Best rune farm route in Elden Ring Nightreign

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In Elden Ring, planning an efficient route for farming runes in Nightreign can be quite challenging. With just two days at your disposal before engaging the Nightlord, you need to become as powerful as possible. However, this requires more than mere strength; you’ll also need to acquire a good weapon (possibly upgrade it), gather passive bonuses, and stockpile any desired consumables or talismans. Completing all these tasks in such a short time is no easy feat.

In Elden Ring, one could simply kill twenty sleeping Albinaurics repeatedly using a powerful sword technique for farming runes. However, in Nightreign, it’s essential to employ strategic thinking when managing your time, as opposed to relying on mindless repetition.

Fortunately for you, I’ve invested more time than ideal in gathering runes and have a couple of useful strategies to help increase your rune accumulation. Additionally, I’ve mapped out an optimal pathway for rune collection while ensuring you meet the necessary requirements to successfully vanquish any Nightlord.

Elden Ring Nightreign best rune farm tips

In contrast to Elden Ring, rune farming functions differently in Nightreign. While in the original game, rapidly increasing your XP involved repeatedly fighting enemies after resting at a site of grace to respawn them, no such respawning occurs in Nightreign.

Beyond just increasing your level, you also need to attend to other tasks like finding a suitable weapon effective against the Nightlord, gathering additional equipment that offers beneficial passive effects, procuring talismans and supplies.

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There’s more to accomplish than just upgrading your character. You should focus on obtaining a weapon that weakens the Nightlord, collecting gear with useful passive properties, and securing talismans and consumables as well.

Before I share the suggested path, let’s discuss some steps that can help you increase your rune yield significantly:

This way, the information is presented in a clear and conversational manner.

  • Equip a relic with the “Increased rune acquisition for self and allies” effect. If you’re playing with friends on comms and you all have them, definitely equip this on every character. Remember to do this in the Roundtable Hold before starting a run. It’s also worth noting that these seem to stack for each player, meaning you can equip multiple on your individual Nightfarer.
  • Use Gold-Pickled Fowl Feet before you beat bosses. You could also equip a relic with “Items confer effect to all nearby allies” if you have it, so everyone gets extra runes when you do use one.
  • Interact with the bushes surrounded by golden fireflies. You’ll see these around the map as you’re exploring and they grant a temporary buff to rune acquisition, so are well worth grabbing when you’re running around defeating normal enemies.
  • Find a Gold Scarab or a passive buff. Chances are you probably won’t get a Gold Scarab talisman when defeating scarabs around the map, but if you do it will give some extra runes. You’ll also occasionally be given the option to take a buff that lets you increase the amount of runes obtained after you defeat a boss.

Elden Ring Nightreign rune farm route

Considering the tips provided earlier and following numerous attempts, I recommend this optimal path for Nightreign Rune farming, ensuring you gather necessary items to conquer a Nightlord:

1. Start at Act 2, Nightmare, in the Cathedral Level 3 (Crypt). Farm the runes here using Pindle or Mephisto.
2. Proceed to Andy’s house in Act 2, Nightmare. Kill the unique Zombie Andy for a guaranteed chance at rare runes like Ral, Orth, Tir, Tal, Lo and Gul Runes.
3. Travel to Act 1, Nightmare, in the Cathedral Level 2 (Chamber of Maiden). Farm the runes here using Duriel or Diablo.
4. Once you’ve collected enough runes, move on to Act 3, Nightmare, in the Arcane Sanctuary. Defeat Izual for a chance at rare runes like Ist, Ohm, and Sur Runes.
5. Finally, challenge a Nightlord in the Cow Level (Stony Field) or the Chaos Sanctuary (Act 1, Hell). Be prepared to farm multiple times as it may take several attempts to defeat them and obtain the coveted Elder, Sol, Shael, Lum, and Vex Runes.

Good luck on your Nightreign Rune farming journey and in defeating a Nightlord!

Day one

  1. Head to a fort first if possible (castle icon) and defeat the boss and enemies. This will get you your first couple of levels, but also a good chance at a Stonesword Key in the chest at the top of the fort behind the boss, and a map in the upstairs corner room for nearby talisman scarabs.
  2. Head to a church if nearby to grab a flask upgrade plus potentially some Gold Pickled Fowl Feet, plus Boiled Crab, Prawn or Exalted Flesh.
  3. Now do as many bosses as you can, aiming for encampments, cathedrals, and ruins. If possible, aim for those marked with the symbol that matches the Nightlord’s weakness, as you’re more likely to get a weapon of that affinity there. If you visit a cathedral, check behind the altar for weapons and a Stonesword Key, and check the basement if there is one for Sacred Seals with healing spells attached.
  4. To finish off day one, do what Evergaols you can using your Stonesword Keys and make sure to use your Gold Pickled Fowl Foot before they conclude. Evergaols grant an extra 10, 20, or 30,000 runes as their optional reward, making them pretty lucrative.
  5. Complete the night one boss and make sure to save one Gold Pickled Fowl Foot and pop it shortly before you end the fight.

Day two

  1. The second day should be all about hunting Great Enemy roaming bosses if you want maximum runes—these appear on the map with little monster face icons. This should also net you some decent weapons if you haven’t already got one. Be warned, these are tough, and you’ll want to be around level 7 or up to face them, though it depends on which boss, too. One great place to find lucrative Great Enemy bosses is in the Shifting Earth event regions, such as the Fallingstar Beast and Valiant Gargoyle in The Crater, who both offer big rewards.
  2. While you’re doing this, grab any remaining churches you can for more Gold Pickled Fowl Foot you can use while defeating Great Enemies, and additional flask charges for the final boss. Also use up any last Stonesword Keys on Evergaols.
  3. Same as the previous night, save one last Gold Pickled Fowl Foot for when you defeat the night two boss to get that rune bonus.

As I journey through this game, the layout of the map determines my course, but generally speaking, taking on bosses like fortresses, encampments, ruins, cathedrals, and evergaols on the first day followed by roaming around on the second day will yield a substantial amount of runes. Timing the use of those bird-like abilities correctly ensures I’ve got the bonus when each boss falls, offering numerous potential passive perks and weapons that provide extra advantages.

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2025-05-30 01:02