Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree - How To Get Sword Of Light & Sword Of Darkness Weapon Locations

[@Balkzardan]

interesting little fact, if you go to the second altar of light in Rauh first, the sword will be there, and then you would go to the other place marked that is blocked by the furnace giant to upgrade the sword into the sword of light

[@Andrew-et1ft]

I was just gonna say that in the comments but mine says to the dark instead of the light i wonder what makes it change from the darkness to light or vice versa

[@Ultimaniacx4]

@@Andrew-et1ft Maybe the time of day? I was in the same situation. Got the stone sword from Rauh, Sword of Light from Unte, the map screen said Early Day at the time.

[@cridus_]

I got the sheated sword from that catacomb and upgraded it into the sword of darkness in these ruins where the inactive wicker man is. it was night, I'm sure.

[@Nordic_Vampire]

It depend which of the three you get first and it will change the other two to be either light or dark

[@rebirthpath6963]

Ty for this, was confused

[@zinogrex]

Are you kidding me, the one time I don't listen to one of those hidden wall messages lol

[@chriskoloski32]

Always good to just roll or jump into the wall, takes like 1 second

[@elysium874]

@@chriskoloski32yea my number 1 habit

[@heyimurchin6575]

​@@chriskoloski32i stopped rolling into walls when I found a bug where you fall off the map when you roll into it lmao

[@NvianJ009]

I know right! I hated figuring this out after I completed shadow keep, cause I found this painting room but not the wall

[@BlackKnight6400]

@@NvianJ009I looked for an invisible wall in the room before it but then I got into the painting room and was like “oh it leads to a painting room there must not be an invisible wall”

[@Valsin]

IMPORTANT: If you turn your sword dark, you can go back to the Rauh Ancient Ruins altar and turn it back to light! Meaning you can have any sword at any time (tho turning it into dark again is a bit of a hassle lol)

[@gzus9459]

What is the best between dark & light? (I got the light one)

[@Valsin]

@@gzus9459 Like I said, you can get both at any time... just go to the correct altar and change it

[@Gabriel902884]

@@gzus9459 i suppose dark since it weakend enemies to holy

[@abstractnonsense3253]

@@gzus9459 light increases your holy damage and dark decreases holy defence of your enemies. So chose what suits you and looks the best to you.

[@pancakes7483]

​@Valsin what happened if you go to the wrong one... bc I now only have the light one now

[@Alpha3Viking]

You can also convert the Sword of Darkness into the Sword of light. I found the Stone Sheath sword in the Foglight Catacombs, turned it unto Dark at the Alter of Darkness in Unte, then converted later to Light at the Alter of Light in Rauh.

[@Morgoth92]

I want the sword of light, I found the stone sword in Rauh because I thought I had it directly, then I went to the catacomb and I searched for 3 hours for the altar, it gave me only offered the sword of shadow I had to accept, and I returned to Rauh to transform the sword of shadow into a sword of light and there was no interaction, are you sure we can change the sword ?

[@xRuiNga]

Yea I was confused by this video because he found the sword in unte and I found it in the catacombs. So I guess it’s backwards, but def better to find it in the catacombs to change it in unte cus needing to go to the catacombs to change it to dark sounds rough. Lol

[@deadlyapple8333]

@@Morgoth92you need to go to ruins of unte for the light

[@plastahface]

Same but that's cool I didn't know I could turn it into the light one later

[@Raging_5oldier]

@@xRuiNgasame. I was scratching my head about it.

[@cheeky_casual]

FYI for those who are confused: the 3 altars where you recieve/use the sword are interchangeable depending on where you picked up the sword. Personally, I got the sword from the altar in the Ancient Ruins of Rauh, but I've heard other ppl got it from the altar in the catacombs. From what I can tell, it seems like the first altar you visit will always have the sword, then the next one you find will be the altar of light, and finally, the dark altar will be the 3rd altar you find.

[@miztaful]

this make sense thank you

[@DankMoonBlade]

Thank you, I couldn't make sense of it.

[@DankMoonBlade]

Yep, thank you so much bro it worked. Hopefully you get pinned otherwise others will be confused.

[@avalokiteshvara113]

So annoying that my dark one will be in the catacombs. So to convert mine I have to do a stupid trap puzzle lol

[@cheeky_casual]

@avalokiteshvara113 yeah, that's part of why I'm sticking with the sword of light for a while. I found the dark altar while looking for something else, but I dont wanna go into those catacombs again.

[@madrose5269]

I WAS AT THE DARKNESS DUNGEON! now i gotta go back.

[@AndrewNajash]

You can use the altar where you picked up the sword to get the sword of light if you already have a different stone sword (idk where I got it from). I’m following along and there was no sword for me after throwing the pot into the wicker guy, but the altar was lit up and it gave me the sword of light

[@urazz7739]

I'm pretty sure it's RNG because the altar where I got the stone sword was deactivated (wicker guy altar) and I had to go to the other two to get the sword I wanted.

[@Instig4t0r86]

@@urazz7739 there’s a stone sword in the fog rift catacombs too

[@nando7279]

It gave me the sword of darkness at the lication

[@Aaron-xo9cv]

⁠@@nando7279same for me

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

THANKS.

[@nvyg9714]

if u go to the light alter before getting the stone sheathed weapon, u can find another stone sword laying there. so u can have 2 of them edit: i went back for the 2nd spot and couldnt find another sword, so if u find one at either spots the other will disappear xd.

[@ShotofDespresso]

I'm pretty sure only one spawns, it just spawns at whichever altar you loot it from first. Then the other two altars become where you can transform it. But if there are actually two swords, that's pretty big.

[@danydinu6160]

@@ShotofDespressohe’s right I got the stone sheathed sword from the light altar,since I didn’t even know you could lit the giant standing in the ruins, so technically it should be another one there,

[@simonmurphy6773]

I got my stone sheathed sword in the fog ruins. I checked that place where you light up the giant and nothing was at that altar but that altar does let you turn it into darkness, i dont think you can get two in first playthrough ​@danydinu6160

[@urazz7739]

@@simonmurphy6773 Yeah, looks like it's RNG. One of the altars will have the sheathed sword, one will be the light altar, and the other will be the dark altar. The altar where you have to reignite the giant to get to the altar was where I got the sheathed sword and the altar itself was inactive. The other two worked fine I had to decide between the sword of darkness or the sword of light.

[@fiddlerfiddle5761]

Nah, only one per play through, damn I got so hyped

[@sudospaceman]

How do people find these convoluted quests haha

[@deathleprosy27]

The explorer Play talk to every NPC and they kind of make their decision based on how the map is and where they go from to next, what I want to know is how people are already on their second playthrough with this DLC

[@MMK86]

maybe data mining

[@MrShi715]

People are probably just speed running I see someone speed run the dlc in a hour just to say he beat the main bosses to get the DLC ending and all your blessings carry over so you can get OP pretty quickly in the shadow world

[@the2Atreeclimber]

​@@MrShi715the blessings carry over?!? Lol crazy

[@MrShi715]

@@the2Atreeclimber yeah level 20 is max for blessing and level 10 is for the spirit ashes Enjoy the Shadow n get all the weapons you need

[@edgar_pgnd6553]

the light sword makes me think alot about wander's sword ine shadow of the colossus

[@joshlong6733]

So i actually found out today because i did it on accident, but you can skip basically the entire crafting part of this quest involving the pots. I went to ruins of unte, and around the back of the building i used torrent to parkour up the wall, it gave me the stone sword and i took it to ruah and got the sword of light. I think imma keep the sword of light though for the boost to holy plus its cool being a disco ball lol

[@JanPeter56]

Lmao same, i couldnt figure out how to get in that building and managed to get in by using torrent to spams my way in. I knew it felt like it wasnt the proper way to do it.

[@joshlong6733]

@@JanPeter56 oh yeah def not the correct way but atleast it saved us the time of standing there throwing pots in his head 😂 im happy with it lol

[@Varatrixx]

You don’t need to “convert” the sword of light like he says here if you want the sword of dark. Just take the stone sword to the dark altar directly. No need to run to the late game area first.

[@slashbrackets3397]

I was looking for this answer, thank you.

[@michaelsmeltzer7007]

Def went with Darkness. Fell in love with the look and how hard it hits. Also looks great for my Ichigo and Rimiru Tempest builds.

[@rainbowkoalatroutme3485]

Love that ppl keep finding more

[@CallMeConfused]

I had to turn my sword of light into dark back at the place where you picked up the stone sword because i originally picked it up from the dungeon, but wild haha

[@tylerdurden4383]

I’d recommend going to the fog rift catacombs to get the stone sheathed sword. (It will be at whichever of the 3 altars you go to first). The fog rift ruins are a chore to run through so best to only have to do it once and not make it the site at which you turn a sword of dark to light or vice versa.

[@TheMiniTrashCan]

Dude ur so helpful when you said we need a hefty cracked pot I thought u we’re going to link a vid but you actually showed us, great video

[@Cooky_28]

Hello! I just tried for curiosity to come back to the Altar or Light with my Darkness Blade and I transformed it back into the Light Blade! :O I guess you can switch whenever you want.

[@Morgoth92]

I do the same but i have no interaction in autel of rauh are you sure?

[@iandelorio2261]

It all depends on where you find it but knowing all the spots to go definitely helps i found mine in the fog catacombs and turned it to the sword of darkness behind the furnace guy

[@xen3588]

thanks just got sword of light thanks to this, goes well with my holy crusader build im working on.

[@LilBerserker_]

How good is it? I want to use it too but many people are disappointed with it.

[@castle4090]

Fun fact: you can skip waking the furnace golem at the ruins of unte if you go to the back of the building you can parkour up there but it may take a couple of trys

[@CrimsonCascade]

ya know i remember some folks actually thought this was a frenzied flame weapon when a few images of the swords first showed up.

[@FRANKIEonWCin240p]

Fun fact: The icons for these were even in the files of the main game. They apparently got repurposed into the big stone monument swords we see in the main game, but it's cool to see them make a full comeback in the DLC.

[@scarfacedughetto1819]

Very good video. Loved it.

[@ronenhiller2321]

Thanks for the video 🙏 very helpful

[@doden1048]

5:45 “no enemies” say that to the pot man that exploded in my face.

[@alexthesexmister]

There both pretty epic would love it if they did this weapon like the one in DS3 the sword/light greatsword of light and darkness. Where you had to beat the game twice and get both swords from the boss and fuse them to one new sword.

[@JuliusKingsleyXIII]

Thanks for the guide, I could not figure out how to get to the Light altar.

[@TheArtDev]

Man, no idea which i want, they both look so cool

[@mrsilver1740]

You can require two sheathed sword one is in fog rift catacombs

[@dakodabaldur3037]

No you can’t it despawns

[@iainkilcar7463]

When you obtain one sheathed sword the other alters become the ones you take it to in order to transform it. You pick up the sword at the first alter you find.

[@marachell1850]

Is It possibile to combine the two swords? I mean fromsowtare is notorius to ad special swords who can be combine togeter....i mean Is not the end of the world but maybe

[@ArthiosVankrul]

I got them both and theres no apparent option to do it, nor the altar, finger reader or npc

[@normam6531]

​@@ArthiosVankrulcomo você pegou as duas?

[@ArthiosVankrul]

@@normam6531 I used a second character to get one, then asked a friend to help me transfer it over

[@normam6531]

​@@ArthiosVankrulobrigado

[@mistermister4525]

​@ArthiosVankrul yaaahh Now my Roxas character can be achieved with having both blades on me

[@Q400Flight]

I was able to get the stone sheathed sword without waking the fire golem. I found you can jump in there by jumping into the hole from the southeast corner of there area. You can jump onto the pillar by the hole with your horse then jump into the area without waking the golem

[@IkkyXIII]

Stumbled across seord of light today. Nice little find

[@KeanuChrist]

Interesting. I found the sword at Fog Rift Catacombs. I like how everyone can have a slightly different experience with this quest. Edit: My Dark Shrine was in the Ruins of Unte, and my Light Shrine was in Rauh Ancient Ruins.

[@User-xw6kd]

Very cool concept. Idk how people found out this whole thing lol.

[@smw1193]

You don't have to change the sword of light into the sword of dark. If you just take the stone sheathed sword to the alter it will work just as well. I did this by happenstance on my first playthrough.

[@LesserMage5931]

When I first fought the death knight boss, the first thing I said was: “I want that armor set!” So I went around until I found it. Then I put it on and it didn’t have the grey veil or cloak that the boss had. I was very disappointed and sad. lol

[@macieulorie1670]

The Sword of Darkness first Ash of War was a Frenzied Flame wave. It's Was hidden in the base game and supposed to be gifted by the 3 Fingers. The Sword of light Was a Gift by the 2 Fingers. They changed it with the Coded Sword.

[@kemurinoo2353]

Thank you

[@alphajay777]

I'm back at the fog catacomb and I can't seem to switch the sword of light to darkness, my alter doesn't have any interaction options with it.

[@dnagaming5453]

Same

[@CaliburXL99]

Yeah I can’t seem to change my sword either, any help?

[@troybarrow8810]

You can just take the stone sheathed sword to the altar in the catacombs for the sword of darkness. I never had the sword of light so you can skip that part if you just want the dark one.

[@UrickSan92]

Strange.. I found the stone sheathed sword in the catacombs, and it became the sword of darkness at Scadu altus. I wonder if there is a check that changes these items if the opposite is picked up first. Can we have a check on this another time?

[@chrislee1133]

where did you find it in the catacombs?

[@jukkahurskainen5192]

In the fog rift catacombs, where you change the sword into darkness, if you come here first (like I did) you get the stonesheathed sword there. I got it just last night and i knew there was more with the sword, it being a crap stone slap without anything and item description saying “no one can pull the sword from it’s sheath” or something. Now I need to get to the other altar to charge it up.

[@H0rstHantelbank]

If anyone else is wondering - I did the catacombs first and got the base sword - I was straightup able to make the base sword into sword of darkness in the Area where MrKZbin got the sword. No Altar of light needed

[@Demokaze]

Are you able to switch between darkness and light at these altars then?

[@Oozerl252]

Btw guys u can get both of them in one play through another sword can be find in the same catacombs

[@cassius3201]

No, i find the sword on the catacombs anda the others do not spawn, its just 1 per NG

[@GR8Trollio]

Before you post a comment, test your theory. 😂 You only get ONE per playthrough. You can make it into either version, but the 3 altars operate pretty simple: the first altar gives you the sword. I found mine at the Fog whatever catacombs, purely just exploring. The next altar will be either light or darkness, the 3rd will be the opposite. Not two swords, big guy, that’s just misinformation

[@KelvJason]

Might be late but... IMPORTANT. if you defeat the boss on that dungeon you can't no longer use the Altar of darkness so keep that in mind. Search the altar and use it before defeating the boss.

[@lorenzomichele418]

Now i get why it didn't spawn in my word💀💀

[@iainkilcar7463]

Just a note of the swords, don't worry about it if you get the sword of light but wanted the sword of darkness, you can just visit the other alter and change it. You can do this as many times as you want and the upgrades you make carry across to the new weapon.

[@clemmkb]

don't lie my man

[@iainkilcar7463]

@@clemmkb I'm not, i did it in my world

[@99usa47]

somehow instead of getting the stone sheathed sword i got the sword of darkness without doing anything

[@darkly580]

Same

[@dannydipz89]

I missed the throwing the hefty part so I went back with everything done and I got the sword of light at the alter you get the sheathed sword

[@carlitox2121]

My suggestion is to acquire the base sword at the fog rift catacombs first and then the other two alters will be easy to access for you to switch between light and dark. Wtf wants to keep going to a catacomb to switch :/

[@ishsmith9846]

If anyone is stuck on that boss. I learned on accident you can just walk behind him and get a crit every single time he finishes a combo

[@MrTovar-vz9qq]

The spirit spring will take you straight to the start of the bridge

[@scottbirkinshaw2009]

The path to the sword of light is much simpler than this. Go down the bridge that has the fire golem moving forward until you hit Water and then you're gonna wanna TURN RIGHT and move forward until you see a spirit spring, unlock the spirit spring with Margit shackle, take the spirit spring up and voilà you are there at the hidden bridge😊😊

[@CrescentCrusader99]

Welcome back, Lothric’s Holy Sword. May your sacred light finally deal Holy Damage over Physical Damage 😍 But RIP for the Sword of Dark, you won’t be able to deal Dark Damage like in DS3 😢

[@kidrio1791]

i already completed the fog rift catacombs before i got the stone sheathed sword. i didnt know what this altar was for. i just went back with the sword and the altar is eead. nothing here. so now what do i do? So if i give my sword of light to my buddy can i then take a second stone sheathed sword and get the sword of darkness?

[@mr.e7005]

Quick question, I found one of the stone sheathed swords in the fog rift catacombs. Does that mean the second one you showed can be also acquired and then turn one into the sword of light and the other into the sword of darkness?

[@SereneWoIf]

i found that one as well, behind that large stone slab on the upper floor, my guess is that it is possible to use both to get both swords in one new game cycle

[@SereneWoIf]

strange, but I just went and checked, there seems to be 2 dark altars, since I found the sword behind the slab in the fog catacombs, when i went to the altar behind the furnace giant, there was no sword, but it counted as an altar of darkness and i could just turn the sheathed sword into the darkness one right there.

[@simonmurphy6773]

That altar where you got the sword it gets you turn it to darkness, I already had the sword I found it in a dungeon. Can you find two of them or is it one per playthrough?

[@tylerdoty1840]

@@simonmurphy6773 no you cannot. although you can find the sword in 2 spots, only one will appear based on whichever spot you reach first..

[@mr.e7005]

@@tylerdoty1840 oh so the other one dissapears if you get one first, welp that's sad

[@Nioh193]

Amazing bro 💪🏻😎💪🏻😍

[@rosado3D]

oh i didn't know you could wake him up, i just skyrim'd it from a corner pillar from the back of the ruins (opposite end of the sleeping furnace) jumped into the ruin through the gap to get the sword....now i have to go back and kill the furnace

[@2022spacekw]

this boss will give you a red amber +3 talisman, don't miss him 13:40

[@sealswimswim354]

Sword of Light! I main the Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword, so the light is just my style. But I will admit the Darkness looks so elegant with that sweeping motion.

[@GR8Trollio]

The Sword of Light is the wtg to pair with Miquella’s incantation.

[@Aziah]

i did the steps to get the sword of light but there’s no interaction button to turn it into the sword of darkness at the alter?

[@MrCriss287]

You cannot turn it into the sword of darkness. Once you have chosen light, you can no longer change. Go to NG+, get the sword again and ONLY go to the altar of darkness to get it, then you will have both

[@Aziah]

@@MrCriss287 i skipped the step where he threw the fire pot onto the fire giant to get the stone sword (as i somehow already had one), but then did it anyway and i could turn my sword of light to darkness there

[@wafflnator2057]

i guess i did this backwards? i found the stone sword where you made it light. i haven't been where you found the stone sword yet. i am assuming its just whatever you find first is the stone sword, and the other is the light.

[@christopherhunter8748]

I found a stone sheathed sword in one of the broken forges. So i think you probably can make both the light and dark versions?

[@c2saucy626]

I’m too scared to test this myself but I got my sword from the fog rift catacombs and immediately made it the sword of darkness and the thought crossed my mind that maybe we’re able to change the sword back and forth freely by taking it to an altar im just worried I’ll get stuck with the light sword

[@Cooky_28]

It works!!! I tried myself. Converted the blade into Darkness, came back to the Altar of Light and I converted it back into the Light Blade!!

[@voicusimon1778]

You can turn the Stone Sheath Sword directly in Sword of darkenss by going to the dungeon

[@romeru_]

I was able to make the sword of darkness behind the furnace golem where you find the stone-sheathed sword

[@doug5051]

death knight at the end healing itself with the across the map tracking grab is so annoying, i just let it kill me lmao can’t be assed with that 😅

[@logeyperogi1805]

I won’t be using either of these EVER But they are certainly interesting

[@voidzgg]

You can get the sword of darkness first from the stone sheathed sword its either or

[@visisydandthevoid]

Was backwards for me. I had to go to the place you got the stone sheathed sword from to activate it after retrieving it from the tower across the invisible bridge

[@drewcipher896]

I picked up the stone sword from the "Altar of Light" in Rauh, so now I'm not sure what to do.

[@Ghoulsha89]

Remember the twins blades in the files for the base game that was one side dark and other light, what if it is possible to gain through the swords of light and darkness

[@deus-vult694]

Look up: eupora twinblade

[@REDB00TS]

Me who grabbed it on my last play through thank god it let me turn the sword twice

[@Aaron-xo9cv]

I picked up the stone sword doing some parkour behind the ruins

[@jasoncini4360]

all 3 alters no matter which one you go to first will give you the stne sheathed sword, which ever alter you go to next will give you the sword of light, the last alter you chose to visit will then turn it into the sword of darkness. Just a heads up in case you picked up the stone sheathed sword from a different alter like I did. I Still have the sword of light, I am curious if I turn it to darkness will I be able to visit the alter that made it light and turn it to light again?

[@joshlong6733]

Yeah you can im pretty sure change them back and forth multiple people have said you can atleast in the comments saying theyve done it but who knows it wouldnt hurt to try

[@danielyoull6654]

The stone sword is in a different place to where i found mine it was in a catcombs

[@Ultimaniacx4]

I found the stone sword across the invisible bridge and turned it into the sword of light at the ruins of unte.

[@ryanhickson6399]

You can actually just take the stone sword straight to the darkness alter and the dark sword there

[@vellikaari3008]

Mimic Tear is completely overkill for Death Knights. Any colossal class weapon can just stun lock them, it's hilarious

[@fcfdroid]

Cool 😎

[@Lokilegit]

I got my Stone sword from the Fog refit catacombs and turned it into the sword of light . How do I turn it into the sword of darkness? Nothing displays up at the altar in the fog rift

[@Slaheir]

Same with me, i can’t convert mine into dark 💀😭💀😭

[@GR8Trollio]

@@Slaheirguys, there’s 3 altars. One for the sword (whichever you find first = sword), the other two are where you convert it into light or dark versions.

[@zeronam2657]

So i cant get both right? Either dark or light ?

[@AscendAndSee]

Correct

[@BankaiVR-rizz]

I just finished getting the sword of night for ymirs quest AINT NO WAY RHERES A SWORD OF LIGHT

[@TheYoMandude]

So wait i got the stone sword in the dungeon then made it light from Rauh. I didnt know there was a third alter!

[@Ursoc91]

can you have both if someone drops it for you? and if so can you duel wield them?

[@dawsonbower4483]

What is the other wepaon with build 1 u showed 2 of the 3 ?

[@shadowbolthaseo1861]

Can you dual wild 2 on new game plus and have one of light and the other of darkness or do they both change together so they are both the same sword?

[@chlo_mau]

Lmk if u find out the answer

[@MrTuffsy]

You can have both

[@joseurbina3835]

Is it possible that we could have both Versions of Light and Dark Variants of the Sword in New Game+, Like if I were to only use the Light Sword in my 1st Playthrough, is it possible to get the Dark Sword in my 2nd Playthrough?

[@guttascoot7079]

Can you only do this once? Like play through?

[@setsunaes]

Lol, I have ran around that hidden wall countless times and have wasted HOURS trying to find a way to get down that area in the map lol

[@rvisionsgaming]

It’s another stone sheathed sword in a dungeon where the blink bolt ash of war is

[@dananthony6258]

Wait I was trick into the dark side , I never even got to use the sword of light. 😮

[@psycophantic]

What I wonder is if you can get both on ng+?

[@jamesjack4702]

Aint no way you dodged bow guy in that room he beams 😂

[@letz_getschwifty9785]

I got sword of light from the grave stone you got the the sheeth from

[@ashtonki6769]

Invis bridge straight up isnt the same for me. Ive done exactly what youve done three times, and have fallen right through every time at the half way point, not even the end jump.

[@mistermorphescarnoe2898]

Just use an AOE spell like Explosive Ghostflame and it will mark the invisible terrain, cast it 3-4 times and you'll be right through

[@docta_wat5870]

Not sure if it’s why, but I was wearing the darkness armor set and when I touched the light alter I died

[@vinstagated]

Mannn I wanted to dual wield these weapons so bad, guess I gotta new game+

[@oofskzy]

You dont need to throw the pot to wake him up, you can just parkour up the back.

[@lacqs9129]

I woke the fire furnace giant got inside the ruin but the sword sheathe is not there and for some reason I got another sheathe and if I talk to the stone it asks me if I want the dark sword..

[@bluebird2540]

Yeah the sword spawns in 3 different altars, depending on which one you find first the other 2 spawns disappear. So you gotta go to the spawns you did not pick up the sword at to turn it into light/darkness.

[@KingofthedemonsXIII]

Can you have both swords if you do 2 play throughs