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  • The Three Ways To Go To Ainsel River
  • Ainsel River Depths Walkthrough
  • Ainsel River Principal Walkthrough
  • Nokstella, Eternal City
  • Notable Field Bosses In Ainsel River
  • Notable Loot In Ainsel River

Ainsel River is an clandestine section of the map in Elden Ring. It consists of 3 different areas. A lower area, a higher area, and the lost Eternal City of Nokstella. There are multiple ways to enter these locations, and information technology's a crucial function of Ranni The Witch's side quest.

This guide will show you how to get through Ainsel River to the very end, without excluding whatsoever important loot and bosses along the way. Completing the Ainsel River map is not necessary for completing Elden Ring, unless y'all want to consummate the Age of The Stars ending.

The Iii Means To Get To Ainsel River

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There are 2 parts to the Ainsel River, and they don't naturally connect. Yous have to admission Ainsel River Depths differently than you would admission Ainsel River Main.

To enter the lower Ainsel River Depths, you take to apply the Ainsel River Well in Liurnia of The Lakes. This is an elevator that will take yous below, much like the Siofra River Well in Mistwood. There is a large golem guarding the Ainsel River Well that can easily be ignored. You can sneak around the backside of the well, jump onto it and sneak into the lift chamber.

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To enter the upper Ainsel River Chief, yous can either use a portal or travel via coffin. When doing Ranni The Witch's quest, she will eventually requite you access to the Renna's Rise tower behind Caria Manor. Atop this tower volition be a portal, which will transport you to Ainsel River Main.

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The last way to get into this hugger-mugger river is by interacting with a coffin in Deeproot Depths. At the Site of Grace The Nameless Eternal City, there will be a body of water flowing into a waterfall off the map. Head directly north-west towards a coffin at the very edge of the water. This volition transport y'all to Ainsel River Main.

Ainsel River Depths Walkthrough

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  1. Ant Cavern
  2. Sluice Gate

From the Ainsel River Well Depths Site of Grace, you want to enter the hole in the wall surrounded by ants. To the right is a dead-end with only some Magic Grease to loot. Into the pismire cavern, you'll want to go along forrard, winding to the right. Yous'll shortly exit the cave and enter a large, open area with a cobblestone bridge alee. When walking along this bridge, look down. You'll notice a ton of small enemies. Continue across the span to the Ainsel River Sluice Gate Site of Grace.

This is a dead-end. Just outside from where the Grace is, is a door that has an elevator inside. This is the Sluice Gate. It will lower you to the enemies beneath. Yous can summon here, but information technology's way also easy to get overwhelmed by all the enemies that announced and environment you. The best option is to simply run past them into the next area.

  1. Malformed Star
  2. Map fragment
  3. Downstream Grace

The next area is far more unsafe. A Malformed Star will exist perched alee, lobbing meteorites at y'all. In that location volition also be the aforementioned modest enemies effectually. What you want to do hither is first make it behind the Malformed Star. The all-time manner to avoid danger is to go on running into encompass as you inch your fashion closer. While behind cover, you can impale any enemies that walk up to yous. There will be enough infinite and time to take intendance of them and motility into the next cover. When behind the Malformed Star, you cannot be attacked by information technology. Backside the boss is a merchant and the map for Ainsel River.

From the merchant, y'all want to exit the safety zone and caput directly correct. In that location will be a Grace you tin can jump downwardly to. From this Grace, walk down the dark river until you run across a small opening. There will be some ants inside. To your left is a dead-end where you lot can overlook Lake Rot, a whole different clandestine map. To the right is a boss and the end of Ainsel River Depths.

Head right, then right over again, and make a left. Information technology's pretty dark here, so you may want to pop out a lantern if you have one. This is the Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella. After defeating him, he will drop the Frozen Lightning Spear Incantation. There is a treasure chest in the small room he spawned in front of. Within contains Great Ghost Glovewort, an important item for upgrading Spirit Ash summons.

From hither, there is nowhere else you tin go. Behind the small room, downwardly the waterfall, you lot will discover a Site of Grace in the distance. Y'all must now leave Ainsel River Depths and employ one of the two means to enter Ainsel River Main to continue traversing through the river.

Ainsel River Main Walkthrough

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  1. Malformed Star
  2. Wing of Astel
  3. Nokstella

Directly past this Site of Grace is even so some other Malformed Star. One time again, you want to keep progressing forward while running from embrace to cover and killing any smaller enemies that become too shut. From the broken ruins, you tin can apply ranged attacks to kill the Malformed Star from afar with ease. Attack with magic or arrows so retreat dorsum into cover. You can also rush the boss and set on his head from behind. Malformed Star's don't move or plow around.

Backside the star is the archway to another ant cave. There volition be a fork in the road. Head left first. In that location volition be a strange figure at the cease of the cavern. Lure it in, because once yous leave you'll exist attacked by the previous Malformed Star from Ainsel River Depths if you did non impale it. Head right and spring down to the beams behind the Malformed Star. There will be a chest straight behind where the dominate would exist. Inside is the legendary Intelligence sword Wing of Astel.

Heading back to the fork in the road, going right volition lead y'all to the next expanse of the map. Nokstella, Eternal City.

Nokstella, Eternal City

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  1. Upwards the stairs
  2. Ant shield and Bong Bearing
  3. Silver Assurance

From the Nokstella, Eternal City Site of Grace, there volition be stairs directly in forepart of you. A speedy Nightmaiden will be patrolling the stairs. Lure her closer to the Grace, equally further upward is more than trouble. Straight to the left, just before the Nightmaiden on the stairs, there is a room with another Nightmaiden. She guards a treasure chest that holds the pismire shield, Ant'south Skull Plate.

Instead of going up the stairs in front of the Site of Grace, you lot can go right and hug the wall to your left until you come across stairs almost the end of the river. There will be a Nightmaiden above guarding a chest containing Ghost Glovewart (9).

Atop the stairs will be several, and we hateful several, silvery tear enemies. Information technology's best to get them bunched together and slowly walk down the stairs, taking them out a couple at a time. If they explode too shut to each other, they volition hurt each other. Another option is to make a straight run for it, past them, merely you may get stuck with so many in a tight spot.

Once the silverish tears have been dealt with, you tin can head left up the stairs to find some other room off to the side. Inside is shielded argent tears that are harder to hitting unless you get them from behind. Inside the room is a treasure chest that holds the Ghost-Glovewort Picker'south Bell Begetting (2). Dorsum to the top of the stairs, head right, and walk down the path. A silver tear volition drib down behind you, but they are slow, and information technology's only one, so nothing to worry about. Yous'll plow left up to some stairs so run across a broad bridge. As shortly equally you get to this spot, a rolling ball - yous know, the ones that actually want to kill yous - volition starting time rolling down the stairs ahead. No matter where you go here, information technology will chase you lot downwards.

The best grade of action is to dart towards the stairs it's coming downwards from. Have faith. As presently every bit the ball starts rolling, sprint to the end of the stairs and hide between the railing and the nearest low-cal post. The ball will exist stuck trying to get past this small gap. Don't motility too close to it or likewise far left, or it will get you. From here, yous can easily starting time swinging at it until information technology's dead. Later on it's dead, you're free to walk back downwards the span. There volition be a sealed imp statue door to the correct. Inside are two troubling Nightmaidens and a treasure breast harboring Spirit Ashes for Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppets.

These deadly Silver Balls driblet Larval Tears upon defeat.

Dorsum to the stairs where the brawl started rolling, to the right is another room with a treasure breast. Don't walk inside. Instead, look up and apply target-lock. If you walk inside this room, the door will close behind you and the ball volition do everything in its power to crush you. Ranged is the simply way here. You can range attack the ball while it'south notwithstanding on the ceiling, and it won't driblet down.

Once it'south killed, you tin safely enter the room and loot the treasure breast which contains another Smashing Ghost Glovewort.

  1. Trio of enemies
  2. Golden Seed
  3. Lift to Nokstella Waterfall Basin

Next, go up the stairs that the rolling ball spawned onto. Inside the adjacent room will be a ton of silver tears and some other rolling ball hiding on the ceiling. Instead of rushing in, try walking in slowly enough to trigger the ball to driblet and so lure the ball to the front end doors. The ball cannot leave this room - you're substantially trapping information technology between the doors, where you can exercise gratis harm until it'due south dead.

When the brawl drops and rolls towards you, it will kill some of the silver tears for yous as well! At the very stop of this room is a chest with Somber Smithing Stone (vii).

Observe an opening to the left of the room. In that location will be a long walkway towards some other room. It doesn't get easier from here. Inside this room is a Nightmaiden and 2 Silver Tear Mimics. You tin can summon here.

At the finish of this room is a chest containing Moon of Nokstella. To proceed forrad, whether y'all defeat the enemies or not, you must plow left where there is an opening to a cliffside. Jump down, there'southward an elevator that will accept yous to lower Nokstella. Collect the Aureate Seed from the Phantom Tree and so caput South, where you'll see an archway. This will be another elevator that will have you to the last Grace of Nokstella and Ainsel River. From here, you will have to confront the Calamitous Shadow if y'all're doing Ranni's side quest. Directly behind the Baleful Shadow is the entrance to a new location, Lake of Rot.

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Notable Field Bosses In Ainsel River

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Boss

Location

Malformed Star

Ainsel River Depths

Dragonkin Of Nokstella

Ainsel River Depths, past the Ainsel River Downstream Site of Grace

Malformed Star

Ainsel River Primary

Calamitous Shadow

Nokstella, past the Nokstella Waterfall Basin Site of Grace

Notable Loot In Ainsel River

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Boodle

Location

Gilt Seed

Past Ainsel River Sluice Gate.

Larval Tear x3

Dropped by Silver Ball enemies.

Miniature Ranni

North of Ainsel River Principal Site of Grace.

Celestial Dew x2

On the right side of the river to the North of Nokstella, Eternal Metropolis Site of Grace.

Frozen Lightning Spear

Dropped by defeating Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella in Ainsel River Depths.

Pismire Shield

Looted from a chest in a room to the left of the main stairs in front of Nokstella, Eternal Metropolis Site of Grace.

Wing Of Astel

Looted from a chest on the beams behind the Malformed Star by the merchant. Accessible through Ainsel River Chief.

Moon Of Nokstella

Looted from a breast backside a trio of enemies in Nokstella, just before the lift to Nokstella Waterfall Basin.

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