How to Get the Mimic Tear in Elden Ring
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How to Get the Mimic Tear in Elden Ring
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The Mimic Tear is Elden Ring’s most iconic Spirit Ash — the idea of fighting alongside a perfect copy of yourself that uses your exact moves, spells, and combat style is both mechanically effective and narratively fascinating given the game’s themes of imitation and reflection. At +10 it genuinely functions as a second player, drawing boss aggression, dealing significant damage, and using your Flasks intelligently. The Nokron location makes it a mid-game reward requiring Radahn as a prerequisite, but most players find it worth the detour immediately. Remember to upgrade it with Ghost Glovewort through Roderika — a +0 Mimic Tear is a shadow of what the +10 version can do.
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How to Get the Mimic Tear
The Mimic Tear Ashes are found in a chest behind a fog wall in Night’s Sacred Ground — the underground area of Nokron, Eternal City. The fog wall requires a Stonesword Key to open. Nokron is only accessible after defeating Radahn.
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Defeat Radahn to unlock Nokron. Nokron, Eternal City only becomes accessible after defeating Starscourge Radahn in Caelid — his death causes a meteor to crash into southern Limgrave, opening a hole leading underground. Find the crater in the Mistwood area of south Limgrave and descend into it to enter Nokron.
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Progress through Nokron to Night’s Sacred Ground. From the Nokron, Eternal City Site of Grace, navigate through the city’s rooftops and streets, defeat the Mimic Tear boss encounter (a copy of your character — unequip your gear before fighting it to make it completely harmless), then continue to the Night’s Sacred Ground area beyond.
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Find the fog wall in Night’s Sacred Ground. In Night’s Sacred Ground, navigate the area until you find a glowing fog wall sealed by a Stonesword Key imp statue. These statues require 1 or 2 Stonesword Keys to activate — the Mimic Tear chest requires 1 Stonesword Key. Interact with the imp statue while holding a Stonesword Key to dispel the fog.
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Open the chest inside for the Mimic Tear Ashes. Behind the fog wall is a small room with a single chest containing the Mimic Tear Ashes. Collect them — they are automatically added to your inventory. Equip them to your quick slots and summon using the Spirit Calling Bell near any Rebirth Monument or boss fog gate.
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Upgrade immediately at Roderika. The Mimic Tear at +0 is significantly weaker than at max level. Visit Roderika at Roundtable Hold (after completing her questline) and upgrade the Mimic Tear using Ghost Glovewort. Push it to +10 as a priority — Ghost Glovewort [1] through [9] are found in Nokron and other underground areas, with the final Ghost Glovewort [9] from the Haligtree or Deeproot Depths.
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Unequip your gear before the Mimic Tear boss fight: in Nokron you fight a Mimic Tear boss before reaching the chest — it copies your exact loadout. Unequip all your weapons and armor before triggering the fight and the boss deals almost zero damage. Re-equip after the fight. This is one of the most well-known cheese strategies in the game.
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It copies your current equipment when summoned: the Mimic Tear ashes snapshot your gear at the moment of summoning — it uses whatever weapons, armor, and spells you have equipped when you ring the bell. Swap to your best offensive loadout before summoning for maximum Mimic damage output in boss fights.
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Costs HP instead of FP to summon: uniquely among Spirit Ashes, the Mimic Tear costs HP to summon rather than FP. This means you can summon it even with zero FP — useful for builds with low Mind investment. Drink a flask immediately after summoning to restore the HP cost before engaging the boss.
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Best Spirit Ash for most builds: the Mimic Tear at +10 is the strongest general-purpose Spirit Ash in the game for most builds — it deals the same damage you do and uses your spells, weapon arts, and consumables intelligently. For builds with low damage output, Black Knife Tiche may survive longer due to her mobility.
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Stonesword Keys are found throughout the Lands Between: if you need a Stonesword Key and don’t have one, they are sold by the Nomadic Merchant near the Stormhill Shack in Limgrave for 2,000 Runes each, and found as loot in many early-game areas. Always keep 2–3 in reserve for fog walls like this one.
Where is the Mimic Tear in Elden Ring?
The Mimic Tear Ashes are in a chest behind a Stonesword Key fog wall in Night’s Sacred Ground — the deeper section of Nokron, Eternal City. Nokron is accessed through a meteor crater in south Limgrave after defeating Radahn. Progress through Nokron past the Mimic Tear boss encounter to reach Night’s Sacred Ground.
How do I unlock Nokron to get the Mimic Tear?
Defeat Starscourge Radahn at Redmane Castle in Caelid — his death causes a meteor to open a passage into Nokron in the Mistwood area of south Limgrave. Find the large crater south of the Mistwood and descend through it to enter Nokron, Eternal City.
How do you beat the Mimic Tear boss in Nokron?
The easiest method is to unequip all your weapons and armor before triggering the boss fight — the Mimic copies your loadout at the moment it spawns. With no weapons equipped the boss deals almost no damage and can be easily defeated with your bare hands or a weak weapon. Re-equip after the fight.
Does the Mimic Tear cost FP or HP to summon?
The Mimic Tear costs HP to summon rather than FP — making it unique among Spirit Ashes. This means builds with low Mind investment can still summon it freely regardless of FP pool. Drink a crimson flask immediately after summoning to recover the HP cost before engaging the boss.