Ruin-Strewn Precipice - Elden Ring Guide - IGN (2024)

Ruin-Strewn Precipice is one of the Minor Dungeons found in the Liurnia Region in Elden Ring. It is an optional dungeon that is home to a few treasure items and a miniboss Foe. This page contains information on the location, walkthrough, and guide to traverse this dungeon, locate all of its treasure, and tips to defeat the enemies within.

How to Get to Ruin-Strewn Precipice

In northern Liurnia, heading up through the deep and narrow ravine heading northeast, you'll reach the Ravine-Veiled Village Site of Grace. You'll note a series of ladders heading up the cliff, which will lead you through a tunnel filled with Stonediggers and Vulgar Militia. As you make your way through, you'll reach a lift, which one ridden up will lead to another cave of Stonediggers.

Proceed up the slope to the northwest and you'll arrive at the Ruin-Strewn Precipice Site of Grace.

Ruin-Strewn Precipice Walkthrough

Past the Site of Grace, ride the lift up, and grab the Cracked Crystal from the deposit on the wall. Head along the platform to the left, dealing with the Vulgar Militant and Bat that wait on the corner. Heading up the stairs you'll face another 3 Bats feasting on a corpse. You can also backtrack and drop off the stairs to land on a lower platform which curves around to a Stonedigger and a Cracked Crystal deposit, and a ladder to get back up afterward.

Continuing up the longer ladder beyond, you'll find two Bats in the northeast corner over a corpse, as well as a Chanting Winged Dame in the western corner near the next ladder. Upon approaching the Chanting Winged Dame, it will shriek and summon 4 additional Bats to attack you. Dealing with those, avoiding the poison cloud that the Winged Dame can emit, climb the ladder and face off against two small Land Octopuses as well as 2 Bats that are hanging from the small overhang on the left.

Up the next ladder will be two small Land Octopuses, as well as a Chanting Winged Dame and a Winged Dame Sorcerer on the raised platform to the left. You can lure one of them by using ranged attacks, and that is recommended as if both Winged Dames attack you at once you can get very easily overwhelmed. A corpse in one of the tents holds a Smithing Stone (3) as well as a Smithing Stone (4) deposit on the wall.

Here you'll have two paths to choose from; one to the southwest where the Harpies were, where you can ride a lift up, or you can head to the opposite end of the clearing and climb a ladder. At the top of the ladder you'll need to walk across the wooden planks to face off against 5 small Land Octopuses and one large one. There are two corpses in this area, one with Smithing Stone (3) and the other holds the Serpent-God's Curved Sword. There is also a Smithing Stone (4) deposit in the southwestern corner.

Backtracking to the lift you'd encountered just prior, at the top of the lift you'll find the next Site of Grace. Beyond the Site of Grace is a tunnel leading to a mist wall. Before entering, you can use the gold summon sign on the right (if you wish) to summon Great Horned Tragoth as a co-operator.

Boss Fight - Magma Wyrm Makar

Similar to the Magma Wyrm fight in Gael Tunnel, Makar focuses on spewing lava from its mouth, coating the majority of the arena in a dangerous persistent substance.

The Wyrm's most common moves revolve around a charge that, whilst running in a straight line, will emit lava from its mouth covering its entire path, and the lava spreads out as time passes on. The Wyrm also has a tendency, if there is a bit of distance between you and it, to spit a magma ball at you which explodes in a small AOE and settles on the ground. Both of these attacks, whilst highly damaging if you get caught in them, are heavily telegraphed by the Wyrm rearing its head back and opening its mouth with an orange glow building there. It's difficult to discern between the two attack animations, but both require the same strategy; dodge-roll to the side as a precaution, if it's the spit you will have dodged the ball and can charge the Wyrm, if its the charge, keep dodge-rolling and get up behind it to get some easy hits.

Like the various dragons in Elden Ring, the Wyrm can perform a tail sweep that acts as a 180 turn for it should you spend too long behind the creature. This can similarly be dodge-rolled through if you counter-intuitively roll towards the Wyrm. If you keep at its side too long, it can bend its head around and spit magma to the side. If it begins this, which will be clear to see from the way the Wyrm begins to contort its head around, just head to its back end and keep hitting worry-free for a few seconds.

At around 50% health, the Wyrm begins utilizing the blade it carries in its right hand. It will use the blade in place of its tail sweep, achieving the exact same effect; requiring a dodge-roll through the blade swipe and ensuring the Wyrm is facing you. If you are around the front of the Wyrm, it can also raise the sword horizontally with both hands and slam it into the ground creating a shockwave. The animation as the Wyrm stands on its hind legs to perform this slam does allow you to roll underneath its belly, and doing so will ensure you avoid damage (so long as you get out from underneath it before it comes down).

Makar can also stand back on its hind legs and vomit magma in a small area in front of itself, and can be avoided much like the other lava-based attacks; keep your distance and dodge-roll around to the back of the Wyrm to take advantage of the long animation spewing lava entails.

Upon defeating Magma Wyrm Makar, you'll earn the Magma Wyrm's Scalesword and a Dragon Heart. On the opposite end of the room from where you entered, you'll find a lift that acts as an alternative path to the Atlus Plateau.