Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring: how to get there and

Tooth Mountain Elden Ring — a location in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, entirely dedicated to dragons and their lore. The area is fairly linear, but is home to 3 regular bosses and one legendary, as well as several secrets and a Great Altar of Dragon Sacrament where you can learn new Dragon Prayers. From here you can also enter the territory of Haro's Secret Tomb, where you can find even more bosses.

In this guide, we'll tell you how to get through Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring, all the secrets and bosses there, and also share how to open the map of this area.

How to get to Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring

You can get to Tooth Mountain by going through the dungeon dragon pit. From the grace of Ensis Castle, ride south to the dungeon, meeting the dragon warrior Egon for the first time along the way. Go through the dungeon and kill its boss - the Ancient Dragon Man. There will be a huge door in the arena with the boss: open it and you will find yourself at the foot of the Toothed Mountain.

How to Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring and get to the top

There are many bosses and several NPCs to interact with in the location. Below we list all the details.

Meeting with Egon

The Dragon Knight, being a cripple, wants to get even with Bale the Terrible. The player can give him this opportunity by calling him as a phantom. Egon is a powerful archer who deals significant damage to Bail and distracts his attention. To summon Egon, meet him 2 times:

Tombstone Plain, outside of Tooth Mountain. Near the grace “Stop by the road with columns”, which grows north of the Column of Suppression.
Tooth Mountain, in the arena with two fighting dragons, next to the "Foot of Tooth Mountain" grace. Kill the dragons, after which Egon will appear at the edge of the arena.

At the second meeting, the dragon slayer will give out Egon's Crooked Finger, allowing you to make a call in the arena with Bale.

How to find the Dragon Priestess

The Priestess of the Dragon Sacrament dwells at the Great Altar of the Dragon Sacrament, which in turn is reachable if you take the southern road at the first fork with the dragon of Tooth Mountain. The priestess has 2 outcomes in the game:

If you receive the Blessing of the Ancient Dragon from her and kill Bale, she will die, leaving Priestess's Heart и Stone Flower Hammer.
If, before killing Bale, you receive Thiolier's potion, move to the altar, and rewind time to night, you will be able to give her the potion in dialogue. Afterwards she will fall asleep. If you rewind time to a day, new dialogue options will appear. Then you can kill Bale, return to the priestess and it that you put her to sleep. As a result, you will receive a prayer "Dragon Lightning" and ashes Ancient dragon Florissax.

Each outcome is analyzed in detail in guide to the dragon priestess and Egon.

Great Altar of Dragon Communion: what to do with the Dragon Heart

At the Great Altar of Dragon Sacrament, you can exchange dragon hearts for prayers, just like in the main game. In total you can exchange:

Prayer "Breath of the Flame of Death" for 3 dragon hearts,
Prayer "Bail's Malice" for 1 Bale's heart,
Prayer “Bail's Fire Lightning” for 1 Bale's heart.

In total, you will have to choose within one playthrough which Bale’s prayer you want to receive, because the traitor dragon has only one heart.

Haro's secret grave

Haro's secret grave does not relate directly to Tooth Mountain, but is only accessible through it. Ride to the Great Altar of the Dragon Sacrament, jump over the legs of the defeated huge dragon and turn west to find yourself in the territory of the burial ground covered with red flowers. In the location you will meet:

Giant furnace,
Funeral bird.

Let's talk a little more about the latter.

How to Kill a Funeral Bird

The Funeral Bird is the main boss located to the west of the "Secret Grave of Haro" grace. Vulnerable to crushing damage and holiness, she can use various death magic spells that cause significant damage in an area. The guide explained which build to assemble, how to avoid and defend against attacks, and how to behave in battle with Funeral bird.

How to defeat the Dragon of Tooth Mountain

In total, you will find three dragons on the territory of Toothed Mountain. They differ little from ordinary dragons of Between-Earth, except that they can use fire and lightning magic:

The first dragon of Tooth Mountain lives near the lake, at the first fork in the location.
The second and third fight each other in the arena after the "Foot of the Tooth Mountain" grace.

The tactics against monsters are simple:

Take piercing weapons, since dragons are most vulnerable to them (10% resistance). You can sharpen it for red rot or poison, or use poison darts to poison them.
Huddle under the dragon's feet and stab its legs with weapons. If you use a rapier or spear, you can attack with a raised shield, protecting yourself as much as possible from possible damage.
When the monster closes the distance, call on Flow and close it as quickly as possible, dodging its fiery breath. An alternative option is to raise your shield and methodically approach the monster.
Repeat until the dragon dies.

Reward for killing one Tooth Mountain Dragon:

×1 Flesh from dragon scales,
×1 Dragon Heart,
Runes - 90000 (first), 120000 (second).

From the arena with two dragons and Egon (second encounter), follow the rise to the west, turn to the next arena with Senessax.

How to kill the Ancient Dragon Senessax

Unlike other ancient dragons, Senessax cannot hit with its hind legs, so we suggest defeating it as follows:

Take a stabbing weapon. Senessax's resistance to injections is the lowest (10%). A rapier or spear will do. Another option is the “Sticky Spears” build for faith and prayer, which we will discuss further.
Get on the Flow and try for the entire battle be close to Senessax's hind legs, attacking him in this area. Sometimes, when he casts particularly dangerous AoE attacks, jump back to the area of the dragon's tail: the attacks will not reach there. Avoid electrical discharges on the ground with Flow jumps. Concentrate all your attention on always being near its hind legs or tail, which will confuse Senessax, forcing him to constantly turn around in search of the player and attack less often.
If Senessax tries to fly away, catch up to him as quickly as possible and return to the area near his hind legs/tail, then continue stabbing him again.
Repeat until the dragon dies.

For victory you will receive rewards:

Runes - 200000 (first playthrough,
×1 Dragon Blacksmithing Stone of Darkness,
×1 Dragon Smithing Stone.

The next boss is the final one and lives at the top of Tooth Mountain.

All the secrets of Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring

The most important valuables, in addition to drops from bosses and NPCs, hidden in the location:

Shard of the Tree of Decadence. On the way up to Senessax, at the place where the cobblestones fall.
The Greatest Potter's Handbook (6). On the road to grace “The foot of the toothy mountain”, at a cliff with skeletons, in front of a spiritual spring and a rope bridge.
Egon's Directory (1). In the turret at the Great Altar of the Dragon Communion.
Egon's Handbook (2). Left at the cliff, east of the Tooth Mountain Slope place of grace, with slugs crawling around.
Stone heart. Reward for finding the artist who painted the painting “Field of Dragons.” The painting is in a warehouse in the sewers of Shadow Haven. An artist’s phantom at the cliff southwest of the place of grace “Toothed Mountain Slope.” To get there, use the spiritual spring, turn right and go down the rocks.

How to defeat Bale

Bale the Terrible is the legendary boss of the location, a unique dragon with high mobility, fire and lightning attacks. On the boss’s side there is also a game camera, which will behave as inappropriately as possible near him. The most effective build against Bale can be considered a tank monk build based on the following pillars:

Heavy armor and the heaviest shield.
High strength and faith.
A seal with a claw sign as a weapon.
Prayers “Flame, grant me strength” (+ physical attack), “Streams of parasites” and “Sticky spears”.

Thanks to homing prayers, you don't have to worry about hitting the constantly moving Bale. All the details of the battle were sorted out in guide on how to defeat Bale the Terrible.

How to Unlock the Tooth Mountain Map in Elden Ring

Tooth Mountain mapped onto South coast map, left at the Waystone on the Cote d'Azur, at the grace of the same name. How to get there:

From Ensis Castle, follow the road to the southeast. Where the guard is Messmer is fighting the trolls, turn down to the swamps.
In the swamps, turn northwest and go down to a pond where a large crab and a family of poisonous flowers live. Next to the latter, an entrance to a cave is carved into the rock, in which the grace “Cave by the Ellak River” grows.
Leave the cave, go down the Ellak River, to the south. The river will lead to a plain with thunder sheep, where the Furnace Giant also roams.
From the giant's habitat, turn southwest into a short cave and you will find yourself on the Cote d'Azur.
Next, ride through the cemetery to the south, to the waystone, where a map of the Toothed Mountain, the Cote d'Azur and the Secret Grave of Haro is left. At the nearest charity "Côte d'Azur" Michella left one of Shards of the Tree of Decadence.

All places of grace on Tooth Mountain

There are a total of 5 rest points in the location:

Great Altar of Dragon Communion. Take the southern path at the first fork to reach.
The foot of the toothy mountain. Take the northern path at the first fork to get there.
The slope of a toothy mountain. Reachable after the arenas with the Tooth Mountain Dragons and Senessax.
Top of the Toothed Mountain. Growing near the arena with Bale. Achievable from previous grace.
Chambers of the terrible dragon. Appears after killing Bale the Terrible in his arena.

We hope that the tips helped you reach and Tooth Mountain in Elden Ring and deal with all the dragons. Feel free to ask any questions about the location and other aspects of the expansion and the main game in the comments. For more DLC guides, check out Elden Ring section.