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Likely one of the first optional dungeons you’ll explore inElden Ring’s official DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, Belurat Gaol is the type of place to leave a deep impression. Unlike anything you’ve discovered in the Lands Between, you’ll find yourself initially excited to explore the depths of this new location.
However, Belurat Gaol is a gaol nonetheless, and it doesn’t advertise sunny beaches and moonlit strolls within its ceramic prisons. By the time you reach the end of this gaol’s reaches, you’ll be crying to go home. Thankfully, this guide might make the experience a little more palatable.
Everything You Need To Know About Belurat Gaol
Belurat Gaol islocated upstream (to the west) from the lake in the Gravesite Plain. It is the same lake where the Ghostflame Dragon can be found. You’ll find thecave entrance tucked into the cliffside.On the map, it should be at the point where the water diverges into the Belurat Tower Settlement borders.
As you enter this dungeon, be warned that it is unlike any other dungeons in the base game.It is far lengthier.
Due to its length and lack of shortcuts, youmight want to make these preparations:
This dungeon takes approximately 10-25 minutes to complete and has one platforming section at its midway point.
Descending Into The Depths
As you enter the gaol for the first time, yourfirst enemy will be found just after you enter the main chamber. They will attack from behind the stack of crates to your left. Dealing with them,follow the main pathdownward to the first of many traps.The stairs will fall out beneath youat the end of the path, dropping you into a wide area with several weak enemies.
Go through the door in the cave wall, but beware thehidden enemy behind the rockson the right. ASilver Horn Tendercan be found in here.
Afterward, venture across the natural land bridge and along the main path filled with weak enemies.
There’s nothing of note in the area besides anyFrozen Maggotyou might find, so in the room filled with pots,look at the hole in the wall to the right.
Jump through itinto the room below. Through the door on the far side, there’s a dining area of sorts with weak enemies inside.
There is an item in here, but it is only aBroken Rune. It is better to ignore it, as the enemies will not attack until you pick it up.
The door nearby leads to a ledge, but before you continue onward, detour slightly to the right tograb theThawfrost Boluseshidden behind the crates. Continuing onward,enter the hanging jar chamber and circle the space to the door on the other side.
Remain wary of the two shades sitting on the ledge here.
Enter this door, and you’ll see anitem across the way. Do not yet pick it up.Instead,look to your leftto see a pot on the ground. Inside is a new type of enemy: Jar Innards.
These enemies are extremely bulky with three main attacks:
Attack it furiously as it climbs out of the jar and thengrab theShadow Realm Rune [3]nearby.
Returning to the jar room,descend the pots over the ledgein front of the door you just exited from.This is a platforming sectionwhere you’ll navigate downward along the jars. The chains make it a little trickier than usual, but there are no enemies or gimmicks to worry about until the bottom.
As you reach the second-to-last jar,pause and look down at the jar on the ground. This is not a fake jar. The living jar enemy will throw you off as you fall onto it, so rather than fall prey,descend with a jumping attack on its head.There are a few more tiny jar enemies in the area, so dispose of them before moving onward toward the nearby door.
Before exiting, however, there are two Jar Innard enemies that will crawl out of sideways jars. Kill them before moving on.
Outside the door,there is a Jar Innard on your right.Don’t let it get the better of you. you may nowjump over the ledge onto the bridgewhere there is a new variation of the Jar Innards.These Jar Innards are wearing jars still, and they’ll leap toward you, smashing the jar on impact. To deal with them:
Defeat all enemiesbefore proceeding to the next trap: another set of falling stairs. Once you fall, you’ll be trapped in the bowels of the gaol in the Jar Pit.
You cannot jump over the falling stairs into the following section by any normal means and are not meant to.
How To Escape The Jar Pit
The Jar Pit is a maze of large jarswith several items to be discovered as well as enemies. Inside this area,you can find - and are not limited to - the following items:
However, your main objective is toescape through a door in the wall.
To reach this exit,you do not have to climb any jars or fallen debris.These methods are only for those who wish to find the many items in the area.
Follow the main path,taking no turnsdown other paths,until you find a pair of shadestraveling together. The door should be located a small ways behind them. Through the door, there’s an area witha large living jar to your right.Defeat it, the nearby shade, and the two small jarsbefore you progress over the gap ahead.
There is a Jar Innard hiding in the first jar on the left. It will explode only as you near.
Two more Jar Innards wearing jars will approach and begin combat as well. Only when all three are defeated will you be able to progress. There is ahanging jar on the far ledge.Jump onto it and then onto the pillarsahead before descending toward the boss fog wall.
How To Defeat Demi-Human Swordmaster Onze
The Demi-Human Swordmaster Onze is a verysmall but quick boss that can inflict Frostbite.He uses magical means of damage, and he hasboth the ability to:
This slippery fella can deal whopping damage if you allow him to get any attack off thanks to his insane speed.
Thankfully, there is one thing that he is cripplingly weak to:poise damage.Swordmaster Onze’s poise is laughably weak, meaning he staggers to even a pair of daggers.Be aggressive, dodge through his speedy attacks, and you’ll eventually come out with theDemi-Human Swordsman YoshSpirit Ash.
