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Where to find the Dragon Communion Church and Cathedral.
If you’ve stumbled upon an Elden Ring Dragon Communion altar, you might be wondering what you’re supposed to do with it. It’s also easy to lose track of all the weird and wonderful locations or NPCs you find on your travels through the Lands Between, and it’s perfectly possible to overlook something that might be handy later.
Dragon Communion altars are certainly mysterious, especially if you find one before acquiring an Elden Ring Dragon Heart. These altars are especially useful to sorcerers as you can trade the hearts for Elden Ring spells, but only at night. Here’s what you need to know about Elden Ring Dragon Communion altars, including how to find them and where to get the corresponding Dragon Hearts.
There are two locations—as far as we know—where you can find Dragon Communion Altars. You can check the screenshots below for maps of both locations. It also needs to be night before you can interact with either of them.
The Church of Dragon Communion is found on an island off to the southwest of Limgrave and is likely to be the first one you come across. You’ll need to make your way through the Coastal Cave dungeon and beat the boss there to access it. Much like finding the Elden Ring Slumbering Wolf’s Shack, you need to look for another exit from the dungeon after you’re done. This brings you out onto the island where you’ll find a Site of Grace and the church.
You can use Dragon Hearts to get the following spells:
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Dragon Hearts are (unsurprisingly) dropped by dragons. Here are the locations of some of them to get you started. The screenshots above show their map locations:
Flying Dragon Agheel
This is likely to be the first dragon you encounter. He’s in the middle of the lake in Limgrave.
Decaying Ekzykes
This dragon is found, rather handily, patrolling north of the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in southwest Caelid.
Glintstone Dragon Smarag
This one is located on a small island to the west of Raya Lucaria Academy, close to the Academy Crystal Cave Site of Grace.
Glintstone Dragon Adula
This dragon is found outside the Cathedral of Manus Celes in southwest Liurnia. You’ll encounter it during Ranni’s quest.
Sarah’s earliest gaming memories involve playing Jet Set Willy on the ZX Spectrum at a friend’s house. These days, and when not writing guides, most of her spare time goes into MMOs—though she’s quite partial to JRPGs too. She has spent much of the last decade playing the likes of Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, Final Fantasy 14, and World of Warcraft. Sarah has been writing about games for several years and, before joining PC Gamer, freelanced for the likes of TechRadar, GamingBible, and Rock Paper Shotgun. One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you.
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