Navigating the Shadow Realm will be incredibly difficult if players don’t know where their destination is in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Luckily, you can collect map fragments that will reveal some parts of the map, and they are usually found near a big monument.

While exploring the new area after defeating Rellana, you can open the map of Scadu Altus, but it will be all black and foggy. Tarnished needs to explore a bit to remove some of the fog as the monument will appear on the map eventually.

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How To Get The Altus Map Fragment In Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree

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The most crucial step to get Altus Map fragment in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is to defeat Rellana, Twin Moon Knight in Castle Ensis. Once she is defeated, head north from the Ensis Moongazing Ground Site of Lost Grace to reach Scadu Altus.

Keep going north until you see a Site of Lost Grace to the right where two NPCs are standing. Needle Knight Leda is found next to a Miquella's Cross alongside Hornsent . These two NPCs are important for the main story, so be careful not to progress further into the Shadow Keep before exhausting all their dialogue, especially after you get the notification that a Great Rune is broken.

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Proceed north along the dirt path to find a knight mounting a horse at the end. You can either kill the enemy in Elden Ring SOTE or ignore it. Just behind the knight is the monument that possesses theMap: Scadu Altus item which unlocks the majority of the Shadow Realm map. Considering the road is completely empty, except for the mounted knight, it should not be that difficult to reach the monument.

The map reveals one part of the Shadow Erdtree and various locations where you need to explore, like the Bonny Gaol and Bonny Village, as well as more important locations like the Shadow Keep, where you fight many bosses in the Elden Ring DLC. Tarnished will also be able to break a Great Rune and remove the seal blocking them from entering a very essential legacy dungeon.

According to the Shadow of the Erdtree, Scadu Altus is littered with Messmer's Army. At the center of the Shadow Keep, Tarnished will eventually need to fight Messmer the Impaler . It's a tough boss fight, so make sure to level up some Spirit Ashes like the Mimic Tear, and it also doesn't hurt to summon friends from beyond the fog to help with Messmer.