The Gaol Cave is full of rewarding items.
The Gaol Cave in Elden Ring is a location in the west of Caelid.
After making your way through this Elden Ring cave, battling enemies along the way, you’ll have collected a nice handful of loot. However, at the end of the cave is a boss that’s waiting to take you down.
Here’s our Elden Ring Gaol Cave walkthrough and how to beat the cave’s Frenzied Duelist boss.
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Elden Ring Gaol Cave walkthrough
The Gaol Cave is northeast of Fort Gael and north-west of the Caelid Waypoint Ruins, where you’ll find the entrance to the cave at the edge of the swamp. You will need two Stonesword Keys to open it.
Next to the Site of Grace ‘Gaol Cave’ is a treasure chest with 1x Rune Arc in it. Follow the passage into the cave and give the rat next to the corpse a beating to get 1x Golden Rune (2).
Take the passage to the north-east and look for a passage on the right side (pictured below):
It leads to a dead end, where the ground breaks away from under our feet. We fall and end up in a cell. Leave it and head into the south-western tunnel next.
The door behind the enemy on the right can only be opened from the other side, so the path to the southwest remains.
After dropping them, beat up two enemies and continue south. The cells on the side will open shortly.
Two enemies guard a closed gate on the left, so continue through the cave on the right. At the next fork in the path, a mother rat and a normal rat crouch on the left next to the items 1x Golden Rune (4), 2x Turtle Neck Meat and 1x Golden Rune (3).
Behind some poison traps on the right is a room with bookshelves, three enemies, a treasure chest in the basement (containing 1x Somber Smithing Stone (5)), a corpse with 1x Golden Rune (5) and a familiar door.
Open it to unlock a shortcut. At the top we discover the lever to open all the cells in the cave.
Behind most of them are burning, exploding undead (if you don’t slay them first through the closed barred doors) and some items.
You can get the following items in the entire cave if you search behind all the doors: 5x Old Fang, Pillory Shield, 2x Golden Rune (2), the Wakizashi Dagger, 2x Golden Rune (4), 1x Stonesword Key, and 1x Rainbow Stone.
In the room with the rainbow stone, you can chop away some boards in the southwest corner and reach the boss arena.
How to beat the Frenzied Duelist boss in Elden Ring
The Frenzied Duelist’s behavior is reminiscent of the Gravekeeper Duelist from the Murkwater Catacombs.
His combos are pretty good at bridging larger distances. He can catch up to you quickly if you dodge backwards too often. In some cases, he strings five to six punches together.
Fortunately, there are longer pauses between each attack, which can be used for healing, hitting or whatever else is needed.
In the second phase, he buffs himself with a technique that increases the damage he deals and gives him more attacks for the rest of the fight.
He now exploits the flail’s range with spinning attacks (dodge in its direction and interrupt it) and can unleash even longer combos.
However, he is rather slow and easy to read in what he does, so you’ll take him down sooner or later.
Your rewards for defeating the Frenzied Duelist are 6700 Runes, and the Putrid Corpse Spirit Ashes.
After the boss fight, you will reach the coast of Limgrave via a passageway and find the Regalia of Eochaid Straight Sword as well as 3x Glowstone on the cliffs.
Need more help? Jump back to our list of Elden Ring bosses or our Elden Ring walkthrough.
