Within Elden Ring and other games developed by FromSoftware, farming is a fantastic tool that can assist you in leveling up your character and weapons, as well as allowing you to purchase new items. In addition to this, it can be helpful when you have a ridiculously high number of runes on the line and you just want to move on to the next level and get rid of the stress! The most straightforward method of farming involves eliminating foes in order to acquire valuable runes. But where exactly are the most ideal places to farm? There are many foes in the game that drop huge quantities of runes; however, as you are probably aware, these foes also tend to be more dangerous and present a greater challenge! After all, you don't want to spend all that time farming runes only to have them stolen by an adversary who is unrelenting in their pursuit of victory.

How to Get There
This farming spot is best suited for levels 50–70, but it can also be an easy spot for higher levels to get those last few extra runes in a hassle-free manner. First, make your way to the Nokstella, Eternal City Site of Grace, which you ought to have unlocked by this point in Elden Ring, particularly if you've been following Ranni's quest line. If you haven't already, click here to do so.

There will be no need to travel a great distance while fighting powerful foes during this run, as all of the foes you need to farm are located on the staircase directly in front of the site of grace.

Which Crops to Farm
The Night Maiden, Electric and standard Silver Tears, and other variants of Silver Tears will be the specific foes that you will be farming. There is a chance that the Night Maiden will drop Night Maiden and Nox armor pieces, in addition to dropping a maximum of 635 runes. The Silver Tears have a chance of dropping Silver Tear Husks in addition to the approximately 445 runes that they drop. Simply eliminating these foes will result in an easy run that will net you approximately 4,500 runes within one to two minutes. Because you can easily block, parry, and counter the Night Maiden, she shouldn't present too much of a challenge to you. Additionally, the Electric Silver Tears are great for farming because their electric area-of-effect attack can eliminate other Silver Tears. You can easily avoid the spear and electric attacks of the Silver Tears because they move slowly and their attacks can be easily anticipated. This allows you to quickly move out of the way of their attacks.

There are two rooms located to the right of the main area, one at the top of the staircase and the other at the bottom. You can farm a little bit more here, but you should be aware that these foes present a slightly greater challenge than the Night Maiden and the Electric Silver Tears. You can find the Nox Swordstress at the very bottom of the screen. She has a long-range attack with her whip that can deal a significant amount of damage, but if you keep your distance from her and attack her head-on, you can defeat her and acquire approximately the same number of runes as the Night Maiden. However, for a safer farming run, I'd say just avoid her.

You will find Shielded Silver Tears at the top of the staircase. These Silver Tears are identical to the standard Silver Tears, with the exception that, as their name suggests, they have shields. Because of this, in order to attack them, you will need to get to the sides of their body that are not defended. However, because they are a group, this is not always an easy task, as you run the risk of being attacked and cornered by the other members of the group. Similar to the Nox Swordstress, the Shielded Silver Tears drop approximately the same number of runes as the electric ones. Therefore, it is generally not worth the hassle, and it is easier to rest at the Site of Grace and repeat the base run again. If you continue past the staircase, along the platform, over the bridge, and up the next staircase where the Silver Sphere has come from, you can also find another group of Silver Tears and Electric Silver Tears, where you can also farm approximately 14,000 runes! This can be helpful if you are willing to have a slightly longer run and have faith in your ability to avoid colliding with the annoying Silver Sphere.

If you are looking for runes in Nokstella but don't want to put yourself in a position where you could lose them permanently to a powerful foe, then you should head to this location. If you choose to take this simple route, you will face foes that shouldn't give you much trouble at all, and you will be rewarded with a respectable number of runes.