2. Learn Crafting Recipes Early
Acquire Cookbooks: Purchase cookbooks from merchants and explore to Elden Ring Items find hidden ones in caves or dungeons. Each cookbook unlocks specific consumables, from healing items to buffs, allowing you to adapt to various challenges while out in the world.
Prioritize Essential Cookbooks: Start by getting cookbooks for crafting healing items and status cures (like the Nomadic Warrior’s Cookbooks), as these can save you in tight situations. Later, expand to offensive and rune-boosting recipes.
3. Crafting Healing Items
Crafted Crimson and Cerulean Tears: If you run out of regular Flasks, crafted health, and FP recovery items are a lifesaver. Focus on collecting materials like Erdleaf Flowers and Rowa Fruit to craft restorative items whenever you’re low on flasks.
Boluses for Status Ailments: Neutralizing Boluses (for poison) and Preserving Boluses (for cheap Elden Ring Items Scarlet Rot) can be crafted once you have the recipes. Stockpile materials like Cave Moss and Sacramental Buds, especially before entering areas with heavy status afflictions, like the swamps.