If you really want to progress in Elden Ring, upgrading your weapons is crucial. This guide will help you get unlimited Somber Smithing Stones in Elden Ring so that you can upgrade the weapon of your choice.
Unlimited Somber Smithing Stones
Smithing Stones are required to upgrade all weapons in Elden Ring, except Legendary Armaments. They are very rare and hard to find in the game’s vast world.
Another issue here is that since Somber Smithing Stones are difficult to get, many players choose to stick with a single weapon from the start. This allows them to use all Smithing Stones to upgrade a weapon. If you want to try a unique weapon, you will need to find more Smithing Stones to upgrade it.
Therefore, Elden Ring also solves this problem, allowing you to spend Elden Ring Runes in the game to purchase any number of Smithing Stones.
But that wasn’t an option from the start. To get the option to buy Somber Smithing Stones in Elden Ring, you’ll also need Bell Bearing. This Bearing will unlock Smithing Stones at Twin Maiden Husks merchant in Roundtable Hall.
In addition to Stone Bells, there is another way to get Smithing Stones 1 and 2, and that is to go to the giant in Liurnia of the Lakes. To do this, you need to go to Road to the Manor Site of Grace, and the giant will be in front of you.
Location
Let’s start with our first Bell Bearing location and upgrade our weapons to a better gaming experience.
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [1]
The first Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing was discovered in Sellia Tunnels. You can find them in Caelid, or head directly to the tunnel from the teleportation trap chest in Dragon-Burnt Ruins.
Complete Ruins mission and defeat the ultimate boss to get Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [1]. It lets you purchase Somber Smithing Stone 1 and 2 from merchants.
If you don’t want to go through Sellia Mines, you can also go to Caria Manor. Near Site of Grace leading to Manor, you can find the blacksmith War Counselor Iji. He sells unlimited Somber Smithing Stones 1 and 2 by default.
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [2]
In this Altus Tunnel in Altus Plateau, near Minor Erdtree, complete Mine and the last boss will drop Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [2].
With this Bell Bearing, it allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone 3 and 4 from the merchant.
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [3]
The third Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing is located on Mountaintops of the Giants. Here, First Church of Marika is located on the east corner of Freezing Lake. There is a body outside the church. Pick it up to get Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [3].
With this Bell Bearing, it allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone 5 and 6 from the merchant.
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [4]
The fourth Bell Bearing is in Crumbling Farum Azula. Make your way through the area until you reach Tempest Facing Balcony Site of Grace. There is a corpse next to Site of Grace with Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [4] on it.
With this Bell Bearing, it allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone 7 and 8 from the merchant.
Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [5]
In Crumbling Farum Azula, we also find the fifth Bell Bearing. After killing the boss Godskin Duo here, you can continue following the path to the right until you reach where the dragon is.
Then take the right path with the dragon ahead and you’ll find a ledge with a small bridge made of collapsed buildings. After crossing the bridge and entering the room on the right side of the bridge, kill all the enemies and loot the items behind him to get Somberstone Miner’s Bell Bearing [5].
With this Bell Bearing, it allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone 9 from the merchant.
Those are all the locations I could find for Somber Smithing Stone 1-9. Can you find all Somber Smithing Stones? Do you know of any other locations? Good luck!
