While Smithing Stones can upgrade basic weapons, Somber Smithing Stones are used for upgrading the unique armaments in Elden Ring. All the unique weapons you get from the bosses can be upgraded with Somber Smithing Stones. In this guide, we will tell you the location of all the Somber Smithing Stones you can find in Elden Ring.
There are 10 ‘rarities’ of Somber Smiting Stones types in Elden Ring that players can use to upgrade their unique weapons. You can find these Somber Smithing Stones in some locations or purchase them from a smithing master.
Below we will tell you about their locations in Elden Ring.
Somber Smithing Stone 1 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +1. You can find the Somber Smithing Stone 1 in the following locations:
- Stormveil Castle: Dropped by Lion Guardian.
- Smithing Master Iji: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Smithing Master Iji in Liurnia for 2000 Runes.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 2000 Runes.
- Fallingstar Beast: You can get the Somber Smithing Stone Miner’s Bell 1 in Selia Crystal Tunnel by defeating the Fallingstar Beast.
Somber Smithing Stone 2 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +2. Somber Smithing Stone 2 can be found in the following locations:
- Siofra River: On a corpse at a small island opposite to the Hallowhorn Grounds.
- Castle Morne: On a corpse at the beach on the southeast side.
- Smithing Master Iji: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Smithing Master Iji in Liurnia for 3000 Runes.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 3000 Runes.
Somber Smithing Stone 3 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +3. You can find Somber Smithing Stone 3 in the following locations.
- Academy of Raya Lucaria: Past the Graveyard section on a monolith protected by Monolith Guardian.
- Smithing Master Iji: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Smithing master Iji in Liurnia 3 for 4000 Runes.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 4000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone Miner’s Bell 2.
Somber Smithing Stone 4 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +4. Here are the locations where you can find Somber Smithing Stone 4.
- Smithing Master Iji: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Smithing Master Iji in Liurnia 3 for 6000 Runes.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 6000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone miner’s Bell 2.
- Nokron, the Eternal City: Behind a stone building on a corpse.
- Academy of Raya Lucaria: At the rooftop section on a corpse in a small room.
Somber Smithing Stone 5 Locations
This will reinforce uni armaments to +5. The locations for Somber Smithing Stone 5 are as follows:
- Sealed Tunnel: Can be found in the corner of the tunnel.
- Leyndell, Royal Capital: In a side room north of the Erdtree Sanctuary Site of Grace.
- Old Altus Tunnel: Inside the Altus Tunnel.
- Gaol Cave: Inside the cave, you will need two Stonesword keys to open the cave.
- Nokron, the Eternal City: Dropped by Teardrop Beetle on a bridge.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 9000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone Miner’s Bell 2.
Somber Smithing Stone 6 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +6. Following are the locations of Somber Smithing Stone 6:
- Sellia Crystal Tunnel: Dropped by Fallingstar Beast.
- Old Altus Tunnel: In the old Altus Tunnel in the backside of Shacks.
- Nokstella, Eternal City: At the base of stairs, it is dropped by the Teardrop Scarab.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 12,000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone miner’s Bell 2.
Somber Smithing Stone 7 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +7. You can check the locations of Somber Smithing Stone 7 below:
- Volcano Manor: Across the bridge northeast of the temple of Figlay on a ledge protected by Abductor Virgin.
- Ainsel River Main: Sometimes drop from Malformed Star in Ainsel River main.
- Nokstella, Eternal City: Inside a chest protected by Silver Tears at the back room of Nostella, Eternal City.
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 16,000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone miner’s Bell 4.
Somber Smithing Stone 8 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +8. Following are the locations where you can find Somber Smithing Stone 8 in Elden Ring:
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 20,000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone miner’s Bell 4.
- Lake of Rot: On a small island at the top of a hanging corpse.
Somber Smithing Stone 9 Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +9. The locations for Somber Smithing Stone 9 are as follows:
- Twin Maiden Husks: You can buy this Smithing Stone from Twin Maiden Husks in Roundtable Hold for 25,000 Runes once you have the Smithing Stone miner’s Bell 5.
- Lake of Rot: On a corpse close to the Lesser Alabaster Lord on a high platform.
Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone Locations
This will reinforce special armaments to +10. This special Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone can be found at the following locations:
- Crumbling Farum Azula: In the northeast section behind a large dragon in a gazebo.
- Apostate Derelict: For completing Latenna’s Questline and delivering her to Apostate Derelict.
How to have an infinite supply of Somber Smithing Stones
There is a finite supply of Somber Smithing Stones in Elden Ring. What happens if you have collected all of them and still have weapons you want to upgrade? Well, that is where Bell Bearings come into play. The play is simple; Collect the Somberstone Miner’s bell bearings and give them to Twin Maiden Husks at Roundtable hold. Once you have given the Bell Bearings, you can purchase Somber Smithing Stones for a certain amount of runes. You can give 5 Bell Bearings to Twin Maidens for Somber Smithing Stones up to 9. Sadly, for Somber Smithing Stone 10 (Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone), you will have to search the Lands Between for them as you can’t purchase them.
While collecting Somber Smithing Stone Bell Bearings will take some time and effort, I believe this one-time investment will be more beneficial for you, especially when upgrading multiple weapons and builds in Elden Ring. Instead of searching for each of these Somber Smithing Stones, having a constant supply for a price will always be a better option, so I recommend going that path.
