Iris Of Grace locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

All Iris Of Grace locations and how to use the item

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Looking for an Iris Of Grace in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? There are two different types of Iris in Shadow Of The Erdtree , the magnificently enormous DLC for Elden Ring . Those two items are: the Iris Of Grace, and the Iris Of Occultation . If you’re not sure how to get and use the former of these two, then you’ve come to the right place.

Like its darker sibling, there are two Iris Of Grace items available in the DLC. In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to find the Iris Of Grace locations, and how to use the Iris of Grace to complete two different NPC quests in Shadow Of The Erdtree.

Iris Of Grace location in Shadow Of The Erdtree

There are two places you can get an Iris Of Occultation in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. They are:

1. The Living Jar hall in Shadow Keep.
2. At the statue of Marika in the Tree-Worship Passage below Shadow Keep.

We’ve marked the locations of both Iris of Occultations on the below map so you can find them more easily:

Here are the two Shadow Keep locations of both Irises Of Grace in Shadow Of The Erdtree. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

#1: Living Jar hall

The Living Jar hall is located beneath the Specimen Storehouse in the Shadow Keep. To get there, fast travel to the “Specimen Storehouse, First Floor” Site Of Grace , then go left around the table and turn left into the room with the Shadow Undead. Head straight through to the next room and descend the elevator into the Living Jar hall.

Once at the bottom of the elevator, take the first right and proceed all the way to the end of the corridor. Then turn left and head down the stairs into the main hall area. In the main hall, turn left and kill the Condemned (the jarless flesh creature) at the end. In front of the altar behind it is the Iris Of Grace.

#2: Tree-Worship Passage

The other Iris Of Grace is found in the Tree-Worship Passage below the Shadow Keep. You can access this Site Of Grace again from the Church District - make sure you’ve turned the wheel to un-flood the area, and then drop down into the chapel floor with all the Burning Putrid Corpses.

Go to the far end of the chapel where the two staircases go left and right around a doorway. Open the door, head down the elevator, and follow the path until you reach a large statue of Marika across a bridge. At the base of the statue you can loot the final Iris Of Grace.

This is the path to the second Iris Of Grace in the Tree-Worship Passage below the Shadow Kee |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

How to use the Iris Of Grace

There are three ways to use the Iris Of Grace:

1. Use it on Fire Knight Queelign in the Shadow Keep Prayer Room.
2. Use it on Jolán at the end of Ymir’s questline.
3. Use it via your inventory to activate your equipped Great Rune (NOT RECOMMENDED)

I strongly recommend that you do not use an Iris Of Grace to activate your Great Rune. Doing so will use up the Iris Of Grace forever.

Instead, you should keep hold of your Iris Of Grace items at least until you’ve used them for their other two purposes: to gain end-of-quest rewards from Fire Knight Queelign and Swordhand Of Night Jolán. You can find Fire Knight Queelign inside the Prayer Room in the Church District of the Shadow Keep (you’ll need to get the Prayer Room Key to open the room); and you’ll find Jolán at her usual spot in the Cathedral Of Manus Metyr , but you’ll only be able to use the Iris Of Grace on her at the very end of Ymir’s questline . I won’t spoil the quests too much here, but for both characters you can choose whether to use the Iris Of Grace or an Iris Of Occultation on them, and depending on your choice you’ll earn different rewards:

Fire Knight Queelign

• If you use the Iris Of Grace : you receive the Fire Knight Queelign Spirit Ash .
• If you use the Iris Of Occultation : you receive Queelign’s Greatsword .

Swordhand Of Night Jolán

• If you use the Iris Of Grace : you receive the Swordhand Of Night Jolán Spirit Ash .
• If you use the Iris Of Occultation : you receive the Sword Of Night .

Honestly, the Iris Of Occultation rewards are a bit better than the Iris Of Grace rewards. The Sword Of Night is a very cool prize, especially if you like Katanas. Who am I kidding? Everyone likes Katanas. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

So to put it simply: using an Iris Of Grace on either of these NPCs will give you a Spirit Ash version of them that you can use during fights. However, doing so will prevent you from using the Iris Of Occultation to receive their main weapon . It’s also worth noting that using an Iris Of Grace on either Queelign or Jolán will not use up the Iris, so you can feel free to use one on both characters.

That’s everything you need to know about how to get your hands on an Iris Of Grace in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, and what you can do with it. To prepare yourself for the fighting down there in the lower depths of the Shadow Keep, make sure you stock up on Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes to boost your character’s strength in the Land Of Shadow. You can also consult our guides on the best new weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree while you’re here, or head to our walkthroughs for the Leda , Moore and Thiollier DLC quests.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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