You will find Spiritsprings in the Land of Shadows in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, however you’ll find them to be blocked by spectral piles of rocks: cairns.

Table of contents

• How to unlock Spiritsprings in Shadow of the Erdtree
• All Spiritspring and Cairn locations in Shadow of the Erdtree
  • All Gravesite Plain Spiritsprings and Carins
  • All Scadu Atlus Spiritsprings and Cairns
  • All Ruah Ruins Spiritsprings and Cairns
  • All Southern Shore Spiritsprings and Cairns
  • All Abyssal Woods Spiritsprings and Cairns

How to unlock Spiritsprings in Shadow of the Erdtree

As you come across Spiritsprings in the different regions of Shadow Realm, you’ll notice that some have small piles of phantom rocks (cairns) blocking them. You cannot use these Spiritsprings, and interacting with the spectral cairns won’t do anything.

This is because you actually need to find a second cairn nearby and destroy that to unlock the Spiritspring. You can access this information in-game by buying the Note about sealed Spiritsprings from Moore, next to the Mate Gate Cross site of grace for 1,000 Runes.

These cairns look exactly the same as the ones on the Spiritsprings themselves, and they’ll be very close by. Note that these cairns may be on different elevations, meaning you may have to get creative to reach their position.

Not much will give them away, so keep a sharp eye out.

Attack the cairn to destroy it, and the Spiritspring will work like normal.

All Spiritspring and Cairn locations in Shadow of the Erdtree

To make life easier, I’ve catalogued all the Spiritsprings and their respective cairns in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree.

Please note that this list may not be comprehensive. As we explore the Shadow Realm, and as more public information comes to light, I’ll update this list with my findings. Make sure to check back later in case I find any more Spiritsprings and cairns!

In all images, the circles denote where a Spiritspring is, and a cross denotes where a Cairn is. If the proximities between these features are clustered and confusing, I will elaborate.

All Gravesite Plain Spiritsprings and Carins

Currently, it seems that there are no Spiritsprings nor Cairns in the Gravesite Plain.

As more information about the Spiritsprings and cairns in Gravesite Plain becomes available, I’ll update this section.

All Scadu Atlus Spiritsprings and Cairns

As the Scadu Atlus is a wide and stretching region, I’ll split it into north and south Scadu Atlus for clearer imaging and direction.

Here is the one Spiritspring and cairn available in north Scadu Atlus:

Here are the Spiritsprings and cairns in south Scadu Atlus:

As more information about the Spiritsprings and cairns in Scadu Atlus becomes available, I’ll update this section.

All Ruah Ruins Spiritsprings and Cairns

The majority of the catalogued Spiritsprings are in Ruah Ruins. As only two Cairns are present, it is easy to see which Cairns unlock which Spiritsprings.

As more information about the Spiritsprings and cairns in Ruah Ruins becomes available, I’ll update this section.

All Southern Shore Spiritsprings and Cairns

Currently, it seems that there are no Spiritsprings nor cairns in the Southern Shore.

As more information about the Spiritsprings and cairns in the Southern Shores becomes available, I’ll update this section.

All Abyssal Woods Spiritsprings and Cairns

There are only two catalogued Spiritsprings in the Abyssal Woods region, both found inside a wide ravine:

As more information about the Spiritsprings and cairns in the Abyssal Woods becomes available, I’ll update this section.

Now that you know all there is to know so far about the Spiritsprings and their Cairns in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree, you can explore knowing that you’re ready for any locked Spiritspring. Whilst you explore, make sure you keep an eye out for those Miquella Crosses.