Elden Ring: How To Reach Volcano Manor (2024)

Elden Ring is full of many fantastical locations spread out across the Lands Between, but few are quite as ominous and foreboding as Volcano Manor. It’s an iconic location, found in Mt. Gelmir, and it serves as a nexus point for several NPC questlines. You will encounter several old and new characters with which to interact.

It can be challenging to reach the location, however, despite the fact that there are several options you can take. This guide will run you through each route, from taking the long path through Altus Plateau and Mt. Gelmir, encountering a secret Abductor Virgin in Raya Lucaria Academy, or following Rya’s questline in Liurnia of the Lakes, you have plenty of fun options ahead.

Updated by Mehrdad Khayyat on May 23rd, 2024: This article has been updated with a video guide to assist with navigation.

Riding To Volcano Manor

‌Before you can reach Volcano Manor, you should step into the Altus Plateau. This can be done either by collecting the Grand Lift of Dectus medallions or through the sneaky way in the northeast of Liurnia of the Lakes. Once you are in the Altus Plateau, make your way towards Leyndell, but don't enter the city. You will need to circle around the Altus Plateau in the counter-clockwise direction, passing by Altus Highway Junction, Outer Wall Phantom Tree, Outer Wall Battlegrounds, Windmill Village, and finally the Road of Inquiry Side Path Sites of Grace.

The video above shows you the circling path on the map, but the real navigation begins from the Road of Inquiry Side Path Site of Grace. Head west from this point and follow the road until you reach a wooden bridge. Beyond the bridge is Mt. Gelmir. Continue a little bit towards the first outpost after the bridge until you see Abductor Virgins. Now, hug the cliffs on your left until you spot a ladder. Climb up, and then ride your horse to the right and pass over a bridge-like spiky cliff. Continuing the path straight after the cliff will take you to the second ladder. Climb up again, and turn left this time. Head a little bit forward and climb up the third ladder.

You should now see a merchant next to the fourth ladder. Buy if you need anything and then climb up again. Summon torrent and get down the cliff to your right, as soon as you are on the lower ground, take a sharp turn to the left beyond the wooden spikes and you will spot another wooden bridge. Head to the other side and use the steamy jump pad to reach the peak of Mt. Gelmir, where an optional boss is waiting for you. Skip the boss and turn right. There is another of those bridge-like cliffs. Head to the other side and then turn left, and you will spot the entrance to Volcano Manor, with a hooded giant standing in front of it. Ignore the giant and head inside to activate the Volcano Manor Site of Grace.

Abductor Virgin In Raya Lucaria Academy

This is an unusual path to Volcano Manor, but it actually takes you to a unique area in Volcano Manor, which you are unable to visit otherwise. If you let Patches live back in Murkwater Cave, he will relocate to the Scenic Isle site of grace in Liurnia of the Lakes. He tells the tale of a secret path into Volcano Manor, one which involves being taken by an Abductor Virgin found in the depths of Raya Lucaria Academy. Make sure you’re ok losing your Runes for this route — this method does involve you dying and being transported far away.

In order to reach the correct Abductor Virgin, head to the Schoolhouse Classroom site of grace in Raya Lucaria Academy and head outside where the giant water wheel can be found. You initially traveled up the platforms on this waterwheel in order to reach this location, but traveling down the waterwheel leads to the Abductor Virgin. You should find a thin path alongside the waterwheel at the end of which you’ll encounter a torch-wielding enemy. From here, you want to jump onto the waterwheel platforms heading down into a crystal grove at the base.

You’ll encounter the Abductor Virgin down here. Be careful in this fight; the only way for it to transport you is for you to be grabbed by it and also killed during the grab attack. This particular enemy does seem to perform its signature grab attack much more frequently than other Abductor Virgins, but be careful not to be slain by its other moves.

Once you are grabbed and slain in the same move, you will wake up in the heart of Volcano Manor. This section of Volcano Manor is a wholly unique portion of Volcano Manor you are unable to access by other means, so have fun exploring. After defeating this sub-area’s boss, the path ultimately leads you back into Altus Plateau, just above the Seethewater River site of grace. You can then ride the rest of the way to the main entrance of Volcano Manor if you’d prefer.

There is, however, another path.

Follow Rya’s Questline In Liurnia

This option is the simplest route to Volcano Manor, teleporting you to Volcano Manor pretty much right after gaining access to Altus Plateau. Starting At the Laskyar Ruins site of grace in Liurnia of the Lakes, ride northwest, heading toward the golden telescope icon on the map. When you draw near, you should hear Rya, calling for assistance from the nearby gazebo.

Rya will ask you to aid her; make sure to agree to hear her request. She will explain that he had a special necklace stole from her, and she desperately needs it returned. To get the necklace back, you’ll want to ride northwest to Boilprawn Shack.

There, you will encounter an NPC named Blackguard Big Boggart. He’s the one who stole the necklace. Ask for the necklace back. He will offer to sell it to you for 1,000 Runes. If you accept, he will return the necklace and become a merchant. If you refuse, you can kill him to gain the necklace, but if you do so you will lose access to his questline and its interaction with the Loathsome Dung Eater.

Once you’ve acquired the necklace, return to Rya. She will be overjoyed that you returned her necklace. Due to your assistance, she recognizes the quality of your character. She tells you of Lady Tanith and Volcano Manor, and she ultimately offers you a Volcano Manor invitation. Speak with her some more, and she’ll explain the main ways to reach Altus Plateau: The Grand Lift of Dectus and the Ruin-Strewn Precipice. Both paths are worth exploring, but the Grand Lift of Dectus is by far the easier path to unlock and reach Altus Plateau.

Rya will meet you nearby the ends of both of these routes: if you take the Ruin-Strewn Precipice, Rya will be waiting for you by the Erdtree-Gazing Hill site of grace, over by the Lux Ruins nearby. If you take the Grand Lift of Dectus, Rya can be found waiting just ahead after stepping off the lift in Altus Plateau. Whichever route you choose, speak with her, and she will offer to take you to Volcano Manor. When you accept, she will teleport you both to Volcano Manor.