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Iris Of Grace locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree

All Iris Of Grace locations and how to use the item

A close-up of the Iris Of Grace icon in the in-game inventory menu of Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree.
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Looking for an Iris Of Grace in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? There are two different types of Iris in Shadow Of The Erdtree, the magnificently enormous DLC for Elden Ring. Those two items are: the Iris Of Grace, and the Iris Of Occultation. If you're not sure how to get and use the former of these two, then you've come to the right place.

Like its darker sibling, there are two Iris Of Grace items available in the DLC. In this guide, we'll walk you through how to find the Iris Of Grace locations, and how to use the Iris of Grace to complete two different NPC quests in Shadow Of The Erdtree.

Iris Of Grace location in Shadow Of The Erdtree

There are two places you can get an Iris Of Occultation in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree. They are:

  1. The Living Jar hall in Shadow Keep.
  2. At the statue of Marika in the Tree-Worship Passage below Shadow Keep.

We've marked the locations of both Iris of Occultations on the below map so you can find them more easily:

A map showing the two areas where you can pick up an Iris of Grace in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree.
Here are the two Shadow Keep locations of both Irises Of Grace in Shadow Of The Erdtree. | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

#1: Living Jar hall

The Living Jar hall is located beneath the Specimen Storehouse in the Shadow Keep. To get there, fast travel to the "Specimen Storehouse, First Floor" Site Of Grace, then go left around the table and turn left into the room with the Shadow Undead. Head straight through to the next room and descend the elevator into the Living Jar hall.

Once at the bottom of the elevator, take the first right and proceed all the way to the end of the corridor. Then turn left and head down the stairs into the main hall area. In the main hall, turn left and kill the Condemned (the jarless flesh creature) at the end. In front of the altar behind it is the Iris Of Grace.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands next to the Storehouse First Floor Site Of Grace. A yellow arrows points around the left corner.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands in front of a doorway. At the far end of the corridor is an elevator.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree stands at the bottom of an elevator shaft. A yellow arrows points to a doorway on the right-hand side.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree walks down a corridor inside the Shadow Keep.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree approaches a staircase downward below the Shadow Keep.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree approaches the entrance to a large hall area below the Shadow Keep. A yellow arrow points to the left of the hall.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree approaches an altar in a hall beneath the Shadow Keep. A yellow arrow points towards the altar.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree picks up an Iris Of Grace from an altar below the Shadow Keep.
Follow the arrows and you'll pick up the Iris Of Grace in no time. | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

#2: Tree-Worship Passage

The other Iris Of Grace is found in the Tree-Worship Passage below the Shadow Keep. You can access this Site Of Grace again from the Church District - make sure you've turned the wheel to un-flood the area, and then drop down into the chapel floor with all the Burning Putrid Corpses.

Go to the far end of the chapel where the two staircases go left and right around a doorway. Open the door, head down the elevator, and follow the path until you reach a large statue of Marika across a bridge. At the base of the statue you can loot the final Iris Of Grace.

The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree walks through the Sunken Chapel in the Shadow Keep Church District.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree walks through the Sunken Chapel in the Shadow Keep Church District.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree crosses an underground wooden bridge below the Shadow Keep.
This is the path to the second Iris Of Grace in the Tree-Worship Passage below the Shadow Kee | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

How to use the Iris Of Grace

There are three ways to use the Iris Of Grace:

  1. Use it on Fire Knight Queelign in the Shadow Keep Prayer Room.
  2. Use it on Jolán at the end of Ymir's questline.
  3. Use it via your inventory to activate your equipped Great Rune (NOT RECOMMENDED)

I strongly recommend that you do not use an Iris Of Grace to activate your Great Rune. Doing so will use up the Iris Of Grace forever.

Instead, you should keep hold of your Iris Of Grace items at least until you've used them for their other two purposes: to gain end-of-quest rewards from Fire Knight Queelign and Swordhand Of Night Jolán. You can find Fire Knight Queelign inside the Prayer Room in the Church District of the Shadow Keep (you'll need to get the Prayer Room Key to open the room); and you'll find Jolán at her usual spot in the Cathedral Of Manus Metyr, but you'll only be able to use the Iris Of Grace on her at the very end of Ymir's questline. I won't spoil the quests too much here, but for both characters you can choose whether to use the Iris Of Grace or an Iris Of Occultation on them, and depending on your choice you'll earn different rewards:

Fire Knight Queelign

  • If you use the Iris Of Grace: you receive the Fire Knight Queelign Spirit Ash.
  • If you use the Iris Of Occultation: you receive Queelign's Greatsword.

Swordhand Of Night Jolán

  • If you use the Iris Of Grace: you receive the Swordhand Of Night Jolán Spirit Ash.
  • If you use the Iris Of Occultation: you receive the Sword Of Night.
The player in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree tries out the Sword Of Night skill on a bridge, with bands of darkness flying all around them as a result of the skill.
Honestly, the Iris Of Occultation rewards are a bit better than the Iris Of Grace rewards. The Sword Of Night is a very cool prize, especially if you like Katanas. Who am I kidding? Everyone likes Katanas. | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco

So to put it simply: using an Iris Of Grace on either of these NPCs will give you a Spirit Ash version of them that you can use during fights. However, doing so will prevent you from using the Iris Of Occultation to receive their main weapon. It's also worth noting that using an Iris Of Grace on either Queelign or Jolán will not use up the Iris, so you can feel free to use one on both characters.

That's everything you need to know about how to get your hands on an Iris Of Grace in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, and what you can do with it. To prepare yourself for the fighting down there in the lower depths of the Shadow Keep, make sure you stock up on Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes to boost your character's strength in the Land Of Shadow. You can also consult our guides on the best new weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree while you're here, or head to our walkthroughs for the Leda, Moore and Thiollier DLC quests.

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