Dark Souls 3 Estus Shard Locations: Where to Find All Shards

Probably the most vital item in the Dark Souls series is the Estus Flask. Using it will allow the player to heal all of their injuries and regenerate their health instantly. This can grant you a massive advantage when you’re battling powerful bosses. To upgrade your flask, however, you need to find and collect estus shards. This is why this guide will show you all of the Dark Souls 3 Estus Shard Locations.

Here is a summary table for the Estus Shard Locations in Dark Souls 3. The table also summarizes every thing you’ll find in those locations:

No	Name	Armor	Keys & Other	Miracles	Miscellaneous	Weapons	Bonfires	Bosses	Consumables	Rings	Other	Key items	Upgrade materials	Shield	NPCs	Characters	Enemies	Invaders	Mini-boss	Sorceries	Pyromancies
1	Firelink Shrine – Roof	Dingy Set	Undead Asylum F2 West Key	Emit Force	Binoculars, Black Eye Orb, Copper Coin, Cracked Red Eye Orb x4, Firebomb x6, Homeward Bone x6, Humanity x3, Lloyd's Talisman x4.	Caduceus Round Shield, Morning Star, Pyromancy Flame, Talisman, Winged Spear, Zweihander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	High Wall of Lothric – Crowded Room	-	-	-	-	Astora Straight Sword, Battle Axe (Deep, drop: Mimic), Broadsword, Claymore, Club, Longbow, Lucerne, Mail Breaker, Rapier	High Wall of Lothric - 01, High Wall of Lothric - 02, High Wall of Lothric - 03, High Wall of Lothric - 04, High Wall of Lothric - 05	Vordt of the Boreal Valley, Dancer of the Boreal Valley	Black Firebomb (×3), Ember (×3), Firebomb (×11), Green Blossom (×5), Gold Pine Resin (×2), Standard Arrow (×12), Throwing Knife (×14).	Blue Tearstone Ring, Fleshbite Ring+1, Ring of Sacrifice, Ring of the Evil Eye+2	Binoculars, Cell Key, Estus Shard, Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse .	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Undead Settlement – Pyre	Cleric Set, Loincloth, Mirrah Set, Northern Set	-	-	-	Caestus, Great Scythe, Hand Axe, Large Club, Partizan, Red Hilted Halberd, Reinforced Club, Whip	Undead Settlement - 01, Undead Settlement - 02, Undead Settlement - 03, Undead Settlement - 04, Undead Settlement - 05	Curse-rotted Greatwood	Alluring Skull (×7), Charcoal Pine Bundle (×4), Charcoal Pine Resin (×2), Ember (×5), Estus Shard, Firebomb (×6), Homeward Bone (×8)	Bloodbite Ring (drop: Giant Hound Rat), Chloranthy Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+2, Fire Clutch Ring, Flame Stoneplate Ring.	-	Mortician's Ashes	Fire Gem (drop: Demon), Heavy Gem, Sharp Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Titanite Shard (×6)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Road of Sacrifices – Behind Lycanthropes	Brigand Set, Conjurator Set, Fallen Knight Set, Herald Set, Sorcerer Set, Sellsword Set	-	-	-	Brigand Axe, Brigand Twindaggers, Butcher Knife (drop: the madwoman), Exile Greatsword (drop: Exile Watchdog).	Road of Sacrifices, Halfway Fortress, Crucifixion Woods, Crystal Sage, Farron Keep, Keep Ruins, Farron Keep Perimeter.	Crystal Sage	Blue Bug Pellet (×2), Ember (×2), Estus Shard, Fading Soul, Green Blossom (×6), Homeward Bone (×2).	Blue Sentinels, Chloranthy Ring+2, Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+1, Morne's Ring, Ring of Sacrifice, Sage Ring	Golden Falcon Shield, Grass Crest Shield, Xanthous Crown (drop: Yellowfinger Heysel)	Braille Divine Tome of Carim, Farron Coal, Great Swamp Pyromancy Tome	Crystal Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Titanite Shard (×4), Twinkling Titanite (×2, drop: two Crystal Lizards)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Cleansing Chapel – Obelisk	Maiden Set Drang Set Armor of Thorns	-	-	-	Astora Greatsword Executioner's Greatsword Saint-Tree Bellvine	-	-	Ember, Purple Moss Clump	Poisonbite Ring	-	Paladin's Ashes	-	Crest Shield Curse Ward Greatshield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	Farron Keep’s Swamp – Fallen Tower	Dark Set, Ragged Mask, Antiquated Set, Pharis's Hat, Nameless Knight Set	-	-	-	Greatsword, Greataxe, Sunlight Talisman, Black Bow of Pharis, Stone Parma	-	-	-	-	-	-	Undead Bone Shard, Estus Flask Shard, Titanite Shard (x?), Large Titanite Shard (x?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Smoldering Lake – Behind a Wall	Black Iron Greatshield, Shield of Want, Black Knight Shield (drop), Black Knight Set (drop), Llewellyn Shield	Speckled Stoneplate Ring, Bloodbite Ring +1 (NG+), Flame Stoneplate Ring +2 (NG++), Quelana Pyromancy Tome, Izalith Pyromancy Tome	-	-	Black Knight Sword, Izalith Staff, Fume Ultra Greatsword (Knight Slayer Tsorig drop), Dragonrider Bow, Lightning Stake (Carthus Sandworm drop), Toxic Mist, White Hair Talisman, Sacred Flame	-	Old Demon King, Carthus Sandworm (miniboss)	2x Yellow Bug Pellet, 3x Ember, 2x Homeward Bone, 1x Soul of a Crestfallen Knight	-	-	-	10x Large Titanite Shard, 1x Chaos Gem, 2x Undead Bone Shard, 1x Estus Shard		Knight Slayer Tsorig, Horace, Summon: Knight Slayer Tsorig, Summon: Great Swamp Cuculus	-	Basilisk, Black Knight, Carthus Sandworm, Crystal Lizard, Demon Cleric, Demon Statue, Great Crab (Ember), Hound-rat, Large Hound-rat, Skeleton Swordsman, Skeleton Wheel, Smoldering Ghru, Smoldering Rotten Flesh	-	-	-	-
8	Irithyll Dungeon – Mimic	Alva Set (if Alva was defeated at the dungeon's entrance), Old Sorcerer Set	-	-	-	Dragon Torso Stone, Pickaxe	Irithyll Dungeon, Profaned Capital	-	Dragonslayer Lightning Arrow (×10), Dung Pie (×4), Ember (×2), Estus Shard (drop: Mimic), Fading Soul, Homeward Bone (×2).	Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+1, Dark Clutch Ring (drop: Mimic), Dusk Crown Ring	Giant Slave (non-respawning), Crystal Lizard (×2, non-respawning), Mimic (×4, non-respawning), Xanthous Ashes	Jailbreaker's Key, Jailer's Key Ring, Old Cell Key, Prisoner Chief's Ashes, Profaned Coal, Profaned Flame	Large Titanite Shard (×7), Titanite Chunk (×2, drop: Giant Slave and Crystal Lizard), Titanite Scale (×3, drop: Crystal Lizard and Mimic)	-	-	Karla, Siegward of Catarina	Basilisk, Cage Spider, Corpse Grub, Giant Hound Rat, Hound Rat, Infested Corpse, Jailer, Lycanthrope, Peasant Hollow, Wretch	Alva, Seeker of the Spurned	-	-	-
9	Aldrich Boss Room – Large Chamber	Painting Guardian Set	Giant's Coal	-	-	Painting Guardian's Curved Sword	-	Aldrich, Devourer of Gods	1x Large Soul of a Weary Warrior, 1x Soul of a Crestfallen Knight, 1x Proof of a Concord Kept, 5x Moonlight Arrow	Sun Princess Ring, Aldrich's Ruby	-	-	1x Estus Shard	-	Anri of Astora (Summons you), Company Captain Yorshka	-	Silver Knight, Rotten Flesh of Aldrich, Giant Slave, Deep Accursed, Deacon of the Deep	-	-	-	-
10	Consumed King Garden – Ledge	Shadow Set, Drakeblood Set (After defeating the Drakeblood warrior the first time in Archdragon Peak.)	Ring of Sacrifice, Dragonscale Ring, Path of the Dragon Gesture, Sage Ring +2 (NG++)	-	-	Claw	-	Oceiros, the Consumed King	2x Black Firebomb, 1x Human Pine Resin	-	-	-	1x Estus Shard, 3x Titanite Chunk, 3x Titanite Scale, 1x Dark Gem	-	Hawkwood (Summon)	-	Pus of Man, Rotten Slug, Consumed King's Knight, Hollow Slave, Serpent-man, Lothric Priest	-	-	-	-
11	Grand Archives – Roof	-	-	Divine Pillars of Light	-	Avelyn, Onikiri and Ubadachi (drop: Black Hand Kamui)	Grand Archives, Twin Princes	Lorian, Elder Prince and Lothric, Younger Prince	Blessed Gem, Chaos Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Crystal Chime, Crystal Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Divine Blessing, Ember, Estus Shard, Homeward Bone (×3).	Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+2, Hunter's Ring, Sage Ring+1	Fleshbite Ring, Scholar Ring	Grand Archives Key*, Outrider Knight Set (drop: Outrider Knight), Greirat's Ashes*, Orbeck's Ashes*	Titanite Slab (×2), Titanite Scale (×3), Twinkling Titanite (×9)	Golden Wing Crest Shield (drop: Lion Knight Albert)	-	-	Clawed Curse, Corvian, Corvian Storyteller, Gargoyle, Gertrude's Knight, Grand Archives Scholar, Hollow Soldier, Lothric Knight, Man-grub, Thrall	-	Crystal Sage	Crystal Scroll (drop: Crystal Sage), Soul Stream	Power Within

At the start of Dark Souls 3, you can use the flask up to 3 times before completely emptying it. A total of 11 shards are needed to fully upgrade your estus flask and get the most out of it.

The estus flask can be converted into the Ashen Estus Flask to help you regenerate FP if you plan to use magic or try out the Faith Build. Without further ado, let’s begin with our guide about the Dark Souls 3 Estus Shard Locations.

Dark Souls 3 Estus Shard Locations

As previously mentioned, you need to collect a total of 11 estus shards to maximize the flask’s potential. Since the world of Dark Souls 3 is massive, you will naturally have difficulties locating all of the shards spread throughout various areas. That is where this guide will come in handy; it will help you chronologically find the shards so you won’t have to backtrack.

Firelink Shrine – Roof

Category	Items
Armor	Dingy Set
Keys	Undead Asylum F2 West Key
Miracles	Emit Force
Miscellaneous	Binoculars, Black Eye Orb, Copper Coin, Cracked Red Eye Orb x4, Firebomb x6, Homeward Bone x6, Humanity x3, Lloyd's Talisman x4.
Weapons	Caduceus Round Shield, Morning Star, Pyromancy Flame, Talisman, Winged Spear, Zweihander

Normally, you would need to buy the Tower Key from the handmaid to unlock this area after gaining access to the bell tower and dropping from the broken bridge. Luckily, players found an easy method to access this area without spending any souls.

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After unlocking the Firelink Shrine, head on over to the tower entrance – which will naturally be locked – and stand next to the ominous-looking tree at the base. The next step of this trick will take some time to get right but hang in there, and you’ll achieve it.

Get a little running start and use the protruding roots of the tree to boost your jump and land on the roof. As mentioned earlier, you will have to try a couple of times, but it is easy to land after you know what you’re doing.
Afterward, walk forward and head to the front of the shrine. You will be able to access the rafters from this area. Make your way inside, and you’ll spot a glowing item which will be the very first estus shard of Dark Souls 3.

High Wall of Lothric – Crowded Room

Category	Items
Bonfires	High Wall of Lothric - 01, High Wall of Lothric - 02, High Wall of Lothric - 03, High Wall of Lothric - 04, High Wall of Lothric - 05
Bosses	Vordt of the Boreal Valley, Dancer of the Boreal Valley
Weapons	Astora Straight Sword, Battle Axe (Deep, drop: Mimic), Broadsword, Claymore, Club, Longbow, Lucerne, Mail Breaker, Rapier
Consumables	Black Firebomb (×3), Ember (×3), Firebomb (×11), Green Blossom (×5), Gold Pine Resin (×2), Standard Arrow (×12), Throwing Knife (×14).
Rings	Blue Tearstone Ring, Fleshbite Ring+1, Ring of Sacrifice, Ring of the Evil Eye+2
Other	Binoculars, Cell Key, Estus Shard, Large Soul of a Deserted Corpse .

After teleporting to the High Wall of Lothric, make your way towards the first boss of the game – Vordt. You will find a large room close to where the boss fight is located. Make your way in that room and you will find yourself in a crowded room surrounded by hollows and undead dogs.

Once you see a dark messy room with tons of debris and enemies roaming in it, you’ll know that you found the right place. The shard is located on a table situated in the center of the room. Heed caution; however, the enemies – especially the dogs, can easily overwhelm you.

There isn’t much else to say about this shard. As soon as you pick up the item, swiftly roll away since the enemies will be waiting for the animation to end and strike you. Another way to approach this is to take out all of the enemies in that area. Be careful regardless of which option you choose; it will be difficult for newer players.

Undead Settlement – Pyre

Category	Items
Bonfires	Undead Settlement - 01, Undead Settlement - 02, Undead Settlement - 03, Undead Settlement - 04, Undead Settlement - 05
Bosses	Curse-rotted Greatwood
Weapons	Caestus, Great Scythe, Hand Axe, Large Club, Partizan, Red Hilted Halberd, Reinforced Club, Whip
Armor	Cleric Set, Loincloth, Mirrah Set, Northern Set
Rings	Bloodbite Ring (drop: Giant Hound Rat), Chloranthy Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+2, Fire Clutch Ring, Flame Stoneplate Ring.
Consumables	Alluring Skull (×7), Charcoal Pine Bundle (×4), Charcoal Pine Resin (×2), Ember (×5), Estus Shard, Firebomb (×6), Homeward Bone (×8).
Key items	Mortician's Ashes
Upgrade materials	Fire Gem (drop: Demon), Heavy Gem, Sharp Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Titanite Shard (×6)

This estus shard is also situated among many enemies. As you’ll see, most of the enemies consist of weak peasants that are prone to dying in one hit from your weapon. You can run through these enemies and loot the items around the large burning pyre.

Among one of those items is the estus shard you’re looking for. An alternative to this is to kill all of the enemies since they are not that difficult to handle. This will make it easier for you to run around and explore the area.

If you are having trouble finding the pyre, look for the large twisted tree that has corpses strung upon it. There is only one of these kinds of pyres in the area, so it is difficult to miss.

Road of Sacrifices – Behind Lycanthropes

Category	Items
Bonfires	Road of Sacrifices, Halfway Fortress, Crucifixion Woods, Crystal Sage, Farron Keep, Keep Ruins, Farron Keep Perimeter.
Bosses	Crystal Sage
Weapons	Brigand Axe, Brigand Twindaggers, Butcher Knife (drop: the madwoman), Exile Greatsword (drop: Exile Watchdog).
Armor	Brigand Set, Conjurator Set, Fallen Knight Set, Herald Set, Sorcerer Set, Sellsword Set
Rings	Blue Sentinels, Chloranthy Ring+2, Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+1, Morne's Ring, Ring of Sacrifice, Sage Ring
Consumables	Blue Bug Pellet (×2), Ember (×2), Estus Shard, Fading Soul, Green Blossom (×6), Homeward Bone (×2).
Key items	Braille Divine Tome of Carim, Farron Coal, Great Swamp Pyromancy Tome
Upgrade materials	Crystal Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Titanite Shard (×4), Twinkling Titanite (×2, drop: two Crystal Lizards)
Other	Golden Falcon Shield, Grass Crest Shield, Xanthous Crown (drop: Yellowfinger Heysel)

Finding this estus can be difficult for newer players since you will have to fight a new type of enemy to get it. Upon reaching the Road of Sacrifices, you will be greeted with the Crucifixion Woods bonfire. Rest here to save your journey so far and head on straight towards the ruined building where you fight the Crystal Sage.

Instead of entering the boss fight, circle around it and you’ll spot two Lycans; seemingly asleep. Unfortunately, you will have to slay them as there is no other way to reach the shard. Once you do so, follow the linear path in their den, and you’ll find the shard at the dead end. Pick it up, and you’ll have your fourth estus shard out of eleven.

Cleansing Chapel – Obelisk

Item Name	Type
Astora Greatsword	Weapon
Executioner's Greatsword	Weapon
Saint-Tree Bellvine	Weapon
Crest Shield	Shield
Curse Ward Greatshield	Shield
Maiden Set	Armor
Drang Set	Armor
Armor of Thorns	Armor
Paladin's Ashes	Key Item
Poisonbite Ring	Ring

Possibly the easiest to spot shard so far; you will want to head out the front door of the Cleansing Chapel and go uphill. Move past the well and you will find four hollow enemies bowing down in front of an obelisk.

Deal with the four enemies and you will find the shard at the base of this pillar. It is extremely easy to get; however, there is a catch. The enemies are relatively simple to kill, but they will explode once you do so, dealing damage in an area.

The best advice here would be to kill the hollow and quickly roll back to get out of the explosion radius. Do this for all four of them and you are good to go.

Farron Keep’s Swamp – Fallen Tower

Category	Items
Consumables	Ember, Purple Moss Clump
Weapons	Greatsword, Greataxe, Sunlight Talisman, Black Bow of Pharis, Stone Parma
Armor	Dark Set, Ragged Mask, Antiquated Set, Pharis's Hat, Nameless Knight Set
Upgrade Materials	Undead Bone Shard, Estus Flask Shard, Titanite Shard (x?), Large Titanite Shard (x?)

Fromsoftware loves to put swamps in their games that slow down player movement and slowly poison them. Dark Souls 3 is no exception to this rule. While the overall area can be tricky to navigate, the shard is surprisingly right in front of you.

You will have to go and light the first of three braziers. Next to it is a staircase where you will find a collapsed tower and half-drowned in the swamp. Unfortunately, the fallen tower is surrounded by slugs, but they are easy to handle.

There are two ways you can deal with the slugs halting your progress. Either kill them or completely ignore them. Since they are slow and take forever to attack, you can run past them, grab the shard, and roll away without taking any damage. With that, you are more than halfway through the shard collecting progress.

Smoldering Lake – Behind a Wall

Category	Items
NPCs	Knight Slayer Tsorig, Horace, Summon: Knight Slayer Tsorig, Summon: Great Swamp Cuculus
Bosses	Old Demon King, Carthus Sandworm (miniboss)
Consumables	2x Yellow Bug Pellet, 3x Ember, 2x Homeward Bone, 1x Soul of a Crestfallen Knight
Weapons	Black Knight Sword, Izalith Staff, Fume Ultra Greatsword (Knight Slayer Tsorig drop), Dragonrider Bow, Lightning Stake (Carthus Sandworm drop), Toxic Mist, White Hair Talisman, Sacred Flame
Armor	Black Iron Greatshield, Shield of Want, Black Knight Shield (drop), Black Knight Set (drop), Llewellyn Shield
Upgrade Materials	10x Large Titanite Shard, 1x Chaos Gem, 2x Undead Bone Shard, 1x Estus Shard
Keys & Other	Speckled Stoneplate Ring, Bloodbite Ring +1 (NG+), Flame Stoneplate Ring +2 (NG++), Quelana Pyromancy Tome, Izalith Pyromancy Tome
Enemies	Basilisk, Black Knight, Carthus Sandworm, Crystal Lizard, Demon Cleric, Demon Statue, Great Crab (Ember), Hound-rat, Large Hound-rat, Skeleton Swordsman, Skeleton Wheel, Smoldering Ghru, Smoldering Rotten Flesh

Arrive at the bonfire that is closest to the Old Demon King boss fight. Once there, you will be able to find an ominous-looking wall. This is one of many illusionary walls in Dark Souls 3 which you’ll be able to attack to make them disappear.

After doing so, make your way through the linear path and you will find an estus shard on the ground. It is impossible to miss but be careful of the slime’s stuck on the roof. They will jump on you as soon as you try to pass them. Make sure that you face your camera upwards and roll forward as soon as you go under one. Once they are on the ground, they don’t do much, so that shouldn’t be a problem.

Irithyll Dungeon – Mimic

Category	Items
Bonfires	Irithyll Dungeon, Profaned Capital
Characters	Karla, Siegward of Catarina
Enemies	Basilisk, Cage Spider, Corpse Grub, Giant Hound Rat, Hound Rat, Infested Corpse, Jailer, Lycanthrope, Peasant Hollow, Wretch
Invaders	Alva, Seeker of the Spurned
Key items	Jailbreaker's Key, Jailer's Key Ring, Old Cell Key, Prisoner Chief's Ashes, Profaned Coal, Profaned Flame
Weapons	Dragon Torso Stone, Pickaxe
Armor	Alva Set (if Alva was defeated at the dungeon's entrance), Old Sorcerer Set
Rings	Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring+1, Dark Clutch Ring (drop: Mimic), Dusk Crown Ring
Consumables	Dragonslayer Lightning Arrow (×10), Dung Pie (×4), Ember (×2), Estus Shard (drop: Mimic), Fading Soul, Homeward Bone (×2).
Upgrade materials	Large Titanite Shard (×7), Titanite Chunk (×2, drop: Giant Slave and Crystal Lizard), Titanite Scale (×3, drop: Crystal Lizard and Mimic)
Other	Giant Slave (non-respawning), Crystal Lizard (×2, non-respawning), Mimic (×4, non-respawning), Xanthous Ashes

Continue making your way through the Irithyll Dungeon until you reach a room that is spacious and different than the others. You will naturally stumble across this area, so do not worry about it. In that room, there will be a chest, pretty normal, right? Wrong. It is one of many mimics in the game that will ambush you as soon as you open it.

To avoid this problem, attack the chest to get a head start and deal additional damage without any retaliation. The mimics are easy to take care of so you shouldn’t face any issues. Defeat the foe and it will drop an estus shard to reward you for a hard-fought battle.

The only major thing to care about in that area is the various enemies that come through the jail cells and gang up on you. If you are quick enough, you will deal with the mimic before any of the other enemies have the chance to attack you.

Aldrich Boss Room – Large Chamber

Category	Items
NPCs	Anri of Astora (Summons you), Company Captain Yorshka
Bosses	Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
Consumables	1x Large Soul of a Weary Warrior, 1x Soul of a Crestfallen Knight, 1x Proof of a Concord Kept, 5x Moonlight Arrow
Weapons	Painting Guardian's Curved Sword
Armor	Painting Guardian Set
Rings	Sun Princess Ring, Aldrich's Ruby
Upgrade Materials	1x Estus Shard
Keys & Other	Giant's Coal
Enemies	Silver Knight, Rotten Flesh of Aldrich, Giant Slave, Deep Accursed, Deacon of the Deep

This is a spacious area and the shard can be difficult to spot if you don’t know where to look. You will find tons of pillars before the Aldrich boss room. Alongside that, you will also spot some slime enemies as well as some deacons that are protecting their leader.

Look at the left side of this hall to spot a chest sitting in the corner. This chest can be difficult to see due to the obscuring darkness surrounding it. But you will find some slime enemies next to it, so head over to them to get to it.
After defeating your foes, open the chest to get the ninth estus shard.

Consumed King Garden – Ledge

Category	Items
NPCs	Hawkwood (Summon)
Bosses	Oceiros, the Consumed King
Consumables	2x Black Firebomb, 1x Human Pine Resin
Weapons	Claw
Armor	Shadow Set, Drakeblood Set (After defeating the Drakeblood warrior the first time in Archdragon Peak.)
Upgrade Materials	1x Estus Shard, 3x Titanite Chunk, 3x Titanite Scale, 1x Dark Gem
Keys & Other	Ring of Sacrifice, Dragonscale Ring, Path of the Dragon Gesture, Sage Ring +2 (NG++)
Enemies	Pus of Man, Rotten Slug, Consumed King's Knight, Hollow Slave, Serpent-man, Lothric Priest

After you defeat the mighty dancer of the boreal valley, a bonfire will appear. From that bonfire, climb the nearby ladder and keep heading left. A cathedral knight will block your way, so you will have to defeat it to proceed.

Once you defeat it, head over to the elevator and descend. Don’t go all the way down; you will find a small opening during the elevator ride. Roll through the gap to land on the relevant ledge and find a corpse at the end.

Loot the corpse to find the estus shard and exit the area.

Grand Archives – Roof

Category	Items
Bonfires	Grand Archives, Twin Princes
Enemies	Clawed Curse, Corvian, Corvian Storyteller, Gargoyle, Gertrude's Knight, Grand Archives Scholar, Hollow Soldier, Lothric Knight, Man-grub, Thrall
Mini-boss	Crystal Sage
Boss	Lorian, Elder Prince and Lothric, Younger Prince
Key items	Grand Archives Key*, Outrider Knight Set (drop: Outrider Knight), Greirat's Ashes*, Orbeck's Ashes*
Weapons	Avelyn, Onikiri and Ubadachi (drop: Black Hand Kamui)
Shields	Golden Wing Crest Shield (drop: Lion Knight Albert)
Sorceries	Crystal Scroll (drop: Crystal Sage), Soul Stream
Pyromancies	Power Within
Miracles	Divine Pillars of Light
Rings	Lingering Dragoncrest Ring+2, Hunter's Ring, Sage Ring+1
Consumables	Blessed Gem, Chaos Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Crystal Chime, Crystal Gem (drop: Crystal Lizard), Divine Blessing, Ember, Estus Shard, Homeward Bone (×3).
Upgrade materials	Titanite Slab (×2), Titanite Scale (×3), Twinkling Titanite (×9)
Other	Fleshbite Ring, Scholar Ring

This area is laden with enemies waiting for their moment to gang up on you. Make your way through this area until you reach a bridge that connects to the Twin Princes’ boss fight. Do not cross the bridge; however, you must turn around to find an opening leading to the roof.

Everything looks clear on the roof but as soon as you reach it, three-winged knights will jump and attack you. Whether you deal with them or ignore them is up to you. However, if you plan to take them out, you will want to either have good shields or equip strong dex weapons.

The final estus shard of Dark Souls 3 can be found atop this roof. With that, you’ll have all 11 of the shards, and now your estus flask will be at full potential.

Conclusion

Finding all of the estus shards can be quite difficult since they are spread across the massive map of Dark Souls 3. Following this guide will assist you greatly in finding all 11 of the shards without facing any difficulties.

With that being said, we are now at the end of our guide about Dark Souls 3 Estus Shard Locations. Leave a comment telling me about which location was the most difficult for you.