Here’s where to find and how to kill Furnace Golems in Shadow of the Erdtree
Want to know all Furnace Golem locations in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree?You’ll likely encounter a Furnace Golem as soon as you startShadow Of The Erdtree. There are8 Furnace Golemsin total inElden Ringand they can be fearsome beasts with few weaknesses.
If you’re after a challenge, or simply want to farm for the Furnace Visages and Crystal Tears that they drop, we have listed all Furnace Golem locations in the DLC along with top tips onhow to kill Furnace Golems. With this, you should be ready to explore the Land of Shadowmapand take on these fiery giants.
All Furnace Golem locations in Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree
There are8 Furnace Golemsscattered across the map in the following locations:
To take a Furnace Golem down, follow these steps:
Let’s break these points down in greater detail. In short, Furnace Golems are huge, intimidating, and totally invulnerable to all damage on most of their lumbering bodies except for a few key areas. If you try target locking a Furnace Golem you’ll notice that you can only target theface plateson their front, theflaming opening on their upper backs, and sometimes theirlegs. These are the places where you can actually land attacks - and as you progress further into Shadow of the Erdtree, you’ll run into Furnace Golem with armoured legs, meaning that you’ll have to go for the face plate and the back.
This is easier said than done, since Furnace Golems can spot you from quite a distance away. Torrent is essential for dealing with these mighty foes, as they’ll often acknowledge your arrival by stomping their feet and unleashing a wave of fire that’ll wreck your health bar and catch you off guard if you’re on foot. Other times, particularly if you approach them from behind, they’ll shoot off a multitude of fireballs that cascade down upon your Tarnished like rain. If that wasn’t enough, Furnace Golems can also leap into the air and cause an explosion upon landing, which is avoidable via Torrent’s double jumps, but just barely.
If you do manage to get close enough to a Furnace Golem to hit the legs, bring out your strongest weapons and smash away. If you get lucky and can make them stagger three times in a row, the Furnace Golem will suffer a Stance Break and topple. You’ll be able to get a critical hit on its face plate if this happens, dealing a huge chunk into its health. You can also target the legs and face plate with sorceries like Night Comet or projectiles like Greatarrows, which is a bit easier if you manage to meet the Furnace Golem on slightly elevated terrain.
When it comes to Furnace Golems, you can ironically fight fire with fire - as long as you haveHefty Fire PotsorHefty Furnace Potsat your disposal. If you manage to chuck one of these pots directly into the vulnerable opening on a Furnace Golem’s back (once again, this is immeasurably easier if you’re standing above the golem rather than beneath it), the resulting explosion will be super effective.
Once you kill a Furnace Golem, it’ll drop aCrystal Tearthat you can mix in your Flask of Wondrous Physick. Ironically, they’ll also dropFurnace Visages, which can be used to craft Hefty Furnace Pots, which you can then use to kill more Furnace Golems. In that sense, farming Furnace Golems for Crystal Tears is a worthwhile, self-sustaining process.
To craft a Hefty Fire Pot, you’ll first need to pick up theGreater Potentate’s Cookbook 1. This Cookbook is located within theScorched Ruinsin the Gravesite Plain, so should be simple enough to acquire. Afterwards, you can craft the throwable with the following ingredients:
The recipe for the Hefty Furnace Pot is within theGreater Potentate’s Cookbook 2. This Cookbook is located on a corpse inside theRun-Down Traveler’s Rest, north of the Three-Path Cross and just below the Greatbridge entrance to Castle Ensis. Once you have this, you need the following ingredients to craft a Hefty Furnace Pot:
With these tips in your arsenal, hopefully your fight against Shadow of the Erdtree’s lumbering fire giants is just a tad bit easier! For more on Elden Ring’s massive expansion, check out our tips on how tostart Shadow Of The Erdtree as quickly as possible. We’ve also got a guide on thelocations of all 78 bossesin the Shadow Realm, as well as a guide to thebest order to tackle the main bosses. And if you’re hankering for new weapons, take a peek at our guides to acquiring theGreat Katanaand theBeast Claw.
