Elden Ring Dark Forge Stone Farm: Merchant, Where is It?

To upgrade special weapons in FromSoftware’s new game, you need Dark Forge Stones of different sizes. Here’s a guide with the location of several chunks, as well as ways to get an unlimited supply of them through Dark Stone Miner’s Beads.

Upgrade materials are rare and valuable in Elden Ring, they are a good way to gain power and upgrade your weapon with Forging Stones. But special weapons require Dark Forge Stones, which are generally rarer and harder to obtain. We have gathered here all the possible sources for these stones, whether it is a dedicated seller, a seller with unlimited stock in the right conditions, where to pick them up, and even where to farm them in the worst case.

Iji the Giant Blacksmith selling Dark Forge Stones

Your best source of Dark Forge Stones at the start of the game is northwest of Liurnia, on the way north you’ll come across Master Blacksmith Iji. It sells different stones from rank 1 to 4 in limited quantities. If he ever dies for some reason, you can bring his Cinerary Pearl back to the Round Table to gain access to his wares. Be careful though, its prices are high, at low level, it is better to invest these runes in your character to buy Elden Ring items.

Dark Stone Miner’s Beads

Bringing these special Cinerary Pearls to the carcasses of Round Table twin maids will add unlimited Dark Stones to her inventory. This is the best way to upgrade your high level weapons. You will simply have to go and farm enough Elden Ring runes, preferably with the Golden Scarab, rather than farming the stones. But you still have to find these famous pearls.

Here is the position of the 5 Dark Stone Miner’s Pearls in the game, each one unlocks 2 ranks of Dark Stone (except the last one).

• Dark Stone Miner’s Pearl (1): On the dreaded boss of Selia’s Crystalline Gallery in Caelid. You can open a certain chest to find yourself directly in the area.
• Dark Stone Miner’s Pearl (2): In a chest behind an illusory wall in the Sealed Gallery, on Altus Plateau, just outside the southern ramparts of the capital
• Dark Stone Miner’s Pearl (3): Just outside Marika’s First Church, on Eastern Giant’s Heights. You cannot enter the area without defeating Morgott, King of the Forsaken.
• Dark Stone Miner’s Pearl (4): On a corpse, on one of the platforms from which you can see a dragon watching you back, in Farum Azula. You must have defeated the Fire Giant and revived the flame to access the area.
• Dark Stone Miner’s Pearl (5): On a corpse in the room before the elevator that leads to Farum Azula’s main road and its final boss.
• As Dark Miner’s Pearls are clearly not always an option, especially for the later ranks, here is a list of Dark Stones of various ranks that you can find or farm all over the World Map.

Dark Forge Stone 1

• Iji the giant sells one for 2000 runes.
• The carcasses of the twin servants sell an unlimited amount of them at 2000 runes if you have brought back the pearl of dark miner 1.
• In the Necrolimbe Galleries dungeon, on one of the platforms in the second elevator shaft.
• On a corpse sitting after the bridge northeast of Necrolimbo.
• By killing the Weeping Scarab not far from the huge aerial point towards the isolated divine tower, north of Necrolimbo.
• South of the island of the Church of the Dragon Communion, after going through the tunnel of Demi-Human Leaders.
• By killing Guardian Lion at the main entrance of Valorage Castle.

Dark Forge Stone 2

• Iji the giant sells one for 3000 runes.
• The carcasses of the twin servants sell an unlimited amount of them at 3000 runes if you have brought back the pearl of dark miner 1.
• On a corpse on the beach southeast of Howling Wind Castle, south of the Weeping Peninsula. He is surrounded by spiritual jellyfish.
• There are 3 just in the small chapel in the middle of the lake in Liurnia, it is a little west of the church of roses.
• By killing the Weeping Beetle in the southwest corner of the lake, east of the Proselyte’s Tower.
• On a corpse present on a small island in the lake in La Siofra.
• On another corpse in La Siofra, he is on top of the ruins near the teleport portal to the east.
• In a chest in the Crystal Tunnels of Raya Lucaria, just after the Point of Grace.
• The insufferable giant hands of Caria Manor, northwest of Liurnia, have a good chance of dropping some.
• In the Gael Tunnel dungeon in Caelid.

Dark Forge Stone 3

• Iji the giant sells 3 for 4000 runes each.
• The carcasses of the twin servants sell an unlimited amount of them at 4000 runes if you have brought back the pearl of dark miner 2.
• The first is on a body east of Caria Manor in Liurnia.
• On a corpse at the edge of the cliff in the underground river of Ainsel.
• A little northwest of the entrance to the Dectus elevator, on a watery beetle.
• On a corpse sitting atop the cliffs north of Lake Liurnia, not far from the Wandering Mausoleum.
• On another seated corpse, this time on the cliffs north of the 4 Belfries, west of Liurnia.
• On the body behind the altar of the Coucou church in the academy.
• Obtained in the area after the huge lift at Liurnia Academy hubs. No need to use it, go straight and kill the gravitational guardian.
• Miners in the Crystal Gallery of Selia in Caelid occasionally drop them, but this is rare.

Dark Forge Stone 4

• Iji the giant sells 3 of them for 6000 runes each.
• The carcasses of the twin servants sell an unlimited amount of them at 6000 runes if you have brought back the pearl of dark miner 2.
• On a corpse behind a building in Nokron, the Eternal City, the second part of La Siofra.
• On a corpse surrounded by small crabs, on the roofs of the academy of Raya Lucaria.
• Miners in the Crystal Gallery of Selia in Caelid occasionally drop them, but this is very rare.
• Dark Forge Stone 5
• The carcasses of the twin servants sell an unlimited amount of them at 9000 runes if you have brought back the pearl of dark miner 3.
• On a corpse in the large building in the flooded heights of La Siofra.
• In the prison cave southwest of Aeonia Swamp in Caelid. You need 2 Stone Blade Keys to open it.
• Several can be found in the Altus Gallery dungeon on the Altus plateau.
• By killing a Scarab on the bridge of Nokron, the Eternal City.
• In the Sealed Gallery, on the plateau of Altus.
• On the Adult Celestial Creature boss in Mount Gelmir.

Dark Forge Stone 6

• The Carcasses of the Twin Maids sell an unlimited amount of them at 12,000 runes if you have brought back the Dark Miner’s Pearl 3.
• The boss of Selia’s Crystalline Gallery also drops one, it’s definitely the ultimate meeting place for Dark Forge Stones.
• On the Spear Crucible Knight, in the Siofra Aqueduct, in the second part of Nokron.
• South of the first camp of Mount Gelmir, on another corpse sitting on a chair on the edge of the cliff. It is definitely a custom in this country.
• On a corpse in the large building in the flooded heights of La Siofra.
• With the corpse perched balanced on a high ledge in the southern part of the ruins of the Palace of Uhl, in Ainsel.
• On a weeping beetle at the foot of the stairs in Nokstella, the Eternal City, in the second part of Ainsel.
• Held by another Watery Scarab lost in the Rotting Lake.
• Miners in the Crystal Gallery of Selia in Caelid occasionally drop them, but this is very rare.

Dark Forge Stone 7

• Twin Maid Carcasses sell an unlimited amount of them at 16,000 runes if you have brought back Dark Miner’s Pearl 3.
• In a chest in one of the rooms of Nokstella, the Eternal City, in the second part of Ainsel.
• Still in Nokstella, the eternal city, on a corpse balanced on the edge of a ravine overlooking the river.
• On a body in the ruins of Rotting Lake.
• On a body northeast of Rotten Lake.
• In the blue cracked statue north of Giant’s Rise. You have to attract one of the nearby giant golems to break it.
• Small hands found all over the east in the final area of Giant’s Peaks can drop some.

Dark Forge Stone 8

• The Carcasses of the Twin Maids sell an unlimited amount of them at 20,000 runes if you have brought back the Dark Miner’s Pearl 3.
• On the Weeping Scarab in the middle of the Dragon Mound area, north of Caelid. He is perched on a trunk on the ground.
• One is found on one more body from the Rotten Lake, presumably there is something unhealthy in the area.
• Still on a Weeping Scarab, in the lower part of the ruins of Ancient Snow Valley, in the Rise of the Giants.
• In the area full of yetis and giant hands, on a Teleporter Weeping Scarab.
• Not far from the church before the Fire Giant, still in the same area of Giant’s Peaks, and still on a beetle. This one is hidden high up on a small mountain.
• In the Sacred Snowy Fields, on a Weeping Scarab on the southeast edge of the area.

Dark Forge Stone 9

• The Carcasses of the Twin Maids sell an unlimited amount of them at 25,000 runes if you have brought back the Dark Miner’s Pearl 3.
• On a corpse on one of the platforms that emerge from the Rotten Lake when you activate them with the buttons on the islets.
• On a slumped body on the bridge near the Ruins Grace site of Ancient Snow Valley, in Giant’s Heights.
• Possessed by one of the Death Fans on a chair at the edge of the void, this time it’s on the South Bridge near the Astrologer Ruins in Giant’s Rise.
• On one of the corpses sitting with his colleagues at the feet of Caelid’s Divine Tower. It is very easy to access, from the start of the game, at least by using the shortcut to the Dragon’s Mound.

Elder Dragons Dark Forge Stone

• They CANNOT be obtained from the carcasses of twin maids. Their number is therefore limited during each game, you will then have to wait for the DLCs or go to New Game Plus. We have listed at least 7 of them, so this list will be added to in the future.
• The majority of them can be found in the Sacred Snowfields and the Sacred Tree of Miquella.
• Some are given as quest rewards.
• The first is in a small dead end of the Sacred Tree Corset.
• The second is on the right side of the outer ramparts, you will have to kill the Avatar of the tree before venturing there.