Elden Ring Siofra River Guide: Where To Go, Items To Get, And Enemies To Watch Out For

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Welcome to Siofra River in Elden Ring, an underground wonderland of beauty and suffering you might have stumbled into before quickly realizing it was a bad place to linger. Siofra River is home to a number of late-game points of interest, including two bosses with Remembrances up for grabs and one of the best Spirit summons in the game. Even with a strong set of equipment, you’re still barred from accessing the River’s upper regions until completing one of Elden Ring’s major optional battles.

You’ll take an elevator to reach the river. The first is in Limgrave, northwest of Fort Haight. You can find the Deep Siofra River Well inCaelid’s Dragonbarrow, though this location and the area it takes you to are significantly more dangerous than the first entrance to Siofra.

One of Siofra River’s early bosses is the Ancestor Spirit, a giant deer willing to grant you its Spirit Ashes if you defeat its earthly remains. You’ll find the Ancestor Spirit in the Hallowhorn Grounds, but it only appears if you light the eight braziers scattered around and northeast of the river. A contingent of ghostly soldiers roam around the land north of the riverbank. They--and especially the archers--can easily destroy you in one hit. Mind how you go if you decide to try this battle early in the game, and use Fire and Holy damage to exploit the Ancestor’s weaknesses.

Under the stairs leading to the Hallowhorn Grounds is a corpse. Their misfortune is your gain. Siofra River might have proven too much for this hapless traveler, but you can pick up their Horn Bow and put it to good use. The Horn Bow features a couple of unique aspects that make it worthwhile for any ranged class. Mighty Shot, its skill, increases the power of your bow strikes, but the