Elden Ring: Guide to crafting and finding recipes for items

Unprecedented combinations give gamers more to do, in addition to rushing to destroy enemies. For example, implementing a crafting system, giving players a whole new element to explore.

The Elden Ring's crafting system allows players to craft a variety of items that can benefit them during their journey in the Lands Between.

The ability to craft items is extremely useful, as players can craft necessary items whenever they want instead of depending on other factors.

Instead, the player must collect the necessary materials for an item. Therefore, it is very important to learn the crafting system thoroughly to use it effectively. In this article, let's learn how to craft and find recipes for items in Elden Ring.

Buy a crafting kit

Like many things in Elden Ring, crafting abilities are not inherent to new players. Instead, they must obtain an item called a Crafting Kit.

To own this crafting set, when reaching Limgrave, the player must adventure to Elleh Church, not too far from the starting position of the journey. However, be wary when going there as the Tree Sentinel patrols the surroundings, always preventing anyone from getting close to Erdtree.

After making the trip, gamers will discover a shopkeeper in the Church of Elleh called Merchant Kale, buying and selling a variety of goods. He has a lot of items in his inventory, including a Crafting Kit, for 300 Runes. With this item, players can craft an infinite number of times, so it is well worth the cost.

How to craft in Elden Ring

Once the Crafting Kit is available, there will be a new Item Crafting option in the game menu. Selecting this will open the crafting menu to see the items gamers can craft and the materials needed. To craft, the player must select an item to create, confirm the choice, provided that he possesses the appropriate resources.

In moments, players will learn how to use and navigate the crafting system. In a nutshell, collecting materials is the only challenge of item crafting in the Elden Ring.

If an item needs more materials, the crafting menu will show them and even provide a hint as to their location. With a bit of intuition and research, players can easily find the source of these resources and get what they need.

Most of the materials can be obtained by picking up in the Lands Between or by defeating enemies. However, some more valuable resources will, of course, be found in more dangerous locations.

How to find crafting recipes

Some crafting recipes will be unlocked with the purchase of the Crafting Kit. They allow the creation of necessary items to serve gamers throughout the game.

In addition, people can still own many other crafting recipes to produce unique, unavailable items. The player can obtain crafting recipes through game progress or by using items known as Cookbooks.

Cookbooks are consumables, which will impart some crafting recipes to the player. Usually, these recipes teach how to craft items of a particular type.

For example, the Warrior class Cookbook will reveal the recipe for crafting support and combat items. As a result, some Cookbooks will be more beneficial towards specific character classes or playstyles. Players can buy Cookbooks from vendors, loot them from enemies, or discover them in the Lands Between.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 28 February 2022