Elden Ring: Farming Locations and Items To Help You Level Up

Leveling up in Elden Ring can become a chore, especially if you die while carrying runes, but there is a way to level up quickly to level 50. Runes are like currency and are needed not only for leveling up your character but also for buying spells, weapons, armor, and crafting items. So no matter where you are in the game, you will need runes, but if you die, it is not always possible to reclaim those runes.

Starting Class

When you first choose your starting class, you can choose "The Land Between Ruin." This will give you 3000 runes. Now,  depending on your starting class level, this can be greatly reduced, as the higher your level, the more runes you will need. 

An example would be Wretch: 

Level 1 with base stats of 10 for each attribute of that class. 

⮞ Cost to level up to 50 = 262,472 runes

So using 3000 runes to level up your character in this class would get you to level 5 at a cost of 2,791 runes. The table will show you how many runes you will need depending on your starting class level.

Starting Items 

The Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot will give you a 30% increase for three minutes. Although these are rare to find, you can purchase small amounts from merchants or craft them yourself by purchasing the Missionary's Cookbook [2] from Patches.

Patches can be found in Murkwater Cave, which is a dungeon north of Agheel Lake, but be warned, it will require you to not only fight Patches, but you will also enter into a boss fight with an invader, prior to entering Mudwater Cave. When fighting, Patches choose to "forgive and forget" to use him as a vendor. 

The Golden Scarab Talisman - will give you a permenant Increase of 20% as long as you have it in one, but to gain it you will need to jump some hoopes and take on duel bosses. So its not something thats easy to get on a lower level.  The Golden Scarab can be found in the Abandoned Cave In Calid.

To prepare for this cave you will need some Scaret Rot and Poison bolusus as not only do you have to go through Rot and Poison, you will have to take on two Cleanrot Knights so make sure you have spent all the runes you have before entering the cave. If you have the Cookbooks for the Boluses you can craft your own. 

Farming Locations

There are many farming locations but the two main locations to level up fast are Lenne's Rise and Moghwyns Palace. 

Lenne's Rise is located in Dragonbarrow which can be found very early in game and won't affect your Platinum walkthrough. To farm Runes, all you have to do is avoid the ball and watch it go off the cliff to get 1925 runes.

Moghs Palace is located under Caelid in a secret location that can be accessed following Varre's Quest line. You meet Varre at first step when you first enter the lands between. Once you get to Moghs Palace make your way to the Palace Approach Ledge Road. Go to the edge of the cliff where you will see a bird, using a long bow shoot the bird and he will jump off the cliff giving you 11,000 runes. If you equip the scarab and consume a pickled fowl foot this will give you upwards of 13,500 runes. 

Sleeping Dragon -also known as the dying mother dragon, can only be killed once so cannot be farmed but if you kill her you will get a whopping 50,000 runes and 5 dragon hearts. Killing the dragon seems so unethical but not everyone is interested in the lore nor care about an old dying dragon, if you do decide to kill her, then make sure you equip the Scarab and consume the Pickled Fowl Foot just before she dies and this will give you upwards of 80, 000 runes.

Limgrave Mausoleum - after killing Godrick The Grafted at Stormville Castle, make your way over to the mausoleum where you can get a duplicate of his remembrance worth 20,000 runes. Using your weapon remove the crystals at his feet until he collapses to the ground. Using rememberances for runes can be a great way to level up but only if you are not interested in any of the weapons offered, however if you are chasing the Platinum then you will need Godricks Axe to acheive the "Legendary Armaments Trophy". Taking down mausoleums can only be done once and so is not farmable.

Getting to level 50 and higher is easily achecivable at the beginning of the game before you reach Luerna lakes, but you will need to work for it and also clear Limgrave bosses.  Remember every choice has a consequence so do not kill NPC's early in the game as this can lock you out of the Platinum Trophy.

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Elden Ring: Raging Wolf Helm Armor Set

With the release of the DLC, interest in this armor has spiked. Known as the Bloody Wolf Armor, which was worn by Vargram the Bloody Wolf, who was one of the first Tarnished to visit the Roundtable Hold, It was originally playable through the network tests and then obtainable in-game after killing Malkeith on the game's release; an update has now only made it obtainable through doing quests with NPCs at the Volcano Manor.

How to get the Raging Wolf Armor Set

Getting this armor does not require a specific starting class; no matter which class you choose, I started with Wretch as I wasn't sure which class I wanted to start with. Getting the armor requires you to get to Volcano Manor, so killing off NPC Barnahl early in the game for his legendary weapon can void your chance at getting the armor set. Additionally,  you need to complete the quests before killing Maliketh and Rykard.

Once you get to Volcano Manor, you need to speak with Lady Tanith and accept her offer to join the covenant. She will then give you a key that will open up one of the rooms. As you enter, there is a letter on the table; taking this letter will initiate quests. After obtaining the second-to-last letter from Volcano Manor, you will be sent to assist Knight Bernahl with assassinating Vargram the Raging Wolf and Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm. On successful invasion, you will receive the full Raging Wolf set. You can also kill Barnahl later to get his legendary weapon.

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