
Like with most early fights in Elden Ring, your best bet for the Runebear if you're struggling is to recruit those trusty Spirit Ashes. The bear can still attack you here, however. Be prepared to do a lot of running, and there is a small platform on one side of the arena for you to position yourself on. Disappointingly, Elden Ring's Runebear doesn't drop that many Runes.įor fighting a bear, the arena you find yourself in is rather small. That is up until you take a few stops closer to him and he realises that Tarnished are disturbing him from his slumber.
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How to beat the RunebearĪs you traverse the yellow mist, take a moment to enjoy the peace and quiet as the Runebear sleeps away. Continue on through the caves here, and you'll soon arrive at the yellow misted gate which takes you to the Runebear. Make your way down and hop to the bottom carefully.Īt the bottom, there are multiple Silver Fireflies and more Cave Moss. Look down, and you'll see that there is a platform along the inside of the hole. You'll soon reach a large hole in the ground, and thus, what appears to be a dead end. In the middle of Earthbore Cave, you'll encounter one of Elden Ring's many giant rats. Loot the corpses of 5x Glowstone and 8x Kukri, and once again, continue onwards through the tunnel. You can clear these and continue, or run past through the cavern and the next tunnel until you reach another small area with rats and corpses. You'll soon reach an area with multiple rats, including a giant one. You'll eventually come to a corpse that you can loot a Golden Rune from, but also take caution of the rats that are going to be bothering you from here onwards.Ĭontinue through the tunnel. Be careful of the fake floor in Elden Ring's Earthbore Cave. Continue following the tunnel to the right. Navigate around the hole shown below and pick up the Cave Moss here (you'll find a lot of this), and open the chest to loot 3x Pickled Turtle Neck. In front of the chest, the floor is trapped and you will fall into a pit of rats. Grab the Grace and advance ahead, but be cautious of the floor in the next room. Fortunately, once you reach the cave itself, it's rather straight-forward to navigate.

How to make your way through Earthbore CaveĮarthbore Cave can be found along the northern coast of Weeping Peninsula, to the east of Demi-Human Forest Ruins. In this guide, we've explained how to make your way through Earthbore Cave without missing out on any loot, and how to beat the Runebear. The Runebear is much like the other bears that can be found roaming around The Lands Between, and despite the name, they don't drop as many Runes as you'd think. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
