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FromSoft games and giant swords go together like FromSoft games and poison swamps.
The Godslayer’s Greatsword is another of Elden Ring’s «Legendary Armaments» and a Colossal Greatsword that scales with Faith, Strength, and Dexterity. While this Elden Ring weapon isn’t buried as far in the game as the Eclipse Shotel, it does take some tricky platforming and beating a tough Elden Ring boss to get it.
From the tree roots extending from the mainland to the tower, you can see two ladders, one with an enemy next to it. It’s best to deal with opponents at range here to avoid the risk of falling off. Follow the root to the outcropping on the tower, the lower of the two ladders, and climb up.
Do not climb the second ladder immediately after the first. Instead, use Torrent to double jump across the gap in the arched path to the right. Climb the ladder at the end of this path instead.
The stairs north of the site of grace lead to the activation point of Radahn’s Great Rune. For the Godslayer’s Greatsword, turn south and take the stairs down. Watch out for two Redmane soldiers at the bottom, one hidden around the corner.
What follows is a FromSoft staple almost as iconic as Miyazaki’s love of poison swamps: the old «drop from ledge to ledge making your way to the bottom of a great pit» set piece. (See also: the Great Hollow, Majula, and the Hunter’s Workshop). The path is fairly straightforward: your first goal is the cage elevator with a Redmane soldier guarding it, which is down and to the left of your starting point. The cracked strut in your path will break under your weight, but it’s a scripted event, so you’ll take no damage from the fall and this is the path you need to take.
At the end of the hall, jump out on the ledge to your left and continue following the curve around the tower until you are directly above another cracked strut. Like the first, it will break and you are scripted to survive—there is no other path to the bottom of the tower—but I had this one glitch out and the fall killed me twice before doing no damage a third time. If this happens to you, keep returning via the shortcut and attempting the jump until you land safely next to the elevator. Ride it down to another site of grace, and past another blackflame monk you’ll find the boss door to the Godskin Apostle.
His second phase will introduce some Reed Richards stretchy antics, but they don’t mix up the fight as much as, say, Margit’s phase 2 moves. Once you defeat the Godskin Apostle, you’ll receive his nasty-looking armor, and a chest in the next room contains the Godslayer’s Greatsword.
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Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
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