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Elden Ring Map Fragment Locations: All 24 Maps official game artwork

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Elden Ring Map Fragment Locations: All 24 Maps

Elden Ring has 19 base-game map fragments and five more in Shadow of the Erdtree. On an unrevealed overworld map, the small pillar icon marks the region's map stele; underground fragments are collected from named corpses

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Elden Ring has 19 base-game map fragments and five more in Shadow of the Erdtree. On an unrevealed overworld map, the small pillar icon marks the region's map stele; underground fragments are collected from named corpses or structures instead. A fragment reveals terrain, not every Site of Grace or collectible.

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Best Talismans in Elden Ring

The best talisman is the one that strengthens the build's main damage plan or fixes a survival constraint; choose by damage type, equip load, stamina, casting, or defensive need rather than one universal ranking.

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Elden Ring Golden Seeds, Sacred Tears, and Flask Upgrades official game artwork
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Elden Ring Golden Seeds, Sacred Tears, and Flask Upgrades

At any Site of Grace, use Golden Seeds to increase the total number of Crimson and Cerulean flask charges, and use Sacred Tears to increase how much HP or FP each charge restores. Golden Seeds commonly sit beneath small golden saplings; Sacred Tears are found at churches. Allocate charges separately after upgrading.

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Elden Ring Great Runes Guide: Activate and Equip Them official game artwork
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Elden Ring Great Runes Guide: Activate and Equip Them

After obtaining most Great Runes, restore them at the Divine Tower named in the item description, then equip one from the Great Runes menu at a Site of Grace. Its effect activates when you consume a Rune Arc and lasts until death. Rennala’s Great Rune of the Unborn is the exception: it enables rebirth and is not equipped or activated.

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Elden Ring Map Fragment Locations: All 24 Maps

Elden Ring has 19 base-game map fragments and five more in Shadow of the Erdtree. On an unrevealed overworld map, the small pillar icon marks the region's map stele; underground fragments are collected from named corpses or structures instead. A fragment reveals terrain, not every Site of Grace or collectible.

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Elden Ring Memory Stone Guide: All 8 Locations

There are eight Memory Stones: buy one from Twin Maiden Husks; loot tower chests at Oridys's Rise, Testu's Rise, Lenne's Rise, Converted Tower, and Seluvis's Rise; defeat Red Wolf of Radagon; and defeat Demi-Human Queen Maggie. They raise the base two memory slots to ten; Moon of Nokstella can add two more while equipped.

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How to Get Mimic Tear Ashes in Elden Ring

Reach Night's Sacred Ground through Nokron, open the Stonesword Key-sealed room, and loot the chest containing Mimic Tear Ashes; the summon copies the equipment worn when summoned.

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Best Elden Ring Rune Farming Locations by Progression official game artwork
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Best Elden Ring Rune Farming Locations by Progression

Early on, clear manageable Limgrave or Weeping Peninsula groups and sell duplicate mundane gear only when safe; midgame, the Vulgar Militia near Bestial Sanctum are a common high-risk option; late game, the Palace Approach Ledge-Road Albinaurics in Mohgwyn Palace are the repeatable benchmark. Unlock sites of grace first and bank runes before changing routes.

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Elden Ring Smithing Stone Bell Bearing Guide

Offer the appropriate Smithing-Stone Miner's or Somberstone Miner's Bell Bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks to unlock repeat purchases for the tiers covered by that bearing.

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Elden Ring Smithing Stone Progression and Locations

Standard weapons need 12 stones of each tier—2, then 4, then 6—to gain three levels per tier. Smithing Stone [1] covers +1 to +3, [2] covers +4 to +6, and so on through [8] for +22 to +24; one Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone completes +25. Tunnels and bell bearings are the reliable progression path.

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Elden Ring Somber Smithing Stone Locations and Upgrade Guide official game artwork
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Elden Ring Somber Smithing Stone Locations and Upgrade Guide

Special armaments use one Somber Smithing Stone matching each rank from [1] for +1 through [9] for +9, then one Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone for +10. Smithing Master Iji sells early ranks, tunnels and scarabs provide pickups, and Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearings make ranks 1–9 renewable at Roundtable Hold.

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Best Spirit Ashes in Elden Ring and How Summoning Works

The best Spirit Ash depends on the job: Mimic Tear copies your equipped loadout and costs HP, Black Knife Tiche brings mobile percentage-based damage, Lhutel is durable, Greatshield Soldiers distract groups, and low-cost wolves pressure early enemies. Summoning requires the Spirit Calling Bell, a summon-enabled area, and enough FP or HP.

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Elden Ring Talisman Pouch Guide: All Four Slots

You begin with one talisman slot and can obtain three Pouches: defeat Margit (or Morgott if that Journey-1 drop was missed), speak to Enia after defeating two Shardbearers, and defeat Godfrey's golden shade in Leyndell. If Enia's reward becomes unavailable, Patch 1.03 places that Pouch in the Twin Maiden Husks shop.

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