How to get to Mohgwyn Palace in Elden Ring

In Elden Ring, the Lands Between is a vast place with countless secrets to discover, especially underground. Mohgwyn Palace is one such place, and there are two ways to get there.. 

One requires you to pursue White Faced Varré’s questline, while the other method is quicker but only available in the very late-game. If you’re wondering how to get to Mohgwyn Palace, we have the answers.

How to get to Mohgwyn Palace with White Mask Varré

1. (Optional) Exhaust Varré’s dialog by The First Step Site of Grace.
2. Defeat any demigod that drops a Great Rune. Godrick is the closest and easiest.
3. Meet Varré at the Rose Church in Liurnia, where he’ll give you five Festering Bloody Fingers.
4. Invade other players three times using Festering Bloody Fingers or defeat the NPC Magnus the Beast Claw at the Writheblood Ruins in Altus Plateau.
5. Return to Varre and agree to join his order with the Bloody Lord.
6. He gives you the Lord of Blood’s Favor item that you need to soak in the blood of a maiden.
7. Head to either the Church of Inhibition, Chapel of Anticipation, or kill Irna in Weeping Peninsula to soak the item in a maiden’s blood.
8. Upon returning to Varré with the bloodied item, speak to him twice and exhaust his dialog. After the second time, he gives you the Pureblood Knight’s Medal that teleports you directly to Mohgwyn palace.

How to get to Mohgwyn Palace without Varré

1. Head to Leyndell, Royal Capital and defeat Morgott.
2. After Morgott is dead, you can access the Grand Lift of Rold that leads to the Mountaintops of  the Giants.
3. You need to take the lift down to the Consecrated Snowfields, but you need both halves of the Haligtree Medallion first.
4. You can get the right half of the medallion in Liurnia of the Lakes by speaking to Albus in the Village of the Albinaurics.
5. You can get the left half of the medallion at Castle Sol in the  Mountaintops of the Giants after you kill Commander Niall.
6. At the Grand Lift of Rold, choose to use the hidden path to access the Consecrated Snowfields when prompted at the lift.
7. In the snowfields, go to Yelough Anix Ruins on the western side of the region, which you can see in the map below. 

At the ruins, you will find a teleporter that takes you to Mohgwyn Palace. But before you can access it, you need to defeat the invader—the Sanguine Noble. Once the enemy is defeated, you will be able to use the teleporter. You can find itdirectly under a rock formation toward the northern part of the ruins. Be warned before entering, though, as the enemies here are very dangerous and will kill you easily if you’re not prepared. 

Tips for Mohgwyn Palace

It’s best to be a fairly high level when you visit Mohgwyn Palace for the first time—around level 80 to 100 should suffice., If you plan to challenge Mohg, make sure you have the Sacred Tear so you can mitigate the unavoidable bleed damage he inflicts. 

Getting to Mohgwyn Palace is ideal if you want to farm Runes, since it’s one of the best farming locations in Elden Ring. You can even farm Runes here at low level—simply get to the Palace Approach Ledge-Road Site of Grace and shoot the Monstrous Crow with a bow and arrow to aggro it and make it fall off the cliff.