Perfumer's Grotto

Included subareas

The grotto is compact, but it has several recognisable sections:

The Altus Tunnel is a neighbouring but separate dungeon. Its chambers can be seen from the grotto’s deep cavern, and the two areas create the impression that they should connect. They do not provide a conventional back-and-forth route. The items and encounters visible on the opposite side belong to Altus Tunnel, not to Perfumer’s Grotto.

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Environmental landmarks

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Named and notable enemies

The regular Perfumers can use perfume-based attacks, including explosive or damaging clouds. They are particularly troublesome when allowed to attack from behind Miranda plants or from a higher ledge. Taking them out before clearing the flowers usually makes the rooms much safer.

The Withered Astel is best treated as a separate elite encounter. It can attack across the cavern and may be difficult to reach safely in melee because of the surrounding roots and drops. Ranged attacks are useful, although patient melee players can also work around the terrain. The area’s layout makes it possible to explore the chamber without treating the Astel as the final boss.

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Fixed and notable loot

The two chests in the lower plant-filled section contain a Perfume Bottle and Living Jar Shard ×10. Another Living Jar Shard pickup is found earlier in the dungeon. The root-filled cavern contains Arteria Leaf ×3, while Miranda Powder, Warming Stone and Golden Rune [5] can be found on corpses or in the later sections before the boss.

Crafting materials and enemy drops

The grotto is a useful place to gather materials connected with poison and perfume crafting. Reported dungeon materials include:

Perfumers may also drop pieces of Perfumer equipment, although these are not guaranteed rewards. In particular, the Perfumer’s Shield is a rare enemy drop rather than a fixed chest reward. Treat equipment farming as random rather than part of the dungeon’s guaranteed treasure.

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1. Activate the Site of Grace

Enter past the giant poison flower and rest at the Perfumer’s Grotto Site of Grace. The opening tunnel is relatively safe, but the first proper chamber contains Perfumers and plant enemies.

2. Clear the first Perfumer chamber

Move carefully into the wider room. One Perfumer can be approached from behind, allowing a critical attack or a quick opening strike. Avoid standing in the middle of the room while multiple enemies are active, since perfume clouds and plant attacks can overlap.

After clearing the room, search the lower area and nearby corpses before moving on. This is where the first Living Jar Shard reward can be collected.

3. Search the lower chamber

The next chamber contains a drop to a lower plant-filled area. A Perfumer stands among Miranda enemies. Drop down only after checking the positions of the enemies below, then prioritise the Perfumer so that its ranged attacks do not continue while you fight the plants.

Search beside the large root and open both chests. These provide:

The Perfume Bottle is especially useful for characters developing a perfume-based crafting setup, since it expands the capacity for storing perfume mixtures.

4. Enter the large root cavern

Continue through the tunnel until it opens into the large cavern. Be alert for the Withered Astel. It may attack while you are navigating the roots, and the terrain can make retreat awkward.

Collect the Arteria Leaf ×3 from the root area, then inspect the visible platforms and corpses. Some apparent routes and items across the chasm belong to the Altus Tunnel section seen through the cavern. They are not reached by simply jumping from the grotto side.

5. Prepare at the summoning pool

Continue towards the boss route and activate the summoning pool if you intend to summon another player. Rest at the Site of Grace first if you need to recover flasks or change equipment.

Before entering the fog, equip poison resistance or curing items and consider using a Spirit Ash. The boss arena permits summons, and separating the two enemies greatly reduces the pressure of the encounter.

6. Defeat Omenkiller and Miranda the Blighted Bloom

The boss fight combines an aggressive humanoid enemy with a stationary Miranda flower.

Omenkiller uses quick cleaver attacks, jumping strikes and short-range fire attacks. Its movement makes it the immediate threat. Keep moving around the arena and avoid being trapped against the walls.

Miranda the Blighted Bloom remains largely stationary but uses poison clouds and area attacks. Its attacks can punish players who focus entirely on Omenkiller without watching the arena.

Alternatively, characters with strong ranged damage can kill Miranda first while a summon holds Omenkiller’s attention. The best order depends on your build, but fighting both enemies in the centre of the room is usually less safe than drawing one away from the other.

Defeating the encounter awards the Great Omenkiller Cleaver and the usual boss runes. The Omenkiller’s listed reward for this Altus Plateau encounter is the cleaver, while the Omenkiller found elsewhere in the game has different rewards.

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Omenkiller

Omenkiller is vulnerable to the usual stagger tactics, although its mobility makes some slow weapons difficult to use safely. Jumping heavy attacks, guard counters and well-timed charged attacks can interrupt it. Do not greedily attack after its fire animation begins. Move out of the burning area first, then re-engage.

If using a summon, let the summon draw Omenkiller away from Miranda. This prevents the boss from repeatedly crossing the arena while you attempt to attack the flower.

Miranda the Blighted Bloom

Miranda cannot chase the player like Omenkiller, but its area attacks cover a significant part of the arena. Watch for the poison cloud and magical light attacks, then approach during the recovery period.

Fire damage is a natural choice against plant enemies, but a build without fire remains perfectly viable. The main requirement is patience: attack between area effects rather than standing in the flower’s damaging zones.

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