- This listing has been updated on 6/21/24 to include Shadow of the Erdtree DLC content.
InElden Ring, there are a number of Key Items that might not necessarily be mandatory, but are often specific items for advancing a side quest, furthering exploration, or character progress. Below is a list of all key items in Elden Ring. Click on a specific item for further details.
Item Effect
Academy Glintstone Key
Key to open the academy’s two sealed gates
Said to tremble when close to Deathroot
Cracked Pot
Container required for crafting cracked pot items.
Crafting Kit
Enables the practice of item Crafting
Beast Clergyman seeks and devours these
Dectus Medallion (Left)
Join medallions to operate Grand Lift of Dectus
Dectus Medallion (Right)
Discarded Palace Key
Key to treasure chest for Carian Princesses
Drawing-Room Key
Key to the Volcano Manor drawing room
Gold Sewing Needle
Special sewing needle for demigod attire
Haligtree Secret Medallion (Left)
Join medallions to operate Grand Lift of Rold
Haligtree Secret Medallion (Right)
Hefty Cracked Pot
Container required for crafting hefty cracked pot items.
Hole-Laden Necklace
Use at a hallowed ruin to sound a hanging bell.
Imbued Sword Key
Unseals sending gate, but disappears upon use
Larval Tear
Material needed by Rennala to grant rebirth
Memory Stone
Increases memory slots
Messmer’s Kindling
Burns the sealing tree
Mirage Riddle
Simple map taken from an imp statue.
Perfume Bottle
Container required for crafting perfume items
Prayer Room Key
Opens prayer room door in the house of worship found in the church district
Ritual Pot
Container required for crafting ritual pot items.
Rold Medallion
Operates Grand Lift of Rold
Opens a locked door in Stormveil Castle
Scadutree Fragment
Bolsters Scadutree Blessing
Secret Rite Scroll
Learn about the secret rite of the divine gateway.
Sewer-Gaol Key
Unlocks sewer-gaol door beneath Leyndell
Sewing Needle
Boc the demi-human’s prized sewing needle
Spirit Calling Bell
Bell that summons various spirits from ashen items
Stonesword Key
Use to break one imp statue seal.
Storeroom Key
Use to open the storeroom on the second floor of Belurat
Tailoring Tools
Enables armor adjustment at sites of grace
Talisman Pouch
Increases Talisman equip slots.
Weathered Dagger
Dagger received from Fia, Deathbed Companion
Causes a spiritual explosion, consuming sprite dwelling within spritestone
Lamenter’s Mask
Transforms wearer into a lamenter and causes head to swell in size
Perfumed Oil of Ranah
Uses FP to spout flames forward
Prattling Pate Lamentation
Emits a blissful lamentation
Ancient Dragon Prayerbook
Prayerbook
Give to a learned cleric to acquire new incantations
Assassin’s Prayerbook
Dragon Cult Prayerbook
Fire Monks' Prayerbook
Giant’s Prayerbook
Godskin Prayerbook
Given to a cleric to acquire new incantations.
Golden Order Principia
Two Fingers Prayerbook
Elden Remembrance
Remembrance
Take the power of its namesake via Finger Reader
Remembrance of Hoarah Loux
Remembrance of Putrescence
Remembrance of the Black Blade
Take the power of its namesake Via Finger Reader
Remembrance of the Blasphemous
Remembrance of the Blood Lord
Remembrance of the Dancing Lion
Remembrance of the Dragonlord
Remembrance of the Fire Giant
Remembrance of the Full Moon Queen
Remembrance of the Grafted
Remembrance of the Impaler
Remembrance of the Lichdragon
Remembrance of the Lord of Frenzied Flame
Remembrance of the Mother of Fingers
Remembrance of the Naturalborn
Remembrance of the Omen King
Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor
Remembrance of the Rot Goddess
Remembrance of the Saint of the Bud
Remembrance of the Shadow Sunflower
Remembrance of the Starscourge
Remembrance of the Twin Moon Knight
Remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider
Black Whetblade
Grants choice of affinity upgrade to weapon (Poison, Blood or Occult)
Glintstone Whetblade
Grants choice of affinity upgrade to weapon (Magic or Frost)
Iron Whetblade
Grants choice of affinity upgrade to weapon (Heavy, Keen or Quality)
Red-Hot Whetblade
Grants choice of affinity upgrade to weapon (Fire and Fire Art)
Sanctified Whetblade
Grants choice of affinity upgrade to weapon (Sacred or Lightning)
Whetstone Knife
Can add new battle arts and affinities to weapons (Skills)
