====== 🎒 Key Items & Crafting Materials ======

Key Items and crafting materials are essential to progression, upgrades, and unlocking new mechanics in *Elden Ring*. From weapon enhancement stones to map fragments and sacred relics, this page catalogs the most important non-equippable items in the game.

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===== 📦 Key Item Categories =====

  * [[eldenring:items:main_story|Story Key Items]]
  * [[eldenring:items:map_fragments|Map Fragments]]
  * [[eldenring:items:bell_bearings|Bell Bearings]]
  * [[eldenring:items:remembrances|Remembrances (Boss Souls)]]
  * [[eldenring:items:great_runes|Great Runes]]
  * [[eldenring:items:sacred_tears|Sacred Tears & Golden Seeds]]
  * [[eldenring:items:stonesword_keys|Stonesword Keys & Imbued Sword Keys]]

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===== 🧪 Crafting Materials =====

Crafting in Elden Ring allows players to create items such as arrows, bombs, cures, and buffs using materials found throughout the world. You must unlock crafting first by acquiring the **Crafting Kit** from Merchant Kale.

  * [[eldenring:items:crafting_basics|How Crafting Works]]
  * [[eldenring:items:crafting_materials|List of Crafting Materials]]
  * [[eldenring:items:cookbooks|Cookbooks & Crafting Recipes]]
  * [[eldenring:items:bolstering_materials|Bolstering Materials (Cures, Buffs)]]
  * [[eldenring:items:ammunition|Ammunition (Arrows, Bolts, Throwables)]]

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===== ⛏ Weapon & Spirit Upgrade Items =====

  * [[eldenring:items:smithing_stones|Smithing Stones (Regular)]]
  * [[eldenring:items:somber_smithing_stones|Somber Smithing Stones]]
  * [[eldenring:items:gloveworts|Grave & Ghost Gloveworts]]
  * [[eldenring:items:ash_of_war_upgrade|Ashes of War & Affinities]]

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===== 💡 Tips & Progression Notes =====

  * Many upgrade items can be unlocked for purchase at the Twin Maiden Husks via **Bell Bearings**.
  * Some crafting materials are limited, while others respawn in the wild.
  * Upgrading weapons increases your damage far more than leveling alone.
  * Remembrances can be traded at **Enia** at Roundtable Hold for unique weapons or spells.

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===== 🔗 Related Pages =====
  * [[eldenring:weapons:start|Weapons]]
  * [[eldenring:armor:start|Armor]]
  * [[eldenring:spells:start|Spells & Incantations]]
  * [[eldenring:characters:roundtable|Roundtable Hold Vendors]]

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