Meet the Isolated Merchant: Your Source for Elden Ring’s Twigs

In RPG games, when your character dies, something not-so-fun happens. You usually lose stuff or have to start over. Some games don’t make dying the same as failing, but it can still be frustrating to lose your hard-earned items. Games from a company called FromSoftware are famous for making players ‘die’ a lot, and there’s not much you can do about it.

Now, in a game called Elden Ring, you face lots of tough enemies and big bosses. Even a tiny mistake can make your character die. But here’s the deal: it’s okay to die many times while fighting these bosses. But every time your character dies, you lose something called runes, and that can feel pretty harsh, especially if you had a bunch of them.

But there’s a trick! In Elden Ring, you can use something called Sacrificial Twigs to save your runes. Just know that using a twig is like using up a special item, and it goes away when your character dies instead of losing your runes.

But wait, there’s more! There’s this character in the game, an NPC, who likes to steal 10% of your runes when you die. To stop this NPC from taking your stuff, you need to go to Stormveil Castle and defeat a guy named Gatekeeper Gostoc. That way, your runes will be safer when you’re exploring the world of Elden Ring.

What Happens When Your Character Dies in Elden Ring

In Elden Ring, don’t worry too much about dying. It happens quite often, but it’s not too harsh. When you kick the bucket in the game, your character drops all the runes and comes back to life at the last checkpoint, which is called the Site of Grace. Or, you can choose to respawn at the nearest Stake of Marike, but you can’t appear too close to your enemies with this method.

If you want to avoid dying so much, you can level up your vitality. That’ll make it harder for you to die. When you do die, you lose all the runes you’ve collected up to that point, but don’t fret; you can go back to where you last respawned and pick them up again.

Here’s the catch, though: if you die again before getting your dropped runes back, they’re gone for good. So, be super careful after you die, and try not to meet your end twice in a row. And one more thing, you’ll leave behind some bloodstains where you died, and when you touch them, you can see how you met your end in the game.

How to Use Sacrificial Twigs in Elden Ring

Remember that special thing called a sacrificial twig? Well, it’s like a magic item in the game. It’s usually used to make your character stronger in different ways. Here’s what it officially says about it:

“A talisman made from a dried twig, so thin that it could break easily.

It stops you from losing your runes when you die, but the twig disappears when you use it.

People think it’s a twig that was trimmed from the Erdtree a long time ago.”

So, when you have this twig in your stuff, it works automatically. If your character dies, it’ll save your runes from disappearing. Pretty handy, right?

Where to Find Sacrificial Twigs in Elden Ring

Over at the Sleeping Peninsula, there’s this special merchant who’s pretty much on their own. They’ll buy that sacrificial twig from you. They’ll pay you 3,000 Runes for it, which might seem like a lot, but it’s totally worth it because of what it does.

Now, if you’re good at getting your runes back after you die, maybe you don’t need this. But if you want to make your life easier and not have to worry about losing your stuff, buying one of these twigs could be a smart move. You might really like how it helps you out.

Isolated Merchant at Weeping Peninsula

You can find this merchant inside a little hut at the southwest corner of the Weeping Peninsula. If you haven’t found this spot yet, you can try heading southwest from the Fourth Church of Marika.

Getting to this place isn’t too tough during your adventures. And when you visit the merchant, here’s a list of what they’re selling, including those Sacrificial Twigs:

• Lantern: 1800 Runes
• Arteria Leaf: 1000 Runes
• Sonesword Key: 2000 Runes
• Zweihander: 3500 Runes
• Lost Ashes of War: 3000 Runes
• Arrow: 20 Runes
• Great Arrow: 300 Runes
• Bolt: 40 Runes
• Ballista Bolt: 300 Runes
• Sacrificial Twig: 3000 Runes
• Note: Walking Mausoleum: 600 Runes

So, if you need any of these items, this is the place to go!

The Toughest Ways to Go in Elden Ring

In Elden Ring, not all deaths are the same. Some can be really tough, while others are pretty easy to shrug off. But remember, in this game, death is pretty common.

So, it’s important to be careful and choose your battles wisely. Here are some of the worst ways to meet your end in Elden Ring:

• Getting Eaten by a Statue: Yes, you read that right. There’s a boss that looks like a big statue with a swinging pendulum, and it can pull you inside to devour you.
• Being Booted by High Damage: Recently, there was a bug in Elden Ring where if you got hit too hard by a character called Raya Lucaria Sorcerer, the game would kick you out and disconnect you.
• The Horse Glitch: There’s also a weird glitch where you can suddenly teleport into the sky, disappear, and then die when you try to call your horse.

Now, while there are many ways to meet a gruesome end in the game, these three are some of the worst. And getting back your runes, which you lose when you die, can be really tough, especially if you die because of glitches and bugs. So, it’s a good idea to keep a sacrificial twig handy, just in case.

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