When exploring the world of Blades of Fire, you will encounter sorrowful, weeping statues of Queen Nerea. There are 13 in total, and each one requires two Nerea’s Tears, also known as Blue Gems. Upon placing the Tears into the eye sockets of the statue, you’ll be rewarded with a Fragmented Tablet, which is needed for the true ending. Five of these tears are obtained by finding the missing Paladins of Aurora and their Sigil, while the others come from Sacred Steel Templars. Read on to find out where to find every Nerea’s Statue.

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Aecides’ Domain Nerea’s Statues¶

There are five Nerea’s Statues to find in the first region, some of which you will have to return later to get.

The Hollow Plain Nerea’s Statue Location¶

The first Nerea’s Statue you can find is located in The Hollow Plain, south of Besacarr Hamlet. You will come here for the story, so wait until then before you go for the statue. When you reach The Hollow Plain, make your way down to the south of the area to find the Kar-Lethel Wall Forge. It’s only a small area, so it won’t take you long. From the Forge, go through the large gate to the south and head east.

Eventually, you’ll reach a gap between the mountains with a slope leading up into a cave. Go inside the cave, and when you reach the intersection, go right and climb the rope. On the upper floor, go around the corner into the open room with the Greenish Putrids, defeat them, and go through the tunnel opposite you. This path leads outside, where you’ll encounter a few Athanatoi Marauders. Defeat them and walk further ahead to find the Neara’s Statue. Note that if you have access to the Coastal Watchtower Anvil, you can get here slightly quicker.

Ancient Garden Nerea’s Statue Location¶

You will need a weapon with the Time Rune to access the area with the statue, so make sure you have one before you come for it. Teleport to either the Ancient Garden Balcony or Throne Room Anvils in The Crimson Fort, and exit the fort via the bridge to the northwest. Go across the bridge and follow the path around to your right. Now, go northwest around the pergola and follow the path around the rocks to find the Time Rune gate. Pass through the gate, follow the stream north, and then go through the hole in the fence to your east. The Nerea’s Statue will be at the top of the slope. Note that if you have the Doyen Graves Vantage Anvil, you can simply head south and then west to find the Time Gate.

The Crimson Fortress: Library Tower Nerea’s Statue Location¶

This statue can be found near the top of the Library Tower in The Crimson Fort, which is in the southwest of the fort. From the Library Tower Anvil, enter the tower and take the stairs up to your right. On the second floor, go into the first small room to your left to find a ladder hidden behind a desk and books. Take the ladder to the third floor, and go around the room clockwise until you reach the third small room on your left. Once again, you’ll find another ladder hidden by stacks of books.

Go up to the fourth floor and follow the path to find another ladder leading to the fifth floor. On the fifth floor, take the stairs up to the sixth floor, continue up to the seventh floor, and then immediately go up the ladder to your right to find the Nerea’s Statue. Note that if you keep heading up (rope and ladder), you’ll find one of the Paladins on top of the roof.

The Iron Castle: Sealed Dungeons Nerea’s Statue Location¶

You will need the Light Rune to access this area, so make sure you have a weapon with it before coming to this statue. We recommend you get this statue after completing the Iron Castle, just so you have all the shortcuts unlocked. Anyway, teleport to The Iron Castle Entrance Anvil, and go through the main gate. When you reach the courtyard, go through the archways to your east, and then go through the corridor to the north to the circular room.

At the back of the room, you’ll find a gap to squeeze through. Do so and then climb down the rope to the lower floor. To your right, you’ll find a wall with the Light Rune etched upon it. Equip a Light Rune imbued weapon and hold it to the wall to make an entrance to the Sealed Dungeons, with an Anvil right in front of you. From the Anvil, go down the stairs to your left to find the statue behind a locked gate. To open this, you’ll need the Ancient Key, which can be found by defeating a Sacred Templar in the same area. The Templar is outside, left of the Anvil, but this will be locked and used as a shortcut later.

Unfortunately, make your way through the Sealed Dungeons until you reach the room with the two Trolls. This means going through the Rotspawn room, up the stairs, and into the room to the right, where you’ll find another Rotspawn. Defeat it and the spawner to the left, and then check on the floor against the northern wall for a hole you can drop down. Go through the gap to your southwest, and you’ll find out why this area is called the Troll Room.

Defeat the Trolls (they won’t respawn) and go up the stairs in the southeast corner. Interact with the lever to raise the gate and go through. At the end of the path, you’ll find another gap to squeeze through, a chest, and an exit to the outside. The Templar can be found down the slope to your right, but walk forward first and use the lever to create a shortcut first.

Kar-Lethel Swamp: Forgers Sanctum Nerea’s Statue Location¶

Although you went to Kar-Lethel Swamp earlier, you won’t have access to the Light Rune until now, which is why it’s here. You can get this one anytime after you get the Light Rune, so you could get it before the Iron Castle one if you want. Reaching this statue is a pain and involves solving a tricky puzzle involving a blue flame, which is why we created a separate guide for it. Here is where you can find the Forgers Sanctum Flame Puzzle Guide.

Tok’s Kingdom Nerea’s Statues¶

There are a few Nerea’s Statues to find in Tok’s Kingdom, but we recommend progressing the story while you look for them as a lot of places are story-gated.

The City of Curved Stones Nerea’s Statue Location¶

If you’ve progressed the story like we recommended, you should have the shortcut we’ll tell you to use as well as a Rogg’s Skull. If you don’t have a Rogg’s Skull, go to any zipline, where you’re at the bottom of it, and a group of Roggs will slide down, with one of them having the Skull. Teleport to Aran and Adso’s Camp Anvil and follow the path west. Take the left path around the open area and defeat the enemies there.

Take the shortcut to the southeast up the ladders and go through the cave and up the following ladder. Exit the tower via the northeast (a soldier will be outside it), and follow the path up the slopes to find another tower with a ladder taking you up to it. Go onto the balcony to your south, turn around, and look for a rope against the right wall. Climb the rope to the top and then go up the ladder inside the tower.

On top, you’ll find a zipline behind the Templars (need crow), and if you have a Rogg’s Skull, you’ll be able to use it. This will take you across the Serpents Amphitheater and put you above the Anvil. Inside the building is where you’ll find the statue along with a couple of material chests.

The Roggs Mountain Nerea’s Statue Location¶

You will need the Light Rune equipped on a weapon to access this area. If you’ve been here before, teleport to the Morlock’s Abyss Anvil and take the northeast path into the next room to find the statue. If you haven’t, teleport to The Forgotten Rift Anvil (northwest corner of the southeast island), and follow the path south/southeast. Eventually, you’ll reach a gap that requires the Light Rune to pass. Equip the weapon with the Rune and shine the light to unveil a Light Bridge. Take it over and continue southeast until you reach a zipline, take it down, follow the path northeast, and go across the small bridge into the cave, which is where you’ll find the statue.

However…the statue is submerged by water, and you’ll need to drain it first before you can access it. We’re not entirely sure what causes the water to drain, but after progressing through the story, the water disappeared. We don’t know if this is related to the story or if we did something else to drain it. We will update this when we find out.

Southern Hiss Nerea’s Statue Location¶

You won’t be able to get to this statue until much later on, as you’ll need a Silver Bell to access the Silver Pilgrim area. You won’t get this until you reach the third region. The statue itself is on the balcony above the arena, but the path leading to it is through the Silver Pilgrim door.

That’s it for Nerea’s Statues. You’ll need to complete all these to get the true ending, as you’ll need all 13 Tablet Fragments.