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ASHENBORNEELDEN RING REFERENCE

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Twiggy Cracked Tear iconCrystal Tear

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Twiggy Cracked Tear

Crystal Tear

For 180 seconds, a normal rune-dropping death keeps your carried runes and leaves any older bloodstain in place. This protection is used before an equipped Sacrificial Twig, so the twig survives. Death Blight bypasses the protection. The effect does not retrieve a bloodstain or move it to your new death location.

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Reference values

Type
Crystal Tear
FP cost
0
Maximum held
1
Maximum stored
1
Consumed when used
No

Effects

For 180 seconds, a normal rune-dropping death keeps your carried runes and leaves any older bloodstain in place. This protection is used before an equipped Sacrificial Twig, so the twig survives. Death Blight bypasses the protection. The effect does not retrieve a bloodstain or move it to your new death location.

Technical details

Preserve Runes on Death

For 180 seconds, a normal rune-dropping death keeps your carried runes and leaves any older bloodstain in place. This protection is used before an equipped Sacrificial Twig, so the twig survives. Death Blight bypasses the protection. The effect does not retrieve a bloodstain or move it to your new death location.

  • attribute: Preserve Runes on Death
  • duration: 180
  • model: toggle
  • type: positive
  • value: 1

In-game description

A crystal tear formed slowly over the ages where the Erdtree's bounty falls to the ground.

Can be mixed in the Flask of Wondrous Physick.

The resulting concoction prevents one's runes from being lost upon death. However, the effect lasts only for a short time.

Where to find

Basin beneath the Minor Erdtree

Capital Outskirts

Starting Site of Grace: Outer Wall Battleground

  1. From Outer Wall Battleground, head east through the outer-wall grounds toward the Minor Erdtree marked on the map.
  2. At the base of this tree, look for the stone collection basin guarded by commoners and an Omen. This tree has no Avatar boss.
  3. Collect both items from the basin to obtain Twiggy Cracked Tear and the second Crimson Crystal Tear.

Notes

  • For three minutes, it prevents rune loss on death. Death Blight is an exception.
  • It can also protect a previous bloodstain because the protected death does not replace that bloodstain with a new one.
  • Drink before the dangerous part of a retrieval run. Once the timer ends, normal rune-loss rules apply again.
  • Rest at a Site of Grace and choose Mix Wondrous Physick to use this tear. Drinking the flask uses its charge; resting refills it without consuming the tear.
  • It does not collect dropped runes for you. You still have to reach and interact with the old bloodstain; the protection just lets a covered death leave that recovery attempt available.

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