Where to Get the Erudition Gesture in Elden Ring on Steam Deck

Elden Ring offers players a ton of gestures and they’re fun ways to show off your characters way of reacting to something in the Lands Between. Some of these gestures have significant meaning and can unlock certain locations in the game.

The erudition gesture is one of them and in this guide we’ll be showing you where to find the erudition gesture in Elden Ring on Steam Deck.

Where to Get the Erudition Gesture in Elden Ring on Steam Deck

To find the Erudition Gesture, you’ll have to work with Thops, an NPC whom you’ll encounter later in the game. Thops can be located at the Church of Irith, close to the Lake-Facing Cliffs, just outside Stormveil Castle. Once you get there, you can speak with Thops.

You’ll need to find the Academy Glintstone Key and give it to Thops. You can find it after you visit the Academy of Raya Lucaria and you attempt to access the door and find a map nearby. Unfortunately, Thops will not accept your key. You’ll have to find the spare key inside.

You can find the key inside the Church of the Cuckoo at the top. In order to reach it, you’ll need to defeat the Red Wolf of Radagan and make your way to the courtyard of the academy. Then, go to the left and proceed up the broken wall onto the second floor. Stick to the left, and jump off the side of the ledge.

Move up towards the stairs, stick to the left, and jump again. You’ll now be on some rooftops. Follow the rooftop path, and then take a right to go up the ladder when you encounter the two enemies there. Now you’ll need to dash across an area without multiple flying enemies and a spell user at the end. Sprint past them, sticking to the right, and then jump down another series of rooftops.

We recommend jumping down multiple rooftops, and making your way to the left until you encounter several other archer enemies, and then jump down to the ledge on the left. Afterwards, you can jump across to the top of the Church of the Cuckoo, and you should find an open window that will have you running across the top of the judge.

There will be a body hanging from the rafters, and under it will be another body with a second Ancient Glintstone Key. All you have to do now is take the key back to Thops, and he’ll reward you with the Erudition gesture.