to find Radahn and how to beat him?
Where to find Mohg and how to beat him?
Mohg, Blood Lord Elden Ring: How to beat him?
A rematch for the Forsaken, a formidable boss with special bleeding mechanics at the end of Mohgwyn Palace. Here is a strategy guide with a video and tips and tricks to more easily win this high-level fight concocted by FromSoftware.
Complete Varré’s questline
This is the quickest way to get to Moghwyn Palace if you haven’t reached the area of the Consecrated snowfields.
- Varré is the NPC with the white mask that you meet at the beginning of the game, just after the tutorial. Go to The Church of the Rose, southwest of the Liurnia area to begin his quest. Be careful, you must have met Enia and the Two Fingers at the Round Table, so you must have killed at least one boss (in principle, you will have already defeated Godrick the Grafted by the time you arrive in Liurnia).
- Talk to Varré, he will congratulate you on obtaining a major Rune (Godrick’s for example) and ask you if you think there is something wrong at the Round Table. Go along with him and tell him that something was wrong. After exhausting the dialogue, Varré will give you a Suppurating Bloody Finger, consumable item that will allow you to invade other players. You must have an internet connection to complete this quest.
- Invade three players. There is no need to kill them.
- Return to Varré at the Church of the Rose, and ask him to welcome you among his people. After exhausting the dialogue, Varré will give you The Blood Lord’s Favora piece of cloth that you must soak in the blood of a servant.
- See you at The Church of Inhibition in Northeast Liurniaright next to The Tower of the Exalted Flame, where you will find the body of a servant.
- Return to Varré and give him the cloth soaked in the blood of a servant girl. Varré will give you a Bloody Finger after a minor surgical procedure, which will allow you to invade other players without having to consume Suppurating Bloody Finger. Talk to Varre again and he will give you the Thoroughbred Knight Medalwhich will grant you an audience with Mohg.
- Use the item and you will be teleported directly to the Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance. All you have to do is follow the path to Mohg. Be careful, he’s a difficult boss who might give you a hard time if you’re not level 100 approximately.
Elden Ring: How to complete Varré’s quest offline?
In order to quickly gain access to Mohgwyn’s Palace to farm runes, or start the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, you normally have to invade 3 other players in ER. Here is a guide with another method, both PvE, easy and usable without PS+ or internet connection.
The Consecrated Snowfields
The second alternative to reach Mohg is even more remote and high level than the previous one, since you have to go to the region of Consecrated snowfields, west of the Giant Peaks.
- To get to this area you need to find THE two halves of the Secret Medallion of the Sacred Tree. The first one is located to the Albinauric Villages, southwest of Liurnia. The second half is located at Solcastel, north of the Giant’s Peak.
- Once you have obtained the Secret Medallion of the Sacred Tree, use it in The Giant Elevator of Telos.
- Find the Map Fragment to better locate yourself, then head towards the west : on the edge of the cliff below, is a teleportation portal surrounded by bloodstains. Pick it up and you’ll land in a tunnel leading to Mohgwyn’s Palace.
Once Mohg (and Radahn) are defeated, you will find behind him the cocoon in which Miquella rests. All you need is to interact with the dried arm protruding from the cocoon Bloody on Mohg’s Throne to access the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
