How To Get Glintstone Nail & Glintstone Nails Sorcery In Elden Ring - Shadow Of The Erdtree (2024)

In Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, magic players can enjoy an array of new spells to take down various enemies inhabiting the Realm of Shadow. Some spells, like the Glintstone Nail and Glintstone Nails can be purchased from Count Ymir, an NPC you can interact with.

Ymir doesn’t teach you the spells right away, but gives you a Ruins Map and a Hole-Laden Necklace . Once you complete Ymir’s request to sound a bell, you can return to him and purchase the Glintstone Nail and Nails sorceries. Let’s get to finding Ymir, fulfilling his request, and then purchasing the coveted sorceries in Shadow of the Erdtree.

Where To Find Count Ymir In Shadow Of The Erdtree

Count Ymir is located in the Catherdral of Manus Metyr in the eastern region of the map. You can get to this cathedral in two ways:

• Clear Castle Ensis, defeat Rellana, Twin Moon Knight, and then reach Scadu Altus.
• Skip Castle Ensis for now, travel east from the Castle Front Site of Grace, and find the Spirit Springs that take you to Scadu Altus.

Whichever way you choose to reach Scadu Altus, make sure to discover the Moorth Ruins Site of Grace, which is where the journey to finding the cathedral begins.

From the Moorth Ruins, head east to find an opening in the ruins below. Carefully descend to the bottom and follow a tunnel leading southeast towards a ladder.

Climb the ladder to reach Bonny Village. Travel northwest over two bridges to discover the Bridge Leading to the Village Site of Grace.

Follow the road north until you reach the Cathedral of Manus Metyr. Here, you can interact with Count Ymir and accept his task.

How To Complete Count Ymir’s Favor

To complete Count Ymir’s task, you must head all the way to the southern region of the map to discover the Cerulean Coast. From the Cerulean Coast Site of Grace, ride south and past the Ghostflame Dragon. Continue riding until you find the map fragment pillar. Collect the map fragment, and take an immediate left through the ruins.

Now, travel northeast to find a shoreline, and follow it all the way to reach another ruined region.

Ride north of the ruins, and once you reach its end, turn northeast, and parkour your way to find the Finger Ruins of Rhia, and the corresponding Site of Grace.

From the Finger Ruins of Rhia, ride northeast while sticking to the rocky descent along the hill. Once you’re on flat ground, ride north to find the Hanging Bell.

Sound the Hanging Bell to acquire the Crimson Seed Talisman +1 . You have now completed Count Ymir’s first task, and you can now return to him for further dialogue. Interacting with Ymir for the second time will get you the second Ruins Map (2nd) , Beloved Stardust talisman, and he will now teach you sorceries.

Glintstone Nail & Glintstone Nails Sorcery Requirements & Overview

You can purchase the Glintstone Nail and Glintstone Nails sorceries from Count Ymir for 12,000 runes each.

Casting the Glintstone Nail sorcery, shoots a shattering nail at the enemy. However, the Glintstone Nails fires a set of six shattering nails at the enemy. If the sorcery misses the target, it circles back, and tries to make it to the target, which makes it excellent against enemies that tend to dodge spells.

Base Game

Elden Ring

Platform

Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One

Released

June 21, 2024

Developer(s)

FromSoftware

Publisher(s)

Bandai Namco Entertainment , FromSoftware

Genre

Soulslike , RPG