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Elden Ring Leyndell walkthroughFight your way through Leyndell, the Royal Capital, and find Godfrey in Elden Ring

Fight your way through Leyndell, the Royal Capital, and find Godfrey in Elden Ring

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

View of Leyndell in Elden Ring.

Looking for an Elden Ring Leyndell walkthrough?Leyndell is the Royal Capital of the Lands Between and home to the first Elden Lord: Godfrey. Although you’ll be treated to magnificent views of epic statues and golden towers, Leyndell is full of sad commoners, creepy trumpeters, and other unpleasant surprises.

ThisElden Ringwalkthrough will help you survive the Leyndell Royal Capital and find its boss.

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How to reach Leyndell in Elden Ring

Leyndell is situated on the eastern side of theAltus Plateau, on the border with the Mountaintops of the Giants. In theElden Ring area order, it follows the Mt. Gelmir, Lake of Rot, and Dragonbarrow areas. You should be around level 100 to explore Leyndell (relatively) comfortably.

Leyndell, the Royal Capital, is located east of the Altus Plateau. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

An Elden Ring map showing the Leyndell location.

Although you may spot a main gate in Leyndell’s inner walls (east of the local Finger Reader), it won’t open. To enter Leyndell, ride through the Outer Wall Battlegrounds towards the northeast, past the Stake of Marika and the Minor Erdtree, until you see the massive Golem Archers in front of you. It’s possible to sprint past the Golems with Torrent, but you do need to defeat the Draconic Tree Sentinel mini-boss behind them. Once the Sentinel is down, you may cross the bridge with the ‘Capital Rampart’ Site of Grace and enter Leyndell.

The entrance to Leyndell is near Capital Rampart. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

An Elden Ring map showing the entrance to Leyndell.

Leyndell walkthrough

Take down the garlic cosplayers before tackling the fire-breather. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Oracle enemies in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

There’s a large fire-breathing enemy guarding the door at the end of this path. Luckily, he can’t adjust the direction of his fire attack, so let him aim towards the left side of the path, then dash past him on the right side (and don’t underestimate the range of this attack!).

Sneak up to the enemy inside the building, then go downstairs and take the elevator down (take the northern exit first if you’d like to defeat the remaining enemies). Follow the path ahead - you can ignore the common enemies sitting on the ground, but do watch out for the ‘perfumer’. It’s best to run up to him and use some quick slashing attacks before he has time to respond.

Defeat the Perfumer. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A perfumer enemy in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

At the bottom of the staircase, you can make a U-turn to the left and collect a Smithing Stone [6] before leaving the building. There’s a knight patrolling the exit, but you can wait until he turns his back and sneak past him. The alley ahead leads towards a broad ‘main street’ with a large wagon.

This way to the exit, then turn left. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A player standing on a staircase in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

Either defeat the knight next to the wagon or run past him towards the southwest. If you want more loot, explore the area to the northeast first. When you’re ready to go southwest though, beware that a massive Erdtree Avatar mini-boss will suddenly appear on the path.

You don’t need to fight this thing. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Starting from the Avenue Balcony, you can either head back to the Erdtree Avatar and defeat him for a Lord’s Rune (and perhaps explore the area some more), or carry on with the Leyndell walkthrough and take the stairs to the northwest.

This isn’t the only archer out there. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

An archer aiming at an Elden Ring player in Leyndell.

Once you’ve made it past the archers, climb the enormous dragon fossil on your left. It will lead you to a passageway with a ladder. Climb it, then sneak past the knight at the top of the staircase, and beware of the common soldier trying to ambush you from the left when you reach the next building. Activate the ‘West Capital Rampart’ Site of Grace.

Climb the fossil to find the secret alley. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A huge fossil in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

Take the southeastern exit. You can go downstairs for additional exploring or go straight ahead, following the shortest route to Godfrey. Beware of the massive gargoyle mini-boss ahead; you can either run past him or defeat him to obtain the Gargoyle’s Halberd. Be sure to grab theGolden Seednext to the small golden tree (left side of the road) too.

You may ignore the boss, but don’t leave the Golden Seed. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A gargoyle mini-boss in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

Godfrey awaits at the top of this tree. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A path across the tree in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

Wielding a massive two-handed axe himself, Godfrey is quite weak to physical and lightning damage - just don’t try to use holy damage against him. He’s also quite slow, making this fight relatively easy once you’ve studied his attack patterns. When Godfrey is brought down to 50% HP, he’ll discard his axe and use stomping attacks and grabbing attacks instead. It’ll be a bit harder to dodge during the second phase.

More tree-climbing ahead. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A path with roots next to it in Leyndell, the Elden Ring capital.

Take the stairs to the southeast to find Morgott, the Omen King. This is another major boss whom you must defeat to clear Leyndell and access the Mountaintops of the Giants region. Morgott is also weak to physical and lightning damage but strong against holy damage. For more info, take a look at our guide onhow to defeat Morgottin Elden Ring.

And that concludes this Elden Ring Leyndell walkthrough. You mayaccess the Mountaintops of the Giantsregion, or take a look at our fullElden Ring walkthroughto find your next destination in The Lands Between. We can also point you to theElden Ring boss locations, but you might want to get thebest buildsandbest armor setsfirst.