All Illusory Walls and How to Find Them

Illusory Walls contain secret paths in Elden Rings that hide other rooms or have treasure behind them. Read on to find out how to get past these secret walls, where you can find them, and more!

List of Single-Hit Illusory Walls

A complete list of all illusory walls is coming soon!

Illusory Walls by Region
Limgrave	Liurnia of the Lakes
Caelid	Altus Plateau

Limgrave

Witchbane Ruins

Location	Map Location

Hit the ground to reveal stairs to a cellar leading what appears to be Sorceress Sellen.

Liurnia of the Lakes

Academy of Raya Lucaria

Location
Map Location

The two Illusory Walls are located in the Academy of Raya Lucaria, masquerading as bookshelves. The first one leads to a balcony with a Smithing Stone (4).

The second one will lead to a room with a chest containing the Comet Sorcery spell. You can also find a Graven-School Talisman and a Stonesword Key in this area.

Church of the Cuckoo

Location	Map Location

This Illusory Wall is also located inside the Academy of Raya Lucaria, specifically at the Church of the Cuckoo. Once you get to the Church, head to the east side.

Hit the wall to reveal the secret area, which leads to a Rune Arc.

Kingsrealm Ruins

Map Location
Location

This Illusory Wall is located at the Kingsrealm Ruins, posing as a large brick wall.

It will lead into a Site of Grace.

There is also an Illusory Floor within the Northeast part of the area. It's revealed by walking over it, revealing a set of stairs.

This leads to the Royal Revenant optional boss fight.

How to Beat Royal Revenant: Boss Fight Guide

Black Knife Catacombs

Location	Map Location

This Illusory Wall is located in the Black Knife Catacombs, pretending to be a solid stone wall.

To get to this Illusory Wall, ride the guillotine blades to the upper section of the room, proceed to the end of this section and hit the wall. This will reveal this area's secret boss, a Black Knife Assassin.

This boss will then drop an Assassin's Cerulean Dagger and the Black Knifeprint.

Three Sisters

Location	Map Location

This Illusory Wall is located in the Three Sisters area of Caria Manor, posing as a stone floor.

It will lead into the puppet dungeon of the wizard Seluvis, with a message inside warning away intruders.

Road's End Catacombs

Map Location
First and Second Walls
Third and Fourth Walls

Road's End Dungeon has a total of 4 Illusory Walls, with 3 making a path to the boss.

The first wall is just to the left of the first set of stairs. This leads to an Impish Golem you must defeat, but also Ghost Glovewort and a Rune Arc.

Follow the path made by this wall and into the narrow door and hallway, where you can get a Root Resin. This small section hides the second wall, which is just past the corpse. Hit this to reveal an even deeper section where you can loot some Grave Gloveworts.

The third wall is hidden in in this room. Hit the wall at the end to reveal a room that leads to the boss area.

For the fourth wall, we will need to double back to the large room where the first Illusory Wall is located. Go down the second set of stairs and down the hall. Be careful of the trap!

Hit the wall at the end to reveal the final hidden room where you can get Grave Gloveworts, a Human Bone Shard, the Watchdog's Staff, and the Raya Lucaria Soldier Ashes.

Caelid

Sellia Hideaway

Location	Map Location

The illusory wall is part of the rock face northeast of Church of the Plague. This opens the way into Sellia Hideaway, a secret dungeon which is part of Sellen's questline.

Altus Plateau

Sainted Hero's Grave

Location	Map Location

This Illusory Wall is inside the Sainted Hero's Grave, looking like an ordinary brick wall.

It leads to a shortcut that you can drop down from, avoiding some enemies.

Sealed Tunnel

Map Location
First and Second Walls
Third and Fourth Walls
Fifth Wall
	-

To get to Sealed Tunnel, you must travel down to the moat outside Leyndell's walls. The entrance to the Sealed Tunnel will be at the southernmost part of the moat. The first illusory wall will be in the room with the Sealed Tunnel Site of Grace.

The second illusory wall will be right behind a chest that contains a Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing. This area has an enemy waiting in ambush look around before you open the chest. After finding the illusory wall, head in and travel down the lift.

The third illusory wall will be behind some large roots at the bottom of the lift. Continue onward and cross over the gap by walking on the roots. Be prepared for an ambush and be ready to fight a few small enemies.

At the end, your path will be blocked by some large roots. Fall down through a hole in the floor to the right side of the room. The quickly roll out of the way, since there are exploding enemies close to where you land. Exploding enemies are all over this area so be ready to run away when you see them charge up.

The fouth illusory wall is behind some crates and barrels that conceal an exploding enemy. Continue onward and drop down onto the roots till you reach the floor. Beware: There are exploding enemies at the bottom as well, so make sure to dodge out of the way.

The fifth and final illusory wall will be at the end of this room. Afterwards, you should see a Site of Grace and the Divine Tower of West Altus.

Auriza Side Tomb

Location	Map Location

Auriza Side Tomb is located to the north of Auriza Hero's Grave at the outskirts of Lyndell, Royal Capital.

This illusory wall is on the left side of large room with broken chairs on each side, a chest can be found at the very end of the room. The hidden path will lead you down a short hallway with another chest at the end.

Frenzied Flame Proscription

Map Location
Location

The Frenzied Flame Proscription is located deep within Leyndell's Subterannean Shunning-Grounds. To access it, players will need to defeat Mohg, the Omen and hit the altar in his boss room. This reveals the way down.

The first illusory wall is found to the left of the area's site of grace. It will be the one arched brick wall that has a different texture compared to its counterparts. Roll into it since the area does not allow you to swing your weapon. Behind it will be a chest with a Rune Arc.

Behind the Rune Arc chest will be another illusory wall that leads to the Deeproot Depths. It opens directly on top of the Root-Facing Cliffs site of grace.

Mt. Gelmir

Volcano Manor

Map Location
First and Second Walls

These two Illusory Walls are found within the same area, with both found in the hall where you use the Drawing-Room Key in Volcano Manor.

In the hallway containing several doors, open the first door on the right. The first Illusory Wall is found on the left side behind the dead body, it looks like a sealed doorway.

You'll then find yourself in a room with a table in the middle, there will be a lootable corpse on the right side with a Perfume Bottle item. Directly behind the dead body is the second Illusory Wall which leads to the Depraved Perfumer Carmaan Ashes.

List of Multi-Hit Illusory Walls

A complete list of all illusory walls is coming soon!

Walls That Need Several Hits to Reveal

There are Illusory Walls that are not revealed by one hit or roll, but need several before they reveal themselves.

Mt. Gelmir

Volcano Manor

Location	Map Location

The first discovered by the community, this wall was found to need about 50 hits before it revealed its secrets. It's located within the hallway of the first Illusory Wall outlined above.

After getting through the first section and past the first set of snails, turn the corner of the hallway and immediately look left. The wall you will need to wail at several times looks sunken and stands out from the rest.

You can use a weapon like Ghiza's Wheel to make the process faster (by using the Weapon Art), but eventually the wall will open up and lead you back to the room where you meet the rest of the Volcano Manor residents.

What Are Illusory Walls?

Secret Paths That Could Hide Treasure

Illusory Walls are fake walls that hide other rooms or paths.

These secret areas could hide very valuable treasure such as items or weapons.

Illusory Walls are not immediately obvious

Illusory Walls are tricky to find because there are no clues that give them away and they look just like any other wall in the room.

One of the clues that could hint that there is an Illusory Wall in a room is that if a wall is open and barren.

Not every empty room will hide an Illusory Wall, but it's worth checking all the walls out if you do manage to find one.

Playing online may guide you

If you are playing online, other players who have discovered Illusory Walls may leave a message on the ground in front of it.

However, keep in mind that these may turn out to be fake messages!

How to Find Illusory Walls

Hit It With Your Weapon or Roll

To pass through an Illusory Wall, you simply need to whack it with your weapon or roll through it.

This will cause the fake wall to dissipate, revealing what was behind it.

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