xiphoid keys в Elden Ring — a special item that helps to get to secret locations, access to which opens after interactions with imp statues. They often hide valuable collectible treasures that can enhance a character's stats or make it easier to kill elite monsters in the Interearth.
How to use the Sword Key
Faced with the statues of the demon, use sword key on itto open a foggy wall and a secret location with many useful items and relics.
- The player can keep to 99 xiphoid keys in quick access slots.
- The player can store to 600 sword keys in inventory.
- The player can choose two sword keys as starting relic during character creation.
Location of the Sword Keys on the map
Graveyard
- Lake Eghill: Start in the southeastern part of the location and go to the Dragon-Burned Ruins. Find a corpse in one of the stone fortresses - it will store 1st sword key Graveyard.
- Bridge of Sacrificial Offerings: 2-oh the key is on the southern border Graveyard, not far from the Weeping Peninsula. This area is patrolled by a group of hostile monsters, so keep your weapons ready.
- Murkwater Dungeon: the cave is located in the central part of Zamogilje, nearby from the place of grace «near the gate". Once in the lower levels of the location, reach the deep tunnels and fight a mini-boss named Patch. Defeating him will reward the hero Patch's Bell Sphere. She must be taken to the Twin Old Handmaids in Round Table Keep (after 3rd sword key can be bought for 5.000 runes)
- Shack on Thunder Hill: Search the hut near Stormvale Castle. In her backyard a corpse will rest, hiding 4rd sword key Graveyard.
weeping peninsula
- place of grace «Morne castle ramparts»: not far from the main road sits a traveling merchant who sells one xiphoid key.
- Hill on the eastern edge: look for corpse on the slope the hill that hides in its rotten robes the next xiphoid key of the Weeping Peninsula.
- Morne Castle: start the journey from the place of grace «Behind the castle” (to find this “bonfire”, jump over the wall on the southeast side of Morne). From here, continue on your way until you reach a broken fortress wall (orient yourself along the cliff so as not to get lost). Pass through and take little key, lying on the wooden surface of the platform.
- Western part of the peninsula: from the cave "Chamber of Thomabs" move in the southwestern direction until you find a small shack. Here the main character will be met by an Isolated merchant who sells three sword keys (2.000 runes/1 pc.).
Stormvale Castle
- place of grace «rampart tower»: enter the inside of the castle and jump on the ledge of the roof with sandbags. Then jump over to the neighboring fortress dilapidated hill and get to the room in which lies 1st sword key Stormvale.
- The interior of Stormvale Castle: jump over the sandbags to reach the room guarded by the hostile knight with halberd (part of the fortress with the Grafted offspring). Fight the monster and climb the stairs to the roof to reach up to the mezzanine. Then go to the platform and pick up 2nd key next to a corpse.
- place of grace «Hall with lift»: go to the outside of the castle and jump down with the help of high ramparts.
Thus, the lower level of the fortress will be discovered, where among the huge abundance of objects you can find 3rd sword key.
Fortress of the Round Table
- Once the main character will be open inner part Fortresses of the Round Table, Enya's trader will start sell three xiphoid key.
Lake Liurnia
- River Ainsel: go through the well to the back of the rock and search the lone corpse sitting on a high chair. Thus will be found 1st xiphoid key lakes of Liurnia.
- Western part of Lake Liurnia: Travel to the Academy's Love City and reach the flooded church tower (saddle a horseto immediately jump to the desired surface). There will be a chest here. 2nd key region.
Rai Lukaria Academy
- Internal Audience: go to the southeast academy room and break illusory wall, disguised under the bookcase. Enter the room and search the stone body hidden behind the altar for 1st xiphoid key.
- Main courtyard of the academy: Kill one of the first bosses of the academy and go to the main courtyard of the location. Come up to the stone buildingvaguely resembling a fountain, and take 2nd key.
Leindell
- Cave «sealed tunnel»: Jump into the water to reach the southwestern part of the dungeon. There will be a xiphoid key here.
For more precise orientations, you can also use Interactive map of Elden Ringby marking the points Key Items -> Stonesword Key.
Where to buy sword keys
Sword Keys in Elden Ring can buy:
- у Twin old maids in the Fortress of the Round Table;
- у Wandering Trader near the Place of Grace "Morne Castle Ramparts" (Weeping Peninsula);
- у An isolated merchant not far from the cave "Chamber of Thomabs" (Weeping Peninsula);
- у Enya's merchants in the Fortress of the Round Table.
Where better to spend sword keys in Elden Ring
Read on:Reading the article "Statues of imps in Elden Ring - where to find on the map of Interearth”, you can find out what objects are hidden behind certain statues of demons on the map of Interearth.