Getting to the Shadow Keep’s Back Gate in Elden Ring
Travel to the Church District Entrance Site of Grace. Start from the Moorth Ruins Site of Grace in Scadu Altus. From there, travel southeast until you reach a ruined building with a turret. There’s a chasm on the northeast side; climb to the bottom and follow the tunnel until you see a ladder. At the top is the Bonny Village; go east until you reach the Bridge Leading to the Village Site of Grace, then north. That north road will lead to the Church District Entrance Site of Grace, which you can activate. Sites of Grace allow you to teleport from place to place. The instructions above assume you haven’t been to the Church District yet, but if you’ve already activated the Church District Site of Grace, simply teleport there!
Jump to the roof in front of the Site of Grace. At the Church District Entrance Site of Grace, jump down onto the roof straight ahead of you, then run to the far side. You’ll see a wall in front of you next; jump onto it and run to its far side as well. If you’re having trouble jumping to the wall, you can stand on one of the spikes on the roof to make the jump.
Find the ramp on the far side of the wall. The ramp is made from stones and rubble. Run up the ramp and jump onto the ledge in front of you, then turn left and leap to the next rooftop. Enemies may spawn on the ledge, but you can run past them if you prefer!
Run to the buttress on the far side of the roof. On the rooftop, turn left and keep running until you can jump to the top of a buttress (an arch) on the next building. From there, use the buttress as a ramp and run up until you’re on the roof, then look for a hole near the rooftop. On the rooftop, before you reach the buttress, there’s a Fire Knight you can defeat—or sprint past if you don’t feel like fighting.
Activate the Storehouse, Back Section Site of Grace. Jump into the hole and land on the stone arch, then run across the arch and drop through another hole into a corridor. Run down the corridor and through the third door on the left; the path will lead you to a lift, which will bring you up to the Specimen Storehouse. Go left to find and activate the Storehouse, Back Section Site of Grace. In the corridor before the lift, there are a few Fire Knights patrolling; you’ll need to fight them (or sprint past them).
Climb to the Storehouse Loft and activate its Site of Grace. From the Back Section Site of Grace, head west until you reach a ladder and climb it. Run up the stairs to the east and look behind a bookshelf for a hole in the wall leading to a wooden path. Follow the path around the outer wall of the Shadow Keep; it’ll lead to the Storehouse Loft Site of Grace. There’s another Fire Knight waiting at the top of the ladder with its back turned to you, so decide how you want to deal with it. Along the wooden path, you can also loot 6 Shadow Sunflowers and 1 Blessed Bone Shard from two corpses.
Use a nearby lift to reach the Storehouse rafters. The lift is right near the Storehouse Loft Site of Grace. Once the lift brings you to the rafters, run across the beams, going left, left, right, and right until you reach a ladder. Climb it, then go forward, right, right until you reach a second ladder, and use it to climb back down. For the final right turn, you’ll need to sprint and jump to reach the second ladder! Before climbing to the first ladder, you can collect 7 Thin Beast Bones around the corner. After taking the first left at the top of the ladder, you can loot 4 Smithing Stones from a corpse. Finally, at the base of the second ladder, you can loot 4 Rada Fruit from a corpse.
Collect the Wrath from Afar spell in the rafters, optionally. You’ll see a large cog beneath you along your path in the Storehouse rafters before reaching the second ladder. Drop onto it to collect the Wrath From Afar spell (added by Shadow of the Erdtree). Then, go north and leap to a wooden platform where you can use a ladder to reach the rafters and the path outlined above. However, there’s a Fire Knight at the top of this ladder; be careful, as it may try to knock you off the rafters with a wind spell. If you’re knocked onto a lower platform, look for the lift below you and drop onto it to ride it back up to the right level. It’ll bring you to the Fire Knight’s area again, so be prepared! On the level where the lift is, you can also explore a bit to find 1 Rune of the Unsung Hero on a corpse.
Reach and activate the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace. Take the path left of the second ladder until you’re above a platform with several round tables. Jump down onto the platform and run to the exit ahead, where you’ll find a balcony area with a small lift. Take the lift down, then follow the wooden platforms to another larger lift. This will bring you directly to the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace!
Accessing the Hinterlands in Elden Ring
Find the Statue of Marika and perform a special gesture. To get to the Hinterlands, start from the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace, and turn right. Take the corridor to a room with a large Statue of Marika inside. Walk up to the statue and perform the “O Mother” gesture; this will cause the statue to move and unlock the entrance to the Hinterlands! The Hinterlands is where you’ll continue Ymir’s questline by finding 2nd location on the Ruins Map he gave you at the Cathedral of Manus Metyr. From the Shadow Keep, Back Gate Site of Grace, you can also go straight forward to face Commander Gaius. You must defeat this Remembrace Boss to get 5 Scadutree Fragments by the Scaduview Chalice.
O Mother Gesture Location in Elden Ring
Learn O Mother from a headless statue north of Bonny Village. Need to learn O Mother before unlocking the Hinterlands? From Bonny Village (which we’ve explained how to reach above), go east while riding Torrent and double-jump over the ravine that divides the village. Then, go north until you come to a lone tree with a headless statue beneath it. Interact with the statue, and you’ll learn O Mother!
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