Mohgwyn Palace
Mohg's blood-soaked dynasty, reached through the Consecrated Snowfield waygate or Varré's medal. Mohg, Lord of Blood holds the way into Shadow of the Erdtree.
- Suggested level: 100–130
Bosses
- Mohg, Lord of Blood: Waits in the Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum, reached by Varre's invitation or the snowfield waygate. Purifying Crystal Tear in the flask stops his blood curse; stay close and roll through the flame waves.
Sites of Grace
- Palace Approach Ledge-Road
- Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance
- Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint
- Cocoon of the Empyrean
Items found here
- White Mask: Beat all three Nameless White Mask invaders in the blood lake below the Palace Approach Ledge-Road grace.
- War Surgeon Gown: Revert the altered gown from the White Mask invaders at a Site of Grace to get this version.
- War Surgeon Gown (Altered): The White Mask invaders in Mohgwyn's blood lake drop the gown in this altered form.
- War Surgeon Gloves: Beat all three Nameless White Mask invaders in the blood lake below the Palace Approach Ledge-Road grace.
- War Surgeon Trousers: Beat all three Nameless White Mask invaders in the blood lake below the Palace Approach Ledge-Road grace.
- Ash of War: Blood Tax: Kill the Teardrop Scarab in a small cave on the edge of the blood lake in Mohgwyn Palace and it gives you this.
- Mohg's Great Rune: Dropped by Mohg, Lord of Blood in Mohgwyn Palace. Restore it at the Divine Tower of East Altus.
- Remembrance of the Blood Lord: Dropped by Mohg, Lord of Blood in Mohgwyn Palace. Trade it to Finger Reader Enia in Roundtable Hold for Bloodboon or Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear.
- Map: Mohgwyn Palace: Below Mohgwyn Palace on the way to the Dynasty Mausoleum, just beyond the blood-soaked Albinaurics that raise giant skeletons.
- Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [24]: Mohgwyn Palace: on a corpse at the cliff edge beyond the blood swamp, where the giant crows roam.
- Imprisoned Merchant's Bell Bearing: The Imprisoned Merchant at a dead end on the left side of the Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum. Merchants never die on their own, so you must kill him to get it.
- Swarm of Flies: In Mohgwyn Palace, walk north from the Palace Approach Ledge-Road grace and hug the eastern side of the blood swamp; a cave there holds the body.
- Haligdrake Talisman +2: Keep the cliff on your right past the giant skeletons until you reach a small graveyard watched by a Giant Crow; it lies by a grave.
- Golden Seed: On an islet in the south of the blood lake, guarded by birds. It and the Dynasty Mausoleum seed erase each other after a reload, so take that one first and run here without resting or warping.
- Golden Seed: On a corpse reached by a long jump from the rocks past the Sanguine Noble near the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint grace. Grab it, then head straight for the blood-lake seed without reloading or you only keep one.
- Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone: In a chest at the feet of the giant statue by the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint grace, guarded by a Sanguine Noble and a band of Albinaurics.
- Varré's Bouquet: After his questline sends you to Mohgwyn Palace, find White Mask Varré near the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint grace and defeat him.
Walkthrough: Mohgwyn Palace: The Lord of Blood
- North-west of the Yelough Anix Ruins in the western snowfield, defeat the invader Sanguine Noble for the Sanguine Noble Set; this wakes the nearby waygate.
- Step onto the waygate just west of there to arrive at the Palace Approach Ledge-Road grace.
- Explore the blood lake to the south until a Nameless White Mask invades three separate times; win each fight for the War Surgeon Set.
- Go north past the horn-blowing Albinaurics, then west to a ruin where a seated corpse holds Map: Mohgwyn Palace.
- Climb the stairs nearby to the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance grace.
- Follow the tunnel to its far end and touch the Dynasty Mausoleum Midpoint grace.
- Head back into the tunnel, use the red sign to invade White Mask Varré and defeat him.
- Talk to the dying Varré near his sign and take Varré's Bouquet.
- At the grace, mix the Purifying Crystal Tear into your Flask of Wondrous Physick to blunt Mohg's blood curse.
- Climb past the grace, ride the lift and defeat Mohg, Lord of Blood.
- Rest at the Cocoon of the Empyrean grace that appears beside Miquella's cocoon.
Walkthrough: Gravesite Plain: Crossing into the Land of Shadow
- Before the DLC opens you need two base-game kills: Starscourge Radahn in Caelid and Mohg, Lord of Blood in Mohgwyn Palace.
- Speak with Needle Knight Leda, who now stands beside Miquella's cocoon at the Cocoon of the Empyrean grace.
- Reach out to the withered arm hanging from the cocoon to be carried into the Land of Shadow.
- Ride a short way north-east from where you arrive and touch the Gravesite Plain grace.
- Keep going north-east past the pale tree hung with corpses; a small altar beyond it holds a Revered Spirit Ash.
- Further north-east, read the stele to add Map: Gravesite Plain.
- Spare every friendly, Pest-like Forager you meet in the DLC; killing them angers Moore and can cost you cookbooks and quest rewards.
- Ride north through the burned-out settlement to the Scorched Ruins grace.
- In the graveyard east of Scorched Ruins, chase down the glowing Shadowpot before it flees; it drops a Scadutree Fragment.
- Optional detour: take the road south from Scorched Ruins to where it ends at the Church of Consolation for two Scadutree Fragments.
- Head north-west along the road and touch the Three-Path Cross grace.
- Examine Miquella's Cross beside the grace and pick up the Scadutree Fragment at its foot.
- Chat with Redmane Freyja by the grace until she has nothing new to say.
- Talk to Hornsent sitting nearby; he gives you the Cross Map, which marks more of Miquella's Crosses.
- Ride west along the road until the Main Gate Cross grace comes into view, and activate it.
- Check Miquella's Cross by this grace too; another Scadutree Fragment lies beneath it.
- Meet Moore, the merchant who leads the Forager Brood; browse his stock and keep chatting to hear him out.
- Speak with Sir Ansbach at the same cross until his lines start repeating.