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Ancient Ruins of Rauh

The viaduct, the east and west ruins, the Grand Stairway, and the road to the Church of the Bud.

The Ancient Ruins of Rauh lie west of the Shadow Keep, across the viaduct from the West Rampart grace, and Messmer's Kindling must be in your pack before you finish here. The walk clears the east ruins, the west ruins and the Grand Stairway, and leaves the stairs to the Church of the Bud until last.

The Sealing Tree closes most DLC quests

The tree stands past Romina at the end of this section, and burning it is the main point of no return in the Realm of Shadow. Miquella's followers leave their places and their quests close for this playthrough. Don't use it until each line here is done, and fast travel out now for anything missing. Leda: Leda and Hornsent: talks at Highroad Cross, After the rune breaks: back round the NPCs, and Help Hornsent at the battlements, with its rewards Leda's Rune and Ash of War: Swift Slash. Those signs ended at Messmer's room. St. Trina and Thiollier: Find St. Trina, send Thiollier south; Imbibe nectar four times, pass on her words; the Thiollier invasion and St. Trina's Smile; and the Final talk with Thiollier in the cave, which Thiollier's Hidden Needle and Thiollier's Set wait on. If he isn't in the cave for that last talk, go straight back after the burn, before you pass the Cleansing Chamber Anteroom grace. Moore: Tell Moore "Remain sad forever", then take the Verdigris Set, Verdigris Greatshield and Moore's Bell Bearing from his body, as the Rauh Base section does. With no answer given his talk ends, and that gear then comes only by killing two of his brood and beating his invasion. His Forager Brood Cookbooks don't wait for the tree: they closed at that answer. Freyja: Talk to Freyja at Seventh Floor, and hand her the Letter for Freyja if she hasn't got it. That letter closes sooner if Ansbach takes the scroll before he hears of her. The Golden Lion Shield isn't at risk: without the letter it waits at her spot after the last fight of the expansion. Ansbach: Find Ansbach at Storehouse, First Floor, Secret Rite Scroll, and Tell Ansbach of Freyja, then give the scroll. Obsidian Lamina and Furious Blade of Ansbach need that scroll handed over. His later steps come after the burn. Dryleaf Dane: the Dryleaf Dane duel, Dryleaf Arts, Ash of War: Palm Blast and Dane's Hat. Hornsent: Hornsent invasion, on the stairs in this section, with Falx and Hornsent Set. Beat him before Romina. It needs Summon Hornsent against Messmer and Talk to Hornsent in Messmer's arena. Hornsent Grandam: Gourmet Scorpion Stew x2 at Belurat, one from her hand and one beside her once she sleeps. Her first steps ended at Messmer's death. These stay open after the burn: Fire Knight Queelign, Count Ymir and Jolán, and Igon and the Dragon Communion Priestess.

Fire Knight SalzaBossDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · West Rampart viaduct – From the West Rampart grace take the small door on the right of the big one, out onto the long viaduct, and mount up. Bats feed on the corpses along it. Past the arch a red-cloaked Fire Knight at the far end starts calling down fire, so keep moving until you reach him.
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A fast dual-dagger knight. Riding circles round him works well.
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Lesser Golden Hippopotamus (Rauh)OtherDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Viaduct Minor Tower – From the Viaduct Minor Tower grace go out and southeast past the small pond to the lift just beyond it, and ride down. Pass the bloodfiend at the bottom, leave by the small hole in the wall that a dog guards, and drop down the steps at the edge to the lower lake. It's a smaller copy of the keep's gate boss.
Summary
Stay on Torrent, close behind it, to dodge most of its attacks.
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Revered Spirit Ash (Rauh East Shadowpot)UpgradeDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – Fast travel to the Viaduct Minor Tower grace and follow the path west, past the fallen tree and on between the lit braziers, downhill into the ruins. The sparkling pot Shadow is near the entrance. A Curseblade ambushes from behind the pillar on your right.
Summary
Raises your Revered Spirit Ash Blessing.
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Antiquity Scholar's Cookbook [2]Key itemDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – From the Viaduct Minor Tower grace go west past the fallen tree, between the lit braziers and down into the ruins. Open the tall double doors to the northeast and ride down the stairs, past scorpions, three of which drop from the ceiling. Hit the wall between the two lit braziers northeast of the fight: the corpse in the hidden room has the cookbook and a Bondstone.
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Teaches Spritestone, which goes with the Bondstone.
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Spider Scorpion AshesCollectibleDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – From the hidden room go west and down the ramp, through the square hole in the southeast wall, and out into the hall beyond. Head northeast down the hallway, turn northwest at the intersection and go round the corner into a chamber where a scorpion hangs from the ceiling. Kill it: the ashes are on the floor under it.
Summary
Spirit Ashes of a scorpion that fights with pincers and tail.
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Fine Crucible Feather TalismanCollectibleDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – Go back through the square hole to the ramp chamber and open the double doors on its southwest wall. Follow the hall northwest to the big square hole in the floor and drop in: the updraft stops any damage. Head northwest to the T-junction with the statue, go right, climb the thick roots in that room and step left to the talisman.
Summary
Better backsteps, in exchange for taking more damage.
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Ancient Ruins Cross MessageKey itemDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – Back at the T-junction carry straight on southwest, under an arch and left to the southeast, then through more arches to the open air. A knight waits on the rocks: leave him for now and keep along the right-hand edge to Miquella's Cross. The message lies at its foot.
Summary
A note left at the cross.
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Ash of War: Dryleaf WhirlwindSkillDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, East grace follow the cliff edge northeast to a pillar by a small waterfall. The Ash is on the ground beside it, just over the edge.
Summary
A leaping footwork skill, with no affinity.
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Devonia, Crucible KnightBossDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, East – Go back to the knight you skipped, on the rocks by the broken structure northwest of the grace. Devonia jumps a lot and has fast gap closers, so bait an attack from Torrent and hit when it ends. The hammer can't be parried.
Summary
An elite Crucible Knight who doesn't return once dead.
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Grace: Rauh Ancient Ruins, WestAreaDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, East grace head west and drop onto the bridge; a Furnace Golem wakes when you're partway over, so keep moving and leave it. Drop to the right near the bridge's end, go southwest up the stairs, then left and south past the golem and over a small hill. The grace is just beyond, to the southeast.
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Scadutree Fragment (Rauh West altar)UpgradeDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace go southwest through the double arch, climb the stairs inside and enter the big hall. Two blood-flinging casters and a Curseblade on a pillar wait here. The fragment is on the altar at the north-northwest wall, where Shadows kneel.
Summary
Raises your Scadutree Blessing.
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Talisman of All CruciblesCollectibleDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Stone pillars – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace go southwest into the building and upstairs to the big hall, head south, turn right and ride the lift at the end down to the stone pillars. Jump down onto the pillar on the left and hop across, generally southwest then southeast, to the far building, where two candle-bearers stand by the steps. Take the square hole in the wall, then the next one, to the chest.
Summary
Talisman with the effects of every crucible talisman.
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Divine Beast Dancing Lion (Rauh)BossDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Grand Stairway – From the Grand Stairway grace go down the stairs east-northeast. A giant archer covers the lower flights, so ride across his line, and at the bottom drop onto the rocks and head northeast along the broken bridge. The Lion is below on your right, near the end: drop in or shoot it from the bridge, and leap off the northeast platform to escape if the fight goes badly.
Summary
Brings deathblight and summons basilisks. A Beast-Repellent Torch on your back keeps the basilisks away.
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Revered Spirit Ash (Rauh West gazebo)UpgradeDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – Fast travel to the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace, go back up to the big hall and out by its north doorway to the gazebo in the water. The ash is on the statue inside. A giant to the east shoots at you here, so keep moving.
Summary
Raises your Revered Spirit Ash Blessing.
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Aspects of the Crucible: BloomSpellDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace go southwest into the building, upstairs to the big hall and out its north doorway, then past the gazebo in the water and up the stairs. Turn right round the broken column, go down the stairs and on north-northwest through the covered area of bloodfiends and dogs, then northeast until the roof ends, and drop to your left. Head southwest through the scorpions, follow the way north to a lift, carry on past it and go east by the flying scorpions: the incantation is in the middle of the flower structure.
Summary
Incantation: a flower blooms on your chest and calls down light.
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Greater Potentate's Cookbook [9]Key itemDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rot halls – Go to the top of that lift and head southeast, dropping past the bloodfiends, back to the stairs near the gazebo. Climb them and take the straight path into the rot-covered building, pass the lift on your left, then go north along the hall and east-northeast through the big chamber of red pests. Leave by the archway on the left: the corpse is on the rocks round the corner.
Summary
Teaches Hefty Rot Pot.
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Sword of LightWeaponDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rot halls – From the rocks look northeast to a tower and head directly for it: an unseen bridge runs from the ledge to the altar, and a dropped Rainbow Stone shows you the line. At this altar, the highest of the three, the sword you carry turns into the Sword of Light. It's one sword, so the Darkness form goes, but its row stays ticked.
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Summary
The third form of the Stone-Sheathed Sword, and the last of its three rows. Holding all three at once needs NG+.
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Divine Bird FeathersSpellDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rot halls – Cross back and return through the pest chamber to the lift you passed, and ride it up. Go out by the archway, past the gazebo, to the corpse lying out in the water. Picking it up wakes a Divine Bird elite: use the gazebo's pillars for cover.
Summary
Incantation that releases a flurry of feathers.
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Mottled Necklace +2CollectibleDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – Go up the ramp past the gazebo, then along the rocks north-northeast to where the cliff ends, and break the pile of stones there. That frees the Spiritspring below: drop to it, ride it to the raised area across the gap, and climb the stairs to the chest at the top.
Summary
Talisman that raises Immunity, Robustness and Focus.
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Furnace Golem (Rauh West)BossDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Rauh Ancient Ruins, West – Fight it from that raised platform or the ground north of the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace, pulling it toward the high ground. If its legs shrug off your blows, it's the armored kind: throw Hefty Furnace Pots into its basket from above.
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Summary
Doesn't return once dead. Bring three Hefty Furnace Pots: it has the most health of the eight, so expect to step away and craft again.
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Pest-Thread SpearsSpellDLC: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Church of the Bud – From the Rauh Ancient Ruins, West grace go to the freed Spiritspring in the pool to the northwest and ride it back up to the cliff top where you broke the stones. Go indoors where the lift comes out, turn left, fight through the pests and turn right at the end. The incantation is by the wall behind the stairs, near a pest.
Summary
Incantation that throws twin spears of thread.
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Hornsent invasionHidden spoiler – activate to revealBossMissablePoint of no returnDLC: Shadow Of The ErdtreeMinor spoiler
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Church of the Bud – Get ready, then climb those stairs. He invades near the top, but only if you summoned him against Messmer and talked to him afterwards until his lines ended.
Why you can lose it
He invades only on these stairs, before Romina. If the tree burns first he may not come back on this path, so treat his drops as lost for the playthrough.
Point of no return
You use Messmer's Kindling on the Sealing Tree behind the Church of the Bud.
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Summary
The end of his quest.
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FalxHidden spoiler – activate to revealWeaponMissablePoint of no returnDLC: Shadow Of The ErdtreeMinor spoiler
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Church of the Bud – Drops when Hornsent's invasion is beaten.
Why you can lose it
He invades only on these stairs, before Romina. If the tree burns first he may not come back on this path, so treat his drops as lost for the playthrough.
Point of no return
You use Messmer's Kindling on the Sealing Tree behind the Church of the Bud.
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Summary
Curved sword that builds blood loss.
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Hornsent SetHidden spoiler – activate to revealArmorMissablePoint of no returnDLC: Shadow Of The ErdtreeMinor spoiler
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Church of the Bud – Drops with the Falx, all four pieces: Soiled Loincloth, Braided Arm Wraps, Braided Cord Robe and Caterpillar Mask.
Why you can lose it
He invades only on these stairs, before Romina. If the tree burns first he may not come back on this path, so treat his drops as lost for the playthrough.
Point of no return
You use Messmer's Kindling on the Sealing Tree behind the Church of the Bud.
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Summary
Armor set of four pieces.
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Last check before the tree

Romina is dead and the tree is next. Read the warning at the top of this section again, line by line, before you use Messmer's Kindling. Queelign, Ymir and Jolán, and Igon and the Priestess can all wait until after.

Burn the Sealing TreeHidden spoiler – activate to revealQuest stepDLC: Shadow Of The ErdtreeMinor spoiler
Location
Ancient Ruins of Rauh · Church of the Bud – From the Church of the Bud grace go south out of the church and up the hill to the lone tree. Use it, pick yes, and after a scene you're carried straight to Enir-Ilim.
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Summary
Opens the last area of the Realm of Shadow.
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Spiraltree SealHidden spoiler – activate to revealWeaponDLC: Shadow Of The ErdtreeMinor spoiler
Location
Rauh Base · Northern Nameless Mausoleum – The ghost only appears now. Touch the grace beside you, fast travel to Temple Town Ruins and ride east to the two Spiritsprings by the map stele, up to the plateau top. Pass the Northern Nameless Mausoleum, go down the west slope to two jagged rocks, line them up and look northwest; then fast travel back to the tower.
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Summary
Sacred seal, the reward for "The Sacred Tower" painting.
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About this guide

Expect about 230 hours over three runs, in a game where bosses take practice. This route uses no save backups. Run 1 collects everything in the base game and Shadow of the Erdtree, and takes about 170 of those hours. NG+ (about 40) and NG++ (about 20) are shorter runs for the other two endings and the other quest branches, with tougher enemies and some bosses to beat again for remembrance trades. Random drops and free-choice NPC kills never count toward 100%.

Last verified: Nov 5, 2026 · Patch 1.17.2 (PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series, PC Steam, Switch 2) · 0 community corrections shipped

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