As you make your way through Elden Ring, you’ll definitely want to upgrade your favorite weapons, as they’ll be otherwise ineffective when you enter into more difficult areas. Of course, this continues to apply to weapons you discover later on, as none of them scale in effectiveness simply because you found them in a harder area. You can upgrade weapons and shields using various tiers of Smithing Stones, but these are limited in quantity during the early part of the game, and it can be annoying to find them scattered about the map. However, there’s a workaround via the Smithing Stone Miner’s Bell Bearings, the first of which allows you to purchase lower-tier Smithing Stones from the Roundtable Hold. Here’s how you can get this useful item.

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