Elden Ring is a difficult game and its DLC doesn’t make it any easier. For this reason, the community has selected 10 of the best items for you to make your journey easier. We will show them to you, explain their effects, and reveal their locations.
What kind of items are these? These are 10 of the best consumables and items that you can mostly craft yourself or buy from merchants for runes. These items will make you more survivable and deadly, and can help you deal with certain fights or instances when used.
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Many of them come from the DLC, but we also offer alternative options. With our table of contents, you can jump to the individual items if you want to skim through our list:
1. Heavy Fire Pot
Location: You learn this from the manual [1] of the Great Ruler, which is located in the Scorched Ruins northeast of the grace “Gravefield Plain”.
Effect: Creates a large fire explosion that inflicts heavy fire damage.
Alternative: Redmane Fire Pot
2. Flesh of Dragon Communion
Location: You learn this from Igon’s manual [2], which is located at the Blade Summit.
Effect: Increases strength, endurance, might, and dexterity at the cost of gradual HP loss.
Alternative: Better Flesh
3. Messmer Fire Grease
Location: You learn this from the manual [1] of the Fire Knights, which you can find in the Soldier Camp northwest of the Moorth Ruins.
Effect: Weapon coating inflicts heavy fire damage.
Alternative: Fire Grease
4. Scorpion Stew
Location: You receive this from the Horn Herald Grandam when you follow her quest. Each time you visit her after defeating the Dancing Lion, you receive a Scorpion Stew.
Effect: Increases resistance to physical damage and heals your HP over time.
Alternative: –
5. Well-Pickled Turtle Neck
Location: You learn this from the manual [6] of the Collection Spawn, which you can find northwest of the grace “High Road to the Church District”.
Effect: Temporarily grants a large bonus to stamina regeneration.
Alternative: Pickled Turtle Neck
6. Fireproof Pickled Liver
Location: You learn this from the manual [2] of the Collection Spawn, which you can find southeast of the grace “Cliff Road, Final Destination”.
Effect: Temporarily grants a large bonus to fire damage resistance.
Alternative: Fireproof Dry Liver
7. Fingerprint Recipe
Location: You learn this from the manual [2] of the Finger Weaver, which you can find in the Finger Ruins of Miyr.
Effect: Increases mind, wisdom, faith, and arcane energy at the cost of gradual HP loss.
Alternative: –
8. Rune Bow
Location: Can be earned after completing a co-op following the boss fight or found randomly in the Lands Between.
Effect: Increases your HP, MP, and stamina. Additionally, using it activates your equipped great rune.
Alternative: –
9. Spirit Calling Bell
Location: Given by Ranni when you speak to her in the Church of Elleh in the Base Game.
Effect: With the bell, you can summon your spirit ashes.
Alternative: –
10. Cooked Crab
Location: Can be purchased from the Black Guard when he has moved his location outside the walls of Leyndell.
Effect: Significantly increases resistance to physical damage for a time.
Alternative: Cooked Shrimp
Are all items necessary? No, but many of them offer strong bonuses that you can use in fights against various enemies and bosses. Many foes can be defeated with the Heavy Fire Pot, while the Fireproof Pickled Liver is good in combat against Messmer.
Depending on what you are fighting, you should adjust your tactics and possibly consider consumables as well. They are practical and can be easily crafted anywhere – provided you have the recipes for them. Here we show you 9 new weapons that you can find right at the beginning of your journey in the DLC.
