Many players have expressed confusion over how Great Runes work and whether Great Runes are always active.
If youre one of them, youll find all your answers here.
The item description will list a Divine Tower location, which well detail later.
Visit the top of that tower and interact with the Rune there to charge that Great Rune.
You will now be able to equip that Great Rune at any site of Grace.
However, an equipped Great Rune IS NOT always active.
This is where most players get tripped up.
This makes Rune Arcs a very precious and limited resource.
We’ll walk through each Great Rune and its associated Divine Tower location next.
Weapons that scale off of multiple stats will gain a sizeable damage boost from Godricks Great Rune.
you could charge it at theDivine Tower of Limgraveusing our step by step guide.
Rennalas Great Rune is charged automatically, so you wont have to worry about tracking down a Divine Tower.
However, you also cant equip Rennalas Great Rune.
Its only purpose is to enablerespecs, which it will do automatically by resting in your inventory.
Still, hes worth defeating before the final act of the game to progress several questlines, includingRannisandFias.
Plus, he has an excellent Great Rune, which raises your HP, FP, and Stamina.
Unlike most Great Runes, Rykards is largely useless in a boss fight.
However, it can be nice for clearing particularly long side dungeons where health flask charges become precious.
Defeat the boss and exit through the back of the arena to reach the foot of the tower.
His Great Rune greatly increases your HP, making it the best Rune for pure survivability.
However, on the bridge to the tower, you will be ambushed by a duo of Omen bosses.
However, acquiring it can be a little confusing.
The Great Rune is a reward from the Lord of Blood fight, found in Moghwyns Palace.
Frankly, the use cases for this Great Rune are pretty limited.
This synergizes well with any build that likes to get quick counter combos in after taking a hit.
Of course, Malenias Isolated Divine Tower is also fittingly complicated to reach.
Explaining this also requires major spoilers for the very end of the game, so consider yourself warned.
However, it is found on the last Divine Tower, so weve included it to complete our list.
The Cursemark is also an important part ofRanniandFias questswhich lead to two major side bosses.
The witch will reward you with the Carian Inverted Statue.
Navigate through the Study Hall to the now properly-oriented central lift and ascend to the top.
Thats every Great Rune and Divine Tower in Elden Ring!
Weve also got a list of thebest talismans and where to find themto help round out your character.
