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Great Runes in Elden Ring are Key Items dropped by shardbearer Bosses whose powers can be unlocked at Divine Towers and then activated with Rune Arcs to strengthen the player until death. This page covers how to activate them, their names, effects, respective bosses, and Locations.

Mending Runes, which are required for three of Elden Ring's Endings, are also found below.

Great Runes and Mending Runes are not kept in New Game+.

Great Runes of Elden Ring

What is a Great Rune

Great Runes are unique Key Items dropped by mostly Demigods, the main Bosses of the game, which bestow their blessings after using a Rune Arc.

Players must obtain two Great Runes and speak with Finger Reader Enia before entering Leyndell, the Royal Capital.

There are seven Great Runes in the base game that can be acquired from each shardbearer, and an additional Great Rune added in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC that acts as a tool.

How to acquire Great Runes

Great Runes are dropped by major bosses, which can be found inside various Legacy Dungeons.

Godrick the Grafted: Found at Stormveil Castle, Limgrave
Rennala Queen of the Full Moon: Found at Raya Lucaria Academy, Liurnia of the Lakes
Starscourge Radahn: Found at Redmane Castle, Caelid
Morgott, the Omen King: Found at Leyndell, Altus Plateau
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy: Found at Volcano Manor, Mt Gelmir
Malenia, Blade of Miquella: Found at Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree
Mohg, Lord of Blood: Found at Mohgwyn Dynasty Mausoleum
Scadutree Avatar: Found at Scadutree Base, beneath Shadow Keep

How to equip Great Runes

Great Runes can be equipped from the "Great Runes" menu while resting at a Sites of Grace. The Great Rune of the Unborn is an exception to this, as it only unlocks the ability to respec your character with Rennala.

They are only available from this menu after restoring their power at a Great Rune's respective Divine Tower.

After equipping a Great Rune, consuming a Rune Arc will grant you its power until death. In the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, the Iris of Grace and Iris of Occultation can also be used this way. Only four can be acquired per playthrough, and two used for quests.

What is a Rune Arc

Rune Arcs are Consumable Items that grant the blessing of an equipped Great Rune. Alternatively, they can be used without an equipped Great Rune for a slight increase to maximum HP.

Rune Arcs can be found throughout the Lands Between, but there are two methods to consistently collect them:

Reward for successfully fulfilling objective as a cooperator in Multiplayer Coop
Dropped by Giant Rats (low drop rate)

If you change the equipped Great Rune, the current Great Rune's effect will be removed. Reactivating the new rune will require another Rune Arc.

Shadow of the Erdtree Great Rune

Miquella's Great Rune

A Great Rune relinquished by Miquella.
Broken and bereft of its bounty, it retains naught but the power to resist charms.
Miquella set off for the tower enshrouded by shadow, abandoning everything—his golden flesh, his blinding strength, even his fate.
All in an effort to bury the original sin. To embrace the whole of it, and be reborn as a new god.

All Great Runes in Elden Ring

Godrick's Great Rune

Great Rune of the shardbearer Godrick.
Its blessing raises all attributes.
This Great Rune is known as the anchor ring, found in the center of the Elden Ring.
The first demigods were The Elden Lord Godfrey and his offspring, the golden lineage.

Rykard's Great Rune

A Great Rune of the shardbearer Rykard.
Its blessing restores HP upon defeating enemies.
Rykard was amongst the children of Rennala and Radagon, who became demigod stepchildren after Radagon's union with Queen Marika.
But Rykard fed himself to the blasphemous serpent, Great Rune and all.

Radahn's Great Rune

A Great Rune of the shardbearer Radahn.
Its blessing raises maximum HP, FP and Stamina.
Radahn was amongst the children of Rennala and Radagon, who became demigod stepchildren after Radagon's union with Queen Marika.
The Great Rune burns, to resist the encroachment of the scarlet rot.

Morgott's Great Rune

A Great Rune of the shardbearer Morgott.
Its blessing greatly raises maximum HP.
This Great Rune is the anchor ring that houses the base, and proves two things:
That the Omen King was born of the golden lineage, and that he was indeed the Lord of Leyndell.

Mohg's Great Rune

A Great Rune of the shardbearer Mohg.
Its blessing grants a blessing of blood to summoned phantoms, and imparts a Phantom Great Rune upon successful invasion.
Mohg and Morgott are twin brothers, and their Great Runes are naturally similar.
But Mohg's rune is soaked in accursed blood, from his devout love for the wretched mire that he was born into far below the earth.

Malenia's Great Rune

A Great Rune of the shardbearer Malenia.
The blessing of this half-rotted rune reduces the healing power of Flask of Crimson Tears.
And yet, due to the infusion of Malenia's spirit of resistance, attacks made immediately after receiving damage will partially recover HP.
Malenia is daughter to Queen Marika and Radagon, and her Great Rune should have been the most sacred of all.

Great Rune of the Unborn

Amber egg clutched by Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. Great Rune of unborn demigods.
Perfects those who have been born anew.
Children born anew by Rennala are all frail and short-lived. Imperfect beings, each and all.

Phantom Great Rune

Item for online play.
Obtained after using the Mohg's Great Rune and invading another world.
Consumed upon use.
Enemies inside the invaded world receive a blessing of blood, which boosts their attack power when blood loss occurs nearby. Also, your HP recovers when blessed enemies defeat a player.

All Mending Runes in Elden Ring

Mending Rune of Perfect Order

Rune discovered by the noble Goldmask.
Used to restore the fractured Elden Ring when brandished by the Elden Lord.
A rune of transcendental ideology which will attempt to perfect the Golden Order.
The current imperfection of the Golden Order, or instability of ideology, can be blamed upon the fickleness of the gods no better than men. That is the fly in the ointment.

Mending Rune of the Death-Prince

Rune gestated by Fia, the Deathbed Companion.
Used to restore the fractured Elden Ring when brandished by the Elden Lord.
Formed of the two hallowbrand half-wheels combined, it will embed the principle of life within Death into Order.
The Golden Order was created by confining Destined Death. Thus, this new Order will be one of Death restored.

Mending Rune of the Fell Curse

Loathsome rune gestated by the Dung Eater.
Used to restore the fractured Elden Ring when brandished by the Elden Lord.
The reviled curse will last eternally, and the world's children, grandchildren, and every generation hence will be its pustules.
If Order is defiled entirely, defilement is defilement no more, and for every curse, a cursed blessing.

Great Runes Table in Elden Ring

Great Rune Name	Effect	Boss	Location	Divine Tower Location	Requires
Miquella's Great Rune	Retains naught but the power to resist charms	Scadutree Avatar	Scadutree Base	N/A	Shadow of the Erdtree DLC
Godrick's Great Rune	Raises all attributes by +5	Godrick the Grafted	Stormveil Castle - Limgrave	Divine Tower of Limgrave	Base game
Rykard's Great Rune	Restores HP upon defeating enemies	Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy	Volcano Manor - Mt. Gelmir	Divine Tower of West Altus	Base game
Radahn's Great Rune	Raises maximum HP, FP and Stamina by 15%	Starscourge Radahn	Redmane Castle - Caelid. Map Link.	Divine Tower of Caelid	Base game
Morgott's Great Rune	Raises maximum HP by 25%	Morgott, the Omen King	Leyndell, Royal Capital	Divine Tower of East Altus	Base game
Mohg's Great Rune	Grants a blessing of blood to phantoms	Mohg, Lord of Blood	Mohgwyn Palace	Divine Tower of East Altus	Base game
Malenia's Great Rune	Attacks recover HP for a short time after taking damage	Malenia, Blade of Miquella	Miquella's Haligtree - Elphael	Isolated Divine Tower	Base game
Great Rune of the Unborn	No active effect. Unlocks character respeccing	Rennala Queen of the Full Moon	Raya Lucaria Academy - Liurnia of the Lakes	N/A	Base game
Phantom Great Rune	Give blessing of blood to enemies in invaded world	N/A	N/A	N/A	Base game