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The best order for exploring and completing these locations is as follows: West Limgrave: Levels One to 15, weapon upgrade +0 to +1 East Limgrave: Levels 10 to 20, weapon upgrade +1 to +2 Weeping Peninsula: Levels 20 to 30, weapon upgrade +3 to +4 Stormveil Castle: Levels 30 to 40, weapon upgrade +3 to +4 South Liurnia of the Lakes: Levels 40 to 50, weapon upgrade +3 to +4 Raya Lucaria Academy: Levels 50 to 60, weapon upgrade +4 to +6 East Lirunia of the Lakes: Levels 50 to 60, weapon upgrade +4 to +6 Ainsel River: Levels 50 to 60, weapon upgrade +4 to +6 West Liurnia of the Lakes: Levels 60+, weapon upgrade +8 to +12 Siofra River: Levels 60+, weapon upgrade plus-eight to +12 South Caelid: Levels 60+, weapon upgrade +10 to +12 Nokron, Eternal City: Levels 70+, weapon upgrade +12 to +15 Siofra Aqueduct: Levels 70+, weapon upgrade +12 to +15 Carian Study Hall: Levels 70+, weapon upgrade +12 to +15 Deeproot Depths: Levels 70+, weapon upgrade +15 to +18 Nokstella, Eternal City: Levels 80+, weapon upgrade +15 to +18 Lake of Rot: Levels 80+, weapon upgrade +15 to +18 Altus Plateau: Levels 80+, weapon upgrade +15 to +18 Mt. Gelmir: Levels 80+, weapon upgrade +15 to +18 Leyndell, Royal Capital: Levels 90+, weapon upgrade +18 to +21 Subterranean Shunning Grounds: Levels 90+, weapon upgrade +18 to +21 Forbidden Lands: Levels 90+, weapon upgrade +18 to +24 Mountaintops of the Giants: Levels 90+, weapon upgrade +21 to +24 Consecrated Snowfield: Levels 90+, weapon upgrade +21 to +24 Mohgwyn Palace: Levels 100+, weapon upgrade +21 to +24 Crumbling Farum Azula: Levels 120+, weapon upgrade +25 Miquella's Haligtree: Levels 120+, weapon upgrade +25 Leyndell, Ashen Capital: Levels 120+, weapon upgrade +25 Elden Ring Progression Route, explained With this progression route, you prioritize\u00a0leveling up and gathering early-game materials\u00a0before pushing on to later-game content.\u00a0Elden Ring\u2019s massive open world has many areas of similar difficulty levels, so ensuring you can\u00a0gather\u00a0the right Smithing Stones and fight bosses of the right difficulty is critical to avoiding frustration. Let\u2019s go over our route to success in more detail. Best early-game Elden Ring progression route Nothing is more intimidating than walking out of The First Step into the wide world of The Lands Between. The first thing you want to do in\u00a0Elden Ring\u2019s early game is\u00a0explore Western Limgrave. Specifically, dodge the\u00a0Tree Sentinel\u00a0and head to the church before rounding the bend toward later encounters. While it is possible to kill this hulking horse-bound rider\u00a0right away, it\u2019s a chore and\u00a0easier\u00a0to do with a few levels and an upgraded weapon. Importantly, before you explore East Limgrave and head south across the Weeping Peninsula, explore the mine in northern Agheel\u00a0Lake,\u00a0called\u00a0the Limgrave Tunnels.\u00a0This\u00a0is where you get your first batch of\u00a0Smithing Stones. Get used to seeing the Mine Entrance icon on your map, as they always lead to areas where you can gather upgrade materials for your weapons. You don\u2019t need to clear East Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula to beat\u00a0Elden Ring, but they provide quite a few materials you want as a new Tarnished. Notably, visiting churches always rewards you with\u00a0Sacred Tears, an upgrade material for your Crimson and Cerulean Tear Flasks. Getting as many as possible is very important, and you can collect four of them across these early sections of Limgrave\u00a0alone. If you\u2019re tired of farming levels, get a weapon with Bleed and head to Northern Caelid, like the Morning Star, which you can loot from a broken carriage in Weeping Peninsula, just south of the bridge from Limgrave. You can bleed the\u00a0Sleeping Dragon, outside of Fort Faroth, to death for a massive bump to your Rune count. You can get nearly 40-50 levels out of it, depending on your starting class and whether you use a Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot. Killing the dragon makes your early game much\u00a0easier. All of this gets you to Stormveil Castle with plenty of levels and upgrade materials under your belt. Morgott and Godrick await you, but they\u2019re really just a stat check. As long as you can tank their hits and deal decent damage back, it\u2019ll only take a few tries to beat them. Best mid-game Elden Ring progression route From here, the world opens up quite a bit. We recommend targeting\u00a0Renalla, Queen of the Moon\u00a0in\u00a0Raya Lucaria Academy. Liurnia of the Lakes is a huge map, but most places of interest\u00a0within it\u00a0are along the sides of the\u00a0lake\u00a0and on its shores. Jog around the sides, and you\u2019ll get most of what you need, including the Smithing Stone cave to the northeast. Once you\u2019ve\u00a0pacified\u00a0Renalla, we recommend going north to Altus Plateau before you clear the castle\u00a0in the\u00a0southeast of Caelid.\u00a0This\u00a0will trigger\u00a0Radahn\u2019s Festival, and you\u2019ll otherwise be stuck fighting multiple bosses and enemies that litter the castle instead of the boss himself. Once he\u2019s dead, you unlock the underground area of\u00a0Nokron. Once\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0done\u00a0with those, head to northern Liurnia of the\u00a0Lake\u2019s\u00a0western side. By this point, you start hitting Smithing Stone (3) and (4) and have a good backlog of weapons, spells, and levels to your name. Mt. Gelmir or Leyndell, Royal Capital are very valid next steps, though we found Mt. Gelmir to feature\u00a0more relevant upgrade materials and more paths to enter.\u00a0Once you\u2019ve killed Rykard, head through northern Caelid for some extra items. The Sellia Crystal Tunnel, where you can get stuck if you open the wrong chest, is located here and is\u00a0a great\u00a0mine for Smithing Stone (5). Then,\u00a0head to\u00a0Leyndell.\u00a0Be sure to\u00a0drop down the well to enter the Subterranean Shunning Grounds for extra materials and access to the Frenzied Flame Seal. There is also quite a bit of content in the courtyard outside Leyndell\u2014including a Smithing Stone mine to the Southwest with the second Smithing Stone Bell Bearing.\u00a0This\u00a0is also around where you should clear out the Deeproot Depths through the back end of the Frenzied Flame Proscription, where you can finish Fia\u2019s questline. And, after that, you can freely take down Nokstella, an area through the Ainsel River Main on the eastern shore of Liurnia. This city is slightly\u00a0more difficult\u00a0than Nokron, so keep your guard up. Once you\u2019ve done all that, you can take out Godfrey and his forgotten throne. At this point, your weapons start reaching the +18 range with Smithing Stone sixes and\u00a0+6\u00a0range with Somber Smithing Stone sixes. That means you\u2019re ready for the late game of\u00a0Elden Ring\u2019s story. Best late-game Elden Ring progression route Once you head to the Mountaintops of the Giants, things get a bit wacky.\u00a0We recommend\u00a0clearing the Mountaintop of the Giants immediately, as it\u00a0is covered\u00a0in the high-ranking Smithing Stones\u00a0you\u00a0need to upgrade your best weapons to a comfortable\u00a0+21,\u00a0or the sombers to get to +8 and +9. However, once you\u2019ve killed the Fire Giant, use the Secret Medallion\u2014that you get from the northwestern Castle Sol and Albus from the Village of the Albinaurics\u2014to head to the Consecrated Snowfield. This secret area is theoretically more difficult than Farum Azula but has a\u00a0mineshaft with high numbers of rare upgrade materials to the bottom-left of the map.\u00a0This\u00a0includes your first Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone, the material you need to get a standard weapon to +25. Once you\u2019ve explored this area well, head to Farum Azula by activating the Forge of the Giants.\u00a0This\u00a0is the last area you need to explore before the final boss gauntlet, so be sure to check every nook and cranny. Before you finish the game, be sure to\u00a0explore the Haligtree.\u00a0This\u00a0is an optional dungeon you can access\u00a0by teleporting from Ordina, Liturgical Town\u00a0in\u00a0the north of the Consecrated Snowfield.\u00a0It\u2019s teeming with high-level enemies and the\u00a0hardest\u00a0boss in the game\u2014Malenia, Blade of Miquella. We recommend slaying her late since you\u2019ll want the\u00a0very\u00a0best stats, weapons, and Talismans to take her down. With Malenia defeated, you should be around level 150, with several +25 standard weapons or +10 special weapons to your name. That means you can teleport to Leyndell, Ashen Capital, and claim your victory\u2014but\u00a0be sure to get the\u00a0Erdtree\u2019s Favor +2\u00a0by heading through the eastern bridge area first. Best boss order in Elden Ring If you're more concerned about the order in which you need to defeat Elden Ring\u2019s major bosses, we've got you covered: Margit, the Fell Omen Godrick the Grafted Red Wolf of Radagon Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon Royal Knight Loretta Starscourge Radahn Regal Ancestor Spirit Dragonlord Placidusax Godskin Noble (Volcano Manor) Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Draconic Tree Sentinel Godfrey, First Elden Lord (Golden Shade) Morgott, the Omen King Fire Giant Mohg, Lord of Blood Godskin Duo Maliketh, the Black Blade Lichdragon Fortissax Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree Malenia, Blade of Miquella Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing Godfrey, First Elden Lord Hoarax Loux, Warrior Radagon of the Golden Order Elden Beast","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/13063111\/maxresdefault-9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625599"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1216166,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625599\/revisions\/1216166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625599"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=625599"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=625599"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=625599"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=625599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
