Altus Plateau
The Altus Plateau is where the game starts to feel grand. After the mist of Liurnia, you come up onto a high, golden land of autumn forests, windmills and wide fields, and the Erdtree suddenly looks close enough to touch. At its feet lies Leyndell, Royal Capital, the seat of Queen Marika and the place nearly every Tarnished is trying to reach.
The plateau is big and full of variety: the poisonous Shaded Castle in the north, the uncomfortably cheerful Dominula, Windmill Village, quiet woods around a Minor Erdtree guarded by a giant Wormface, and the volcanic slopes of Mt. Gelmir rising to the west. The Capital Outskirts stretch out in front of Leyndell’s walls.
Sites of Grace
Abandoned Coffin
Erdtree-Gazing Hill
Altus Plateau
Altus Highway Junction
Forest-Spanning Greatbridge
Rampartside Path
Bower of Bounty
Road of Iniquity Side Path
Windmill Village
Windmill Heights
Shaded Castle Ramparts
Shaded Castle Inner Gate
Castellan’s Hall
Notable loot
Godskin Peeler and Scouring Black Flame (from the Godskin Apostle in Dominula)
Valkyrie’s Prosthesis (The Shaded Castle)
Godfrey Icon (Golden Lineage Evergaol)
Ritual Sword Talisman (Lux Ruins)
Unseen Blade and Unseen Form (Mirage Rise)
How to get there
Ride the Grand Lift of Dectus up from Liurnia once you have both halves of the Dectus Medallion, or climb the Ruin-Strewn Precipice and beat Magma Wyrm Makar. Either way you arrive in the south of the plateau.
Lore
Altus is the heartland of the Golden Order. The Erdtree rises over it, Leyndell stands in its shadow, and the roads still lead to the capital from every direction. The windmills and festivals hint at an older, happier age, while the ruins and the blood on the villagers’ robes tell you it is long gone.