The Outer Moat is a location that cannot be seen marked on the in-game map and you will need to know where exactly it is. Players pursuing the Dung Eater Questline may find themselves puzzled as to where to find this mysterious place; thankfully it can be located very easily.
In this guide, we’ll discuss the location of the Outer Moat in Elden Ring and the significance of completing the Dung Eaters questline, which can only be done by accessing this area. Without wasting any more time, let’s get into it.
Outer Moat Location in Elden Ring
The Outer Moat can be found in the area around the Capital Rampart Site of Grace in the Altus Plateau. The yellow circle on the above image marks the location of the Outer Moat.
The location is present in the water. Fast travel to Capital Rampart and cross the north bridge. Keep following the dirt road as it will first turn left and then take another left into a crater. Here, you will find the Outer Moat.
Alternatively, you can use the Outerwall Battleground Site of Grace and move southeast to reach the Outer Moat location. Whichever route you take, your goal is to reach that water pond marked on the map above. This is the spawn area of the Dung Eater in Elden Ring.
Why is the Outer Moat Important?
The Outer Moat is necessary to complete the Dung Eater Questline. Here, he will invade you, and you must defeat him. However, you might not know that this step marks the collision of three questlines: Bogart’s Questline, Dung Eater’s Questline, and Seluvis’ Questline. If you complete this mission before completing Blackguard Big Bogart’s quest, it will make Bogart’s Quest incompletable.
After you complete Bogart’s quest, you will visit the Dung Eater in the Roundtable Hold, where he will ask you to feed the Seedbed Curses to his Physical form. After you do this, you’ll receive a message from him stating “I’ll defile you next. Come to the outer moat.” Based on this message, you must travel to the Outer Moat in question and defeat him.
If you choose to do this, you will unlock the Mending Rune of the Fell Curse. This particular item has the power to alter the ending and make coming generations suffer from Seedbed Curses. However, if you want an alternate ending to this quest, you can give Dung Eater Seluvis’s Potion, originally meant for Nepheli.
Dung Eater not spawning in The Outer Moat?
If you find yourself in a situation where The Dung Eater does not invade you in the Outer Moat area, chances are you’ve done something wrong or not progressed the questline far enough. There are two fixes you can try to mitigate this issue:
- Make sure you receive the message from Dung Eater after you’ve dispensed the Seedbed Curses.
- Exhaust all dialogue with Boggart (Cooking Bandit) before going to the Outer Moat
