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Elden Ring Nightrein - Best Items

The best items in Elden Ring Nightreign include greases, boluses, and Starlight Shards. See which items you should always look out for and what they do here!

Best Items to Use in Elden Ring Nightreign

Item Rating
Smithing Stones ★★★★★
Crystal Tears ★★★★★
Fowl Feet ★★★★
Wraith Calling Bell ★★★
Greases ★★★
Boluses ★★
Starlight Shards ★★
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Smithing Stones to Upgrade Weapons

Item Description
Smithing Stone 1 Icon Smithing Stone 1 ・Upgrades a common (white) weapon to uncommon (blue).
・Sold by merchants and dropped randomly by enemies.
Smithing Stone 2 Icon Smithing Stone 2 ・Upgrades an uncommon (blue) weapon to rare (purple).
・Dropped by mini-bosses in mining tunnels and sold by Township merchants.

Smithing Stones are one of the most important items as it allows you to upgrade your weapons.

They are worth seeking out especially if you already have a weapon that is effective against the expedition's Nightlord.

How to Upgrade Weapons

Crystal Tears for Powerful Buffs

Merchant Tears

Crystal Tears that are sold by the merchant in the third night provide powerful offensive or defensive buffs that can help you take down the expedition's Nightlord. These are a good purchase if you have at least 25,000 Runes left over after leveling up.

Weaker variants of Crystal Tears are also sold at a cheaper price by Township merchants. These could also help you against tough bosses if you find yourself undergeared or underleveled.

Fowl Feet to Boost Rune and Item Acquisition

Item Description
Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot Icon Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot ・Boosts Rune acquisition temporarily.
・Dropped randomly from chests, boxes, and enemies.
Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot Icon Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot ・Boosts item discovery temporarily.
・Dropped randomly from chests, boxes, and enemies.

Fowl Feet are excellent items to get stronger quickly in an expedition as they increase the amount of Runes gained and items dropped. Pop them just before you finish a big battle to make the most of them.

Rune Farming Guide: How to Get Runes Fast

Consume Items Directly from the Ground

You can use consumable items directly without having to pick them up by pressing Triangle / Y + Up. This is useful if you don't have room in your inventory or don't want to bother managing your item slots, and it's better than leaving them on the ground!

Wraith Calling Bell for Additional Magic Damage

The Wraith Calling Bell is a consumable item that is very strong for the spell casters, especially Revenant. Despite being a consumable, the Wraith Calling Bell actually has infinite uses, and allows you to summon slow moving wraiths using very little FP.

These Wraiths will slowly move towards enemies, and will deal Magic damage upon impact. This is great for clearing out smaller enemies, as well as dealing decent damage to night bosses.

This is a great item during the early to mid game when you are still looking for strong offensive Incantations, and is helpful when you want to use up that last bit of FP to deal damage.

How to Get Wraith Calling Bell

Greases for Additional Damage

Greases

Greases are consumables that apply an element or status effect on your weapon. This increases your damage output especially when it matches the enemy's weakness.

Note that you can only carry up to two of them per slot in your inventory and they only last a short while, so it's still a better strategy to find a weapon with the right element for the expedition's Nightlord!

List of All Bosses and Weaknesses

Boluses for Status Buildup Recovery

Boluses

Boluses alleviate status effect buildup, while also increasing your resistance to it and gradually restores health.

Status Resistance Persists for the Remainder of the Run

Whenever you find boluses, consume them directly from the ground as the status resistance persists until the end of your run!

Boluses can stack up to a maximum of 10 times, which you can see at your status screen giving you Resistance +9.

List of Shifting Earth Events and Map Changes

Starlight Shards for FP Recovery

Starlight Shards

Starlight Shards are a reliable way of restoring FP. Pick these up if you're relying on weapon skills a lot.

If you're playing a caster class like the Recluse or Revenant, it's recommended to have a few stacks of them before the final battle with the Nightlord. Doing so will allow you to stay on the offensive early on!

If you have some Runes to spare on the third night and you have some caster allies, consider purchasing some Starlight Shards from the merchant and giving it to them!

List of All Weapon Skills

Other Notable Items

Other items to look out for are Boiled Prawns and Boiled Crabs. These are useful when you're up against a tough boss or still learning their attack patterns. Use them directly off the ground instead of leaving them behind!

Throwable items like Fire Pots and Throwing Daggers have niche uses as well like dealing damage from afar or luring enemies.

List of All Items

How to Get Items in Elden Ring Nightreign

Loot from Chests

Loot from Chests

It is possible to get consumable items whenever you open chests, so make sure to open every chest you find.

Inside Destructible Objects

Inside Destructible Objects

Barrels and crates are scattered throughout Limveld, and can be destroyed by attacking, surge sprinting, or rolling into them. Consumable items will usually drop whenever you destroy barrels and crates, so make it a habit to destroy them on sight.

Dropped by Enemies

Enemies can also drop consumables when defeated, so keep an eye out whenever you defeat mobs.

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