Kar-Lethel Swamp contains 38 Collectible Locations in Blades of Fire. This walkthrough will guide you to all the collectibles in the Kar-Lethel Swamp Region in chronological order. Everything that’s needed for trophies and 100% completion is included. Nothing is missable, everything can be collected after the story. Remember that in order to collect weapon parts from Seneschals, you will have to equip a weapon of the same type as they are holding, that still has parts you haven’t learned how to make yet.
- Health Gems: 10
- Stamina Gems: 11
- Trolls: 1
- Weapon Parts: 9
- Dyes: 1
- Forge Cryptexes: 2
- Life Cryptexes: 2
- Nerea’s Tears / Blue Gems: 1
- Fragmented Tablet Piece: 1
#1 – Stamina Gem
As soon as you open the gate to Kar-Lethel swamp, go back to the nearby anvil and in the small camp next to it, you’ll see an Iridescent Crow sitting on top of a banner.
The bird will fly through the opened gate and head to the west. You don’t have to worry about losing it, as it will show up both on your compass at the top of the screen as well as being marked on your map. Eventually it will land on a “statue” that comes back to life as a Templar of the Sacred Steel. Defeat the templar to obtain the stamina gem.
#2 – Forge Cryptex
East of the entrance to Kar-Lethel swamp, you’ll find a crevasse in the stone wall to the north.
Follow the path up a hill, and make a left at the top to avoid the large pit directly ahead of you. Follow this path through another tunnel unto you emerge back at the edge of a chasm.
Go around the edge of the chasm until you reach the west wall, where you’ll find a rope that you can climb. At the top, turn around and face the edge that you just climbed up, then dodge roll forward off the edge of the cliff to land on a platform below. Then move forward to the north side of that platform where it juts out, and you will be prompted to jump across to the other side. On reaching the other side, you’ll find a rope to climb down.
Follow the new tunnel and you’ll see the chest off to the east.
#3 – Health Gem
Further east of the entrance to Kar-Lethel swamp, just after the crevasse in #1 you’ll find a small village of Vexers with a treasure chest between their huts.
#4 – Polearm Seneschal
Find this seneschal almost due south of the gate, near the edge of a cliff.
#5 – Sword Seneschal
Just before you reach the Forger’s Sanctum, there will be a place where you drop through a hole in the floor onto a path that goes south to the Sanctum, or if you go east instead you’ll find the Sword Seneschal at the end of the path.
#6 – Stamina Gem
Head west from the anvil in the Forgers’ Sanctum, and follow the path to find this treasure chest out in the open.
#7 – Life Cryptex
Take the path south of the anvil in the Forger’s Sanctum to reach the other half of Kar-Lethel Swamp. As soon as you drop down from the path, immediately go west and follow the wall around to find a cave on the edge of a cliff. Inside the cave will be a treasure chest at the edge of another cliff, which looks out over our next collectible.
#8 – Twins Seneschal
Drop off the edge behind the treasure chest and you’ll land right in front of a stone bridge that leads right to the Twins Seneschal on the other side.
#9 – Health Gem
Just before you reach Glinda’s house at Angel’s Cliff, there will be a crack in the rock wall near its feet that you can squeeze through.
On the other side, turn to your left and you’ll see the treasure chest, and sometimes the Blue Lady too!
#10 – Polearms Seneschal
Go up the hill north of Glinda’s house until you see a cave to the east. Inside the cave, turn to the south to see a cliff overlooking Glinda’s house, and the Polearms Seneschal right on the edge.
#11 – Stamina Gem
On the same cliff as the Polearms Seneschal was, move right to the edge and look down.
Just below you will be a small cliff and a treasure chest. After you grab the Stamina Gem, go west and drop down to the field by Glinda’s house.
#12 – Greatswords Seneschal
After you get the first golem heart fragment and use it on the golem in Kar-Lethel, you will have access to a new part of the swamp while searching for Argenvadil, along with a bunch of new collectibles. Before you pass it though, there’s a collectible right around the corner. From the golem, look to the west and you’ll see a path up the hill next to its arm.
Head up the hill to find a Greatswords Seneschal in a hole in the wall.
#13 – Stamina Gem
Once past the golem, this Stamina Gem is out in the open.
#14 – Life Cryptex
In the north part of this section is another vexer village. Find the chest right in the middle of them.
#15 – Spears Seneschal
Most of the new collectibles aren’t even hidden, like this Spears Seneschal out in the middle of the swamp.
#16 – Twins Seneschal
Right at the start of the Coastal Wall you’ll find a Twins Seneschal.
#17 – Sabers Seneschal
Halfway through your trek through the Coastal Wall, you’ll find a Sabers Seneschal.
#18 – Stamina Gem
You’ll run across this treasure chest just before fighting the miniboss in the Coastal Wall.
#19 – Health Gem
This chest is deep within the Coastal Wall.
#20 – Forge Cryptex
This chest is deep within the Coastal Wall.
#21 – Health Gem
You’ll find this treasure chest just before you have to face the boss.
#22 – Stamina Gem
You’ll find this treasure chest in the room that you fight Vhoroo in.
#23 – Stamina Gem (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Head back to the Coastal Wall area, and be sure that Adso opens the shortcut between Kar-Lethel and the southern part of Kar-Lethel on the top floor of the wall.
Go back to the lower level where you left the fire that is powering the elevator. Run it all the way back to the east end of the second floor where you picked it up originally.
Now, once you pick up the fire again, you’re going to run it through the shortcut to the spot just south of the path from the Forger’s Sanctum, causing a bridge to appear leading to a Templar of the Sacred Steel. Defeat it to earn a Stamina Gem.
#24 – Health Gem (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Drop off the east side of the platform to find a chest below you.
#25 – Stamina Gem (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Go north from the Forgers’ Sanctum anvil, and you’ll find that Vhoroo has opened a new location for you. Follow the tunnel until you find some rocks to climb, that lead to some stairs, that lead to a ladder.
Once at the very top, follow the pathway to find a chest in an opening to the south.
#26 – Rock Dye (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Vhoroo has been busy. Go to the location of the chest from #2, and you’ll find that there’s a brand new tunnel for you to follow. Follow the tunnel until you see a lit torch on the right, which will show you a rope to climb down. Do not go straight past the torch or you will fall to your death.
Climb down and follow another tunnel to the northeast which will lead you to a large room with two chests in it. The first contains Rock Dye.
#27 – Health Gem (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Right next to the Rock Dye is another chest that contains a Health Gem.
#28 – Health Gem (After Defeating Vhoroo)
Vhoroo needs to settle down. There’s another brand new tunnel west of the entrance to the swamp, near where you fought the first Templar of the Sacred Steel. Head into the tunnel and it will split into two but both lead to the same location.
Inside you’ll find another Vhoroo hoard, and the treasure chest.
#29 – Health Gem (Need Light Rune)
Once you get access to the Light Rune in The Roggs Mountains, return to Kar-Lethel swamp to gain access to a bunch of hidden collectibles. Starting at the Forger’s Sanctum anvil, use the fire to make the bridge to the west, then follow the path until you find a Light Rune right next to where you got #6 above. Use the rune to reveal a passage to a new room.
Inside are two switches to flip. Have Adso stand at one, while you jump across the small gap to the other. Flipping both will cause the water level to go down in the whole level, which will be useful in a minute.
Once the water lowers, drop carefully down to the newly drained area and head southeast down a tunnel that leads to a ladder. Head down, and you’ll reach a large underground area that is still partially flooded. Again there will be two switches, but the twist is that the second switch is on the other side of the flooded area and Aran doesn’t seem like much of a swimmer.
You can wade out into the water but once the water is over Aran’s head an oxygen meter will appear counting down his time to death. If you walk through the water, you won’t be fast enough to reach shallower water before you drown. The trick is that you have to sprint to move through the water just that slight bit faster, giving you just enough time to make the trip. The first step is to head around the pillar north of Adso and head for the raised area where you can see a lit brazier.
Once you hit dry land, go to the north side of the area where you’ll see the other switch, Repeat the process to reach the switch. You’ll have to go around the nearby pillar on the right side so you don’t get caught up on the angled wall under water.
Pull the switch to drain the water out of the area, and you’ll reveal a treasure chest in the middle of the floor.
#30 – Daggers Seneschal (Need Light Rune)
Go back to the Forger’s Sanctum anvil and move the fire over to the east path. Follow the path to find another Light Rune to activate. Inside, look to the northeast to see stairs that lead to a ladder. Climb up and activate the Black Metal Towers anvil.
Once the anvil is activated, look to the west to see a rocky path upwards. Follow the path through a hole in the wall and then around a corner.
Up a last rock slope and the Daggers Seneschal will be right around the corner.
#31 – Health Gem (Need Light Rune)
Go back to the Black Metal Towers anvil and look east. You’ll see a doorway that leads to a place you can squeeze through the wall. Follow the path to the southeast and you’ll find a vexer village, and on the south side of that village will be a chest on the edge of a cliff.
#32, 33, 34 – Stamina Gem x 3 (Need Light Rune)
Squeeze back through the gap in the wall, but stop before you reach the anvil. Instead look down and to the left (south) and you will see another fire source. Drop down to the path below.
You’ll have a limited time once you grab the fire, so you might want to read your next steps and clear the path of enemies before you begin. Grab the fire and sprint +north, climbing up the step when prompted.
Keep running north and the path will slope downwards and go underground. You will see a rope on the east side of the path. Quickly climb up and you’ll find yourself on the surface.
Keep sprinting to the northeast until you can cut north around the wall. Right around the corner is the activator for the bridge, interact with it and you’ll have a bridge leading to the area near the Coastal Watchtower anvil.
With that accomplished, you’re set up to fight three Templars of the Sacred Steel, each of which holds a Stamina Gem. Hit one of their petrified forms and the location of the Iridescent Crow that will free them will appear on your compass and mini-map. Which will demonstrate the reason you had to go through all that bother to reach an area you’d probably already been to, because the Iridescent Crow is perched just across the chasm you just crossed, where he would have been inaccessible until you had the Light Rune. Head to that location and approach the crow, and he will fly off in the direction of the Templars, and wake them up for the fight.
#35 – Fragmented Tablet Piece (Need Light Rune, 2 Nerea’s Tears / Blue Gems)
Head south, and squeeze back through the gap to get to Black Metal Towers anvil. Drop down into the drained area beneath the stairs. Head through the door to the west to drain the remaining water out of the area, which will be important in a minute.
Go back to the blue fire that created the bridge south of the Forger’s Sanctum. Pick up the fire and head around the west side of the platform leading to the Forger’s Sanctum. There is a place where you can climb back up and drop down to the stairs below.
When you flipped the last switch to drain the water, an elevator appeared at the bottom of the stairs near the path to the Forger’s Sanctum anvil. Get on the elevator and descend, lighting the fire at the bottom to create a bridge to the middle of the area.
Cross the bridge and you’ll find one of Nerea’s Statues. With 2 Nerea’s Tears, you’ll receive a Fragmented Tablet Piece.
#36 – Troll (Need Light Rune)
In the northwest part of Kar-Lethel is an elevator that provides a marginally useful shortcut back to the upper area. Now that the water has been drained from Kar-Lethel, you’ll find that there is a whole cavern under the elevator that you can now access. Carefully drop down to the platform to the west and make your way to the bottom.
Once at the bottom you’ll find a larger cavern with a troll inside.
#37 – Health Gem (Need Light Rune)
Once the troll is dead, you’ll find a treasure chest with a Health Gem in its cave.
#38 – Nerea’s Tears / Blue Gem (Need the Light Rune, and the Karamuth)
Fly to scenic Despair Island on the southern edge of the map. Ride the elevator down, and activate the anvil. On the south end of the platform, you’ll see a blue fire source on the level below you.
Grab the fire and head into the dark portion of the map to the south, following the glowing mushrooms to the west until you find a Light Rune to activate.
Once Adso opens the passage through the wall, quickly light the fire to activate the bridge to the north. If you have run out of time, it will be easier the second time now that the wall is down. Head across the bridge to hit the Templar of the Sacred Steel waiting for you on the other side. Turns out the Iridescent Crow is on the isolated platform to the east. Go back into the dark and this time follow the mushrooms around the corner to the east so you can trigger the crow. Make your way back to the main platform and kill the Templar to earn a Nerea’s Tear.
That’s 100% of the collectibles you can find in the Kar-Lethel Swamp area in Blades of Fire.
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