Here are the rarest things to drop in Elden Ring.
When it comes to the number of things to find, whether they come from chests, NPCs, enemies, or other places, Elden Ring can feel as big and scary as No Man’s Sky‘s galaxies and planets. Okay, maybe that’s not a perfect comparison, but you have to accept that having hundreds of weapons, armor pieces, and other types of items to find is pretty cool.
But if you’re used to MMO games like Runescape or World of Warcraft, you might be wondering: which of these things has the lowest chance of dropping? It’s a good question, and luckily there are smart people out there who have already done the math.
Inverted Hawk Towershield
Inverted Hawk Towershield is actually classed as a Greatshield, despite its name. It scales best with Strength and is dropped by one percent of Fallen Hawks Soldiers.
You can find these enemies near the Nokron, Eternal City Site of Grace.
If you want to speed up the process, don’t fight Fallen Hawk Soldiers that look like they have weapons. Enemies that don’t look like they have weapons will run away when they’re attacked and might drop the shield you’re looking for.
Magma Blade
The Magma Blade is a Curved Sword that gains most from Strength and Faith. Man-Serpents in the Volcano Manor area are the only way to get this item, which only drops 1% of the time.
Their big, glowing orange swords make them pretty easy to spot. Go to the Temple of Eiglay Site of Grace if you’re having trouble finding them.
You should find a wooden lift if you walk north from there. Take that up, and if you look around for a bit, you should be able to find a couple.
Rune Arcs
Rune Arcs can be found in boxes or bought, but that wouldn’t change the fact that they drop between 0.50 and 1% of the time, even if those ways to get them didn’t exist. The best way to raise them is to fight rats, no matter how big they are.
You can find rats just about anywhere, like Stormveil Castle, the Siofra River, parts of the Altus Plateau, Leyndell, the snowy Mountaintops of the Giants, and the many holes, nooks, and crannies in Elden Ring.
Dominula Celebrant Weaponry
You may have seen the happy, laughing women who sing and dance at the Windmill Village. They are friendly and easy to talk to. When you try to join in, it’s a different story, but these Celebrants drop three different kinds of weapons, each with a 0.50 percent chance to drop.
Depending on how lucky you are, you might get Celebrant’s Sickles, Celebrant’s Cleavers, and Celebrant’s Rib-Rakes if you crash enough of their parties. Who knew that tools for growing and making food could also be used as party decorations?
Wandering Noble Weaponry
It turns out that the weak Wandering Nobles you can find all over the map sometimes drop two unique weapons: the Noble’s Estoc and the Noble’s Slender Sword. Both guns have a 0.50 percent chance of dropping by default.
Even if you get the sword or the estoc, neither is nearly as good as other tools you could choose. But if you farm enough Nobles, you could start playing the part of one of them.
Aristocrat Headband
The Wandering Nobles aren’t done yet. They have one more extremely rare drop, but this time it’s something you can wear: the Aristocrat Headband. Even a simple headband can make you a king or queen in the Elden Ring world, it seems.
This item also falls 0.50 percent of the time. It won’t protect you much from physical damage. But it will protect you from some types of magic damage. Also, a bunch of red gems will be on your head, which is pretty cool.
Imp Heads
You can find and put your head into six different kinds of stone Imp Heads. But only the Cat, the Fanged, and the Long-Tongued Imp Heads have a 0.50 percent chance of dropping from their respective Imps.
Every Imp Head is very different, but if you can’t figure out which Imps to kill, try the Cliffbottom Catacombs. The Impaler’s Catacombs, and the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds. No matter if you think they look silly or not, these makeshift hats have good stats all around.
Octopus Head
This terrifyingly Eldritch hat can only be dropped by Land Octopuses at a rate of 0.5%. You won’t get this helmet from Giant Land Octopuses, so don’t waste your time trying to farm them by chance.
Instead, you can go south of the Saintsbridge Site of Grace to find twelve of these wriggly creatures in and around a small lake. The stats aren’t bad for a helmet you can get early on in Flappy Bird, but the same can’t really be said about how it looks.
Black Dumpling
The Black Dumpling is a strangely stitched-together dark and thin hood. It can only be dropped by First Generation Albinaurics, and only 0.50 percent of the time.
Your best bet is to look around Leyndell, Volcano Manor, or the Mountaintops of the Giants.
A cool fact about this headgear is that it was made to make pain and suffering worse for the person who wears it. In practice, this means that when you wear it, your attack power goes up by 10%. But only if you have the state effect “Madness.”
