Misty Rift Catacombs Elden Ring - A regular optional dungeon with lots of rewards and a pretty tough boss. The dungeon contains two types of weapons, a talisman, a prayer and other valuables, but its structure is quite confusing, and secret areas are skillfully hidden from view.
The guide provides a complete walkthrough of the Misty Rift Catacombs in Shadow of the Erdtree: we'll tell you how to find all the secrets and where to find the Death Knight in the Elden Ring.
How to get to the Mist Rift Catacombs in Elden Ring
From the "Castle Front" grace, located at the entrance to Ensis Castle, ride the Stream along the northern road. Along the way you will have to fight your way through barricades of soldiers Messmer the Impaler, installed in the gorge, on the left side of the Fort in the foggy rift. Having broken through the blockade of Messmer's warriors, you will find yourself in a forest with coffins scattered around: continue to follow north, fighting off shadow militias, and you will see the entrance to the Catacombs of the Foggy Rift carved into the rock.
Misty Rift Catacombs Walkthrough
The entire dungeon can be divided into 3 levels:
- The first level is from the starting elevator to the second elevator.
- The second level is from the second to the third elevator.
- The third level is a corridor and arena with a boss.
Two orientations on the first and second levels prepared maps.
First, we will analyze in detail the intricate structure and all the secrets of the first level. Go from grace to the first room, defeat the stone fanged demon, take the grave lily of the valley [1], follow to the room with the thorny press. The press can be avoided by quickly running to the middle of the room while it is rising. Another option is to run across and hide in the small pocket to the right of the entrance. It is easier to incapacitate two imps in a room with long-range weapons.
Go to the L-shaped room where the death sorcerer stands on the bridge: it is also convenient to neutralize him with a bow and go further north, down the stepped stairs.
In the room with a balcony at the top there is a demon with a cannon head: the eastern age from the room with a balcony leads to a room with demons and Ancient Dragon Knight's Handbook [1], the western entrance leads to a multi-story room with a moving spiked press.
In the room with the press, jump onto the structure. She will take you upstairs, where there is a small platform with an imp-cannon and a southern age to the rooms with Messmer's soldiers. Kill the imp, collect small resources, go to the southern age.
In the new L-shaped corridor, defeat the rotting sorcerer, go to the bridge from which another sorcerer previously shot the hero. The bridge leads to a room with two Messmer soldiers: deal with the threat and pay attention to the arches that open up to the very first room with a press and the opportunity to jump on it. Do this and press up to the third level of the location, to the secret area.
On the third floor/level there is only one room with a coffin, where ashes of the Commander of the Black Knights Andreas. To the left of the room with the coffin there is a window that allows you to jump into a room with a black knight and one Messmer guardsman: they can be shot from above by jumping down after and taking the Large Ghostly Lily of the Valley. After leaving the room with the knight, you will return to the place where you first fought with two Messmer soldiers and jumped onto the press.
Now return to the multi-level room with the press (the second one), jump down and hide from the trap in one of the rooms. At the bottom level there are two ways:
- In the eastern room there is a staircase leading to a balcony with an imp cannon. Here you can collect Yellow Storm Flowers.
- In the western room there is an elevator to the second level of the dungeon.
The second level of the catacombs is a little more difficult and more branched. A good sword is also hidden here.
From the elevator, go to the L-shaped room with a balcony and deal with all the demons. In the adjacent small western room the Grave Lily of the Valley [2] grows, but it is guarded by a rotting sorcerer and a demon. From the L-shaped room, go to the southern long, multi-level room with three spiked presses. To avoid the spiked platforms, use the three pockets cut out on the left side of the room, but be careful as there is a hole in the second pocket. It leads to the conditional ground floor of this level.
After jumping, you will see a rotting sorcerer with slugs guarding the Phantom Lily of the Valley [4] in the eastern dead end. If you go through the northern age and then turn west, you will find yourself in a room with Yellow Storm Flowers: defeat the two sorcerers here and take prayer Electric discharge. Return to the previous room and climb the vertical stairs to the balcony, from where you can jump into the starting L-shaped dungeon room.
Returning to the room with the presses, dash to the podium from which the rotting sorcerer is casting death magic: note that on both sides of the podium on the stairs there are two demons waiting, for a total of 4. Near the sorcerer there is a coffin with the Rune of the Kingdom of Shadows [3].
Now go to the edge of the podium, jump onto the railing and wait until the press collapses, in the side of which there will be recess where the hero will fit. Go into the recess and rise to the upper level of the dungeon. The first stop is a platform with a chest in which is hidden Ashes of War: Flash of Lightning.
After examining the chest, turn to the spiked presses and now jump on them, follow to the opposite side of the room and go into the age in the eastern wall. The secret area hides the altar at which the Sword in a stone scabbard. Use the vertical ladder to go back down to the pocket near the stands.
From the room with three spiked presses, go to the western age, another press and take the elevator down to the dungeon boss. All the secret values of the dungeon have been collected.
How to Kill a Death Knight in Elden Ring
The Death Knight is a boss in the Mist Rift Catacombs. Basic information about the boss's vulnerabilities, resistances and other properties:
- Deals standard, slashing and lightning damage.
- You can parry and deliver a critical hit to the back.
- You can poison it with poison, red rot, freeze it and put it to sleep. The starting resistance to each listed effect is 648. You cannot draw blood, cause madness or death.
- Vulnerability to Holy Damage (0%). Weak protection against piercing damage (20%).
- Co-op mode and summoning creatures using ashes are available.
- Balance - 80. Easy to lose balance.
Against DLC bosses, we recommend using large shields with high strengthening the block: They allow you to tank long boss combos without having to memorize them. Top contenders: Great Green Copper Shield, Stone shield with prints. Also take a lightning resistance talisman. Wear armor that resists lightning and slashing damage.
Death Knight Attacks
The boss has two phases. Here are all the techniques for the first half of the fight:
- Throws two clips of lightning at the player.
- Triple physical slashing combo with dual axes.
- Three twisting swings of the axes.
- A long combo of ax swings.
- At any moment in the battle, he takes a low stance, flies up to the player, grabs him and sucks health out of him, restoring his own HP. This is the most powerful technique. It always applies, even if the boss has more than 50% health.
In the second phase, summons two powerful lightning combos:
- Charges the floor with electricity. Can use this technique several times in a row.
- Charges itself with lightning and makes a ramming dash towards the player.
Let's look at how to effectively counteract the listed techniques.
Battle tactics
Recommendations on the easiest way to counter the boss's moves:
- You can naturally hide from the knight's lightning behind the columns in the arena. Another option is to tank them with a shield with good lightning protection.
- When the boss performs physical combos, spin around him and try to hit him in the back: this is especially easy to do at this time. An alternative simple approach is to tank his attacks with a shield and counterattack from block on the finishing blow (3rd or 5th in a series).
- The most difficult thing is to dodge the health-sucking grab: we recommend rolling forward and sideways during the dash.
- In the second phase, avoid electrifying the floor with a normal jump: when jumping, the lower part of the character’s body gains invulnerability, which is enough to avoid damage.
- We recommend tanking a charged charge with a shield: it is of little use, but it does not provide the opportunity for a counterattack in close combat.
For all expansion bosses, we recommend a tank build with a heavy shield with high block boost. Having a large shield with a high block boost + a rapier or spear that you can hit without lowering the shield, you will reduce the entire battle to stabbing the boss from a block. The only time you need to move is when you use the knight's grab attack.
Rewards for completing the Mist Rift Catacombs
By killing the Death Knight, the player will receive the following prizes:
- Runes - 110000 for killing a Death Knight on the first playthrough.
- Twin axes of the Death Knight.
- Locket with crimson amber +3. Increases maximum health by 10%.
The most important secrets hidden in the catacombs:
- Ancient Dragon Knight's Handbook [1].
- Ashes - Black Knights Commander Andreas.
- Large ghost lily of the valley, as well as smaller lilies of the valley.
- Prayer "Electric discharge".
- Rune of the kingdom of shadows [3].
- Ashes of War: Flash of Lightning.
- Sword in a stone scabbard.
Finally, pay attention to the face of Godwin the Golden, which for some reason ended up in the final catacomb arena.
We hope our guide helped you find all the secrets in the Mist Rift Catacombs in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. If you have any questions about the battle with the Death Knight or the age of underground labyrinths, then do not hesitate to ask them at comments. Read more DLC guides at Elden Ring section.
