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The Four Belfries is one of the stranger landmarks inElden Ring’sworld, the Lands Between. It’s a mysterious set of Waygatesbuilt by some unknown creatorupon a hill where four different stand-alone Belfries are crafted to be tall enough so as to be easy visual landmarks for passersby.
At the base of each one of these belfries is a Waygate leading who-knows-where. But, players won’t be able to just walk up to these gates and transport through them right away. First,Elden Ringplayers will need to unlock the mysterious seal of the Imp Statue ‘guarding’ each Waygate. Unfortunately, regular Stonesword Keys won’t work on these ‘special’ statues as they would with regular Imp Statues, they’ll only accept Imbued Sword Keys. Here’s where all three of them are located.
Updated December 30th, 2023 by Jacob Buchalter:There are a lot of Elden Ring players, in general,who never even stumbled across the Four Belfriesin the Liurnia of the Lakes region of the Lands Between. These four stone towers might seem hard to miss once players are standing in front of them, but they’re surprisingly easy for the Tarnishedwho haven’t memorized the mapto skip over entirely while exploring the region. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the Four Belfries location,why it’s worth going to, and what players can get from it.
The Four (Technically Three) Belfry Waygates
And Where Each One Leads
While the location is called the Four Belfries, there are actually only three Waygates.At the top of the hill underneath the fourth Belfry is a chest containingone of the three Imbued Sword Keysplayers will need. Each of these keys can be used at any of the Waygates, they’re not gate-specific, and once they’re used they’re gone, though that probably seems obvious.
Each of the three Waygates, funnily enough, actually functions in a way that’s similar to the Warp Paintings in something likeSuper Mario Odyssey. That is to say, they teleport players to areas of the game further along, but only a small ‘patch’ of those areas. So, players will want to know where each Belfry goes before using up one of their precious Keys, with that in mind, here’s where each one leads, starting from the top of the hill where the first Belfry is (AKA the one with the Imbued Sword Key Chest), to the Belfry at the bottom of the hill:
Waygate #0
Top
Top Belfry that does not have a Waygate at it. Instead, has a chest that holds1x Imbued Sword Key.
Waygate #1
Middle Right
The ‘second’ Belfry Waygate leads players back to theChapel of Anticipation, the area where, in classic From Software fashion (not including theArmored Coregames), players are pitted against essentially a mandatory death the Grafted Scion beforeElden Ringtruly begins. This Waygate allows them to re-challengeThe Grafted Scionto get theOrnamental Straight SwordandGolden Beast Crest Shield.Additionally, players can find a dead maiden for Varre’s questline here as well as a few other key items,such as theStormhawk Deenh Spirit Ashesand more, so there’s plenty of worth in returning here.
Waygate #2
Middle Left
The third Belfry and second Waygate will put players in Nokron, the Eternal City, far beneath the earth. Here they can leap down onto a bridge-like structure to find theMottled Necklaceand fight aLesser Crucible Knight. Like with the first Waygate leading to Crumbling Farum Azula, players will not be able to access the rest of Nokron, Eternal City from here, however.
Waygate #3
Bottom
This final Waygate at the bottom of the hill will transport players to one of the late-game areas ofElden Ring, the Crumbling Farum Azula. This gives players a glance at what they can expect as they progress throughElden Ring’sstoryline, as most players up to this point in the game have only seen castles and marshlands. Within this section of Crumbling Farum Azula, players can jump down a series of platforms to reach a chest containing thePearldrake Talisman.
All Imbued Sword Key Locations
Suspiciously All Found In Areas Known For Their Magical Prowess
Now that players know where each of the Four Belfries Waygates goes,it’s time to go over the location of each of the three Imbued Sword Keys.While the first Key is rather easy to find, the other two actually both appear in areas heavily associated with Sorcery. Here’s where each of the three Keys can be found.
Imbued Sword Key #1
At The First Belfry Of The Four Belfries In A Chest
Players won’t have to look hard or travel far for the first Imbued Sword Key as it’s actually found right where the search starts at theFour BelfriesinLiurnia of the Lakes. Three of these Belfries have a Waygate sitting at their base, but the fourth Belfry, located at the very top of the hill, has a chest beneath it instead of a Waygate. Inside the chest is the firstImbued Sword Key.
Imbued Sword Key #2
At Raya Lucaria Academy, Across The Rooftops
Getting the second Imbued Sword Key is a lot more of an involved process than getting the first key. Players will need to first reach theRaya Lucaria Academy, gain entrance to it, and finally explore it in full to have access to this Key’s location. Once inside, players should progress to theDebate Parlor, home oftheRed Wolf of Radagonboss fight. After clearing out this big red dog, head out from theDebate Parlor Site of Graceto the courtyard and up a staircase on the left side of the area.
There are a lot of basic enemies here as well as two Glintstone Sorcerers, but players can easily run past them and jump off the railing at the top of the stairs. After hopping off, the Tarnished should have landed on the rooftops of Raya Lucaria, and after jumping off another railing directly ahead, the Tarnished should see a ladder going up. Up here there are lots of Avianettes AKA flying puppets as well as a Twinsage sorcerer. Once players get past them, jump off the right side of the building to reach lower levels of the rooftops.
Continue to progress down the rooftops until the Tarnished sees another Marionette enemy. Players can leap down and kill the Marionette closest to them and then immediately jump down to the right to land on another rooftop. There, in the small gazebo-like area at the end of the long roof sectionis a corpse containing the Imbued Sword Key. It’s a very involved process, at a glance, but it basically just boils down to following the only path forward until the Tarnished reaches the end of said path.
To make a simple set of steps in case the paragraph above seems like a bit much:
Imbued Sword Key #3
In The Backstreets Of Sellia, Caelid’s Town Of Sorcery
The final Imbued Sword Key location is inCaelid, the area of the game thata majority of players dread entering. Still, to obtain the Imbued Sword Key, they’ll need to make their way to a place calledSellia, the Town of Sorcery. To get here, players will want to look at their map and find the big swamp of Rot around the middle of Caelid, this is theAeonia Swamp. Look at the northeastern edge of this swamp and players should see a cluster of buildings on the map, this is Sellia.
After reaching Selia and hopefully activating either theSellia Under-Stair Site of Graceon the western edge of the town or theSellia Backstreets Site of Graceon the far north end of the town, players will need to ‘solve’ the braziers puzzle. Essentially, to dispel these magical gates all over town, look for the tallest towers and climb up them while avoiding the constant pestering of projectiles from the ghostly enemies inhabiting the town. At the top of these towers should be braziers to light, and doing so will open up these areas for looting.The Imbued Sword Key is in one of these chests. To find it, head to the most northern building in town (use the map as a reference), then head behind the building just southeast of it. Behind this building should be the alcove with the Imbued Sword Key chest inside.
