Elden Ring: Mirage Rise Puzzle Solution (Phantom Crest Locations)

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As players explore the Altus Plateau region in Elden Ring, they will come across a location known as Mirage Rise near the Second Church of Marika. This location appears as a tower on the in-game map, though fans will find no such structure in this position initially. Instead, players will encounter a tome that instructs them to touch three phantom crests, and this guide will detail their locations and how to access Elden Ring's Mirage Rise.

As indicated by the Mirage Rise tome, there are three phantom crests, and the first one is situated directly next to the tome itself. From this position, players should summon Torrent in Elden Ring and ride in a southwestward direction. After traveling a short distance, fans should run directly into the second crest, and they should be prepared to battle some phantom imps upon arrival.

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While these first two Mirage Rise phantom crests are quite easy to track down, that is not the case with the final one. To locate it, players should head east, stopping when they are between the Bower of Bounty and the Forest-Spanning Greatbridge Sites of Grace in Elden Ring. These Sites of Grace are just southwest of Altus Plateau's Minor Erdtree, and players are looking for a large boulder in the position that is marked on the following map.

Upon locating this boulder, which has a distinct glow at night, players should hit it with any attack to reveal the third and final phantom crest. Indeed, this rock is illusory, and Elden Ring fans must simply interact with the hidden crest once it is revealed to complete the puzzle and cause a tall tower to appear back at the Mirage Rise tome. Now all that is left to do is ride back to the tower, climb