Elden Ring Map: Where To Find Your First Map Fragment
Elden Ring is an absolutely massive open-world game filled to the brim with secrets, new items to find, hidden pathways, and exciting locations that can completely change how you go about playing. Of course, finding all of that can be a daunting task, especially in the beginning of the game while you're still trying to get your bearings. But one item aims to make life much easier on you: Map Fragments.
At first, your map looks like a blurry mess, but finding your very first Map Fragment will fill in a large area with significantly more detail and provide you with a better understanding of your surroundings. Once you can see where to go more clearly, you'll have a much easier time seeking out notable points of interest and making use of map markers.
The West Limgrave Map Fragment rests at the base of a tall stone slab called a Guide Stele located at the north side of the Gateside Ruins. While getting to the ruins is very easy, you may find surviving the encounters there a bit challenging so early in your journey.
To find the Gateside Ruins, head northeast from the Site of Grace located where you emerge from the tutorial into Limgrave. As you follow the road in that direction, you'll pass through a forest and emerge on the other side with the large encampment in front of you. It's home to a handful of cool items--including the first Map Fragment--and a hell of a lot of bad guys.
In order to be able to comfortably explore this camp, you'll want to clear it of soldiers first. To do so could be a bit of an undertaking if you haven't leveled up any yet, but it's doable. Most notably, you'll want to do your best to stealth into the center of the camp and kill the trumpet-wielding soldier first, as he will alert the entire camp
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