One of the most enthralling parts of Elden Ring is that the open world is filled with things for players to do. There are so many places to explore, things to collect, and NPCs to meet, with many of them featuring engaging and interesting questlines. Even when players feel that they've successfully explored a particular area it seems like something new and unseen pops up. It will take players quite a long time to see and do everything possible in Elden Ring.
Some quests and NPCs are harder to find and interact with than others. Take, for example, Dung Eater, an NPC that shows up in Roundtable Hold after players first enter the Leyndell, Royal Capital or Volcano Manor. Players can interact with the Red Spirit the first time they see him, but he seems rather standoffish and won't offer much more than idle threats. To continue his peculiar questline, players will need to speak to him after obtaining a particular item from fairly far into the game. Here's a look at Dung Eater, what his quest entails, and how players can use the Sewer-Gaol Key.
Updated August 4th, 2023: The Sewer-Gaol Key is required for players that want to find and complete the Dung Eater's questline, which is important for achieving 100 percent completion and seeing all possible endings. Grabbing the key itself is fairly simple but finding the door it unlocks can be rather difficult for players that don't know where to go. To better help players find where the Sewer Gaol Key goes and what it unlocks, the following guide has been updated with a video showing the path to the door the Sewer Gaol Key unlocks.
How To Get The Sewer-Gaol Key
Once players have access to Dung Eater, they'll need to do one more thing before they can progress his questline enough to receive the Sewer-Gaol Key. Dung Eater can be found in Roundtable Hold in a newly unlocked door down the hallway near the Library. The Red Spirit can be found sitting cross-legged in this room and speaking to him will yield no results unless the player has an item called Seedbed Curse in their inventory.
The easiest place to locate a Seedbed Curse is within the Leyndell, Royal Capital, after players have progressed far enough to unlock the East Capital Rampart. From there, they can head out the doorway, to the left, and along the Rampart wall. Eventually, they will come to a large, fire-breathing enemy and can leap down to the right and into a doorway. Once inside, taking a right will put them on a lift that goes a short distance downward. At the bottom of this lift, players should enter the large, golden-domed building in front of them and head up the ladder on the right. Once at the top of the ladder, they can take the nearby winding stairway up to the top floor. There, they can snag the Seedbed Curse from a corpse sitting in a chair.
Taking this Seedbed Curse back to Dung Eater will cause him to open up a new dialogue option, in which he will give players the Sewer-Gaol Key.
Where To Use The Sewer-Gaol Key In Elden Ring
To use the Sewer-Gaol Key, players will first need to access the Avenue Balcony Site of Grace in Leyndell, Royal Capital. From there, players should head down the nearby stairs, through the door, and hook a left to run along the edge of the balcony. They can then jump down into the courtyard below and move North to find a well in a small alcove. Descending into this well leads to the sewers and a fairly long trek to the door that accepts the Sewer-Gaol Key.
Once at the bottom of the well, players should head through the first door on the left and continue along the path until they reach the Subterranean Shunning Grounds. From there, they can go down the stairs, past the rats, through the door, and take a left to find a ladder going downward. Dropping down from the ladder, players can take the first door on the left to find another Site of Grace. Continuing forward from the ladder and past a large enemy, players will spot some grates in the floor, with an opening where one is missing. They should drop down into this opening and travel North West through the tunnel, avoiding (or fighting) the rats and massive plants in the area.
At the end of this path is a ladder going upward and climbing to the top will put players into a new open area. Taking an immediate right will put them at a barred door, which can be unlocked with the Sewer-Goal Key.