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Increase your rune farming potential.
The Elden Ring Golden Scarab talisman increases the runes that drop from enemies, meaning you can level up faster or make those rune farming spots even more lucrative. Of course, getting an item so valuable is going to take a little effort on your part, but the boss you need to beat to get it is available fairly early on.
There are plenty of places to explore in the Lands Between and you should find you have no problem collecting runes with which to level up. But increasing the amount you get per kill will help you get ready for the challenge of tougher areas. Here’s where to find this special talisman, and how to reach the Elden Ring Abandoned Cave in which it’s located. 
Make your way east from the Site of Grace. You can avoid all of the enemies here by following the fiery wall until you reach the ravine, then head south. You should see a broken tree spanning the gap and you need to use this as a bridge to get across. Check the screenshots above to see the exact location.
Once inside, you can activate the Abandoned Cave Site of Grace before proceeding. This dungeon isn’t particularly large, but there are a lot of Scarlet Rot pools to navigate, as well as poison-spewing enemies. You should watch out for the geysers too as these will damage you even when they’re not erupting. When you’ve made it through, you’ll need to face the boss—a pair of Cleanrot Knights.
Take out the knight with the spear first as he’s far more dangerous, then deal with the sickle knight. Once both have been defeated, you’re rewarded with the Golden Scarab talisman.
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Sarah’s earliest gaming memories involve playing Jet Set Willy on the ZX Spectrum at a friend’s house. These days, and when not writing guides, most of her spare time goes into MMOs—though she’s quite partial to JRPGs too. She has spent much of the last decade playing the likes of Star Wars: The Old Republic, TERA, Final Fantasy 14, and World of Warcraft. Sarah has been writing about games for several years and, before joining PC Gamer, freelanced for the likes of TechRadar, GamingBible, and Rock Paper Shotgun. One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you.
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