All Elden Ring Larval Tear locations

Elden Ring, much like FromSoftware's previous souls-like titles, offers a traditional leveling system, where your build is defined by the attributes you choose to invest points into. Although you do get to pick a starting class, which defines your playstyle for the first few hours, you eventually switch to better weapons and build as you progress through the game.

While you are locked into your starting build and attributes for the first dozen or so hours of Elden Ring, you can eventually reallocate your stat points, completely switching your build, and also playstyle. However, to respec your character, you will need to meet some prerequisites, which aren't that straightforward.

One of the resources required to reallocate your attribute points is the Larval Tears, which, much like the Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones in Elden Ring, are quite rare and available in very limited quantities per playthrough.

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List of all Larval Tear locations in Elden Ring

The prerequisites to reallocate your attribute points in Elden Ring include reaching Liurnia, making your way to Raya Lucaria Academy, and defeating the boss of the legacy dungeon - Renalla, Queen of the Full Moon. Once you defeat Renalla, you'll be given the Great Rune of the Unborn, which essentially allows the reallocation of stat points.

The Larval Tear (Image via FromSoftware)

Similar to Dark Souls 3, reallocating your attribute points requires you to use a rare-to-find resource. However, unlike Dark Souls 3's Pale Tongue, which can be farmed endlessly, the Larval Tears in Elden Ring, are available in a very limited quantity in a single playthrough.

There are a total of 18 Larval Tears that you can find in a single playthrough, with the only way of getting more being NG+ cycles. Here are all the Larval Tear locations in Elden Ring:

• Larval Tear 1: Can be found near the Agheel Lake South Site of Grace in West Limgrave. You need to defeat a Noble standing near the plateau close to the Site of Grace, who then transforms into a Runebear, to get the Larval Tear.
• Larval Tear 2: In East Limgrave, head down the well to reach the Siofra River Well. Proceed north of the second Site of Grace, which will eventually lead you to a hidden merchant, who sells a Larval Tear for 3000 runes.
• Larval Tear 3: This Larval Tear can be found near the Village of Albinaurics Site of Grace.
• Larval Tear 4: From the Boilprawn Shack, head north and you will find a giant crayfish. Kill the crayfish, which will transform into a Grafted Scion. Defeating the Grafted Scion will reward you with the Larval Tear.
• Larval Tear 5: This Larval Tear can be found at Pidia, the servant of the caria manor, in the Three Sisters area of Northern Liurnia. This is the same area where you meet Ranni, the Witch.
• Larval Tear 6: Can be found at the graveyard in the northernmost region of Three Sisters. You do need to get the Resurrection Painting from the Artist's Shack near Carian Study Hall to get access to the Larval Tear in the graveyard.
• Larval Tear 7: Can be found in the graveyard west of the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid.
• Larval Tear 8: Near the first Site of Grace in Nocron, Eternal City. Nocron is only accessible after you defeat Starscourge Radahn.
• Larval Tear 9: Can be found near the Mimic Tear boss fight arena, in Nocron, Eternal City.
• Larval Tears 10 and 11: You get two Larval Tears as rewards for defeating the Mimic Tear boss in Nocron, Eternal City.
• Larval Tear 12: Can be found in Nocron, Eternal City, while going through Ranni's questline in Night's Sacred Ground. Progressing through the questline, you will eventually arrive at an area where you will face a Silver Sphere guarded by two Nox. Defeat the Sphere to get a Larval Tear.
• Larval Tear 13: At Altus Plateau, near the Rampartside Path Site of Grace, you will find a ruined cathedral towards the north. Underneath the cathedral, you will find a stray Noble, who will transform into a Bladed Lion if attacked Defeat the Noble to get a Larval Tear.
• Larval Tear 14: Near the Volcano Manor entrance, head south, until you reach a pyre with a single zombie munching on the corpses. Attacking the zombie will transform it into a Wormface. Defeat the Wormface to get a Larval Tear.
• Larval Tears 15, 16, and 17: After you descend into Nokstella, Eternal City, you will eventually come across three Silver Spheres in each of the rooms near the stairs close to the Site of Grace. Defeating each of the Spheres grants you one Larval Tear each.
• Larval Tear 18: Can be found near the Inner Consecrated Snowfield. You will find three nobles digging the ground near the Site of Grace. Attacking them will transform them into a Runebear, which you need to defeat to get the final Larval Tear in Elden Ring.

You can switch your playstyle and builds as many times as you want in Elden Ring, as long as you have Larval Tears available to you (Image via FromSoftware)

Do note that once you exhaust all the 18 Larval Tears in a single playthrough of Elden Ring, you will be locked from reallocating your attribute points any further, until New Game+. All 18 Larval Tears reappear in New Game+ cycles.