Elden Ring: How to Get Rusted Anchor

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During your journey in The Lands Between, you will encounter various weapons in Elden Ring. Fans of the Dark Souls series will be delighted to find classic weapons like claymores and katanas in FromSoft's highly successful open-world title. However, not all weapons belong to traditional medieval classes. There are several funky and ridiculous weapons in Elden Ring, such as the Rusted Anchor.

When thinking of Soulsborne games, many fans might imagine battling some eldritch horror while wielding a giant greatsword like Guts from Berserk. While plenty of horrifying enemies exist in The Lands Between, you don't necessarily need to be a classic swordsman to become the Elden Lord. The Rusted Anchor is one of the few weapons on the humorous side of Elden Ring. It is a giant, heavy, rusty anchor that scales highly with Strength.

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Elden Ring: Rusted Anchor Location Guide

The Rusted Anchor is a reward for defeating the Scaly Misbegotten boss in the Morne Tunnel of the Weeping Peninsula. This dungeon is in one of the earliest areas of Elden Ring, making this odd weapon easily accessible to even new players.

Players who still need to venture into the Weeping Peninsula can go south of Limgrave. From The First Step site of grace, where you meet Varré for the first time, head east to find the Agheel Lake South site of grace at the lake's edge. From there, follow the south path to reach the Bridge of Sacrifice. After reaching the Bridge of Sacrifice site of grace, head east to enter the Demi-Human Forests. Now, all you have to do is head south to find the Morne Tunnel. The entrance to the Morne Tunnel is also marked on the map with a red cave icon.

Morne Tunnel is one of the early-game dungeons in Elden Ring. In this tunnel, players will mostly encounter misbegottens and miners. At the bottom, you will find a tunnel leading to the Scaly Misbegotten boss. This enemy's attacks are slow and easy to dodge, even for beginner Tarnished. Moreover, the Scaly Misbegotten has comparatively low poise, meaning heavy weapons with high stance damage can easily knock it out.

Elden Ring - Scaly Misbegotten boss defeated

Once you have defeated the Scaly Misbegotten boss in Morne Tunnel, you will receive the Rusted Anchor weapon in Elden Ring.

Is the Rusted Anchor Good or Not?

It may surprise some players, but the Rusted Anchor is a greataxe weapon in Elden Ring. Like all greataxes, it primarily scales with Strength and a bit with Dexterity. Being on the heavier side, the Rusted Anchor offers stance damage and high-poise movesets. Players can equip a high-poise armor set to use the Rusted Anchor without worry and use its incredible stance damage to bring enemies to their knees.

By default, the Rusted Anchor has the Barbaric Roar skill, which buffs and alters your strong attacks. However, you can also add new Ashes of War and change the affinity of the Rusted Anchor by using whetblades. Lion's Claw, Stormcaller, and Cragblade are some of the strong Ashes of War for the Rusted Anchor.

Overall, the Rusted Anchor is a good Strength weapon in Elden Ring and earns bonus points for its unique appearance. It is available in the Weeping Peninsula, so many early-game players can claim it.