Becoming as powerful as possible is crucial in Elden Ring, otherwise it is likely the game will crush you.
Smithing stones are a surefire way to do this, so you’ll want to find all their locations as quickly as possible.
Elden Ring does not hold our hand when we’re playing, and so you can easily spend hours searching for enemies that will drop the stones or locations where they can be farmed.
They are vital to the game as they will improve the stats of your weapons, so you can’t avoid them.
You can get an idea on the exact type of stone you’ll need by checking your weapons at a Smithing Table, so you can focus your attention on locating the right ones.
If you are sick of getting destroyed in Elden Ring, then read on for some smithing advice that will certainly change your fortunes.
Yes, lots of different enemies will drop smithing stones if you defeat them in Elden Ring, allowing you to loot that handy item from their corpse.
The following enemies have been confirmed to drop smithing stones from time to time:
There may well be more to add to the list here, and if we stumble across any other generous vanquished foes we will let you know.
Keep in mind that powering up the Arcane attribute (in the 'Level Up' menu at any Site of Grace) will boost your odds of finding smithing stones, as will using consumables that boost Discovery (like the Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot that you should be able to loot at Stormveil Castle).
Smithing stones can be found in numerous different locations in Elden Ring. We’ve listed out some key areas below:
Rather than just whacking random enemies and hoping that they drop smithing stones, we'd recommend hunting down the various bell bearings.
These items are found at very specific locations, and once you've found one and given it to the Twin-Maiden Husks at Roundtable Hold, this will enable you to buy the relevant smithing stones directly from them.
As the video guide above shows, the first bell bearing will allow you to buy smithing stone 1 and
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