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How to get inside Ruins Of Unte in Elden Ring DLCHere’s the puzzle solution to enter the Ruins Of Unte in the Elden Ring DLC

Here’s the puzzle solution to enter the Ruins Of Unte in the Elden Ring DLC

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

An establishing shot of the interior of the Ruins Of Unte in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, with a bed of colourful flowers between the camera and the altar in the centre of the ruins.

Stuck trying to get inside the Ruins Of Unte in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?As with a great many locations inShadow Of The Erdtree, there’s more to the Ruins Of Unte puzzle than meets the eye. In fact, at first glance it’s not even clear that the Ruins Of Unte holds a puzzle at all.Elden Ringhas a talent for giving players a sense of discovery when it comes to exploration, and if you’ve found the Ruins Of Unte, you already know just how well FromSoftware likes to hide away important areas.

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How to get to the Ruins Of Unte

The location of the Shadow Keep and the Ruins of Unte on the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree map.

The Ruins Of Unte are in the lake southeast of the Shadow Keep, and the only way to get to them is using a secret passage hidden inside the Shadow Keep itself. To get to the Ruins Of Unte, progress through the front entrance of the Shadow Keep and past theGolden Hippopotamus. Fight your way up to the bottom of the stairs that lead up to theSpecimen Storehouse.

From here, facing the tower, turn right. On the left-hand side, past the second boat, there’s a ladder that leads down to a walkway next to a waterfall.There’s a doorway hidden behind the waterfall, so head through it and then down the ladder beyond.

Follow these steps to use the Shadow Keep’s hidden passage to the Ruins Of Unte. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands in front of the entrance to the Specimen Storehouse. A yellow arrows points in the direction of the path to the Castle Watering Hole.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands in front of a ladder down to the Castle Watering Hole in Shadow Keep.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree descends a ladder next to a waterfall in Shadow Keep. A yellow arrows points to a hidden doorway through the waterfall.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands in front of a painting in Shadow Keep. A yellow arrow points towards a hidden doorway on the right-hand side wall.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands in front of a coffin at the top of a waterfall below Shadow Keep.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands next to the Castle Watering Hole Site Of Grace. The Ruins Of Unte stand before them in the background.

At the end of this path you’ll find a room with apaintinginside.Hit the right-hand wallto reveal another secret passage. Follow this passage to the end, and you’ll find an openstone coffinon the top of a precipice. Walk up to the stone coffin and interact with it to lie down inside.

Lying inside the coffin will prompt a cutscene where you’re teleported below the Shadow Keep, to a place called the Castle Watering Hole. Exit the cave you’re in to find the Castle Watering HoleSite Of Grace; and right in front of you will be the Ruins Of Unte.

How to get inside the Ruins Of Unte

It has to be a Hefty Furnace Pot - not a Hefty Fire Pot, and certainly not a regular Fire Pot. Once you throw in a Hefty Furnace Pot, the Furnace Golem’s insides will ignite once more, and it will stand up out of the way of the entrance to the Ruins Of Unte.

A Hefty Furnace Pot in the basket does wonders. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree lifts a Hefty Furnace Pot above their head, preparing to throw it into the basket of a broken down Furnace Golem at the Ruins Of Unte.

If you don’t yet have a Hefty Furnace Pot, you can craft one as soon as you’ve picked up theGreater Potentate’s Cookbook [2]from the Run-Down Traveler’s Rest shack, just south of the “Greatbridge, North” Site Of Grace in the Gravesite Plain. Craft a Hefty Furnace Pot out of 1 Redflesh Mushroom, 1 Ember Of Messmer, and 1 Furnace Visage, then toss it into the Furnace Golem’s basket to wake it up.

Of course, you now have to deal with the Furnace Golem. Thankfully it’s the kind without reinforced ankles, so stay on horseback and keep whaling away at its legs until it falls over, then hit it in the face for enormous damage. For full details on fighting these mighty giants, check out our in-depth guide onhow to beat Furnace Golems in Shadow Of The Erdtree.

What’s inside the Ruins Of Unte?

Insidethe Ruins Of Unte, there are exactly two things of note. The first is a structure at the centre of the square, with a chest inside. Open the chest to obtain theGiant Golden ArcIncantation, which unleashes a powerful arc of Holy damage in exchange for 24 FP (and a prerequisite cost of 34 Faith to cast).

The order in which you interact with these three Altars determines their purpose:

Bear in mind also that you can visit the second and third Altars again in order to switch between the Sword Of Light and the Sword Of Darkness at any time.

There’s nothing else of note inside the Ruins Of Unte, so once you’ve collected these two items, feel free to move on with your journey through the Land Of Shadow!

These two powerful unique prizes can be obtained within the Ruins Of Unte. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree loots the Giant Golden Arc Incantation from a chest in the Ruins Of Unte.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree interacts with a glowing stone stele in the Ruins Of Unte.