How to Enter Ainsel River Main, Lake of Rot, and Moonlight Altar - Full Narrated Guide - Elden Ring

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This whole adventure is a total trip. You need to have completed up to the Divine Tower of Liurnia in order to step foot in Ainsel River Main, so watch that guide first if you still need help!

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[helios]

This one was nuts. I found the lake through another cave and spent like 4 hours looking everywhere around to find a way down to it. Thanks so much.

[dylanbeighton]

Bro it’s like 3 am go to bed but also I love you and your video and dedication are amazing and admirable

[riggsmurtah]

The incantation "Flame, cleanse me" will remove poison and scarlet rot.

[richurro]

Dude thanks for the guide and I appreciate you not spoiling the details. Guide was very easy to follow.

[RORCHCH]

9:20 I used the "Flame, Cleanse Me" incantation for all of the lake area since it only costs a small amount of FP and a liiitle LP to use.

[landoncube]

This game is so huge there's a whole ass underground map

[durty]

Not sure if someone said this, but there was one more optional boss in the grand cloister at the base of the waterfall.. an absolute lunatic of a boss

[poorhomietwan]

is the dark moon great sword the treasure he's talking about?

[Acnewber]

Man I wish I could double like this video, been searching for hours on how to get this area. Thank you so much.

[thelegendofstonecoldstevea]

I love it when a guide so clear and to the point. I only needed about the first 1 minute of the video.

[Hephaestus_God]

Just found this out but you can press R3 to cycle between underground and above maps... I thought I could only teleport when underground to underground areas so I was riding the elevator up each time to get out

[Addy]

Thanks so much for this! I would adventure on my own, then catch the video up to where I was. The times I was stuck you were a lifesaver! Really great narrated guide. This is my first FromSoftware title so it's challenging for me but this game is amazing and I loved this questline.

[jeminatorjemalem]

Can I just say this guide has been the most clear and constructive I've seen, my word my guy you're legend

[thatguitarguyguy]

What an amazing guide. I just got to the rot River and I don’t have the materials needed to cross and you even pointed me how to get the cookbook to prevent rot. Thank you!

[austinebel]

This game is so awesome man. I’m definitely going for Rannis ending then the regular one in new game plus.

[nexdroid]

If you want to cheese the kill with the wolf guy you can make him walk into that coffin thing that he spawns next to and you will only have to dodge one or two attacks, now and then reposition since he will move away and he can still hit you, also using the pizza cutter is an efficient weapon against him since it has blood loss and stacks high damage

[kittensoundwave]

Came here just to say I believe the lake of rot is based on Lake Natron in real life.

It has damaging waters, and is red with algae/fungus.

Lake Natron in real life has such high mineral content and salinity that it can dissolve human skin in a matter of minutes being exposed. The highly toxic algae is what makes it red.

When it slightly dries, it looks almost exactly like the lake of rot.

Really interesting.

Mar.3.2022

[beeroney]

I’ve been running around ainsel river lower section for hours trying to work out how to get up there 🤦🏻‍♂️

[chrisdoran]

If you talk to Miniature Ranni doll enough times she starts speaking to you. She gives you a bit of her background story and you hear some neat lore. I think it takes 3 times to get her to speak to you. I was at the Nokstella, Eternal City Grace when it happened if that makes a difference.

[canebrake]

Inchantment (Flame, cleanse me) clears rot and poison.