Smithing Stone [1]

Type

Upgrade material

About this upgrade material

Stone used to smith a variety of armaments. A shard found in plenty.

Strengthens armaments up to +3.

Smithing stone is found throughout the Lands Between, and mining galleries built to excavate it can be found everywhere.

Church of Elleh anvil and Limgrave Tunnels

Limgrave

Starting Site of Grace: Church of Elleh

1. Leave the starting area and follow the road north to the ruined Church of Elleh. Pick up the stone on the smithing anvil beside Kale.
2. For more early stones, ride east to Agheel Lake and follow its northern edge to Limgrave Tunnels. Take the entrance lift down and collect the yellow deposits around the miners.
3. The ore pickups are limited to this journey. Resting restores enemies, rather than the deposits you have already collected. The tunnel boss is not required to gather the ore.

Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel bell-bearing unlock

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel

Before you go

• Defeat the Crystalian in Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel.

1. Stay at lake level on the northeastern side of Liurnia and find the mine entrance in the cliff near the Walking Mausoleum. Take the entrance lift down and activate the grace.
2. In the first working area, the chest up the right-hand steps is optional. Take the other passage onward to the larger mining chamber and continue through to the room with a staircase in its middle.
3. Use the next lift to descend. Cross the narrow beam at the bottom, clearing the miners that could knock you off before you step onto it.
4. Follow the passage through the wooden enclosures guarded by Marionettes. The Crystal Knife chest is optional; the route continues past these rooms and down another staircase.
5. You will reach a chamber with miners and spellcasters. Clear the casters so you can move safely, then use the final lift to reach the boss doors.
6. Defeat the ringblade Crystalian to receive the bearing. A stance break cracks its initial protection, making the rest of the fight easier.
7. Give the bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks at Roundtable Hold and check their main shop for the unlocked stock. Buy Smithing Stone [1] for 200 runes each.

Notes

• Upgrades an ordinary armament from +0 through +3. The three steps consume 2, 4 and 6 stones, so one weapon needs 12 of this rank.
• Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing [1] from Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel unlocks unlimited purchases at 200 runes each. Buying all 12 costs 2,400 runes before the blacksmith's upgrade fees.
• Ordinary weapons, shields and compatible casting tools use this upgrade path. Armor and talismans cannot be reinforced with these stones, and Somber weapons use a different material family.
• The Church of Elleh anvil can handle these first upgrades up to +3. Hewg at Roundtable Hold handles this rank and the later ordinary-weapon upgrades.
• A higher stone rank cannot replace the lower ranks or skip upgrades. Changing a compatible weapon's affinity later keeps its reinforcement level rather than requiring another set of stones.
• Fixed mineral deposits and corpse pickups do not return after resting. Random enemy drops and finite merchant stock are separate from the unlimited bell-bearing shop.
• The handed-in miner's bearing keeps its upgrade-material shop available in later Journeys. It does not provide free stones or skip the rune cost.