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| Location | Typically found in graveyards across the Lands Between |
| Drops |  108 - 682 RunesGrave Scythe Human Bone Shard |
Skeleton Mage is a Humanoid Enemy in Elden Ring. Skeleton Mages are Skeleton creatures with low spell-casting abilities. Their soul remains on their body for a moment after defeated, and if they receive no attack during this period, they will come back to life with full health.
…Aged grave keepers who tend the forgotten graveyards throughout the Lands Between.
Elden Ring Skeleton Mage Locations
Where to Find Skeleton Mage:
- Liurnia of the Lakes, west of the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace.
- Stillwater Cave.
- Caelid, southwest of the entrance to Sellia Hideaway past the arch-shaped root.
Elden Ring Skeleton Mage Drops
Remember to hit them again once you defeat them so you don't let them come back to life and you will only then obtain your runes.
- 108 - 682 Runes
- Grave Scythe
- Human Bone Shard
Skeleton Mage Notes & Tips
- Skeleton Mages either summon a fast-moving skull projectile, or a slower moving skull that explodes when you get too close.
- Other notes go here.
Skeleton Mage Image Gallery
AnonymousI’ve been farming these things for like a day straight. I have so many bone shards I could probably make a whole skull but I still don’t have a single Grave Scythe
To my knowledge, this is the easiest way to farm Skelemages in Limgrave. (Note: I said easiest, not fastest. There's probably a faster spot with more skeletons, but it's undoubtedly more dangerous.)
In northern Limgrave, close to where you find D for the first time, is the Summonwater Village Outskirts site of grace. Directly ahead of the grace is Summonwater Village, and there are ruins on both sides of the flooded section. If you're looking at the village from the grace, there is a skeleton mage and two skeleton militiamen waiting inside the first set of ruins to the right of the flooded section. One militiaman is laying on the ground pretending to be dead when you first come in, and the other militiaman is guarding the mage next to a window. This location takes about 5 seconds to run to (on Torrent) from the grace and the enemies are incredibly weak. (Note: You don't need to fight the Tibia Mariner for this farming spot. You can ignore him)
My advice would be to grab a striking weapon beforehand since most undead take extra damage from striking weapons. Easiest is starting with the Wretch class, but you could also grab the Morningstar, the warpick from a Godrick Soldier, or if you have roundtable access, you can also just buy the mace from the twin maiden husks.) And grab the sacred blade AOW from the scarab beside the third church of Marika. This combo will basically guarantee even an un-upgraded hit will one-shot all three skeletons.
If whatever you were farming for drops, awesome. You're done. If not, fast travel back to the site of grace and repeat until it does.
I think the entire loop takes about 10-15 seconds once you get the hang of it.
- Anonymous
are there any nuances I should know for farming skelly mages?
- Anonymous
easy farm,
start as knight. go pick up "Lordsworn's greatsword" next to gatefront site of grace
pick up sacred blade near third church of marika.
put sacred blade AoW on the greatsword and 2 h it.
go to lake facing cliff site of grace farm area, use ash of war on 1st mage, and running heavy on the two others, this will 1 shot each of them, and make sure you dont need to hit their corpses. and you can be farming within 15 minutes of starting a character
- Anonymous
I want their armor SO BAD! It's so drippy cmon fromsoft please
- Anonymous
No mention at all that these things can vomit death smoke on you from above while t-posing…
- Anonymous
3 can be found east of Mistwood Ruins that can drop scythe. Still better off farming at the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace unless you want one before then.
- Anonymous
you can kill them easier with holy damage then you don't need to hit them one more time to prevent resurection.
- Anonymous
What I find silly is that these undead are not vulnerable to the Heal spells like the Revenants and Wraiths are.
- Anonymous
I got two of these quickly from the gravyard just north west of the Church of Irith. You can respawn at the Lake-Facing Cliffs grace, just behind the Stormhill Castle. Theres 3 skeletons who can drop it in that graveyard.
- Anonymous
There's one that spawns in the graveyard to the summonwater village in Limgrave.
- Anonymous
There's a spawn for the grave scythe next to the church of vows. You need to let them fully spawn in, then kill them in their "revival" state to get item drops. I used the silver scarab and the silver pickled fowl foot and got it in 5 minutes.
- Anonymous
I found a good farm for the scythe at the Snow Valley Ruins Overlook in Mountaintop of the Giants. Spawn there and head northeast along the cliff edge, about 20 steps next to tree stump will be one mage skeleton. Two snails spawn next to it so you can kill the snails or just jump off the cliff and reload. Hope this helps
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Confirm. 10 minutes in Liurnia of the Lakes, South Graveyard (front Church of Irith)
- Anonymous
Holy damage doesn't seem to do anything against them, they still get back up unless you hit them twice. I also killed about 270 of them while farming the Grave Scythe, all I got was 1 scythe and 9 human bone shards.
- Anonymous
I think you guys got the wrong image. Those big axe skeletons most definitely don't cast spells. Although they do pack a punch and they could drop their axe, so maybe they should have their own wiki page.
- Anonymous
Do they have a chan e to drop their hoods? Can anyone confirm?
I hate how you can’t summon them as a spirit ash:(
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