Elden Ring Weapon Upgrades and Bell Bearings Locations

The map contains 649 Upgrade Materials placements and 87 Bell Bearings placements across both worlds. The The Lands Between upgrade view holds 484 material and 74 shop-unlock records. The Realm of Shadow view adds 165 materials and 13 shop-unlock records.

These layers answer different questions. Upgrade Materials shows fixed material placements recorded by the map. Bell Bearings shows items that can expand shop inventory after being turned in. A shop unlock is not the same thing as a loose stone pickup.

Search the full stone name and tier

Use the in-game name, including its bracketed tier when applicable. Smithing Stone [1], Somber Smithing Stone [1], Grave Glovewort [1], and Ghost Glovewort [2] belong to different upgrade paths. A search without the tier can return many valid records.

Select one result, check its category and map, then inspect the approach. The placement count does not describe how many stones a pickup yields, whether an enemy can drop more, or how much a merchant can sell.

Use tunnels as route context

Tunnels are useful material routes, but the material marker and tunnel entrance are separate records. Open Upgrade Materials with Dungeons & Entrances when a cluster appears inside a mine.

Start from the dungeon entrance, not the closest point on the outside map. Lifts, ledges, and vertical shafts make a straight line misleading. Once inside, treat the map points as a checklist rather than a complete drawing of every interior corridor.

Pan below the surface map for material placements in Siofra River, Ainsel River, Nokron, Eternal City, Nokstella, Eternal City, and Deeproot Depths. Use Map: Lake of Rot and Map: Mohgwyn Palace to identify the other lower routes. A nearby surface pin does not explain access to those areas.

Bell Bearings and shop unlocks

Open the Bell Bearings layer alone when the goal is renewable purchasing rather than one fixed pickup. Search the complete item name because normal-stone, somber-stone, glovewort, and merchant variants have different purposes.

The marker identifies the bearing’s placement or relevant record. You still need to obtain it in the game and complete any required handoff before the associated stock is available. Quest state or an enemy encounter can affect access.

Open Bell Bearings with Sites of Grace for a cleaner travel plan than displaying all 484 base-game material placements.

Build a tier-by-tier checklist

1. Search the exact material and tier your weapon or summon needs.
2. Choose one reachable region rather than the closest coordinate.
3. Add Dungeons & Entrances only if the result lies in a tunnel or interior.
4. Mark the placement found after collecting it.
5. Use the faded found pins to distinguish completed stops, then search the next tier.
6. Check Bell Bearings separately when fixed pickups are exhausted.

This keeps early tiers from hiding late-game materials and prevents normal and Somber paths from being mixed.

Realm of Shadow upgrades

The DLC’s 165 Upgrade Materials placements remain separate from its blessing layer. Use DLC Upgrade Materials for weapon and summon materials. Use DLC blessing pickups for Scadutree Fragment and Revered Spirit Ash rewards.

For a final audit, keep the two worlds and the two upgrade systems separate. Each placement keeps its own checklist state even when item names repeat.