Nokron, Eternal City walkthrough in Elden Ring (2024)

Nokron, Eternal City, an area below the Liurnia region of Elden Ring, is home to a couple bosses (Regal Ancestor Spirit and Valiant Gargoyles) and a few quintessential items such as the Mimic Tear Ashes, larval tears, and the Fingerslayer blade. Nokron is also important to the Elden Ring lore, as the Ranni’s quest and Fia quest pass through the area.

Read on to find out how to find the Nokron entrance, make your way to the Siofra Aqueduct via the Regal Ancestor Spirit and Valiant Gargoyles, and how to get the Mimic Tear Ashes.

Nokron entrance location

To get into Nokron, you must first defeat Starscourge Radahn, a powerful boss located by Redmane Castle in Caelid. Once slain, Radahn’s control over the stars will wane, allowing a meteor to crash land in eastern Limgrave.

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Approach the crash site, marked by a red icon on your map, from the northwest to find a path leading to the large crater.

Follow the path on the right and drop onto the rocks below until you spot an opening in the rock face. Continue through the entryway and make your way to the doorway below to enter Nokron, Eternal City.

Nokron, Eternal City Grace

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As you enter Nokron, you’ll be greeted with a large cavern full of gothic architecture. Drop down onto the roof below and take notice of the square platform to the right. This can be a tricky jump, so brace yourself. Sprint along the thin rooftop and quickly jump to the right to land on the platform. Continue along the path where you’ll encounter another jump to a different building. Collect the loot off of the corpse here to receive the Ghostflame Torch.

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Proceed to the eastern edge to spot three silver tears, a slime-like enemy, on the roof below. Defeat the silver tears and loot the corpses to find a rune arc. Continue down the rooftops to find another silver tear. Turn left to find two more silver tears and a corpse with 10 burred bolts.

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Turn back to where you came from to spot the fallen building. Drop down to the building, defeat the silver tears, and collect the golden rune (6) and nascent butterflies off of the two corpses. Hop over to the adjacent building and progress forward to find an open window.

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On the top floor, grab the smithing stone (5) and furlcalling finger remedy off of the bodies. Drop down to the next floor and turn around to find a golden rune (6). On the other side of the room, you’ll find a ghost glovewort (3). Head into the next room to find the Nokron, Eternal City Grace.

Mimic Tear Grace

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Proceed out of the doorway, down the stairs, and into the open area with the gazebo. To progress deeper into Nokron, you’ll want to head down the stairs behind the gazebo, but before you do that, search the surrounding area for some key items. In the area around the gazebo, you’ll find the Ghost-Glovewort Picker’s Bell Bearing (1), a smithing stone (4), a smithing stone (5), ghost glovewort (3), and a ghost glovewort (4). In the building beside the stairs, defeat the two enemies inside and collect the larval tear. In the graveyards to the right of the stairs, you’ll find the Greatshield Solder Ashes and two ghost glovewort (3).

Regal Ancestor Spirit pillar locations

Go up the stairs and continue along the bridge to find a somber scarab, dropping a somber smithing stone (5), a golden rune (4), and a ghost glovewort (3). Cross the bridge until you reach an open area on your left.

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In this region, six pillars need to be lit to unlock the Regal Ancestral Spirit boss.

As soon as you enter the area, you’ll spot the first and second pillars. Light these two pillars and hug the wall on your left to find the Ancestral Woods Grace.

Continue northwest along the wall and loot the somber smithing stone (5) off of the corpse in the shallow water.

Start heading north to find the third pillar beside a large stone column, but be wary as there is a lesser red wolf of Radagon lurking around the area.

Continue north to find a teardrop scarab that drops the Ash of War: Enchanted Shot. Proceed north to the cliffside for the fourth pillar, which is surrounded by giant rats.

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Before you head to the next pillar, turn to the west to spot an overgrown ruin. Hop onto Torrent, jump over to the pillar ahead of you, and drop to the floor below to collect the ghost glovewort (5) and the golden rune (12).

Travel over to the northern wall and get onto the slanted wall. Make your way to the top, cross the platform, and hop onto the stone brazier before landing on the bridge. Inside the room, you’ll find an ancestral follower guarding a chest that contains an Ancestral Infant’s Head. There isn’t a conventional method of returning to the previous area, so instead you’ll need to teleport to the Mimic Tear Grace and cross the bridge again.

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Instead of exiting the bridge at the initial point, continue until the end of the bridge to find the fifth pillar on your left. Pass the staircase with the lit pillars, and go southeast to find the fifth pillar surrounded by three ancestral followers. Continue southeast until you reach the initial bridge you crossed to light the sixth and final pillar.

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In between the fifth and sixth pillars, you’ll find a staircase with six lit pillars leading to the Hallowhorn Grounds. At the opposite end, you can interact with the animal remains to encounter the Regal Ancestral Spirit boss, which, upon defeat, rewards you with 24,000 runes and the Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor.

Night’s Sacred Ground walkthrough

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Teleport to the Ancestral Woods grace and jump over to the rooftop ahead. Continue to the edge of the rooftop and hop across to the ledge. Turn right and follow the ledge to where you’ll need to jump over to the building with a corpse that contains rejuvenating boluses. Turn the corner and head up the stairs to find a rune arc, and turn to the left to prepare yourself for yet another jump.

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Jump across to the next building and follow the path to the right to find a celestial dew. Turn around and follow the ledge around the corner. Jump over to the next rooftop to collect the silver tear husk, and return to the original building with the stairs to grab another silver tear husk.

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Hop onto the dome-shaped roof and then over to the next building to encounter two silver tears. Turn the corner and collect the silver tear husks and a golden rune (7) off of the corpses. Continue along the path, cross over the damaged walkway, and enter either of the two windows ahead. Drop into the building and head up the stairs to grab the Black Whetblade off the corpse. Hug the left wall to find an imp seal, which you’ll need a stonesword key to unlock. Defeat the Nox swordstress inside and collect the smithing stone (3) and the Mimic Tear Ashes from the chest.

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Immediately after you exit the room, turn left and exit the left-most window. Jump across to the slanted rooftop and make your way through the open window on your right. Immediately inside, you’ll come across a corpse with the Nox Flowing Hammer. If you’re using a ranged build, feel free to take out the enemies below. If not, get ready to drop down, but be aware: the large silver sphere in the middle of the room is an enemy. After they’ve been slain, collect the larval tear from the silver sphere and exit the building through the large doorway.

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Go to the Night’s Sacred Ground Grace on your left and rest if needed. Heading northeast, defeat the enemies and loot the corpses to receive a celestial dew and a golden rune (7). However, be warned that the last silver tear will turn into a troll. At the top of the stairs, enter the room beneath the enormous skeleton and open the chest to receive the Fingerslayer Blade and a great ghost glovewort. Take the waygate beside the entrance to return to the Ancestral Woods Grace.

Siofra Aqueduct walkthrough

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Jump on your trusty steed, Torrent, and head northeast past the pillar and the jellyfish to the cliff’s edge. Before dropping onto the ledge, turn around to find a path leading to the top of the Hallowhorn Grounds. Head over to the corpse to collect the Mottled Necklace +1. Return to the cliff, jump down below, and move into the cave to unlock the Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs Grace.

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Continue through the cave until it opens to reveal a tower-like structure. Jump from the cave to the slanted column, then drop into the building. A Lesser Crucible Knight will patrol between two of the buildings. Collect the Crucible Hornshield off the defeated Crucible knight, and cross the bridge leading to the southwestern building. Grab the Missionary’s Cookbook 5 from the corpse, and return to the initial structure.

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Move northeast to spot another Lesser Crucible Knight on the edge of the aqueduct, and defeat this one to receive a somber smithing stone (6). Collect the smithing stone (5) off the corpse, and continue through the doorway nearby. Head down the stairs on your right and into the structure ahead to find a Tear Scarab that gives you the Order Healing incantation. On the outskirts of this structure, you’ll find a golden rune (13) and a golden rune (7) from two corpses.

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Return to the location of the second Lesser Crucible Knight and head north to collect a golden rune (6). Turn into the room on your left, defeat the Fallen Hawk soldiers, and loot the rune arc inside. Go straight to the other side of the aqueduct to find an important NPC for Fia’s questline.

Up the stairs to the left of D’s twin brother (who is also named D), there is a fog wall that leads to the Valiant Gargoyles boss. Once defeated, you’ll receive 30,000 runes, Gargoyle’s Greatsword, and Gargoyle’s Twinblade. You’ll also unlock a method to travel to the Deeproot Depths through the coffin at the edge of the waterfall.

Now that you’ve explored the entirety of Nokron, the Eternal City, you’re ready to either dive into the Deeproot Depths to continue Fia’s questline, or now you have the Fingerslayer Blade, resuming Ranni’s quest.

Either way - get out there and see more of what the Lands Between has to offer.

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