Limgrave Tunnels

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Overview

The first of the Lands Between's mines: a smithing-stone working on the shore of Agheel Lake, entered by a lift, its walls glowing yellow with the stone that every weapon in the world is sharpened on, and its galleries still held by the miners who dig it.

History

Elden Ring's tunnels are mines in the plainest sense — the source of smithing stone, the material with which every armament in the Lands Between is strengthened at a smithing table. Limgrave Tunnels is the first of them a traveller is likely to find, on the north shore of Agheel Lake, and it establishes the pattern the rest follow: a lift descending into worked galleries, ore glowing in the walls, and hostile miners who fight anyone who comes down. The workings yield smithing stone of the first order and glintstone scrap, with rarer somber smithing stone as well. Their guardian is a Stonedigger Troll, and rats and carrion share the lower galleries. The same miners, with pickaxes some of which are hot-tipped, work at least six named tunnels across the world — Limgrave, Sealed, Morne, Gael, Old Altus and Yelough Anix — which makes them the closest thing the game has to an industry. That industry has a market. Deeper in the world, in the Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel, the Crystalian guarding the workings carries a Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing; given to the Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold, it opens a permanent supply of the stone for sale. A mine's output reaching a merchant's counter is an unusually concrete piece of economics for a game of this kind.

Workings

Entered by a platform lift from the surface, dropping past two galleries to the level holding the site of grace; further ledges and drops lead down through the workings. Smithing stone is taken from yellow glowing stone in the walls; a torch is needed for the darker sections.

Closure

Not applicable — the mine is in production when the player arrives and its miners resist the intrusion.

What became of it

Active. Miners work the galleries, a Stonedigger Troll holds the depths, and the stone is still there to be taken.

Canon & adaptations

None found; the tunnels are consistently presented across the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, which adds further smithing-stone sites without altering these.

Recorded claims

Each claim is marked with its basis — explicit canon, MineArchive inference, adaptation only, or fandom interpretation — and attached to the source(s) below. Where tellings disagree, both are kept.

• The tunnels yield smithing stone, used at a smithing table to strengthen armaments; nine Smithing Stone [1] are found in Limgrave Tunnels, mostly as yellow glowing stones on the walls, along with glintstone scrap and a somber smithing stone. (explicit canon)
• Miners are hostile humanoid enemies found in tunnels and mining caves, occurring in Limgrave Tunnels, the Sealed Tunnel, Morne Tunnel, Gael Tunnel, Old Altus Tunnel and Yelough Anix Tunnel; some carry hot-tipped pickaxes. (explicit canon)
• The tunnels' boss is a Stonedigger Troll, with giant rats and rotten strays among the lesser enemies. (explicit canon)
• The Smithing-Stone Miner's Bell Bearing, dropped by the Crystalian in the Raya Lucaria Crystal Tunnel, allows smithing stones to be bought from the Twin Maiden Husks at the Roundtable Hold. (explicit canon)

Sources

1. (interpretation) Limgrave Tunnels — Elden Ring Wiki (Fextralife)
2. (interpretation) Miner — Elden Ring Wiki (Fextralife)
3. (interpretation) Smithing Stone [1] — Elden Ring Wiki (Fextralife)

Record created: 6 September 2026 · Last researched: 6 September 2026