Successfully navigating this subterranean sepulcher demands both skill and patience, though the reward may be worth it for Elden Ring players eager to advance a particular character’s questline.
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Important Items:
Fireproof Dried Liver: This craftable item temporarily boosts fire damage negation by 15% for sixty seconds. The cookbook for this item can be found in a small bandit encampment just east of Agheel Lake North site of grace. Gelmir Hero’s Grave is flooded with lava and includes a few enemies capable of ranged attacks which inflict fire damage, so adding this item to the hotbar may be a good idea. Spelldrake Talisman +1: A talisman that negates magical damage. This may come in handy against the dungeon’s boss, which has a suite of magical attacks. Ash of War: Bloodhounds Step: Looted from a defeated Night’s Cavalry enemy located near Lenne’s Rise in Caelid. The Bloodhound Step Ash of War lengthens the distance the player covers when dodging, which can be helpful when crossing pools of lava.
Gelmir Hero’s Grave Walkthrough
After descending into Gelmir Hero’s Grave and visiting the site of grace found below, follow the path which leads to a long, lava-laden descending path. Walking too far down this path will cause a chariot trap to activate and two skeleton enemies to spring from alcoves in the walls.
Wait a moment, and then take cover in one of these alcoves as the chariot rolls by. It will likely take out the two pursuing skeletons, and, should their bodies land in lava, they will not be able to resurrect. For the unaware, the skeleton enemies must be hit once more after they’ve been felled lest they stand again.
After the chariot passes, continue down the path and dodge roll into the alcove on the left. There’s a skeleton lying in wait here, so players must be careful. Once the chariot passes again, it will likely take care of the enemy, and, after that, players must head further down the path and jump into an alcove on the right, harboring a bow-wielding skeleton.
While annoying, it would be more prudent to take any incoming damage from the enemy, as its damage output is negligible compared to the instantly-lethal chariot.
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After the chariot passes, head to the end of the path. Here, players can turn left to safety or continue down the river of lava. Doing so is risky, though the Quickstep or Bloodhound Step ash could be very helpful here.
Those pursuing this path will want to rest and heal in a small alcove where the hall turns to the left and then continue to an empty room containing a chest. This contains Elden Ring’s undeniably odd Ringed Finger Hammer, a relatively weak weapon that scales with Strength and Dexterity, albeit poorly.
Deeper Into The Depths
Players who turned left at the end of the path will want to approach the next room with caution, as an agile enemy is lying in wait to the left just past the entrance. After that, there’s a torch-bearing baddie in plain sight and a bow-equipped enemy in the darkness in the room’s rear. They are easily dealt with, and players can ignore the other enemies in the room, as they only turn hostile unless provoked.
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Up the stairs, players will find another bow-bearing enemy. Beyond that is a flame-spewing pillar that requires precise timing to slip past. However, once it’s accessed, attacking it will cause it to recede into the floor permanently.
To the right, there’s a chamber with some unremarkable loot and meager enemies. Heading forward, however, results in another hallway occupied by a chariot trap. Once it passes, sprint to the left, hide from it in another skeleton-occupied nook, and then, when the path briefly narrows, carefully drop onto a small ledge below.
Follow the path into a room containing, at its far end, loot guarded by a Bloodhound Knight. This is the Gelmir Knight Set, one of Elden Ring’s sturdier and more fashionable armor sets.
From there, continue up the ladder and carefully jump through a window and onto a rafter. Walk to the center of the adjoining rafters and wait for the chariot trap to roll by. It will turn in a semi-circle here, and players must drop onto a small platform atop the trap. Although necessary, this is very dangerous, as a slight miscalculation or botched input will likely be fatal.
After falling on it, allow the chariot to roll to the bottom of the lava-covered hallway and jump onto a nearby raised platform once it reaches its end. The next room contains a descending staircase that leads to the boss room, allowing for what should be a familiar fight against Raya Lucaria’s Red Wolf of Radagon, now known as the Red Wolf of the Champion.
Red Wolf of the Champion Boss Tips
As previously mentioned, the Spelldrake Talisman +1, found in Sellia, Town of Sorcery in Caelid, may be useful here, as it helps to negate damage from incoming magic attacks. The Red Wolf of the Champion is weak to physical attacks, but it can’t easily be bled or frostbitten. As with all boss encounters in Elden Ring, those struggling may improve their odds by employing Rune Arcs or Spirit Ashes, such as the all-powerful Mimic Tear Ashes or the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes. Given that the boss doesn’t have all that much HP, a player could summon the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes and hack away at the boss while its attention is focused on the summon, defeating it before the Jellyfish is felled.
Gelmir Hero’s Grave Rewards
Those who’ve spoken with D, Hunter of the Dead in Limgrave or at Roundtable Hold may have been made privy to a secret teleporter that grants them access to the Beastial Sanctum in Caelid. In it resides Beast Clergyman Gurranq, who will grant the Clawmark Seal and Beast Eye in exchange for a single deathroot.
When entering Gelmir Hero’s Grave, the Beast Eye will quiver, indicating the presence of deathroot, and deathroot ends up being the ultimate prize for plundering the dungeon. Offering deathroot to Gurranq will yield ever greater prizes, though he mostly grants spells and items that are primarily useful to those who’ve put a few points into Faith.
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