Map: Ainsel River

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About this item

Map of Ainsel River and environs.

Two great rivers flow beneath the Lands Between, the Siofra and the Ainsel. This vast region is said to be the grave of civilizations that flourished before the Erdtree.

Stone building beneath the Uhl Palace creature

Ainsel River

Starting Site of Grace: Ainsel River Sluice Gate

1. On eastern Liurnia's plateau, head north from Eastern Tableland to the round Ainsel River Well building. Ride the lift down and activate Ainsel River Well Depths grace.
2. Take the tunnel on the left toward the giant ants. Watch the ceiling as well as the floor; drawing them down one at a time is safer than being surrounded beneath them.
3. At the first lit junction, turn right. The left branch ends at a Smithing Stone pickup rather than the route onward.
4. At the next split in the chamber full of corpses, take the right branch toward the large stone structure. Climb the path on the right and cross the bridge back to the left.
5. Activate Ainsel River Sluice Gate grace in the cave ahead before using the lift directly to the right of the bridge's far end. Ride that lift down instead of jumping from the upper ruins.
6. Follow the lower ruins through the Claymen and the lit entrance into the large open chamber. A hanging creature at the far end fires stones across this room.
7. Use the stone walls and pillars as cover while approaching the building directly beneath that creature. The Hermit Merchant is sheltering inside; killing the creature is optional.
8. Loot the corpse inside the merchant's stone building for the map. It is a free ground pickup, not an item in his shop.
9. The Dragonkin Soldier arena lies farther through the western river tunnel. You do not need to defeat that boss or reach Ainsel River Main for this map.

Notes

• Reveals the drawn terrain when collected. It does not activate undiscovered graces, mark every item or complete the area for you.
• You do not equip or consume the fragment to view it. Open the map after the pickup, and place your own markers for routes you want to follow.
• Reveals the underground Ainsel River region. Switch map layers to view it rather than searching the surface around Liurnia.
• The map is a free pickup near the underground merchant. Buying his stock is unnecessary, and Lake of Rot has its own fragment.
• The lower well route reveals the map without opening the upper river. Ainsel River Main and Nokstella still need their own entrance; a waterfall below the lower tunnels is not a safe shortcut.