Weapon upgrades are king inElden Ring. Players tackling FromSoftware’s first open-world adventure will have a hard time without the right gear to fight off the hordes of vicious enemies.Among the strongest weapons inElden Ringare the boss weapons, usually retrieved by trading in Remembrance at the Roundtable Hold; however, these weapons cannot be upgraded with ordinary Smithing Stones, but instead require Somber Smithing Stones.
Rarer than their ordinary counterparts, finding Somber Smithing Stones can be a challenge inElden Ring. The best way tounlock unlimited Somber Smithing Stonesfor purchase is by finding Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing’s across the map togive to the Twin Maiden Husks in the Roundtable Hold. This guide willhelp players findSomberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [5]to help upgrade the Tarnished’s rarer weapons to +9.
How to Buy Somber Smithing Stone 9
Where to Find the Bell Bearing
In order to find Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing (5), the player must firstjourney to Crumbling Farum Azula, a Legacy Dungeon only reachable by teleportation.
This location isaccessed via the Forge of the Giants Site of Graceafter players make their way through the Mountaintop of the Giants and kill the Fire Giant. After talking to Melina at the Site of Grace, she will teleport the player to the Dungeon.
Crumbling Farum Azula shouldonly be tackled by Tarnished above level 100,ensuring not to go over certain level caps, with weapons upgraded as high as possible.
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To reach the Bell Bearing, players musthead to a chapel just before the Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace, towards the end of the Legacy Dungeon.From the Dragon Temple Rooftop Site of Grace, tumble off to the left and head right, past some Bladed Talon Eagles, before dropping onto a walkway below flanked by dead cypress trees.
Continue forwardpast some more Eagles andhead down some stairsonto a slanted rooftop, from which players canjump to a ruined platform to their left. Walk along this platform, avoiding even more Eagles, andjump up to a barren, ruin-strewn forestabove whereplayers can find a dragon.
From here,head up to the right and through an archwayilluminated by braziers, following the path around to the right. Staying on this path,players will come to another archway on their rightwith cliffs leading downwards towards the Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace;instead of taking this path, continue forwardto a brazier-lit cliff edge.
Bridging a gap aresome columned ruins that the player must carefully navigateto cross. Once on the other side,walk ahead and around to the right into a chapel-like buildingcontaining three enemies.
After dealing with them, the Tarnished mayfind Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing (5) resting on a corpse at the base of the altarinone of the many hidden locations inElden Ring.
After grabbing the Bell Bearing,travel to the Roundtable Holdand follow the left passage to the Twin Maiden Husks, who sell items to the player.
Offer them the Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing (5), and they will be supplied with an unlimited stock ofSomber Smithing Stone [9]for 25000 runes each.
Elden Ringis out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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