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Elden Ring Smithing Stones: Where to farm and buy Smithing StonesLearn where to farm and buy Smithing Stones in Elden Ring
Learn where to farm and buy Smithing Stones in Elden Ring
Looking for Smithing Stones in Elden Ring?Smithing Stones are one of the most important items inElden Ring, as they allow you to upgrade your weapons. Weapon upgrades will massively improve your weapon and are much more important than simplylevelling upin the early stages, so you’ll rely on Smithing Stones to beat bosses across the Lands Between.
In this guide, we’ll break down the differences betweenSmithing StonesandSomber Smithing Stonesand cover where to find them. We’ll also explain how to buy Smithing Stones and the best places to farm them, so that you’ve always got plenty stored in your inventory.
Throughout this guide, we will mention many locations and NPCs that you may not have met. If you want to explore the main regions of Elden Ring, follow ourmain quest walkthroughto find an easy guide through the Lands Between. If you want to know more about the various NPCs you can find, check out ourElden Ring sidequest guide, which will help you complete all of the game’s quests, if you want to 100% that before startingShadow Of The Erdtree.
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Elden Ring Smithing Stones
Regular Smithing Stones in Elden Ring come in a range of tiers, from 1 to 8. Each tier of Smithing Stone will upgrade your weapons up to a certain level: for instance, Tier 1 Smithing Stones can upgrade a weapon from +0 to +3, whereas Tier 8 Smithing Stones can upgrade a weapon from +21 to +24. Most weapons will cap at +25, which requires an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. Special weapons andlegendary armamentsrequire Somber Smithing Stones, which we’ll cover later in this guide.
How to buy Smithing Stones: Bell Bearing locations
As you progress through Elden Ring, you’ll findSmithing-Stone Miner’s Bell Bearings. You can give these items to the Twin Maiden Husks in the Roundtable Hold, which will then allow you to purchase Smithing Stones. We’ll explain how to get each Smithing-Stone Miner’s Bell Bearing below:
The table below shows the costs of each Smithing Stone at the Twin-Maiden Husks and the upgrades you will get from each tier:
Smithing Stone farming locations
Since enemies that drop Smithing Stones can respawn, you can farm them if you know where to go. Below, we’ll list where to farm Smithing Stones in Elden Ring:
Elden Ring Somber Smithing Stones
Somber Smithing Stones allow you to upgrade special weapons, as mentioned earlier. These are usually thebest weapons in Elden Ring, so you’ll need a lot of Somber Smithing Stones if you want to beat some ofElden Ring’s hardest bosses.
Somber Smithing Stones function a little differently from the regular type. Somber Smithing Stones range from tiers 1-9. Somber Smithing Stones (1) will upgrade your special armaments to +1, Somber Smithing Stones (2) to +2, and so on up to +9. Special armaments cap at +10, which requires a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone.
How to buy Somber Smithing Stones: Bell Bearing locations
Though Somber Smithing Stones are rarer, you can still buy them using Bell Bearings. However, you’ll need to find Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearings, which we’ll cover below:
Below, you can find the cost of every Somber Smithing Stone at the Twin-Maiden Husks and the upgrade attained from each Somber Smithing Stone tier:
Somber Smithing Stone farming locations
Like the regular Smithing Stone Bell Bearings, the Somberstone versions are usually found in late-game areas and you might need some Somber Smithing Stones earlier in your adventure. Though they drop very rarely, you are able to farm or retrieve some of the lower-level Somber Smithing Stones earlier in the game.
Below, we’ll explain where to farm Somber Smithing Stones in Elden Ring:
It seems that you can’t farm Somber Smithing Stones (6) and above at this time, but you will find them as loot in late-game areas. If you want to get unlimited amounts, you’ll need to find the Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearings as mentioned above.
Elden Ring Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones are the highest tier Smithing Stone, allowing you to upgrade your regular weapons to +25. Likewise, Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones let you upgrade special weapons to +10, which is the maximum level for unique and legendary armaments.
Since these are the best Smithing Stones in Elden Ring, they are incredibly limited and difficult to find. This means you should be cautious about which weapons you choose to upgrade. Once you run out, you’ll need to start a New Game+ to continue upgrading weapons to the max level.
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone locations
Below, we will list where to find all 13 Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones in Elden Ring:
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone locations
Below, we will cover where to get all 8 Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones in Elden Ring:
That’s everything you need to know about Smithing Stones in Elden Ring. After upgrading your weapons, test them out on the nearest boss using ourElden Ring boss locations guide. To make your character even stronger, take a look at our lists of thebest armor setsandbest builds in Elden Ring.
