Crumbling Farum Azula is the final Legacy Dungeon in Elden Ring, and the final new location encountered in the main storyline. This Elden Ring walkthrough has information on how to reach Crumbling Farum Azula, how to navigate between the various Sites of Grace, how to find all the secrets and treasures, and defeat the area boss at the end.

Crumbling Farum Azula Walkthrough

• How to Get to Crumbling Farum Azula
• Crumbling Farum Azula Walkthrough
• Crumbling Beast Grave Depths
• Tempest-Facing Balcony
• Dragon Temple
• Godskin Duo Boss Fight
• Dragon Temple Altar
• Dragon Temple Rooftop
• Dragon Temple Lift
• Beside the Great Bridge
• Beast Clergyman Boss Fight
• Maliketh, the Black Blade Boss Fight
• How to Find Dragonlord Placidusax
• Dragonlord Placidusax Boss Fight

How to Get to Crumbling Farum Azula

To reach Crumbling Farum Azula you need to go to the Forge of the Giants Site of Grace (accessible after defeating the Fire Giant boss in Mountaintops of the Giants), rest at the Site of Grace, then speak to Melina and tell her you want to burn the Erdtree (depending on what ending you are pursuing this option may be different).

After the cutscene you will find yourself dropped at the end of a bridge at the edge of the Farum Azula dungeon.

Crumbling Farum Azula Walkthrough

Alright we've made it to the final dungeon, Crumbling Farum Azula, let's finish Elden Ring! Make your way toward the castle walls where you will find a Smithing Stone [8]. Look to the right at the end of the bridge and you will see a cracked wall where you can drop off onto some platforms below. Carefully drop down (grab the Golden Rune [9] along the way) then enter the doorway at the bottom to get inside the dungeon.

Once inside head down the staircase on the left to find yourself overlooking a long hallway full of beastman enemies. The one patrolling the hall is the only aggressive one, so deal with him first before picking off the others one by one. These guys are incredibly susceptible to Guard Counters if you have a good shield, but beware their oddly timed combos and long range because it is easy to get caught off guard by their strange attack patterns. When they are all dead you can grab the Old Fang x3 from the corner that one was standing over.

Continue down the hall and you will find yourself in a sort of cryptlike area with even more beastmen. Take them out as you go along, and don't forget to grab the Lightningproof Dried Liver near the cracked wall on the right side. Just past this item you will see a small room on your left which contains the first Site of Grace, Crumbling Beast Grave. Activate this Site to regain your ability to fast travel.

As you leave the Site of Grace and head down the nearby staircase you will likely notice a Stake of Marika. Yep, mini-boss incoming! This staircase will lead you out onto a giant ledge with a few different items scattered across it. Ignore those for now and walk forward. About halfway across the screen will begin to shake and a dragon will swoop down from the sky and crash land on the ledge.

Two keys to this fight: focus on attacking its back legs and always stay on the upper side of the ledge near the wall to avoid being hit off. You can almost always bait the dragon into doing one of its claw swipe or slam attacks by standing in front of it, then you can rush underneath and get 4-5 free attacks on the back legs. It will do a lot of jumping around and spinning to try and catch you, so keep your shield up and keep an eye out for the fire breath attacks, especially the one it does from the sky and the one it points toward the ground, which will deal massive damage even when blocked. The dragon's lightning bolts can be easily dodged by just avoiding the glowing spots on the ground.

The dragon deals big damage and has a lot of health, so just play it safe as much as possible and slowly wear it down. You will get an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone from killing the dragon, but once it is out of the way you can claim the items on the ledge including: Smithing Stone [6], Smithing Stone [8], and Dragonwound Grease. Make your way to the far end of the ledge and go up through the opening on the left side wall where you will find another Smithing Stone [8] and the Crumbling Beast Grave Depths Site of Grace.

Crumbling Beast Grave Depths

Exit this Site of Grace through the nearby door and you will find yourself in a crypt guarded by two beastmen. Kill them and grab the Smithing Stone [7] off the tomb. Instead of going down the stairs by the tombs go out onto the thin outdoor balcony on the far side of the room. Look to the right and you will see an accessible roof. Climb up to the top of the roof where you can access the upper level of the attached building.

The floor here is broken apart and the thin paths are guarded by a couple of beastmen, so be careful not to drop or be pushed through any of the holes in the ground. You can grab a Gravel Stone x3 from atop a tomb on the left side of the room, then make your way across to the far side of the room where you will find a Smithing Stone [6] hanging off the ledge near the railing.

From here you can see a couple more beastmen staring at an item at the very back of the room. Sneak up on them and initiate combat with a backstab on the nearest beastman. The middle beastman will start casting lightning spells that you need to dodge by looking out for the glowing pillars of red light, similar to the dragon from before. You can attempt to chase him down if you like, but he is evasive, so i found it easier to just kill the other beasts first and deal with the caster last. Once they are all dead you can grab the item from the back, a Great Grave Glovewort.

Make your way back to the crypt room adjacent to the Site of Grace and head down those stairs we ignored earlier. Instead of going all the way to the bottom of the stairs go down the hallway on your left first. Defeat the patrolling beastman, then turn left at the end of the hall and kill the beastman on the bridge here as well. Kill the next beastman on the other side of the bridge, then follow that hallway down to the end where you will see an open door on the right that leads to a shattered balcony with a Golden Rune [12] on it.

Go back inside and down the nearby stairs where you will find a Lightning Greatbolt x14. Finally we can go down into the center of this room where you will encounter another one of those spellcasting beastmen, along with a bunch of other beasts waiting to ambush. You can run through to the other side of the room to give yourself a little extra space to fight rather than getting surrounded. If you want a little extra insurance policy you can even run outside the door on the other side of the building and activate the Site of Grace outside. Kill all of the beastmen chasing you down and you can go back into the room and grab the Ancient Dragon Prayerbook from the middle of the room.

Take a rest at the aforementioned Site of Grace if you need to replenish your Flasks because we are about to embark on a little mini-boss adventure. Head back across the room and exit out onto the balcony on the other side. Here you will see an elevator, but don't forget to grab the Hero's Rune [2] hiding between the pillars to the right of the stairs before heading down.

Go down the elevator and you will find yourself on an expansive cliffside hanging out over the endless void. Immediately look over the edge to the right of the elevator where you will see a very conspicuous island in the distance.

Carefully cross the floating rocks and make your way to the island where you will encounter yet another dragon. This one does not have the lightning powers that the previous one did making it a little easier. Employ the same strategy we used before to defeat it and claim the Smithing Stone [8] on the island.

Make your way back over to the mainland and head down the path where you will encounter some of those strange worm spewing enemies you may have seen in Altus Plateau. Their expulsions can afflict Death Blight, which triggers instant death if it builds to max. Keep your Rejuvenating Boluses close and don't be afraid to run away if you build up too much blight too quickly.

When the path splits take the high road on the left first which will lead you to a tree with an item and an enemy behind it. Kill the enemy and grab the Fulgurbloom x4 before proceeding. Continue along this path and you should see two brick towers on your right. Drop down to the base of the towers and kill the enemies standing around.

There is a Somber Smithing Stone [9] at the base of a tree behind the nearer of the two towers. With that item in hand you can climb the ladder on the tower to reach the top where you will find another enemy and a Smithing Stone [8].

To the left of the enemy you will see an opening in the railing. Look over the edge and you will see some rocks you can jump to below. Jump all the way down the rocks to reach ground level again. You will be near a thin creek that runs into a large puddle of water where a few more enemies are resting, including one massive enemy. You don't actually get anything for killing these enemies, so I recommend just crouching and sneaking around them to grab the items in the water, Rejuvenating Boluses and a Smithing Stone [8]. Finally make your way to the gazebo on the other side of the puddle where you will find Glovewort Picker's Bell Bearing [3].

There is one last little section of cliff if you follow the path down from the puddle. Make your way all the way to the end of the path and you will find one last enemy waiting for you, guarding the final item: Gravel Stone x5. That concludes our search of this area, so warp back to the Tempest-Facing Balcony Site of Grace.

Tempest-Facing Balcony

Immediately drop off the balcony and onto the rocky cliff behind it where you will see the Somberstone Miner's Bell Bearing [4] sitting on the edge of the cliff. Go left where you will see a bunch of floating debris below you. Carefully make your way down the rocks and onto the large platform at the bottom.

Here you will encounter a large number of undead foes, wielding both melee and ranged weapons. They are all relatively weak, but you do have to make sure you hit them one last time after they die to ensure they stay dead. Once all the enemies are dead go up to the top of the platform where you will find a Golden Rune [9] behind one of the pillars, then make your way to the bottom of the platform where you will see an item sitting on an isolated platform you can jump to. Loot it to get a Somber Smithing Stone [7].

Go to the far side of the platform and you will see a downed pillar forming a sort of bridge to another piece of floating debris with an item on it. Run down to the platform and grab the Golden Arrow x14, then keep moving to avoid the fire breath from the dragon watching over this area in the distance. Quickly drop down to the platform below and get behind the pillars at the top where you can avoid the flames.

Here you will encounter a new type of larger undead enemy. These ones actually have a bit of health and can deal some serious damage, but they are slow moving and highly susceptible to Guard Counters and backstabs. As always, make sure to add that final hit to keep them down. Grab the Gravel Stone x3 nearby, then look directly right from the Gravel Stone where you will see a pillar with a corpse strapped to it. Check behind that pillar to find a Somber Smithing Stone [9].

There is a little more exploring to be done here, but first look east where you will see a large building with a Site of Grace out in front of it. Jumping between the floating rocks to make your way over to the Dragon Temple Site of Grace and activate it.

Turn around and look down and you should see a set of stairs below you. Make a running jump from the Site of Grace platform to land on them. Go up the stairs and into the open door on your right where you will be immediately ambushed by a large undead. Kill it to claim the Golden Rune [12] nearby. Go back through the door and continue up the path where you will be ambushed by yet another undead. Ignore the door he popped out of for now and instead follow the forward path all the way to the end where you will find a Golden Rune [10].

Go back to the doorway the last undead jumped out of and follow it through to the other side. Kill the archer standing by the railing, then go left across the downed pillar to reach a balcony with a ladder on it. Climb up to find that archer who has been taking shots at you all through this area. Kill it, then look to the left where you will see an ominous looking hallway with an item at the end. Run up and claim the item, a Great Grave Glovewort, then get ready to face the three undead that drop from the ceiling behind you. Once you've killed them all that's it for this area, so you can teleport back to the Dragon Temple Site of Grace from earlier.

Dragon Temple

Rather than going right in the front door we are going to start exploring from the bottom. Jump back to the stairs below the Site of Grace, then jump from the stairs to the landing underneath the building. Immediately go to the left side where you will see a Banished Knight with a halberd standing near an item. These guys are strong, but pretty oblivious, so you can almost always sneak up on them and get a backstab to initiate. As always strafing and Guard Countering works well, but beware their more powerful weapon arts which are telegraphed by a gust of wind rushing around them as they attack. These are more difficult to interrupt and deal a lot of damage. Just block or roll through if you see one coming. Kill this guard and you can claim the Rune Arc on the ledge near him.

Go around the corner and into the building through the large doorway. Head down the hall where you will encounter another Banished Knight with his back turned. Try to draw him backward rather than into the room ahead to avoid alerting any other enemies.

This next room contains two more Banished Knights who would love nothing more than to take you on in a 2v1, but if we move carefully we can avoid that altogether. Walk into the room and crouch behind the nearest tomb. You will see the dual-blade knight ahead of you, but after or 10 seconds the halberd knight will walk out of the doorway on the right side of the room. Wait for him to walk past then sneak your way toward the door he came from and out onto the ledge outside. Walk to the corner of the balcony and grab the Somber Smithing Stone [9], then head back to the doorway and try and get the attention of the halberd knight who is patrolling inside the room. You should be able to get him to notice you at which point he will run outside to fight you without the dual-blade knight noticing. Take out the halberd knight in the one on one, then sneak up on the other knight to clear out the room. Once he is dead you can grab the Azula Beastman Ashes off of the tomb he was guarding.

Next go to the other side of the room where you can jump down to a hallway below. Run to the end of the hall and up the stairs where you will find the Dragon Temple Transept Site of Grace. Activate this Site, but don't go up the nearby stairs unless you want to wander into the mid-boss fight. Instead warp back to the Dragon Temple Site of Grace so we can continue our exploration of the area.

From the Site of Grace this time we will go straight ahead through the door, then to the left over the smashed pillar and onto the ledge beyond where you can find a Golden Rune [11]. Go back into the hallway and make your way down to the other end where you will encounter another halberd knight and find a Smithing Stone [6] at the ledge.

Head down the nearby staircase which will lead you to a balcony with yet another Banished Knight waiting nearby. To the left is a dead end and jumping off the balcony ahead will get you into the aforementioned boss room, so instead we are going to go right and down the hallway rather than the stairs. Kill the knight patrolling the hallway, then round the corner at the end where you will see another knight standing at a ledge. Kill him to claim the item next to him, a Stonesword Key.

Go up the stairs and back into the building where you will find another hall and another knight. Make your way down to the end of this hall to find a Dragonwound Grease x2 at the end. From here you can jump down onto the crumbling staircase below, which has a Golden Rune [12] at the top. Kill the Banished Knight at the bottom of the stairs to wrap up our exploration of the Dragon Temple. If you are feeling confident you can head inside the nearby room which leads to the boss fight I mentioned earlier, but I would recommend just teleporting to the Dragon Temple Transept Site of Grace to rest up before heading into...

Godskin Duo Boss Fight

Godskin Noble. Godskin Apostle. As if these guys weren't annoying enough on their own, now you get to battle them at the same time! Just because these are familiar foes does not make things much easier, but the silver lining is that these are weakened versions of the bosses.

You should already be at least somewhat familiar with these enemies from your past encounters, so my main advice for this new encounter is simple: cheese them (a little). There are a number of large pillars scattered around the boss arena which you can use to put distance between you and the bosses. They will crumble when attacked, and certain moves and projectiles will reach over them, but the bosses can not simply walk over them like you can giving you a massive advantage when you use them correctly.

The most annoying aspect of this fight is that the two bosses will often stick close together and constantly throw projectiles at you when at a distance, but by positioning yourself around the pillar you can force them to split up and even block some of their black fireballs. This strategy allows you to create more openings to punish one boss or the other. Additionally, if you have a projectile, spell, or a weapon with a medium to long range weapon art (like Moonveil or Sword of Night and Flame) you can hit them through the pillar like they will try to do to you.

Like I said before, these are weakened versions of the Godskin bosses, mostly when it comes to their health pools. You will notice they die very quickly, but the boss health bar is quite massive. Similar to the Four Kings from Dark Souls more Godskin bosses will keep spawning until you have depleted the entire bar. The good news is once one boss dies it takes some time for another to spawn. This is your chance to really lay into the other Godskin boss, and this is where you need to dictate the pace of the fight most of all.

Your goal should be to use whatever resources necessary to burst down one of the Godskin bosses, whichever once you feel less confident against in the one on one. For example, I split the two enemies up and then unleashed a Rivers of Blood full weapon art combo (as always, Bleed is HIGHLY effective) to kill one of the bosses near the start. Turn your focus to the other boss, doing as much damage as you can while you wait for them to summon. When you see them calmly and slowly raise their hand into the air they are preparing to summon their ally back, and this is your opening to unleash whatever big combo you have to burn down the second foe.

In this way you should almost always be able to keep yourself in a one on one, or at least have one of the bosses incredibly weakened at all times. In my fight I had to kill four Godskin bosses in total to fully deplete the health bar. The reward for defeating this army of Godskin warriors is the Smithing Stone Miner's Bell Bearing [4] and the