Carian Study Hall is a dungeon in Elden Ring.
Overview[]
The Carian Study Hall is a building on the eastern coast of Liurnia, to the north of Jarburg. It is connected to the Divine Tower of Liurnia by a great bridge, though it is not accessible initially.
The Study Hall consists of a vast library spanning multiple storeys, accessed by an elevator from a chapel-like entrance hall. The study hall is patrolled by Preceptor Miriam, a sorceress who calls upon blue, spectral nobles and prefers to fight from a distance using magical projectiles.
The hall hides a secret, which is revealed when a Carian Inverted Statue is placed onto a pedestal of a celestial globe in the entrance hall. Doing so flips the entire building upside-down, leading to another encounter with Miriam and revealing the entrance to the Divine Tower of Liurnia.
The player receives the Carian Inverted Statue from Ranni the Witch after bringing her the Fingerslayer Blade. The Divine Tower beyond the study hall hides Ranni's true body, which bears the Cursemark of Death.
Sites of Grace[]
Found in the entrance chamber at the start of the dungeon.
Walkthrough[]
For both versions of the area, the greatest danger will be dangerous ranged Magic attacks, so bringing some way to counteract that (such as Spellproof Dried Liver, Magic Fortification, or Spelldrake Talisman) is useful.
Normally only the Standard version is accessible but both versions can be freely switched between after acquiring the Carian Inverted Statue.
Standard version[]
From the only Grace, ignore the altar and walk around it. Take the elevator up to a split with stairs to a bridge on the left and a sidepath on the right. At the end of the sidepath is a Golden Rune [3] and picking up spawns two puppet Estoc variant Wandering Nobles.
Walking up the stairs spawns two more puppet Nobles and Preceptor Miriam. Hitting Miriam once or twice causes her to teleport further away, a behavior that will continue for the rest of the area until she is killed (though do note that she can skip over spots if enough damage is inflicted in one go). On the bridge itself 5 more Nobles will spawn as you approach Miriam on the other side, while she will snipe at you with Loretta's Greatbow.
The stairs at the other side of the bridge has Miriam and another puppet Noble and 2 more Nobles will spawn upon approaching a small raised stone section with the Carian Glintstone Staff. Further along and to the right is an elevator to the second floor.
The first level of the second floor is essentially a circular balcony where you play a game of ring-around-the-rosie with Preceptor Miriam and occasionally spawning puppet Nobles, now also with the sorcerer variant. Miriam will alternate between either using Loretta's Greatbow or Magic Downpour while teleporting clockwise around the area if you approach closely while she isn't charging a spell, so try to either attack her as the spell is being charged up or use a ranged weapon like a Bow. Since the puppets don't respawn until resting at a grace one may want to focus their first lap in killing them. Killing her gives the Magic Downpour sorcery and a Golden Rune [4] can be found on the ring.
To the left of the elevator used to come up and two lengths of the railing along is a ladder to the lower rafters. There is no item on the lower level but there are to Giant Rats, one straight ahead and one far to the right. Additionally there is another ladder up to the upper rafters, with 3 more Giant Rats and also the Cerulean Seed Talisman.
Inverted version[]
Using the Carian Inverted Statue on the altar instead changes the path behind it. The elevator well is now fall onto a ledge around a hole in the floor, and beyond it is a thin hole with 1 small Fingercreepers with another 2 flanking it on the walls.
Entering into the bridge room, which is now a set of walkways with a platform in the middle. Take a left to drop down to a nook with the Mask of Confidence while dropping down on the right takes you to 2 small Fingercreepers. Since Preceptor Miriam will be standing on the central platform and bombard you with Loretta's Greatbow and Magic Downpour, stick close to the wall when approaching. Two more small Fingercreepers are on the same platform and a spear-wielding Raya Lucaria Soldier puppet hides around a corner to support her. Reducing Miriam to half health causes her to teleport further away.
The Preceptor will stand across the gap, now unrestricted by cover, so keep an eye on her while dealing with the new enemies. Moving forward and to the right is a bridge with 2 Fingercreepers on it and a nook with a Fingercreeper to the right. Guarding Miriam final location will be 2 sword-wielding Raya Lucaria Soldiers that may have to be dealt with first. Defeat her to get Lucidity.
Since there are no more doors forward you instead have to either drop down to either the middle chandelier below you and then one below that or fall of the right side to the wooden walkway around the area. Either way lets you drop down to the rafters and some Giant Rats. The lower level of the rafters holds some Glintstone Fireflies on the central ring and a few Holyproof Dried Livers one the lower left offshoot beam (seen from Miriam's last spot).
Drop down into the elevator and use it to go down to access the door to Divine Tower of Liurnia.
Enemies[]
- Preceptor Miriam
- Giant Rat (normal variant)
Standard
- Wandering Noble (puppet, Estoc variant and sorcerer variant only)
Inverted
- Cuckoo Soldier (puppet, Spear variant and Sword variant only)
- Fingercreeper (Small variant only)
Notable Loot[]
Standard
- Carian Glintstone Staff
- Cerulean Seed Talisman
- Golden Rune 3
- Golden Rune 4
- Magic Downpour (obtained from Preceptor Miriam)
Inverted
- Glintstone Firefly (x8)
- Holyproof Dried Liver (x2)
- Lucidity (obtained from Preceptor Miriam)
- Mask of Confidence
