Why fight through the hardest location in Elden Ring when you can just skip it? Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree is a massive Legacy Dungeon packed with the deadliest enemies in the game. There really isn’t a harder area — you’ll have to fight twisted trees and killer knights that can easily overwhelm your Tarnished. These guys are worth the runes, but you might not feel like grinding through this area on second playthroughs. And sometimes it’s just fun to sequence break.
Reaching this area isn’t easy. To reach the Haligtree, your Tarnished needs to complete Lleyndel, Royal Capitol and access the second Grand Lift. To reach the secret path to the Haligtree, you need to find two medallion pieces — one is located at Castle Sol, Mountaintop of the Giants and the other is found in the Village of the Albinauric, Liurnia of the Lakes. The village is in the far south of the region, and you’ll get it by discovering a hidden Albinauric that has disguised himself as an object. Attack it and talk to him to get the second medallion. Then you can travel to the Grand Lift of Rald and take the lift down instead of up. There are even more steps to reaching the Haligtree, but that’s the hardest part.
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How To Skip to The Bottom of The Haligtree
From the start of Elphael, you’ll reach the Prayer Room site of grace. Exiting through the door onto the ramparts, you’ll encounter a single soldier, and three patrolling soldiers ahead. Drop down to the lower level on the right and look for a square tower near a broken railing that you can easily jump / drop onto.
- How To Perform The Shortcut Skip: Reach the shortcut elevator (near the Prayer Room) and drop down. You’ll die — aim so you land on the center of the lift as you die so you’ll hit the button, activating it and sending it up.
You’ll respawn at the Prayer Room. Go back to the shortcut lift and pull the lever or ride down on the raised lift. It takes you straight to the Haligtree Roots site of grace, which is right outside the Malenia boss door. This is probably the hardest boss fight in the game, so unless you’re very good at Dark Souls games, you’ll probably want to explore this area — which is also the hardest in the game, packed with high rune value enemies. Skipping the entire area is fun, but most of us are going to have to explore this place out of necessity.
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