Belurat, Tower Settlement walkthrough for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

Belurat, Tower Settlement is the first legacy dungeon you’ll explore in the Shadow Lands of Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. You’ll find it to the northwest of where you start your journey and reach it just by following the main road.

Our Elden Ring guide will walk you through the Belurat, Tower Settlement legacy dungeon in Shadow of the Erdtree and point you toward every site of grace, boss fight, and important item.

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Belurat, Tower Settlement location

Belurat is located in the northwest of Shadow of the Erdtree’s starting region, the Gravesite Plain. This is your first stop on the quest to follow Miquella given to you by Needle Knight Leda.

Inside Belurat, you’ll meet one NPC, Hornsent Grandam, and you’ll face tough fights against Fire Knight Queelign, an Ulcerated Tree Spirit, and the Divine Beast Dancing Lion. After beating the Dancing Lion, you’ll find a note pointing you to the next destination on your journey.

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Entering Belurat, Tower Settlement

From where you first emerge into the Shadow Realm, follow the road north through the Scorched Ruins (and past the first Furnace Golem). From the Three-Path Cross site of Grace where you meet Redmane Freyja and Hornsent, follow the road west and through the gap in the mountains to reach the Main Gate Cross Site of Grace.

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There, you’ll find another Miquella’s Cross, another Scadutree Fragment, and the NPCs Sir Moore and Ansbach. Head northwest up the stairs and through the huge doors.

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Inside, you’ll meet your first giant Spider Scorpion. Behind it, there’s a Revered Spirit Ash at the top of the stairs inside at the weird altar and some poisonbone darts back to the right.

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Continue up the stairs and through the rest of the gatehouse. At the top of even more stairs, the Belurat, Tower Settlement Site of Grace will be on your left.

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Reach the Small Private Altar Site of Grace

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We’ll start by heading to the east. Go past the main doors and clear the Shadow Undead around the fountain. Take the stairs on the right and then take a left along the street.

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There’re more Shadow Undead to deal with — along with a couple of sniping casters on a bridge. There’s an alley on the right you can duck into for cover, but there are more Shadow Undead waiting for you there.

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Get back to the road, pass under the bridge, and go up the stairs. At the top, take a left into the building. Head up the stairs to the Small Private Altar Site of Grace.

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Fire Knight Queelign invasion

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There are a couple options when you leave. For now, head north and up the stairs to face your first Horned Warrior (of many). Take a right and follow the rubble-strewn path to the east. When you reach the large open area, you’ll get invaded by Fire Knight Queelign (and his terrible haircut). Defeat him for the Crusade Insignia talisman.

Check around the tree in the center of the arena for the Ash of War: Shriek of Sorrow.

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Find the Storeroom Key and meet Hornsent Grandam

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Back where you faced the Horned Warrior, take a left and you’ll be at the top of the waterfall (god, we hope that’s water) that falls down to the fountain square from earlier. Stick to the right (north), to find an alley that leads around to the other side — watch for Shadow Undead as you go.

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Take a left at the river, and then head into the building on your right. Climb the ladder to find the Storeroom Key on a corpse at the top.

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Head all the way back to the Small Private Altar Site of Grace. This time, when you leave, take a left (south) to cross the bridge those casters were sniping from earlier.

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At the far end, you’ll use the Storeroom Key to unlock a door to meet Hornsent Grandam. There’s nothing to do with her yet, but she’s creatively insulting. Unlock the other door just to have more options — it’s not really a shortcut, but it does give you the drop on the Shadow Undead in that dead end.

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Find the Well Depths Key

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Retrace your steps to where you picked up the Storeroom Key. Go past the corpse and take a right up the stairs. At the top of the stairs, turn right. The rampart you’re on is broken, so you’ll have to take another right and work across the rooftops and past some Gravebirds. When you reach the southeast corner, you’ll be standing on some rugs(?) covering a hole in the roof.

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If you look close, there’s a gap you can drop into to reach the room directly below you. Do that. On the left, you’ll find a corpse with the Well Depths Key. Continue west across the bridge, drop off the gap, and climb the ladder — this is where you found the Storeroom Key earlier.

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Go through the door and take a left. Before you head inside the tower at the end of the road, climb over the rubble on your right to find an out-of-sight doorway.

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Deal with the Man-Flies inside and continue through the rooms to the right. You’ll find a Scadutree Fragment and a Miquella’s Cross.

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Continue onto the balcony to the right, and then take a left to find the Dried Bouquet talisman.

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Drop off the balcony and into the gross moat area below you (it’s mercifully not poisonous). There are a lot of Man-Flies and items to pick up, but your goal is over to the left. Follow the moat around and through the door to find a ladder that leads up to the roofs.

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At the top, take the first left and pass through the covered bridge (we’ll be back here in a few minutes). Take a right at the end to bring you back to the other side of the rooftops you crossed earlier.

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Head straight across the rampart — you can climb out of the gap heading this way — to return to where you started this detour. Head into the tower at the end of the street.

Inside, fight the two giant Spider Scorpions to pick up the Bone Bow.

Head back out. Take the first right (to the south) and go down the stairs to find an elevator. Ride it down and look for a switch along the right side in the next room. That switch opens the main doors all the way back at the very first site of grace.

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Explore the poison well

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From the Belurat, Tower Settlement Site of Grace, head east again and through the fountain square (again). This time, turn right at the road. At the next fountain, look to the left for a well with a ladder inside. At the bottom of the ladder, head west and use the Well Depths Key to open the gate.

You’ll come to a poisonous swamp (sewer? moat?), so you’ll want to have some items like Immunizing Cured Meat and Neutralizing Boluses, or the Cure Poison incantation.

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Head to the left first — generally southeast — and work your way around the fallen towers, rooftops, and patches of non-poisonous land to the large open area.

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In the clearing at the end, you’ll find an Ulcerated Tree Spirit that drops an Immunizing Charm +2. Once it’s dead, head back to the northwest and use the fallen towers to climb onto the roofs.

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Work around to the west and then head north along the narrow (non-toxic) alley. Cut back to the east to pass under the bridge. You’ll be attacked by Man-Flies throughout this next section, so be prepared.

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Do a clockwise loop around for collectibles. In the north, past a Horned Warrior, you’ll find the Poisoned Hand weapon. Back to the south, just before the bridge, there’s a landing with a ladder. Climb it. Open the door at the top to open another shortcut back to the first site of grace.

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Reach the Stagefront Site of Grace

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Through those big main doors we just opened, take the elevator back up top. Go up the stairs, take a right, and work around the rooftops — don’t drop down into the room this time. Back on the rampart, cross the covered bridge (you can hide and wait for the horned warrior to pass you if you don’t feel like fighting).

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At the other end, take a left (to the right is the ladder down to the moat we just climbed). You’ll pass a lot of praying Shadow Undead. At the tree just before the stairs, watch along the left for a Revered Spirit Ash.

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Go up the stairs and into the tower — this is above where you found the Bone Bow earlier. Head up the stairs and deal with the Curseblade. Keep taking the stairs all the way up to the Stagefront Site of Grace.

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Divine Beast Dancing Lion boss fight

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Before you head in, there’s a yellow summon sign for Redmane Freyja at the doors. Push through to face the Divine Beast Dancing Lion boss. It will drop the Remembrance of the Dancing Lion and the Divine Beast Head (oversized) helmet. After the fight, which our guide on how to beat Divine Beast Dancing Lion can help you with, hit the new Theatre of the Divine Beast Site of Grace.

Back at Roundtable Hold, the remembrance can be turned into the Enraged Divine Beast talisman or the Ash of War: Divine Beast Frost Stomp.

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After the Divine Beast Dancing Lion

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When you’re ready, look for a doorway to the east of the Theatre of the Divine Beast Site of Grace — it’s just to the right of where you entered. Take the elevator up, push through the doors, and grab the Revered Spirit Ash from the altar ahead of you.

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Off to the left, take the stairs all the way to the top. You can’t get inside, but you’ll find the Tower of Shadow Message from Needle Knight Leda telling you to head east instead (basically, “your princess is in another castle”). Specifically, you’re heading to Castle Ensis next.

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Looking for more Shadow of the Erdtree guides? Check out our guides on new Elden Ring DLC weapons, armor, map fragments, sites of grace, and talismans. We’ve also got location guides on where to find Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes, and an interactive Elden Ring DLC map.