How to Reveal the Elden Ring Map - Elden Ring Guide - IGN (2024)

Elden Ring's map is vast, sprawling, and obscured by a fog of war that you can reveal if you know how to unlock it. This page contains information on revealing the full map of Elden Ring.

Upon starting your adventure, you can open the map at any time (unless you are in combat) to see your position in the world, and travel to any Site of Grace you have visited provided you are not in a dungeon. However, besides the icons for points of interest and sites of grace, you will not be able to see any detail for the rest of the map beyond the borders of the land and major roads.

In order to unlock sections of the map to see in more detail, you will need to locate Map Steles, large stone monument resembling a column with glowing writing on them that have a Map Fragment you can loot from them. They are often located in large enemy camps on the route to that region's Legacy Dungeon.

Once you have collected a Map Fragment from a Map Stelle, viewing the map will automatically update with your fragment to show you that region's topography in a stylistic design, including forests, cliffs, rivers, oceans, and other unique-looking art that can help lead you to find new points of interest, mini dungeons, or encampments.

Below you will find the locations of all map fragments that will help you expand your knowledge of the Lands Between.

There are three different Map Fragments found at Steles across the Limgrave regions of West Limgrave, East Limgrave, and the Weeping Peninsula:

West Limgrave Map Fragment Location

• The West Limgrave Map Fragment is located at a Stele found in the Gatefront Ruins, which you can find after exiting the tutorial dungeon by following the main road past the Church of Elleh through a small forest and into a large enemy camp at the foot of the Stormgate.

East Limgrave Map Fragment Location

• The East Limgrave Fragment is located in Mistwood, near the Minor Erdtree. Keep moving south of the main road from the Third Church of Marika—the Stele will be close to a giant bear scratching a tree.

Weeping Peninsula Map Fragment Location

• The Weeping Peninsula Fragment is located just south of the Castle Morne Rampart Site of Grace, where a Golem will start firing giant arrows from afar. If you follow the direction from that Site of Grace, you'll be able to see as soon as you pass the stone wall next to it.

To break out Elden Ring's Liurnia map, there are three different Map Fragments found at Steles across the Liurnia regions of West Liurnia, North Liurnia, and East Liurnia:

East Liurnia Map Fragment Location

• You can find the East Liurnia Map Fragment not far north from the Liurnia Lakeshore Site of Grace, surrounded by wraiths that will try and ambush you from the ruins and trees that flank the main road traveling through the flooded zone.

North Liurnia Map Fragment Location

• You can find the North Liurnia Map Fragment at the southern entrance to the Academy Gate town along the flooded main road leading into the town before you enter the ruins proper.

West Liurnia Map Fragment Location

• You can find the West Liurnia Map Fragment near the far northwestern tip - far north of the Academy of Raya Lucaria and Testu's Rise, on a small road above the waterline just before the Kingsrealm Ruins, on the path towards Caria Manor.

There are two different Map Fragments found at Steles across the Caelid regions of Caelid and Dragonbarrow:

Caelid Map Fragment Location

• The Caelid Map Fragment is located in plain sight along Caelid's main highway that skirts the Swamp of Aeonia in a large half-circle, and the stele is found near the fork in the road where another path heads further southeast towards Redmane Castle, not far from a Nomadic Merchant. However the road leading to it is marked with danger, including a decaying dragon and one of the Night's Cavalry that patrols at night.

Dragonbarrow Map Fragment Location

• The Dragonbarrow Map Fragment is located along Dragonbarrow's main road, just east of the Dragonbarrow West Site of Grace. There will a couple of lesser dragons roaming on shallow waters.

There are three different Map Fragments found at Steles across the Altus regions of Altus Plateau, Mt Gelmir, and the Capital Outskirts:

Altus Plateau Map Fragment Location

• The Altus Plateau Map Fragment is located along one of its main roads after breaking off North from the road leading to the southern Capital Entrance. The path is lightly patrolled by a few soldiers and undead, and you may also find Brother Corhyn nearby.

Mt. Gelmir Map Fragment Location

• The Mt Gelmir Map Fragment is located deep within the region, requiring you to undertake twisting pathways and climb up the mountain to reach the Volcano Manor itself, where you'll find the Map Stele on a road below the manor leading to the large broken bridge - but beware the hands that guard it.

Capital Outskirts Map Fragment Location

• The Capital Outskirts Map Fragment is located right after the southern capital gate, past the two Tree Sentinels. The Map Stele can be seen next to the Outer Wall Phantom Tree Site of Grace on the main road leading to Leyndell, Royal Capital.

There are three different Map Fragments found at Steles across the Mountaintops of the Giants, including the West Mountains and East Mountains sections, and the hidden Consecrated Snowfield.

West Mountaintops Map Fragment Location

• The West Mountaintops Map Fragment can be located across the Forbidden Lands and just past taking the Lift of Rold up into the mountains proper - you'll find it as the narrow path curves right towards the Zamor Ruins, which can't be missed.

East Mountaintops Map Fragment Location

• The East Mountaintops Map Fragment is located along the path up towards the summit of the mountains on the road towards the Giant's Forge. You can find it after crossing through the Guardians' Garrison and across the narrow chain bridge across a valley to the Giants' Gravepost Site of Grace.

Consecrated Snowfield Map Fragment Location

• The Consecrated Snowfield Map Fragment can only be accessed once you have gotten both halves of the Secret Haligtree Medallion and used it at the Lift of Rold to enter the snowfield. You'll have to head north along the low-visibility snowdrifts until the blizzard clears halfway up by a frozen river, and you'll find the map stele on the other side of the river by a giant tree, just a bit west of the main road where it has crumbled by the river.

There are three different underground regions in Elden Ring that have multiple map fragments you can find, including the Siofra River, Ainsel River, Lake of Rot, Deeproot Depths, and Moghwyn Palace:

Siofra River Map Fragment Location

• The Siofra River Well Map can be found soon after taking the lift down from East Limgrave's well access, and you'll find it not far to the east of the Siofra River Bank Site of Grace, across the water at the steps to the Hallowhorn Grounds where 8 stone torches are set up along the stairs - the body that holds the map lies at the foot of them.

Mohgwyn Palace Map Fragment Location

• The Moghwyn Palace Map Fragment can only be accessed either by following Varre's Questline or finding the secret Sending Gate teleporter in the Consecrated Snowfield, at which point you can continue exploring to find a body holding the map at the entrance to the Dynasty Mausoleum Entrance Site of Grace.

Ainsel River Map Fragment Location

• The Ainsel River Map Fragment is located on a body you can find after taking the lift down from the East Liurnia lift down to the well, and passing through the ant tunnels to a large room with a Malformed Star hanging from the top - below which you'll find an Isolated Merchant and the map nearby.

Lake of Rot Map Fragment Location

• The Lake of Rot Map Fragment is located deep past Nokstella, Eternal City on your second trip to the Ainsel River, where you must take a lift down past the city into the poison lake entrance, where you can find a body holding the map by the poison lake.

Deeproot Depths Map Fragment Location

• The Deeproot Depths Map Fragment can only be accessed by defeating the Valiant Gargoyles at the end of Siofra Aqueduct past Nokron, Eternal City in the far north, and taking a coffin ride to this new region. Here you'll have to cross a series of roots to an area full of white waters and Basilisks to find a body holding the map at a stone gazebo in front of various ruined buildings.