How I Finally Reached Elden Ring’s Hidden Rain of Arrows Platform After Years of Frustration

I still remember the first time I glimpsed that tantalizing glow. Somewhere far below the twisted roots of the Minor Erdtree in Greyoll’s Dragonbarrow, a purple item beacon pulsed like a silent taunt. The Rain of Arrows Ash of War – a legendary upgrade for my greatbow build – was right there, mocking me from a rugged stone platform at the base of a sheer cliff. For over four years, across countless Tarnished characters and two major DLC expansions, that one spot remained my personal white whale. I tried jumping down those gnarled roots more times than I care to admit. I slipped, misjudged ledges, and plunged screaming into the scarlet abyss. Sound familiar?

Caelid is already a nightmare dressed in rot and rage. The sky burns crimson, giant dogs and birds roam with murderous intent, and the very ground seems to resent your footsteps. But that particular cliffside in Dragonbarrow? It felt like FromSoftware’s ultimate platforming gauntlet – a vertical labyrinth designed to break my spirit. Every attempt ended with a loading screen and a pile of lost runes. I asked myself repeatedly: Is there really no better way? Must every Tarnished suffer this jagged descent just for one Ash of War? The answer, buried on a subreddit in 2026, was an emphatic no.

It was a short, unassuming clip that changed everything. A fellow player, with the patience of a saint and the ingenuity of a speedrunner, had done what I thought impossible: they rode Torrent straight off the edge and landed softly on that secret platform – no glitches, no exploits, just pure game mechanics used brilliantly. The trick? A spiritspring. Yes, those swirling wind funnels that launch you skyward are usually for going up, but what if you angle your descent downward from one? The video showed Torrent sailing over the cliff’s lip with a graceful, reckless arc, the spiritspring’s magic completely erasing fall damage. In fifteen seconds, they covered a stretch of terrain that had consumed my evenings for, well, let’s not count the hours.

I booted up my current save immediately. Navigating to the spiritspring near the Erdtree, my heart pounded with that familiar mix of hope and dread. Can I really pull this off? I positioned Torrent, aimed for the faint outline of the platform far below, and kicked into a gallop. The wind caught us, and for a breathless moment we hung in the air, the whole rotten vista of Caelid sprawling beneath. Then we dropped. I saw the roots blur past, the golem guardian growing larger, and – thud. Alive. Torrent nickered, utterly unfazed. I sat there stunned, then laughed out loud. No broken bones, no reload, just a clear path to the Rain of Arrows at last.

That little victory embodied everything I love about the Lands Between in 2026. Even with all the guides, all the community maps, and all the DLC lore dissected, the game still has secret pockets of discovery. The trick itself isn’t a glitch – it’s a testament to how deeply FromSoftware trusts its players to experiment with mechanics. That same spirit led to Torrent’s flying glitch back in 2022, but MeticulousMitch’s method feels purer, more elegant. It asks only that you look at a seemingly straightforward tool – a jump boost – and ask, What else can this do?

After dispatching the stone guardian with a few well-placed arrows (revenge felt sweet), I claimed my prize. The Rain of Arrows now rains death upon my foes, a fitting reward for solving one of the game’s most frustrating traversal puzzles. Yet the real prize was the reminder that stubbornness pays off and that our community still digs up clever twists after all these years. Are there other hidden platforms out there, waiting for a mad Torrent jump? Almost certainly. And I’ll be the one galloping off cliffs just to find out.

Next time you stare down an impossible drop in the Lands Between, ask yourself: What would a spiritspring do? The answer might just save your neck – and land you the treasure that has eluded you since launch day.