There are many new Catacombs to explore inElden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. Many of them are hard to find, especially if you have not thoroughly searched the map. These Catacombs feature promising rewards, including gear that might be just what you need to perfect your build.

Unlike most other dungeons, Darklight Catacombs hides away the Abyssal Woods area of the DLC’s map, which isn’t accessible otherwise. Getting to the Catacombs itself is a tricky task. However, you can reach this dungeon right after getting access to Shadow Keep in Scadu Atlas and get your hands on all the noteworthy items, Talismans, and equipment.

The room with the painting in Shadow Keep.

How To Reach Darklight Catacombs

The Darklight Catacombs can be reached after you’ve defeatedRellana, Twin Moon Knight, and gained access to theScadu Atlas region. After that, you’ll have tomake your way to the Shadow Keep’s Main Entrance. Face the Golden Hippopotamus and defeat it to progress further.

After defeating the Golden Hippopotamus, make your way toward the door on the left and keep moving ahead until you come across a large hall with two Black Knights. Go through the room, through a door on the left, and you will reach alarge open area with boat-like structures.

The Tarnished is standing next to the ledge in Darklight Catacombs' first layer.

Be wary of the Vulgar Militiamen hiding behind the boat-like structures.

Move straight ahead toward the other end of the area, and you’ll come across a ladder. Head down, and go left. You’ll see another ladder here leading downwards. Go down, and you’ll reach a room with a painting. There’s anillusory wallhere leading to theCastle Watering Hole Site of Grace.

The Tarnished has obtained the Big Mouth Imp Ashes from a chest.

There will be a Furnace Golem right ahead of the Castle Watering Hole Site of Grace, butkeep moving toward the southeast for a long while, and you’ll eventually come across the dungeon’s entrance.

ensure you’re carrying a Lantern or a Torch as you head into this dungeon, as it will make things a lot easier by lighting your way.

The Tarnished is fighting against Jori, Elder Inquisitor.

Darklight Catacombs: First Layer Walkthrough

As you enter the Darklight Catacombs, you’ll have tohead down the elevator. You’ll come across the Site of Grace; rest there, and then move forward. An Imp is waiting toward the end of the path; kill it and head right.Move left downstairs, and you’ll reach a room with two Imps.

One of them is patrolling across the stairs in the room, and the other one is hiding to your right. Kill them both and move downstairs, but be wary of aBig Mouth Imp to your right. Here, before you progress to the pathway on your right as you move downstairs, be sure to move back to the tunnel right under the ledge and pull the lever, as it will light up the current layer.

The player has obtained Barbed Staff-Spear after defeating Jori, Elder Inquisitor.

Now, get back to where you killed the Big Mouth Imp and progress ahead. Here, you’ll come acrossa fence to your left. Jump over the fence, and you’ll land on a ledge.Head straight to where the ledge is slightly brokenand carefully fall from there. You’ll land in a room where you’ll find theViridian Amber Medallion +3, a Talisman that raises your total stamina.

After getting the Talisman, head back and drop down to the bridge below. There’s a Putrescence Sorcerer behind you. Kill him and head downwards on the bridge, and you’llreach the elevator to the second layer.

Darklight Catacombs: Second Layer Walkthrough

As you reach the second layer, head straight forward, and you’ll come across an Imp. Kill it and move towards the area where the fence is slightly broken. You’ll drop down on a ledge below, and there,you’ll find an Imp clinging to the roof and a Putrescence Sorcererstanding in the corner of the room.

Kill them both,grab the Death Knight Armorset from the room, and progress ahead. The Death Knight Armor boosts Weapon Skills and Incantations belonging to the Ancient Dragon Cult by two percent per piece.

There’s a ladder in the room. Drop down the ladder, and you’ll reach a ledge with a Putresence Sorcerer. Kill the sorcerer anddrop down from the ledge onto the stairs below. Be wary of the imps here towards your back. Kill them and continue moving downstairs. You’ll shortly reach the elevator to the third layer of the dungeon.

Darklight Catacombs: Third Layer Walkthrough

After you reach the third layer and move ahead, you’llfind a huge Big Mouth Imp sitting on an elevated platform. It’ll begin shooting you right as you move downstairs. Avoid killing it right away with ranged attacks, because if you do so, the item it drops might become inaccessible.

If you kill the large Big Mouth Imp before getting the platform down, the item will get stuck there, even if you pull the lever afterward. Dying anywhere will cause the Imp to respawn on the now-lowered platform, and you may kill it again to get the item.

Dodge its attacks,run towards the path on your left, and you’ll reach a lever at the end of the path. Activating the lever will bring down the large Big Mouth Imp’s platform while lighting up the layer.

Once the platform is down, you can kill the large Big Mouth Imp andclaim the Great Ghost Glovewort item. Drop down the platform onto the small bridge. There will be a chest ahead with Big Mouth Imp Ashes. After picking up the item, go up on the ladder in the room and progress ahead.

Drop down on the stairs from here, and continue going downstairs. You’ll find an Imp here; kill it. Continue downstairs, andyou’ll come across a liftleading down to the boss arena.

How To Beat Jori, Elder Inquisitor

Jori, Elder Inquisitoris a unique boss that you’ll find in Darklight Catacombs. Jori focuses heavily onlong-range Incantations and Spirit Summons. The boss will teleport to a random location in the arena if it takes too much damage.

Jori isweak to Fireand is alsovulnerable to Sleepand other status effects,except Madness. You can use this boss arena to your advantage. There are plenty of gravestones here that can be used to block Jori’s projectile attacks.

If you’ve been staying in one place for too long,Jori may repeatedly cast the Spira Incantation, which activates under your feet after a short delay, dealing considerable damage. When this happens, it’s best to just run toward him and backstab him as he’s casting the spell, which will also interrupt his Incantation.

Once Jori is left with 60 percent of his health, he’ll start summoning several spirits that will make it difficult for you to approach the boss. Killing the spirits isn’t worth it, as they have fairly high HP, and the boss will just summon them again shortly afterward. It’s better to justdodge and wait for the spiritsto go away by themselves.

Defeating Jori, Elder Inquisitor, rewards the player with theBarbed Staff-Spear and 260,000 runes. The weapon comes with a unique Ash of War called Jori’s Inquisition. The Ash of War causes you to shoot multiple arcs, and if you hold down the Weapon Skill button, the weapon will continue to shoot out arcs until you run out of FP.

The Barbed Staff-Spearscales of Strength, Dexterity, and Faith. The weapon deals Physical and Holy Damage and also causes Bleed build-up on the enemy upon melee attacks.