Lamenter’s Gaol walkthrough - Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree

Here’s how to clear Lamenter’s Gaol in Shadow Of the Erdtree

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Looking for a full rundown of Lamenter’s Gaol in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Like the other gaol mini-dungeons in Elden Ring ’s DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree , Lamenter’s Gaol is full of chains, disturbing shadows, jars, and lots of creepy innards emerging from those jars. As its namesake might indicate, however, this gaol stands out from Belurat Gaol and Bonny Gaol with ominous moans that echo from the walls and threaten to wreck your Tarnished’s conviction.

Slap on your best helm and get ready to ignore the lamentations that give this dungeon its name. In this guide, we’ll explain exactly what you need to do to conquer Lamenter’s Gaol and clear its frightening corridors of enemies.

Lamenter’s Gaol walkthrough

Follow this map and head to the northwest of Charo’s Hidden Grave to find the gaol’s entrance. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

You’ll need to access Charo’s Hidden Grave first to enter Lamenter’s Gaol. From the Charo’s Hidden Grave Site of Grace, ride Torrent towards the northwest past the waters containing the Death Rite Bird. Eventually you’ll come across scattered cages on the ground that mark the gaol’s entrance.

Upon entering, head down the pathway and you’ll see a locked metal gate. You need a key to pass through, so turn east, kill the Shadow that lurks there, and keep going until you reach a room on your right where a Shadow ambushes you. Pick up the Frozen Maggot on the ground and explore the neighbouring room. Two more Shadows await, plus a treasure chest with the Gaol Upper Level key , which you’ll need to progress.

Before we go back to use the key on that metal gate, head to the passageway you haven’t explored yet. You’ll be in a larger room with a narrow bridge overlooking a chasm. Take out the Shadows on the other side, and watch out for the creepy Jar Innard that tries to throw fleshy projectiles at you in the next room. You see a tortured spirit kneeling on the ground; talk to it and it’ll curse the sound of that “wretched lamentation.” Right next to the spirit is a Prattling Pate “Lamentation” , which can be used to emit a blissful moan - very appropriate for this mournful dungeon.

Caverns full of eerie wails and spirits decrying wretched lamentations - noticing a theme here? |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Go back the way you came to the gate and use the Gaol Upper Level key to open it. Climb down the ladder, and you’ll enter a large chamber marked by several branching passageways and whitish, icy ground. A Jar Innards will dash out from your right. Make short work of it and explore the room it came from. You’ll find two Shadows there and a Chilling Perfume Bottle . Head back to the northwest room of the large chamber; there’s a gate here that can be opened and leads to a ladder that goes down into a pit in the ground.

You’re now in the sewer caverns beneath Lamenter’s Gaol. You’ll spot two giant rats after you touch the ground. Kill them and explore these tunnels thoroughly; they’re not too large, but they’re full of more rats to contend with. You can pick up a Clarifying Horn Charm +2 Talisman here in a tunnel that ends in a grate, as well as 2 Innard Meat .

The sewers are a lovely place; watch out for the rat attacks. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Go back up the ladder when you’re done with the sewers and return to the large chamber with the branching passageways and icy ground. From the exit of the room with the ladder, you should see an elevated platform that leads to another room. A Jar Innard awaits on top; kill it and enter the room. Keep moving and the ground will suddenly collapse beneath you, knocking you down into an area full of Shadows. Roll to keep from getting grabbed and dispatch these miscreants. When they’re dead, exit to come across a thin staircase attached to a right wall overlooking a large pit, and another Shadow sitting by the stair.

Climb the stairs, taking out the Shadows along the way. Skip the first doorway you see; we’ll come back to it soon enough. The second doorway has a Frozen Maggot in front of it and leads to a room with a gap in the floor; jump over it and progress until you step out into a giant chamber full of dead bodies piled into massive mountains. Living Jars will be teetering back and forth atop one of the mountains; climb it and grab the Hefty Cracked Pot that lies on the corpse in between them. Then explore the grounds around the corpse mountain - other Living Jars will come alive to attack you here, so be sure to use the auto targeting to determine what is and what isn’t an enemy amongst all of the jars littered about. A Living Jar Shard is on a corpse here, and a chest contains the Gaol Lower Level key .

What a sight. Look at those cute Living Jars sitting atop a mound of corpses. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

Now that you’ve got the second key you need to progress, retrace your steps the way you came, as it’s time to enter the first doorway we skipped. Inside you’ll find a room with Two Shadows and a Call of Tibia . There’a also another room here that seemingly leads to a dead end - but actually, it’s an illusory wall! Attack or roll into it and you’ll be at a gate that can be opened with the Gaol Lower Level Key. Tricky, tricky!

The next room has a Shadow Realm Rune [4] and a Lamenting Visage on the ground. Keep going up the next stairs you come across, watching out for the Jar Innard who tries to ambush you from the left, and progress until you reach an outcropping overlooking an earlier section of the dungeon. Jump down, take out the Jar Innard and open the metal door to reach a room with a ladder. Go down and you’ll be in front of the boss door.

How to defeat the Lamenter’s Gaol Catacombs boss

The boss of Lamenter’s Gaol is Lamenter, a nimble, annoying bastard who repeatedly summons up to seven clones to attack you over the course of a lengthy battle. This will be a fight of attrition and patience more than anything else, and the best way to start it is by running up and slapping Lamenter back and forth a few times. Eventually he’ll wail and disappear. When he appears next, he’ll be with his clones.

Target the clones one by one and quickly kill them. They only take a single hit to dispatch, and if you happen to target the real Lamenter, re-target a clone until they’re all gone. Ultimately, you want to ensure that there are no clones remaining before Lamenter disappears and summons a new batch. If some remain, a little Lamenter mask will appear around your Tarnished’s head. You’ll instantly die if seven masks ever appear around you, and these stacks do not expire. So while the clones might be a major pain, it’s well worth your time to kill them before focusing on the real Lamenter.

Take out all of these clones one by one, or suffer a sure insta-death. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

A good summon can help make this fight less tedious by taking out Lamenter’s clones for you. If you don’t use summons, then keep in mind that Lamenter is weak to Lighting and Physical damage, but strong against Fire, Holy, and Magic. Spells like Adula’s Moonblade or Great Glintstone Shard that can take out a large group will also come in handy.

Upon defeating Lamenter, you’ll get 160,000 Runes and Lamenter’s Mask . A teleporter will appear to take you back to the start of the dungeon.

That finishes our look at Lamenter’s Gaol. For more Elden Ring: Shadow of The Erdtree dungeon walkthroughs, take a look at our guides to the Ruined Forge Lava Intake , Taylew’s Ruined Forge , the Fog Rift Catacombs , and the Darklight Catacombs . If you’d rather read up on reaching tricky areas of the Shadow Realm, check out our guides for getting to the Cerulean Coast , the Cathedral of Manus Metyr , Charo’s Hidden Grave , and the Stone Coffin Fissure .

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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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