Somber Smithing Stones Guide

Offer your collected Bell Bearings to the Twin Maiden Husks at Roundtable Hold. Once accepted, you can purchase Somber Smithing Stones given you have the Runes necessary. If you don't yet have access to Roundtable Hold, check out our guide.

Somberstone Miner Bell Bearing [1] is located in Caelid inside the Sellia Crystal Tunnel. There are two ways to gain access to Sellia Crystal Tunnel.

The enemies inside can be very difficult below level 30 so if you are trapped here after teleporting here run down the hill from where you spawn to find this caves Site of Grace. Otherwise, jump across the building rooftops to climb the tunnel. The Fallingstar Beast at the end holds the Bell Bearing. Returning this Bell Bearing to the Maiden Husks allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone [1] and Somber Smithing Stone [2] infinitely.

The second Bell Bearing can be accessed when you reach the Altus Plateau inside of Altus Tunnel (Entrance pictured below). This is a simple dungeon with the only complication being defeating the Crystalian Bosses at the end of the dungeon. Crystalian enemies have high defense at the start of a fight but get shattered once hit a few times allowing you to easily finish them off. Returning this Bell Bearing to the Maiden Husks allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone [3] and Somber Smithing Stone [4] infinitely.

Available when you've gained access to the Mountaintops of the Giants. This Bell Bearing is at the entrance to the First Church of Marika looted from a sprawled out body in the snow (Pictured below). Returning this Bell Bearing to the Maiden Husks allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone [5] and Somber Smithing Stone [6] infinitely.

This Bell Bearing also sits conveniently out in the open at Farum Azula. This item is on a corpse overlooking Farum Azula from the Tempest-Facing Balcony Site of Grace (Pictured below). Returning this Bell Bearing to the Maiden Husks allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone [7] and Somber Smithing Stone [8] infinitely.

In Farum Azula you unavoidably come across the fifth Bell Bearing. This Bell Bearing is found on a corpse just before the Beside the Great Bridge Site of Grace (Pictured below). It's guarded by only a few basic enemies. Returning this Bell Bearing to the Maiden Husks allows you to purchase Somber Smithing Stone [9] infinitely.

Upgrading a special weapon to +10 requires a Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone. These stones do not have a Bell Bearing and there are only 8 in each playthrough of the game. The first available of these stones is located in the Mohgwyn Palace guarded by a small army just beyond the Dynasty Mausoleum Site of Grace and just before Mohg's boss room (Pictured below). If you'd like more information on accessing this area as soon as possible check out our Accessing Shadows of the Erdtree Guide. Hopefully this guide has been helpful to you and you can now upgrade and test all the wonderful special weapons in Elden Ring.

With all Bell Bearings collected, the Twin Maiden Husks allow you to purchase as many Somber Smithing Stones as you require. This costs Runes, but allows you to upgrade your unique armaments for an excellent damage increase. Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones grant that final upgrade for your non unique weapons but are highly limited. If you are looking to upgrade non-unique weapons, check out our guide on how to find Smithing Miner's Bell Bearings.