6 Best Rune Farming Elden Ring: Early Level Areas

Elden Ring introduced Runes which are the in-game currency and act as the XP or experience points. Your character will receive these Runes after completing quests or killing enemies. You may also acquire them around the map or loot them off from the corpse of the dead.

The game mechanics will not hand out a decent amount of Runes as it requires players to compete and earn by completing different activities. This calls for the best Rune farming that can assist players in leveling up quicker. 

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Farming Runes Summary And Comparison

Here is a summary and comparison table of my 6 best Rune Farming in Elden Ring . Each stat can be sorted to view the highest and lowest values, which has been done for your convenience:

No.	Name	Best for	Gather & Farm Items	Upgrade Materials	Equipment and Magic	Unique, Ashes & Keys	Creatures, Enemies, and Bosses	Walkthrough	Field Bosses and Bosses	NPCs and Merchants	Notable Features
1	Deeproot Depths Farming	Best Farm for Mid-Late Game	Dewkissed Herba, Golden Centipede, Human Bone Shard, Melted Mushroom, Nascent Butterfly, Rune Arc, Warming Stone	Ghost Glovewort (4), Ghost Glovewort (5), Ghost Glovewort (6), Ghost Glovewort (7), Smithing Stone (4), Smithing Stone (6), Somber Smithing Stone (6)	Clarifying Boluses, Crucible Tree Set, Elden Stars, Golden Rune (6), Golden Rune (8), Golden Rune (9), Numen's Rune	Ash of War: Golden Land, Ash of War: Vacuum Slice, Stonesword Key	Giant Ant, Basilisk, Mausoleum Knight, Mausoleum Soldier, Lesser Runebear, Fia's Champions, Crucible Knight Siluria	Deeproot Depths Walkthrough	-	-	-
2	Stormhill Farming Site	Best Farm for Beginner Players	Ruin Fragment, Golden Seed, Slumbering Egg (Eagle drop), Starlight Shards, Fulgurbloom, Golden Rune (1), Rowa Fruit, Erdleaf Flower, Herba	Smithing Stone (1), Golden Rune (1)	Aspects of the Crucible: Tail, Kaiden Helm	Stonesword Key, Armorer's Cookbook [1]	-	-	-	-	-
3	Limgrave Farming Site	Best Farm for Early Game	x1 Explosive Stone (Miner Drop), x3 Glintstone Scrap, x5 Large Glintstone Scrap, x1 Golden Rune (1), x1 Golden Rune (4)	Smithing Stone (1), x1 Somber Smithing Stone (1)	Roar Medallion, Pickaxe (Miner Drop),	There are no key items in this location.	Giant Rat Miner Rotten Stray	-	Stonedigger Troll	-	-
4	Third Church of Marika Farming Site	Best Farm for Early-Mid Game	Sacred Tear, Flask of Wondrous Physick, Crimson Crystal Tear	-	-	-	Wolf, Eagle	-	None	Melina	Site of Grace, Sending Gate
5	Dominula, Windmill Village Farming	Best Farm for Late Game Players	Human Bone Shard, Stormhawk Feather, Gold firefly, Holyproof Dried Liver, Lightning Grease, Golden Seed, Rune Arc, Festive Hood, Festive Garb, Festive Garb (Altered), Blue Festive Hood, Blue Festive Garb, Celebrant's Skull, Celebrant's Cleaver, Celebrant's Sickle, Celebrant's Rib-Rake, Godskin Peeler, Scouring Black Flame, Fire's Deadly Sin	-	-	-	Celebrant, Rotten Stray	-	Godskin Apostle	Millicent, Spirit NPC	Guaranteed Celebrant's Skull location, Boss: Godskin Apostle location, Fire's Deadly Sin spell location
6	War-Dead Catacombs AFK Farming	Best Farm for AFK Players	Grave Violet, Trina's Lily	Ghost Glovewort [4] x 1, Golden Seed (Boss drop), Grave Glovewort [6] x 5	Collapsing Stars, Golden Rune [6] x 1, Magic Grease x 3, Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot	Radahn Soldier Ashes, Redmane Knight Ogha Ashes (Boss drop)	Lesser Cleanrot Knight Spirit, Radahn Soldier Spirit, Redmane Knight Spirit, Imp	-	Putrid Tree Spirit	-	-

Farming Runes is not going to be an easy feat. But that is the only approach to upgrade further and progress at a steady pace. Significantly, if you are new to the Elden Ring, the journey in the Land Between will challenge your abilities.

1. Deeproot Depths Farming

Best Farm for Mid-Late Game

Category	Item Name
Gather & Farm Items	Dewkissed Herba, Golden Centipede, Human Bone Shard, Melted Mushroom, Nascent Butterfly, Rune Arc, Warming Stone
Upgrade Materials	Ghost Glovewort (4), Ghost Glovewort (5), Ghost Glovewort (6), Ghost Glovewort (7), Smithing Stone (4), Smithing Stone (6), Somber Smithing Stone (6)
Equipment and Magic	Clarifying Boluses, Crucible Tree Set, Elden Stars, Golden Rune (6), Golden Rune (8), Golden Rune (9), Numen's Rune
Unique, Ashes & Keys	Ash of War: Golden Land, Ash of War: Vacuum Slice, Stonesword Key
Creatures, Enemies, and Bosses	Giant Ant, Basilisk, Mausoleum Knight, Mausoleum Soldier, Lesser Runebear, Fia's Champions, Crucible Knight Siluria
Walkthrough	Deeproot Depths Walkthrough

There are three Statue Monsters here, and killing them yields over 30,000 Runes, which is valuable for early-level players. Higher-level characters can also benefit, as they can quickly earn the Runes without struggling with other game bosses.

To unlock the Deeproot Depths location:

1. Complete the storyline to obtain the best weapons and access to the Nokron, Eternal City.
2. Visit Ancestral Woods from the Nokron, Eternal City, following Renna’s earlier instructions in the storyline.
3. Head to the west side from the entrance of Ancestral Woods, located after the Site of Grace.
4. Navigate through the woods while avoiding enemies.
5. Continue until you encounter Jellyfish creatures, indicating you’re on the right path.

1. Jump down the cliff known as Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs.
2. Traverse through the Aqueduct and enter the Siofra Aqueduct.
3. Navigate through the sewers and reach the staircase with a massive waterfall on the other side.
4. Under the waterfall, you’ll find a coffin.
5. Be prepared for boss attacks before interacting with the coffin. Use the best bleed weapons to defeat them and avoid losing progress.
6. After defeating the bosses, enter the coffin to reach another location, Deeproot Depths.
7. Continue your journey until you reach Across the Roots, where you can find and defeat Statue Monsters to earn Runes.

2. Stormhill Farming Site

Best Farm for Beginner Players

Category	Item Name
Gather & Farm Items	Ruin Fragment, Golden Seed, Slumbering Egg (Eagle drop), Starlight Shards, Fulgurbloom, Golden Rune (1), Rowa Fruit, Erdleaf Flower, Herba
Upgrade Materials	Smithing Stone (1), Golden Rune (1)
Equipment and Magic	Aspects of the Crucible: Tail, Kaiden Helm
Unique, Ashes & Keys	Stonesword Key, Armorer's Cookbook [1]

Another profitable farming spot in Elden Ring is Stormhill, offering Rune farming while battling Trolls. To access this location, visit Melian at the Site of Grace and head west from Limgrave to reach Stormhill.

While you can defeat two chained trolls here, it’s not the most efficient way to farm Runes in Stormhill. For optimal results, enter Stormhill through the Gatefront when coming from West Limgrave. Here, you’ll encounter a total of 5 trolls simultaneously. If you can defeat them all successfully, you’ll earn a total of 5,000 Runes. This method provides a better Rune payout for your character.

When farming trolls at Stormhill in Elden Ring:

1. Bring your best weapons, as you’ll be facing all the trolls.
2. Initially, it may seem challenging, but after defeating 2-3 trolls, it gets easier.
3. The entire process can take 10-20 minutes, depending on your gear and upgrades.
4. Observe the attack patterns of trolls before engaging them in battle. They have a dangerous stomp attack.
5. Use Magic to farm safely without risking your character’s life repeatedly.
6. Beginners can take on trolls one at a time to minimize the risk of death.
7. Encourage trolls to attack each other to lower their health pools quickly without close-range combat.

3. Limgrave Farming Site

Best Farm for Early Game

Category	Item Name
Gather & Farm Items	x1 Explosive Stone (Miner Drop), x3 Glintstone Scrap, x5 Large Glintstone Scrap, x1 Golden Rune (1), x1 Golden Rune (4)
Upgrade Materials	Smithing Stone (1), x1 Somber Smithing Stone (1)
Equipment and Magic	Roar Medallion, Pickaxe (Miner Drop),
Unique, Ashes & Keys	There are no key items in this location.
Regular Creatures and Enemies	Giant Rat Miner Rotten Stray
Field Bosses and Bosses	Stonedigger Troll

Another most profitable farming site is located in the Limgrave. For that location, it is highly advised to at least get your torrent to travel across and farm in a short time easily. Limgrave is only a starting location, and you will have to progress from a low level to a higher-level area to bring in the better Runes. 

As for the location, you will be starting from the Third Church of Marika in Limgrave. Visit a portal on the northeast of entry in the Third Church of Marika. Interacting with the portal will allow you to enter a new location Greyoll’s Dragonbarrow. This is the higher-level area that we talked about earlier and is located near the north of Caelid. 

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You’ll encounter hostile higher-level bosses and complex gate guardians. Avoid engaging them; use your torrent to run to a Site of Grace. Interact with it, then call your torrent again. Now, farm easy-to-kill enemies for 937 Runes each. There are 6-7 of them, so be sure to eliminate all for a quick Rune collection.

4. Third Church of Marika Farming Site

Best Farm for Early-Mid Game

Category	Item Name
NPCs and Merchants	Melina
Items	Sacred Tear, Flask of Wondrous Physick, Crimson Crystal Tear
Regular Creatures and Enemies	Wolf, Eagle
Field Bosses and Bosses	None
Notable Features	Site of Grace, Sending Gate

Now that you are already in the location, you might want to consider another best Rune Farming in Elden Ring strategy at Dragonbarrow. This Runes farming approach is relatively easy as compared to others mentioned above. You will not even have to engage in a combat situation, thus making it suitable for beginner players. 

Another vital thing to remember is to pursue this site in the morning. The main reason for that is the location you are going to is not going to be safe and will be lurking with enemies of all kinds. If you truly want to farm Runes safely, then it is highly advised to find a Site of Grace and rest till the morning. If you have reached the Third Church of Marika, you can easily consider Lenne’s Rise Site of Grace to wait for the morning. 

When reaching the farming site from the Site of Grace:

1. Instead of taking the long, straight bridge near the Site of Grace, opt for a shorter route to avoid engaging different enemies and minimize combat risks.
2. Choose the bridge on the right side of the map, which will lead you quickly and safely to the farming site.
3. After crossing the bridge, look for another Site of Grace to activate.
4. Proceed down the road, and at a certain point, a giant spherical boulder will spawn, posing a threat to your character.
5. Use the torrent ability to escape the sphere’s path and let it roll down the hill on its own, ensuring your safety.

This will yield a whopping 1952 Runes making it the highest reward of Runes without doing anything. You can teleport back to the Site of Grace to trigger the boulder again and achieve unlimited Runes with a ridiculous strategy that will not strain your abilities.

5. Dominula, Windmill Village Farming

Best Farm for Late Game Players

Category	Item Name
NPCs and Merchants	Millicent, Spirit NPC
Items	Human Bone Shard, Stormhawk Feather, Gold firefly, Holyproof Dried Liver, Lightning Grease, Golden Seed, Rune Arc, Festive Hood, Festive Garb, Festive Garb (Altered), Blue Festive Hood, Blue Festive Garb, Celebrant's Skull, Celebrant's Cleaver, Celebrant's Sickle, Celebrant's Rib-Rake, Godskin Peeler, Scouring Black Flame, Fire's Deadly Sin
Regular Creatures and Enemies	Celebrant, Rotten Stray
Field Bosses and Bosses	Godskin Apostle
Notable Features	Guaranteed Celebrant's Skull location, Boss: Godskin Apostle location, Fire's Deadly Sin spell location

Runes farming in Elden Ring is mostly rinsing and repeating. You will have to kill enemies repeatedly to earn all the Runes they can offer. Dominula Windmill Village location will do the same with the best payday of Runes you can get in an hour, making it the best Rune farming location. However, there are a few requirements that you might need to consider before going to the location. 

First things first, you will need Twinned Knight Swords. It is a massive murdering weapon that scales with the Strenght stats. Although, it is a one-handed weapon. But its true potential is unlocked with two-hand, and the enormous swing can deal massive damage. Secondly, you will need Gold Scarab. This is a must-have item for all players because it increases the number of Runes you can obtain from enemies. 

Once you have these items, all you need to do is visit the Windmill Village. Here you will be farming on all the dancing devils you can find around the location. Attacking any of them will instantly make all of the nearby enemies hostile. This is where you will have to wield the mighty Twinned Knight Swords. 

You can also find a Site of Grace at the entrance of Dominula. So it is highly advised to interact with it before starting the farm to teleport back to the Grace and farm these enemies easily.

6. War-Dead Catacombs Farming

Best Farm for AFK Players

Category	Item Name
Gather & Farm Items	Grave Violet, Trina's Lily
Upgrade Materials	Ghost Glovewort [4] x 1, Golden Seed (Boss drop), Grave Glovewort [6] x 5
Equipment and Magic	Collapsing Stars, Golden Rune [6] x 1, Magic Grease x 3, Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot
Unique, Ashes & Keys	Radahn Soldier Ashes, Redmane Knight Ogha Ashes (Boss drop)
Creatures, Enemies	Lesser Cleanrot Knight Spirit, Radahn Soldier Spirit, Redmane Knight Spirit, Imp
Bosses	Putrid Tree Spirit

AFK farming is quite effective as it involves players doing nothing and making Runes while asleep. But that comes with one heavy requirement of a higher character level. As for the War-Dead Catacombs farming, you must have fought Starscourge Radahn because you will be visiting the same battleground. That is going to be the southeast of Caelid. Moreover, after killing the Starscourge Radahn, you will also unlock Site of Grace points, allowing you to access the location repeatedly easily. 

All you need to do is to visit the War-Dead Catacombs. This location is filled with high-level enemies that you surely do not want to mess. However, you can take advantage of this fight and earn passive Runes without even worrying about engaging in combat. For that, you will need to visit the location silently without blowing your cover. It will allow the game to spawn other enemies and fight with the existing ones. 

This will be a massive battle of enemies, and you will earn Runes from each of the dead enemies. Find a safe point where you can leave your character overnight, and you will be all set to make thousands of Runes in a single night. It’s honestly quite surprising how easy this method is once you unlock the area.

Why Other Farming Spots Were Not Mentioned?

1. Mohgwyn Palace Approach Ledge-Road: This is an optional endgame area and can only be used effectively with large AoE skills with high damage.
2. Haligtree Prayer Room: This spot has very tough enemies and getting here is a long journey since it is an optional area.

What Are My Recommendations?

Personally, I am not a huge fan of farming runes early in the game and my preferred method of gathering runes is getting the Golden Scarab and using a broken weapon to fight the optional bosses. However, out of all the farming spots I mentioned the best one would be the Deeproot Depths farming location.

Unlike other players selling or buying Runes on eBay, you can consider some of the best farming spots in the game to level up your character. 

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