Stormveil Castle
Stormveil Castle is the first legacy dungeon most players tackle, and for many it is the moment Elden Ring really clicks. The castle sits on a cliff above Stormhill, a huge maze of walls, towers, courtyards and cellars, and nearly every path through it hides a shortcut, a side room or an ambush.
Godrick the Grafted rules from the top of the keep. Before you can reach him, you have to get past Margit, the Fell Omen outside the gate, and inside you will run into Banished Knights, Exile Soldiers, grafted warhawks and a Grafted Scion guarding one of the halls. It is a tough place, but it is fair, and exploring every corner pays off.
The castle is technically optional. You can ride around it along the cliffs to reach Liurnia, but you would miss a lot: loot, characters such as Nepheli Loux and Sorcerer Rogier, and the Great Rune that Godrick carries.
Sites of Grace
Stormveil Main Gate
Gateside Chamber
Stormveil Cliffside
Rampart Tower
Liftside Chamber
Secluded Cell
Godrick the Grafted
Notable loot
Godrick’s Great Rune and Remembrance of the Grafted (from Godrick)
Rusty Key
Iron Whetblade
Chrysalids’ Memento (for Roderika)
Godslayer’s Seal and Godskin Prayerbook (cellar behind a Stonesword Key door)
Claw Talisman
Curved Sword Talisman
Mimic’s Veil
Manor Towershield
Hawk Crest Wooden Shield
Misericorde
Highland Axe
Brick Hammer
Arbalest
Hookclaws
Ash of War: Storm Assault
Ash of War: Stormcaller
Aspects of the Crucible: Horns (from the Crucible Knight)
Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbook [10]
Shabriri Grape
How to get there
Ride north through Stormhill to the Castleward Tunnel and beat Margit. Gatekeeper Gostoc then offers to open the main gate for you, but he suggests the side path instead, and that is the route most players take: it leads through the Gateside Chamber and the cliffside instead of straight into the guarded courtyard.
Lore
Long ago, an old king ruled the castle, back when the storm that gives Stormhill its name still raged. Godrick took it after the Shattering, and the thorny craters on the outer walls, as well as the grafted soldiers inside, show what he has done to it since.
Below the castle, a pale face made of roots lies in the dark. It belongs to Godwyn the Golden, the first demigod to die, and the rot of his death has spread even here.