Leindell Catacombs в Elden Ring is an optional dungeon under the capital of the kingdom of Leindell. Inside them, the Extinguished One can find many dangerous enemies, valuable items, and a strong optional boss.
This guide will not only demonstrate the complete passage of the catacombs, but also tell you what items you can find, how to kill underground monsters and defeat the local boss Blood Priest Esgar.
How to find Leindell Catacombs in Elden Ring
Move to a place of grace"Balcony overlooking the boulevard" in the center royal capital Leindell. Go down the stairs, go left along the rooftops, and then exit through the ruins of an abandoned building - to the right of them will be located well.
Jump down and go through the iron gate. Get down until you get to Rift Dungeon.
Next, move southeast, go through the double door and jump down to the hallway with the place of grace. Continue to the southeast side of the area until you come to a large room with huge pipes and fanged imps.
Move to the other side of the room, being careful not to fall. Climb the steps and find рычаг. The mechanism will open the gate below.
Next, return to the pipe next to the wooden platform and carefully jump down. At the bottom level, the dungeons will be waiting two giant lobsters. It is better not to fight them and immediately run along the eastern wall to a small passage next to the brazier.
Get through hole in the wall, and then use the elevator in the southwestern part of the dungeon. From above it will be full of ghostly soldiers, preventing you from going further.
Here you need to dispel illusory wall next to the stairs, then hit the corner on the left side of the opened room and kill Small snail, summoner of spirits. After that, all phantoms will disappear.
Then go up the stairs and pull рычаг, opening a passage to Leindell Catacombs.
How to get through the Leindell Catacombs in Elden Ring
Take the elevator down and go left up the stairs. From below, activate the place of grace"Leindell Catacombs" to immediately move to the location in the future, skipping the sewers.
From the place of grace, go down to the lower levels of the location and enter a multi-level room with poisonous zombies. Two living corpses will jump from above - it's best not to let them surround you or accumulate the poison effect. Enemies are slow and do not chase the Extinguished One, making it easy to run further without a fight. In the corner you can take ghostly lily of the valley.
Move along the right corridor until you reach fire trap. Three rotten zombies will spawn in the next room, exploding a few seconds after entering the fight. At the moments of the fire fading, run forward, hiding in the niche on the right if necessary.
Run to the trap and hit it to turn off the interfering volleys. Then kill the zombies and take grave violet on the right, and then touch the fire trap again to start raising the platform up.
Thus, get to the upper level of the room and go forward.
Next, you have to fight the Ogre mini-boss. A muscular big man with a huge weapon has a large supply of health and inflicts powerful piercing blows. It is better to attack him from a distance or circle around the monster in close combat, trying to hit him from behind.
At the back of the room you can pick up Scaled Talisman.
Return to the fire trap and take the stairs on the left to a large stone statue. Here, at the top, the second Ogre will roam. Kill it, take it Grave lily of the valley in the eastern part of the corridor and jump down from the ledge, where zombies will sit in the water as if under siege.
Move to the northwestern part of the location and go up the stairs next to the closed door.
Waiting in the next room two ogres - the first one is standing right at the end of the room, and the second one is hiding in the right corner. It is better not to fight both at once and try to lure them to the stairs in order to kill them one by one. From the corpse in the back of the room you can take ghostly lily of the valley и golden rune.
How to open the door to the boss in the catacombs of Leindell
Pick up in the northeast Resin from the root from the corpse and return to the room with two ogres. In the right corridor, collect Grave violet, kill the fanged imps and go down the two ladders in succession.
At the very bottom, go along the corridor, pick up sacred buds from the corpse and reach the lever. Pull it and go down to the lowest level of the location in the northwest.
Then find an open door in the starting area of the dungeon and climb the stairs to the next part of the dungeon to fight the local boss, Blood Priest Esgar.
How to kill Blood Priest Esgar
Blood Priest Esgar - is optional boss, which looks like a hooded humanoid. He wields a magical dagger that causes bleeding on impact. Will fight with him two bloody dogs, running around and attacking the Extinguished One.
Esgar's main danger is the bleeding effect that accumulates from his blows. If the blood scale reaches the maximum, the player will immediately die, regardless of the level or amount of their health. Accumulated bleeding should be closely monitored and reduced as needed.
The boss can use the following tricks:
- Jump kick - makes a jerk forward and jumps, trying to hit with a dagger.
- Wide attack - performs a bloody dagger strike in an arc at a distance.
- Blood-flame claws – strikes the space in front of him, leaving fiery claw marks that will explode in a couple of seconds.
- fly swarm - shoots a swarm of red flies at a long distance. The flies quickly increase the bleeding bar and track the Extinguished One, preventing them from simply dodging.
For a confident victory over the boss, it is better to immediately call on the spirits to distract Esgar or his dogs.
Close combat tactics
First you need be sure to kill the dogsthat prevent you from attacking the boss. Dogs have little health - they are enough for a couple of normal hits, no more. Next, attack Esgar himself, but do not forget to run back in time after creating the exploding Claws.
Killing the boss is relatively easy - he has a small amount of health and no defensive skills. The main thing is not to allow bleeding to accumulate, otherwise instant death will occur at full scale.
Ranged tactics
For magicians, it is better to immediately apply combat spell with area damageto hit Esgar and his dogs. Then you can summon spirits and spam with ranged charms high precision to kill the boss.
What drops for killing Blood Priest Esgar
After the death of the boss, the player will receive Triumph of the Lord of the Blood - A unique talisman that increases the wearer's attack power against bleeding enemies.
Read on:In a separate guide - All the catacombs in Elden Ring: where to find, how to open and go – collected information about other catacombs of Interearth.