Un essential part of leveling up in FromSoftware's latest is amassing runes; these act both as currency and experience points.

We've discovered a few effective strategies for collecting runes early on in Elden Ring that will make leveling your Tarnished Lord much simpler.

The Palace Approach Ledge-Road

Elden Ring offers many effective means of earning elden ring runes, such as killing enemies while leveling weapons or through traditional character leveling, or through other means such as finding shortcuts that help speed up this process. Players may also utilize various tricks that will hasten this process further.

At Caelid's Dragon-Burnt Ruins, there is an enemy group that can be farmed for Runes by running past while they attack each other; doing this can net players up to 40,000 Runes per run!

Castle Redmane in Southern Caelid is another excellent early/mid game farming spot, boasting fire-wielding knights and gigantic dogs brawling for dominance without needing to fight one another; you can watch all this action from Impassable Greatbridge Site of Grace without ever needing to engage any of them directly!

The Impassable Greatbridge

Mountaintops of the Giants is one of the best places to farm elden ring runes, thanks to a few tough bosses and plenty of grinding. This area can be even more effective if you bring along the Golden Scarab talisman, which increases rune acquisition by 20%.

Looking for a giant bird lurking below you and shooting it with an arrow or bolt will cause it to fly off a cliff and drop a pile of runes for you to collect - repeat as necessary.

Once you're through with the birds, head towards Palace Approach Ledge-Road Site of Grace for some restorative rest. Here, enemies who still pursue you should reset and it is also an ideal opportunity to level early-game characters more efficiently.

The Palace Approach Ledge-Road Site of Grace

The Palace Approach Ledge-Road Site of Grace is one of the premier rune farming locations in the game. By using any bow with the Sacred Relic Sword (which requires high Strength, Dexterity and Faith stats to unlock), players can harvest thousands of Runes every three minutes at this spot.

To maximize their earnings in this area, players should wear the Gold Scarab Talisman which increases rune acquisition by 20% and craft the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot consumable which increases rune earnings by 30% for five minutes - especially useful during late game grinding when careless deaths can cost hundreds of Runes!

The Altus Plateau

Altus Plateau is one of the best locations for buy elden ring runes farming in the game, especially if your character possesses an area-of-effect weapon. Near Sites of Grace you will find cartwheeling albinaurics who won't attack until attacked themselves; every kill brings in plenty of runes.

With an AoE weapon such as the Sacred Relic sword or other area-of-effect weapons, farming this spot should go even faster; and using the Golden Scarab talisman (which increases rune acquisition by 20%). You should be able to clear an entire field within less than one minute and quickly warp or fast travel back to Site of Grace for reset before repeating as necessary.

The Impassable Greatbridge Site of Grace

A quick and straightforward method for leveling early game runes without breaking any quests: drop a summon sign and wait for players to call you in, generating plenty of runes while taking zero risks.

North of the Impassable Greatbridge Site of Grace lies a sleepy group of Albinaurics that will earn you 2000 runes per kill when attacked, only awakening when attacked and only attacking slowly. If that doesn't satisfy you, head to Gate Front Ruins where fire-wielding knights and monstrous dogs provide even higher returns - perfect whether you want to power level through early game levels before Shadow of Erdtree DLC releases! Remember to equip your Gold Scarab to boost earnings even further!