The Mistwood Ruins inElden Ring are located in Limgrave and should be on every Tarnished's list of things to see while in The Lands Between. Around the ruins, the player will find a number of things that will be useful for their journey outside the first area, as well as an incredibly important NPC.

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Mistwood is one of the smaller subsections of Limgrave located in the east, close to Caelid. In this area, they will also be able to find Kenneth Haight and a Nomadic Merchant next to the Minor Erdtree. They will also be able to find the Siofra River Well north of the Ruins which is the direct pathway to the Siofra River in Elden Ring.

Finding (& Looting) The Mistwood Ruins

The Mistwood Ruins are relatively easy to find, the Tarnished simply have to follow the main road in the center of the Mistwood until they hear a wolf howling. The player should be able to see the ruins with minimal effort at this point. However, if the player still cannot find the ruins, they can go to the Third Church of Marika and interact with a spectral tree. Upon doing this a golden spirit will manifest and lead the player to the ruins.

The Tarnished will have to watch out for Runebears that are either sleeping or moving around in the area. These enemies will not be too much of an issue to veteran players, but low-level Tarnished will be killed almost instantly by their attacks.

The player will be able to loot an Axe Talisman from the ruins which increases charge damage by 10% along with a couple of smithing stones. As for trivia, data miners have found cut content for the game that suggests that the player would have to lure one of the Runebears to destroy the tower so Blaidd would come down to talk. But for obvious reasons, this idea was quickly abandoned.

Talking To Blaidd

Once the player has heard the howling in the Mistwood Ruins, they will need to return to the Church of Elleh and talk to the Merchant Kale to progress this quest. Kale will give the Tarnished the Finger Snap Gesture. The Tarnished should then return to the place where they heard the howling and use this gesture.

Upon using the gesture, Blaidd will hop down from his perch at the top of the ruins and will greet the player. He will then tell the player that he is in search of a man called Darriwil (he can be found at the Forlorn Hound Evergaol). Once the Tarnished has exhausted all this dialogue, they will have fully explored the Mistwood Ruins.

Elden Ring is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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