Shadow of the Erdtree has brought plenty of new content to Elden Ring, and players are rejoicing. There are tons of new enemies to slaughter, bosses to take on, and puzzles to solve.
One of the puzzles you can find is The Sacred Tower Painting puzzle. If you’re having trouble figuring this one out, no worries, we’re here to show you how to solve this puzzle and get your reward.
How to find The Sacred Tower Painting in Elden Ring
The Sacred Tower Painting can be found a bit to the northeast of the Scorched Ruins, inside of a small cave. It’s a new Info Item that’s exclusive to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
While you will likely find this painting early on in the DLC, you won’t actually be able to solve the puzzle until much later after many of the bosses are defeated, and you’ve made good progress in the story.
How to complete The Sacred Tower Painting puzzle
In order to solve the puzzle, you’ll need to head to the location that inspired the painting, which can be found by the Northern Nameless Mausoleum. Getting there is the hardest part, but the best route is to start northeast of the Moorth Ruins at the small lake.
Follow this path underneath as it takes you through Temple Town Ruins. Right by the cliff that takes you up to the Mausoleum, near the Fog Rift Catacombs, there is a locked Spiritspring that you can take up to the top of the cliff.
To unlock the Spiritspring, keep heading south up the slope and you’ll eventually find a small stack of stones to break. Once you’ve destroyed the stack, the Spiritspring will be unlocked and you can jump to the mausoleum.
Once at the top, go down to the southwest part of the cliff and you’ll find two stones that are close together. At this location, you can see The Sacred Tower as it is in the painting, and a ghost will drop the item for you to pick up. You can see the route on the map below.
Note that you can only solve the puzzle after you have access to Enir Ilem and reveal its true form. This is a big moment in the DLC’s story. The painting itself is a bit of a spoiler. You won’t be able to solve The Sacred Tower Painting puzzle before then, so don’t waste time trying to.
The Sacred Tower Painting puzzle reward in Elden Ring
For finding the location of the painting, you’ll be rewarded with The Spiraltree Seal. This is one of the new Sacred Seals included with Shadow of the Erdtree. If your build uses a lot of Spiral Incantations, this is a good reward to pick up.
