5 best ways to obtain plenty of runes early in Elden Ring

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Runes are the primary currency in Elden Ring that can be used to get practically anything. This includes buying weapons, armor, and equipment and leveling up the character.

However, the issue with runes is that while in the end-game, killing bosses and other enemies drop enough runes, early-game players often find it difficult. This leads to tiresome rune farming that can take several hours without any fruitful results.

Fortunately, there are a few spots where players can go to obtain many runes to level up enough before fighting the major bosses within the game. This includes both rune farming spots and a few easy cheese methods.

Note: All the methods are perfectly functional as of patch 1.04

There is an Elder Dragon in Elden Ring that sits on a cliff very close to Fort Faroth in Caelid. This dragon is simply seated in one place and does not move under any circumstances.

All players need to do is just walk up to it and start hitting it with a bleed weapon. The bleed weapon is kind of mandatory as the dragon has a lot of health, and without the bleed status effect proc, it will take ages to kill it.

Once the dragon dies, it drops around 50000 runes for players right away. To reach the dragon, players must first teleport to Bestial Sanctum from the Third Church of Marika in Limgrave.

Then they should cross the Farum Greatbridge, take a right, use the cloudlift for Torrent, and the dragon should be right in front. It is important to remember that this is a cheese and can only be done once.

This is a method that players can perform consistently to obtain 2000 runes every minute. The spot can be found right outside Lenne's Rise in Caelid.

Right in front of Lenne's Rise, there is a path that goes all the way downhill. If players walk