Elden Ring Altus Plateau Guide: Where To Go, Items To Get, And Enemies To Watch Out For

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Welcome to Atlus Plateau in Elden Ring, land of gold, death, the royal capital, death, windmills, and death. This destination marks a turning point in your journey through the Lands Between, playing host to a number of key story events that dramatically change the narrative’s trajectory and some new and important characters as well. Despite the relatively small size of the map, there’s plenty to see and do here.

Whether you arrive on the Grand Lift of Dectus or from the hidden tunnel system up the mountain, your first destination should be the road leading to the capital. It runs north through Altus Plateau and is guarded by a number of soldier battalions. This is the path you’ll take if you just want to advance the story, though you’ll need at least two Great Runes before you can enter the capital.

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As you’d expect from a location so near the Erdtree, Altus Plateau has a number of saplings with Golden Seeds for you to collect. Unlike other Golden Seed saplings, the ones nearer the capital city have two Golden Seeds, making them an excellent way to level up your Flasks for the battles ahead.

Windmill Village hosts an overlooked part of The Lands Between’s social culture. It’s home to a rustic bunch happy to while away the days singing creepy songs, laughing menacingly, and dancing around dead bodies strewn along the road underneath flower-bedecked crucifixes depicting Queen Marika.

At the top of the hill is a powerful Godskin Apostle, a worm-human hybrid who